Merkava - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Merkava: Encyclopedia Ii - Merkava - Merkava Mk 4
The Merkava Mk 4 is the latest generation in Israel's Merkava main battle tanks series, in service from 2004. It offers extra protection ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambulance: Encyclopedia - Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle designated for the transport of sick or injured people. The first ambulances called by that name were horse amb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caterpillar Track: Encyclopedia - Caterpillar Track
Caterpillar tracks are large (modular) tracks used on tanks, construction equipment and certain other off-road vehicles. Unlike the Kegre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Warfare: Encyclopedia - Armoured Warfare
Armoured warfare in modern warfare is understood to be the use of armoured fighting vehicles as a central component of the methods of war...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia - Al-aqsa Intifada
Palestinian National Authority This article is part of the series: Politics of the Palestinian National Authority President: Mahmoud A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vehicle Armour: Encyclopedia - Vehicle Armour
Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia - Tank
A tank is a tracked armoured fighting vehicle, designed primarily to engage enemy forces by the use of direct fire. A modern main battle ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Type 99: Encyclopedia - Type 99
Type 99 Main Battle Tank The Type 99, formerly known as Type 98 and Type 98G, is the latest main battle tank fielded by the Chinese Peopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark I Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark I Tank - Production History
The Mark I was a development of Little Willie, the experimental tank produced for the British Army by Lieutenant W. G. Wilson and William...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - History
Tank - World War One: the first tanks. Having already seen Rolls Royce armoured cars used by Royal Naval Air Service in 1914, and aware...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magach: Encyclopedia Ii - Magach - Service History
The tanks were sold to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) by Germany and later the United States, during the 1960s and 1970s. Several dozen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trophy Active Protection System: Encyclopedia Ii - Trophy Active Protection System - Trophy Design
Currently, the system is designed for the Stryker light armored vehicle and for the Israeli Merkava main battle tank. The design includes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Israelis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Israelis - Historical Figures
Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Overview
Israel Defense Forces - Service and manpower. National military service is compulsory for Jewish men and women over the age of 17, alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leclerc: Encyclopedia Ii - Leclerc - Characteristics
Leclerc - Armament. The Leclerc is equipped with a smooth bore 120 mm tank gun CN120-26 from GIAT. A complete range of rounds has been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Overview
Israel Defense Forces - Service and manpower. National military service is compulsory for Jewish men and women over the age of 17, alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caterpillar Track: Encyclopedia Ii - Caterpillar Track - History
A crude caterpillar track was designed in 1770 by Richard Edgeworth. The British polymath Sir George Cayley patented a caterpillar track,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Type 99: Encyclopedia Ii - Type 99 - Design
The design of Type 99 was influenced by the Soviet T-72 and the German Leopard 2. It also has features new to the PLA such as a slope sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Israel Defense Forces - Timeline And Major Events
History of the Israel Defense Forces - Before 1948. Following the 1947 UN Partition Plan which divided the British Mandate of Palestine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - T-72: Encyclopedia Ii - T-72 - Design Characteristics
The T-72 exhibits many design features shared with other tank designs of Soviet origin. Some of these are viewed as deficiencies in a str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Ordnance L7: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Ordnance L7 - History
As a direct replacement for the 20 pdr, which was seen as incapable of defeating the current and future Warsaw Pact tank designs (T-55 an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vehicle Armour: Encyclopedia Ii - Vehicle Armour - Technologies
For efficiency, the heaviest armour on an AFV is placed on its front: on the gun mantlet and glacis plate. Tank tactics require the vehic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barak Armored Brigade: Encyclopedia Ii - Barak Armored Brigade - History
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war the brigade was known as the Carmeli Brigade because it was led by Moshe Carmel. It was an infantry brig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Classification - Tank
A tank is a tracked, armoured combat vehicle (armoured fighting vehicle), designed primarily to engage enemy forces by the use of direct ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-aqsa Intifada - Timeline
Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2000. On September 27, Sgt. David Biri (Information from Israeli government) was killed; Israeli sources typically v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Military Vehicles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Military Vehicles - Vehicles By Name
List of military vehicles - A. A7V heavy tank (Germany; World War I) AAV7 amphibious armored personnel carrier (United States; Cold Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambulance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ambulance - Ambulances In North America
Ambulance - Ambulance types. Ambulances in both the United States and Canada are defined by KKK-1822E requirements which defines severa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Warfare - Tank Tactics
Tanks rarely work alone; the usual minimum unit size is a platoon (or troop) of four to five tanks. The tanks of the platoon work togethe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caterpillar Track: Encyclopedia Ii - Caterpillar Track - History
A crude caterpillar track was designed in 1770 by Richard Edgeworth. The British polymath Sir George Cayley patented a caterpillar track,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - Sonic, Seismic, And Thermal Traces
