![]() ![]() The system is also integrated with the M6 countermeasure device which launch smoke and flares. MCDs are typically mounted high above the turret and scan the frontal arc to detect and decoy away most of the widely used ATGMs. The system then emits IR signals to disrupt the threat’s missile/command unit tracking loop. The MCD is used as a part of a comprehensive warning and threat response ECM system, which detects and intercepts laser signals indicating an imminent attack. The US Army fitted the Loral VLQ-6 Missile Countermeasures Device ( MCD) also known as HardHat, that just missed the 1991 war, and later bought the Sanders VLQ-8As, equipping M-1A1 Abrams MBTs and M-2/3 Bradley AIFVs. Since 1991, as lessons learned from Desert Storm, some platforms received electro-optical (IR) jammers. Smoke which enable the tank to perform evasive maneuvers to counter the threat. ![]() In western armies, countermeasures rely mainly on deployment of smoke screen, and, to some extent, on IR countermeasures. ![]() Missile Countermeasure Device (MCD) seen installed on an M-2 Bradley (white rectangle on the top of the turret). ![]()
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