PODCAST: History of Israel Tanks

An IDF soldier wearing tefillin before boarding his tank in Sinai during the Yom Kippur War. Credit: Yigal Tomarkin, Government Press Office, October 9, 1973.

The history of Israeli tanks includes the locally produced Merkava, the Magach, the secret Pereh missile carrier, and the new AI-powered Barak. Learn about IDF General Israel Tal who developed the Merkava, early armored division head Major General Jackie Even, and the Ma'ale Akrabim massacre and fedayeen infiltrations that preluded the Sinai War and led to Israel liberating the entire Gaza Strip in 1956. 

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Yad Lashiryon Tank Museum at Latrun

Tanks of the Israel Defense Forces

General Israel Tal

IDF Maj.-Gen. (res.) Israel Tal dies at age 86

Israel Tal - Charioteer of fire

IDF tank commander Jackie Even

Magach tank

Israel unveils AI-assisted next-gen 'Merkava' tank

Pereh anti-tank missile carrier

Israel Producing New Tank, the Merkava Described As Revolutionary

Israeli Tank Crews Have Better Protection Than Any Other Armored Unit

Advanced Weaponry Unveiled

Israel's Merkava crowned one the world's deadliest tanks

Meet the 5 Deadliest Tanks on Planet Earth

Savoy Hotel attack

Ma'ale Akrabim massacre

Shafrir synagogue shooting

List of attacks against Israeli civilians before 1967

Johannes Gassen mentioned in The Shadow War: 25 Intelligence and Security Affairs in Israel by Yosef Argman, Ministry of Defense Publishing, 2007, pages 415-417.