Chapter 1092 Improved Merkava

Israel, 7th Armored Brigade.

Since Israel mainly relies on the Air Force, its armored forces are very small and are basically organized at the brigade level.

Among all the armored brigades, the 7th Armored Brigade is the one that is most capable of fighting tough battles, especially in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. At that time, Israel was closest to collapse since its founding. The land between the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights trembled under the north-south attack of the Egyptian-Syrian coalition forces, and Israel was in danger.

But just one week later, tanks painted with the Star of David drove onto the roads leading to Cairo and Damascus. During that week, the heroic Israeli armored forces saved the entire country and nation.

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Among them, the bloody battle of the 7th Armored Brigade in the Valley of Tears can be said to have saved the entire battle situation.

The development of Israel's armored forces has been quite tortuous. After years of being controlled by others, Israel decided to rely on its own strength to develop its own equipment.

Among them, the Merkava tank is the independent masterpiece of Israel’s defense industry!

In the last war, the Merkava tank showed its low combat capability. Its armor could not withstand the attack of the Soviet T-72 tank, and its tank gun could not tear apart the armor of the T-72!

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Therefore, the Merkava tank is also undergoing rapid upgrading. Learning from the war and then transforming it is what Israel is most accustomed to doing.

Since the protection is not enough, let's continue to increase the protection of the Merkava tank! They used the latest composite armor on the outside of the Merkava tank! The material of this armor is completely confidential, but those who know the inside story are full of praise for it.

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This is an armor that uses the same technology as the Chobham armor! This technology was not obtained from the UK, but from the US! At the beginning, the UK gave the entire set of Chobham armor technology to the Americans! The US had been using Chobham armor before the invention of depleted uranium armor.

At the same time, a layer of special armor partition was added behind the engine to improve the frontal protection of the tank body.

The upper front inclined armor plate of the vehicle body extends upward, higher than the turret seat ring, protecting the joint between the turret and the vehicle body.

At the same time, in order to avoid secondary effects, all shells, including those to be launched, are stored in fiberglass magazines with isolation linings. The magazines have a certain bulletproof capability. Even if the tank armor is penetrated, the shells will not be easily hit. The magazines have a certain heat insulation capability. Even if high temperature is formed inside the vehicle, the shells in the magazines will not explode in a short time.

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These measures also significantly increased the weight of the tank! The weight of the Merkava tank is already as high as 65 tons!

In order to drive it, the original engine was far from adequate, so Israel introduced the German MTU833 internal combustion engine, which is the power of the Leopard 2 tank, with a maximum power of up to 1,500 horsepower!

Of course, Germany did not sell this engine technology to Israel. It was manufactured under authorization from the Land Systems Division of General Dynamics Corporation of the United States. Due to the small size of the MTU833, the engine hood in front of the Merkava's body has a flat appearance, which is very beneficial for improving the field of vision of the tank crew.

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At the same time, no matter how much the 105mm tank gun was improved, it could not penetrate the main armor of the T-72 tank. Therefore, they improved their own tank gun and increased it to 120mm, also with technology provided by the United States. At the same time, there was no time to develop advanced armor-piercing ammunition, so they simply introduced armor-piercing shells directly from the United States, including depleted uranium armor-piercing shells!

A few days ago, the 7th Armored Brigade had already entered Jericho. Due to the Jordan River, the Iraqi army had only a few bridges available for attack, and they were responsible for defending the bridge in Jericho!

If the Iraqis want to cross the river, they have to go through the bridge here, and the bridge limits the number of tanks of the Iraqi army. They cannot form a battle formation and can only move one by one. This creates the conditions for them to destroy Iraq's tank forces!

Colonel Meier, commander of the 7th Armored Brigade, was sitting in a Merkava tank, using his sight to observe the opposite side. He could see that many tanks had already gathered on the opposite side!

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The battle is about to begin!

"Attention, the Iraqi army is about to start crossing the river!" Colonel Meier shouted loudly on the radio: "Let them come over, let them cross the bridge, and then destroy them!"

Let them come! It takes a bold commander to do this, and Colonel Meier, with his years of experience, feels that this is the right solution.

However, the enemy's tanks were just waiting there, and there seemed to be no sign of launching an attack?

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After waiting for five minutes, Colonel Meier felt something was wrong, until he heard the roar of an engine in the air.

Oops!

If it was just a battle between ground forces, their 7th Tank Brigade could easily hold the place, but the problem now was that it wasn't just the ground, there was also the sky!

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In every Middle East war, the Israeli Air Force was able to gain air superiority over the battlefield, so the ground forces could easily win. But now, just a few hours ago, all of their air bases were destroyed by ground-penetrating nuclear bombs! Now, no one can enter those radiation zones, and there is no way for aircraft to support them!

However, the Iraqi planes were unharmed, so they could fly into Israeli airspace calmly!

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At this time, the Su-25 attack aircraft was flying at an altitude of several hundred meters. The pilot calmly flipped the switch to provide target guidance for the anti-tank missiles mounted under his wings. The target was clearly displayed in the advanced attack system.

When it comes to tank-killing, the best American aircraft is the A-10, while the best Soviet aircraft is the Su-25! This sturdy attack aircraft has a very strong survivability on the battlefield!

However, these Su-25s did not take off from the Iraqi base. After all, this type of aircraft using a turbojet engine has a short range, so they all took off from the neighboring Syrian base. This batch of aircraft was transferred from the Turkestan Military Region a few days ago!

The person flying the fighter plane is a Soviet pilot!

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emission!

A puff of white smoke emerged from under the wing. At that moment, the pilot closed his eyes to avoid being temporarily blinded by the missile flame.

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Attack! Anti-tank missiles flew towards Israeli tanks on the West Bank of the Jordan River! No matter how the Merkava tanks were improved, they could not withstand the attack from the top!

What’s more, the most terrifying thing is that Israel’s armored forces have no anti-aircraft weapons at all!