The Merkava can fire anti-tank missiles from its main gun tube, while the M1 cannot. The Merkava’s LAHAT top-attack missiles would be suitable for attacking vehicles or helicopters (in direct fire ...

Key point: Active protection systems may very well steal the day. The Israeli Merkava (Chariot) main battle tank is an example of a sophisticated weapon system designed to deal with very specific ...

Key Points - Israel's Merkava main battle tank series, developed since the mid-1970s under General Israel Tal, arose from the urgent need for strategic autonomy and enhanced crew survivability ...

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 Israeli government says that it is in very active talks with two countries about what could be the first confirmed international sales of variants of the country's unique Merkava main battle tank.

According to the statement, the deal, worth approximately 210 million dollars, tasks Elbit Systems with upgrading Merkava tanks, Israel’s main battle tank. The Merkava series of Main Battle Tanks ...

The Israeli Defence Force brings artificial intelligence to armored combat with the latest variant of its main battle tank. The Merkava Mk 4 Barak is billed as the first tank to have an advanced AI ...

January 31, 2023: Israel has developed another, the fifth, version of its Merkava tank. The Merkava 5 was quietly developed, built, tested and deployed in small numbers during late 2022. This was ...

The Merkava Mk1 was Israel’s first domestically developed main battle tank, designed after heavy losses in earlier wars.

July 25, 2022: The Philippine Army received two Merkava AVLB (Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge) vehicles from Israeli firm Elbit. The two AVLBs cost $27 million and are needed because the army has ...

Merkava hails from the land of Canadian Francophones – Montreal, QC. They boast an expansive lineup of electrified vehicles, including eboards. We’re just going to focus on their 2021 eBike lineup ...