What Happens to a Merkava Crew After a Hit

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What Happens to a Merkava Crew After a Hit For the first time in over 40 years, the entire Israeli armored corps has been mobilized to fight in Gaza with about 1,000 Merkava main battle tanks deployed. What is interesting about this is that the Merkava was designed with crew survivability as the top priority, unlike many other modern tanks. But what really happens to its crew inside when it gets hit with the most modern anti-tank threats of today? You’ll find out in this video through the turbulent story of perhaps the weirdest tank since World War II. Chapters: 0:00 The Merkava goes to war again 0:26 Lessons of the Yom Kippur disaster 1:52 Building Israel’s own tank 2:45 A radical new design 3:30 The rear door and its uses 4:37 Ammunition storage and safety 6:00 The first Merkava in service 7:01 Combat debut in Lebanon 8:05 Weaknesses and the Mark II 8:52 Guerilla warfare and the Mark III 9:24 The rise of the Merkava IV 10:20 Iron Vision and new tech 10:30 Gaza — a deadly test