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Killroy's kuz wuz hur tu.
I'm glad you admitted to having bias because Its obvious you don't like Republicans
The tank that was damaged on the 7th of October was repaired and is now in active duty.
The modular design of the Merkava helps alot in it's repairability.
After its soliders are kld , what is the point?
@@gerrythesnail even worst then , like not not one can strike it but also can get close near it and take the solider from inside . I saw many videos fighter get so close it with being discovered
This channel does not know anything about tank warfare. Total ignorance at play
@@MarkDenmark-nz2pz it was not combat ready tank just like you cant go and take not combat ready jet
@@goldendiamond761 good, then why all the combat ready one didn’t anticipate the danger around them? I saw many get hit without discovering the danger ?
A close friend of mine named Omer Neutra was kidnapped from the tank that was destroyed on Oct 7th. On the day of writing this comment he has been a hostage for 406 days. Out of the 4 man crew only Omer and Nimrod Cohen are believed to still be alive. Please pray for their and all other hostages safe return and an end to this horrific conflict.
@@Mandems973nice try Hamasnik
@@Mandems973 You are so brave from behind a keyboard, far far away from the conflict.
You deserve a beeper MF
מקווה שעומר יחזור הביתה בשלום 😢❤
If you’re “at war” he’s a POW not a hostage. And considering your “country’s” actions you should forget about him. 😂
@@Mandems973Seeth Abdul
Israel reports all KIA's by name, rank and unit. The info is very easy to find. So far, very few armored core KIA's are listed, so any claims of massive numbers of tanks being destroyed are pretty much unfounded.
A lot of them died when they disembarked... Like the commander of the 401st division that died recently due to anti personal mine 😞
Israel lies so frequently you can't believe anything they say. Then there is the racism, genocide, rape, murder of children, journalist and the direct targeting of hospitals medics and ambulances.
Israel reports on each fallen soldier, as today the number is 795 and each soldier has it's own page with some basic details, age, unit, rank, division, picture. Yes, the number could be slightly bigger, but the IDF won't publicly declare a new name or number to the press until there is 100% certainty of identification and not before the notification team confirms that close relatives had been notified according to protocol procedures.
@@Icarus07c Beg to differ. "Destroyed" means flipped, turret toss or and/or cook-off - otherwise it's just "damage" and the tank goes on it's merry way. Given the close quarters, any crew escaping from a destroyed tank would be easy pickings for the same RPG toting hero.
and they don't publish the numbers relating to injured, crippled, dismembered and disabled soldiers. The numbers of the injured are being leaked by hospitals and they are HUGE. like it or not Israel hides most of its loses so that they show the world they are very strong, which is shameful a childish move
The fact that the IDF has lost so few MBTs speaks just as much about their infantry as it does their tanks. That's why Egypt and SA keep losing tanks.
Also helps that they're fighting children
Yup it's impressive or maybe their enemies are just Shit
SA?
@@SultanofszingSaudi Arabia
Or speaks to the fact the IDF is a US supported military fighting against groups with no real way to combat them. It is the same as look at the Russian Military in Syria. Few losses doesn’t mean you have skill or experience. Just fighting someone or something with no way to fight back
At 2:07, the picture of an allegedly Merkava tank flipped on its side in Lebanon. It's not. That's a Magach 7C (essentially an upgraded Israeli version of the American made M60 tank), and that picture was taken in the Judea and Samaria region after the tank was driving on a sloped hill, lost its grip and tipped over.
I know that because this tank belonged to my battalion, which was one of the battalions of the 500th Brigade.
Get your facts checked please.
Outside of Efrat?
@@shalomsegal I don't remember the location unfortunately... I don't think it was Efrat though.
At least the driver didn't do this?
www.marshu.com/images-website/collection-pictures/car-wrecks-crashes-accidents/flipped-over-military-tank.jpg
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This guy is the youtube version of CNN
I heard someone say once the reason IDF equipment is is so good is it's designed by people who know their own relatives will be going into combat with it.
That gives you a different perspective as an engineer than if it's just a widget for sale.
That's why their Trophy is now equipping tanks & APC's of US, UK & Germany.
That's a good & relevant point. Having mandatory military service as a requirement of every young adult (mostly) means everybody has served a few years in the military, and "gets it"
But it's also because Israek doesn't have to deploy their forces over long distances. You can really design some great vehicles when you loading them onto C-17's isn't a limiting factor
@@chrisburke624 The road and motorway system was planned with military deployment in mind. This was particularly increased after the sudden two front attack during the Yom Kippur war. (strangely being a Holy fast day had the unexpected benefit that the roads were 98% free of civilian vehicles making mobilization even quicker than planned). On the transport level civilian transport vehicles imported for decades have to be able to support weight of Merkava tanks, APC etc. The air force has specified that many dual+ new motorways in Israel are hardened in places to accept jets etc.
You are of course correct shorter quicker journeys increase the ability to fight on 3/3 front as required
@gordonspicer I didn't know the road abd motorway system was designed with military applications in mind, or that some areas are reinforced to accept jets.
It's Israel. I should have just assumed that, but absolutely didn't know that before reading your post
Thanks & Cheers 🍻
@@gordonspicer I bet they will not send UK anymore advanced or anything until their government will change♟️🎤…
Look at friendsFrench comfort to Canada and United Kingdom, which the remark that Lindsay Graham said about sanctions against nations that support the ICC court decision let’s see what Ireland the Netherlands, the United Kingdom. Canada will change their mind so fast but that’s how you know your real close friends, especially Ireland in the Netherlands, as far as Canada and the United Kingdom is just a matter of replacing those weasels that will not stay on top much longer, and everything will changed…
The January 23rd explosion was not a "perfectly laid Palestinian trap", it was a building being rigged for demolition which was set off by an rpg. It even says it in the article you have in the video at 5:17.
