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April 1, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20110330.aspx

Israeli Active Armor Stops Anti-Tank Guided Missile

(Strategy Page) For the second time in a month an Israeli Merkava tank used its APS (Active Protection System) to defeat an incoming missile. The first incident, three weeks ago, involved a rocket-propelled grenade. But this time it was an ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile), possibly a modern Russian system like the Kornet E. This is a laser-guided missile with a range of 5,000 meters. The system was introduced in 1994 and has been sold to Syria (which apparently passed it on to Hizbullah and Hamas).

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