Key Points and Summary on Merkava Tank - The Israeli Merkava main battle tank, particularly the latest Mk 4M "Windbreaker" variant, has dominated the battlefield in Gaza against Hamas. Some say it ...

Key Points and Summary - Israel's Merkava main battle tank was born from a need for strategic autonomy after facing foreign arms embargoes in the 1960s. -Forged by the heavy armor losses of the 1973 ...

Israel may be about to export its workhorse Merkava tank for the first time. Reports say Israel is in talks to sell the tank to a European and a Middle Eastern country. If exported widely, the tank ...

The integration of women into frontline tank crews has been under consideration for years, but repeatedly delayed by Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Female soldiers serving in the Israel Defense Forces ...

The Israeli military’s Merkava main battle tanks again proved their worth after a recent Hezbollah strike. The Iran-backed terror group claimed one of its Almas ...

In 1967, Israel used the American M48 and British Centurion tanks to storm the Sinai Peninsula in a pre-emptive strike, which led to the end of the Six-Day War. However, this didn't come without ...

Tiny, explosives-laden drones are a serious threat to tanks and other armored vehicles. Grenade-dropping quadcopters and self-exploding first-person-view racing drones—both available off-the-shelf for ...

July 30, 2023: Israel recently revealed that it is negotiating the sale of 200 older Merkava tanks. The sale value of these tanks is estimated to be more than $50 million. There are two potential ...

David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Oct 16, 2023, 06:42pm EDT A Merkava with a cope cage. A “cope cage” is a sheet of improvised armor that an army welds or bolts to the ...

Israel may be about to export its Merkava tank for the first time. One customer may be an Arab country. Another could be a European nation at odds with Turkey. For now, the details are cryptic. "There ...