Active protection systems

Introduction

Main article: Ground vehicles equipped with an active protection system

Update "Wind of Change" added active protection systems (APS) to the ground vehicles. These devices provide defense against ATGM. It can either be by destroying the incoming missile or by jamming the guidance system.

Electro-optical APS

Electro-optical APS (also known as "soft-kill APS" or "infrared countermeasures" (IRCM)) are a group of active protection systems that utilise light emitters to disrupt the guidance of incoming missiles.

Electro-optical APS acts on SACLOS-guided missiles that do not feature an electronic counter-countermeasure (ECCM) system:

3M7 (IT-1)
9M14-2 Malyutka-2 (IAR 316B)
9M17M Falanga (Mi-4AV, Mi-24A)
9M112 (T-64B, T-80B)
9M113 (BMP-1, SPz BMP-1, BMP-2)
9M114 Shturm (Shturm-S/Russian helicopters)
9M120 Ataka (Mi-35M, Mi-28N)
9M120F-1, 9M220O (Shturm-S)
9M311, 9M311-1M (2S6)
302 (Object 122MT "MC")
ACRA (AMX-30 ACRA)
AGM-12B Bullpup (H-34)
AGM-22 (UH-1B, UH-1C)
AS.11/SS.11, RB 52
BAe Swingfire (Swingfire, Striker)
BGM-71A TOW/RB 55, BGM-71B TOW/RB 55B, BGM-71C I-TOW
Fireflash (Swift F.7)
HJ-8A/C/E/H (Chinese helicopters)
HJ-73E (ZBD86)
HOT-1
HOT-2
HOT-3 (EC-665 Tiger HAD, HAP, UHT)
Kh-66 (MiG-21PFM)
MGM-51B (M551, M60A2)
MGM-51C (XM-803, MBT-70, KPz-70)
MILAN/MILAN 2
RB 53 Bantam (HKP3C)
Roland 1/2/3 (FlaRakPz 1, Roland 1, FlaRakRad)
Type 79, Type 79 ASM (Type 89)
VT1 (FlaRakRad, ItO 90M)

Missiles that utilise a different guidance system (e.g. MCLOS, laser, TV) as well as SACLOS missiles with ECCM will be unaffected by the operation of an electro-optical system.

AN/VLQ-8A

It is a IRCM type jammer.

Vehicles equipped with AN/VLQ-8A:

M1A1 HC

MUSS

MUSS (Multifunktionales Selbstschutz-System, engl. Multifunction Self Protection System) is a IRCM softkill APS. When a laser is pointed at the vehicle MUSS will pop smoke grenades to make laser guidance harder. Against other ATGM it will use IR light to confuse the targeting system of the attacker.

Vehicles equipped with MUSS: