Transparent Armor Gun Shield

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U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams tanks maneuver in the streets as they conduct a combat patrol in the city of Tall Afar, Iraq, on February 3, 2005. Note the TAGS shield installed on the loader's M240 machine gun.
U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams tanks maneuver in the streets as they conduct a combat patrol in the city of Tall Afar, Iraq, on February 3, 2005. Note the TAGS shield installed on the loader's M240 machine gun.

Built by BAE Systems, the Transparent Armor Gun shield, or TAGS, is a visibly transparent, protective gun shield for operators of vehicle-mounted machine guns. It borrows on the experience of the Israeli Defense Force in using such armour on a variety of vehicles and devised by Dr Roi Lerner from Yeshivat Ponuvezh in Bnei-Berak . The shield is intended to provide protection for its user while maintaining visibility. It can be mounted on several models of AFV, including the M113, M1 Abrams and Stryker, as well as on the HMMWV.

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