The main Israeli criticism on the matter was that there were so many soldiers on the premises, particularly ones who weren't involved in rigging said explosives.
These guys clearly are full of sh1t, the information is easily available, but they choose to ignore it or a blind in both eyes.
These make the tanks Russia is using look like those Toyota trucks with the machine guns on them lol
Yeah, but these would sink in the soil in Ukraine. I wouldn't expect it to get 100m from where it started during mud season
Idk Chad made much better use of their trucks than Russia does of their tanks
Those Toyota Trucks are actually incredibly effective tho
I mean, _technically_
My bad. I'll see myself out.
oh yeah and it has full air-conditioning for whole crew i think its the only mtb atm that has full ac xD never been in a tank but i can emagine it can get hot in there
The only two Merkava that got destroyed ever are in 2006, The merkava in 7\10 mentioned got repaired in two weeks and got back to service to fight in gaza. Especially since it got a priority for being famous now. I know it because it is in my regiment and I knew the crew that was kidnapped, the allegations about the tank not being prepred for combat are probably true since the maintenance unit members probably didn't believe at the time any combat would actually happen so as usually happens in peace times ,without any induction a war will breakout, wanted to save in working hours and money allocated to the unit incase a suprise exercise would happen (and they often did) or they were told to prepare the tank for fighting suddenly
חזק אחי!! תומכים בך מארה״ב.
True, I worked on the exact tank, didn't take much to get her up and running again.
There was actually another merkava that got destroyed (and a barak one that is) of the idf tank commander's course. It got hit by a massive belly IED
How about the Merkava Mk4 “Barak” got destroyed in Gaza? you can Google it 😁
You are wrong about the m113 zelda apc's, they were actually used as unmanned vehicle's rigged with explosive to detonate on heavy hamas infrastructures..
You can see the videos of them burning after a massive explosion but no bodies of soldier's or their gear.
It is known that the zeldas are not used inside gaza and the only apc's used are the "Namer" which is based on a Merkava IV chassi and the "Achzarit".
Arabs in the comments losing their mind RN
Arabs lost their minds a long time ago
RPGs and ATGMs make the diaper army lose their mind everyday
@@AmateurRider275 A*abs lost their minds a long time ago
Genocide is bad
Ya bcz this baldy is blind to see hundreds of videos of markhva getting toasted.
As far as I know from my experience repairing Merkavas, not one Merk 4 has been destroyed (K-killed) in Gaza. Also from the casualties listed in Israel each day, very few if any are tank crews, most are combat soldiers (infantry). Most videos from Hamas are showing detonations only, no aftermath shots. Those explosions are from the trophy system detonating the rpg's and atgm's fired at them.
Are you sure about that? 😂😂😂
Dude, stop these Hasbara lies, there are literally images of destroyed Merkavas
@@JadfitreePretty much the truth at this point. It is pretty hard to hide the destroyed tanks, you know. The fact that Hamas somehow can not provide videos of this is already pretty telling on how ineffective they are at dealing with the Merkava.
Yeah, there are unfortunately some Merkavas destroyed. It's not information any professional army is going to accurately publish during an actual war. We know the crew casualties are low for it is public information.
@@Warren_Peace Merkava mark 4 Barak got destroyed in Gaza. the turret pops out. Just google “mk4 Barak destroyed”. This dude lying saying that last Merkava was destroyed in 2006 lol
There are 2 updates:
1. Merkavas are already in Lebanon, for over a month now. The problem is that most of the elite Hezballah forces did a Sir Robin move and bravely ran away.
2. RAFAEL is already working on a new version of the Tropy system which should work againt threats that are coming from above, like top-down attack missiles and drones.
"brave brave brave sir robin...."🎶😅
great movie
“Bravely ran away”
It’s called luring in the Israelis until they become overextended. They did it in the 80s, they did it in the 90s, they did it in 2006, and now they’re doing it again. Are you stupid?
Did they run away like you did in airports on 7/10 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I even say the tanks didn't all leave Lebanon from the 2000's, We still stayed in the mount dov, I forget what the Lebanese call it.
@@momobuv Sorry mate, I think you are misinformed by propaganda. I have seen those "articles" but it is BS.
The Merkava was never meh. It's been a world leader in urban and short range desert combat. It could not compete with an Abraams or a German Leopard in the kinds of jobs they fulfill for Europe and the US but it doesn't try to. It's second to none in the world where it counts, and that's in the kind of warfare you'd find in the Middle East. Btw, these days, the above Abraams and Leopard are equipped with Israeli tank tech, most famously the Trophy APS.
The Germans also bought Israeli Spike missiles and Iron Domes as they're the top in their own fields.
Exactly.
I never understood these assessments, you cannot say the tank is a world leader in anything because it’s never been tested against any sort of capable resistance, let alone a peer adversary. This is the same thought process that made the Russians think Ukraine would be a cakewalk after Syria and has led the US into complacency after Iraq. Accurate analysis is the only way you actually can determine your strengths and weaknesses and improve, but it seems as though people think it’s more fun to be self congratulatory in the absence of any evidence beyond using 21st century combined arms against malnourished irregulars.
Also the British Challenge has the trophy now
And Rafael - the maker of trophy - Is deeply involved in the design and engineering of the turret of the challenger 3
the Israelis were also the first ones to bring reactive armor into reality after working with the scientist who thought of the idea but was rejected by other military armies.
