The Israeli Merkava IV is a premier main battle tank, uniquely engineered with a front-mounted engine to maximize crew protection. -This design choice, born from the lessons of past Middle Eastern ...

Israel’s defense industry is booming even louder than the cannon on one of its Merkava main battle tanks. The best may be yet ...

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 ...

The current tank, Merkava IV, retains the Merkava I’s design priorities and incorporates a new redesigned turret, explosive reactive armor and modular passive armor for quicker battle-damage repair.

The IDF’s Merkava series of main battle tanks, widely considered to be of the most lethal armored vehicles in service across the globe, has remained the centerpiece of Israel’s armored corps ...

Jerusalem’s offensives in Lebanon and Syria have upended old assumptions, weakening Iran’s axis and opening the door to a new regional balance ...