UrsusArctos: Here the A.T. Field takes a membrane-like quality and is cut by the prog knife, instead of being parted/dissipated with the Eva's hands like in Episode 02.
Dr. Nick: This is one of the few places where the A.T. Field's normally invisible utility is made more concretely understandable: the Angel's field couldn't be sliced open like this if not for the Evangelions' fields counteracting it.