Abstract: A weapon system particularly for an armored vehicle and comprising a main gun turret (3) for use against tanks and other land-based targets, a secondary turret (1) mounted on the main gun turret (3) and carrying one or more rapid-fire machine guns (9), and a millimetric surveillance and tracking radar mounted on the secondary turret, the radar being adapted to control the secondary turret (1) and machine gun (9) to aim and fire directly at an on-coming missile at close range preferably to destroy the missile or damage it to such an extent that any impact does not cause substantial penetration of the vehicle.