Israel has completed a contract for the supply of Trophy active protection systems to the United States to equip M1 Abrams tanks. This is stated in the message of the Rafael company.
According to published data, contact for the supply of complexes was concluded in “urgently” in summer 2018 with the start of delivery in 2019 year for “several armored brigades”. Rafael called KAZ Trophy the world's only combat-proven active protection complex. Before being installed on American tanks, it was integrated into tanks “Merkava” and heavy BMP Namer.
celebrated, that the first American tanks with an Israeli KAZ installed were seen in Europe during exercises in the summer 2020 of the year.
For the first time, the Pentagon announced the conclusion of a contract to equip Israeli KAZ Trophy 87 tanks M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams of the first armored brigade in the fall 2017 of the year. Later it became known about the allocation of funds for 261 KAZ kit for equipping tanks M1A2 SEPv2 (M1A2S) Abrams of three more US Army armored brigades. Besides, part of the funds is allocated to equip the KAZ of the M1A1 Abrams tanks of the Marine Corps.
KAZ Trophy in serial form has an Elta EL / M-2133 detecting radar with four fixed antennas with phased array, and two rotary launchers, firing buckshot fragmentation shots to defeat flying anti-tank ammunition.
The complex is designed to destroy relatively low-speed RPG grenades and ATGM missiles and is not capable of hitting sub-caliber shells and high-speed ATGMs. Like other modern defense systems, tank-mounted, Trophy imposes serious restrictions on the presence of infantry at the combat vehicle.
