October 29, 2023, 9:11 pm
Israel is on the verge of launching a full-scale ground offensive to eliminate Hamas.
A well-planned aerial assault is being carried out to destroy the military infrastructure and take out the leadership of Hamas.
For ground operations, a key asset for Israel will be the Merkava Main Battle Tank.
The latest variants of Merkava is armed with an IMI 120 mm smoothbore gun, have3 two roof-mounted 7.62 mm machine guns and another mounted co-axially with the main gun, 60 mm mortar and is also fitted with a remote-controlled M2 Browning .50 machine gun.
Powered by an 1100 kWh turbocharged diesel engine engine, it has excellent mobility and also has one of the best armor protection.
But a specific component makes this Main Battle Tank truly daunting for its rivals.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how the Trophy Active Protection System makes Israeli Merkava MBT special ?
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Chapters:
00:11 INTRODUCTION
02:02 TROPHY OVERVIEW
03:18 CAPABLITIES
05:09 EFFECTIVENESS
07:16 ANALYSIS
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▶️ Narration by Scott Leffler (scottleffler.com)
🎵 Background Music courtesy of incompetech.com
"Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (Licensed under Creative Commons)
Content Creator – Defense Updates
