Israeli Ground Force

max steel wrote:Deserve Kornet or Israel's own Javelin ATGM.

I belive Israel does not operate Javelin but only M47 Dragon and TOW when its about US made ATGMs.

Werewolf wrote:

Militarov wrote:

Merkava under snow.

Only one semi-brown face. 3 out of 4 non semites.

The guy on the left looks Slavic or other European albeit he could still be Jewish, some have a lot of admixture especially Russian-speaking Jews.
The 2nd from the left looks Ashkenazi Jewish enough; glasses definitely help.
The 2nd from the right I can't really see enough of his face to tell, but sure he could pass as Jewish.
And on the right we have an Arab-origin Jew (Mizrahim), or perhaps a Druze, Arab or other minority.

Israeli Jews and Jews around the world are very diverse in their genes, so you'll see a wide variety of faces, features and skin tones.

flamming_python wrote:

Werewolf wrote:

Militarov wrote:

Merkava under snow.

Only one semi-brown face. 3 out of 4 non semites.

The guy on the left looks Slavic or other European albeit he could still be Jewish, some have a lot of admixture especially Russian-speaking Jews.
The 2nd from the left looks Ashkenazi Jewish enough; glasses definitely help.
The 2nd from the right I can't really see enough of his face to tell, but sure he could pass as Jewish.
And on the right we have an Arab-origin Jew (Mizrahim), or perhaps a Druze, Arab or other minority.

Israeli Jews and Jews around the world are very diverse in their genes, so you'll see a wide variety of faces, features and skin tones.

Despite the Hasbara lies that the region down there is where they come originally from the skin color proofs that those who are most eagerly to claim that it is their promised homeland that they nor their ancestors have ever any connections to this lands.

They left brown but come back white. -Gamal Abdel Nasser

Werewolf wrote:

flamming_python wrote:

Werewolf wrote:

Militarov wrote:

Merkava under snow.

Only one semi-brown face. 3 out of 4 non semites.

The guy on the left looks Slavic or other European albeit he could still be Jewish, some have a lot of admixture especially Russian-speaking Jews.
The 2nd from the left looks Ashkenazi Jewish enough; glasses definitely help.
The 2nd from the right I can't really see enough of his face to tell, but sure he could pass as Jewish.
And on the right we have an Arab-origin Jew (Mizrahim), or perhaps a Druze, Arab or other minority.

Israeli Jews and Jews around the world are very diverse in their genes, so you'll see a wide variety of faces, features and skin tones.

Despite the Hasbara lies that the region down there is where they come originally from the skin color proofs that those who are most eagerly to claim that it is their promised homeland that they nor their ancestors have ever any connections to this lands.

They left brown but come back white. -Gamal Abdel Nasser

I have had this debate in fact, more than once. I was on the same side as you are now, more or less. But through my debates I learned a whole bunch of interesting things.

What you have to understand is that Jews are not a race, nor are they are just a religion, and nor are they really a single ethnicity as such, not in the sense of Russians, Germans, Somalis, Tamils, or anything like this.
Jews are more of a lineage, a huge dynasty so to speak - more than anything else. One is regarded as a Jew if through your mother's lineage you can trace back your ancestry to Jacob, a grandson of Abraham (and a son of the infant Isaac that God commanded Abraham to sacrifice at an altar and then stopped him at the last minute, explaining to him that he passed his test).

This is part of scripture, mythology of course. In practise, if you can trace your maternal lineage back to the original tribes of Israel from 2000 years ago, then you are assumed to be a Jew as far as even the most strictest adherents to Judaism are concerned. It goes without saying, that a group of people can emigrate, intermarry with locals at least to some extent, accept the odd converts to their religion or an entire people of converts in the case of the Khazars - and indeed, after a dozen generations their race may change (as in the case of the Ethiopian Jews), their language will certainly change, as will many of their customs - but if their lineage is preserved, then they are still Jews. And if they are all still Jews, all around the world, then they still consider themselves to be one people hailing from one historic homeland.

You are not telling me anything i already know. The point is that no one today can proof linage further than 300 years and certainly not thousand years nor are there enough people to claim any blood relatives of some ancient ancestors. The point still remaints jews are highly prejucides among their own religion. You know about ethiopian jews? That they are hated because they are black and that etiopian jews only may enter Israel if women sterilize themselfs?