The Abrams and Leopard are designed for an age that no longer exists. The Merkava, although a bit heavy for Ukraine, would absolutely dominate in Drone Warfare situations due to its composites spreading everywhere on the vehicle. The Sides and Roof are covered in massive blocks off composite and the rear doors are about 300mm thick. It'd be a menace if Ukraine got some of them.
Ah, honesty as a journalist... thank you for admitting there may be bias from anyone/everyone. I wish the media strove for the excellence your team does.
Thank you for the great content, keep it up!
he isn't a journalist, they are aggregating news orgs to write their essays.
Yes, the disclaimer was very well said and put together. Important and honorable to put it upfront. Thx & kudos, Warfronts.
@@AL-lh2ht websters: a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast. it doesnt say anything about where they get their information making up a part of the definition.
Note about the M-113 "Zelda" shown at 9:28. There are a lot of claims from both sides, that they have been used as mobile anti building vehicle. Basically you put a few hundred Kg of explosive inside and rig the vehicle to operate remotely.
It's a remote controlled car bomb.
The wreckage of the M113 APC is not due to Hamas actions, rather than the IDF uses them as a booby-trapped vehicle.
Correct. We stopped using those as frontline personnel carriers a long time ago.
If you see one of these on the frontline, it's being remotely controlled.
in 2006 in the second Lebanon war there were 19 Merkava mk 4 tanks hit by an anti tank missile that can destroy any tank, only 2 were destroyed while the others were partly damaged and their crews survived and went home that's an achievement. now there's the Merkava mk 5 and also the trophy anti tank missile and rockets defense system for both tanks and other viecles in the IDF that also works on shells, ofcourse both tanks are not 100% undestroyable but they are certainly the safest and might be also the most efficient tanks in the world
Sinwar was on the receiving end of one of these. Let's ask him...oh, wait.
Sinwar is having a party with his 72 fake virgins.
The tank didn’t kill him, and the incompetent ITF turned him into a war hero, so I think he’s probably not complaining as he died in battle like he promised and not surrounded in a bunker by human shields like Netanyahu every time they sound the alarms in Tel Aviv
Wtf he literally hid in the tunnels for a year under Gazan civilians😂@@ToyJesusLovesTequilla
I get where you're coming from, but I don't think that's funny.
@@nazarakopyantc514 and that's true, but realistically, what are people going to remember?
Thanks Simon.
Just a friendly give-away re: on of the sources you quote...
Al-Mayadeen is a Beirut-based pan-arabic media, reportedly founded by a cousin of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and a string of non-identified Iranians, financed by the Iranian regime and close to the terrorist group Hezbollah. It broadcasts in Arabic, English and Spanish (confirming Iran's and Hezbollah's penetration in South America and Spain... see sleeper cells, terrorist activities and political influence). Without knowing all this, even the wording of the cited article is biased, using IOF instead of IDF. To sum it up, al-Mayadeen is nothing close to a simply biased news outlet, but rather a propaganda tool for anti-west and antisemitic dictators, regimes and terrorist organizations.
Cheers
its not antisemitic if its anti genocide, its not bias when its the truth lol yall are a occupying force not a defense force.
@Pidot31415 ...so, do you support the genocidal dictatorship in Syria, backed by the Iranian regime and the Wagner group (600,000 killed and counting)...? Likewise, do you support the Iranian regime that imposes sharia and makes life unbearable for women and minorities, is bent on destabilizing the region and the west, and seeks to obtain a nuclear weapon to obliterate Israel, with millions of Jews, Muslims, Christians, others, the holy sites, etc...?
Then, do you support an extremist confessional terrorist group, Hezbollah, that occupies the south of Lebanon, and has kicked out the once majority Christian population? Speaking of occupation, do you not consider Hamas to be the occupying entity in Gaza? If yes, then it is not the IDF. Otherwise, if Hamas has not been occupying Gaza, then we have to surmise that the Palestinian population accepts Hamas and its policies, therefore agrees with its genocidal/suicidal attack of 7 October... thus the population is also a belligerent party and collaborates with Israel's enemy. At that point, the whole fear of "genocide" or claims of "disproportionality" make no sense.
@@Pidot31415 even if i agree with you on the occupying and genocide claim, Al mayadeen is still clearly biased because it seemed to have no reports on the over 1 mil casulties in Syria, some who were killed and starved to death by non other than the lebanese iran backed shiite militia, aka Hezbollah.
so no, they are very biased and never once reported on any wrong doing by any of the iran proxies.
@@Pidot31415 You purpousfully ignored literally everything he said. You didn't refute a single point..
@@jabbathetrump I spend all day refuting, I didn’t bother with you because we both know your opinion isn’t gonna change, go on tho king. Can’t wait for you to tell your kids you were on the wrong side of history.
I heard an interview with a tank team in Hebrew that was hit with a drone-dropped RPG head. I don't know if it was the one in the video here. They said it disabled the engine, but they could still use the turret for some time and kill any enemy that came close. When it stopped working because they lost power, they left the tank and were picked up by a different crew. After the war, Hamas will not be thinking of new ways to destroy tanks because they will not exist.
True they will be replaced by something else just as they replaced the plo. Think about it you are are a 12 - 16 year old who has just seen his entire family wiped out do you think he's just going to let it slide ? I doubt it as soon as he's in his mid 20s he will be ready to take revenge. The only this end is when the occupation ends israels borders are defined and palastines borders defined and international forces keep them apart for a few generations.
as someone who know a tank operator in gaza, he told me he saw dozens going back into israel for repairs, some come back in weeks some wont come as fast due to repairs. i guess you can consider them destroyed if u like, or immobilized if you wanna be more correct,
he couldnt recall a complete destroyed one though.
hes in the recent few months were at Lebanon which he doesn't recall any damage to any tanks beside some that flipped cause of the terrain.
