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Army

Marine Corps Plans To Buy Trophy Active Protection Systems For M1 Tanks

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

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Marine Corps Plans To Buy Trophy Active Protection Systems For M1 Tanks

General Dynamics M1A1 Abrams main battle tank. Photo: General Dynamics

The Marine Corps plans to buy or lease existing active protection systems (APS) for its M1 Abrams tanks that are vulnerable to proliferating anti-tank guided missiles.Specifically, the Marine Corps will test the Trophy APS system developed by Israeli defense firm Rafael and sold in the United States by DRS Technologies, Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, deputy commandant of the Marine Corps for combat development and integration, told members of the Senate Armed Services subcommittee on seapower April 13.“Working very closely with…

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