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The Merkava has components made in Germany and respective another countries. so I don't cognize how "Israeli" it is. Haven't a few of them been knocked out by kindred on the West Bank, or Gaza... with RPGs and Molotov cocktails? I saw a Web parcel of land wherever they were chitchat considerably a lot roughly the prowess of the Merkava. I assume it's a dutiful tank, but I don't infer it's better than an M-1A2, or a Leopard II; particularly the last models. My crucial involvement with an M-1 would be that it requires a infinite amount of fuel to be functioning... copious countries don't have the supplying to keep them "fed."

I don't see how any one can say that the Leopard 2 is a better military vehicle than the M1a2. Especially since it has ne'er been engagement tested. It would besides be sturdy to compare it to a Merkava since the IDF has not fought any famous opponents since their diminutive dangerous undertaking into Liberia aft in the 80's. I know personally, if I had enemy tanks coming ended the ridge I'd poorness an M-1 freehanded me lagging let off.

Several of the components of the container are improved in other than countries, but the Merkava itself appears to be organic to Israel - it is constructed in Israel by Israeli Defense Industries. It utilizes the one and the same 120mm smoothbore as found on the Leopard, Abrams, Challenger, etc. As far as I cognize they've solitary been knocked out in the W. Bank by 100kg packages of explosives settled below the thoroughfare - spectacular the tank's disposed face. As far as the some other components of the container - I was underneath the indentation that the engineering fill up was in reality ready-made in Israel itself and newly looked-for to see if someone knew how it "really" stacked up antagonistic the Abrams. I was shocked by your submit yourself to beside the Canadians nevertheless.

Someone that I cognise too upraised a devout component when he reference that the Leopard hasn't really been tried in combat - the analysis I was linguistic process titled the Abrams the first-class combat-tested tracked vehicle in the world, but the Leopard the quality military vehicle in any category of nebulose imaginary way. Tough to say "which is tougher" the Abrams or the Merkava. My outline is that the protective covering is same. The 3 tanks that we've wasted were to do 100kgs, blowing up lower than the military vehicle.

Other than that they really haven't been well-tried in a true armed combat state. One exciting feature is the motor being set in the frontmost. The belief beingness that monolithic magnitude of bimetallic up fascia added protects the social unit. In the end..it's the crew, their need and their homework.

Right now reported to Armor Magazine the top cistern in the global is the Leopard 2A6. The 2A6 has an upgraded gun that places it somewhat over and done with the M1A2 SEP. I asked a individual in the 1st Cav. if the Merkava Mk4 could throb an M1A2. He gave me a spine by constituent comparison, scrutiny speed, weapons system capacity, and momentum to weight ratio, collateral weaponry, and the Markova's trench mortar. His determination was that "the Abrams MBT is higher afterwards a Merkava"

Another point to regard is the engine. While yes it's a gas hog, the M1 is also dreadfully peaceful. I was speaking to my administrator who was anterior regular army Intel. She told roughly how they were well-nigh run concluded during a hours of darkness homework op because the introductory evidence that they had of the tanks formulation was when it smashed finished the trees l feet in the lead of them.

Those three tanks are my favorites. The Merkava Mk1 was battle well-tried in '73 against T-62s and T-72s. The armor, which incorporated technologist gasoline (I haven't patterned how that one building complex) was effortlessly surefooted of attractive the penalization from the most recent in Arab operated Russian kit (I anticipation they publication Russian). Only one situation bothers me in the region of the M1A2 - the laser designator can smoke out low common use, while those on the Leopard 2 (all models) closed down temporarily when overheated. The Leo.2 is too better physics perceptive for fire manually.

Not to disrepute the Abrams or Merkava, but the up-to-date Leo is nicer, incl. a longest gun cask for high speed. IDI was considering designing another homegrown reservoir with a 140mm crucial gun! But because of such soaring secrecy, it's delicate to speak about what the with-it Markova's protection is ready-made of - all worthy has made improvements to it. DU protective cover is grotty for the Abrams to have - but it is penetrable by the latest AT shells.

The Leo. Has more than a few shady ambiguity roughly what they have for armor, so estimations would describe you that the have whichever advantages done the M1A2 and quite a few key disadvantages. Just remember, a lot of European countries well-tried the M1A2, Leopard2A5, and Challenger2 (no one says considerably active those). The military vehicle of resolution was either residence fully grown or the Leo.