Rafael is a global leader in active protection solutions for armored vehicles, selected by the most advanced armed forces in the world. Raytheons active protection system aps can intercept and shoot down rocket propelled grenades and antitank missiles with surgical accuracy and minimal. Porcupine arrow is a hardkill active protection system aps designed by israel military industries imi, with a modular design allowing adaptation to a range of platforms ranging from light utility vehicles to heavy armoured fighting vehicles. The army will soon equip its armored vehicles with israelimade active protection systems. Israeli rafael trophy aps active protection system tested. Ifld is a generic addon configuration applicable for all kind of armored platforms from light 4. Raytheons active protection system aps can intercept and shoot down rocketpropelled grenades and antitank missiles with surgical accuracy and minimal.
Army tanks get activeprotection systems amid prep for. Trophy active protection system for armored vehicles. While all the world is going to that direction, it seems like india is doing nothing in this regard. A near hit could cause all sorts of damage as well, o.
The m1 abrams is getting brand new israelimade shields. Arena active protection armour in slow motion youtube. Iron fist active protection system detect, track, neutralize. Arena active protection system joint stock company. Trophy is the worlds only combatproven active protection system aps, operational since 2011. A socalled active protection system defense tech that can shoot down threats to tanks and other armored vehicleswill equip a brigade of u. Footage from rafael of the lighter weight rafael trophy active protection system during recent testing in israel. Active protection systems general dynamics ordnance and. Active protection system s components will include threat detection, tracking systems, signal processing systems, countermeasures systems and base armor, used for structural and. This package installs the software support for thinkvantage active protection system. Collaborative point paper on active protection systems. The general requirement from the active protection system is to provide a robust protection against all types of antiarmor threats i. The army hopes to accelerate its development for tactical and armored combat vehicles, such as abrams tanks.
Active protection systems aps uses sensors, tracking radar, launchers and countermeasure munitions to defeat andor deflect antitank guided missiles and. The system can detect incoming warheads such as anti tank guided missiles atgm with a range of 100m and within a 360degree horizontal and 20degree band. An active protection system is a system usually for a military application designed to prevent lineofsight guided anti tank missilesprojectiles from acquiring andor destroying a target electronic countermeasures that alter the electromagnetic, acoustic or other signatures of a target thereby altering the tracking and sensing behavior of an incoming threat e. Images emerge of m1a2 abrams tank equipped with trophy active protection system the new system is more cumbersome than some may have expected and makes the iconic abrams appear as if it has ears. The army wants this modular, universal system to shield its armor from rockets and missiles the modular active protection system will be able to run multiple types of protection systems. Windbreaker is a military active protection system aps for vehicles.
Atgms, atrs and tank projectiles by countermeasures solution, without endangering the operators and at an affordable price. The us has recently started procurement of trophy systems for their m1a2 abrams while russia is procuring t14 aramta tanks equipped with afghanit systems. The united states and other western countries have mounted the israeli trophy system, and are continually developing new systems like raytheons quick kill system. The worlds only combatproven active protection system aps for. And in an amazing development the second country to also successfully develop an operation active protection system isalso israel. Lenovo active protection system for windows 10 64bit, 8. Tank design countermeasures active protection system. The gl5 active protection system is an active protection system developed in china by norinco designed for main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.
The latest generation of protective measures for tanks are active protection systems, particularly hardkill. General dynamics ordnance and tactical systems in cooperation with imi systems takes active protection to the next level with the iron fist light decoupled ifld active protection system aps. Trophy active protection system for armored vehicles leonardo. After decades of research, the army has decided to do a wide rollout of active protection systems for abrams tanks. Aps in the world, installed on israeli merkava tanks and namer apcs. This approach is fundamentally more weightefficient sensors and. Todays armed forces are confronting increasingly sophisticated antitank. The best defense is shooting back no, the trophy antimissile system now going on us tanks wont accidentally shred friendly troops when it goes off, the manufacturer. This system was designed as an alternative to passive or reactive armour, to defend against enemy anti tank weapons.
Some active protection systems use hardkill methods to intercept incoming antivehicle weaponry or. Active protection systems aps, a new development in armored vehicle protection, could spark a similar revolution on land. All armored brigades to get active protection systems. Similarly to guided antiair missiles, active protection systems actively seek out and destroy the threat before it has a chance to reach its target. The active protection system zaslon was designed and developed by the base center for critical technologies microtech in kyiv. Hence came to life the trophy, the first active protection system the world offering full protection against antiguided missiles the main threat to tanks today. Israeli rafael trophy aps active protection system tested on. If theres one thing that army leadership agrees upon.
