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Old 06-12-2020, 09:46 PM
Olefin Olefin is offline
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Originally Posted by Panther Al View Post
You mean the Merkava? Yes, about the same, but recall that the Merkava still retains all its abilities as a main battle tank while doing so. Just the ammo load is dropped to 24 rounds. The Namer, based on a turretless Merkava I've heard holds around 10, though I have seen reports saying a little more and a little less. But the Namer isn't an IFV, its (A one hell of) an APC.
Its a beast - we bid on making it when I was at BAE and got to see several up close and personal. And you are right an IFV its not.
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