Final week, the federal government procurement workplace of Germany, in cooperation with the Israel Ministry of Protection, and supported by Israeli protection firm Rafael and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) accomplished a sequence of difficult stay firing checks of the Trophy on the Leopard 2 tank, which was built-in into the German providers after a government-to-government settlement was reached in February. The settlement was led by the Directorate of Protection Analysis and growth (R&D) within the Ministry of Protection and Rafael. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann is the contractor to put in Trophy parts on the tanks in the middle of an improve from the Leopard 2A6-A3 configuration to the Leopard 2 A7-A1 model. The 23 Trophy lively safety system units and 586 interceptors sought by Germany include a price ticket of $48 million. The Leopard 2 A7+ has been examined by the Bundeswehr underneath the identify UrbOp (city operations).
Dr. Ran Gozali, Government Vice President, GM Land & Naval Division at Rafael Superior Protection Programs: “TROPHY APS proves as soon as once more its excellent capabilities. We’re trying ahead to the enlargement of this profitable cooperation with our companions at KMW, and are assured that this achievement will make its affect on the APS market. We at Rafael are devoted to the success of our prospects, and are able to combine TROPHY on any platform, wherever.”
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The German Military determined to equip its important battle tanks with the Trophy lively safety system as a result of “trendy anti-tank guided missiles pose a major menace” and already in use on Israeli and American tanks. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann is the contractor to put in Trophy parts on the tanks in the middle of an improve from the Leopard 2A6-A3 configuration to the Leopard 2 A7-A1 model. The 23 Trophy lively safety system units and 586 interceptors sought by Germany include a price ticket of $48 million. The 17 operational important battle tanks plus one reference kind for testing. The techniques shall be delivered over the following a number of years. KMW stands to get roughly double that for the combination work, which can depart the federal government with 18 important battle tank hulls now not wanted after the improve.
Developed by Rafael in response to profitable anti-armor assaults, TROPHY APS gives mature, combat-proven safety in opposition to rocket and missile threats and concurrently locates the origin of the hostile fireplace for quick response. A small variety of explosively shaped projectiles destroy incoming threats earlier than they hit the automobile. Its principal objective is to complement the armour of sunshine and heavy armored preventing automobiles. TROPHY is the one fully-integrated, combat-proven APS on this planet and has been put in on Israel Protection Forces’ Merkava tanks since 2010, and has additionally been put in on the Namer APCs. TROPHY has additionally been equipped to 4 US Military Abrams MBT brigades, and has now recorded an overwhelmingly profitable take a look at on the German Leopard 2 Tank. Trophy has accrued over 1,000,000 working hours, together with over 5,400 profitable area checks, and is now underneath contract for serial manufacturing of over 1,800 techniques.
