What Makes Merkava a Great Tank For Ukraine
Merkava isn't just a tank; it's a symbol of Israel's dedication to cutting-edge military innovation. Conceived specifically for Israel's unique operational terrain and threats, the Merkava has evolved into a tour de force on the battlefield. At its core is an uncompromising focus on crew safety. The engine, positioned at the front, acts as a shield, minimizing the risk to personnel inside from frontal assaults.
But defense is just one facet of the Merkava. Equipped with a formidable main gun and precision secondary weapons, this tank can dominate in any armored combat scenario. Its sophisticated fire control system ensures unparalleled accuracy, permitting effective engagement even when in motion.
What further distinguishes the Merkava is its adaptability. The rear compartment, initially conceptualized for infantry support, can be repurposed. Whether transporting troops, additional gear, or evacuating injured soldiers, this space underscores the tank's multifunctional design.
As they are being sold to Europe, those closely observing the war in Ukraine are keen to see if these tanks will make an appearance.
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Al-yasin 105 enters the chat 😂
@clarencecastro6956
4 ай бұрын
"APS trophy system has kicked Al-yasin 105 out of the chat"
The Merkava is one of the best tank in the wurld hope they go to Ukarine
@gagangurung5297
10 ай бұрын
yup best tank in the world🤣
@ze3007
8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
Such a beautiful tank
It is my understanding the Merkava is a very nice tank, that can hold its own.
@sirbachelorboredmen1314
10 ай бұрын
Yea, against pebbles
@pliashmuldba
10 ай бұрын
@@sirbachelorboredmen1314 Well you get any of Israels neighbours to try something serious again, and we will see what it can do or not do.
@sirbachelorboredmen1314
10 ай бұрын
@@pliashmuldba I mean, one got destroyed recently. So yeah..... A tank is still a tank that needs infantry support.
@pliashmuldba
10 ай бұрын
@@sirbachelorboredmen1314 Yep all tanks are pretty vulnerable but for sure i would prefer to have some of them on my team too. But as we have seen lately it dont matter what tank you have if you dont use it right. The Israeli will probably see sort of the same as the Russians get. Though if it work, then a chain relay of iron beam along the border will make sure they dont fly simple drones with a grenade over the border, or guys in a hangglider. I also think they are portable to a large degree, so probably something more armies around the world would want to look into. I am sure Russian front line soldiers would love such a " bug" zapper CUZ drones are driving them insane. Active defence on tanks which the Israelis are also into, that's very interesting, and would probably soon be a must have on tanks. CUZ there are no shortage on tank killers out there.
@thomaskauser8978
6 ай бұрын
Netanyahu can't sell iron dome for scrap and tabernacle is a new addition to the tank so the crew can pray?
And turns out that it sucks against an old soviet rpg-7 shell that was launched from a cheap civil chinese drone.
@snowdogthewolf
10 ай бұрын
Like every single model of Russian and Western MBT... your point?
@paulwilson8061
10 ай бұрын
@@snowdogthewolf Well, you should read the top comments and watch the videos about western and non-western tanks on youtube. And then you will understand why I wrote my comment. By the way, no, not all Russian tanks explode from dropping a shell from a drone. Because the Russians put grids over the tanks that everyone in the west laughed at.
@lucasezequielandrada1099
10 ай бұрын
@@paulwilson8061 We laughed because they probably put those cages to protect them against Javelins and other ATGMs, which did as much as a good job as a metal grille would do against top-attack missiles. They probably found out later that it DID work better against drone-dropped ammo
@VFX-TECH
9 ай бұрын
@@lucasezequielandrada1099 javelin is a garbage which doesn't work properly when the tank uses smoke
@danghoangluong2942
7 ай бұрын
Whatever it is Merkava suffered way less loss than Russian Tanks
Nicht eine von den wunderwaffen, war ein game changer in der Ukraine 😂
🌍The Germans destroyed our houses, don't destroy our hope.🏠 Jewish refugees in Palestine 1947. When the whole of Europe hated you, the people of Palestine accepted you so well. The Jews have so quickly forgotten who you are and who you have become!
@AGENTtoaster-eg4ju
2 ай бұрын
1929 arab roit
Does it have the BTS (baby targeting system)?
