The only thing a merkava can see in battle today is heat warheads and IEDs but usually IEDs will be used on the bottom of the tank and not on the side
So it’s probably a atgm ore rpg
That’s a problem with gaijin not with me
Any source stating that this was a Kornet? I’ve seen it stated that it was a RPG-29:
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Maybe it’s another merkava. I’ve seen the photo from inside.
I seem to have misunderstood. I thought someone was claiming that photo showed a Merkava tanking a Kornet to the side.
A house is not 61 tons, believe it or not.
Secondly, the difference between the Mk.1 and the Mk.4 is not 4 tons like Gaijin thinks. Every Merkava has the wrong weight and wrong armor modifiers.
The image you’ve shared shows the armor damaged a lot, yes, but the typical impact from weapons like the RPG-29, which seems to be what this was hit by based on other comments, is significant. If a Merkava didn’t get completely demolished and only had a block of armor destroyed, that’s actually impressive.
Especially since the armor is meant to detonate like ERA.
And this is very wrong.
That is an external SLERA block. It straight up says “Explosive” in Hebrew on it.
So no, the Merkava’s side does not consist of “Thin Steel Plates and Air/Ceramics”.
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bro thats the UFP…
isnt he standing in the engine bay?
Are you aware the Merkava has armor here?
It’s the label for that chunk of armor. You don’t put that on the outside.
i would count that as part of the UFP.
underneath that i dont know if it has any armour
seems like a stupid decision because theres nothing under there you would wanna protect with that armour or SLERA
do you see how these two images kind of both look like cardboard in construction? That’s because they’re the same armor type. SLERA.
The armor internally has braces, which are typically found on more aggressive armor types which are not NERA.
170mm angled 74º = 617mm LOS
617mm LOS of an advanced self-limiting explosive reactive armour.
Yeah, I would say it should be able to take 3BM42.
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Once again, you’re being a bit foolish. If it was NERA, that might be the case, but this isn’t NERA. It’s a hybrid of ERA and NERA.
Russian ERA can stop around 250 KE. This would be that but much more advanced, much larger, and capable of taking multiple hits before being degraded.
The Achzarit in testing was capable of stopping 3BM42 without an issue, so I don’t see why Israel’s heaviest MBT couldn’t easily sweat off even 3BM60 frontally.
Unfortunately, Gaijin did this…
Merkava 4 Weight underestimated. // Gaijin.net // Issues
Despite the IDF literally bragging about the Merkava being 80 tons, it’s apparently “Insufficient” evidence.
I’m actually tired of Gaijin’s BS.
So we will likely not get a fixed Merkava weight and improved armor.
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Ah, yes, THE LITERAL ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES IS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH SOURCE FOR THE ISRAELI TANK.
Checks out.
Makes sense.
Brilliant.
It’s always the same story.
Anything short of manuals is discarded.
But then manuals are discarded too for being classified.
They basically just want to do whatever they want disregarding reality.
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Gaijin in a nutshell:
Just made a forum post if you want to go check it out.
i didnt say it was NERA?
lol where did that come from
in game maybe but irl ERA doesnt have a value in mm but in % of stopping potential.
SLERA acts like autistic ERA because its not very good with exploding and not very good with not exploding.
expansion of SLERA is far slower than expansion of ERA (as no doubt you are aware) and thats because the thicker the round the more affected it is from SLERA while the faster the round the more affected it is from ERA.
614mm of a composition which may or may not (probably not) be designed to work against the Anti-ERA capabilities of modern western ammunition?