Sarab Active Protection System

The Sarab Active Protection System is an active protection system, developed by the Syrian Scientific Research Center (SSRC). The system was designed for the T-72, T-62 and T-55 to counter line of sight Anti-tank missiles.[1]

Syrian intelligence acquired 18 TOWs from the Free Syrian Army; these missiles were used by the SSRC to develop a counter measure. The system incorporated powerful infrared lights which were 80% effective against Anti tank missiles.[1] [2]

There are currently three variations of the Sarab system. The Sarab-1 (Mirage) was introduced in early 2016, used on T-62 tanks. At the end of 2016, the Sarab-2 entered service which used multiple emitters. The Sarab-3 was introduced in 2017, which unlike the other variants, had 360 degree full protection.[3][1]


References
  1. "Home Grown Syrian Soft Kill System Successfully Defeated TOW Missiles".
  2. Villasanta, Arthur Dominic (2 March 2017). "New Syrian Army Infrared Jammer Protects Tanks vs TOW and other ATGMs".
  3. "Sarab 1 ,2 &3 Active Protection System". within-syria.blogspot.ca.
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