@SolarCostExposed-pv8ih
3 ай бұрын
Only TTS( terrorists targeting system)
@turinturambar9062
2 ай бұрын
It has a lot of system like: CTS (civilian targeting system) HTS (Hospital targeting system) STS (Schools targeting system)
@DDDSSDDDSSDDDSS
2 ай бұрын
@@SolarCostExposed-pv8ih yes theybkilled their own ppl on Oct 7 with that...
Hamas know the cheat code to burst it 😂😂
@ASIFAlI-lq4rd
9 ай бұрын
Hamas knows that a grenade can destroy a small part of a tank but that part must a weakest part to destroy it.
😂😂 al yasin enter chat
@Yisraelamundas
8 күн бұрын
Al Yassin-105 has entered the chat? Must be here to explain why their rockets keep falling mid air and landing in Gaza.
And turns out it suck against drones like the rest lol
@mohammedriadh4990
10 ай бұрын
@@Slight-well you guys didn't said that when the t-90 got destroyed, weird am i right?
@sanriosonderweg
10 ай бұрын
@@Slight- it couldn't survive a hit from the front, just game over man, game over.
@CFE-Lime
3 ай бұрын
it destoyed modern russian tanks
Not sure if it's really good for Ukraine. Israel builds its defense for very specific reasons basically covering its own needs. Maybe some of these needs are met in Ukraine but probably not all of them. Of course any weapon can be readjusted for different purposes but may it lose its efficiency? I don't know.
@henm3000
8 ай бұрын
the 60 tons merkava will stuck in ukrainian mud
@TNothingFree
8 ай бұрын
@@henm3000 Good thing it wasn't designed for Ukraine heh?
@henm3000
8 ай бұрын
@@TNothingFree when design merkava. No one given a fuck about ukrain
@TNothingFree
8 ай бұрын
@@henm3000 מה אתה רוצה ממני
@henm3000
8 ай бұрын
@@TNothingFree שתתחיל להיות מפוקס על המוזיקה שלך. ולא תתבכיין על זה שהעמוד שלך קטן וחסר חשיבות. יאללה קדימה
Hamas watching your videos 😂😂😂
Hamas says no.
You sure about that? Seems like Trophy APS is just dead weight.
Isn't this the same tank that Hamas is dog walking in Gaza rn ? like they have released a plenty of videos of them being destroyed.
@clarencecastro6956
4 ай бұрын
The ones being dog walked right now is hammas and their rpg's which failed to even destroy a single merkava tank You mean cut Videos of merkava tanks being hit by rpg and drones? none of those videos even show the after math or take a picture of a completely destroyed merkava tank, hammas is all bark in their videos
@gamisag
20 күн бұрын
nope/ they published red triangle with a ball of fire. in most cases this ball of fire is the trophy defense system. anyway in most cases the rats went back to the tunnels squeaking bravely instead of going to the supposed destroyed tank.
Merkava is a damn good tank, but probably not what Ukraine needs right now. Merkava is designed as a defensive tank and is slow compared to stuff like the M1 and the Leopard 2. Having said that, they're still solid tanks and I'm sure that Ukraine could find some way to use them even if they probably aren't that useful for the breakthrough that will hopefully happen soon.
@silverianjannvs5315
11 ай бұрын
They never faced an advanced & equal opponents. Russian army is not Arabs 😂😂
@Tobiasdg365
11 ай бұрын
@@silverianjannvs5315 the Merkava 1 or 2 have faced t-72
@DanielLLevy
10 ай бұрын
The Arabs are quite good, especially if compared to today's Russians@@silverianjannvs5315
@Nenovannenovan
8 ай бұрын
@MajorHattery Merkava is made for all terrains, and it is better than any other tank in difficult muddy terrain kzread.info/dash/bejne/eKBkpc5uZKqwfrA.html&si=jt0mWU89oyDa1B61
@Nenovannenovan
8 ай бұрын
@@silverianjannvs5315how is it that the Arabs, riding horses, chased away the Russians in Afganistan?
It's a tiger on paper that was destroyed by Palastenian resistance fighters
Because its only good against unarmed, helples civilians, proven in Palestine. But once resistance acted, those tank started burning lile hell one after another
Hamas is now playing PUBG with Markava.
