During the exercise, the Israeli military tried to load a Merkava Mk3 tank onto a trailer, but it capsized.This one
Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes that the military has alreadymanaged to return the tank to the tracks with the help of a repair and recovery vehicle. From photographs posted online, it is clear that the combat vehicle was damaged. There is no information about casualties.
During an accident at a training site, a 70-tonthe tank drove onto the trailer, but did not stop in the right place, but continued moving. Because of this, he ran over the limiter, fell on his left side and fell off the trailer.
Journalists write that the cause of the accident could have been a technical malfunction of the Merkava Mk3.
The Merkava tank was designed and manufactured in Israel. The first serial Merkava Mk.1 was manufactured in 1979.