Merkava.

[Marek_Tucan]

A sad Merkava-related not:
Maj. General Israel Tal died today, a week before his 86th birthday.
May he rest in peace.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...951557,00.html

[Richie61]

Originally Posted by Marek_Tucan

A sad Merkava-related not:
Maj. General Israel Tal died today, a week before his 86th birthday.
May he rest in peace.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...951557,00.html

RIP is a truely great armor leader and creator of the Israeli armour doctrine which led to the Israeli successes in the Sinai in the Six Day War.

[kevineduguay1]

Maj. General Israel Tal had a hand in the development of two other tanks, the XMBT-70 and the M1 Abrams. A true visionary.

[kevineduguay1]

Marek-Tucan,

While the Israelis use this tactic in the 1982 conflict it was not as wide spread as in the 2006 conflict.

As far as the game is concerned the longest scenario is 90 turns long. If the time elapsed per turn is 2 to 5 minutes then we are only talking about 3 to a max of a little over 7 hrs of real time. Putting troops in the back of a Merkava for this amount of time is not outside the scope of human endurance.

The videos show them practicing the deployment of infantry from the rear of this tank. Why practice something if its not intended to be used in battle?

EDIT: Achzarit has a 3 man crew and carries 7 infantry.