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- Memory: 4 GB
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- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
Check out the early access packs for the Israeli ground forces CBT that starts in the next major update after “Winged Lions”!
In the “Winged Lions” update we launched the aviation CBT for Israel. In the next major update we will start the closed beta testing of the Israeli armored forces! Each Early Access Pack guarantees early access to the beta testing, and until it starts you will be able to master your crews in all vehicle slots. Early Access Pack vehicles will have 3 free respawns in Arcade and Realistic battles in War Thunder.
- M-51 (Rank 4, Israel);
- 1000 Golden Eagles;
- Premium account for 7 days.
- Merkava Mk.2D (Rank 6, Israel);
- 2000 Golden Eagles;
- Premium account for 15 days.
M-51
For the initial formation of the domestic armored forces, Israel received several hundred American Sherman tanks of various modifications from several foreign countries, However, war-time Shermans were not able to effectively counter the Arabian T-54 and T-55. It was obvious that the tanks required more effective firepower, as well as a new engine, better suited for the desert. The Israeli Shermans went through four upgrade stages. A French-built 105mm gun of the CN 105 F1 series with an effective muzzle brake was installed in place of the standard American gun, and the engine was replaced with a diesel Cummins VT8-460. The tanks, receiving the designation M-51, used the American HVSS type suspension and domestic automatic transmission. M-51 series tanks remained in service until the 1990s.
The M-51 will be a premium rank IV tank and one of the first representatives of a separate tech tree of the Israeli armored vehicles. The M-51 hull was borrowed from the American Sherman tank, so at rank IV the tank lacks armor protection, but the M-51 is able to withstand the hits from automatic guns of ground vehicles, aircraft cannons and is relatively well protected from the explosions of small and medium bombs.
The key advantage of this tank is a French-made 105mm cannon with powerful HEAT shells that are used on the French AMX-30 tanks. Composite or ERA protection are very rare for armored vehicles of this range, therefore the M-51 shape-charge rounds are able to pierce the armor of almost any tank, but due to the focused action of the shell, it requires careful aiming at the enemy's critical modules - ammo racks, engine, gun breech, or crew.
Merkava Mk.2D
The Merkava tanks from the second production series were created after the experience of the Lebanon war (1982) that revealed the need for additional protection of the crew, especially against HEAT rounds. The turret's protection was increased by installing external armor modules. In addition, the tank received a new fire control system, a laser warning system, and a new transmission. The Mk.2D version (the full name being Merkava Siman 2 Bet Dor Dalet) is a further development of the Merkava Mk.2B modification and is distinguished by additional combined armor modules covering the turret, as well as additional armor in the upper front part of the hull.
The Merkava Mk.2D will be a rank VI Premium tank in the ground vehicles research tree for Israel. The vehicle retains all the advantages of its predecessor, the Mk.2B - a laser rangefinder, a thermal imager in the gunner's sight, laser warning and effective anti-tank ammunition.
The main difference in the new tank is the improved protection of the turret’s sides and the hull’s front upper glacis. The sides of the turret are reinforced with modules of combined armor that are intended for additional protection of the turret from shape-charged weapons. Additional protective modules are also installed on the upper frontal part of the hull, increasing the protection for the driver. In game, the enhanced HEAT protection of the tank will become especially relevant for countering ATGM carriers, as well as helicopters, while effective HEAT and APFSDS shells will allow the new Merkava Mk.2D to easily destroy almost any enemy vehicle in battles.
Comments (95)
come onnnn, where is Czechoslovakian tech tree?
add korean tree (south korean and north korean).
big gun ooo
F14 next gaijin
What a nice French made export model
French Navy tho
Why make the M-51 a premium?
I suppose they'll had the most common M51 (the one one M4A1) in the regular TT. This one is one the M4A3, quite rare.
I see the Sherman with HEAT as a gamebreaker. It quite literally ruins the balance of the BR. That ammo is the reason Heavy tanks are usually miserable to play at 7.0 and above.
Its on a basic Sherman chassis...there are other HEAT launchers with 400mm Pen around this Br too - The IKV 103 has HEATFS with 400mm pen at 5.0. Its standard HEAT not HEATFS so its muzzle velocity is lower at 800 m/s. Its HE filler isn't that great at 1kg
Curious if anyone would be against just having a Middle East based tree with all the variants of US, Russian and European vehicles they modified. Would people be mad if Israel was included in the tree with countries like Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc?
putting arab vehicles into this tt is unacceptable.
The Israelis developed or modified more tanks to be uniquely theirs than any of the Arab nations. Their TT can stand alone. You could probably do an all arab lineup, though.
I don't get why current Merkava 2 owners are complaining. You have practically the same tank in a much better tree, and a tree that will have an actual lineup... That's a lot better than a merkava that will have probably one other tank at its BR when the tree releases.
They get to team their Merkava 2B up with the XM-1...what a power combo...and Wall-E too
it wouldn't be WarThunder if people weren't complaining.
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