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	Merkava Mk.4 Main Battle Tank
		The new Merkava 4 main battle tank is a little bigger, than the previous Mk.3.
		This new main battle tank is among the most advanced and best-protected combat vehicles in the world.
		One fuel tank is located near the engine compartment in front of the hull, while two other fuel tanks are located in the rear.
	www.enemyforces.com /tanks/merkava_mk4.htm (402 words)

	Merkava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Merkava is a series of tanks developed and manufactured by Israel for the Israel Defense Forces.
		The Merkava (Chariot in Hebrew) has been designed for crew survival; the power plant is placed at the front of the tank, increasing frontal mass, while the crew are able to escape from a disabled Merkava via doors in the rear of the hull.
		The Merkava has improved armor on the front and sides of the tank, and even the top of the turret, making it one of the best protected tanks in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merkava (1431 words)

	Merkava Mk.3 Main Battle Tank
		Merkava Mk.3 main battle tank is a further development of the Merkava Mk.1 and Mk.2 main battle tanks that entered service in 1979 and 1983 respectively.
		Furthermore such arrangement allows to improved tank's protection with more advanced armor elements as they are available, or in case the tank becomes out-dated, new armor could greatly improve it's capabilities.
		Currently Israel defence forces operate approximately 1 200 Merkava Mk.3 and Mk.2 main battle tanks, however even more advanced Merkava Mk.4 had been developed and is already being delivered to the units.
	www.enemyforces.com /tanks/merkava_mk3.htm (351 words)

	Merkava Mk4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The tank is equipped with a modern fire control and sighting system which includes computerized ballistic calculations and compensations, a dual axes stabilized gunner sight and a dual axis stabilized commander panoramic sight, both equipped with an advanced FLIR and TV channels for day and night operation.
		The Merkava Mk4 is equipped with the new VDS-60 digital data recorder produced by Vectop, it records and restores the sight images and observation data collected during the mission.
		The tank is powered by the new General Dynamics GD833 1,500-horsepower direct injection, liquid cooled diesel engine, (co-produced in the USA by General Dynamics and MTU).
	merkava.defense-update.com (906 words)

	Merkava biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Merkava is a series of tanks developed and manufactured by Israel for the Israel Defence Forces.
		The Merkava (Chariot) has been designed for crew survival; the power plant is placed at the front of the tank, increasing frontal mass, whilst the crew are able to escape from a disabled Merkava via doors in the rear of the hull.
		The rear area of the tank was converted for carrying injured soldiers and was added with stretchers and life support systems.
	merkava.biography.ms (1198 words)

	Merkava Mk 4
		The Merkava 4 is slightly larger than the Merkava 3 Baz, which has been in service with the IDF since 1990.
		The tank is capable of carrying eight infantry soldiers, a Command Group or three litter patients (stretcher casualties) in addition to the tank crew of commander, loader, gunner and driver.
		The tank is capable of firing on the move at moving targets and has demonstrated high hit probability in firing against attack helicopters using conventional anti-tank munitions.
	www.israeli-weapons.com /weapons/vehicles/tanks/merkava/MerkavaMk4.html (1051 words)

	Merkava
		Today, the tank is central to the art of war, and is considered the primary decisive factor on the modern land battlefield.
		1 tanks were supplied to the IDF in April 1979, nearly nine years after the decision to produce the Merkava Mk.
		The tank's protection is based on all-round spaced ballistic armor, and deployment of the tank systems around the crew, thus utilizing basic elements and systems of the tank to protect the crew and ammunition, in addition to their specific functions.
	www.israeli-weapons.com /weapons/vehicles/tanks/merkava/Merkava.html (1753 words)

	Merkava Mk3/Mk4 Tank
		Those tanks took part in actual operations during the Peace for Galilee War and proved themselves to be more effective than all other tanks in the theatre.
		One element of that defense is the placement of the tank's engine at the front of the vehicle, where it serves as a shield for the personnel compartment.
		Tank soldiers have long admired Merkava's rear entrance and exit, recognizing that it would allow them to mount and dismount unobserved by the enemy and would provide an excellent alternative escape route.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/israel/merkava.htm (1067 words)

	IDF Downplays Merkava Hit, But Palestinians Have Struck Israel's State-Of-The-Art Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		IDF officers on Friday downplayed the fact that the Palestinians had succeeded in penetrating Israel's state-of-the-art Merkava 3, but the army, clearly concerned, continued to investigate how the world's most protected tank had been penetrated, after three soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip on Thursday when a large bomb was detonated under their tank.
		The Merkava 3 - the third generation in a line of tanks which has been specifically designed to meet the operational demands of the IDF - is considered to be the most protected tank around.
		He also said that it was always possible to increase protection for the tank crew, but that this comes at the expense of the tank's speed and maneuverability, due to the weight of the armor and, consequently, the larger engine that would be required.
	www.rense.com /general20/merkavaAL.htm (1605 words)

