Merkava main battle tank

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main battle tank

The Merkava main battle tank is Israel's indigenous, heavily armored and combat-proven tank series designed for crew survivability and versatility on modern battlefields.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Merkava Mark I 2
Merkava Mark II 2
Merkava main battle tank canonical 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf main battle tank ⓘ
main battle tank ⓘ
main battle tank ⓘ
main battle tank ⓘ
main battle tank ⓘ
armourLayout front-mounted engine ⓘ
armourType composite armour ⓘ
modular armour ⓘ
combatProven true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Israel ⓘ
crew 4 ⓘ
designer Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
MANTAK ⓘ
developedInResponseTo lessons of the Yom Kippur War ⓘ
emphasis battlefield versatility ⓘ
crew survivability ⓘ
engineType diesel engine ⓘ
enteredService 1979 ⓘ
1983 ⓘ
1990 ⓘ
2004 ⓘ
feature NBC protection system ⓘ
Trophy active protection system ⓘ
advanced fire-control system ⓘ
digital battlefield management system ⓘ
gun stabilization ⓘ
improved fire-control system ⓘ
modular composite armour ⓘ
rear access door ⓘ
rear troop compartment ⓘ
smoke grenade launchers ⓘ
thermal imaging sights ⓘ
hasVariant Merkava main battle tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Merkava Mark I

Merkava main battle tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Merkava Mark II

Merkava main battle tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Merkava Mark III

Merkava main battle tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Merkava Mark IV
mainGunCaliber 105 mm ⓘ
120 mm ⓘ
mobility tracked vehicle ⓘ
primaryArmament 105 mm gun ⓘ
120 mm gun ⓘ
primaryRole armored warfare ⓘ
main battle tank ⓘ
secondaryArmament coaxial machine gun ⓘ
mortars ⓘ
roof-mounted machine guns ⓘ
usedBy Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
usedInConflict 1982 Lebanon War ⓘ
2006 Lebanon War ⓘ
Gaza–Israel conflict (post-2005 phase) ⓘ
surface form: Gaza conflicts

Second Intifada ⓘ
South Lebanon conflict ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Israel Defense Forces → usesEquipment → Merkava main battle tank ⓘ
Rheinmetall 120 mm smoothbore gun → usedOnVehicle → Merkava main battle tank ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merkava Mk 3 (derivative)
Rheinmetall 120 mm smoothbore gun → usedOnVehicle → Merkava main battle tank ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merkava Mk 4 (derivative)
105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 rifled gun → usedOn → Merkava main battle tank ⓘ
subject surface form: 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7
this entity surface form: Merkava Mark I
105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 rifled gun → usedOn → Merkava main battle tank ⓘ
subject surface form: 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7
this entity surface form: Merkava Mark II
Merkava main battle tank → hasVariant → Merkava main battle tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkava
this entity surface form: Merkava Mark I
Merkava main battle tank → hasVariant → Merkava main battle tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkava
this entity surface form: Merkava Mark II
Merkava main battle tank → hasVariant → Merkava main battle tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkava
this entity surface form: Merkava Mark III
Merkava main battle tank → hasVariant → Merkava main battle tank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Merkava
this entity surface form: Merkava Mark IV
Israeli Ground Forces → usesEquipment → Merkava main battle tank ⓘ