armored plating
Protective steel layers
Armored plating is thick metal sheeting designed to protect vehicles, ships, or structures from projectiles and explosions.
The term appears in military and naval contexts: The tank's armored plating deflected the round.
Figuratively, it suggests emotional or psychological protection: He developed armored plating against criticism.
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- tankLarge storage vessel
- battle tankArmed, armored military vehicle
- tank turretRotating armored weapon mount
- hullOuter covering or frame
hull breach · shield · kevlar · metal · protection · fortress · battleship · scales · shell · reinforced · impenetrable · rivets · deflect · military · iron · thickness · vehicle · defense
protection level
armored platingthin skin
unprotected · vulnerable · unshielded · soft shell · defenseless
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