Key Points - For decades, Israel maintained a strict policy against exporting its renowned Merkava main battle tank to preserve its unique military advantages. -This changed in principle in 2010, ...

Key Points and Summary - Israel’s Merkava IV Barak carries the IDF’s crew-survivability DNA forward: a front-mounted engine, modular armor, Trophy active protection, and a 120mm gun atop 1,500 hp of ...

Israel’s armored corps will benefit from a greater number of Barak tank variants. Israel’s armored corps will benefit from a hefty tank production uptick over the next five years. As part of the new ...

As part of the $1.5 billion deal, the Israeli government is boosting production of the Merkava tank. The face of Israel’s armored corps is undoubtedly the Merkava main battle tank (MBT). The ...

PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Israel's military on Wednesday acknowledged that its tank fire hit a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers, an incident that ...

PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Initial findings by an internal U.N. inquiry suggest Israeli tank fire hit a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers, according to a ...