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The Merkava Mark 4M (Mk 4M) Windbreaker is a Merkava Mark 4 equipped with the Trophy active protection system (APS), designated "Meil Ruach" (Hebrew: מעיל רוח; "Windbreaker" or "Wind Coat"). Mass production of Mark 4M tanks began in 2009, and the first whole brigade of Mark 4Ms was declared operational in 2011.
The original Merkava Mark IV rear entrance was redesigned to be a wider door ramp with a sniper port. Two hatches are fitted on the roof, which is higher than Merkava's hull roof. Namer also shares a digital battlefield management system with Merkava Mark IV, giving it hunter-killer team capabilities.
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Magach 1, 2, 3, and 5 are based on M48 tanks; Magach 6 and 7 are based on M60 tanks. Israel needed tanks to defend her borders from the Arab states and the American M48 tank was the best choice at the time. AMX-13 – The AMX-13 Light Tank was designed to a new post-World War 2 French Army requirement, and France supplied them to the IDF.
Magach 2 in Yad la-Shiryon museum, Latrun. The first M48 Patton tanks acquired by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were purchased from West Germany in the early 1960s (M48A2 variant) in a secret arms deal, followed by deliveries from the United States after 1965 (M48A1 and M48A2C [1] vehicles) when Germany cancelled further deliveries after the deal was exposed.
Merkava Mk 4M main battle tank Merkava Mk 3D Baz tank fires. The Israeli Armored Corps (Hebrew: חֵיל הַשִּׁרְיוֹן, Heil HaShiryon) is a corps of the Israel Defense Forces that, since 1998, has been subordinate to GOC Army Headquarters.
55 km/h (34 mph) (Mk II & III) [2] The Sabra ( Hebrew : סברה , " prickly pear ") is an extensively upgraded M60 tank developed by Israel Military Industries . [ 3 ] The Mk II version of this upgrade package was used in one of the Turkish Army 's modernization programs.
Merkava Mk.1: 180 Israel: Merkava Mk.2: 400 Israel: Merkava Mk.3: 780 Israel: Merkava Mk.4: 660 Israel: Magach 6: 560 United States/ Israel: Upgraded M60 tank Magach 7: 1,600 United States/ Israel: Upgraded M60 tank Italy: Ariete: 150 [4] Italy: 147 C1 and 3 C2 variants. [4] To be upgraded. Ivory Coast: T-55: 10 Soviet Union: Some donated by Angola