An image I’ve seemed to miss of the Merkava 3D LIC.
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Some enhanced images of the vehicle’s features that differentiate it from the base Merkava 3D. I tried to sharpen them a bit and enlarge them:
Front view showing the screens covering the vehicle’s optics and exhaust.
Rear view showing chains to protect against HEAT-shaped charges around the rear of the turret and the rear firing port.
View of the screen covering the Gunner and Commander’s sights.
Another view of the rear firing port.
View of the sensors, omnidirectional camera, and mounts on top.
Other image(s) of the vehicle.
Exposed turret armor filler.
- LIC Summary: Includes lights for operating on roads, mesh guards over the exhaust, vents, and optics, pole markers with LED tips, anti-slip coating, towing points for vehicle recovery, reinforced rear door with a firing port, omni-panoramic camera, and additional underbelly armor plating for protection against and redirection of IED’s and mines.
- Covers the gist of it. Further adaptations have been applied since the conflict began last year to include cope cages, etc.
- These upgrade packages can be applied like the American TUSK for the Abrams, either just parts of it and or the whole package. Some of the upgrades became standard on all Merkava 3D’s.
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In this case, it is an infantry shooter’s loophole…
https://web.archive.org/web/20070627140305/http://www.defense-update.com/products/m/merkava-lic.htm
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This cleared some things up for me bc new sources said it was a camera for the driver but in actuality when comparing the new sources and this, in reality they were mixing up the port with this:
The omnidirectional camera. Thanks, I appreciate it.
Edit: Changes made.
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- More photos of the Merkava 3D LIC, there’s actually quite a bit more of them than I thought. Some even are used in today’s conflicts. I’ll be posting more images of those if I can find them (non-political reasons, just to specify the vehicles being in modern service). Could tell based on the LED bullwhips on the four corners of the vehicle and the situational awareness camera installed. The package has been installed on a lot of Merkava 3D’s but not everything has been installed. Most vehicles don’t use the grills over the optics for example.
- Also updated BR to 11.3.
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120mm is photoshopped. This vehicle never existed in physical form
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Interesting (and unfortunate). But yeah you can even see the white concrete texture in between the back of the tracks indicating a photoshop. Oh well, a early sabra prototype can always fill that hole in my heart :D
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- Here’s a final summary of the LIC over the base “D” version:
- Non-slip coating on top portions of the vehicle.
- 4x LED bullwhips located on all 4 corners of the vehicle. They can be folded downward.
- Mesh grating over the optics (reference can be seen on the in-game Merkava 4B LIC).
- Mesh over the exhaust/intake ports.
- Firing port on the rear access door as well as additional armor plating on the door.
- 360-degree Situational Awareness camera mounted on the top of the vehicle.
- Extra armor playing for mine protection on the bottom of the vehicle.
- Additional tow points (not seen on all vehicles).
- Optional additional road lighting.
- Not all these are always applied similarly to the American TUSK package. The easiest indicator of the LIC variant is the 4x bullwhips on the 4 corners of the vehicle.
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- Another notable feature of the LIC upgrade compared to the regular 3D is the new commander’s cupola, which is noticeably larger and has a 360 degree view with periscopes.
Here’s few good examples where full package could be seen:
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Nice! I’m gonna use this image for the suggestion if you’re good with it 🤙
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