The Israeli Merkava main battle tank, particularly the latest Mk 4M "Windbreaker" variant, has dominated the battlefield in Gaza against Hamas. Some say it might be the best tank on Earth today. -Its ...

Developed after the Yom Kippur War, the Merkava Mk1 was Israel’s response to tank losses that devastated its armored corps. With a unique design focused on crew survival, it used diesel as armor, ...

The Merkava was first conceived by an Israeli General Israel Tal following the titanic armored clashes of the Yom Kippur War. Tal wanted a tank that prioritized crew protection above all else.

New video from Saraya Al-Quds shows the targeting of an Israeli armored vehicle in Gaza, highlighting continued resistance ...

Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that at least 130 Palestinians were killed Monday and over 1,000 wounded across Gaza, as ...

Israel's 2006 conflict with Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon in 2006 raised questions about the Merkava's effectiveness in battle, as many Israeli casualties were Merkava tank crews, which had ...

Maariv newspaper quoted Zionist sources as saying that the Israeli occupation army has lost nearly half of its stockpile of ...

Israel’s main battle tank, the Merkava series, is one of the best-designed tanks ever produced. Israel’s independence in 1948 saw the formation of the Israeli Defense Forces, ...

Israel’s Merkava Mark IV tank has been crowned one of the five deadliest tanks in the world by the conservative American magazine the National Interest, alongside Russia’s T40 and the American ...

Israel Tal, a decorated war hero and the creator of Israel’s renowned Merkava tank, died in the Israeli town of Rehovot on Wednesday. He was 86, according to a military announcement.

The Israeli Merkava 2 tank disappeared from a training zone in northern Israel near the coastal city of Haifa, the Israeli army said Wednesday. The training zone is closed to the public when in ...