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After the beginning of the current round of the conflict between Israel and Palestine, many IDF tanks in a short time acquired lattice tower protection – "visors", which had previously become widespread in the SVO zone.
At the same time, Polish observers are puzzled by their appearance on the Merkava MBT, since Israel positioned the Trophy active protection complex created by it as a universal means of self-defense of armored vehicles.
- it is noted in the publication Defence24, studying the appearance of additional protection.
The second possible reason is a small number of "counterpresses" [included in the filling of KAZ ammunition with striking elements]. In these conditions, "a passive anti-drone shield gives a chance to withstand another attack."
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- the author believes.
For our part, we note that the regular, factory "visors" of the Russian army are equipped with folding panels, which are placed above the commander and the gunner and allow to speed up the process of their evacuation from the damaged car. A similar design was not seen on Israeli tanks.
