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Rheinmetall refers to a possible defensive system against threats coming from the third dimension using the acronym TAPS, which means Top Attack Protection System. Not many details were provided, by the Düsseldorf based company claims it has developed the core of the system, while effectors have not yet been decided, as these can be a laser beam, a high rate of fire small calibre machine gun, or others, as discussed in the lethality part of this article. A multi-sensor, multi-effector modular layered system, the TAPS can also include a grenade-launcher type system can be integrated, as well as a multi-spectral smoke screening system, which would generate a cloud over the tank, avoiding incoming projectiles to lock on the target, Rheinmetall’s MASS system being one example. This would require sensors with longer ranges, around 500-600 meters, compared to those used in active systems, as smoke takes time to generate. Such systems would allow evolving towards automatic hemispheric deployment of the smoke cloud providing thermal and optical camouflage.
https://www.edrmagazine.eu/increasing-s ... duced-massRheinmetall refers to a possible defensive system against threats coming from the third dimension using the acronym TAPS, which means Top Attack Protection System. Not many details were provided, by the Düsseldorf based company claims it has developed the core of the system, while effectors have not yet been decided, as these can be a laser beam, a high rate of fire small calibre machine gun, or others, as discussed in the lethality part of this article. A multi-sensor, multi-effector modular layered system, the TAPS can also include a grenade-launcher type system can be integrated, as well as a multi-spectral smoke screening system, which would generate a cloud over the tank, avoiding incoming projectiles to lock on the target, Rheinmetall’s MASS system being one example. This would require sensors with longer ranges, around 500-600 meters, compared to those used in active systems, as smoke takes time to generate. Such systems would allow evolving towards automatic hemispheric deployment of the smoke cloud providing thermal and optical camouflage.