Merkava
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IsraelManufacturer: MANTAK / Israel Ordnance Corps
«Merkava Mk 4»
Main battle tankIsrael1979In service
Israeli main battle tank family in service since 1979, with a front-mounted engine and a rear door allowing limited troop or stretcher carriage; the Mk 4 entered service in 2004.
Main battle tank//Mk 4
ID — MERKAVAIsrael · MANTAK / Israel Ordnance Corps
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- Reliability
- Verified
- Sources
- Official informationIsrael Defense Forces · Accessed
- Last reviewed
Identity
- Designation
- Merkava
- Alias
- Merkava Mk 4
- Manufacturer
- MANTAK / Israel Ordnance Corps
- Country
- Israel
- Category
- Main battle tank
- Figures refer to
- Mk 4
Production & service
- Introduced
- 1979
- Status
- In service
- Units produced
- —
- Operators
- Israel
Specifications
- Combat weight
- —
- Crew
- 4
- Main armament
- 120 mm MG253 smoothbore gun
- Secondary armament
- 7.62 mm FN MAG (coaxial)12.7 mm Browning M2HB60 mm internal mortar
- Engine
- Diesel, 1,500 hp (Mk 4)
- Power-to-weight
- —
- Max road speed
- —
- Operational range
- —
- Length / width / height
- —
- Protection
- Modular armour; Trophy active protection system on Mk 4M (public description)
- Amphibious
- —
Historical profile
Designed around crew survivability, the Merkava places the engine at the front. The Mk 4M introduced the Trophy active protection system, and the Mk 4 Barak is the latest version.
Variants
Mk 1Mk 2Mk 3Mk 4 (2004)Mk 4M Windbreaker (Trophy APS)Mk 4 Barak
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