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Israel, 7th Armored Brigade.

Since it mainly relies on the air force, Israel's armored forces are very small, basically at the brigade level.

Among all the armored brigades, the Seventh Armored Brigade is the most capable of fighting tough battles, especially in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. At that time, it was the closest to collapse since the founding of Israel. The land between the Lang Heights is trembling under the attack of the Egyptian-Syrian coalition forces from north to south, and Israel is in danger.

But just a week later, tanks painted with the coat of arms of David hit the roads to Cairo and Damascus, a week in which the heroic Israeli armor saved the country and the nation.

Among them, the bloody battle of the Seventh Armored Brigade in the Valley of Tears can be said to have saved the entire battle.

The development of Israel's armored forces is also quite tortuous. After years of being controlled by others, Israel decided to rely on its own strength to develop its own equipment.

Among them, the Merkava tank is an independent masterpiece of the Israeli defense industry!

In the last war, the Merkava tank showed low-level combat capabilities. Its armor could not block the blow of the Soviet t-72 tank, and its tank gun could not tear the t-72's armor!

Therefore, the Merkava tank is also undergoing rapid upgrades, drawing experience from the war, and then transforming it, which is what Israel is most used to doing.

Since the defense is not enough, continue to increase the defense of the Merkava tank! They used the latest composite armor on the outside of the Merkava tank! The material of this armor is completely kept secret, but those who know the inside story are full of praise for it.

This is an armor that uses the same technology as the Chobham armor! This technology was not acquired from England, but from America! At the beginning, the British handed over the full set of Chobham armor technology to the Americans! The United States has been using Chobham armor long before the invention of depleted uranium armor.

At the same time, a layer of special armor partition is added behind the engine to improve the frontal protection of the tank body.

The sloping armor plate on the front of the car body has been extended upwards, higher than the turret seat ring, and has a protective effect on the joint between the turret and the car body.

At the same time, in order to avoid the secondary effect, all shells, including the shells to be fired, are stored in the glass fiber storage tank with isolation lining. The storage tank has a certain bulletproof ability. Even if the tank armor is broken down, the shells will not It is easy to be hit, and the ammunition storage barrel has a certain heat insulation ability. Even if the temperature inside the car is high, the shells in the ammunition storage barrel will not self-explode for a short time.

And these measures also caused the self-weight of the tank to soar significantly! The self-weight of the Merkava tank is as high as 65 tons!

In order to drive it, the original engine is far from enough, so Israel introduced the German mtu833 internal combustion engine, which is the power of the Leopard 2 tank, with a maximum power of 1,500 horsepower!

Of course, Germany did not sell this engine technology to Israel. It was manufactured under license by the Ground Systems Division of General Dynamics of the United States. Due to the small size of the mtu833, the appearance of the engine hood in front of the Merkava's body is flat. Improved visibility for tank crews is very beneficial.

At the same time, the 105mm tank gun, no matter how improved it is, cannot penetrate the main armor of the T-72 tank. Therefore, they improved their tank gun to 120mm, and the technology was also provided by the United States. At the same time, it was too late to develop advanced guns. They simply imported armor-piercing ammunition from the United States, including depleted uranium armor-piercing ammunition!

A few days ago, the 7th Armored Brigade had entered Jericho. Because the Iraqi army wanted to attack across the Jordan River, there were only a few bridges available, and they were responsible for defending the bridge in Jericho!

If the Iraqis want to cross the river, they have to pass through the bridge here, and the bridge limits the number of tanks in the Iraqi army. They cannot form a battle formation, and they can only drive over one by one. In this way, they just destroy the Iraqi tanks for their own side. The troops create conditions!

Colonel Meyer, commander of the 7th Armored Brigade,

Sitting in a Merkava tank and observing the opposite side with your own sights, you can see that there are already many tanks gathering on the opposite side!

The battle is about to start!

Attention, the Iraqi army is about to start crossing the river! Colonel Meier shouted loudly over the radio: Let them come over, let them cross the bridge, and then destroy them!

Let them come here! This requires a bold commander to dare to do so, and Colonel Mel, with years of experience, feels that this is the most correct solution.

However, the opponent's tank, just waiting on the opposite side, seems to have no sign of launching an attack?

After waiting for five minutes, Colonel Mel felt that something was wrong until the roar of engines came from the sky.

Oops!

If it was just a battle of ground forces, their Seventh Tank Brigade could completely defend here, but the problem now is not only the ground, but also the sky!

In every Middle East war, the Israeli Air Force has been able to control the air on the battlefield, and the ground troops can easily win, but now, just a few hours ago, all their air force bases were wiped out by earth-penetrating nuclear bombs! Now, no one can enter those radiation areas, and it is impossible to have planes to support them!

However, the Iraqi planes were unscathed, so they can fly to Israel's airspace calmly!

At this time, the Su-25 attack aircraft was flying at an altitude of several hundred meters. The pilot calmly flipped the switch to provide target guidance for the anti-tank missile mounted under his wing. In the advanced attack system, the target is displayed clearly. Clearly.

For tanks, the best in the United States is the A-10, while the best in the Soviet Union is the Su-25! This kind of strong and sturdy attack aircraft has a very strong battlefield survivability!

However, these Su-25s did not take off from the Iraqi base. After all, this kind of aircraft with a turbojet engine has a short range, so they all took off from the neighboring Syrian base, and these aircraft took a few days. Before, I came from the Turkestan Military Region!

The fighter pilots above are Soviet pilots!

emission!

A puff of white smoke rose from under the wing. At this moment, the pilot closed his eyes to prevent being temporarily blinded by the flames of the missile.

attack! Anti-tank missiles, flying towards Israeli tanks in the West Bank! No matter how the Merkava tank is improved, it cannot withstand the blow of the top attack!

Moreover, the most terrifying thing is that Israel's armored forces have no anti-aircraft weapons at all!