Merkava Mk.2B (USA)

▃Merkava Mk.2B

▃Merkava Mk.2B

USA

VI Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
9.3	9.3	9.3

Class:

Medium tank

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

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This page is about the American medium tank Merkava Mk.2B (USA). For other version, see Merkava Mk.1 (USA).

Description

The ▃Merkava Siman 2 Bet is a gift rank VI American medium tank with a battle rating of 9.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during Update 1.95 "Northern Wind" as a reward for Operation F.R.O.S.T.

General info

Survivability and armour

Hull armor: 50/50/30mm

Turret armor: 20/65/65 mm(45mm spaced)

Crew 4 man

Note(Behind the frontal plate sits Fuel tank followed by a 30mm additional armor plate followed by a transmission, engine and another 10mm armor plate)

Note2(Except of the Commander all crew sits in the Hull)

Mobility

Engine Power: 852 HP (at 2400 RPM)

Max Speed 54 Kph

Mass 63.0 ton

Power to Weigth Ratio: 13.5

Turret Rotation Speed 28.3 °/s

Armaments

Main armament

105 mm Sharir cannon (Ammo: 62)

Vertical Guidance -8/20°

Reloading Rate 8.1s

Additional armament

12 x 66mm smoke launchers frontal turret mounted

82 mm Roof-top smoke launcher(Ammo 30)

Machine guns

3 x 7.62 mm FN MAG 60-40(Ammo:9450)

1 x 12.7 mm M2HB(Ammo 900)

Usage in battles

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