Stationary tanks can be well camouflaged in woodland and forested areas where there is natural cover, making detection and attack from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - Command, Control, And Communications
Commanding and co-ordinating a tank organisation in the field has always been subject to particular problems. Because of the isolation of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-aqsa Intifada - Prior Events
By signing the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords between Palestinians and Israel, the Palestine Liberation Organization committed to curbing violen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - T-72: Encyclopedia Ii - T-72 - Production History
The T-72 was the most common tank used by the Red Army from the 1970s to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was also exported to other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Type 99: Encyclopedia Ii - Type 99 - Armament
The main armament is a fully-stabilized 125 mm smoothbore gun with an autoloader. Despite the early reports indicating the gun was a lice...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-aqsa Intifada - Economic And Human Costs
In the Palestinian attacks, about 1,001 Israelis were killed (up to September 2004) and 6,700 were wounded (source: Israel's Ministry of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Warfare - First World War
Modern armoured warfare began with the development of the tank during the First World War. Following the First World War, the technical a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-aqsa Intifada - International Involvement
The international community has long taken an involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and this involvement has only increased du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Type 99: Encyclopedia Ii - Type 99 - Development
The tank was revealed in October 1999 during the national parade and entered service in small numbers for operational tests and evaluatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia Ii - Al-aqsa Intifada - Tactics
The tactics of the two sides in the conflict are largely based upon their resources and goals. Despite the claims of both sides to the co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Type 99: Encyclopedia Ii - Type 99 - Armour
The front armor of Type 99 is actually 3 steel plates "sandwiching" 2 ceramic plates, which gives protection approximately equivalent to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Classification - Self-propelled Artillery And Assault Gun
Various types of artillery pieces have been given their own integral transport by mounting them on armoured, tracked or wheeled chassis. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Code Of Conduct
In 1992, the IDF drafted a Code of Conduct that is a combination of international law, Israeli law, Jewish heritage and the IDF's own tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Counterterrorism Tactics
Owing to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the tactics of the IDF have been adapted for low intensity warfare primarily against P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Counterterrorism Tactics
Owing to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the tactics of the IDF have been adapted for low intensity warfare primarily against P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magach: Encyclopedia Ii - Magach - Source Of The Name Magach
Although as stated above, officially "Magach" stands for "Chariot of War Heroes", other versions exist. One version states that the real ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Israel Defence Forces Ranks
The Israel Defense Forces has four enlisted ranks, 5 non-commissioned officer ranks, 2 academic officer and 9 officer ranks. Unlike most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Israeli Military Technology
The IDF is considered to be one of the most high-tech armies in the world, possessing top-of-the-line weapons and computer systems. Besid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Classification - Infantry Fighting Vehicle
The first attempt to carry troops in an armoured tracked vehicle was made by the British in the First World War, a lengthened Mark V that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambulance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ambulance - Private Ambulance Companies
In addition to the possibility of being run by a local or regional government (similar to, or even as part of, the local fire department)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Fighting Vehicle Classification - Tank Destroyer
Self-propelled anti-tank guns, or tank destroyers, are used primarily to provide antitank support for infantry or tank units, in defensiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Military Structure
The following is a very partial list that does not refer to any reserve forces. Israel Defense Forces - High command General Staff. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Ordnance L7: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Ordnance L7 - Specification
Royal Ordnance L7 - Ammunition Available. APDS APERS-T ("Anti-personnel-tracer") APFSDS Dummy HE HEAT HESH Smoke-White phosphorus ince...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Warfare - Second World War
Modern armour warfare doctrine was developed and established during the run up to World War II. The fundamental key to warfare is the con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Code Of Conduct
In 1992, the IDF drafted a Code of Conduct that is a combination of international law, Israeli law, Jewish heritage and the IDF's own tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Counterterrorism Tactics
Owing to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the tactics of the IDF have been adapted for low intensity warfare primarily against P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leclerc: Encyclopedia Ii - Leclerc - History
At the start of the 1970s, the AMX-30 was ageing and, in 1977, the French Army drafted a requirement for a new main battle tank, called "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Warfare - Arab-israeli Wars
Both sides in the Arab-Israeli series of conflicts have made heavy use of tanks and other armoured vehicles. Up until the 1973 Yom Kippur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leclerc: Encyclopedia Ii - Leclerc - Combat Experience
The first Leclerc were commissioned in 1992, too late for the 1991 Gulf war, and have not been used in all-out war. As for "low-intensity...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Israeli Defence Forces Ranks
Notes: If the ranks of the IDF are to be translated one-to-one to Western ranks then a "Rav Aluf" is equivalent to Lieutenant General ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Israeli Military Technology
