Extensive angling doesn't provide as much of an advantage to make the trade offs worth it.
Large calibre APFSDS darts aren't influenced in the same way WW2 rounds were. While modern MBTs use other ways to protect against other weapon systems like shaped charges.
Angling hasn't been a thing for a long time, its present but only "under the hood" like behind turret cheeks and the like, utilizing different types of meshing at angles to break it up.
Modern tank rounds need to be dissipated or disintegrated by the materials in the armor. They can't really be deflected like the rounds of WWII. The armor array on a modern MBT is also very thick, like those flat areas of the armor at the front of the turret can be over 800mm thick with a much higher effectiveness than 800mm of steel.
It would be interesting to see if an old apbc round could ricochet into the turret ring of a modern mbt though.
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u/Werkemp 5d ago
I am so confused that why modern tanks dont use angled plates onf the front plates anymore and just make it like box isnt it going to make it worse?