Worth noting is that none of *our* tanks have active protection systems either, for pretty much the same reason. We’re waiting for Raytheon to deliver their Quick Kill system. It was only this last year that the US Army decided that maybe they should put APS on our vehicles...
http://breakingdefense.com/2016/03/missile-defense-for-tanks-raytheon-quick-kill-vs-israeli-trophy/
In 1980, when we had XM-1 experimental tanks at Fort Hood, I had a conversation about this with an Israeli full colonel. That’s 36 years ago.
Interesting - thanks for this info and the link.