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The Merkava (Hebrew: מֶרְכָּבָה, [mɛʁkaˈva] ⓘ, "chariot") [5] is a series of main battle tanks used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the backbone of the IDF's Armored Corps.
Verdict: False. The tank is a Syrian T-55, not an Israeli Merkava tank. It was taken in Syria. Fact Check: Social media users are claiming to show an Israeli Merkava tank in Gaza, modified into a ...
The IDF officially adopted the tank in December 1978. 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. The Merkava series of main battle tank represents [when?] the backbone of Israeli armor elements. [citation needed]
Main battle tanks (400) 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 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has used an emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
The experience of converting Centurion tanks into armoured personnel carriers (Nagmashot, Nagmachon) and combat engineering vehicles (Puma, Nakpadon), followed by the conversion of many T-54 and T-55 tanks into Achzarit infantry fighting vehicles, further promoted the idea of converting Merkava tanks into heavily armoured APCs / IFVs.
The corps' training base (#20) is located in Tzrifin.Other units do not fall directly under the corps’ command, but are professionally affiliated with it: . The Center for Maintenance and Restoration is the main centre for holding war materiel, including the factory where the Merkava tank is manufactured.
It has a tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead. It was designed primarily to be fired by Merkava tanks' 105 mm and 120 mm tank guns, though it matches all types of 105 mm and 120 mm guns, including low recoil guns and low-weight guns of military armoured cars. [2]