Israeli Merkava tanks, some with "cope cage" style armor screens on top of their turrets, mass near Gaza. Israeli forces on the ground in Gaza will face a plethora of threats, as The War Zone has ...

While most tanks mount their turret in the center for balance, visibility, and drivetrain simplicity, some designs experiment ...

The Merkava is an excellent tank, but it must be shepherded carefully. They are not mythical invincible beasts—especially in urban warfare. At around the time that the ceasefire between Hamas and ...

As part of the $1.5 billion deal, the Israeli government is boosting production of the Merkava tank. The face of Israel’s armored corps is undoubtedly the Merkava main battle tank (MBT). The ...

The Israeli government says that it is in very active talks with two countries about what could be the first confirmed international sales of variants of the country's unique Merkava main battle tank.

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 ...

Merkava MK IV Down: The IDF Has Lost One of Its Most Advanced Tanks: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has lost one of its Merkava Mk IV Barak main battle... Israel fields one of the most capable ...

An Israeli Merkava IV tank fitted with a metal cage canopy south of Ashkelon on 15 October. (AFP via Getty Images/Gil Cohen-Magen) Some of the Merkava IV tanks that have been deployed to the border ...

In 2017, a ground vehicle VR (Virtual Reality) system called Iron Vision was introduced and Merkava 4 was the first tank to get it. Iron Vision meant a tank could largely dispense with tanks’ ...