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(Makor Rishon-Israel Hayom) Yishai Elmakies - Israel has decided to return the decades-old Vulcan antiaircraft system, which has not been operational in the Israel Defense Forces for 20 years, to counter the growing threat posed by drones. Three systems have already become operational, and five more are expected to be deployed by August. The Vulcan is a 20-mm. Gatling gun, mounted on an armored personnel carrier. It has a firing rate of up to 60 rounds per second - 3,600 rounds per minute. The Vulcan was retired in 2006 as more advanced systems like the Iron Dome took precedence. Since October 2023, dozens of UAVs have breached Israeli airspace, in some instances causing casualties - such as the October 2024 attack on an infantry base in which four soldiers were killed. To bring the Vulcan back online, the IDF retrieved old APCs from warehouses and scrapyards - and even a museum - and refurbished them. 2025-04-17 00:00:00Full Article
IDF to Use Vulcan Cannons to Intercept Drones
(Makor Rishon-Israel Hayom) Yishai Elmakies - Israel has decided to return the decades-old Vulcan antiaircraft system, which has not been operational in the Israel Defense Forces for 20 years, to counter the growing threat posed by drones. Three systems have already become operational, and five more are expected to be deployed by August. The Vulcan is a 20-mm. Gatling gun, mounted on an armored personnel carrier. It has a firing rate of up to 60 rounds per second - 3,600 rounds per minute. The Vulcan was retired in 2006 as more advanced systems like the Iron Dome took precedence. Since October 2023, dozens of UAVs have breached Israeli airspace, in some instances causing casualties - such as the October 2024 attack on an infantry base in which four soldiers were killed. To bring the Vulcan back online, the IDF retrieved old APCs from warehouses and scrapyards - and even a museum - and refurbished them. 2025-04-17 00:00:00Full Article
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