first generation, the Merkava Mark 1, entered official service in 1979. Four main variants have been deployed. As of 2023, Merkava Mark 4 Barak is the latest...
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abbreviation of "Nagmash" (APC) and "Merkava," is an Israeli armoured personnel carrier based on a Merkava Mark IV tank chassis. Namer was developed by...
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Mark I Mark II Mark III Mark IV Mark V Mark VI Mark VII Mark VIII Mark IX Mark X Mark XI Mark XII Mark XIII Mark XIV Mark XV Mark XVI Mark XVII Mark XVIII...
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Mark 2 nuclear bomb (1945), a gun-type plutonium bomb Mark II, a variant of the British Mark I tank Merkava Mark II, a variant of the Israeli Merkava...
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and heavy armored fighting vehicles. The system is in active use on Merkava Mark 3 & 4 and Namer APCs and U.S. Abrams M1A1/2, and tested on the Stryker...
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first to adopt the Merkava mark-III main battle tank, phasing out its older Centurion tanks. The brigade is now[when?] phasing out the mark-III tanks and by...
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system: M68A1E4 cannon Expeditionary Tank K1 Type 88: KM68A1 cannon Merkava: Mark I and Mark II models T-54/55: in some upgraded variants Tiran-4Sh: Israeli...
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Leopard 1A4 for the Bundeswehr took place in 1976 and would mark the conclusion of Leopard 1 production for Germany. In 1980, a research program was undertaken...
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T-62 (redirect from RO-115 Mark I)
evaluated the vehicle and incorporated its upgrades in its RO-115 Mark I modernization. RO-115 Mark I: developed in the early 1980s. While retaining the Soviet...
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Scots Dragoon Guards, both equipped with 57 of the latest Mark 3 version of the Challenger 1. They were modified for desert operations by a REME team and...
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The first Merkava Mk. 1 tanks were supplied to the IDF in April 1979, nearly nine years after the decision to produce the Merkava Mk. 1 tank was taken...
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development was the Israel Defense Forces Merkava Mark IV tank which is the most recent upgrade of the Merkava tank and has been in development since 1999...
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third generation MBTs including the M1 Abrams, Challenger 2, Leopard 2, Merkava, Arjun MBT, and Type 99 have weights similar to those of 1950s heavy tanks...
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equipped with a mortar, either outside or inside the cabin. The Israeli Merkava main battle tank carried a 60 mm mortar in the small troop compartment...
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Vickers MBT (redirect from Vicker's Mk.1)
range, such as the 120 mm L11 tank gun. The Mark 2 did not proceed beyond a mock-up although a Vickers Mark 1 MBT with four Swingfire missiles, two mounted...
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The Merkava tank program administration said five of the damaged tanks cannot be returned to service, including two Merkava Mark II and one Mark III Lessons...
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weapons industry, which has developed weapons and vehicles such as the Merkava battle tank series, Nesher and Kfir fighter aircraft, and various small...
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Kornet launched from the Gaza strip penetrated the outer armour of a Merkava Mark III tank on the Israeli side of the border, but it caused no injuries...
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the M-113 with crane attached Nemera – modern recovery vehicle based on Merkava tank chassis. Several prototypes have been built, but it never fielded...
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Retrieved 11 November 2023. Krauss, Joseph (14 May 2024). "Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as a potentially even larger catastrophe unfolds...
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trucks 7 months after it was destroyed by Hamas". Times of Israel. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024. "Ship with food aid leaves for war-torn Gaza; Israel...
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Ground Forces uses several technologies developed in Israel such as the Merkava main battle tank, Achzarit armoured personnel carrier, the Iron Dome missile...
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The Vickers Main Battle Tank Mark 7 was a main battle tank developed on the basis of a joint venture between Vickers Defence Systems in the United Kingdom...
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T-54/T-55 operators and variants (redirect from T-55E Mark 0)
Mark 0 ("E" stands for Egyptian variant) - T-55 modernization fitted with a new Russian engine developing 580 hp. It came in two variants: T-55E Mark...
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experience gained on PT-91 project. The tank would be similar in its design to Merkava. This program was also known under the name Anders. The program was cancelled...
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the Leopard 1, M48 Patton series, Chieftain, and T-72 led to the contemporary Leopard 2, M1 Abrams, Challenger 2, C1 Ariete, T-90 and Merkava IV. Tanks...
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Centurion (tank) (redirect from Centurion Mk 5/1)
and Centurion's Marks 1 to 3 were designed and produced under design leadership of the Associated Equipment Company (AEC). Note: most Mark 2s were later...
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much oil that the engine compartment turned black. Leopard 1 German main battle tank Merkava tank (Early models) Israeli main battle tank M60 tank US main...
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designs have more protection; the Israeli IDF Namer has as much armour as Merkava main battle tank. Armour is usually composed of steel or aluminium. They...
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accommodate extra fuel and some personal equipment of the crew. The Israeli Merkava can even accommodate crew members displaced from a destroyed vehicle in...
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