@ValorHeart
5 ай бұрын
Hamas is dead
Watching from India sir
This aged well
Hahaha..welcome to real world
The Philippines should purchase and utilize this Merkava tank.😊
@Angelthewolf
6 ай бұрын
That most likely won‘t happen because the Merkava was specifially designed for the environment in Israel and is not meant for export
@ValorHeart
5 ай бұрын
You'll never get it, it's not for sale
Yeah, it got some great advertisement near Gaza today 😅
@paladina666
10 ай бұрын
Say the guy sitting behind a montior.
The myth of Merkava has been shattered by cruel reality
@henm3000
2 ай бұрын
what reality? u noticed how gaza look like? only 2 Merkav'as get out of use in whole 6 month gaza using
Merkava is one of the best MBT if your enemy only throwing pebbles not Kornet
@paulwilson8061
10 ай бұрын
Or not even old rpg-7
@JABelms
10 ай бұрын
@@presidenteden6498 Not that hard especially when you are faced with outdated Chinese and Soviet crap (T-54/55).
@Lon3wolf13
10 ай бұрын
Hamas in their pajamas just toasted this Merkava myth using Soviet Rpg's and atgm's!
@JABelms
10 ай бұрын
@@presidenteden6498 M60s vs SU-100? T-34?. Centurion was still the best WW2/post tank and is the blueprint of the MBT.
@jamesgornall5731
10 ай бұрын
@@Lon3wolf13Russian ATGMs are top notch weapons and have proven to be able to defeat the APS ad armour of the Merkava
Merkava is a infantry infantry support tank, but it isn't a spearhead or breakthrough tank, which is what Ukraine needs right now.
@BenyKarachun
10 ай бұрын
Yeah it is, far better than any other tank given to Ukraine due to its thick roof armor and APS
@randomcoyote8807
10 ай бұрын
@@BenyKarachun it tends to be slower, though. The M1 Abrams is faster, and that gives it an advantage in open terrain, and allows more options to deliver fast-paced shock and exploit gains. The Merkava is a fantastic tank and despite my comment, if I was building an army I'd use Merks primarily. The Merkava hull needs to be used as a basis for more AFVs, IMO. I take it you were Merk crew?
@BenyKarachun
10 ай бұрын
@@randomcoyote8807 M1 is faster on road, not offroad. Merkava is built for extreme terrain like the Golan Heights and would be way more nimble than rival MBTs, thanks to its special suspension system. That includes a lot of mud, small rivers, hills and very rocky terrain. Merkava hull is used for the Namer which is an APC with a 50cal RCWS and recently the Namer IFV with a remote controlled turret with 30mm autocannon and 2 Spike ATGMs. There's also the Namera, which is the engineering version of the Namer, and there are various subtypes of the Namera, like one with special optics and sensors against mines, one with towed vertically launched missiles canister against mines, another version with a crane etc. All of those are equipped with Trophy of course. No I wasn't a Merkava crew but I was close to them in my service and I know a lot about them.
@VFX-TECH
9 ай бұрын
The Ukraine needs some brains
People are such a narrow minded they think that just cheap drone and rpg7 round and tank is destroyed . Its not that a cheap drone destroyed a tank , It just damage the tank but now defences are develop to counter drone and top attack . Its really hard to destroy a tank .
The Merkeva is an unbelievably good tank, and the most defended MBT ever developed, but it isn't actually ideal for Ukraine. It's heavy (for perspective, 50% heavier than a T-72) and so large swathes of the front will be impassable (it was designed for desert combat, not mud). Similarly, its high-tech systems and large size burn fuel like crazy, and so Ukraine's supply lines might have issues with that. Additionally, the Merkava has several pieces of tech that cannot fall into Russian hands--namely, its Trophy APS has a 95% effectiveness on taking out ATGMs, up to the heavy Kornet. It's been installed on Abrams and Leopards, and nobody wants Russia to capture a sample of that tech. What I would bet is that Cyprus, or a similar small nation that wants highly defended tanks to prevent tanker losses, is buying up Merkava to replace their existing tanks, and then might send the old ones to Ukraine.
@SwordFighterPKN
10 ай бұрын
Another video suggested older Merkeva's would be sold. The Israelis are SELLING this tank unlike us suckers in America that are giving our military hardware away for free.