Since they where able to move and theoretically still able to fire and cause damage I wouldn't call those destroyed
many were also fixed on the spot in the south in makeshift workshop. you can consider your logic and brain destroyed too. facts are words and tilt it to biased alternate reality is sad unless we're in a snowflake comprised college in the US where boys and girls are eager ready to be bent over for rape and beheading. it's like a car crash man don't rocket science it. if you crashed your car and bob the builder in the garage sais it's fed you totaled it- it's destroyed. if you can repair it in hours it isn't. and if a soft soccer play slips on the field and whine about leg due to terrain, you can't claim it as foul by the other team.
There’s a specific definition to the military term ‘destroyed’. Look it up.
Don't forget that the Merkava has modular armor that allows the tank to be repaired easily and quickly
At 9:25 the bulldozer wasn't even destroyed. That is just the RPG warhead explosion.
simon, did you actually use a photo of an overturned m60 as proof the merkava underperformed on 2006? your editors really need to do a better job
also, the crew of the one tank that was destroyed, 2 of its crew managed to get away without being caught
I think he was just confused, not intentionally misleading.
2:05 The third picture is not a Merkava tank is a Magach 7 tank i belive
דביר שם יפה
גם נועם שם יפה
Yep you're right. That's a Magach 7C
Was gonna say the same thing
@@jokoyamajoko3525
וואלה ג׳וקו ימאג׳וקו לא שם משהו
You got to double check these stuff before uploading!
1) As another comment said the thing that did such a huge damage on the 23rd of Jan was the explosive laid out for houses demolition and people not following procedures, not a "perfectly laid trap"
2) Personnel casualties in armored corps in IDF is really easy to follow, every death is announced and published with full name, unit and rank so you can even distinct commanders and soldiers.
3) The one tank that got destroyed segment is a bit off, yes the tank was probably not combat ready 100% from what I heard(I heard about engine issues) but the stuff about the turret cap being on isn't relevant(you can shoot it off safely by design) also the trophy system comment is not really anything because that's how it supposed to look like when active(this is a defensive layer that opens automatically).
Other than that I couldn't find anything else that felt inaccurate.
The big reason you can't find any destroyed tanks is because of a lot of tactics and tools out there to rescue personnel and tanks outside and an incredible tank repairmen personnel that repair stuff at top speed.
22nd of Jan*
I am 100% sure that his team doubles and triple checks before uploading, thanks for your extra insight. Needless to say that "You got to double check these stuff before uploading!" is kind of an unnecessary finger-wagging to a team that is a true exception for their dedication, professionalism and balance.
How is "from what I heard" your evidence they are wrong?
@@LacRagemNo, that wad the part agreeing with him (The Tank not being battle ready because of engine issues).
@sagoot not my point, what you "hear" is not relevant at all
In recent operations, the Merkava tanks have demonstrated their effectiveness in urban warfare scenarios within Gaza. The combination of robust armor, advanced targeting capabilities, and active protection systems has allowed these tanks to navigate and operate in complex urban terrains, providing critical support to ground forces and contributing to mission success.
The Merkava's turret is the best designed one in my opinion. Sloped armor, almost horizontally flat all around. Those ball & chains hanging from its rear help deflect projectiles away.
In the era of APFSDS, slope doesn't matter much. You aren't getting metal slugs that can bounce off shot at you. The composite armor used is much more important than slope.
@@dfnxINC It's a 600mm SLERA block on the turret face. 450mm SLERA block on the turret side. 200mm SLERA block on the roof of the turret. 400mm SLERA block on the upper sides of the hull. 100mm Composite block on the lower sides of the hull.
While it's unknown how effective Israeli SLERA is at stopping APFSDS, it's exceptional at chemical protection.
Also, slope does matter with darts. Darts struggle to penetrate extreme angles and often shatter.
@@panzerlite8108 Yup, I'm not saying that the protection is bad, it's just that the angle isn't what's gonna save you 99% of the time.
@@dfnxINC Of course, but it still helps. An angled plate will also be more effective than a flat plate when they're the same thickness overall. An angled composite plate can also mess a dart round up pretty bad compared to a flat one.
@@panzerlite8108 Yup, at extreme angles they do pancake, but it's usually hard to achieve. One example is the Abrams' hull roof. But that being said, an angle will help out a lot, but you also have to sacrifice much more space than with a flat plate, which can have internal angles to shatter rounds. Everything has its pros and cons I guess. They are angled for a reason tho.
The IDF is very transparent about the death toll of the soldiers and which unit they came from. If you check, you will see a low casulty rate in the tanks, which shows how good these tanks and the IDF armored core is
the idf is "transparent" !
they lie about everything possible, starting 90 years ago, when they were still amateur terrorists...
They lied and fabricated and did coverups on Oct 7, didn't tell how many Israelis were killed by Hannibal direction 'rescues', how many Israelis were 'burned alive' by rocket fire from Apaches, how many were killed by tank fire, how many "civilians" were actively-serving idf.
"transparent"?
talking about how successful a tank is against what? there are no other tanks, no ifv's, and they are supported by billions of dollars of USA tacpayers' money, and the best and biggest USA and German weapons... it's not even "urban warfare", it's invasion of heaps of rubble, where the resistance forces have been blockaded, and starved, and bombed, and shelled.
So, really, not any kind of test of merkava against any other modern tank, or even against a force with logistics and readily available modern weapons.
no goverment agency has ever lied or produced fake numbers either, nevermind a country partaking in the genocide of a people and who are trying to cover it up. So theres no chance that what the IDF mentions isnt accurate.
