Greece Displays Leopard 2A4 MBT With ASPIS NG Modular Protection

The involvement of the Main Battle Tank (MBT) Leopard 2A4 in war games in Ukraine has directly encouraged the creativity of related industries, one of which is an extra protection system for the Leopard MBT. I

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f at the Eurosatory 2022 event in Paris, EODH SA, a 'new' defense equipment manufacturer from Greece introduced ASPIS (Advanced Shielding Platform Integrated System) NG in a dummy module, then at the DEFEA 2023 event in Greece, for the first time the Leopard 2A4 was shown equipped with ASPIS NG.

DEFEA (Defence Exhibition Athens) 2023, which will be held May 9 – 11 2023 in Athens, shows the full form of the Leopard 2A4 with the ASPIS NG modular configuration.

ASPIS NG is a type of hybrid protection that combines passive, passive and energetic technologies. The protection elements in ASPIS NG are prepared to deal with modern threats such as anti-tank missile attacks with double head tandem warheads and new generation Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) munitions from enemy tank cannons.

The construction of the ASPIS NG protection layer uses a combination of nanotechnology materials and the outer part adopts an Explosive Reaction Shield (ERA) plate. To deal with the threat of anti-tank missile attacks targeting the top of the dome, there are a number of active protection units above the dome that function like anti-personnel mines with directed scattering of fragments (Claymore). 

The activation of this protection system occurs after the threat is detected by the radar sensor system. The solutions offered by EODH can be adapted as upgrades to existing MBTs or integrated into new designs. 

EODH claims that the ASPIS NG module can deal with new types of threats, such as those posed by kamikaze drones and parabolic trajectories of Fire and Forget Guided Anti-Tank Systems, which attack the top of the MBT turret.

The modular design of the ASPIS NG MBT uses autonomous millimetre-wavelength radar sensors distributed on the roof of the dome which when activated can detect threats approaching the roof at high elevation angles and at the right moment detonate a guided explosive charge.

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EODH SA designed the ASPIS NG primarily for offer to the Greek Army, where Greece currently operates 183 Leopard 2A4s and 170 Leopard 2A6s.

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