In the Cold War era, Soviet engineers developed Drozd — the world’s first operational hard-kill active protection system (APS) for tanks. Designed to shoot down incoming RPGs and missiles, Drozd gave ...
Hard-Kill Active Protection Systems are pretty much essential for modern tanks. But during the Cold War, USSR managed to adopt and serially produce a hard-kill APS called Drozd, but it was neither ...
In terms of ground-vehicle warfare, the Soviet-developed T-72 tank is one of the most recognized as it's seen extensive combat over the years. Devised during the Cold War, this tank featured a new ...