*Armored Corps 🤓
wow less than 29 mins since my post was removed, youtube is getting quick with its random deletions haha
No They're Not. They Literally Lie About Everything. You Think Hiding The Death Toll Is Beyond Them?
First off, the tank has been returned to service, it was a primary goal, from morale as well. Second, the tank was in a standstill on October 7 as it was a Shabbat and a Jewish holiday, so most forces were at home, which is what Hamas was banking on. Basically, they stormed a tank in weekend storage.
Wonderful surprise to see a quick cameo from Jonathan Ferguson (Keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of classic weapons from throughout history)!
As usual, another Simon Special, and hugely informative! Well done!
I'm a former tank loader of the merkava mk3 main battle tank. I was in northern Gaza, from jabaliya to beit hanoun and beit lahiya. The tank works just fine. Are there better tanks out there? Sure, the Abrams 2 and challenger 2 come to mind. But i wouldn't go to war without the merkava.
The question is how they stuck to this kind of mission compared to the 4M and 4 Barack
Thank you for your service❤🇮🇱🫡
Would you recommend moving to northern Gaza when it is settled?
Abrams/Challenger/Leopard are designed for different missions compared to Merkava. Believe me- we Abrams Tankers are horribly jealous of y’all having your own dismounts on board, and that spaceship/flying saucer turret is chef’s kiss sexy. God bless y’all. Treat ‘em Rough!
It's a war against women and children. As they account for 70% of the deaths in Gaza. How do you sleep at night...?
@@SkunkyMickyou guys really don’t help your case with disgusting comments like this.
11:20 the tank main gun was sealed, there are a number of videos showing from different angle showing the main gun sealed. Which means this tank wasn't even in combat mode when it was attacked. Attacking a parked tank in base is not the same as attacking a combat ready tank.
Considering all things. The feats of this tank are astonishing
What feats? They are fighting half starved men in flip flops 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Even us Abrams bros envy the Merkava's escape hatch. I don't if we like bc it's actually useful or bc of its novelty.
It makes for the ultimate battlefield ambulance
Hahaha good to know, we’re jealous of your gear, the hatch is nifty
I could never live without my rear hatch… absolute game changer
@@CorePathwaythe kind that can legally be targeted by the enemy?
@ legal? Please don’t refer to the IDF civilian butchers and use the word ‘ legal’ in the same breath.
17:55 HEY! Jonathan Ferguson--keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armouries! Woot!
it is nice to have a video that isn't pure bleakness and doom, thank you for the change of pace
No tank is invincible.
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I've seen you in military channels, i've seen you in gacha, and i've seen you in anime.
Just who the f*ck are you?
טוב אחי
Oh look, it is the Ivan-Turtle.
Shift over in Kreml?
Duh. How they're deployed determines their survival. Sounds like the IDF is being very intelligent with the MK IV's deployment.
Must suck to be a jihadist. All that hype and no balls to back it up.
Regardless of whether or not your analysis of the evidence you found is correct (I'm at least inclined to agree), I truly enjoyed the feeling that I got when I realized how much effort your team put into trying to find the unvarnished truth. Thanks for the great work!
What being destroyed means is more complicated than you'd think. The vast majority of seriously damaged ones can still be repaired. I personally saw one burn completely due to an engine fire (an old merkava 3). As for the APCs im sceptical if they were taken out by fire, those things are so old and hated, more likely they broke down and the crew simply abandoned and set them on fire. They really aren't worth the trouble to recover
I mean let’s be real if the turret gets popped off like a cork I don’t think it’s coming back 😅
@ogKoral that happens to Russian tanks, most are designed so if the ammo explodes (a cook off) the force of the explosion will direct out of the hull. Russian tanks aren't designed that way, so you get the turrets blasting off like a toy
@@BojackHorseman0098 I’ve read and seen photos of the auto loader on some of them, it’s just asking to become a pyro show.
@@ogKoral
True, but there isn't even one video showing a destroyed Merkeva tank...
@@moshco23 I agree, I was more so going off topic and referencing how bad Russian tanks are. The merkevas recent opponents have been the following: folks throwing rocks, insurgents shooting RPGs backwards, and empty buildings. I’d be shocked if the IDF lost any of them in Gaza lol
Key points about that Merkava where the crew was captured.
1. *Any* MBT is vulnerable to fairly lightweight man carried antitank rockets, if you hit them in the *tracks* . I don't care *what* tank you're talking about - knocknout one side's tracks, and you've basically immobilized the tank, wven if nothing else on the tank ends up damaged. It's like taking one wheel off your car. The problem is, even without modern anti-rocket defenses, hitting an AFV in the tracks isn't an easy shot to make on purpose.
2. Immobilized tanks without friendlies able to protect them are exceedingly vulnerable to unfantry walking up and laying satchel charges in highly vulnerable points. After all, the tank isn't moving anymore.
3. The Merkava *deliberately* was designed with the engine and trasnmission up front. This was done *expressly* for crew survivability, even though it exposes the drivetrain to likely enemy fire (which is why most other MBTs have the engine & transmission in the *back* ). This powerpack position not only means there is simply more metal between the crew and the enemy in front, it allows the rear hatch arrangement found on the Merkava for resupply while in a hull down position, or crew evacuation while shielding the crew from fire coming from the front. This also means it is easier for enemy forces to damage the engine and start fires.
I love this tank very much, second is the abrams tank.
(American moment)
Iraq Is The abrams Graveyard...
The Abram’s is an oldie but still awesome looking
@@jacobnugent8159 Looks great, but it's sad that most NATO tanks are no longer competitive in the Drone Age.
Luckily, the Merkava has amazing roof and side protection, so it's pretty much untouchable.
