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  2. List of equipment of the Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia

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    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 Battle of Shuja'iyya incident IDF Achzarit

  3. List of main battle tanks by country - Wikipedia

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    Does not operate MBTs, but has light armoured vehicles, primarily the MOWAG Piranha, and FV101 Scorpion armoured reconnaissance vehicle: Israel [41] 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 ...

  4. Armored Corps (Israel) - Wikipedia

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    7th Armored Brigade "Saar me-Golan": the brigade was he first IDF armored brigade and has participated in all of Israel's wars. The brigade's fighting during the Suez War resulted in a breakthrough in how the army approached the character of armored warfare. As of 2014, the brigade is transitioning from Merkava 2 tanks to Merkava 4 tanks. [1]

  5. Merkava - Wikipedia

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    The tank outperformed contemporary Syrian tanks (mostly T-62s), and its front proved largely immune to the anti-tank weapons of the time (the AT-3 Sagger and RPG-7) that were used against it. It was judged to be a significant improvement over Israel's formerly most effective main battle tank, the Centurion . [ 41 ]

  6. What are Israel’s D9R bulldozers? £1m armoured ‘Teddy Bear ...

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    Combat use of Caterpillars in Israel stretches back to the Sinai War of 1956, the Six-Day War in 1967, the Yom Kippur War (1973) and the 1982 Operation Peace for Galilee. Show comments Advertisement

  7. Israeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for ...

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    According to the U.N.’s agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, Muwasi is now home to more than 450,000 displaced Palestinians, including many who arrived in recent months as Israel has ...

  8. Tanks of the Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia

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    The tanks are based on the American M48 and M60 Patton tanks. 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.

  9. Israel says Gaza tank raid is ‘preparation for next stage of ...

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    Israel has also unleashed its heaviest-ever bombardment of Gaza, which is home to more than two million people, in retaliation for a bloody attack by Hamas, who stormed communities in southern ...