Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Israeli Merkava tanks, some with "cope cage" style armor screens on top of their turrets, mass near Gaza. Israeli forces on the ...

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 ...

Israel may be about to export its Merkava tank for the first time. One customer may be an Arab country. Another could be a European nation at odds with Turkey. For now, the details are cryptic. "There ...

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 ...

Israeli tank units are built around the Merkava and organized in ways that differ sharply from many other armored forces.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...