1/20/2024 0 Comments Israeli tank battles computer game![]() After all, if the entire hostile Arab world could be knocked out in mere six days, surely any future attacks were destined to fail. By that time, the Israeli public was still in awe of the stunning 1967 victory, which led, for one, to disproportionate preference of the Israeli Air Force and, secondly, to complacency and corruption. The launch of the Merkava development program pre-dated the Yom Kippur War by three years (the development started in August 1970) and was not motivated by high losses – quite the opposite. That, of course, doesn’t mean it was a terrible tank – it was not, but one must strip away the layers of legend surrounding all the Israeli equipment to learn the objective truth. The initial Merkava model was essentially comparable to the two decades older M60A1 in performance (that is, without taking the teething issues it faced into account) and most internal modules of this “all-Israeli” tank were American. In reality, almost the entire abovementioned perception is wrong. Afterwards, the talented Israeli engineers came up with a completely original Israeli super-tank that was vastly superior to anything on the battlefield and was even capable of carrying entire squads of IDF soldiers to battle. ![]() Many would tell you that its development was a direct result of the high losses the Israelis had suffered during the 1973 Yom Kippur war. Over time, it became for the modern tank fans what the Tiger Heavy Tank is for the fans of German Second World War tanks – an incredibly overhyped vehicle that was actually far more modest than most people think it was. The Merkava certainly has an interesting history – if often misinterpreted. ![]() Today, we are happy to unveil the first of the progression tanks you’ve all been waiting for, which form the core of the upcoming Israeli MBT branch – the Merkava series, starting with the Tier 5 Merkava Mk.1 Main Battle Tank. ![]()
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