Description
1/35 Scale Israel Merkava ARV Battle Tank Kit, HB82457.
The set includes:
11 sprues with details,
upper and lower part of the case,
tower and tracks,
decal,
scheme for painting the model,
step by step instructions.
The first Merkava Mk.1 tank was produced in 1979. It was not supplied for export and is exclusively used by the Israel Defense Forces. The Merkava tank development program was approved in August 1970, shortly after Britain refused to sell Chieften tanks to Israel. The design work was headed by Major General Israel Tal, which is unusual for the world practice of tank construction. Tal was not an engineer, but a combat officer, a participant in all Arab-Israeli wars. During the Six-Day War, he commanded one of the three armored columns that defeated Egyptian forces in the Sinai, in the late 1960s he assumed the position of commander of the armored forces of the Israel Defense Forces (ISD).