@lavlav2340
10 ай бұрын
Sadly, cheap drones can just disable this tank, in the recent ongoing conflict
@BomBom777-q8c
10 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@snowdogthewolf
10 ай бұрын
Smaller, more agile tanks may be a better option for Ukraine. Your post was very insightful, thanks!
@jamesgornall5731
10 ай бұрын
Well, this aged poorly. Never mind
it looks and sounds so cool
@paulwilson8061
10 ай бұрын
Still?
The hype didn't last for longer periods lol
Merkava is not to sell for the Ukraine. Point.
Not battle proven
Got smoked by people wearing sandals 😂
this channel should delete this video
Merdeka also destroyed like challenger. Hamas just dropped one grenad
@snowdogthewolf
10 ай бұрын
List a single tank that is impervious to such attacks... LOL. Good luck with that.
@Stockfish1511
10 ай бұрын
@@snowdogthewolf You are not destroying most tanks let alone modern ones with that type of explosive. Merkava is garbage like it always was. They should ditch it and buy some abrams.
@CosmicValkyrie
10 ай бұрын
If you listen to western arms dealers and their propaganda, that's what they're trying to sell. LOL yourself schmuck. @@snowdogthewolf
@CosmicValkyrie
7 ай бұрын
@@JDMJOE when english is the only language you know.
@CosmicValkyrie
7 ай бұрын
only 3 languages? Not very impressive little boy. I'm indian, i can speak 6.@@JDMJOE
If Cyprus is indeed getting Merks Mk. 3, it will be free to sell its brigade-worth of Russian T-80s, and these Ukraine could field immediately without conversion training. The Merkava was designed for rocky, mountainous terrain which is exactly what Cyprus is, not for the flat, muddy plains of Eastern Europe. It would be nice to be able to release Cyprus' infantry from their BMP-3 deathtraps as well, but there's no other IFV-assault gun combo on offer except for the Chinese monstrosity with the same potentially ejectable turret.
@Yisraelamundas
8 күн бұрын
I think the most interesting part of Cyprus getting Merkava's, is if they get into another conflict with Turkey, we get to see if the Merkava's do good, even if it's just a Mk. 3.
it would be cool if Ukraine did get it, but my concern is how it would fair in some of Ukraine's environments (such as the mud seasons)
@SamFBM
10 ай бұрын
we'll defo see some , Ukraine is like a testing centre these days against russian stuff
@BiberandDolik
10 ай бұрын
@@SamFBM Unlikely, with whats happenign now...iirc, the deal was to sell them to cyprus and cyprus transfers its T80 to Ukraine. As is, Ukraines logistics are already hard pressed with 4 different MBTs. Plus, Israel is not fighting enemy as advanced as russia
@MrJarvisful
7 ай бұрын
It would probably do extremely horrible considering some weigh in at 62 to 70 tons. That's the reason why israel is the only place that have it. It's made for the environment they fight in. Also it doesn't like bridges
Amazing tanks, these Merkavas. Truly these are war chariots
Thank you 😊💕 Israel what a beauty tank for the Ukrainian Army and president Zelensky. God Speed Ukraine and Israel for the world.
Israel has unveiled its latest Merkava tank
It is for desert
@gagangurung5297
10 ай бұрын
hamas
The best marketing only but not on the battlefield 😂😂😂
@Yisraelamundas
8 күн бұрын
Merkava is proven to be good on the battlefield.
not in muddy season.
Can some explain the chains behind the tank even more? How can it supposed to defend the tank with wiggly chains? Thanks.
@praxis681
9 ай бұрын
It causes the missile to detonate before reaching the weak spot of the tank and that significantly reduces it’s damage
100 + tanks destroyed by freedom fighters. Not by an army. You call that great
@clarencecastro6956
4 ай бұрын
5 tanks we're only destroyed/damaged in the 2006 Lebanon war.....
The best intelligence in the world. The best tank in the world. The most prepared army. Want another Jewish joke?
@AGENTtoaster-eg4ju
2 ай бұрын
There is nothing jewish about you
the merkava wasn’t built like nato tanks it was built directly for the idf’s wants and needs in a mbt
@Yisraelamundas
8 күн бұрын
Yeah most NATO tanks all look and act the same
United State's Military should adopt Markava?
