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I suppose that by APS you mean hard-kill systems such as Iron Fist and Trophy. As far as I know they are not effective against "top attacks".
by sorokod 5y ago
I suppose that by APS you mean hard-kill systems such as Iron Fist and Trophy. As far as I know they are not effective against "top attacks".
- dogma1138 5y agoBoth are advertised as being effective against high elevation threats, both Trophy and Iron Fist have been tested against missiles launched from helicopters when during their acceptance testing by the Israelis. Trophy has a +- 38 degrees of elevation firing, Iron Fist can do -40-+60. At least against something like an NLAW that flys above the tank both would have a firing solution. The US when evaluating the system for both the Bradley and the Abrams tested it against the Javelin and other modern anti tank threats. As far as non-western weapon go Trophy has intercepted fairly modern ATGMs like the Russian Kornet-E and it’s licensed Iranian clones which also employ a top-attack attack profile.