Israel Army's Next-generation armored personnel carrier (APC)

[Metallic]

17 february 2009

The Israel army's next-generation armored personnel carrier received its baptism by fire during Operation Lead Cast last month.

The newest model Namer (Tiger), which is produced locally, joined the Israel Defense Forces' ranks in recent months. Several dozen are being used in infantry training. Eventually, the IDF is hoping to replace all of its older APCs with the new model.

The first infantry brigade to receive the new APC was Golani, which used three such vehicles in a brigade exercise two months ago.

Golani soldiers used their veteran Achzarit APCs during most of the offensive in the Gaza Strip, but during the final days of the operation, they also brought some of the new vehicles into battle to test their capabilities.

The new APC served as a forward command position for the Golani commander. Some crews received rushed training in order to use the vehicle in Gaza.

The IDF has ordered about 130 such vehicles, at a cost of $3 million each, and there are plans to acquire as many as 800.

It is seeking to replace most of the older APCs in use by the ground forces.

The Namer is based on the Merkava Mark IV Main Battle Tank chassis and has some of the most sophisticated battle management and protection equipment available.

The Namer was developed around the Merkava's hull in part so that ground forces and armor would have both speed and mobility, as well as protection on the battlefield.

Israel Namer APC

The Namer is an APC based on the Merkava tank. It is an advanced APC which is slated to enter combat service in the IDF. The Namer is based on the body of the Merkava 4, and much like a tank, it is capable of maneuvering in very difficult terrain. It has advanced defensive systems, and an internal air-conditioning unit which makes battle in areas contaminated by hazardous materials possible. The Namer has specialized equipment installed which is designated for various purposes. Among these apparatus are a number of machine guns, missile launchers, and reconnaissance equipment for daytime and night. Special stress was put on the protection of the soldiers within the APC, during its design stages. Among the many systems which will be installed on the Namer is the "wind coat", a system which identifies threats and neutralizes them, before they manage to hit the vehicle. The IDF decided to create this craft mostly due to the lessons learned in the battles of the Second Lebanon War, in the summer of 2006. The Namer will allow quicker and safer advancement of infantry forces, similar to that of the Armor forces. The Namer APC will be distributed to the Infantry and Engineering forces, with possible future plans for special models for Intelligence and command purposes.

The Namer APC is at the cutting edge of APC technology, and all that pertains to protecting foot soldiers in the IDF. The systems and technology which it sports are among the most advanced in the world, and they are mostly of Israeli manufacture. All of the companies which participated in the project did so while working closely with the IDF. The state of affairs in the Middle East, and continuous advances in technology, together with the willingness of the army to accept change, give the IDF an advantage on the battlefield.

Namer APC based on Merkava Mk. 4 chassis.

 

[metalfalcon]

Why Israel is Making Lot of Efforts to make Its Armour So Solid and Protective When it has to Face only Stones Thrown From the Palestinians.

 

[Beskar]

Why Israel is Making Lot of Efforts to make Its Armour So Solid and Protective When it has to Face only Stones Thrown From the Palestinians.

Probably because this APC is built on the Merkava Mark IV Chassis. Merkava is one of the heaviest tank in the world with a total weight of 65 Tonnes. That's right, even heavier than the Indian Arjun MBT. So that's exactly why this APC looks like a "Fortress" on wheels. With it's naturally "Strong" and "Heavy" base, the armour would HAVE to be strong and thick to withstand Rockets and AP bullets.

 

[Jihad]

Nice pictures.
A new generation of bloodshed is on it's way together with these APC's I guess.
Israel is truly a country full of cowards.
How can they enter poor civilian territory, a place where there aren't even basic life needs, in state of the art vehicles and equipment?

 

[Unkowntruth]

Brother.....Their army is coward. All they do is shoot at kids. I remember when I was little and throwing stones at them. They rubber coat the bullets, so it looks like as if when they shoot kids it is with rubber bullets. The rubber they put over the bullet does nothing to stop the bullet from penetrating someone's skull and I mean deep.

The reason for the new APC, because how bad of whooping Hezbollah gave them back in 2006. They made the armor like the merkava, so they can run away from Hezbollah and lose less casualties during battle Israeli soldiers have no heart, no dignity, no passion, no will to fight. All they can do is hide behind the latest equipment and armor and shoot at kids.

