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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Merkava | | | | | | |  Merkava: Encyclopedia II - Armoured fighting vehicle classification - TankA tank is a tracked, armoured combat vehicle (armoured fighting vehicle), designed primarily to engage enemy forces by the use of direct fire. A modern main battle tank is distinguished by its high level of firepower, mobility and armour protection relative to other vehicles of its era. It can cross comparatively rough terrain at high speeds, but is fuel, maintenance, and ammunition-hungry and is logistically demanding. It has the heaviest armour of any vehicle on the battlefield, and carries a powerful weapon that may be able to enga ...
See also:Armoured fighting vehicle classification, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Tank, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Armoured personnel carrier, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Infantry fighting vehicle, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Self-propelled artillery and assault gun, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Tank destroyer, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Tankette Read more here: » Armoured fighting vehicle classification: Encyclopedia II - Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Tank |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 view this as the start of the Intifada.
On September 28, the Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited in the Temple Mount (called Har HaBayit in Hebrew, Al-Haram As-Sharif in Arabic) in the Old City of Jerusalem, the holiest site for Judaism, the third holiest site in Islam, and a place of special significance to Christianity. The pretext for Shar ...
See also:Al-Aqsa Intifada, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Prior events, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Timeline, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2000, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2001, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2002, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2003, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2004, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2005, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Tactics, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Palestinians, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Israel, Al-Aqsa Intifada - The West Bank barrier, Al-Aqsa Intifada - International Involvement, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Effects on Oslo Accords, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Economic and human costs Read more here: » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia II - Al-Aqsa Intifada - Timeline |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 War/modern)
ABAL armored ammunition supply vehicle (Romania; Cold War)
Abrams (popular name for the M1 Abrams)
ACEC Cobra armored personnel carrier (Belgium; Cold War)
Achzarit armored personnel carrier (Israel; modern)
ACMAT TPK wheeled armored personnel carrier (France; modern)
Advanced Modular Vehicle multirole c ...
See also:List of military vehicles, List of military vehicles - Vehicles by type, List of military vehicles - Vehicles by country, List of military vehicles - Vehicles by name, List of military vehicles - A, List of military vehicles - B, List of military vehicles - C, List of military vehicles - D, List of military vehicles - E, List of military vehicles - F, List of military vehicles - G, List of military vehicles - H, List of military vehicles - I, List of military vehicles - J, List of military vehicles - K, List of military vehicles - L, List of military vehicles - M, List of military vehicles - N, List of military vehicles - O, List of military vehicles - P, List of military vehicles - R, List of military vehicles - S, List of military vehicles - T, List of military vehicles - U, List of military vehicles - V, List of military vehicles - W, List of military vehicles - X, List of military vehicles - Y, List of military vehicles - Z Read more here: » List of military vehicles: Encyclopedia II - List of military vehicles - Vehicles by name |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 several categories of ambulances.
Type I Ambulances are based on the chassis-cabs of light duty pickup-trucks,
Type II Ambulances are based in modern passenger/cargo vans,
Type III Ambulances are based on chassis-cabs of light duty vans,
Extreme Duty versions of both Type I and Type III are also now authorized based ...
See also:Ambulance, Ambulance - Ambulances in North America, Ambulance - Ambulance types, Ambulance - Ambulance Providers, Ambulance - Service Level, Ambulance - Need for Flexibility, Ambulance - Ambulances in France & Europe, Ambulance - First responders vehicles, Ambulance - Hospital ambulances, Ambulance - Special warning devices and traffic law, Ambulance - Ambulances in the UK, Ambulance - Private ambulance companies, Ambulance - Military ambulances Read more here: » Ambulance: Encyclopedia II - Ambulance - Ambulances in North America |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 together providing mutual support: two might advance while covered by the others then stop and provide cover for the remainder to move ahead.
Normally, multiple platoons would coordinate with mechanised infantry and utilise their mobility and firepower to penetrate weak-points in enemy lines. This is where the powerful engines, tracks and turrets come into play. The possible turret rotation of a full 360 de ...
