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 ...

Hamas on Thursday released an intense video highlighting a real-time example of one of the biggest concerns Israeli military planners doubtlessly had for their invasion of Gaza. The 84-second video is ...

Key Points - Israel's Merkava MK 4 main battle tank, operational since 2004, represents the third generation of this indigenously developed platform, designed for superior survivability and ...

Originally built around unique design choices, Israel’s Merkava has evolved through multiple generations. This video explores ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meet the Merkava: Wars between Israel and its Arab neighbors have engulfed the Jewish state since its founding in 1948. From early on, the Israeli government understood that without a robust national ...

The IDF this week began absorbing the Merkava Mark IV, considered to be one of the most advanced main battle tanks in the world, into all battalions of the 7th Armored Brigade, the IDF's most senior ...

Israel is in talks with the Greek Cypriot administration of Southern Cyprus on selling it Merkava tanks, Israeli media reported. “A security source revealed that Israel is planning on selling hundreds ...