Those are weight people from europe that have no lineage to claim to anything. Most jews change their names so often to pseudo-assymilate to "cover" themselfs that it is impossible to verify any real lineage since the jews are most prone and known to change names, religion and story to hide in any country.

Practically it is impossible to proof nor to even know or guess how far anyones lineage would go. There have been alot of russians who have no ties to judaism or jews and have left Soviet Union in 80's due to economical reasons and because ISrael was paying money to new settlers to make it more attractive so there is a big black number of khazar/ashkenazi jews that have no ties or any blood not even over hundred generations to semitic peoples or tribes.

Werewolf wrote:You are not telling me anything i already know. The point is that no one today can proof linage further than 300 years and certainly not thousand years nor are there enough people to claim any blood relatives of some ancient ancestors.

Well Jews claim they can - recall that most Jewish communities in Europe were tight-knit for almost all their histories, they kept records, they mostly married within their own community (as everyone else did too back then), and if a man married outside it then his children wouldn't be considered as Jewish by the rest of his community - at least not in most cases.

Religion and tradition played a very important part in this, and is what allowed and preserved it all pretty much. With some exceptions, Jewish tradition and religion were only passed down by maternal lineage, for the last 2000 years. Therefore anyone who still follows Judaism today, has a very strong case for claiming that he is descended from the original tribes of Israel/Jacob.

The point still remaints jews are highly prejucides among their own religion. You know about ethiopian jews? That they are hated because they are black and that etiopian jews only may enter Israel if women sterilize themselfs?

There are certain tensions, cultural barriers its more correct to say; given the huge cultural/linguistic/racial diversity of the world-wide Jewish community and inside Israel too. As humans with different appearances and customs tend to be, even when sharing the same nationality or religion or whatever else. But it's nothing really serious. Racial tension in the US is far more serious - despite the fact that there, they are all Americans.

About Ethiopian women - I'm sure that's BS, could scarcely be true in a modern 21st country.

Those are weight people from europe that have no lineage to claim to anything. Most jews change their names so often to pseudo-assymilate to "cover" themselfs that it is impossible to verify any real lineage since the jews are most prone and known to change names, religion and story to hide in any country.

You make many generalizations and assumptions. Yes, many Jews did change their names in an attempt to assimilate, partially assimilate or otherwise stand out less. Some took it further and gave up Judaism; or kept their religion but married non-Jewish women and thus their family became non-Jewish and native within a generation. We don't hear about those people today because they successfully assimilated and lost their identity. We hear about those that didn't ultimately take assimilation all the way and decided to hold onto their identity and get married to other Jews (or in the case of a woman, it didn't ultimately matter who she married albeit marrying other Jews was the preferred practice).

Those Jews who assimilated, hid, covered, etc... are not relevant to anything, and their descendants are not interested in claiming Jewish heritage for the most part or emigrating to Israel.

The Jews that did not assimilate are the ones that claim today to have lineage from 2000 years ago. And they have a case for it.

Practically it is impossible to proof nor to even know or guess how far anyones lineage would go. There have been alot of russians who have no ties to judaism or jews and have left Soviet Union in 80's due to economical reasons and because ISrael was paying money to new settlers to make it more attractive so there is a big black number of khazar/ashkenazi jews that have no ties or any blood  not even over hundred generations to semitic peoples or tribes.

That's also true. In the 90s Israel made a decision grounded in national security (too many Arabs being born) and economic reasons, to close their eyes on Russian-speakers entering the country and claiming citizenship even if their claims/documents weren't convincing. And the rules were already pretty relaxed even without that - a single Jew from the ex-USSR could bring his non-Jewish family with him and have them claim citizenship on the same grounds that he did. Israel is still engaged in encouraging emigration from the ex-USSR; only most of the people going there nowadays are not even Jews by the common definition, but simply people with a Jewish father or 1-2 Jewish grandparents. And Israel has no problem with encouraging such people to immigrate.

But this is a rather separate question and a very recent phenomenon.

flamming_python wrote:
Well Jews claim they can - recall that most Jewish communities in Europe were tight-knit for almost all their histories, they kept records, they mostly married within their own community (as everyone else did too back then), and if a man married outside it then his children wouldn't be considered as Jewish by the rest of his community - at least not in most cases.

Religion and tradition played a very important part in this, and is what allowed and preserved it all pretty much. With some exceptions, Jewish tradition and religion were only passed down by maternal lineage, for the last 2000 years. Therefore anyone who still follows Judaism today, has a very strong case for claiming that he is descended from the original tribes of Israel/Jacob.

