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 ...

The Merkava is often described as unmatched and uniquely brilliant. But even Israel’s most advanced tank has clear weaknesses. Focusing on the Merkava Mk 4, this episode looks at design compromises, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wild new video shows a Hamas fighter run toward an Israeli tank and place an IED on it. Hamas on Thursday released an intense ...

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 - 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 ...

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 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Merkava’s unusual layout places the tank’s engine in the front. This means there is an extra block of armor between the tank’s crew and any incoming projectile.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- The Israeli government has decided to continue production of its main battle tank, the Merkava. Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon announced the decision to ...