IDF Tanks and "Nahal" soldiers

[Zeev]

Soldier near a Zelda APC, Hebron
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Merkava battle tank
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[TR1]

Isreali armour is awesome.....but that APC has gotta be the most unimposing thing I have ever seen.

[DeathForSale]

Excelllent pics bro! woot

[Zeev]

Hvala brate..

here some more...

Centurion tank
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Merkava again..
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[DeathForSale]

Merkava is one of my favorite tanks. My last post for tonight.

Talk to ya guys tommorow.

[LEGEND]

Nice photos, that second pic is a GREAT explanation to people who ask why there is no more armor in the Red Square Victory parades in Moscow :) And this is just one tank! I guess half of Moscow had to be repaved after each 9th of May parade during the Soviet times!

[OldRecon]

THX for interesting pics.
Are they recent ones or a mix of new and old? Some of the equipment looks rather old (M-16A1's in one pic f.ex.).
As newer models of the armalite family of rifles/carabines in NATO have a twisting of rifling tailored to the SS109 type 5.56 ammo, have IDF followed suit, or do you still use pre-SS109 type ammo? (also wondered about the same, with regards to the French armed forces and the FA-MAS, as I presume the FA-MAS was introduced to service shortly before NATO settled for the Belgian design SS109 type ammo for 5.56 calibre weapons).

[Zeev]

THX for interesting pics.
Are they recent ones or a mix of new and old? Some of the equipment looks rather old (M-16A1's in one pic f.ex.).
As newer models of the armalite family of rifles/carabines in NATO have a twisting of rifling tailored to the SS109 type 5.56 ammo, have IDF followed suit, or do you still use pre-SS109 type ammo? (also wondered about the same, with regards to the French armed forces and the FA-MAS, as I presume the FA-MAS was introduced to service shortly before NATO settled for the Belgian design SS109 type ammo for 5.56 calibre weapons).

There's some "old" pics but these with the soldiers are all recent...

[Heron]

Merkava is awesome!!
definitly

[oldsoak]

Ah, the Merkava - brilliant design. If you look at the very early makes of the Merk you will notice that the suspension and turret look remarkably like that of the British Cheiftain. Why ? Because we cut a deal with the Israelis - they would help us design the next generation of tank - the Cheiftain - , and we would provide them with those tanks and the tooling to build them. Alas the partnership collapsed under Arab pressure - we didnt sell them the tank, so they went on to design their own. So there you have it - at least two of the wotlds great tanks have had Israeli hands in their design - oi vey !

[oldsoak]

Ah, the Merkava - brilliant design. If you look at the very early makes of the Merk you will notice that the suspension and turret look remarkably like that of the British Cheiftain. Why ? Because we cut a deal with the Israelis - they would help us design the next generation of tank - the Cheiftain - , and we would provide them with those tanks and the tooling to build them. Alas the partnership collapsed under Arab pressure - we didnt sell them the tank, so they went on to design their own under General Tal. So there you have it - at least two of the worlds great tanks have had Israeli hands in their design - oi vey !

[Kaplanr]

Is that Nahal Mahal (the 90 gdudim) or stam, regular Nahal?

[SilentD.M]

Whooa', this 60 ton thing can fly too?:D
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6992&d=1147835483

[JVeld]

Great pics......thanks for posting, I love the Merkava !!!

[gilgoul]

THX for interesting pics.
Are they recent ones or a mix of new and old? Some of the equipment looks rather old (M-16A1's in one pic f.ex.).
As newer models of the armalite family of rifles/carabines in NATO have a twisting of rifling tailored to the SS109 type 5.56 ammo, have IDF followed suit, or do you still use pre-SS109 type ammo? (also wondered about the same, with regards to the French armed forces and the FA-MAS, as I presume the FA-MAS was introduced to service shortly before NATO settled for the Belgian design SS109 type ammo for 5.56 calibre weapons).


The m193 is usually used, the SS109 being kept for the sharpshooters using the A3 and other configurations designed for mid range shooting, and the neguev of course.
As of the FAMAS, it was using a rifling `in between` designed for french ammo, but 'digest' pretty well the ss109 from what i know.

[zg18]

Excelent pics!!!

[Zeev]

Other israeli soldiers pics
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[Resurrection]

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7014&d=1147907815

Nice boots...

Ladies too.

[DeathForSale]

Yeah what kind of boots are those? They look like red leather?

[Zeev]

Yeah what kind of boots are those? They look like red leather?

Dont know the name of these boots but I agree to say that the color is strange...

[Ea$y-8]

Outstanding photos!

[Zeev]

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