In the ever-evolving landscape of modern warfare, the protection of armored vehicles has become a critical challenge. "Technology and Performance of the Active Protection System for Armored Vehicles" delves into the cutting-edge advancements in Active Protection Systems (APS), offering an in-depth analysis of the threats armored vehicles face and the technologies designed to counter them. This comprehensive guide covers a broad spectrum of topics, from understanding the battlefield threats, including precision-guided munitions and diversified attacks, to exploring various APS technologies such as TROPHY™, Iron Fist, and LEDS. The book meticulously examines the characteristics, performance, and effectiveness of these systems in real combat scenarios and provides key insights into the future trends in vehicle defense. This book seeks to convey the following key points to its readers:
(1) Educate readers on the critical differences between various types of armored vehicles and tanks.
(2) Analyze modern threats that these vehicles face, including advanced munitions and diversified attack strategies.
(3) Examine the performance and effectiveness of different APS technologies like TROPHY™, Iron Fist, and others.
(4) Provide insights into the development trends and future advancements in APS.
(5) Offer practical evaluations and methodologies for testing and verifying the effectiveness of APS in combat scenarios.
(6) Enhance understanding of battlefield tactics and strategies for fighting armored vehicles equipped with APS.
Abbreviation list 1
Chapter 1 Introduction 7
1.1. Heavy and light armored vehicles 8
1.2. Difference between armored vehicle and tank 10
Chapter 2 Characteristic analysis of threat ammunition target on the battlefield 14
2.1. Battlefield threat and tactics for fighting against armored vehicles 14
2.2. Munitions used for fighting against armored vehicles 19
2.3. The types of testing anti-armor ammunition 26
2.4. Anti-tank hand grenade ammunition 30
2.5. Guided anti-tank ammunition40 40
2.6. Anti-tank APFSDS ammunition 143
2.7. Anti-tank EFP ammunition 151
Chapter 3 Different types of Active Protection Systems 154
3.1. Introduction 154
3.2. Drozd Active Protection System for AFV 159
3.3. ARENA-E Active Protection System 166
3.4. GL5 Active Protection System 174
3.5. ZASLON Active Protection System 180
3.6. TROPHY™ Active Protection System 184
3.7. Iron Fist Active Protection System 192
3.8. Iron Curtain Active Protection System 199
3.9. Quick Kill APS 201
3.10. AMAP-ADS 203
3.11. AKKOR Active Protection System 208
3.12. PULAT Active Protection System 210
3.13. Active Defense System (ADS) Active Protection System (APS) 213
3.14. Land Electronic Defense System219 219
3.15. The development trend of Active Protection Systems 229
Chapter 4 Soft Interference of Active Protection System 233
4.1. SHTORA-1 Active Defense System (ADS)233 0
4.2. Modular Active Protection System (MAPS)239 0
4.3. APS and NCGV 241
4.4. Clutter 241
4.5. Parallel programs 242
4.6. ADS-Gen3 242
4.7. EIREL 243
4.8. The development trend of APS soft-kill 244
Chapter 5 Effectiveness verification and evaluation methods for active protection systems 249
5.1. Comprehensive requirements of the tests 249
5.2. A stochastic vulnerability analysis method 251
Chapter 6 Vulnerability analysis of anti-tank projectile 261
6.1. Damage grade definition of projectile 261
6.2. Damage tree modeling for different damage grades 261
6.3. Analysis of the functional structure and vulnerability of anti-tank projectiles 263
Chapter 7 Closing remarks 269
7.1. The results of analysis 269
7.2. Tactics of fighting against armored vehicles with APS 274
References 277
