Israel to acquire Trophy APS
By Alon Ben-David JDW Correspondent
Tel Aviv
The Israel Defence Force (IDF) is set to begin procurement of the
Rafael Armament Development Authority's Trophy Active Protection
System (APS) for its Merkava Mk 4 main battle tanks (MBTs).
At the same time, the IDF has requested that Israel Military
Industries (IMI) accelerate development of its Iron Fist APS. IMI
claims its system is capable of defeating kinetic energy
projectiles, as well as ATGMs, with reduced collateral damage
compared to the Trophy.
IMI has appealed to the Ministry of Defence on the Trophy decision,
claiming that its Iron Fist is only three months behind Rafael in
completing development. "Such a short time difference between the
systems could not be the basis for a decision, especially when Iron
Fist has advantages over the Trophy, both in dealing with a wider
variety of threats and in reduced collateral damage," an IMI source
told Jane's.
http://www.janes.com/defence/land_forces/news/jdw/jdw061106_1_n.shtml
Trophy APS to be included in our refurbishment of our Leo2A4s?
Trophy Active Protection System:
http://defense-update.com/products/t/trophy.htm