Iron Fist is a hard kill active protection system designed by Israel Military Industries, with a modular design that adapts to platforms ranging from light utility vehicles to heavy armored fighting vehicles. Revealed by IMI in 2006 and expected to enter Israel Defense Forces testing by 2007, it has been tested successfully against rocket propelled grenades, anti tank guided missiles, tank fired high explosive anti tank rounds, and kinetic energy penetrators. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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"Porcupine Arrow") is a hard kill active protection system (APS) designed by Israel Military Industries (IMI), with a modular design allowing adaptation to a range of platforms ranging from light utility vehicles to heavy armoured fighting vehicles.
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In August 2019, Elbit Systems won an IMOD contract to install the Iron Fist active protection system on the IDF's new Eitan APC and the IDF's armored D9 bulldozers.
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Iron Fist (Hebrew: חץ דורבן, Hetz Dorban, lit. "Porcupine Arrow") is a hard kill active protection system (APS) designed by Israel Military Industries (IMI), with a modular design allowing adaptation to a range of platforms ranging from light utility vehicles to heavy armoured fighting vehicles.
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