JERUSALEM - Elbit Systems will upgrade the Israel Defense Forces' Markava main battle tanks under a $210 million contract, the company said this week. The announcement comes amid a ceasefire currently ...

Key Points and Summary - Israel’s Merkava IV Barak carries the IDF’s crew-survivability DNA forward: a front-mounted engine, modular armor, Trophy active protection, and a 120mm gun atop 1,500 hp of ...

The Elbit enhancement contract will surely make upcoming Merkava iterations even more lethal. Israeli tank manufacturer Elbit Systems will upgrade the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Merkava tanks as ...

Hezbollah scored its first confirmed Merkava tank kill with a first-person view drone, cementing the danger the new weapon poses to the Israeli military. On Friday, Hezbollah published a video showing ...

Israel's heavily armored tanks and APCs The IDF has historically favored its armored corps to lead major ground operations, and the conflict in Gaza is no exception. In late October, after initial hit ...

Paris – Initial findings by an internal U.N. inquiry suggest Israeli tank fire hit a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers, according to a Western military ...

The integration of women into frontline tank crews has been under consideration for years, but repeatedly delayed by Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Female soldiers serving in the Israel Defense Forces ...

PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Initial findings by an internal U.N. inquiry suggest Israeli tank fire hit a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers, according to a ...