Editing M1 Abrams (section)

====Active protection system====
In addition to the armor, some USMC Abrams tanks were equipped with a [[Active protection system#Soft-kill measures|soft-kill active protection system]], the AN/VLQ-6 Missile Countermeasure Device (MCD) that can impede the function of guidance systems of some semi-active control line-of-sight ([[SACLOS]]) [[wire-guided missile|wire]]- and [[command guidance|radio guided]] anti-tank missiles (such as the Russian [[9K114 Shturm]]) and [[infrared homing]] missiles. These were not ready in time for the Gulf War. The MCD works by emitting a massive, condensed infrared signal to confuse the infrared homing seeker of an [[anti-tank guided missile]] (ATGM). However, the drawback to the system is that the ATGM is not destroyed, it is merely directed away from its intended target, leaving the missile to detonate elsewhere.<ref name="ActiveDefenseCountermeasures">{{cite web |url=http://www.defense-update.com/features/du-1-04/soft-kill-west.htm |title= Active Defense & Countermeasures |publisher=Defense Update.com |date=25 April 2006 |access-date=9 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310041758/http://www.defense-update.com/features/du-1-04/soft-kill-west.htm |archive-date=10 March 2009}}</ref> During the Iraq War the U.S. Marine Corps equipped its M1A1s with AN/VLQ-8A electro-optical jammers.{{sfn|Green|Stewart|2005|p=107-108}}

[[File:M1A1 Trophy Technology Demonstrator.jpg|thumb|The Trophy Active Protection System (APS) was installed and tested on a USMC M1A1 Abrams in 2017.]]
In 2016, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps began testing the Israeli [[Trophy (countermeasure)|Trophy]] active protection system to protect their Abrams tanks from modern RPG and ATGM threats by either jamming (with ATGMs) or firing small rounds to deflect incoming projectiles.<ref>[https://news.usni.org/2016/04/14/walsh-marines-may-protect-tanks-with-active-and-ew-protection-systems-much-like-ship-self-defense Walsh: Marines May Protect Tanks With Active and EW Protection Systems, Much Like Ship Self-Defense] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414131211/https://news.usni.org/2016/04/14/walsh-marines-may-protect-tanks-with-active-and-ew-protection-systems-much-like-ship-self-defense |date=14 April 2016}} – News.USNI.org, 14 April 2016</ref> The Army planned to field a brigade of over 80 tanks equipped with Trophy to Europe in 2020.<ref>[http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/10/09/some-abrams-tanks-trophy-system-2020-army.html?ESRC=todayinmil.sm Some Abrams Tanks Will Have "Trophy" System By 2020: Army] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011022416/http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/10/09/some-abrams-tanks-trophy-system-2020-army.html?ESRC=todayinmil.sm |date=11 October 2017}} – Military.com, 9 October 2017</ref> It is planned for up to 261 Abrams to be upgraded with the system, enough for four brigades.<ref>[https://breakingdefense.com/2018/05/all-armored-brigades-to-get-active-protection-systems-gen-milley/ All Armored Brigades To Get Active Protection Systems: Gen. Milley] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715011501/https://breakingdefense.com/2018/05/all-armored-brigades-to-get-active-protection-systems-gen-milley/ |date=15 July 2018}}. ''Breaking Defense''. 15 May 2018.</ref> In June 2018, the Army awarded [[Leonardo DRS]], U.S. partner to Trophy's designer [[Rafael Advanced Defense Systems|Rafael]], a $193 million contract to deliver the system in support of M1 Abrams "immediate operational requirements".<ref>[https://www.armytimes.com/news/2018/07/05/abrams-tanks-get-new-round-of-israeli-made-shields-to-fend-off-anti-tank-weapons/ Abrams tanks get new round of Israeli-made "shields" to fend off anti-tank weapons] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114043747/https://www.armytimes.com/news/2018/07/05/abrams-tanks-get-new-round-of-israeli-made-shields-to-fend-off-anti-tank-weapons/ |date=14 January 2023}}. ''Army Times''. 6 July 2018.</ref> U.S. Army M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams tanks deployed to Germany in July 2020 fitted with Trophy systems.{{cn|date=April 2025}} Deliveries to equip four tank brigades were completed in January 2021.<ref>[https://breakingdefense.com/2021/01/army-tries-again-to-protect-stryker-rafael-or-rheinmetall/ Army Tries (Again) To Protect Stryker: Rafael or Rheinmetall?] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111054635/https://breakingdefense.com/2021/01/army-tries-again-to-protect-stryker-rafael-or-rheinmetall/ |date=11 January 2021}}. ''Breaking Defense''. 8 January 2021.</ref>