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The point is that APS systems will reduce the danger from the most common weapons on the battlefield like RPGs that any soldier on the battlefield can sling over their shoulder and take shots at your vehicles from sides and rear and fire from distances too close for you to do anything else about.
Obviously APS systems are not perfect and are not cheap... my understanding is that the MMW radar they emit to detect incoming rounds would allow a sophisticated enemy like HATO or Nazis HATO is currently supporting to use the MMW radar emissions to plot the real time locations of Russian armour and indeed use it to blind target those forces with artillery strikes.
It is going to take time to get them to the point where they are useful but in some situations like in Syria you might find going into a built up area that it is worth switching something on that stops RPGs and TOWs... you could even set up decoy emitters to get the enemy to launch attacks where the intent is to draw their artillery into a trap...
The new Russian T-90 upgrades seem to use upgraded Shtora but not APS... a laser warning system is valuable even if you just use it to try to spot enemy drones with modern EOs and perhaps decide if they have a missile on the way where popping smoke and moving might be a good idea.
Obviously APS systems are not perfect and are not cheap... my understanding is that the MMW radar they emit to detect incoming rounds would allow a sophisticated enemy like HATO or Nazis HATO is currently supporting to use the MMW radar emissions to plot the real time locations of Russian armour and indeed use it to blind target those forces with artillery strikes.
It is going to take time to get them to the point where they are useful but in some situations like in Syria you might find going into a built up area that it is worth switching something on that stops RPGs and TOWs... you could even set up decoy emitters to get the enemy to launch attacks where the intent is to draw their artillery into a trap...
The new Russian T-90 upgrades seem to use upgraded Shtora but not APS... a laser warning system is valuable even if you just use it to try to spot enemy drones with modern EOs and perhaps decide if they have a missile on the way where popping smoke and moving might be a good idea.
