Anybody good at dessert fighting

[Imp]

How do you stop a superior armored force in mainly open terrain, the likes of Europe Asia you can get round the problem with cover. Quite how the likes of Israels neighbours stop them is beyond me once the Merkava comes along. Have been trying & no matter the visibility just cant stop them. Somehow getting infantry in range seems the only way but no way is that easy especialy once the Mk 2 comes along.
Merkava accurate hard to kill inc impervious to most ATGMs RPGs from the front, has TI & 6 smoke dishargers.
So high visibilty shot stands a good chance of not penetrating at range then it pops smoke making you a sitting duck. Low visibily is worse you dont even see them total domination. So they just roll forward with APCs taging along behind, bump into some infantry it fires of smoke APC moves up & unloads. Now your infantry dies as its unsupported, Israeli infantry have 2 LMGs & most visibilitys APCs can pull back & help the Merkava out with firesupport goodnight. Even when the other side gets TI it makes little diffrence as they cant kill without flank shots. Eventualy they get tanks capable of taking on from the front but if the odd Mk4 appears they now have 50TI so low visibility Israel always has the advantage scout vehicles not realy required. High visibility & dust they might actualy lose a few of these but scout vehicles criss cross in front of the advance pulling back into the dust cloud which the TI tanks advance in.
Either way most time frames until the battles nearly over you hardly see an Israeli vehicle if done right let alone kill one with ground forces, same cant be said for your vehicles however. Once TI ATGMs are available both troop & mobile these are your only real hope if you can keep them alive long enough to get in position for a kill shot.
Not even tried attacking them but the only way to defend against is give them the desserts & attempt to stop them in the hills & cities. If there was a force tailored to dessert warfare this is it & from the 90s troops have 10 vision to making killing even a man at night a major triumph.