@guavamax420
11 ай бұрын
I don't know about that.
@theprogressivecynic2407
11 ай бұрын
No, our Abrams is designed to work well in a much wider range of environments and be more balanced. The Merkeva is perfectly adapted to defensive desert warfare, where it is the scariest threat anybody can face. Put it in Eastern European mud, and it's going to have an issue. What the US and Germany have been doing however is taking individuals systems from the Merkeva and incorporating them into their tanks--for example, the US and Germany both use the Trophy APS system designed for the Merkava, while Germany has also adopted the Lahat anti-armor (tank or helicopter) missiles that are shot from the main turret.
@user-hn1gw1gt7d
10 ай бұрын
U.S. weapons industry would certainly allow that.
Maybe the British Army, should be looking at this Israeli Merkava Mk.V Barak Main Battle Tank, as a replacement for the British Challenger series 1, 2 and 3 MBT's for 2030's onwards!
@jrmx31
9 ай бұрын
Reminder that this is not a store, Israel is not sold to anyone who asks
This tank just got disabled by a simple drone dropping bombs on the turret gun mauntlet
@snowdogthewolf
10 ай бұрын
Oh my, just like any tank made... ever. I get a kick out of these "my dad can beat up your dad" comparisons. In reality, both dads will die of cancer, accidents or heart disease. We all destined to death, 100% guaranteed. 🤣 So are tanks.
@yaboyed5779
10 ай бұрын
@@snowdogthewolftell that to the people constantly clowning Russian tanks then 😂
@snowdogthewolf
10 ай бұрын
@yaboyed5779 Well, to be fair, the Russians are losing their tanks at unprecedented numbers. That may be why folks are cracking on Russian tanks. The truth is that ATGMs can defeat any tank. Large numbers of NLAWs, Javelins, and so forth have been sent to Ukraine, and subsequently, large numbers of Russian tanks participated in the "turret toss" event.
@danghoangluong2942
7 ай бұрын
Russian Tanks are vulnerable from all type of attacks and their turrets tend to blown off completely
And that is exactly the reason why a heated conflict has just begun between Israel and Gaza....Russia and Iran send their regards. :-(
Just in one condition, the absence of Al-Yassin anti tank missile
Merkava tank looks good vs ground troops in some ways but it is no matched vs drones, landmines, and Jevelin or Arrow 12 or Kornet anti tank missiles. It cant run😢😢😢😢
@praxis681
9 ай бұрын
That’s why it has an Israeli made automatic APS on the new models
bob sample tank is far superior
@dougaldouglas8842
11 ай бұрын
And what tomorrow as they are running out of things to say to try and keep this story fresh.
Would like to see how MERKAVA performs in Ukraine- Russia conflict
@rajaydon1893
9 ай бұрын
If it can't hand hamas it sure as hell can't handle a battlefield like Ukraine
@aboodzidiah8252
2 ай бұрын
@@rajaydon1893no sir, israel and the Palestinian resistance are in a militants war, it’s close range clashes not long range, it is the best for Ukraine but any tank in Gaza will be destroyed
it's easy to make commercials, but the reality is quite different. Your tanks are destroyed from old grenades from cheap drones and from a Soviet rpg-7.
@snowdogthewolf
10 ай бұрын
Who are you referring to? Both sides are losing tanks to cheap drones and rpgs.
@liquidphilosopher1816
10 ай бұрын
@@snowdogthewolf N*** Palestinians don't have tanks. oppressor apartheid israel didn't even let Palestinians form an army to defend themselves.
This tank failed miserably against Hamas resistance fighters with there home made Alyaseen 105 modified RPGs
No point sending them. Ukraine already lost.
have to adapt it to traverse the damp and moist lands of Ukraine. improve the terrain resistance, i guess.
There's not good or bad Tank. Every equipment can be destroyed. Everything is about the strategy of how you use it .
LOL Get Easily Destroyed By Hamas Fighters Simply By a Drone Drop Grenade 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
@CFE-Lime
3 ай бұрын
Nahh
It's a good offensive tank for the Ukrainian Army knowing that it has a space for infantry. Making it so unique amongst the MBTs around the world!
