Russia unveils anti-APS RPG

By Kris Osborn - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Dec 20, 2008 7:02:32 EST

Years before the Army is to deploy its active protective system for armored vehicles, a Russian firm has unveiled a weapon designed to thwart it.

The RPG-30 fires a tandem-charge rocket-propelled grenade immediately after launching a decoy warhead in an adjoining tube, according to a Nov. 19 article by ITAR-TASS, the Russian news agency. The decoy is meant to distract an active protective system like the Army’s Hard Kill and the Israeli Trophy so that the tandem charge can land a one-two punch against modern armor.

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