 

[Salahadin]

Brother.....Their army is coward. All they do is shoot at kids. I remember when I was little and throwing stones at them. They rubber coat the bullets, so it looks like as if when they shoot kids it is with rubber bullets. The rubber they put over the bullet does nothing to stop the bullet from penetrating someone's skull and I mean deep.

The reason for the new APC, because how bad of whooping Hezbollah gave them back in 2006. They made the armor like the merkava, so they can run away from Hezbollah and lose less casualties during battle Israeli soldiers have no heart, no dignity, no passion, no will to fight. All they can do is hide behind the latest equipment and armor and shoot at kids.

Man I can only imagine what pain you Palestinians goes through.. i know freedom is a must. If not because of M Ali Jinah we wold have been in a similar situation like Palestine. I love pakistan and I hope to live till that day when Palestine gets its freedom.

 

[savgbst]

its amusing how badly you guys lie. first you say that you are only throwing rocks, and the Israelis only shoot kids. then you talk about how they got beaten back.

well if they were in tanks, getting beaten back, obviously you were throwing more than rocks. and why were there children there? oh thats right, because you hide behind them. which causes the professional soldiers in the better gear with the better training and discipline to disengage so they wouldn't harm the civilians. the soldiers who were there in the first place responding to rocket attacks...not thrown stones. but then you accuse the Israelis of cowardice.

your bullshit doesn't even match up when you try to lie about it. you give the evidence of your crap in your own lies!!

you really, really need to get together on your lies. think, before you speak. you cant simultaneously say you're defenseless civvies then brag about beating back tanks with "rocks." you cant hide behind children then blame the other side when they get hurt. you cant launch rockets into cities and then say you have no weapons. you really just look stupid when you tell your lies.

 

[echo 1]

Brother.....Their army is coward. All they do is shoot at kids. I remember when I was little and throwing stones at them. They rubber coat the bullets, so it looks like as if when they shoot kids it is with rubber bullets. The rubber they put over the bullet does nothing to stop the bullet from penetrating someone's skull and I mean deep.

The reason for the new APC, because how bad of whooping Hezbollah gave them back in 2006. They made the armor like the merkava, so they can run away from Hezbollah and lose less casualties during battle Israeli soldiers have no heart, no dignity, no passion, no will to fight. All they can do is hide behind the latest equipment and armor and shoot at kids.

To be honest with you my friend it more simple then all of this. Its because they are out numbered and want to preserve as many soldiers as possible. Also becasue it cost a lot of mony to train the soldiers they have trained. They are ranked very high in abilities and their record shows it. That is why armor is such a factor for them.

 

[gambit]

its amusing how badly you guys lie. first you say that you are only throwing rocks, and the Israelis only shoot kids. then you talk about how they got beaten back.

well if they were in tanks, getting beaten back, obviously you were throwing more than rocks. and why were there children there? oh thats right, because you hide behind them. which causes the professional soldiers in the better gear with the better training and discipline to disengage so they wouldn't harm the civilians. the soldiers who were there in the first place responding to rocket attacks...not thrown stones. but then you accuse the Israelis of cowardice.

your bullshit doesn't even match up when you try to lie about it. you give the evidence of your crap in your own lies!!

you really, really need to get together on your lies. think, before you speak. you cant simultaneously say you're defenseless civvies then brag about beating back tanks with "rocks." you cant hide behind children then blame the other side when they get hurt. you cant launch rockets into cities and then say you have no weapons. you really just look stupid when you tell your lies.

Whoa...Critical and logical thought process...NOW CUT THAT OUT...!!!



But seriously...Back in Desert Storm, before our little USAF unit entered Kuwait city, after the ground forces have driven the Iraqi army out, we were given a briefing/order that there may be small Iraqi units left behind to conduct guerrilla warfare and they most likely will use civilian human shields, and that we were to expend as much efforts as possible to reduce Kuwaiti civilian casualties, at increased risks to our own, of course. Those Iraqi 'special forces' never materialized but the point was not missed by everyone -- that civilian human shields is an accepted and encouraged tactic in that part of the world.

