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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.
An image shared on X claims to show an Israeli Merkava tank modified into a fruit stand in Gaza. Verdict: False The tank is a Syrian T-55, not an Israeli Merkava tank. It was taken in Syria. Fact ...
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]
The original Merkava Mark IV rear entrance was redesigned to be a wider door ramp with a sniper port. Two hatches are fitted on the roof, which is higher than Merkava's hull roof. Namer also shares a digital battlefield management system with Merkava Mark IV, giving it hunter-killer team capabilities.
In the 1982 Lebanon War, Syrian T-72s are believed to have engaged Israeli tanks (M60A1, Magach or possibly Merkava tanks) in the south of Lebanon. [86] On 9 June 1982, the Syrian General HQ ordered a brigade of the 1st Armoured Division , recently equipped with T-72 tanks, to move straight ahead, cross the border, and hit the right flank of ...
Merkava Mk 4M main battle tank Merkava Mk 3D Baz tank fires. The Israeli Armored Corps (Hebrew: חֵיל הַשִּׁרְיוֹן, Heil HaShiryon) is a corps of the Israel Defense Forces that, since 1998, has been subordinate to GOC Army Headquarters.
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.
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.