How thick is modern MBT armor (DR 2000)?

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by BraselC5048

So is the Abrams actually made out of 24" of armor steel, or composite materials that have a higher DR per inch? For that matter, it can't be and still weigh under 100 tons, 24" of steel just weighs too much. And how many inches thick is it, actually?

Abrams armor is (probably) made out of a multi-layered "sandwich" of high-grade steel, depleted uranium, ceramic blocks and high tensile strength synthetic weaves. Exact thickness and composition is unknown and probably complicated due to the varying materials.

For a simpler example, the armor belts on an Iowa-class Battleship average 20" thick and probably are made out of RHA.

No, you probably can't work out thickness from the Ve2 armor tables. It might be possible of you had exact compositions and densities but the Ve2 tables are too generic for that.