How does an active protection system work?

Active Protection Systems (APS) uses sensors, tracking radar, launchers and countermeasure munitions to defeat and/or deflect anti-tank guided missiles and rocket-propelled grenades away from combat vehicles.

How do anti tank rockets work?

Once the missile is set up on its tripod, a soldier looks through the weapon’s optical sight for a target such as a tank. He then shines a laser beam on the target and launches the missile. When an ATGM detonates against such armor, the tank “reacts” by automatically exploding its own charges.

How do tank trophy systems work?

The Trophy system “works by using radar to provide continuous 360-degree protection of the vehicle,” according to The National Interest. “Once a threat is detected, the system launches a ‘tight pattern of explosively formed penetrators’ that destroys the incoming round before impact.”

What is an active protection system?

An active protection system is a system (usually for a military application) designed to prevent line-of-sight guided anti-tank missiles/projectiles from acquiring and/or destroying a target.

What is the difference between an active protection system and unsourced material?

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. An active protection system is a system (usually for a military application) designed to prevent line-of-sight guided anti-tank missiles /projectiles from acquiring and/or destroying a target.

How does the Russian T-14 Armata tank work?

The Russian T-14 Armata tank features the Afghanit ( Russian: Афганит) active protection system (APS), which includes a millimeter-wavelength radar to detect, track, and intercept incoming anti-tank munitions, both kinetic energy penetrators and tandem-charges.

Are flares and chaff a viable countermeasure to missile attacks?

In the wake of shoulder-launched missile attacks against civilian passenger and cargo airliners in the early 2000s, various agencies investigated the feasibility of equipping countermeasures such as chaff and flares. Many commercial carriers found the estimated price of countermeasures to be too costly.