- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- 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)
will the Merkava go on sale for the Xmas Sale?
So all reward Merkavas in the US tree will be in Israeli tech tree, right ? I need to know what vehicles they are getting if i'm going to spend 60 bucks on a premium tank for a tech tree that doesn't even have a ground forces yet ! Also the Super sherman model is wrong ! Why it is a M4A4 hull and not M4A1 like the real vehicles ?
That's an M4A3 Hull. There were Super Herman's on that Hull aswell .
dd_9, Got any photo on this ? The only picture of this hull is this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/M50-Supersherman-latrun-1.jpg But this is clearly not a 105 mm gun...
now Yugo time?? :pointy fingers:
they should have added Yugoslavia instead of this garbage.
xx7mo0od3690xx@psn, you do realize they would just be copy and paste too right?
some discount for who already bought the merkava in the US tree would be nice...
No. Its quite literally a better vehicle since its in an actually built lineup
Will those who already own a Merkava 2 also get CBT access? No they wont. You simply prefer to let people pay twice after lying straight into their faces that an Israeli TT will not come. #Liejin
But you aren't really losing anything lol. In fact you owning the American Merkava 2 is much better, since it has an actual lineup and isnt a singular tank. Even when the Israeli tree gets more tanks at higher BR, it wont even come close the the US lineup...
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The Mk2D should be 9.3 as it has all the stuff from the 2B but with even more improvements
Its not going to perform any differently than the 2B does....its Composites only protect it against HEAT based weapons and only ATGM carriers and Helis through HEAT around at that BR unless stock. Its weapons, Optics, engine, Mobility, etc are all the same. The Improvements the 2D had over the 2B are IRL a large amount but that is for things that are not modelled in War Thunder like its fire control system. If it had LAHAT missiles too...then that would be a different story but its the same Tank
Great!! When will the Israeli ground forces tree come though?
when do yall think the christmas sale is coming
does the m51 really using m4a3 hull? thought it was m4a1 with hvss
Most indeed used the M4A1 hull, but some used the M4A3 (https://aw.my.games/en/news/general/israeli-armor-myths-part-1). I suppose that Gaijin will had the M4A1 hull in the regular TT.