@@panzerlite8108sure bud. Won’t help in a war that isn’t just consisting of bulldozing a ghetto and its inhabitants
Another great impartial presentation. Thanks, Cheers 🥂
Impartial for sure but he did make a few mistakes, I suggest reading some comments :)
The sight of this tank bearing down on me at speed would scare the hell out of me. I saw a documentary on it more than 10 years ago and I was whoa
I mean, one thing to consider, i guess, is that tanks that would be considered "destroyed" by the US would be fixable by Israeli standards. I mean, they made it, they know how to fix it, and it's not like they need to ship it across half the globe to get them to a repair facility. Its like, what? A couple hours drive on a truck?
2 hours at the farthest case.
Although many tanks were hit, almost all were repaired and back in service, such as in the case of my friend's tank in Gaza. You can't hide tanks being destroyed these days... again lots being hit, doesn't mean destroyed. God bless the IDF
Do you wear that mask to hide your huge nose?
@@hikingjoe4752Oh boy the nazi has jokes
I won't speak for everybody else, but you definitely bought a metric fuckton of credibility with me with your caveats. I'm looking forward to part two!
As Avery Johnson once said: "They're tough. But they ain't invincible"
The Merkava is designed to do a specific job in a specific environment. It does this superbly…
Newest one called the Barak or Mk 5 is insane..
He should have gone into the systems sensors for situational awareness as I beleive they also have radar for detecting whos basically shooting at them.
My words don't express how easy the systems seem to be inside. Reminds me of a video game.
Sad they didn't talk about that one, but I think they only have a few, and are testing them.
@ yes, I’ve read a little about it.
@@dianapennepacker6854 The latest Merkava has Iron vision 360 degree vision viewing outside of the tank. Which means creeping up to tanks and placing explosives on the tank will be near impossible as more of these later version Merkava tanks are produced.
As for the radar for detecting where the shots came from is already operational for quite a number of years.
Yup, Merkava is *very* specialized for the IDF's requirements and projected use environments.
Which are *very* tightly specific to Israel's situation, location, climate, and terrain.
Very good for the IDF. Mediocre or worse for most nation's requirements (even, say Egypt or Syria).
Just like the M1A2 is very good for the US or Poland, but would be an abysmally stupid choice for, say, Indonesia or China (even if they could realistically actually get all the M1A2 Abrams they decide they needed).
Love Mossads new TH-cam channel and Bot network, learned a lot from the Pentagon
2:07 thats not a merkava, thats a Magach 7C, an evolution of the M60. radically different from a merkava
A side note...
In war thunder the merkava has one of the best turrets.
If only the hull would be more armoured...
if only the hull had any armor
I knew I’d find warthunder mentioned here lol
@gabrielvigliano8759 👍 i also expected a comment like yours😉
The only videos of actually destroyed tanks were the ones from the 7th of October that weren't even manned in most cases, or were hit by a drone or of tanks that weren't prepped for combat.
Didn't y'all post the pics of one destroyed by a "super ied" yesterday with all crew dead part from the driver? Fact check yourself you lazy war criminal 💀
How hilarious were those videos by Hamas saying Israeli tank destroyed just bc it shows a fighter hitting one wire with a RpG, with the hope that to ill informed people who don’t know much about war and military stuff wouid believe that the tank was destroyed, not never actually showed the tank destroyed, bc the fighter has to haul ass after he fires that rocket, and Israel specifically designed the tank to withstand rpg hits, and the survival of the tank crew is the.most important, bc they can allways build another tank
Trust me there’s tons of Ill informed people who believe it
Trophy System is engineering genius
Hold up, not one!? After all this time?! In an urban war?!
Yup, there is only one confirmed destroyed tank from about 2 weeks ago, not sure where though, like Lebanon or Israel.
Most likely a 2 thousand pound bomb that was dropped by israel and not exploded got rigged into an IED and the tank went over it
You do realise they're not fighting an army
@@iz723 Its quite a big militia still
@@iz723 Also certain people tend to boast a ton about guerrillas because they're "going against the establishment" and any sort of victory is big for them.
Technically wrong. There is at least 1 Merkava 4M Barak that has been confirmed to be totally destroyed
Though they've been damaged from combat engagements (which only makes sense) from the photos shown in the video they look very much intact and repairable, then I think the newer Merkavas are worth all the hype IMO. The last time I checked, it's built to have a higher survival rate not necessarily to be indestructible.
The tank can be repaired. The crew cannot.
Every Israeli system is designed to take the fall before the crew are injured. That is what makes this tank a danger for its enemies.
@@panzerlite8108 Exactly the conclusion I’ve come to.
0:35 - Chapter 1 - Background
2:15 - Mid roll ads
3:45 - Chapter 2 - Current performance
10:40 - Chapter 3 - The one that was destroyed
14:55 - Chapter 4 - The future
The M113 APCs are unmanned same as UAVs...
It's hilarious to see the widespread use of the Cope cage
It’s genius
It's simple and works.
Though I doubt Israel will use them again after this. They already updated their APS for drones.
That is not a destroyed tank. A destroyed tank is called a K-kill total destruction, blown to pieces like we see every day in Ukraine.
A Destroyed tank can technically be an M-Kill as well.
@@panzerlite8108 True, but usually a tank is only destroyed when it cooks off.
@@davidroscoe3815 While it is true that a vehicle is not a full kill until it is damaged beyond repair, it's still a mission kill when it's disabled and cannot fight on.
The Merkava is an absolute beast since it can take a larger beating than any other tank in existence.
Considering that the Merkava is an MBT operating in built up areas and surviving attacks just shows how they are designed and built to operate.
