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The first vehicle named Eitan will be a 32 ton 8x8 wheeled vehicle that would serve as an APC.
The second vehicle under the Carmel program will be a 35 ton tracked vehicle.
The Eitan is meant to be a low-cost state of the art vehicle that will be easy to produce for the mass use of the entire army, as the replacement for the M113.
It will operate alongside the Namer as a 2nd line medium APC.
The eitan APC will have touch screens,high maneuverability, and either 30 MM cannon/Spike missiles/7.62 MM machine gun.
Elbit's IronVision helmet was chosen for Eitan
Production is expected to begin by 2020.
The "Carmel" (unknown name yet) is considered as a program of its own, but these vehicles are practically the same. The only exception is that the Carmel is tracked.
It will receive a new turret and will operate alongside the Merkava 4 as a more multipurpose platform.
A wide range of armament is also developed for it.
Production expected in 2025.
Both prototypes are with the same hull, and the platforms are said to be highly modular.
The turret on the Carmel will be unmanned and removable, thus allowing a quick conversion of the vehicle to an APC.
Among the possibilities are a 120mm mortar, a howitzer, a recovery vehicle, a combat engineering vehicle, bridgelayer and more.
1 of the main features is a jointly developed APS by IMI, Rafael, and IAI.
The APS is expected to feature not one, but two interceptors or maybe even 3 types of interceptors working independently. These will provide anti-ATGM and anti-KE defense.
Initially predicted to be a universal platform like the Armata, it is not really the case anymore.
Namers will be produced until 2027, with new batches coming this year with the Trophy.
Merkava 4 tanks are expected to be produced until 2020.
And the ATMOS was picked as the future artillery, and is now in development.
As said before in several interviews, this family of vehicles will not be a replacement for the current Merkava family and its derivatives.
And sadly there are no pictures of the prototypes yet.
Also, lately more Namer armored vehicles have been given to the army.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/def...icle/74346650/
https://aw.my.com/en/forum/showthread.php?39729-More-information-on-future-Israeli-vehicles
http://news.walla.co.il/item/2977227
https://defence.pk/threads/this-ironvision-helmet-can-see-through-armor.434434/#post-8401738
@Penguin @500 @Natan @PARIKRAMA @sarjenprabhu @mike2000 is back @Blue Marlin
The second vehicle under the Carmel program will be a 35 ton tracked vehicle.
The Eitan is meant to be a low-cost state of the art vehicle that will be easy to produce for the mass use of the entire army, as the replacement for the M113.
It will operate alongside the Namer as a 2nd line medium APC.
The eitan APC will have touch screens,high maneuverability, and either 30 MM cannon/Spike missiles/7.62 MM machine gun.
Elbit's IronVision helmet was chosen for Eitan
Production is expected to begin by 2020.
The "Carmel" (unknown name yet) is considered as a program of its own, but these vehicles are practically the same. The only exception is that the Carmel is tracked.
It will receive a new turret and will operate alongside the Merkava 4 as a more multipurpose platform.
A wide range of armament is also developed for it.
Production expected in 2025.
Both prototypes are with the same hull, and the platforms are said to be highly modular.
The turret on the Carmel will be unmanned and removable, thus allowing a quick conversion of the vehicle to an APC.
Among the possibilities are a 120mm mortar, a howitzer, a recovery vehicle, a combat engineering vehicle, bridgelayer and more.
1 of the main features is a jointly developed APS by IMI, Rafael, and IAI.
The APS is expected to feature not one, but two interceptors or maybe even 3 types of interceptors working independently. These will provide anti-ATGM and anti-KE defense.
Initially predicted to be a universal platform like the Armata, it is not really the case anymore.
Namers will be produced until 2027, with new batches coming this year with the Trophy.
Merkava 4 tanks are expected to be produced until 2020.
And the ATMOS was picked as the future artillery, and is now in development.
As said before in several interviews, this family of vehicles will not be a replacement for the current Merkava family and its derivatives.
And sadly there are no pictures of the prototypes yet.
Also, lately more Namer armored vehicles have been given to the army.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/def...icle/74346650/
https://aw.my.com/en/forum/showthread.php?39729-More-information-on-future-Israeli-vehicles
http://news.walla.co.il/item/2977227
https://defence.pk/threads/this-ironvision-helmet-can-see-through-armor.434434/#post-8401738
@Penguin @500 @Natan @PARIKRAMA @sarjenprabhu @mike2000 is back @Blue Marlin
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