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An E-29 flame gun could be mounted on the glacis plate of the M26 which, in turn, could tow a motorized, 500-gallon E-24 fuel trailer.
U.S. Army flamethrower vehicles (part three of a (three-part series)
The glacis plate on a Russian T-72 main battle tank consists of a sandwich of hardened steel, toughened steel, a composite ceramic material, such as glass fibre, and a spall liner.
The Warrior is already fitted with Chobham composite armour boxes on the sides and front glacis plate developed for the 1990-91 Gulf War.
Hard shell: to improve survivability armoured fighting vehicles will get heavier before they get lighter. The US Army's claim that its 70-tonne M1 Abrams is the 'most survivable main battle tank in the world' is being tested each day in Iraq. Yet the army has suffered more armoured vehicle losses in the continuing 'stabilisation' phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom than in the six-week 'combat' phase

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