Last few days during Hamas attack, it shown to be a total garbage getting destroyed by small grenade explosives on the armor. Even old ukrainan t64s have been showing better results. Its rubbish
How many of these do Hezbollah and Hamas have to destroy before armchair generals realize that it is overrated?
@monopixel5569
8 ай бұрын
When they actually win Israel. And not start a war and then cry fo ceasefire
@monopixel5569
8 ай бұрын
@Al.Nuaimi Hamas kidnapped hostages for ceasfire negotiations the moment Israel will retaliate. Writing delusional comments on KZread don't change the fact that Hamas is being destroyed as we speak and Gaza will be freed from radical Muslim ideology. As for Hezboella, we have seen how the abandoned their Muslim brothers in this war, because they are afraid of losing. Nasralla can threat and bark like a dog all day but he won't do anything about it.
This definitely does not age well
Yassin 105 ☺️☺️
@TheSarinaide
4 ай бұрын
It is like a fart in the wind.
Russians will blow these up just as easily as the Leopard, Challenger, and Bradley tanks.
@snowdogthewolf
10 ай бұрын
😆 Will they burn and launch their turrets like the "mighty" T72s and T80s? All tanks will burn, it's how they're used that makes *_ALL_* the difference. Surely you know that.
@bombsawaylemay770
10 ай бұрын
@@snowdogthewolf of course, it is all about how you use your equipment. Look at the success Hamas was able to accomplish over the IDF with paragliders. My point though is that there seems to be a "wunderwaffe" mindset in the West. That a particular piece of hardware given to Ukraine will route Russia off the map. That simply won't work.
@gagangurung5297
10 ай бұрын
didn't even need russians🤣
@snowdogthewolf
10 ай бұрын
@gagangurung5297 Thermonuclear warfare is where this leads and thank God for that. We need a reset and what better way than the destruction of mankind. We can make a clean start. Allow for the destruction! Afterward, anything or anyone "religious" must immediately be destroyed. A secular order will yield few wars.
@burlbird9786
10 ай бұрын
Bradley ain't a tenk dude... but it burns just as well.
My honest and genuine reaction (🔻)
im very curious now to see russian tank trollers stand on merkava after it met same fate as any T series tanks in current israel war.
@burlbird9786
10 ай бұрын
I believe this topic trolls itself
@shubhankarsingh2605
10 ай бұрын
@@burlbird9786 yeah I do believe that tanks are obselete in urban warfare situations. We have seen in Russo ukrainian wars how Ukrainians launched rpg or NLAWs on the tank top from buildings. In ww1 the philosophy behind tanks was to clear the trenches. In ww2 it remained same but an additional doctrine was added and tanks were meant to support infantry movements and fight in plain terrains mostly where it was highly likely that it will be shot from front so that's why a strong front armour was added too. Another thing is there is no specific definition for tanks. Basically it's a very high velocity gun mounted on tracks and possess good armour (which has failed mostly due to developments in anti tank rounds). Tanks are not economical as well. No matter how much advanced armour in theory are being developed for tanks. Just one good anti tank round ( arguably javellins) will make whole production of tanks obselete in every way. I believe tanks will be old tech soon and won't be a part of modern warfare doctrine anymore.
@burlbird9786
10 ай бұрын
@@shubhankarsingh2605I hope you are aware that we do nto live on fvcking Coruscant and the terrain is not exclusively urban, nor is warfare exclusively urban. As we can clearly see in the territories formerly known as ukriane. And I hope you are informed that we are still fighting in trenches, just like int he 20th century. So a good shovel never went out of fashion.
@shubhankarsingh2605
10 ай бұрын
@@burlbird9786 your statement appears so vague and smelling like ignorance. Have the tanks being used to clear trenches specifically in Ukraine? Haven't you seen the presence of tanks in captured towns? Where they were attacked from top of buildings? I think you are not aware of it and writing it all just cuz you felt it.
@burlbird9786
10 ай бұрын
@@shubhankarsingh2605 I have no idea what are you talking about. YOU said that tanks can't be used in urban warfare and THUS they will become obsolete.
LOL. This aged like fine wine. Context: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pq1nx8uFd7K4k5c.html
@west8772
6 ай бұрын
you mean milk?