People can claim what they want that does not give them any claim or right for land they never had buisness to be there especially due to ethnic cleansing and genocide.

flamming_python wrote:
There are certain tensions, cultural barriers its more correct to say; given the huge cultural/linguistic/racial diversity of the world-wide Jewish community and inside Israel too. As humans with different appearances and customs tend to be, even when sharing the same nationality or religion or whatever else. But it's nothing really serious. Racial tension in the US is far more serious - despite the fact that there, they are all Americans.

About Ethiopian women - I'm sure that's BS, could scarcely be true in a modern 21st country.

You are wrong.

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-admits-ethiopian-women-were-given-birth-control-shots.premium-1.496519

A government official has for the first time acknowledged the practice of injecting women of Ethiopian origin with the long-acting contraceptive Depo-Provera.
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Health Ministry Director General Prof. Roni Gamzu has instructed the four health maintenance organizations to stop the practice as a matter of course.
Gamzu’s letter instructs all gynecologists in the HMOs "not to renew prescriptions for Depo-Provera if for any reason there is concern that they might not understand the ramifications of the treatment.”
He also instructed physicians to avail themselves of translators if need be.

Gamzu’s letter came in response to a letter from Sharona Eliahu-Chai of the Association of Civil Rights in Israel, representing several women’s rights and Ethiopian immigrants’ groups. The letter demanded the injections cease immediately and that an investigation be launched into the practice.

About six weeks ago, on an Educational Television program journalist Gal Gabbay revealed the results of interviews with 35 Ethiopian immigrants. The women’s testimony could help explain the almost 50-percent decline over the past 10 years in the birth rate of Israel’s Ethiopian community. According to the program, while the women were still in transit camps in Ethiopia they were sometimes intimidated or threatened into taking the injection. “They told us they are inoculations,” said one of the women interviewed. “They told us people who frequently give birth suffer. We took it every three months. We said we didn’t want to.”
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-admits-ethiopian-women-were-given-birth-control-shots.premium-1.496519

50% decline in birth rate due to controlled birth controll of a different population is genocide.

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide

(a) Killing members of the group

(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group

(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

flamming_python wrote:
You make many generalizations and assumptions. Yes, many Jews did change their names in an attempt to assimilate, partially assimilate or otherwise stand out less. Some took it further and gave up Judaism; or kept their religion but married non-Jewish women and thus their family became non-Jewish and native within a generation. We don't hear about those people today because they successfully assimilated and lost their identity. We hear about those that didn't ultimately take assimilation all the way and decided to hold onto their identity and get married to other Jews (or in the case of a woman, it didn't ultimately matter who she married albeit marrying other Jews was the preferred practice).

Those Jews who assimilated, hid, covered, etc... are not relevant to anything, and their descendants are not interested in claiming Jewish heritage for the most part or emigrating to Israel.

The Jews that did not assimilate are the ones that claim today to have lineage from 2000 years ago. And they have a case for it.

Maybe it is a generalization but due to the religion itself and the very unique construct of this religious nutheads mentality i would claim it is not a generalization but at least a majority if not an overwhelming majority. Of course there are also jews that got lost from communities to whatever reasons and had not kept ties to communities or anything that would held them there so they assimilated, but that is again only proof that they have no ties nor genes to semitic people or a claim to those lands if they can assimilate within white countries of europe. Being part of a religious nuthead group does not give you any rights whatsoever. Otherwise christians would have claims to ME aswell just because Jesus came from there and that it is the origin of christianity or whatever some religious nuthead would want to claim to get what he wants.

flamming_python wrote:
That's also true. In the 90s Israel made a decision grounded in national security (too many Arabs being born) and economic reasons, to close their eyes on Russian-speakers entering the country and claiming citizenship even if their claims/documents weren't convincing. And the rules were already pretty relaxed even without that - a single Jew from the ex-USSR could bring his non-Jewish family with him and have them claim citizenship on the same grounds that he did. Israel is still engaged in encouraging emigration from the ex-USSR; only most of the people going there nowadays are not even Jews by the common definition, but simply people with a Jewish father or 1-2 Jewish grandparents. And Israel has no problem with encouraging such people to immigrate.

But this is a rather separate question and a very recent phenomenon.

Because what they need is their policy of Expansionism so they take whatever is not against them or can be indoctrinated, used or partically claimed to be jewish to get their madness of Eretz Israel.

