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Shtora (Russian: Штора, ‘curtain’) is a Russian electro-optical active protection suite for tanks, designed to disrupt the laser target designation and rangefinders of incoming anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs).

The system is mounted on the Russian T-80 and T-90 series tanks, the Ukrainian T-84, and the Serbian M-84AB1.

Shtora-1 is an electro-optical jammer that jams the enemy's semiautomatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) antitank guided missiles, laser rangefinders and target designators. Shtora-1 is actually a soft-kill, or passive-countermeasure system. It is most effective when used together with a hard-kill system such as the Arena active countermeasures system. The system was shown fitted to a Russian main battle tank during the International Defense Exposition, held in Abu Dhabi in 1995. The first known application of the system is the Russian T-90 main battle tank, which entered service in the Russian Army in 1993.

The Shtora-1 system comprises four key components, the electro-optical interface station, which includes a jammer, modulator, and control panel, a bank of forward-firing grenade dischargers mounted on either side of the turret, which are capable of firing grenades dispensing an aerosol screen, a laser warning system with precision and coarse heads, and a control system comprising control panel, microprocessor, and manual screen-laying panel. This processes the information from the sensors and activates the aerosol screen-laying system. Two infrared lights, one on each side of the main gun, continuously emit coded pulsed-infrared jamming when an incoming ATGM has been detected. Shtora-1 has a field of view of 360 degrees horizontally and –5 to +25 degrees in elevation. It contains twelve aerosol screen launchers and weighs 400 kg. The screening aerosol takes less than three seconds to form and lasts about twenty seconds. The screen-laying range is from 50 to 70 meters. It is also believed that the Shtora system can also locate the point where the threat originated from and plot a firing solution for the main gun, so that the tank crew can return fire.

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+{{Unreferenced|date=September 2007}}[[Image:Т-90 (underwater).jpg|thumb|A [[T-90]] fitted with the Shtora system (note the two 'boxes' on either side of the main gun).]]
-Georgia wants to be in Europe. What's the problem with that? They actually have some (small) parts of country located on the European continent, so technically they have a right to call themselves "transcontinental".[[User:Keverich1|Keverich1]] ([[User talk:Keverich1|talk]]) 17:28, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
-: Maybe they want, but they aren't. I have quoted a source, there are many others. No part of the country is in Europe, albeit there are some erronous entries in en:WP. --[[User:Bachforelle|Bachforelle]] ([[User talk:Bachforelle#top|talk]]) 18:39, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
+'''Shtora''' ({{lang-ru|Штора}}, ‘curtain’) is a [[Russia]]n electro-optical [[Active protection system|active protection suite]] for tanks, designed to disrupt the [[laser]] target designation and [[rangefinder]]s of incoming [[anti-tank guided missile]]s (ATGMs).
-::No, you are wrong here. Read [[List_of_countries_spanning_more_than_one_continent#Georgia|this]]. This article says that some districts of Georgia are actually located in Europe. For instance, [[Khevsureti]] is located along both the '''northern''' and southern slopes of the Great Caucasus Mountains. Now, if you concider that Caucasus Mountains is the diving line between Europe and Asia, then its nothern slopes should be in Europe. The are legitimate reasons to regard Georgia as a transcontinental country.[[User:Keverich1|Keverich1]] ([[User talk:Keverich1|talk]]) 20:53, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
+The system is mounted on the [[Russia|Russian]] [[T-80]] and [[T-90]] series [[tank]]s, the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[T-84]], and the [[Serbia|Serbian]] [[M-84|M-84AB1]].
+Shtora-1 is an electro-optical [[jammer]] that jams the enemy's semiautomatic command to line of sight ([[SACLOS]]) antitank guided missiles, laser rangefinders and target designators. Shtora-1 is actually a soft-kill, or [[countermeasures|passive-countermeasure]] system. It is most effective when used together with a hard-kill system such as the [[Arena Active Protection System|Arena active countermeasures system]]. The system was shown fitted to a Russian [[main battle tank]] during the International Defense Exposition, held in [[Abu Dhabi]] in 1995. The first known application of the system is the Russian [[T-90]] main battle tank, which entered service in the Russian Army in 1993.
+The Shtora-1 system comprises four key components, the electro-optical interface station, which includes a [[jammer]], [[modulator]], and control panel, a bank of forward-firing [[grenade launcher|grenade dischargers]] mounted on either side of the turret, which are capable of firing grenades dispensing an [[Particulate|aerosol]] screen, a [[laser]] warning system with precision and coarse heads, and a control system comprising control panel, [[microprocessor]], and manual screen-laying panel. This processes the information from the [[sensor]]s and activates the aerosol screen-laying system. Two [[infrared]] lights, one on each side of the main gun, continuously emit coded pulsed-[[infrared]] jamming when an incoming ATGM has been detected. Shtora-1 has a field of view of 360 degrees horizontally and –5 to +25 degrees in elevation. It contains twelve aerosol screen launchers and weighs 400 kg. The screening aerosol takes less than three seconds to form and lasts about twenty seconds. The screen-laying range is from 50 to 70 meters. It is also believed that the Shtora system can also locate the point where the threat originated from and plot a [[firing solution]] for the main gun, so that the tank crew can return fire.
+[[Category:Armoured fighting vehicle equipment]]
+[[Category:Weapons countermeasures]]
+[[pl:TSzU-1-7 Sztora]]