'Idwar' does not contitute 'they'. Please avoid misinterpreting one person's warped view as a view that is held by many.Originally posted by lwflee:Wow - They are bragging about blowing up one tank... High praise indeed. The tank appears to be GTG.
Since Merkava and M1 and all other Tank vulnerable in some way.. I advocate just get a tank that can defeat 7.62, 20mm, 0.5 etc etc projectile good enough liao.. can have more agility and power to weight ratio and smaller size so more difficult to hit...Originally posted by lwflee:Wow - They are bragging about blowing up one tank... High praise indeed. The tank appears to be GTG.
Now Merkavas have undercarriage armour!Originally posted by idwar:From : http://216.26.163.62/2002/me_palestinians_02_15.html
FEb 15, 2002
TEL AVIV — For the first time in their more than 16-month-old war, Palestinian insurgents succeeded in destroying an Israeli tank regarded as the best protected in the world.
Palestinian insurgents blew up the Merkava Mk-3 tank in the Gaza Strip. Three of the tank's four-member crew were killed in a landmine attack on late Thursday that destroyed the vehicle. The remaining member was lightly injured.
Military sources and analysts said the Palestinian attack marked a watershed in the insurgency war with Israel. They said the Palestinian Authority and its militia allies had been trying for more than a year to develop a mine powerful enough to destroy the Merkava. The sources said the mine contained unidentified explosives never used before in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Palestinians succeeded in destroying the first Merkava tank by exploiting the vulnerability of its undercarriage, the sole area not protected by armor. The Hizbullah, which has provided technical expertise to the Palestinians, managed to disable but not destroy a Merkava tank during the Israeli deployment in southern Lebanon.
The attack began with an explosion near an Israeli armored bus near the Jewish settlement of Netsarim. The Merkava tank was summoned to the scene and was destroyed by a second mine.
sloping too much eats up the interior volume.Originally posted by tvdog:Seriously sloping armour on both the hull and the turret just makes so much sense to help defeat projectiles.
Wonder why so few modern MBT are built like that?
The Abrams turret have somewhat flatter vertical sides. I'm sure the Abrams have thicker, more fancy armour than the Merkava. But the Abrams is a huge tank and a huge fuel guzzler. I feel the Israelis must know a little bit more about modern tank design than the Americans since they have fought more tank battles in recent times than anyone else has on this planet.
slope everywhere then the barang barang put where? put outside ba long long?Originally posted by spacemarine:On sloping armour, why aren't the sides (besides the turret) sloping as well? Because it will make the tank wider than it is?
depending, unlikely to explode. it can absorb some of the kinetic energy so that the penetrator would not be as effective.... since the ass is not that well protected....Originally posted by eurofighter:If there is anti tank missile fired at it towards it's back, it would hit these stuff and explode there instead of the vulnerable joint between the turret and chassis.
depending, unlikely to explode. it can absorb some of the kinetic energy so that the penetrator would not be as effective.... since the back is not that well protected....Originally posted by eurofighter:If there is anti tank missile fired at it towards it's back, it would hit these stuff and explode there instead of the vulnerable joint between the turret and chassis.
The chain-ball at the back is meant to detonate RPGs before they hit the tank. Comes from their experience in fighting urban warfare.Originally posted by hmsg:depending, unlikely to explode. it can absorb some of the kinetic energy so that the penetrator would not be as effective.... since the back is not that well protected....
"They" refers to the palestinian insurgents mentioned in the report quoted by IdwarOriginally posted by Blockhead:'Idwar' does not contitute 'they'. Please avoid misinterpreting one person's warped view as a view that is held by many.