US Army Close to Decision on Shielding Abrams Tanks with Israeli Tech
Posted By: Richard Sisk August 21, 2017
Aberdeen, MD. — The Israelis call it the “Windbreaker” that already is protecting their Merkava 4 tanks against rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles, and now the U.S. Army is close to giving the go-ahead to install it on the M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks.
The Windbreaker, more commonly called the “Trophy Active Protection System,” was designed to detect incoming projectiles and neutralize them with ball-bearing filled canisters fired off like buckshot.
https://www.defensetech.org/2017/08/21/us-army-close-decision-shielding-abrams-tanks-israeli-tech/