Israel might be willing to sell Merkavas. That doesn’t mean it’s willing to give to Ukraine for free. Any nation that is able to buy Merkavas won’t be able to transfer them to Ukraine. That said, Israeli military weapons won’t see combat in Ukraine. Unless those weapons were co-developed by other nations. Example, Matador anti-armor missile system was co-developed with Germany.
Another overrated tank. 😂😂😂
True Secondhand Israeli Main Battle Tanks, Merkava Mk.ll or Mk.lll version, would be ideal for the Ukraine Army too.
@DanielLLevy
10 ай бұрын
The Mk. II was quickly disqualified for the construction of armored derivatives such as H-APC's, mobile command posts/ comms nodes, combat engineers' vehicles and suchlike, on account of its sucky suspension. It is certainly going to get recycled, hopefully into sturdy railroad tracks.
you are looking at a tank by appearance. and destroyed by a $200 drone. a pile of iron like any other.
got destroyed by a drone didnt expect to happen
@clarencecastro6956
4 ай бұрын
"Damaged"
it's a Junk, it has been destroyed in Gaza for a cost of 2k rbg lol
@clarencecastro6956
4 ай бұрын
"Damaged"
Hamash pak on the maekaba 🖕🖕💪🇯🇴
hey can you make a update of this video that israel is still apoveing to send the merkava to ukraine while they still in war with hamas and palestina
Bro NO TANK INVINCIBLE NOW DAY 😂😂😂
" $5 million merkava is the best tank in the world " $100 al yassin 105: habibi... welcome to gaza.... lol 🤣🤣🤣
Again, that has aged like a fine pizza.
The most successful tanks in the Middle East..
they prove different in ukraine they have lots of weak points
@snowdogthewolf
10 ай бұрын
Every tank has weak points. They're made by man and mankind is a fucking joke.
Best tank for Israel but not necessarily for Ukraine. For example, its narrow tracks increases the risk it will get bogged in Ukraine's notorious mud. Need wider tracks fitted before Ukraine can use it..
oh to sell . oh thanks a lot . just like any buissness .
50 bucks drone and bomb : hello
Given how vulnerable tanks are I think we could see a return of the light tank. A much, much cheaper tank that doesn't try to defend itself against dedicated anti-tank weapons and tries to use speed and weight of numbers to overcome it.
@MrMarinus18
11 ай бұрын
@@happysickfreak8415 Speed isn't just about tactical mobility but also about strategic mobility. The faster a tank is the quicker it can get to where it needs to go.
@theprogressivecynic2407
11 ай бұрын
The Merkeva is different though. It has an APS that has a 95% interception rate against heavy Kornets, and can also take out drones with the same system. Good luck hitting it with a helicopter too, as it can fire long-range anti-armor missiles from its main turret. It's expensive and heavy, but extremely well-defended.
@ivanpopovac9554
10 ай бұрын
@@theprogressivecynic2407oh wow looks like hamas blew couple of these lmao
@theprogressivecynic2407
10 ай бұрын
@@ivanpopovac9554 Sure, they blew up a couple on a base (notice in the image of the burning one that the barrel still has its cover on). Congrats on damaging (not actually destroying) a couple inactive tanks. Watch what happens when the Merkavas go across the border into Gaza. It will be a day or two from now, max. See how many get destroyed.
@ivanpopovac9554
10 ай бұрын
@@theprogressivecynic2407 oh yeah it will be the same as hezbollah blowing them up with kornets come on now man. entering gaza with tanks is the dumbest thing you can do btw
worst than t-34🤣🤣🤣
How did it get destroyed by a drone????? Tanks aren't as tough as we once thought
@clarencecastro6956
4 ай бұрын
"Damaged" 😑
This video has aged well, lol. They faced significant challenges in Gaza.
The merkavas being bullied by "Yasin".
Its cheap?
Would be cool to see the Jewish tank with a Swastikas' on the side of it.
@adelaida7871
10 ай бұрын
😂
Did you really think Israel give their modern and expensive tank to ukraine
More tanks to be blown for free.
very interessant§§§
isnt it too heavy for ukraine mud?
@Yisraelamundas
8 күн бұрын
Merkava is good at long distance
@gamisag
8 күн бұрын
@@Yisraelamundas it may be true but a stuck tank is unusable. i saw a video about the abrams that is too heavy to function proparly because of the mud. and the merkava is heavier