Singapore Buys Merkava Mk 4 Tanks From Israel, Contarct Purchase For 50 Tanks
Singapore Buys Merkava Mk 4 Tanks From Israel, Contarct Purchase For 50 Tanks
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Jul 4 2014, 08:03 PM
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bestest protected tank in the world, hit by ATGM, no problemo
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Jul 4 2014, 08:10 PM
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Jul 4 2014, 11:04 PM
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a good way to kill the merkava but made in israel
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Jul 5 2014, 01:22 AM
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QUOTE(Einjahr @ Jul 4 2014, 11:49 PM) well, MBT operating in SEA aint gonna maneuver en mass like the desert of arabian or the rolling plains of europathey gonna use as heavily armoured mobile bunker with superior firepower to support infantry and vice versa or holding key routes like bridges just like the US marines 4 tank platoon doctrine. there's thousands of km of plantation roads, trunk roads,and all the tank commander is to do is to trample thru the jungle.. |
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Jul 5 2014, 02:01 AM
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QUOTE(KYPMbangi @ Jul 5 2014, 01:33 AM) Take experience with thailand, they're the most experienced user of tanks in the SEA region, all their tanks US and russian made is kept under 50ton weight limit as they already knew how it works in the tropics thai's 46ton T-84 tank track ground pressure of 0.93kg/cm2 versus 65ton merkava of 0.96kg/cm2 dont make much difference |
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Jul 5 2014, 04:13 PM
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QUOTE(KYPMbangi @ Jul 5 2014, 02:19 AM) Thailand reason is that in rural areas the infras like bridges and untarred roads would not be able to support these heavyweight class tanks light bridges can be overcome with engineering units and a 65 ton tank have more cross country capability than a land rover on unpaved roadGround pressure won't mean a thing if a tank can't cross a bridge that won't be able to support it |
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Jul 5 2014, 06:10 PM
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QUOTE(MasBoleh! @ Jul 5 2014, 05:20 PM) After watching the Merkava documentary, i found that they failed terribly during the Lebanese war in 2006 i think. They even now they not sure what is the role of Merkava. a few tanks hit=failed terribly here's some stats from the previous war of 1973 yum kippur israel tanks deployed=1700 tanks, 400 destroyed, 1300 tank crew killed. Tank destroyed ratio = 23.5% from the lebanon 2006 war tanks deployed = 240 tanks, 5 destroyed, 17 crew killed. Tank destroyed ratio = 2.1% rather ride in a merkava which can withstand multiple ATGM hits than a eastern bloc T-series tanks which the turret will blew out 5 metres away from the hull when hit by a single ATGM hit, youtube up syrian tanks hits@syrian civil war |
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Jul 5 2014, 07:05 PM
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Jul 5 2014, 07:10 PM
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QUOTE(thpace @ Jul 5 2014, 07:00 PM) The problem is tat they are so proud of their tanks and they published fact on how the tanks protect it crew bla bla every single tank designed have that weak point, infantry found that out way back from WW2So heezzobalah studies those, they found that, hitting the tank space between the turret and hull at back can make and amazing firework Next, they are proud of the merkaka frontal protection singe engine is placed forward to proctect the crew from frontal hit and capable to ferry few pesonals at the back. But soon the hezzaoblah just switch to hitting at the back of the tank. Plus, if there ppl inside they can kill more dunno how many hezbollah dead trying to take on the tanks.. |
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Jul 6 2014, 02:04 PM
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SG should include this merkava hull APC, great for urban warfare
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Jul 6 2014, 02:16 PM
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Jul 6 2014, 05:49 PM
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