	STAR OF ISRAEL: Merkava Mk 4 Main Battle Tank
		In addition to the main gun, Merkavas are also armed with a 7.62mm COAX machine gun, the loader and commander each have a 7.62mm machine gun, and a.50 caliber MG is often mounted directly to the gun mantlet for use by the gunner as a light vehicle weapon.
		Lastly, the Merkava's role as a battlefield taxi continues, as the MK4 is capable of internally carrying an 8-man infantry squad, a battalion-level battle staff, or 3 litter patients.
		The Merkava MK4 retains the 7.62mm COAX mounted MG, as well as the commander's MG (the loader's hatch and MG were eliminated) and carries 10,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.
	www.military.com /soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_Merkava,,00.html (1677 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		The Merkava was designed in the 1970s for desert warfare, for the rocky terrain of the Golan Heights and, as its primary goal, to protect its crew.
		The Merkava has seen action in every military campaign of the last 20 years and is the combat weapon of choice for IDF commanders confronting organized terrorist resistance in the PLO-controlled territories.
		The survival of the Merkava is integral to the maintenance of Israel’s qualitative military edge.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=3094 (2191 words)

	Army Technology - Merkava Mk 3 Baz - Main Battle Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The tank is also equipped with three 7.62mm machine guns, two roof mounted and one co-axial with the main gun.
		The welding and machining technology for the large armour body sections of the Merkava was developed by the Israeli Army Tank Depot, and the casting of ballistic steel materials was developed by Urdan Industries Ltd at Natanya.
		The advanced fire control system of the Merkava Mk.3 provides the tank with the ability to engage moving targets while it is on the move.
	www.army-technology.com /projects/merkava (960 words)

	The breaking of a myth: Israel's Merkava tank - myIWC Forums
		The Merkava was designed as a result of a similar crisis: the near disaster of the 1973 ('Yom Kippur') war in which Israel suffered significant casualties.
		The Merkava was to be the best-protected tank in the world, but by the time it emerged in 1979, the military threat posed by Israel's enemies was decreasing.
		Following the damage done to the Merkava's prestige after the campaigns in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Lebanon, questions are being raised in Israel over the project's future, which has cost an estimated $6.5bn since its inception.
	myiwc.com /forums/showthread.php?threadid=7087&goto=newpost (598 words)

	CNN.com - Israel reels from impact of tank attack - February 15, 2002
		The turret of the Merkava 3 tank was blown off and the tank overturned, pinning an Israeli soldier underneath as the tank caught fire.
		Israel has boasted that the Merkava tank is one of the best-protected tanks ever built.
		The IDF said the tank was sent down the Karni-Netzarim road after an earlier attack on a civilian bus.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/02/15/mideast (552 words)

	israelinsider: security: IDF expresses sorrow for killing of Palestinian woman and children
		The incident occurred early Sunday afternoon when an IDF Merkava tank was operating near the Bezeq base, east of Jenin, in efforts to "demonstrate an Israeli presence in the area," according to Yediot Aharonot.
		The newspaper reported that the tank was damaged by an explosive device planted on the road in advance, and consisting of several kilograms of explosives.
		Soldiers in the tank and in an armored personnel carrier accompanying it immediately opened fire at the fleeing figures, assumed to be the terrorists who had prepared the explosives.
	www.israelinsider.com /channels/security/articles/sec_0252.htm (512 words)

	Army Technology - Merkava 4 Main Battle Tank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Ministry of Defence plan to manufacture between 50 and 70 Merkava 4 tanks per year and up to 400 tanks may be manufactured, although budgetary constraints put these numbers in doubt.
		The Merkava 4 is slightly larger than the Merkava 3 Baz (shown here) which has been in service with the IDF since 1990.
		The Merkava 4 is powered by a 1,500hp diesel engine which represents a 25% increase in power compared to powerpack on the Merkava 3 shown here.
	www.army-technology.com /projects/merkava4 (986 words)

	NDM Article - Legendary Israeli Tank Threatened With Extinction
		The Merkava is the country’s only indigenously produced main battle tank and represents a formidable part of the defense manufacturing base in Israel.
		The M1 tanks sold to Egypt are provided as kits and assembled at a plant outside of Cairo—a plant built by the United States at a cost of $1 billion.
		Supporters of the Merkava note that even though the U.S. maintained total air superiority over the forces of Saddam Hussein in both the first and second Iraqi wars, it was the tank, backed by infantry, that ultimately was responsible for securing the battlefield.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2004/Feb/Legendary_Israeli.htm (2453 words)