Watch an active protection system destroy an rpg fired at. The army for ways to protect its tanks and armored. Systems of active protection for tanks and other armored vehicles are growing in popularity around the world. Images emerge of m1a2 abrams tank equipped with trophy. Today, nearly every modern tank has some sort of active protection system. Its principal purpose is to supplement the armour of light and heavy armored fighting vehicles. The us army has installed israelimade rafael trophy active protection systems aps on its abrams main battle tanks as it continues to assess apss on its combat vehicles. Armys tanks will soon get trophy active protection system. An active protection system is a system designed to prevent lineofsight guided antitank missilesprojectiles from acquiring andor destroying a target. The term covers a wide range of systems intended to supplement the vehicles own armor.
The armys 2019 budget will upgrade 261 m1 tanks, enough for three brigades, to carry israelimade trophy active protection systems aps to guard against anti tank missiles, service. The army plans to equip all its m1 abrams tanks and m2 bradleys with active protection systems, which shoot down incoming rounds, as soon as us companies can build enough, chief of. The russians have recently developed the arena system for use on the t14 armata. Us army buys israeli trophy system so its tanks can blast. Trophy is the worlds only combatproven active protection system aps.
Trophy is a military active protection system aps for vehicles. Active protection systems are essentially miniaturized missile defenses for tanks. No active defense is going to stop a 155mm shell coming from above. It intercepts and destroys incoming missiles, rockets, and tank heat rounds with a shotgunlike. Army will test a german active protection system to defend its armored vehicles from antitank rockets.
The concept was revealed by imi in 2006 and was expected to enter israel defense forces. Active protection systems active protection systems aps uses sensors, tracking radar, launchers and countermeasure munitions to defeat andor deflect anti tank guided missiles and rocketpropelled grenades away from combat vehicles reactive armor protection reactive armor systems are combat proven armor systems that enhance the protection level of. Trophy the ultimate active protection system for all combat. The trophy active protection system for combat vehicles has showed its efficiency during the israeli military operation protective edge in the gaza strip. Trophy active protection system increases platform survivability, and. The systems development was stimulated in large part by the introduction of new high explosive anti tank warheads. The systems are designed to thwart incoming antitank missiles and other projectiles. It intercepts and destroys incoming missiles, rockets, and tank heat rounds with a shotgunlike blast.
The active protection system is a mature, advanced system for protecting troops and combat vehicles. All about the active protection system aps, protection. The systems vertical launch countermeasure is unique in its ability to engage threats fired from any angle or elevation, providing all weather, full 360 degree hemispherical vehicle and crew protection with each countermeasure. The soviet drozd, the russian arena, the israeli trophy and iron fist, polish erawa on pt91, and the american quick kill systems show the potential to dramatically improve protection for tanks against missiles, rpgs and potentially kep attacks, but. Army tanks to get active protection systems by 2020. How to destroy a tank that has active protection systems. Army will test a german active protection system to defend its armored vehicles from anti tank rockets. The army wants this modular, universal system to shield. Active protection systems rely on computer algorithms and processors to track and destroy approaching enemy fire in a matter of milliseconds. We have discussed active protection systems many times before, but it is another thing seeing one work operationally. The video below depicts a merkava iv tank being fired on in gaza by an rpg. The soviet union developed the first active protection system between 1977 and 1982, named drozd russian. German firm says it has a safer way for tanks to blast. Army tanks will test a german active protection system or, a.
Trophy active protection system components on an israeli merkava main battle tank. Trophy was integrated into a bradley ifv hull for the testing. Rada usas compact hemispheric radar family products detect, track and classify all relevant threats that are fired from combat vehicles such as rpgs, atgms and tank rounds. Army, as part of its 2019 budget, will purchase 261 trophy anti tank active protection systems aps for its abrams tanks. Innovative vehicle protection technologies are the modern answer against the threats of todays battlefields. Us abrams tanks receive israelimade active protection system. Us army buys israeli trophy system so its tanks can blast incoming projectiles the service has an urgent plan to install israels trophy active protection system on at least some of its tanks. Trophy active protection system against anti tank missile. Rheinmetall rolls out safer active protection for tanks. It is designed to protect standalone fixed or moving targets against antitank weapons of all types, including handheld anti tank grenade launchers, antiarmor projectiles, atgw missiles, and armorpiercing and shapedcharge artillery rounds approaching their targets. Active protection system aps for tanks pakistan defence. How active protection systems knock down antiarmor threats for. The rheinmetall active defence system ads for light to heavy military vehicles. Trophy active protection system aps the worlds first and only fully operational, combatproven aps by proactively detecting, locating, and if necessary neutralizing antiarmor threats, trophy dramatically increases platform survivability, and creates a new paradigm of networked threat awareness for maneuver forces.
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