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From: eellis%avior.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Eli)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Effects inside tank
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Date: 4 Mar 91 21:00:39 GMT
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From: eellis%avior.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Eli)
>>A few years back, I saw a TV documentary on an Israeli-developed tank.
>>It was designed for survivability, with non-flammable libricants,
>>kevlar anti-spalling interior, low profile, etc.
>
>Isn't this the Israeli Merkava (?) tank?  I think the documentary
	Yes it is the Merkava.  A well designed tank.

>We all should know by now the differences between the M1 and M1A1,
	M1: 105mm cannon
	M1A1: 120mm Rhinemetal smoothbore cannon and (I think==>) depleated 
	uranium armour on front bussel, and possibly improved optics.
>but could someone please elaborate on where the inputs came from for
>the enhancements?  Were they the result of Israeli information
>gleened from the Lebanon Invasion?
	I doubt it, since the Merkava had a 105mm cannon at that time.  The
	improvements probably stemmed from Germany's Leopard II which sported
	a 120mm Rhinemetal smoothbore cannon.

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