Hard kill APS rarely have more than 2-4 rounds available on each aspect, ever wondered why?

[George MC]

Interesting thread on twitter re APS systems and number of reloads they have and the rationale for them. Of note is even if everything works perfectly, when an APS defeats an ATGM or RPG, a large volume of fragmentation and debris is projected over the vehicle, with a high probability of damaging mission critical components mounted on the vehicle.

This is worth a wee read lots of detail in it.

 

[dbsapp]

15 minutes ago, George MC said:

Interesting thread on twitter re APS systems and number of reloads they have and the rationale for them. Of note is even if everything works perfectly, when an APS defeats an ATGM or RPG, a large volume of fragmentation and debris is projected over the vehicle, with a high probability of damaging mission critical components mounted on the vehicle.

This is worth a wee read lots of detail in it.

 

That's really interesting. Basically it is saying that debris from destroyed projectiles will damage APS system after about 4 intercepts max, and thats why you don't need more then 4 reloads anyway. 

[George MC]

35 minutes ago, dbsapp said:

That's really interesting. Basically it is saying that debris from destroyed projectiles will damage APS system after about 4 intercepts max, and thats why you don't need more then 4 reloads anyway. 

Yup plus damage all the mission critical external mounted systems. So your AFV quickly becomes a 'mission kill' and will have to retire from the action. Probably better than a hunk of smoking metal and the crew charred fragments...

But aye never realised though the external damage hard kill APS caused to the vehicle when it was used.

[dbsapp]

1 minute ago, George MC said:

Yup plus damage all the mission critical external mounted systems. So your AFV quickly becomes a 'mission kill' and will have to retire from the action. Probably better than a hunk of smoking metal and the crew charred fragments...

But aye never realised though the external damage hard kill APS caused to the vehicle when it was used.

Yeah, it's more vulnerable and expandable then I thought as well. 

Now imagine what artillery fire could do to those systems.

But it's extremly unlikely that AVFs would be under artillery fire nowdays. So military planning focused on local challenges and threats, mainly presented by RPGs or ATGMs.