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Merkava 1 Main battle tank
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The
Merkava 1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) was Israel's first
indigenously designed and built main battle tank and
was born out of its experiences of the conventional
warfare in the 1956, 1967 and 1973 Middle East Wars.
The Merkava 1 is armed with 105 mm main gun, two machine
guns, one 60 mm mortar.
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Merkava 2 Main battle tank
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The
Merkava Mk 2 entered production in 1982 with first
production vehicle being completed in August 1983.
The Merkava Mk 2 is armed with a main gun of 105 mm,
two machine guns of 7,62 mm, one 12,7 mm machine gun,
and one 60 mm mortar.
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Merkava 3Main battle tank
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The
Merkava Mk 3 is a new version of the Merkava main
battle tank family. This is a an improvement version
with new turret and new armament. The Merkava Mk III
is armed with a new 120 mm main gun, three 7,62 machine
guns, one 60 mm mortar and 12 smoke discharger.
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Merkava 4 Main battle tank
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The
Merkava 4 is the standard main battle battle tank
use by the IDF Israeli Defence Force. The Merkava
4 is armed with an 120 mm smoothbore gun, three 7.62
mm machine gun, one 12,7 mm machine gun and one 60
mm mortar.
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Puma Engineer armoured vehicle
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The
Puma is an engineer tracked armoured vehicle based
to the chassis of the main battle tank Centurion.
Entering service in 1991 in the IDF (Israel Defense
Force) , the Puma was optimised from the start for
the combat engineers and replaced the makeshift Nagmashot.
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