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 ...

Since its founding more than seven decades ago, Israel has fought in numerous wars and engagements that have required the country to prioritize its defense arsenal. Surrounded by hostile adversaries, ...

Merkava IV Tank - Key Points and Summary: The Israeli Merkava IV is a premier main battle tank, uniquely engineered with a front-mounted engine to maximize crew protection. -This design choice, born ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel highlighted the growing use of drones in modern warfare, particularly against armored vehicles like main battle tanks (MBTs).

Israeli Merkava tanks, some with "cope cage" style armor screens on top of their turrets, mass near Gaza. Israeli forces on the ground in Gaza will face a plethora of threats, as The War Zone has ...

After five years of development, the Israeli Ministry of Defense's Tank and APC Administration, along with the IDF, have unveiled the IDF's next-generation tank named "Barak." This new tank features ...

Israel has lost nearly two dozen tanks during fighting with Hamas since October 7. Those losses have come despite the sophistication of Israeli tanks and Israel's experience using them. The fighting ...

Several hundred Merkava 4 tank deliveries will instead incorporate the Merkava 5 features and enter service as Merkava 5s. This means there will be 360 Merkava 4s and 300 Merkava 5s. The price per ...

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 ...

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 ...