US Army signed a new contract for the supply of Israeli KAZ Trophy
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US Department of Defense Signs New Rafael Trophy Israeli Equipment for Active Defense Systems (KAZ) tanks Abrams US Army and Marine Corps, bmpd blog reports.
Reportedly, the number of ordered active protection kits is not disclosed, but earlier information was announced that the total number of KAZ "is approaching 1500 units."
In the autumn of 2017, the US military announced a contract to equip the Israeli KAZ Trophy 87 with M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams first armored brigade. The contract must be executed by the end of March of this year. Later it became known about the allocation of funds for another 261 kit KAZ for equipping tanks M1A2 SEPv2 (М1А2С) Abrams of three more armored brigades of the US Army. In addition, part of the funds allocated to equip KAZ tanks M1A1 Abrams Marine Corps.
Earlier in the Pentagon stated that first of all complexes AZ Trophy will be equipped with tanks M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams, designed to be deployed in Europe.
The Trophy Active Protection Complex (“Meil Ruach”) was developed and produced by the Israeli company Rafael with the participation of the IAI Elta. Complex it is designed to hit only relatively low-speed RPG grenades and anti-tank missiles and is unable to hit sub-caliber shells and high-speed anti-tank missiles. The US Army, having conducted two stages of the tests of the KAZ Trophy installed on M2017A1 SEPv2 Abrams tanks in 2, said it was satisfied with the results.
Błażej Łukaszewski / poligonowewiesci.pl
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