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The Merkava (Hebrew: מֶרְכָּבָה, [mɛʁkaˈva] ⓘ, "chariot") [5] is a series of main battle tanks used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the backbone of the IDF's Armored Corps.
The experience of converting Centurion tanks into armored personnel carriers (Nagmashot, Nagmachon) and combat engineering vehicles (Puma, Nakpadon), followed by the conversion of many T-54 and T-55 tanks into Achzarit infantry fighting vehicles, further promoted the idea of converting Merkava tanks into heavily armored APCs / IFVs.
Main battle tanks (400) Merkava Mark 4M: Main battle tank ~400 [12] Israel ~200 stored. [12] Merkava Mark IV: Main battle tank Israel: Merkava Mark 3: Main battle tank Israel ~700 stored. [12] Armoured personnel carriers (1,360) M113: Armored personnel carrier: 500 active [13] 5,000 in storage [13] United States Israel: Was used until the ...
The ground troops are also drawing from Israel’s arsenal of 300 military tanks, with a further 2,000 available for use. Israel’s Merkava tank is similar to the German Leopard 2 battle tank ...
Yet they were cheap enough to be built in large numbers. The first Soviet main battle tank was the T-64A [20] (the T-54/55 and T-62 were considered "medium" tanks) [21] and the first American nomenclature-designated MBT was the M60 tank. [22] A very early model M60 with M48 turret and 105mm cannon. Anti-tank weapons rapidly outpaced armour ...
Ground troops are drawing from an arsenal of around 1,100 third and fourth-generation Merkava tanks, which are similar to the German Leopard 2 battle tank widely used in Ukraine, with a thick ...
The Sabra Mk III incorporates armor technology, cannon, the RWR/IR warning system, and tracks from the Merkava Mk IV. [5] FIRAT-M60T / M60TM. Turkish local [6] enhancement of the M60T Mk III Sabra main battle tank unveiled in 2019. [7]
Meanwhile, images of destroyed Russian tanks felled by U.S.-made Javelin missiles have become a rallying cry for Ukrainians and their allies. ‘Make sure they have less resources to fight’ On ...