
We less often think of him as an innovator of the tools of as destructive a practice as war, but a true polymath - and the life of Leonardo more or less defines that concept - knows no boundaries. APS systems will almost certainly be part of the next round of upgrades for both, as well as the Stryker interim armored vehicle.We think of Leonardo da Vinci as one of the great humanists, a thinker and creator whose achievements spanned the realms of art, architecture, natural science, engineering, and letters. Army testing APS with Abrams tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Israel's Trophy system protects Israeli tanks from rockets and missiles in terrorist hands, South Korea is equipping its K-2 Black Panther tank with a domestic version, and a shift back to big-power warfare (particularly versus the Russians) has the U.S. Other nations are catching on to the APS concept. Interception takes place approximately 10 feet away from the tank.

ARENA-equipped tanks have are equipped with between 22 and 26 interceptor rockets. Anti-tank rockets and missiles, like the Russian RPG-7 and the American TOW, travel at up to 300 yards per second, making them slow enough to be intercepted (but too fast for the system to be operated manually).

Developed by the KB Mashinostroyeniya Design Bureau located outside Moscow, ARENA automatically detects incoming targets at approximately 50 yards and has a.

The video above shows the Russian ARENA system at work using ultra-high-speed 18,000-frames-per-second cameras. The octagonal radar sensor plate is visible on the turret, while the interceptor rockets are located in the box behind the kid in the orange sweatshirt. Trophy active protection system on Merkava IV tank.