IDF replacing aerostats with new Skystar 330

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has phased out the Skystar 300 aerostat surveillance system it has been using for nine years, but is now operating the new Skystar 330.

RT LTA Systems, the manufacturer of the Skystar family, said at the end of December 2015 that the IDF's first Skystar 330 is being used by the Combat Intelligence Collection Corps.

It added that the Skystar 330 has been ordered by a European country, which will receive it in the near future.

RT CEO Rami Shmueli said: "With the new technology that is introduced into this system, we were able to deliver a high-end system for military and homeland security applications."

The IDF made extensive use of the Skystar 300 along its border with Gaza to gain tactical intelligence for forces on the ground and the 330 is designed to perform the same role.

RT said it will continue to provide maintenance services for the dozens of Skystar 300s that are still in service with foreign customers.

"The Defense Ministry unveiled on Thursday the first Namer armored personnel carrier equipped with the Trophy HV active protection system. Trophy – made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems – has already been installed on Merkava MK 4 tanks, protecting them from antitank and rocket- propelled grenade attacks during the 2014 Gaza conflict. Now the system will be installed on every new Namer, the Defense Ministry’s Merkava Tank Administration announced, following the completion of the first operational drill involving IDF personnel at the Armored Corps School in southern Israel. The trial was held by Defense Ministry engineers and IDF ground forces, and came following a series of live-fire tests in which missiles were fired at the Namer and destroyed by Trophy.

The Trophy-equipped Namers will be able to enter battlegrounds rife with antitank and RPG threats and safely transport infantry, even in the face of multiple, simultaneous threats. "Trophy" is the fruit of a joint development by Rafael, Elta and the American company General Dynamics. It identifies, with special sensors, threats directed against the tank, such as anti-tank rockets and missiles, and fires a special charge to neutralize them.



“We will implement the Defense Ministry’s policy of equipping every Namer coming off the production line with the only active protection system in the world,” said Brig.-Gen. Baruch Matzliah, the head of the Merkava Tank Administration. “The Namer with the Trophy system will form the highest level of protection for IDF soldiers and provide them with defense and a significant advantage on the battlefield.” Matzliah added. During Operation Protective Edge, the Namer APC was used to save the lives of many soldiers who were protected by its reinforced armored structure. Last year, the Defense Ministry doubled its orders for parts for both Namer and Merkava MK 4 tanks ahead of an expected rise in orders for them. Some 200 factories produce parts for the Merkava and Namer across Israel, most of them located in peripheral areas, employing around 10,000 people."

Source: http://www.armyrecognition.com

The Israeli Defence Force has ordered dozens of Urdan Backtrail logistics trailers that can be towed behind tanks and SP guns:





I like it.

http://www.defensenews.com/videos/defense/2016/04/13/82997246/

Namer engineering variants

That trailer reminds me of the sleds the Soviets used to tow with soldiers on in winter warfare.

In the 1980s in Afghanistan they had trailers for the T-62s to carry extra HE ammo for longer persistence in combat.

Always thought they could expand it further with more fuel and ammo with a direct link for the fuel so it could work as an external fuel tank that can be dumped if needed but could feed fuel to the tank to keep the tank topped off with fuel on long marches.

Lockheed Martin will deliver Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System to Israel

http://defence-blog.com/news/lockheed-martin-will-deliver-guided-multiple-launch-rocket-system-to-israel.html

Israel reveals defensive boost for CH-53 fleet

Developed by Israeli industry, the new defensive capability is referred to by the service as the Dragon Block 3. It is designed to give effective warning of missile attack, and fast activation of countermeasures equipment, with 360° coverage.


Launched in 2006, the air force's modernisation programme for the CH-53 "Yasur" is intended to keep the rotorcraft in service until at least 2025. Work included structural treatments and the installation of new avionics and other systems to support the range of missions that the heavy-lift type is required to perform.

Israel's CH-53s were involved during recent conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza, during which the aircraft were targeted by a variety of rockets and missiles.

"Israeli tank «Magach 3» arrived in Moscow Vnukovo Airport for exchange. The tank were transported to Russia on board Antonov An-124 Ruslan planes.

In May, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to return the Magach tank, seized by the Syrian troops in 1982 during the First Lebanon War and exhibited in Russia, to Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Putin for that decision, pointing out the importance of the step for the families of three Israel Defense Forces (IDF) servicemen, who went missing during the war.



