Trophy APS (ASPRO-A)

Trophy APS (ASPRO-A)

Type: Electronic Warfare System

Domain: land

Country of Origin: Israel

Manufacturer: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems / IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries)

First Deployed: 2011

Overview

The world's first combat-proven hard-kill active protection system for armoured vehicles, developed by Rafael under the name "Windbreaker" (Me'il Ruach). Trophy uses four flat-panel AESA radar arrays for 360-degree threat detection, tracking incoming projectiles (ATGMs, RPGs, HEAT rounds) and calculating interception solutions in milliseconds. When a threat is confirmed, a countermeasure device fires a focused blast of explosively formed penetrators that destroy the incoming projectile at a safe distance from the vehicle. The system discriminates between threats and non-threats (e.g., small arms) to avoid unnecessary activations. Reload time between interceptions is seconds. Trophy has achieved hundreds of confirmed combat interceptions on Merkava Mk4 tanks and Namer APCs in IDF operations with near-perfect effectiveness. The US Army adopted Trophy for the M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams (the first US tank with APS), and the German Bundeswehr selected it for the Leopard 2. Represents a paradigm shift in armoured vehicle survivability.

Technical Specifications

typeHard-Kill Active Protection System
detectionELM-2133 flat-panel radar (360°)
adopted_byIsrael, USA (M1A2 SEPv3), Germany (Leopard 2)
manufacturerRafael (Israel)
reaction_timeMilliseconds
countermeasureExplosively formed penetrator (EFP) interceptor

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