It came from a combination of :

- The belief that in war, there is no gradation of involvement by anyone, it is an either/or proposition, a black/white perspective, that no one is absolved or removed from the political context of the conflict in any degree. If you are alive, you are a combatant or a tool of/for a combatant. The only way out is if you are dead. Either/Or and Black/White. This is not your perspective but the combatant's. You can make it your perspective if you wish.

- The lack of reportage or lesser emphasis on this belief by the Western media in contrast to whenever an error, aka 'collateral damage', occurred from a combat action by a Western-trained soldier.

- The many attempts to justify the use of human shields by Western apologists such as disparity in weapons.

All three items feed and reenforce each other. For the last item, many of us, myself included, came to the conviction that these Wester apologists secretly wish for increased civilian deaths so that they can have the necessary moral and rhetorical ammunition against their own society. They are no more caring about civilians than those who actually hide behind those civilians.

 

[navtrek]

Why Israel is Making Lot of Efforts to make Its Armour So Solid and Protective When it has to Face only Stones Thrown From the Palestinians.

Israel is surrounded with countries waiting to annihilate them & the only resource they have is the human resource,So i guess they are striving to protect their soldiers

 

[gubbi]

its amusing how badly you guys lie. first you say that you are only throwing rocks, and the Israelis only shoot kids. then you talk about how they got beaten back.

well if they were in tanks, getting beaten back, obviously you were throwing more than rocks. and why were there children there? oh thats right, because you hide behind them. which causes the professional soldiers in the better gear with the better training and discipline to disengage so they wouldn't harm the civilians. the soldiers who were there in the first place responding to rocket attacks...not thrown stones. but then you accuse the Israelis of cowardice.

Nicely put, I couldn't have said it better. Don't get me wrong here, I do support the Palestinian cause for a free state, but abhor and despise the fact that Hamas and PA now are engaged in their own little private bickering killing many Palestinians among themselves, not to mention the fact that they do use civilians, kids, as sheilds! Whoa, what machoism!! And to boot they criticize Israel as cowards, who live in a very unfriendly neighborhood - the I will kill you even if you dare to look up kind of - and have managed to keep off/scare off attackers for almost 6 decades.

Whoa...Critical and logical thought process...NOW CUT THAT OUT...!!!


It came from a combination of :

- The belief that in war, there is no gradation of involvement by anyone, it is an either/or proposition, a black/white perspective, that no one is absolved or removed from the political context of the conflict in any degree. If you are alive, you are a combatant or a tool of/for a combatant. The only way out is if you are dead. Either/Or and Black/White. This is not your perspective but the combatant's. You can make it your perspective if you wish.

- The lack of reportage or lesser emphasis on this belief by the Western media in contrast to whenever an error, aka 'collateral damage', occurred from a combat action by a Western-trained soldier.

- The many attempts to justify the use of human shields by Western apologists such as disparity in weapons.

All three items feed and reenforce each other. For the last item, many of us, myself included, came to the conviction that these Wester apologists secretly wish for increased civilian deaths so that they can have the necessary moral and rhetorical ammunition against their own society. They are no more caring about civilians than those who actually hide behind those civilians.

Nice analysis. But hey go easy on that sarcasm bit. Some might misunderstand your intentions
Merkava-4 is definitely a very good platform, and should I say the sexiest beast among them all! Yup that includes the T-90 and out Arjun MBT
Gambit, what do you think about the Merkava-4 as compared to the Leclercs, Challengers, Leopards, the Abrahms and the T-90. Have you ever ridden in a Merkava?
Why don't the Israelis export the Merkava when everything else is on sale?

 

[abbasniazi]

its amusing how badly you guys lie. first you say that you are only throwing rocks, and the Israelis only shoot kids. then you talk about how they got beaten back.

well if they were in tanks, getting beaten back, obviously you were throwing more than rocks. and why were there children there? oh thats right, because you hide behind them. which causes the professional soldiers in the better gear with the better training and discipline to disengage so they wouldn't harm the civilians. the soldiers who were there in the first place responding to rocket attacks...not thrown stones. but then you accuse the Israelis of cowardice.

your bullshit doesn't even match up when you try to lie about it. you give the evidence of your crap in your own lies!!

you really, really need to get together on your lies. think, before you speak. you cant simultaneously say you're defenseless civvies then brag about beating back tanks with "rocks." you cant hide behind children then blame the other side when they get hurt. you cant launch rockets into cities and then say you have no weapons. you really just look stupid when you tell your lies.

