Israeli AFVs

[Long_Rodney]

You forgot the rest of the videos on that channel, that detail weekly maintenance for other crewmen.

The above video shows the driver.

Gunner:

 

Loader:

 

TC:

 

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[LoooSeR]

   Merkava 1 picture from Michael Muss' "Their Last Path IDF Tank Wrecks Merkava Mk.1 & 2, vol. 1". 

   Low enery and sad, lol.

 

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   Zibar with APS

 

   Unrelated

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   Claimed to be photo of Merkava that managed to fall down from the road near Lebanon-Isreal border line.

[N-L-M]

IDF Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin and Israel Tal, head of the Armored Corps, with an early Chieftain.

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   At the border with Lebanon

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   ARV on Namer chassis.

[Serge]

Lovely 

[alanch90]

Details of Merkava Mk 4 UFP, the forward section. Perhaps someone can make a thickness estimation based on this.

[MRose]

https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-elbit-wins-31m-israeli-army-iron-fist-deal-1001313908

 

Iron Fist for the Eitan

[asaf]

Anyone wants laser system for the ground forces?

 

 

[alanch90]

Ok since i developed some kind of an obsession for counting pixels i had to make an estimation for the Merkava 4 UFP thickness. Of course the results are just estimates because angle of the image and all that.

 

 

 

I have to say that the results are very close to what @Mighty_Zuk came up with many many pages ago. 

EDIT: as an added comment, given these numbers i don't think that we should consider Merkava 4 UFP as "thin" compared to other MBTs. 600-650mm LOS is thicker than UFP of soviet made MBTs such as T-80 and T-90. Now, how this physical thickness translates into protection effectiveness is another issue entirely. 

[VPZ]

 

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[N-L-M]

Thats some absolutely atrocious track tension on the second tank.

[N-L-M]

A bit of news we all missed

Apparently the IDF 188th Brigade is going to start transitioning to Merkava 4s this year. The 188th is the last active brigade (other than the training school) to operate the Merk 3, which means that in a few years they'll only be in reserve service. 

I wonder what this means for the Merk 3 Trophy retrofit project. There was the one vehicle photographed in 2017, and since then its been awfully quiet. If the Merk 3s are all going into the reserves, it may no longer be worthwhile to pursue, as the systems are most likely better spent on active service vehicles.

[FORMATOSE]

Magachon

 

[Marsh]

Oh lord. The toad like,  Magach heavy APC. The AFV with the worst aesthetic values ever. Relieved it never went into service

[N-L-M]

Gotta love the commanders periscopic sight stolen off a M901 ITV

[Serge]

20 hours ago, Sovngard said:

Magachon

 

A kind of :

[Wiedzmin]

[N-L-M]

Very nice, note the cutouts in both glacis and LFP arnor modules for Soviet-style breaching equipment attachment points.

[Wiedzmin]

 

 

maybe this can be translated ?

 

 

Mk1-2 ? 

 

 

Mk.3 ?