The IDF is considered to be one of the most high-tech armies in the world, possessing top-of-the-line weapons and computer systems. Besid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambulance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ambulance - Ambulances In The Uk
In the UK, ambulance services are provided under the National Health Service through local ambulance 'trusts'. Each trust is specific to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambulance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ambulance - Military Ambulances
Military ambulances include both regular ambulances painted in olive and armed ambulances based upon AFVs. Military helicopters often fun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Israel Defense Forces - 1978 Operation Litani
Because of waves of terrorist attacks (most notable is the road massacre of 37 civilians) coming from the PLO in Lebanon, the IDF underto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Israel Defense Forces - 1979-1981
In 1979 the first Israeli-made Merkava Mk1 main battle tank entered into service. The tank was fully developed and manufactured by Israel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israel Defense Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Israel Defense Forces - Military Structure
The following is a very partial list that does not refer to any reserve forces. Israel Defense Forces - High command General Staff. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambulance: Encyclopedia Ii - Ambulance - Ambulances In France & Europe
In France, the most general term is "vehicle adapted to patient transport", the term "ambulance" only applies for some categories of pati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Israelis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Israelis - Cultural Figures
List of Israelis - Film TV and stage. See also: List of Israeli actors. Gila Almagor - actress Yvan Attal - actor, director (Israeli-b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caterpillar Track: Encyclopedia Ii - Caterpillar Track - Engineering
Modern tracks are built from modular chain links which compose together a closed chain. These chain links are often broad and made of all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - Sonic Seismic And Thermal Traces
Stationary tanks can be well camouflaged in woodland and forested areas where there is natural cover, making detection and attack from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Israelis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Israelis - Academic Figures
See also List of Members of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Boldface font is used for laureates of Nobel prize and Turing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - Command Control And Communications
Commanding and co-ordinating a tank organisation in the field has always been subject to particular problems. Because of the isolation of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - Vulnerability
Whilst being a tremendously powerful weapon and the undoubted king of the land battlefield, the tank is not invulnerable. In fact it is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Warfare - Nato And Warsaw Pact
During the Cold War, NATO and the Warsaw Pact assumed armoured warfare to be a dominant aspect of conventional ground warfare in Europe. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - The Future Of Tanks Through Research And Development
There has been much speculation as to how tanks will evolve for modern day conflicts. Current research involves making the tank invisible...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - Protection
The main battle tank is the most heavily armoured vehicle in modern armies. Its armour is designed to protect the vehicle and crew agains...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - Mobility
There are essentially two main aspects of mobility to consider, the tank's basic mobility such as its speed across terrain and ability to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - Weapons
Main article: tank gun The main weapon of any modern tank is a single large gun. Tank guns are among the largest-calibre weapons in us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Israelis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Israelis - Entrepreneurs
List of Israelis - High-tech. Beny Alagem - founder of Packard Bell Safra Catz - president of Oracle Idan & Yerach Feigenbaum - fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark I Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark I Tank - Mark I: Description
A rhomboid shaped vehicle with a low centre of gravity and long track length able to grip muddy ground and cross trenches. Sponsons (also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Israelis: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Israelis - Sports
List of Israelis - Basketball. Micky Berkowitz - Maccabi Tel-Aviv Tal Brody - Maccabi Tel-Aviv Tal Burstein - Maccabi Tel-Aviv Amit Ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank - Design
The three traditional factors determining a tank's effectiveness are its firepower, mobility and protection. The psychological effect on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Warfare - Airborne Threats
Tanks and other armoured vehicles are vulnerable to attack from the air for several reasons. One is that they are easily detectable - the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armoured Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Armoured Warfare - Support
Armoured warfare is mechanically and logistically intensive and requires extensive support mechanisms. Armoured Fighting Vehicles require...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merkava: Encyclopedia Ii - Merkava - General Remarks
Like any other tank, the Merkava is vulnerable to command-detonated landmines. During the Al-Aqsa Intifada, three Merkava Tanks were dest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merkava: Encyclopedia Ii - Merkava - Merkava-based Armored Fighting Vehicles
Armored fighting vehicles built on the basis of a Merkava tank chassis. Merkava - Merkava Armored Recovery Vehicle ARV. The Merkava ARV...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merkava: Encyclopedia Ii - Merkava - Merkava Mk 3
Following information gained in Israel's incursion into Lebanon in 1982, the Merkava Mk 3 was introduced in 1990. The Mark 3 introduced a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merkava: Encyclopedia Ii - Merkava - History
Following the Six-Day War and the French embargo on Israel, the UK signed a deal with Israel for joint development of a new main battle t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merkava: Encyclopedia Ii - Merkava - Special Merkava Variants
Following the al-Aqsa Intifada, the Israeli Defence Forces modified some of their Merkava tanks to satisfy the needs of urban warfare. Th...   » Read the article