See also:Armoured warfare, Armoured warfare - First World War, Armoured warfare - The inter-war period, Armoured warfare - Second World War, Armoured warfare - Arab-Israeli wars, Armoured warfare - NATO and Warsaw Pact, Armoured warfare - Tank tactics, Armoured warfare - Airborne threats, Armoured warfare - Support Read more here: » Armoured warfare: Encyclopedia II - Armoured warfare - Tank tactics |
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| | | | | | Merkava: 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 the air more difficult. By contrast, in the open it is very hard to hide a tank. In both cases, however, once a tank starts its engine or begins to move it can be detected much more easily due to the heat and noise generated by its engine. The tank tracks across lands can be spotted from the air, and in the desert movement can st ...
See also:Tank, Tank - History, Tank - World War One: the first tanks, Tank - 1920s to the end of Second World War, Tank - The Cold War and beyond, Tank - Design, Tank - Weapons, Tank - Fire control, Tank - Ammunition, Tank - Protection, Tank - Armour, Tank - Grenade launchers, smoke and passive defences, Tank - Countermeasures, Tank - Exposed crew, Tank - Mobility, Tank - Water operations, Tank - Power plants, Tank - Sonic, seismic, and thermal traces, Tank - Command, control, and communications, Tank - Vulnerability, Tank - Infantry, Tank - Artillery, Tank - Helicopters, Tank - Mines, Tank - Aircraft, Tank - The future of tanks through research and development Read more here: » Tank: Encyclopedia II - Tank - Sonic, seismic, and thermal traces |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 small units, individual vehicles, and even the crewmen of a tank, special arrangements have had to be made. Armoured bulkheads, engine noise, intervening terrain, dust, and smoke, and the need to operate "hatches down" (or "buttoned up") comprise severe detriments to communications.
Every action of a tank's crew, movement and fire, is ordered by its commander. In some early tanks, the crew commander ...
See also:Tank, Tank - History, Tank - World War One: the first tanks, Tank - 1920s to the end of Second World War, Tank - The Cold War and beyond, Tank - Design, Tank - Weapons, Tank - Fire control, Tank - Ammunition, Tank - Protection, Tank - Armour, Tank - Grenade launchers, smoke and passive defences, Tank - Countermeasures, Tank - Exposed crew, Tank - Mobility, Tank - Water operations, Tank - Power plants, Tank - Sonic, seismic, and thermal traces, Tank - Command, control, and communications, Tank - Vulnerability, Tank - Infantry, Tank - Artillery, Tank - Helicopters, Tank - Mines, Tank - Aircraft, Tank - The future of tanks through research and development Read more here: » Tank: Encyclopedia II - Tank - Command, control, and communications |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 violence in exchange for phased withdrawal of Israeli forces from parts of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and Palestinian self-government within those areas through the creation of the Palestinian Authority. However, both sides ended up deeply disappointed in the results of the Oslo Accords.
In the immediate five years following the Oslo signing, 256 Israeli citizens were killed, more than the amount sl ...
See also:Al-Aqsa Intifada, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Prior events, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Timeline, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2000, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2001, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2002, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2003, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2004, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2005, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Tactics, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Palestinians, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Israel, Al-Aqsa Intifada - The West Bank barrier, Al-Aqsa Intifada - International Involvement, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Effects on Oslo Accords, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Economic and human costs Read more here: » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia II - Al-Aqsa Intifada - Prior events |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 Warsaw Pact countries and Finland, India, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yugoslavia, as well as being copied elsewhere, both with and without licenses.
The Yugoslavs called their copy the M-84, and sold hundreds of them around the world during the 1980s. The Iraqis called theirs the Assad Babyl, which means "Lion of Babylon," though the Iraqis assembled theirs from "spare parts" sold to them by the Russians a ...
See also:T-72, T-72 - Production history, T-72 - Design characteristics, T-72 - Variants, T-72 - Combat history Read more here: » T-72: Encyclopedia II - T-72 - Production history |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 licensed copy of the Russian 2A46, it is actually an indigenous design derived from the Chinese 120 mm smoothbore gun. The autoloader, however, is Russian.
Ammunition includes armor piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot rounds (APFSDS), high explosive anti-tank rounds (HEAT), and high explosive fragmentation (HE-FRAG) projectiles. China has also reportedly manufactured Russian AT-11 laser guided anti- ...
