MtnGoat
04-28-2006, 08:43
Saw a report on this "new" Active Protection System (APS) for vehicles. A real working Force field!! It's possible that, U.S. armored vehicles, including infantry fighting vehicles/armored personnel carriers (IFV/APC) and main battle tanks (MBT), could possible be receiving a new type of anti-RPG/ATGM (Rocket Propelled Grenade/Anti-Tank Guided Missile) Active Protection System. Seems that an Israeli company has developed this APS -TROPHY-APS (http://www.defense-update.com/products/t/trophy.htm)
TROPHY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TROPHY_Active_Protection_System) (in Hebrew: "מעיל רוח", lit. "Wind Coat") is a protective shield system for both light and heavy armored vehicles that intercepts and destroys missiles and rockets with a shotgun-like blast just before they hit. TROPHY was developed by RAFAEL (http://www.rafael.co.il/marketing/news.aspx?FolderID=444&docID=964&searchText=APS) together with Israel Aircraft Industries' Elta Group. The system is known as an "active protection system" (APS). The developers claim it is a major milestone in weapons design. They would have a system like TROPHY reduce or eliminate the need for heavy armor for combat vehicles.
If this systems is better deployed; I say this because from a FOX News report, TROPHY was tested within the USA and had two successful "protection" of vehicles. But it didn't say how many failures there were. But this is a Great system - Way I see it, it show that the idea can work. RPGs (http://science.howstuffworks.com/rpg3.htm)and ATGM all use a PIBD Peizo-electic fuze system. So with the right "energy" you could "over-ride" the Fuze and make it function. Smart thinking, give it to the Israeli's to come up with it.
Take a look. To Download and Play the FOX News Trophy APS Demo Video Clip:
Right-click on this link (http://www.defensereview.com/stories/trophy/040606_fr_tobin_300.swf) and then click on "Save Target As" to download a Fox News video clip on Trophy APS, which shows the technology being demonstrated. Once you've downloaded the video clip, right-click on the file, then click on "Open With". Then, click on your web browser or Windows Media Player. This will/should launch the video clip.
TROPHY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TROPHY_Active_Protection_System) (in Hebrew: "מעיל רוח", lit. "Wind Coat") is a protective shield system for both light and heavy armored vehicles that intercepts and destroys missiles and rockets with a shotgun-like blast just before they hit. TROPHY was developed by RAFAEL (http://www.rafael.co.il/marketing/news.aspx?FolderID=444&docID=964&searchText=APS) together with Israel Aircraft Industries' Elta Group. The system is known as an "active protection system" (APS). The developers claim it is a major milestone in weapons design. They would have a system like TROPHY reduce or eliminate the need for heavy armor for combat vehicles.
If this systems is better deployed; I say this because from a FOX News report, TROPHY was tested within the USA and had two successful "protection" of vehicles. But it didn't say how many failures there were. But this is a Great system - Way I see it, it show that the idea can work. RPGs (http://science.howstuffworks.com/rpg3.htm)and ATGM all use a PIBD Peizo-electic fuze system. So with the right "energy" you could "over-ride" the Fuze and make it function. Smart thinking, give it to the Israeli's to come up with it.
Take a look. To Download and Play the FOX News Trophy APS Demo Video Clip:
Right-click on this link (http://www.defensereview.com/stories/trophy/040606_fr_tobin_300.swf) and then click on "Save Target As" to download a Fox News video clip on Trophy APS, which shows the technology being demonstrated. Once you've downloaded the video clip, right-click on the file, then click on "Open With". Then, click on your web browser or Windows Media Player. This will/should launch the video clip.