”We will pass to Russia the same [model of] tank, so it can be exhibited in a museum,” the press secretary told RIA Novosti. Netanyahu is currently in Moscow with an official visit dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Russia."

Source: http://defence-blog.com/army/israeli-tank-magach-3-arrived-russia-for-exchange.html

Israel unveiled an actively protected armored personnel carrier (APC) on Monday, which it hopes to purchase in large numbers over the next ten years. The wheeled demonstrator, named Eitan, Hebrew for “steadfast”, is an 8x8, 35-ton vehicle that is half the cost and weight of the Merkava Mk4-based Namer carriers currently in production.

Both vehicles were built to replace thousands of M113s that support most of Israel’s infantry and can carry up to 12 infantrymen. According to Brig. Gen. Baruch Matzliah, head of the Ministry of Defense’s Tank Production Office (which designed both vehicles), the Eitan “will be the most advanced, protected wheeled fighting tool in the world.” He said that Eitan was developed to be a multi-mission, low-cost platform that will allow Israel to have more vehicles quicker than they could with heavier vehicles like the Namer.

It is believed that Eitan will assimilate a new wave of active protection based on the Trophy Active Protection System (TAPS) developed by the state-owned defense company Rafael. The vehicle will also have a full compliment of sensors and munitions, along with an unmanned 30- or 40-millimeter turret.

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160802/1043846127/israeli-military-new-armored-vehicle.html

Creation of a new 155-mm self-propelled howitzer for the Israeli army

The new ACS will be completely autonomous and automatic. Caliber 155 mm, barrel length 52 caliber, range up to 40 km. Theoretically, the ACS can control one person, in practice the calculation will be 3-6 people, in contrast to 10 on the M109 "Doher" (on the ACS plus on the ammunition conveyor M548 Alfa).

The AOI has not yet decided whether a new ACS will be on a wheeled or tracked chassis, it is possible to adopt two versions: one and the same turret with gun, automatic loader and various systems will be installed on two different chassis.

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2616130.html

Modern armored vehicles of the IDF

The site "Maariv" published a brief overview of the most modern models of the BTT AOI, as well as machines "Granite" field reconnaissance troops. Each review is written by another author, and we are talking about officers and ensigns of IDF, who operate this equipment. Although most of the above is not new and even well known, several details attract attention.

"Namer" - "Nagmash ha-Merkava ha-handasi" - heavy armored personnel carrier of engineering troops

I recently wrote about "Namer" in my blog, see the article "New variants of the BAM 'Namera'?". There is nothing new about this issue.



"Namer" is a heavy armored personnel carrier of the brigade "Golani"

"Namer" began to enter the armament of the infantry brigade "Golani" in 2008, replacing the heavy armored personnel carrier "Akhzarit." Widely used in the operation "Tsuk Eitan" ("Mighty cliff") in the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014. "Golani" is making efforts to improve the work with "Namer", about a year ago in the brigade was created department ("Mador"), responsible For all issues related to "NAMER", including training and various briefings.



The Merkava-4 tank, the armored forces

"Merkava-4" is in service with the 7th and 401th regular brigades, as well as in reserve brigades (it is said in the plural, it was previously known only about the 4th reserve brigade "Kiriati", using "Merkava-4" with 2009). I will add from myself that the 460th Brigade "Utsvat Bnei Or" of the tank school also has Merkava-4 (about 2/3 of the brigade).

"Merkava-4" entered service in 2003. The length of the tank with the gun forward 9.04 m, width 3.92 m, height 2.66 m. The ammunition includes 44 shots to the gun. The top speed is 65 km / h. The tank is equipped with the KAZ "Meil Ruach".



SAU "Doheron" of artillery troops

Regular divisions of the barrel artillery of the IDF are armed with the Doheron SAU. I note that this is the first time I see this name. Up to now, it has been known about two upgrades M109A1 ("Rohiv") - Doher and Dores. And although the "Dores" appeared later "Doher", regular divisions used to be "Doher", and "Dores" was in reserve (see article "SAU M109 in the IDF"). The suffix "he" in Hebrew has a diminishing value and is often used to denote various modifications of weapons, i.e. "Doheron" is a kind of modification of "Doher". What are the differences are not specified.

In the artillery troops, the IDF SAU work in the same team as the M548 ammunition conveyor (Alfa). Calculation of "Doheron" and "Alpha" includes 7 people: the commander, the driver of the automatic control system, the gunner, the charging, the driver of the M548 and two ammunition pushers ("Anshay ha-Hutz").