See also:Type 99, Type 99 - Development, Type 99 - Design, Type 99 - Armament, Type 99 - Armour, Type 99 - See Also Read more here: » Type 99: Encyclopedia II - Type 99 - Armament |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 Foreign Affairs). The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group reports that everyday disagreements and clashes between the various political factions, families and cities paints a complete picture of Palestinian society is painted. These divisions have during the course of the al Aqsa Intifada also led to an increasingly violent ‘Intrafada’. In the 10 year period from 1993 to 2003, 16% of Palestinian c ...
See also:Al-Aqsa Intifada, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Prior events, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Timeline, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2000, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2001, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2002, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2003, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2004, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2005, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Tactics, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Palestinians, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Israel, Al-Aqsa Intifada - The West Bank barrier, Al-Aqsa Intifada - International Involvement, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Effects on Oslo Accords, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Economic and human costs Read more here: » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia II - Al-Aqsa Intifada - Economic and human costs |
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| | | | | | Merkava: 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 during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Israel annually receives 1.2 billion dollars in economic aid and 1.8 billion dollars in military aid from the United States, excluding loan guarantees. Much of this is as a result of the Camp David Accords and the associated peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. The Palestinian Authority generally receives about 100 million dollars in economic aid from the United States, and the ...
See also:Al-Aqsa Intifada, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Prior events, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Timeline, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2000, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2001, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2002, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2003, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2004, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2005, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Tactics, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Palestinians, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Israel, Al-Aqsa Intifada - The West Bank barrier, Al-Aqsa Intifada - International Involvement, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Effects on Oslo Accords, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Economic and human costs Read more here: » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia II - Al-Aqsa Intifada - International Involvement |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 evaluation before the finalization of the design.
The production version, known as initially as Type 98G and later as Type 98, now Type 99, was revealed in 2001. It had an improved engine, additional Leopard 2 A6-style armour on the turret front and sides, and explosive reactive armour.
The official manufacturer's designation seems to be ZTZ-99. Th ...
See also:Type 99, Type 99 - Development, Type 99 - Design, Type 99 - Armament, Type 99 - Armour, Type 99 - See Also Read more here: » Type 99: Encyclopedia II - Type 99 - Development |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 contrary, polling consistently shows that a majority of both Palestinians and Israelis agree on the same basic goals: a two state solution and a right for Palestinian refugees to move to the new Palestinian state (but not to Israel).
Al-Aqsa Intifada - Palestinians.
On the Palestinian side, a variety of groups are involved in violence such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al ...
See also:Al-Aqsa Intifada, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Prior events, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Timeline, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2000, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2001, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2002, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2003, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2004, Al-Aqsa Intifada - 2005, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Tactics, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Palestinians, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Israel, Al-Aqsa Intifada - The West Bank barrier, Al-Aqsa Intifada - International Involvement, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Effects on Oslo Accords, Al-Aqsa Intifada - Economic and human costs Read more here: » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Encyclopedia II - Al-Aqsa Intifada - Tactics |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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 500mm of RHA. After explosive reactive armour is added, it is said to be equivalent to 1000mm of RHA.
As of Dec 18, 2005, the actual armor composition of the Type-99/ZTZ-99 remains unknown. However, it should come as no surprise if advanced composites make up part of the tank's passive protection, as there are public photos of experimental Chinese composite armors, specficially Al2O3. Also, there is ...
See also:Type 99, Type 99 - Development, Type 99 - Design, Type 99 - Armament, Type 99 - Armour, Type 99 - See Also Read more here: » Type 99: Encyclopedia II - Type 99 - Armour |
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| | | | | Merkava: 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. This lets them keep up with the pace of armoured warfare, and gives them nominal protection from counter-battery or small arms fire. Like towed artillery, a battery of self-propelled guns must still set up in a relatively safe area to perform fire missions, but they are able to relocate more quickly.
Assault guns are ...
See also:Armoured fighting vehicle classification, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Tank, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Armoured personnel carrier, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Infantry fighting vehicle, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Self-propelled artillery and assault gun, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Tank destroyer, Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Tankette Read more here: » Armoured fighting vehicle classification: Encyclopedia II - Armoured fighting vehicle classification - Self-propelled artillery and assault gun |
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