Hard-kill active protection systems (APS) already come with a combination of sensors, effectors, and fire control components. Being able to adapt those APSs directly to the counter-drone role, ...

Key Points and Summary – Israel’s Merkava is a unique main battle tank, combining heavy firepower with the ability to act as ...

Ukraine's tanks, however, give the country a qualitative edge. The number of tanks in use by the Ukrainian military could be catching up to Russia's active-tank count, new data suggests. But even as ...

The Merkava is an excellent tank, but it must be shepherded carefully. They are not mythical invincible beasts—especially in ...

As anti-tank threats are growing increasingly sophisticated, the Marine Corps is looking at protecting its ground vehicles with active protection and electronic warfare systems to fend off incoming ...

We have discussed Active Protection Systems many times before, but it is another thing seeing one work operationally. The video below depicts a Merkava IV tank being fired on in Gaza by an RPG, with ...

Marines fire an M1A1 Abrams tank during a low-light live-fire exercise near Kankaanpaa, Finland, May 16. (Staff Sgt. Marcin Platek/Marine Corps) In order to counter the proliferation of anti-tank ...

The U.S. Army will test a German active protection system to defend its armored vehicles from anti-tank rockets. This marks a European entrant into a U.S. market that has been dominated by Israeli ...

If Moscow’s claims are accurate, the new Russian active protection system would be a game-changing development in the realm of mechanized warfare. While active protection systems were thought to be ...

After decades of research, the Army has decided to do a wide rollout of active-protection systems for Abrams tanks. The systems are designed to thwart incoming antitank missiles and other projectiles.

Russia has staged around 1,200 tanks for a possible invasion of Ukraine. That’s roughly 300 more tanks than the Ukrainian army has in its entire active force. Which is not to say an invasion would be ...