"Akhzarit" - heavy armored personnel carrier of the brigade "Givati"

The heavy armored personnel carriers "Akhzarit" (based on the T-55) entered the arsenal of the infantry brigade "Givati" in 2005. These were the same armored personnel carriers previously used by Golani, and Givati ​​received them as Golani moved to " He's here. "



"Granit" is a machine of field reconnaissance troops

"Granite" is a reconnaissance vehicle of field reconnaissance troops. I already described it in the article "The exhibition in Latrun on the Independence Day of 2017":

The RAM5500 pickup in the reconnaissance version: the module of the IAI Elta production with a sliding mast is placed on the body, and there is a reconnaissance radar for ground targets and a system of day and night vision; In the back cab of the pick-up the operators' seats are equipped; Earlier the IDF used similar machines based on the HMMWV jeep (Rakun), based on the Land Rover Defender jeep, and a surveillance machine based on the Plasan Sand Cat (Granite) was also developed, but I saw the pickup truck for the first time.

It turns out that Granite is a variant on the RAM5500 pickup, in contrast to what was said in Wikipedia (ie whether the Sand Cat version was a prototype, or whether the same system is used on different platforms). In the article "Maariv" it is said that "Granit" is the most modern machine of its kind in the field intelligence forces, it was put into service in the summer of 2016. The machine has a control and monitoring system "Masua", i.e. It is integrated into the TsAYAD ("Zva Yabash Digitala", ie "Digital Army"). Due to the "Masua" and the latest software, the time of the fire cycle (ie the time from the moment of detection of the target and to the moment of its destruction by various fire weapons) has sharply decreased.



http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2756318.html

In Israel, a heavy armored personnel carrier Namer with a turret and cannon armament was demonstrated

The directorate of the Merkava tank and the BTT in the MO (Mantak), in cooperation with the ground forces of the IDF, completed the development of the version of the heavy armored personnel carrier "Namer" with a tower (the word "Zrihon" is used, ie "turret" - diminutive from "Tsaryakh" ") And a 30 mm cannon. According to the plan, in the future the same tower will be used on the wheeled BTR "Eitan". The tower is remotely controlled by the delivered armament system (that is, there are no crew members inside the tower and there are no subbasic systems inside the BTR hull), thus the possibilities of "NAMER" for the transport of infantry troops do not decrease.



The 30mm cannon used in the tower is apparently the Mk44 Bushmaster II. On Fresh it is reported that the tower was created on the basis of the UT30 turret "Elbit Maarahot". To the right of the gun is a coupled machine gun (a characteristic slot is visible). In the front left part of the tower you can see something resembling a 60 mm mortar, as it is mounted on the Merkava tanks (starting from Mk2). However, since the tower is not inhabited, it is not clear how the recharge is done (a revolver mechanism for 5-6 min ?; access to the tower from the shell specifically for shooting from a mortar, ie manual reloading?).

Other information about the new machine:

• KAZ "Meil Ruach" system is mounted on the tower, as it is done on the "Merkava" tank. At the same time, since the tower is uninhabited, recharging KAZ under fire is problematic.

• The driver's hatch "NAMER" is replaced with the hatch used on the BTR "Eitan". The new hatch provides a good view ("head out"), while the driver is completely protected from the fire of small arms and debris.

• In addition to smoke grenade launchers on the hull, smoke grenade launchers were added to the right side of the tower, above the hatch of the commander of the car. This allows you to recharge grenade launchers, minimally protruding from the APC.

• The gun has a significant (approaching to 90 degrees) angle of vertical fire, the sight and the observation device on the tower also have a large upward turn angle. This provides the ability to detect and defeat targets located on the hills (mountains, upper floors of buildings during battles in the city).

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2762304.html

Deliveries of weapons and equipment to the IDF in 2017

07.01.18 the official site of the IDF published statistics on the terror and development of the IDF in 2017. The data on losses have already been published by me earlier, there is nothing new. The data on terror are placed as a supplement to the article "Statistics of Terror in the Outgoing Year".