The Merkava a modern MBT has seen more real action than most other tanks, especially as stated in built up areas.
We love warographics
Pronunciation issue: Merkava is pronounced in Hebrew with a long "e" - so the "mer" is the same as in "mercat". This is the biblical Hebrew word for chariot.
This isn’t Ukraine. There are no heavy anti tank weapons or follow up attacks. IDF can easily tow away damaged tanks and repair them.
It is true that the two wars aren't similar, but the Merkava would handle Ukraine much better than most NATO tanks while in combat. It's just built for that kind of fighting.
There were some Merkava III tanks in service in Gaza. They DON'T have Trophy systems, and several were destroyed (the son of a friend was a tank commander, and one of the tanks in his unit was destroyed)
The IDF have now upgraded the trophy so that such a drone drop can be stopped by it.
Man I never saw a video for this Tank intersecting any thing launched at it. Stop it
@@MarkDenmark-nz2pzI have
@@sirsnipermonkey can you guide me where I can find it ?
@@MarkDenmark-nz2pz literally just search up "Trophy Protection System in Action".
Really good video Simon. I suspect dozens of Merkava tanks have been damaged so far with a few destroyed. It’s being less used however in Lebanon due to the terrain
Some of the "destroyed" pictures you displayed are not Merkava but Magach 7b
Thanks for your honesty
Honestly, i feel spoiled on here. Every other channel has ads turned to max. An ad every 2-4 minutes. I'm so thankful we don't have that ad hell that I watch the sponsored ad
The names and details of all IDF soldiers killed in battle are broadcast everyday across all news channels. One can see how well the Merkava tanks are doing by viewing how many tank crew are among the dead.
Go back in history... the story of the UK Chieftain tank that was initially co developed with Israel, than the Israelis were kicked out and the tank was eventually sold to Israel enemies among few others... this was the trigger for the Merkava development
The Merkava would’ve been created either way, the Chieftain while a formidable tank would’ve still been constrained diplomatically by the UK.
Israel needed a domestic tank that it could use without constraints by foreign powers so the Merkava would’ve been made in the end. Seeing how the UK took its stances I doubt they would allow Israel to use the Chieftain in anything but defensive operations within Israeli territory.
@dannyzero692 I agree that diplomacy would sooner or later push for this, the Chieftain story only made it sooner, Israel upgraded almost everything in its huge Centurion tanks fleet to prolong its life until Merkava was ready, Israel knew it couldn't relay on Britain and France for main battle platforms anymore, so now they produce their land armured vehicles domestically, aquire US made air platforms and use German made navel platforms
France & UK has form for embargos on Israel with US not far behind. Wonder why ?
@@gordonspicer France & UK till 1967 were the major arms suppliers of Israel, now its US and Germany, I don't see the new American administration following this direction, on the contrary anyway the embargo is what built the Isreali defense industry
Never thought I'd hear Simon utter the phrase "Huffing our own farts".
Aloha Snack-bar The Giant Flying Spaghetti Monster is great! Sauce be upon him.🤣🤣🤣
OOOOOOOH! Aloha has left his Snackbar some time ago... something about the Jews being too damned SCARY! That's why the Snackbarites scream all the the time - Snackbar just ain't listening!
The tank at 11:00 was not destroyed, it was damaged and then repaired and got back into service. It is very rare for a merkava tank to not be able to go through repairs.
Almost all of those videos you see in the Arab media of "successful" RPG hits on Merkava's and Namers are in fact successful Trophy interceptions exploding the missiles before even reaching the vehicles.
YES, its very powerful against unarmed civilians
@@heshaeza Unarmed Civilians don't hold rifles and rocket launchers.
@@panzerlite8108
A 1 year old baby can not hold a rifle or rocket launcher, smart a**
I would like to mention that the M-113s seen in the video are destroyed, but they are all remotely operated variants. The IDF does not use the M-113 in frontline combat anymore (after two big disasters in the past) and is now using them in command posts and second line duty as well as suicide APCs (fill them up with explosives and send them out) or as unmanned logistics vehicles or as bait vehicles (all remotely operated).
11:24 this one is from 10/7 (or 7/10, depending on where you are). They dragged the bodies from within and proceeded to mutilate them. Monsters.
when you treat them like monsters, they become monsters
@@emirbajrektarevic7985oh good so it's not a genocide then
@@interrobangings it’s actually not. The only attempted one was against IL folks.
What? Where did you see that?
@ it was all over social media on 10/7/2023 and shortly after. Most of it has been taken down since then but I’m sure you can still find it somewhere. They were poking the dead with long sticks and dragged them out lifeless.
The press article claiming an ATGW was very effective against reactive armor... which the Merkava doesn't have
12:33 notice the tank's main gun is sealed.
Considering modern warfare, and all-round attacks, the front engine makes sense, as it is way better protected . Rear hatch is cool too making it like a Bradley on steroids.
This was a pretty accurate video all around 👍👍
I would suggest that next time you do a video regarding the idf and its equipment try “fact-checking” it with an Israeli that that knows Hebrew preferably that served in a combat unit because a lot of the small things that you have a very hard time finding any data on in English are common knowledge Is Israel or in the idf
For example the destroyed tank that you had a though time finding information on is one of the famous stories of that awful day and instantly recognizable to most Israelis
The crew that manned the tank fought to keep as many terrorists from crossing to Israel at two or three points along the border for hours alone.
There are a lot of articles and documentaries that talk about this tank crews story in Hebrew.
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Lots of small details that would add up much quicker and easier if you try getting your information from guys that speed the language for short :)
What about iron fist? Isn’t it a modernized version of the trophy?
