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Magach 6/7 M60 series main battle tank
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Magach 6 / 7 M60 main battle tank technical data sheet specifications information description pictures photos images intelligence identification Israel Israeli weapon industries army defence industry military technology wheeled armoured vehicle
Magach 6/7 is a series of Israeli tanks, based on the American M60 Patton Tanks. The latest variant Magach 7 is equipped with a passive armour package, which has been fitted to the glacis, nose, turret front and sides and the forward part of the roof.
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Merkava 1 Mk I main battle tank
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The Merkava 1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) was Israel's first indigenously designed and built main battle tank and was born out of its experiences of conventional warfare in the 1956, 1967, and 1973 Middle East Wars. The Merkava 1 is armed with a 105 mm main gun, two machine guns, and one 60 mm mortar.
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The Merkava Mk 2 Main Battle Tank (MBT) entered production in 1982 with the first production vehicle being completed in August 1983. The Merkava Mk 2 is armed with a main gun of 105 mm, two machine guns of 7,62 mm, one 12,7 mm machine gun, and one 60 mm mortar.

Design work on the Merkava Mk 3 Main Battle Tank (MBT) started in August 1983 shortly after the first production of Merkava Mk 2 was handed over. The tank was introduced in December 1989 and had many major upgrades to the drivetrain, powertrain, armament, and safety systems. The first production Mk 3 was delivered to the 188th Armoured Brigade in the spring of 1989.

The Merkava 4 is the standard main battle battle tank used by the IDF Israeli Defence Force. The Merkava 4 is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore gun, three 7.62 mm machine guns, one 12,7 mm machine gun, and one 60 mm mortar.

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Puma Engineer armoured vehicle
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Puma engineer tracked armoured vehicle technical data sheet information specification description identification intelligence pictures photos images engineering Israel Israeli armi military IDF Defense Force
The Puma is an engineer tracked armoured vehicle based to the chassis of the main battle tank Centurion. Entering service in 1991 in the IDF (Israel Defense Force) , the Puma was optimised from the start for the combat engineers and replaced the makeshift Nagmashot.
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