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The hull has the same ballistic protection as the Merkava Mk.III. The armor on the turret is sufficient to defeat small arms fire, shell splinters, blast overpressure, and most heavy machine gun rounds. The armor is augmented by spall liners, and the same overpressure NBC system as the Merkava Mk.III is fitted. There is also a back-up ...
The IMI 120 mm gun is an L44 smoothbore tank gun designed and produced by Israeli Military Industries (IMI). It is widely confused as a licensed production of the Rheinmetall L44 tank gun, however it was developed by IMI from 1983 to 1988, to meet the requirements of the Israel Defense Forces' Merkava Mark III main battle tank, i.e. a narrower mount like in the M60, both tanks designed around ...
Merkava Mk. II, Nakpadon AVDS-1790-7A 950 horsepower (710 kW) Merkava Mk. II AVDS-1790-8A 5,100 pounds (2,300 ... Merkava Mk. III AVDS-1790 1500 5,000 pounds ...
A tank during a training day held in the Golan Heights for the 188th Armored Brigade The emblem of the Carmeli Brigade A Merkava Mk.3 company in training, northern Israel. A memorial in the Golan Heights. The brigade was formed as the 2nd Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war when it was split off from the Levanoni Brigade.
Namer is capable of maneuvering in difficult terrain, powered by the Teledyne Continental AVDS-1790-9AR 1,200 hp (895 kW) V12 air-cooled diesel engine of the Merkava Mark III. Namer is able to carry up to 12 troops (crewmen and fully equipped infantrymen) and one stretcher, or two stretchers and medical equipment on a Namerbulance MEDEVAC ...
The Mark III was retired from active service in 2022 but is still the most numerous tank in the IDF's arsenal. Compared to the Mark II, it has upgrades to the drivetrain, powertrain, armament, and electronic systems. It incorporates the locally developed IMI 120 mm gun. 2004 Israel: 360 It is a further development of the Merkava Mark 3. In 2014 ...
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 Battle of Shuja'iyya incident ...
Israeli Merkava III at Yad La-Shiryon. Merkava MBT mark I, II, III, IV and Namer APC; Nimda Shoet APC, loosely modeled after BTR-152; Nodedet [dubious – discuss] For Israeli variations of the Patton tank, see under American: Patton tank -> Magach. For Israeli variations of the T-54/T-55 tanks, see under Soviet: T-54/T-55 -> IDF Achzarit ...