side plating

The side plating also takes much of this stress.

Shear: is a special strake of the Side plating.

The side plating was now loose, the torpedo room was flooding.

In addition the side plating was visibly buckled between the forecastle and upper decks.

The cars were built with a very strong frame that utilized truss construction and allowed thin metal to be used for the side plating.

Running sideways to the Germans exposed the T-34's tracks and its weakest armor, the side plating.

The vehicle was not particularly well armored by 1970s combat standards, achieving up to 20mm and moderate sloping of the front and side plating.

Red lead undercoating showed from the waterline to the side plating, and, "in spots", on the bow planes and propeller guards.

Thus, the traditional side-belt of armour was dispensed with, and the 1 inch (25 mm) side plating was sufficient to only give protection against shell splinters.

All personnel topside on Mindanao were killed outright, and dozens of men were killed or wounded below decks as numerous heavy fragments from Mount Hood penetrated the side plating.

The destroyer had been scouring Iceland's coastal waters for a straying Icelandic merchant vessel when the accident occurred, costing Niblack an anchor and putting a hole in her side plating.

The aft box citadel had slightly reduced thicknesses at the ends, and the citadel amidships had thinner armour as it lay within the confines of the armoured deck and side plating.

In 1932, Exeter had side plating added amidships to the upper deck to enclose her open main deck as far as the after funnel (unlike the County-class, the Yorks were not flush-deckers).

Petty officer Gould and Lieutenant Roberts removed the first one without too much difficulty, but the second bomb had penetrated the side plating of the gun emplacement, and then the deck casing above the pressure hull.

Spitfire evaded an attempt by Nassau to ram her, but the two ships nevertheless collided and Spitfire was seriously damaged, blast from Nassau's guns demolishing much of her upperworks, but she ripped off a 20 ft (6 m) section of the German ship's side plating.