U.S. Army Soldiers and Romanian Armed Forces held an opening ceremony for Justice Eagle 19 at Smardan Training Area, Romania, May 29. During the ceremony, several photos show an advanced version of the U.S. Army M1 Abrams tank with a new armor system on its turret.
According to Defense Blog, the new armor system is called Trophy Active Protection System (APS), designed to block incoming anti-tank missile threats, has four radar antennas and fire-control radars to track incoming threats such as anti-tank-guided-missiles (ATGMs), and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). Once the system detects a projectile, it will automatically fire a shotgun-type blast to neutralize the threat.
The Army awarded Rafael Advanced Defense Systems a contract worth $193 million last July to outfit dozens of its main battle tanks with APS.
Defense Blog said the new M1 Abrams tank is called the M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 tank, or M1A2 SEPv3.
The M1A2 SEPv3 is considered the most technologically advanced main battle tank in the world.
The Trophy APS has also been mounted on Israel’s Merkava, the main battle tank used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since 2009, and has also been installed on the IDF’s armored personnel carrier vehicles. The system saw its first action in March 2011, when it stopped an RPG attack on an IDF Merkava near the border with the Gaza Strip.
The system employs advanced algorithms that use radar to provide continuous 360-degree protection. The bolt on kit includes four antennas and two rotating launchers mounted on the turret of the tank.
Once the threat is discovered, the algorithm classifies the danger, and if a direct hit is calculated, the countermeasure systems are automatically activated, and a tight pattern of explosively shaped penetrators launches at the warhead to neutralize it.
Presenting at the Army’s annual convention and exhibition in Washington, D.C., Col. Glenn Dean, the Project Manager of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Combat Ground Systems, was quoted several years ago by Military.com as saying the Trophy APS “exceeded expectations.”
“I tried to kill the Abrams tank 48 times and failed,” he said.
The Pentagon’s much-needed modernization efforts of defense shields for its main battle tank suggests that the next major conflict could soon be on the horizon.
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This articles leaves out the fact that this system was developed by the Israelis, it only mentions that it was deployed on Israelis tanks. They had to develop this system, because anti-tank fire caused the majority of casualties when they fought Hezbollah in Lebanon during 2006, and lost.
I doubt the system will work when there are multiple and persistent incoming rounds, it is only good for random attacks, not a concerted effort by a well disciplined force.
Also, well placed mine will take out the tracks, leaving the tank and it’s crew in the shit.
Tanks and aircraft carriers are becoming historical artifacts, of little use in modern asymmetrical warfare
The article also leaves out that the Russians had a very similar system several decades ago. Drozd, I believe it was called, but would have to dig out the books to be sure. Very little new under the sun, but a lot of rehashing with maybe slight improvements.
The trophy system already includes a multi threat tracking system as Israel had to adapt to that as well.
Tandem warhead launchers such as the RPG 31 that launch an decoy ahead of the main warhead, and simple mass launches of rockets were a threat.
In this case, the trophy system fires a lateral 360 degree field of fire to suppress incoming multiple threats.
This reminds me that when the navy mothballed the battleship Iowa they separated certain parts of the ship as off limits in case they needed to redeploy it. Hilarious. Too bad the Monitor sank. This is just another expensive boondoggle. Tanks are no more relevant to future wars as are flintlocks.
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I would have loved one of those to deter door to door salesmen. No need now – I got boerboels. Nobody knocks on my door anymore lest they know the crew already.
Who identified these guys as antifa? The Hamilton, Canada police did not mention any group affiliation for the protestors.
“Four arrests were made for breach of the peace. The arrested parties were removed from the scene and later released unconditionally.
There were no reported
injuries”
http://hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/arrests-made-at-peoples-party-fundraising-event/
Wrong article, damm new glasses!
Can it stop a 50 Cal anti-tank round?