For the first time, the figures for procurement of weapons for the military are indicated. Later I will translate the entire article, while the most interesting:


Engineering and weapons:

30 tanks Merkava-4;
30 BTR "Namer";
32 systems "Keshet" (120-mm self-propelled mortars);
7 Adir aircraft (F-35);
150 tactical trucks;
180 multicopters;
40 bulldozers-loaders;
400 parachutes "Agur" (American T-11);
21,000 sights;
120 cars "Savana" (presumably a speech about the Ven GMC Savana);
257 commander's jeeps.

Logistics and Symbols:

30,000 recruits received a gift card ("Kartis Kohavim") for the purchase of equipment before the call;
15.00 soldiers received a new set of equipment, called "Sal Emceiwei Sioua a-Lehima"; set includes a lantern, a drinking bag ("Camel Back"), a helmet with a sheath;
issued 280,000 pairs of uniforms and 73,000 pairs of shoes;
2 new beret colors were introduced: battalions of light infantry of border protection and the Main Communications and Cyber ​​Defense Department;
34 new types of badges were introduced ("Sikot").

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3039535.html

The Israeli government approved the purchase of Eitan armored personnel carriers and the development of a new SPG

In the evening on Sunday, March 11, 1818, the military-political cabinet of the government of Israel unanimously approved the plan of the MoD to strengthen the IDF SA. We are talking about two main projects, laid down in the framework of the multi-year development program of the IDE Gedeon: the purchase of hundreds of ETR wheeled vehicles (the exact number is not called) and the development of a new SPGfor artillery troops.




Creation of BTR "Eitan" is engaged in the Department for the development of the tank "Merkava" and BTT at the MO (Mantak). The APC should go to the series from 2020 to partially replace the M113 armored personnel carrier. The MoD states that Eitan will be the most advanced and most protected wheeled armored personnel carrier in the world. He will have a KAZ similar to the "Namer" BTR and the Merkava-4 tank, as well as other special protection systems. The cost of "Eitan" will be approximately half of the value of "Namera", which will make "Eitan" in large quantities and at a higher rate. The BTR is built on the principle of open architecture, which allows us to simply integrate new systems and armaments from Eitan in the future.

The Office of R & D (IAFAT) is engaged in the creation of a new automated control system. The gun should begin to be used in the next decade to replace the MU9A.

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said (further cited newsru): "The procurement project was approved unanimously, and now it can be announced that in the course of a decade, significant improvements will be made in the IDF ground forces. For the first time, we will provide the IDF with hundreds of wheeled armored personnel carriers with an active defense system and other advanced capabilities. A real revolution will also take place in the artillery troops. There was approved a project to develop a new generation of tools. In ten years, the ground forces will look absolutely different. More effective, faster, more technological. In addition, these solutions will be a real help to the local industry, from Kiryat Shmona to the settlements on the border with the Gaza Strip, which will participate in the development and production of products, for a total of billions of shekels over ten years. "

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Upgraded Israeli tank Merkava Mk 4 Barak

About Merkava-4 Barak was first published in March 2017. Today, 19.07.18, the website of the IDF published a number of new details about this tank, the adoption of which is expected in 3 years, i.е. approximately in the middle of 2021.



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New Israeli armored repair evacuation vehicles based on Namer

Prospects for a tank park of the Israel Defense Forces

   The decision to re-equip the 847th brigade (the 275th, 293rd and 294th armored battalions) was made in 2013, practical work began in the second half of 2016. The 275th battalion was the first to re-equip. At the same time, 30% of the battalion personnel retrained at the Merkava-4, and 70% were tank crews demobilized after regular service in the 7th and 401st brigades between August 2016 and August 2017. The rearmament of the battalion lasted almost a year and a half and was completed in October 2017, after the full-fledged battalion exercises (“Imun ha-ha-kakam”). Apparently, the brigade received the Merkava-4 tanks (without the KAZ Meil ​​Ruach) from the 460th brigade, and that, respectively, received the Merkava-4 Mem (ie from the KAZ Meil ​​Ruach) . The rearmament of the other battalions of the brigade continues.

   The formation of the 847th Brigade began in August 1978 and ended in January 1980. The brigade was armed with Shot Cal Dalet tanks (Centurion modernized in Israel, the most modern version of these tanks in the IDF). Fought in the 1982 First Lebanon War as part of the 91st division. In 1988-1989 was reequipped on the Merkava-2, and then on the Merkava-2 Bet. She participated in the Second Lebanon War of 2006, also as part of the 91st division. In 2014, the brigade was reassigned to the 340th division of the Central Military District. Parts of the brigade participated in Operation Mighty Cliff of 2014. In addition to the armored forces, the brigade includes the 710th engineering battalion (until 2014, the 8173rd engineering battalion).