	Merkava Lives On Israel Readies First Mk4 Battalion for Duty, DefenseNews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Only when a full battalion of some 40 tanks is tasked for genuine missions can developers and program officials truly determine the changes or improvements needed in the system, he said.
		Because the Merkava program follows a so-called telescopic, or spiral, development and production process, required changes identified in the field can be retrofit on tanks already deployed and incorporated into the production line.
		To optimize the 65-ton tank for urban warfare in Palestinian areas of the West Bank and Gaza, for example, designers adapted the electronic gearboxes to withstand higher levels of vibration and added rubber to tank treads for better maneuverability.
	www.tau.ac.il /jcss/defensenews170105.html (865 words)

	DESTRUCTION OF MERKAVA TANK MIGHT HELP PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI PEACE
		PARIS TEL-AVIV 16 Feb. (IPS) As Israeli officers downplayed the destruction of Israel's state-of-the-art Merkava 3 tankby Palestinians, military and explosive experts said the blast had all the "trade-mark" of Lebanese Hezbollah’s experience and techniques and tactics acquired in its 20 years of resistance against Israeli occupation of South Lebanon.
		The Merkava 3, described by the Israeli as one of the world’s safest tanks, was destroyed on Thursday and three of its four crew were killed in the Gaza Strip, when a large bomb was detonated under their tank.
		Though it weights about 65 tons, the Merkava 3, equipped with a 1,200 horsepower engine, is considered to be fast, capable of reaching speeds of 65 kilometers per hour.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2002/Feb_2002/merkava_blast_16202.htm (868 words)

	mcpsshell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It is a tank used by the Israeli army.
		The older version, the Merkava M1, is no longer used, and is not equipped with air conditioning.
		Both tanks are equipped with metal chains in the back so that enemy shells will explode before entering the cabin.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /schools/ashburtones/international/israel.html (151 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Israel rethinking battlefield-tank strategy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The soldiers were killed March 14 when the tank they were in drove over a land mine buried on the Karni-Netzarim road in the Gaza Strip.
		The tank was escorting a civilian convoy when Palestinian militants hidden in a nearby mosque detonated the 110-pound charge, the Jerusalem Post reported.
		It cannot tolerate a situation wherein the tank is subject to a proven threat and no steps have been taken to counter it.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26847 (822 words)

	List of people known as war heroes - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Peled, Moshe (); Major General, Israel, Israeli Defence Forces; was an armored-division commander the Golan Heights during Yom Kippur War; stopped the Syrian assult and in counter-attack managed to destroy about 900 Syrian tanks and pull back the Syrians forces out of the Golan.
		Sharon, Ariel (born February 27, 1928); Major general (aluf in Hebrew), Israel, Israeli Defence Forces; was an armored division commander in the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War; At Yom Kippur War, October 1973, he held off the Egyptian attack, surrounded the Third Egyptian army and breached through the Suez Canal.
		Tal, Israel (born); Major General, Israel, Israeli Defence Forces; was an armored-division commander in Sinai in the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War; the developer of the Merkava Tank.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li/list_of_people_known_as_war_heroes.html (828 words)

	Winds of Change.NET: Israel's New Tank: The Merkava-4
		One very suggestive analysis has looked at the design of the new Merkava 4, and come to an interesting conclusion: its primary modifications and anti-helicopter capabilities are designed for war with Syria.
		The Merkava development program was born of necessity, when other countries refused to sell tanks to the Jewish state.
		The original Merkava and its subsequent varients were all optimized for battle in the Golan Heights.
	windsofchange.net /archives/003455.php (749 words)

	Killing the Merkava is Like Killing the Lavi (Emanuel A. Winston) September, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Merkava was built as a superior fighting vehicle whose first priority was to protect its crew.
		Every component of the Merkava plays a role to insulate the crew from hostile attack as well as enhance the comfort of the crew, creating a vehicle conducive to high morale and "fightability".
		As for the matter of the Merkava tank, clearly the intent is to eliminate this superb Israeli battle tank so that the manufacturing line for the U.S. M1A1Abrams can stay open and profitable.
	www.freeman.org /m_online/sep00/winston.htm (2996 words)

	Palestinians Destroy Another Merkava Tank Killing 3 Crewmen
		The tank burned and we were concerned that ammunition would explode.
		It was the second loss of a Merkava-3 tank, the pride of the Israeli army, in as many months.
		The new attack was sure to increase tension as Israeli forces pressed on with their two-week-old offensive against the Palestinians in which they have occupied the West Bank city of Ramallah, Arafat's main power base, just north of Jerusalem.
	www.rense.com /general21/paldestroyanother.htm (637 words)

	Jerusalem Post \| Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Despite this, we believe that this tank is important for building the force and might of the IDF in the coming years," Mofaz said.
		Senior officers intimately involved with the tank have said that the Defense Ministry raised the proposal as a tactic to ward off budget cuts.
		The IDF began deploying the advanced tank this summer, and senior officers said it is allowing the army to close brigades containing older platforms.
	www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1072239534256 (587 words)

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