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 ...

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 ...

The Merkava series of tanks have been in service with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since the late 1970s, and it has been steadily upgraded and improved. The latest version, which entered service ...

Hezbollah has claimed a series of large-scale attacks targeting Israeli military positions, including multiple Merkava tanks, across southern Lebanon and areas along the northern Israeli border over a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Key Points and Summary - Israel’s Merkava IV Barak carries the IDF’s crew-survivability DNA forward: a front-mounted engine, modular armor, Trophy active protection, and a 120mm gun atop 1,500 hp of ...

Key point: Active protection systems may very well steal the day. The Israeli Merkava (Chariot) main battle tank is an example of a sophisticated weapon system designed to deal with very specific ...

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 ...

JERUSALEM, June 15 (Reuters) - Israel is in talks to sell its Merkava tank to two countries, one of them in Europe, in what would be the first export of the flagship fighting vehicle, a Defence ...