Hungary orders StrikeShield APS for Lynx IFV infantry fighting vehicles
The StrikeShield APS will be ‘mechanically integrated into hybrid armour tiles’ on the Lynx IFV. Rheinmetall Protection Systems CEO Dr Manfred Salk said: “We see huge benefits from hybrid designs. The effects that passive armour protects you from are standardised and well understood. “Hybrid designs are different. They allow us to do a much better job of dealing with new effects and threats, such as residual energy from a disabled rocket hitting the vehicle and deflagrating. “The combination of our passive and active technologies into hybrid systems, therefore, offer our customers u...
Source: army-technology.com