No. Iron Fist is a competitor to Trophy. Elbit Systems makes Iron Fist. Raphael makes Trophy.
Why do we have to wait for Hamas to get their hands on Hezbollah made anti tank missile when Hezbollah has them and as it is, Merkava tanks are already in Lebanon.
He mentioned this at the very end.
The Merkava was designed for battles against enemy tanks, not against terrorists.
The early ones were, yes.
After the Merkava had some issues in Lebanon during 2006, Israel made a major pivot towards Urban Combat.
Can you make a video on the illegal/undisclosed Iranian nuclear facility israel bombed a couple weeks ago?
“Illegal”
@@adrianislamovic2344 It is Illegal.. There are agreements with Iran that make it so
@@adrianislamovic2344 I’m referring to undeclared Iranian nuclear sites.
So would that make Israeli nuclear weapons illegal, their spying activities illegal and their pager bombs illegal terrorism? Just asking if we wanna be consistent here.
@@ToyJesusLovesTequilla No, it wouldn't. Israel is not a signatory to any agreement that would make them illegal. Nice try, though. Yeah, let's be consistent - and honest & informed. You go first!
As far as the 1st tank, it probably wasn’t expecting combat and some of the equipment might not have been turned on.
Skepticism is incredibly important while conducting research for a video like this, but treating Hamas sources with the same credibility as Israeli ones is beyond me. It's like comparing the BBC to the North Korean news outlet.
Trusting Israeli sources is like trusting Goebles nazi propaganda machine… for more than one reason
@@daninbar3446 exactly, the Israeli media have been caught lying too many times to be trustworthy.
lol Israel is currently censoring one of their largest news sources my friend
consider how israel lied about 40 burnt babies and how israel blamed hamas when they bombed that first hospital , inwhich they proceded to bomb all hospitals in gaza and made up a lie on hamas using human shields, aslo the hannibal directive was proven so yes israel lies and dont trust a word they say
Ah yes cause israel has never lied, not once ladies and gentlemen
At 18:20 - "cope cages" were designed exactly to stop RPG shells hitting from above, the first apparent use of them being by Russia in the second battle of Grozny, because that's exactly what the Chechens did against the Russians in the first battle.
Meanwhile Europeans be buying Merkava systems like Trophy for their own tanks. Look at what they do not what they say.
Trophy system worked as intended it's just that Hamas adapted accordingly.
That's how technology works you adapt back and forth all the time.
@@aviv657Hamas hasn't adapted accordingly. Most of their ATGMs just fail
@@liam4440 The adaptation was to shoot from shorter distances.
@@aviv657it doesn't work. IDF uses their tanks in layers so the trophy system overlaps for other tanks
@@aaronlol6703 I fought 190 days the last year using merkava 4m.
The overlapping is a thing and we use it also to protect vehicles that don't have trophy systems but it helps mainly with them trying to overburden the system with multiple rpgs and only slightly with the short range adaptation.
There are countless of angles that open to only one tank from short distances which the overlapping of tanks won't help.
3:40 what stops them from leaking your private info, that you legally sign over to them, to the same people they're scrubbing from?
After looking at some real reviews, and not on some website paid for by ad space, a lot have said they get more scam calls after using it.
Help me understand, you people in the comments- If you’re not Palestinian neither Israeli, how can you speak so confidently and so unquestionably about other nation’s life and death.
Even as an israeli I find it hard to understand what’s going on.
How the f@@ can a European, american or saudi man can express an opinion like that, like it’s some kind of a game that everyone can speculate and bet on.
As an American, I stay far away from the debate simply because I lack enough information to make an impartial decision on what is happening. It's ultimately a horrible situation for both sides though
The further away you are, the simpler it looks... A known delusion.
@@jamesleishman8025
Both sides:
Arabs against Jews
Muslims against Jews
21 Arab countries against Israel
56 Muslim countries against Israel
Islam vs. Judaism
Shia vs. Sunni
Iran vs. Turkey
Iran vs. KSA
Iran vs. Egypt
USSR/Russia vs. USA
BRICS vs. West
@@jamesleishman8025
Gotta say, I F'ing respect you for saying it. Your current Gen Z is the most brainwashed sheeps I've ever seen in my life 🤦♂️
They teach their kids to be Martyrs. Enough said.
It's time for a episode on Benji the war criminal
It's odd to refer to hamas as Palestinians not incorrect but odd
So are all Palestinians hamas even the kids
Why odd they are Palestinians?
@karlosdub because they are Egyptians. Learn basic history, buddy. Hamas invaded Gaza and deposed the democratically elected government. The Gaza Palestinians didn't care as long as they continued terrorism. The west bank Palestinians chose democracy instead and now constantly have to deal with hamas infiltrators.
@@muza8736considering how they indoctrinate them as early as possible?
@@karlosdub
It's funny how prior to 1964 they ALWAYS rejected the word Palestine, and suddenly they have "thousands years of Palestinian heritage" 😂
"There is no such country! 'Palestine' is a term the Zionists invented! There is no Palestine in the Bible. 'Palestine' is alien to us; it is the Zionists who introduced it." -- Awni Bey Abdul-Hadi, Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee, before the Peel Commission in 1937.
This is what happens when u make a tank without any expectation of using it in a battle 😂
... Since Israeli invasion.... I thought Hamas was the one who flew over the Israeli borders first ...
Just like the IDF, the Merkava tank has extremely modular design *and* crew safety and maneuvriability were key specs in the design process!
And today in Gaza, *every single* tank damaged *returns to the battlefield!*
Its " IDF " not " IOF "
So its defend when you come to Gaza to attack ?? 😂😂😂 Still trapping in J wish Comfort Bubble ya ? 😂😂😂