February 4, 2021 at 10:33 AM
The Israeli company Rafael has modernized the active protection system of Trophy armored vehicles . As reported by N + 1 with reference to Jane's , the upgraded version of the Trophy received an electro-optical all-round view system, which is designed to improve the protection of tanks against certain types of shells and missiles.
The Trophy active tank protection was developed in the first half of the 2000s. It is designed to protect against anti-tank missiles. The basic structure of the system includes a radar station, a computer and two launchers with an automatic loading system.
Main battle tank Merkava Mk1 (Israel)
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After the radar detects an approaching ammunition, the computer calculates its trajectory and issues a command to the launchers. They shoot several metal balls, which destroy a rocket or grenade on the way.
Today Trophy is considered the only active tank protection system in the world, adopted for service and tested in real combat conditions.
Trophy is installed on Merkava-4 main battle tanks and Namer armored personnel carriers. In addition, such a system is planned to be installed on 400 main battle tanks "Abrams" of the US Army.
According to Rafael , the delivery of the updated Trophy systemThe Israeli Armed Forces are scheduled for the near future. In addition, the company is negotiating with the US Army to retrofit the supplied active protection system kits with new components.
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