A military tech thread! Yay!
Explosive Reactive Armor was first proposed in 1949 in the Soviet Union. (Remember the Soviets were at the top of their game then). A few accidents, and hard headedness prevented it from being adopted until much, much, much later.
But WI the Soviet Union decided to accept an early version of ERA in 1949? Would its tanks be able to do a better job against the western tanks in various cold war conflicts. Would this actually be enough to change the tide of any conflicts?
Just curious you know.