Active Protection System (APS) for tanks

[DavidSling]

Trophy Active Protection System and the EL/M-2133 WindGuard AESA
Posted by KRIS RICHEY on 1:45:00 PM

Trophy active protection system




The Trophy active protection systems (APS) is now being installed on every Israeli Merkava tank, the Namer Heavy Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) while a derivative will be installed on the U.S. Stryker.


The Trophy Active Protection System uses the Windguard AESA radar with four panels providing 360 degrees of protection. One of the AESA radar panels is seen above. The Trophy system provides 360 degrees of protection from anti-tank munitions.



Each Trophy system integrates an Elta EL/M-2133 WindGuard G band AESA radar, which provides the Active Protection System with necessary threat data and fire control. The Trophy APS is comprised of multiple explosive-formed projectiles designed to defeat income threats at a stand-off distance.



Providing threat detection and fire control cueing for the Trophy APS is the Elta EL/M-2133 Wind Guard AESA radar.






Fielded in 2009 the Trophy APS has saved the lives of many Merkava tank crews and has been an effective anti-tank countermeasures system. Completion of recent trials of a smaller, lighter version onto Armoured Personnel Carriers has allowed for the procurement of hundreds of additional Trophy systems for the Namer tracked armoured fighting vehicle.




A Namer heavy APC having seen combat against Hezbollah, equipped with the Trophy APS intercepted a Russian Kornet ATGM.

Trophy, the winner of Israel’s Security Prize, is considered the world’s leading, operational active protection system.

 

[DavidSling]

3)The development of a Trophy 2 system has been announced in 2014 and is a cooperation between RAFAEL (developer of the Trophy 1), IMI (developer of Iron Fist), and IAI.
IMI will provide its Iron Fist interceptors, IAI will provide the radar, whereas RAFAEL will do the integration and development work.

Iron Fist and Trophy are two very different systems, with very different features that act as their selling points.




Iron Fist is a "grenade" launching system that applies a fragment-free directed spherical blast that would "cut" an ATGM or RPG mid-air, or will tilt an APFSDS shell to the point where it is no longer a threat. According to IMI's CEO, a simple 7° yaw would reduce the APFSDS's energy by up to 90%.
According to test footage, the yaw was actually far greater than 7°, and was nearing 45°.

At 3:00 a test against APFSDS is shown

Iron Fist provides a full protection suite that would defeat any form of existing fired anti-tank threat, but to do that it needs rather large munitions that cannot be reloaded in the current configuration.

Trophy, on the other hand, uses a much more unique method of firing an MEFP charge (Multiple Explosively Formed Penetrators) that sends sharp pellets flying towards the target. The charges are small and can be reloaded through an auto-loading system beneath it, however these small charges are unable to defeat APFSDS.

One more advantage of the Iron Fist is that it is more compact, and can be more easily applied to lighter platforms, for example the Eitan that will soon enter production. The Trophy is rather bulky in its current configuration when fitted to turreted IFVs.


Trophy HV on LAV III

https://zuk-armor-il.blogspot.co.il/




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[DavidSling]

his one shows that unlike certain previous speculations, the Trophy is added directly on top and does not take the place of the existing armor module.

https://aw.my.com/en/forum/showthread.php?30831-Merkava/page97

 

[DavidSling]

 

[Glavcom]

Zaslon - ukrainian active protection system of tanks


http://glavcom.blogspot.com/

 

[DavidSling]

Zaslon - ukrainian active protection system of tanks


http://glavcom.blogspot.com/

can u please translate?

 

[Glavcom]

can u please translate?

Shield - an active defense system designed to protect stationary and moving objects from damage by anti-tank unitary and tandem anti-tank missiles, grenades, as well as from cumulative shells and armor-piercing armor-piercing shells.
Consists of a control panel and armored security modules. Each module is equipped with two ammunition. Inside an ammunition, in addition to the striking elements, there is a radar detecting targets in millimeter range.
After transferring the complex from the passage to the combat position, the electric motor pushes the ammunition from the original to the combat position.
After the blast of one ammunition, the following is proposed in the combat position.
It is possible to complete a combat vehicle along with the ERA.

 

[Glavcom]

can u please ?

Especially for you -
The principle of operation of Ukrainian active protection systems

http://glavcom.blogspot.com/2017/06/t-84-oplot-with-active-protection.html?m=0

http://glavcom.blogspot.com/2017/06/zaslon-active-protection-system.html?m=0

http://glavcom.blogspot.com/2017/06/btr-70di-with-active-protection-system.html?m=0

http://glavcom.blogspot.com/2017/06/shershen-active-protection-system.html?m=0

 

[UkroTurk]

APS likely costs more expensive than BTR60

 

[DavidSling]

 

[DavidSling]

IMI Iron Fist on CV90

 

[DavidSling]

http://defencetechnologyreview.realviewdigital.com/?iid=160223#folio=18

I think this one puts the last nail in the coffin of the Raytheon-sparked myth that Trophy is dangerous to nearby infantry.

Apparently, the 48 live firing tests included also tests for survivability of nearby infantry, and once again the tests conclude there is no serious threat, and in line with probably in excess of a hundred of tests and live firing by RAFAEL, the IDF, and in actual combat.

Not at all less importantly, DTR claims the US's choice of Trophy is basically a guarantee that Australia will be a 2nd happy buyer. And this (my take already) definitely impacts the LAND 400 program in which an APS is one of two (the other is ATGMs) technologies that are reviewed independently of the program and could be selected for use.

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