And in February 2019, the following information was published on the development of armor for the armored forces:

the development of the Merkava-4 Barak continues;

rearmament of the 847th brigade continues;

The 401st Brigade receives a new version of the Merkava-4 Mem with a modernized MSA;

It was decided that the 188th brigade will be the first to receive the Merkava-4 Barak.

   The last point is particularly interesting (previously, the Merkava-4 Barak was intended for the 401st brigade). The Merkava-4 Barak should be put into service in 2020. Thus, for about 3 years (2021-2024), the 188th brigade will replace its Merkava-3 Baz with the Merkava-4 Barak Merkava-3 of the 460th Brigade was also replaced, from this point on, the entire regular fleet of the AOI will consist of Merkava-4 tanks. The released Merkava-3 will allow rearming of the 10th brigade, the last reserve brigade of the Merkava-2 tanks.


Appendix: an overview of the Israeli tank park

   During the first 35 years of its history, the AOI armored fleet grew both qualitatively and quantitatively. For the last point, this is reflected in the following figures:

   the end of 1948 - 42 tanks, of which only 4 are combat ready (the rest are disassembled, captured and purchased as scrap metal, that is, requiring reconditioning);
   1956 - 434 tanks, incl. 224 combat ready;
   1967 - 1,301 tanks, incl. 1,093 combat ready;
   1973 - 2,009 tanks;
   the end of 1977 - 3,736 tanks.

   Further, there are no official figures, but apparently in the early 80s. the tank fleet approached 4,000 tanks. Further reductions began. Peace with Egypt (1979), economic difficulties of the 1980s, the defeat of Iraq in 1991 and the disappearance of the threat of the "Eastern Front", peace with Jordan (1994), the repeated defeat of Iraq (2003) and civil the war in Syria (since 2011), and on the other hand the growth of the role and capabilities of the ATGM, all this contributed to the gradual reduction of the IDF tank fleet.

   In 2003, the 500th Armored Brigade was disbanded (Magah-7 tanks — deeply modernized M60 tanks). This led to the reduction of regular military troops to 4 brigades (7th, 188th, 401st and 460th training). For comparison, in the early 80s there were 8 such brigades (including 2 training).

   In 2003-2004 The 401st Brigade changed its "Magah-6 Bet Gal" (upgraded M60A1) to "Merkava-4". From this point on, the regular tank fleet consisted only of Merkava-2/3/4 tanks.

   2014 - the last wave of reductions in the reserve of armored troops. 6 brigades, 4 Magah-6/7 tanks (11th, 600th, 130th and 14th) and 2 Merkava-1 (263rd and 27th) are closed at once. Thus, the reserve consists entirely of tanks "Merkava-2/3/4."


Current situation for regular teams:

The 7th — in 2014, began and in July 2016 completed the rearmament from Merkava-2 Bet and Merkava-2 Dalet to Merkava-4 Mem;
188th - in the early 90s received Merkava-3 RAMAH, in 1995 - Merkava-3 Baz, from the late 90s - Merkava-3 Baz Dalet;
401st - in 2003-2004 reequipped from Magah-6 to Merkava-4, in 2010-2011. on the Merkava-4 Mem;
The 460th training - for 2/3 is equipped with "Merkava-4" and for 1/3 - "Merkava-3".

According to Wikipedia and other sources for 2015, the situation with reserve brigades was as follows:

4th - Merkava-4 (since 2009);
8th - Merkava-3 RAMAH;
10th - Merkava-2 Beth;
14th - Merkava-2 Beth (in essence, the 278th Brigade, renamed in 2014;
37th - Merkava-3 and Merkava-3 Dalet;
205th — Merkava-2 Bet, perhaps the 1st battalion Merkava-3;
434th - Merkava-3 RAMAH (the first reserve brigade Merkava-3);
847th - Merkava-2 Beth.

As of May 2019, Wikipedia gives this picture of reserve brigades:

4th - Merkava-4;
8th - Merkava-3 RAMAH;
10th - Merkava-2;
14th - Merkava-3;
37th - Merkava-3 Baz;
205th - Merkava-3 Baz;
434th — Merkava-3 Baz;
847th - "Merkava-2" (in the stage of rearmament on the "Merkava-4").

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The first prototypes of the promising Israeli war machine "Carmel"