For armor plates testing and evaluation the use of modeling and simulation tools, together with a validated finite element model is a reliable approach in respect to a firing conducted session. The paper presents the validation of an advanced finite element model on the impact between two 14,5 mm armor piercing bullets with a multilayered add-on armor plate made by aluminum alloy, alumina tiles, aramid fabric woven, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber composite and a steel plate. An 8 mm thick armor steel witness plate was placed at 2 cm behind the add-on plate. The real tests were conducted in a firing range and a chronograph was used to measure the values of the bullet impact velocities. The test results showed that the first bullet penetrates the witness plate and the second bullet only deforms it. A three-dimensional finite element model of the bullet and armor plates was conceived to perform the impact simulations in LS-DYNA. Tensile and compression tests, as well as other scientific methods were employed to establish the strength and failure model parameters for each material. The results of the finite element model follow the experimental ones regarding the yaw angle assumptions that were applied for a simulation scenario.

High Explosive Mortar bombs are used on the battlefield for destroying the manpower, non-armoured equipment and shelters. The paper describes an original experimental and numerical approach regarding the potential threats caused by the detonation of 120 mm HE mortar bombs. The evaluation of the bomb effect presumes the fulfillment of experimental trials that focus on two physical mechanisms which appear after the detonation of the cased high explosive. These mechanisms are the shock wave generation and the fragments propulsion, which were also studied by a numerical model that provides results over the bomb fragmentation mode. The novelty of the paper consists in the calibrated 3D numerical model confirmed by the experimental data, which provides information over the fragmentation process of the case and the initial velocity of its fragments, proving that the main threat of this type of ammunition is the effect through metal fragments. The results of numerical simulation and experimental data are used for their comparative analysis and the assessment of the phenomena.