NATO targets


NATO targets are a series of standard armoured targets defined by NATO designed to test the armour penetration of weapons. The purpose of the triple heavy target is to represent the difficulty a projectile would face in penetrating the skirt, roadwheel, and hull of a Soviet tank.
They are defined as:
Target typeAngle of
target
First plate
thickness
First plate
hardness
First air gapSecond plate
thickness
Second plate
hardness
Second
air gap
Third plate
thickness
Third plate
hardness
Single medium60°130 mm
Single heavy60°150 mm260-300 kp/mm2
Double medium60°40 mm150 mm90 mm
Double heavy60°40 mm308-353 kp/mm2150 mm110 mm260-300 kp/mm2
Triple medium65°10 mm330 mm25 mm330 mm60 mm
Triple heavy65°10 mm412-438 kp/mm2330 mm25 mm100-122 kp/mm2330 mm80 mm308-353 kp/mm2