I'll ask u americans about bravery and courage the day a daisy cutter explodes on chicago university killing ur children as u do in the tribal areas of pakistan killing kids aging from 10-15 years.

I'll ask u americans about rape(Oh sorry ur women are unaware of the this word because its is the top most gesture of socialism in ur society), sorry question taken back.

according to surveys done a few years back more then 80% americans are illegitimate children of their parents, so we mustn't expect ethics from you people.

u justify your position even after forcing the foundation of illegitimate state like israel and strengthening them with whatever u have in ur arsenal to kill innocent civilians and yet accuse the palestinians of being terrorists.

Intefada of palestine started after 20+ years of continous barbarism of the jews in the occupied territories(The whole of israel), palestinians sacrificed so much and tested the limits of their tolerence before reacting in self defence.

Now u people who call themselves the champions of democracy doesn't accept the overwhelming win of hizbullah because it doesn't serve your purpose, u r hippocrats, liars, cheaters, deceivers, traitors, conspirious people.

look at your lives, when u r born u don't know whether the person your mother is living with is your father or u r a result of a casual sexual encounter, then u growup and almost 95% of ur girls lose their honour to people in school time while boozing and mostly become mothers of illegitimate children.

then u spend ur life without belief, have u ever analysed how many of u americans are believers? for you people GOD is a fashionable myth, just another word, have u ever noticed how u potray jesus in ur movies and cartoons? if a muslim would have done that in a muslim country to the jesus he would have been hanged by the muslim govt for that.

we aren't the people who take cover of human shield, we have been fighting u in barren areas, mountains, deserts, everwhere and its u who are confined like cattle in your green zones and we are waiting for you to comeout and get inhialated.

 

[graphican]

Why Israel is Making Lot of Efforts to make Its Armour So Solid and Protective When it has to Face only Stones Thrown From the Palestinians.

Because they are not looking to counter those stone-throwers but countries that have capacity to stop them when they will expand their borders to other countries including Syria and Egypt. Israel will expand its borders between the river in Syria Euphrates and Nile in Egypt.

Let them incapacitate Iran and Pakistan,the only two Muslim counties that have capacity and to stop Israel from doing so, you will see them invade these countries within a month. They are looking to invoke Dajjal and per scriptures, Arrival of Dajjal (Antichrist) is only possible when the state of Israel has established the way it must.

 

[Comet]

its amusing how badly you guys lie. first you say that you are only throwing rocks, and the Israelis only shoot kids. then you talk about how they got beaten back.

well if they were in tanks, getting beaten back, obviously you were throwing more than rocks. and why were there children there? oh thats right, because you hide behind them. which causes the professional soldiers in the better gear with the better training and discipline to disengage so they wouldn't harm the civilians. the soldiers who were there in the first place responding to rocket attacks...not thrown stones. but then you accuse the Israelis of cowardice.

your bullshit doesn't even match up when you try to lie about it. you give the evidence of your crap in your own lies!!

you really, really need to get together on your lies. think, before you speak. you cant simultaneously say you're defenseless civvies then brag about beating back tanks with "rocks." you cant hide behind children then blame the other side when they get hurt. you cant launch rockets into cities and then say you have no weapons. you really just look stupid when you tell your lies.

Read his post carefully, and then reply.

Their are two actors mentioned there, one Palestinians and others Hezbollah.

Palestinians are poor people and can't afford more than stones to repel attacks on their homes. On the other hand Hezbollah is well armed and can kick kick the $**t out of Israel Army.

 

[Renegade]

Nice pictures.
A new generation of bloodshed is on it's way together with these APC's I guess.
Israel is truly a country full of cowards.
How can they enter poor civilian territory, a place where there aren't even basic life needs, in state of the art vehicles and equipment?

Your ignorance about the Israelis and their heriocs is alarming. I would suggest more reading before you make statements like that.

Read about the Six Day War, the Yom-Kippu War, about the Raid on Entibee in Uganda - to mention a few instances of Israeli daredevilry, which the arabs have had neither the balls or the brains to match.