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.[1]

They are defined as:

Angle First First Second Second Third Third

Target First Second
of plate plate plate plate plate plate
type air gap air gap
target thickness hardness thickness hardness thickness hardness

Single
60° 130 mm
medium

Single 260-300
60° 150 mm
heavy kp/mm2
Double
60° 40 mm 150 mm 90 mm
medium

Double 308-353 260-300

60° 40 mm 150 mm 110 mm
heavy kp/mm2 kp/mm2
Triple
65° 10 mm 330 mm 25 mm 330 mm 60 mm
medium

Triple 412-438 100-122 308-353

65° 10 mm 330 mm 25 mm 330 mm 80 mm
heavy kp/mm2 kp/mm2 kp/mm2

References
1. Kelley, Orr (1989). King of the Killing Zone (https://archive.org/details/kingofkillingzon00kell/p
age/176). p. 176 (https://archive.org/details/kingofkillingzon00kell/page/176). ISBN 0-393-
02648-5.

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