![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() According to the website 'War is Boring' which has monitored the conflict in Syria, "There's no fewer than 1,800 T-55, T-62 and T-72 tanks plus BMP fighting vehicles exploded, burned, disabled or seized by rebels - with potentially thousands of crewmen also being killed injured or captured." Videos of the conflict in Syria and Iraq uploaded by rebel fighters on YouTube clearly show modern American-built M1 A1 'Abrams' and German designed Leopard 2A4 tanks being destroyed by Russian or American anti-tank guided missiles which have been supplied to rebel fighters. Israeli Trophy Active Protection System mounted on Israeli Army Merkava IV tankThe delay in the acquisition of active defence systems for its tanks is a cause of concern for the Indian Army. The ensuing blast destroys the enemy missile, rocket propelled grenade or shell before it can pierce the armour of the tank. Radars fitted on tanks detect the launch of hostile missiles and tank shells, predict their incoming trajectory and launch guided ammunition that can destroy or deflect hostile projectiles upto 50 metres away from the tank. However, the singular vulnerability of modern tanks to the latest anti-tank guided missiles in the ongoing Iraq and Syria conflicts have raised serious question marks on the ability of armour alone to prevent casualties among tank crews.Īctive protection systems are meant to counter this threat. Active protection systems have saved the lives of dozens of tank crew deployed in Israeli combat operations in Gaza and have now been deployed by the Russian Army in operations in Syria.įor decades, tanks have depended on their armour to protect their crew from enemy shells and anti-tank guided missiles. India's future main battle tank, the T-90MS 'Tagil', which will be license manufactured in Avadi in Chennai, will not be equipped with new-generation active protection systems that destroy incoming missiles and shells before they can hit the tank. At the moment, no Indian Army tank has an active armour system.Active armour tanks detect launch of hostile missiles and tank shells.The T-90MS 'Tagil' will not be equipped with modern active armour systems. ![]()
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