Israel’s Ministry of Protection confirmed on Tuesday that the German Federal Ministry of Protection signed and signed a government-to-government (G2G) settlement to produce Israeli designed Trophy energetic safety system for his or her fleet of Leopard-2 essential battle tanks.
Inside the settlement, Rafael Superior Protection Techniques will provide Trophy Energetic Protection System (ADS) to equip 17 Leopard-2 tanks. It contains the supply of techniques for an organization of tanks, interceptors, and spare elements in addition to operational and technical coaching. The techniques might be delivered over the following a number of years.
The beneficiary unit is anticipated to be combat-ready by 2023 and be a part of Germany’s deployment to NATO’s Very Excessive Readiness Joint Activity Pressure (VJTF).
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As famous, Germany’s Bundeswehr operates 328 Leopard 2 tanks of three sorts – the 2A6, 2A6M, 2A7, and Rafael expects that Germany will even procure further Trophy techniques to equip extra its Leopard2 tanks.
The Israel Ministry of Protection and German Federal Ministry of Protection signed a G-to-G settlement to produce @RAFAELdefense TROPHY energetic safety system to the German army for his or her fleet of LEOPARD 2 tanks. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/oA592e0GaY
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Trophy creates a neutralization bubble across the car. It quickly detects, classifies and engages all recognized chemical power (CE) threats – together with recoilless rifles, ATGMs, AT rockets, HEAT tank rounds, and RPGs. It will increase the lethality of a formation/drive, efficiently neutralizing the enemy’s anti-tank groups.
It might probably find the hearth supply, enabling the crew to return fireplace successfully with the Distant Weapon Station, or by interfacing with different combating platforms by way of the BMS community.
Trophy has confirmed itself as a life-saver and is the one operational, combat-proven APS on the earth. Put in on over 3 brigades of the Israel Protection Forces Merkava MBTs and Namer IFVs, and since 2016 is in a technique of being put in on the superior fight fleet of the IDF, Rafael presents Trophy as a nook stone for a set that can present a complete method for at this time’s theater challenges.
The U.S. Military introduced in October 2017 its resolution to buy Rafael’s Trophy APS for the primary Abrams M1A2 MBT brigade
The latest U.S. resolution follows an extended collection of in depth area trials within the US, which lasted 2 years, by which Trophy intercepted dozens of RPG’s and ATGM’s, in probably the most difficult eventualities.