Army reportedly investigating if double headed anti-tank missiles have been smuggled into Gaza.
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have managed to penetrate an IDF Merkava tank using a missile and the army is now checking if double headed anti-tank missiles have made their way to Gaza, Channel 10 reported Wednesday.
According to the report, the missile was fired at an IDF tank on Tuesday and its jet stream passed between the tank's soldiers, who subsequently suffered from smoke inhalation.
Details released by the IDF about the incident on Tuesday said that four soldiers had inhaled smoke and suffered minor bruises, but had not stated that the RPG had actually managed to penetrate the tank.
The army said that the tank's defense systems had functioned properly and that these were sufficient in dealing with the threats in Gaza.
Hizbullah's advanced armor-piercing RPGs damaged 40 Merkava tanks and killed more than 30 tank crew members during the Second Lebanon War.
The IDF has ordered hundreds of Trophy active protection anti-missile systems, which it plans to install on its Merkava tanks.
Developed by the Rafael Armament Development Authority, the Trophy system creates a hemispheric protected zone around armored vehicles such as the Merkava tank. The system is designed to detect and track a threat and counter it with a launched projectile that intercepts the anti-tank missile.
Yaakov Katz contributed to this report.
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