![]() While the purpose and effectiveness of these new tank modifications is debatable, other likely more important factors could mitigate the impact of the Javelin and TB2 against a major Russian incursion. However, more common systems like the Shtora-S are angled to detect threats approaching from a frontal aspect, without scanning the overhead arc from which a Javelin or MAM-L would ordinarily approach. It’s worth recalling some Russian tanks also mount soft-kill active-protection systems which may alert the crew of an incoming missile and seek to send it off course by obscuring the tank with heat- and laser-shrouding aerosol grenades, and flashing infrared jammers. Still, as modern infrared seekers are designed to home in on a target matching the heat profile of a tank rather than strictly the brightest object, the efficacy of the decoy versus a Javelins’ sensor is uncertain. However, the pipe might distort the target box in the Javelin missile’s infrared-imaging seeker, increasing the odds it lands off target. This may be designed to divert the infrared-seeker in a Javelin missile.Īs the emitter still appears to overhang the tank’s rear hull when the gun is pointed forward, the apparent decoy doesn’t seem guaranteed to prevent crippling damage to the vehicle, though it may protect the crew. Another countermeasure mounted on some Russia tanks appears to be a heat-emitting pipe where a tank’s snorkel (attached for river crossings) normally can be mounted at the rear of the turret.
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