[Spktyr]

One suggested response to it that I’ve seen is a multi-axis saturation attack - hit it with multiple simultaneous attacks from many different directions, so many that the APS and countermeasure systems simply get overwhelmed. A single ripple-fire missile attack from one direction won’t do it, but multiple simultaneous attacks probably could.

Pretty similar to the tactics required to overwhelm a US warship carrying CIWS systems.

[wastoute]

Thanks for the info. I won’t ask how you know...

[Little Ray]

If you have to overwhelm the active defenses then you have raised the cost of killing the tank potentially higher than irregulars can afford.
If they have to launch a half dozen simultaneous attacks, they are going to have problems killing it with RPGs.
That is a big step.

[archy]

One suggested response to it that I’ve seen is a multi-axis saturation attack - hit it with multiple simultaneous attacks from many different directions, so many that the APS and countermeasure systems simply get overwhelmed.

The armor's thinnest underneath. A submunition that lies on the ground, then detonates like a mine due to magnetic influence/photocell/heat/ antivibration/acoustical input [multiple different triggers, some single-method, some all of the above] with an underbelly effect akin to a Rockeye submunition, some shaped charge, some HESH would slow things down. Include a fair-sized HE track breaker round as an alternate choice for the driver to worry about, especially at night, and you've made things harder for the bad guy tankisti.