Merkava Tanks (Hebrew: Chariot) are a pillar of the armored forces of Israel. They were created under specific conditions, based on experience gained from the Middle Eastern battlefield ...

The Merkava family of tanks can be traced back to the 1960s when Israel’s journey to developing its own homegrown MBT series originated. Following the founding of the Jewish state, Israel was ...

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 ...