Trophy active-protection system

Conflict Usage

Israel-Hamas War

Side: IsraelRole: Merkava tank active protection against anti-tank threatsprotected mobilityanti-tank

In the Israel-Hamas War, Trophy was used by Israeli Merkava tank crews; Hamas footage from fighting around Khan Younis showed the system triggering during an attack.

Trophy active-protection system Images

Related Weapon Systems

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TanksMerkava Mk 4 main battle tankMain battle tankThe Merkava Mk 4 Barak is Israel's latest digital upgrade to the front-engine Merkava Mk 4 main battle tank, adding a smart mission computer, updated sensors, and VR-based crew training for the IDF's armored corps. In the Israel-Hamas War, IDF-released Barak imagery from Gaza documents the variant's wartime use and the program's later production expansion.

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TanksM60A1 PattonSecond-generation main battle tankThe M60A1 Patton is a U.S.-origin main battle tank with a 105 mm gun, four-person crew, and improved turret protection over the original M60. Yemen's pre-war army inventory included M60A1s, so surviving vehicles formed part of the legacy armored force available as the Yemen Civil War split state units and front lines.

TanksT-90SA tankExport main battle tankThe T-90SA tank entry covers the export T-90S family as fielded by Azerbaijan in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. Conflict-loss documentation identifies Azerbaijani T-90S tanks rather than proving a unique subvariant label, so this record uses T-90SA conservatively as the requested export-family designation while grounding the conflict claim in T-90S evidence.

TanksM322 or M338 120 mm APFSDS-T tank projectileTank gun projectileElbit Systems' Israeli 120 mm APFSDS-T family pairs the M322 and M338 tungsten penetrators for Merkava 3 and 4 tanks; OSMP imagery from the Israel-Hamas War identified recovered Israeli tank-round fragments as either model.

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