Israel’s Defense Forces and the Israeli defense ministry have announced the delivery of the first operational Merkava 4 Barak (Lightning) main battle tanks, with the 52nd Armored Battalion of the… Continue reading "Israel’s Defense Forces Receive First Operational Merkava Barak Tanks"
A decommissioned Merkava II main battle tank was found by Israeli police in a junkyard in the city of Nesher in northern Israel, after it had been reported as stolen… Continue reading "Stolen Ex-Israeli Tank Found In Junkyard"
The Israeli Ministry of Defense has declassified the existence of a soft-kill active protection system outfitted on the Merkava during the late 1990s, 20 years after the conclusion of its… Continue reading "Israeli “Purple Thunder” Soft Kill APS Declassified – 20 Years On"
On 28th August, a tweet from Anna Ahronheim, a reporter at the Jerusalem Post showed footage taken by a family on a hiking trip in the Golan coming across a… Continue reading "Israeli Tanks Left Unsupervised In The Golan"