Trophy APS not working

I would like to report a critical issue with the Trophy Active Protection System (APS) on two Israeli vehicles: the Merkava Mk.4M and the Namer Tshirion. Currently, the Trophy system on both of these vehicles is not working as intended. Even though the system visually activates and reacts to incoming threats, it completely fails to intercept missiles that are well within its stated operational limits.

During both multiplayer battles and test drive sessions, I noticed that when a missile is fired at either of these tanks, the Trophy system detects it and launches its interceptors. However, the missile is never destroyed — it continues on its path and hits the vehicle as if nothing had happened. This behavior happens even with very basic ATGMs, such as the test missile used in the APS test zone. These are slow and simple missiles, with a battle rating around 8.0, and should pose no problem for a modern APS like Trophy.

To confirm the issue, I tested it multiple times in the APS test zone. In every case, the Trophy system launches its countermeasure, indicating that it registers the threat and attempts an interception. Despite this, the missile is never stopped. It flies right through the interception attempt and impacts the vehicle. This is not just a visual glitch — the missile always hits the tank and causes damage or would do so in a real match.

It’s important to mention that other vehicles with APS in the game don’t show this problem. The issue appears to be specific to the Merkava Mk.4M and the Namer Tshirion. That suggests there’s something wrong in the implementation of the Trophy system for these two tanks — possibly in how the game handles the missile interception or the timing of the countermeasures.

I believe this is a serious bug, as it severely undermines the defensive capabilities of two high-tier vehicles that rely heavily on their APS to survive in battle. I recommend that the developers investigate the interception logic, especially in how it’s applied to these specific vehicles, and ensure that the Trophy system not only activates but actually destroys incoming threats when they fall within its operational parameters.

Thank you for looking into this issue.

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Any video of something?

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Yea look in this video i show how it doesnt work against the test vehicle missile launcher, i put the merkava facing the other way because the missile is very weak to penetrate the side or front merkava armor, sorry for filming in the phone, right nowmy obs wont work

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Been happening the last 2-3 weeks for me too and been annoying as hell. Had to stop playing several times because this issue has been driving me insane; and free excuse for me to take a break from game now ;_;

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The content creator Zenturion posted a video explaining it better: Trophy APS Broke?

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I did saw and ended up getting to know it is being happening since some time but gaijin is not fixing it

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Probably wait for the update they might just fix it

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Even after the update it didnt get fixed :)

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Everything is broken rn thermal missile are not hitting anything whole game is unstable rn

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the developer just got cheeky

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In my experience which isn’t a lot, the Trophy is hit or miss, It seems to fail to catch any Missile but has no issue catching HEAT-FS. I think they messed up the APS for only Missiles, Its failed to intercept BMP-2M Missiles, Brimstones, AGM-65s, Spikes, But Its intercepted US/RU HEAT and SWE HE. Hopefully they can fix it soon

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Yep i saw that video, just gotta wait to gaijin to fix it (if an admin sees this post)

They will never fix it because of Russian bias. They introduce a Soviet tank with the Arena M APS which should be worse than the Trophy in terms of characteristics. But the Arena M intercepts even aircraft missiles.

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Yea, could be because knowing gaijin they could just drop a major update and after 4 months of this bug being in the game they still dont fix it

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My friend said it’s working in namar triskon so is it ! ?

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did ur friend updated the game? i dont see any updates avalible and mine on the namer doesnt work

Well i will confirm with him once

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spoiler: the new update with t72 aps intercepting 98% of missiles perfectly did not fixed merkava trophy

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Yea, another russian bias moment