Barak to Gates: Buy 'Namer' Vehicles for US Army

Arutz Sheva, Israel ^ | 12/14/10 | Gil Ronen

[FreedomPoster]

Free Republic Treadhead Ping

[PIF]

Over on the link page, commenters claim the vehicle is made in the US (and better protected than the Bradley).

[BradyLS]

Thrilling!!!

[csmusaret]

Remember the M114?

[MrB]

Congress outlawed that vehicle.

(I believe with the agenda of reducing family size)

[DCBryan1]

Thanks for the ping.....Namer is a true urban assault vehicle....a can of whoopass x12 inside every one of them.

[Constitution Day]

That is one behemoth of a wagon!

Call me crazy, but I have been wanting a 1968 to ‘72 Vista Cruiser for years now.

[DemforBush]

The engine placement would definitely be an issue. The Israelis and Russians tried to address this with the heavies they made from old T-54/55’s (the Achzarit and the BTR-T) but neither look wholly to have been successful. The Israelis somehow managed to squeeze in a rear door next to the engine, but it sticks out like a sore thumb. Russia apparently is satisfied with having the troops jump out of roof hatches(!).

[MasterGunner01]

The biggest problem facing anyone who wishes to recycle old armored vehicles (tanks) into APCs is engine placement. All American tanks like the M4, M26/M46, M47, M48, M60, and M1 have rear-mounted engines. However, location of the final drive and transmission have been moved from the front to the rear to make things much more compact.

The Israeli Merkava (”Chariot” in Hebrew) Mk IV main battle tank (MBT) has a front-mounted engine-transmission combination, with rear door. The Merkava MBT can carry four infantrymen in the rear in addition to their crew. The Merkava MBT is armored accordingly. The Merkava-derived APC “Namer” shares these attributes.

Alternately, the M113A3 “Gavin” is more of a lightly armored “battle taxi” for infantry that's designed to protect the occupants from shell fragments. The M2/M3 Bradley/Chaffee armored infantry fighting vehicles are very much improvements over the M113, but neither can compete with “Namer” for use in the urban warfare environment.

“Namer” puts its troopers under heavy armor and has a remotely controlled weapons system with day/night targeting ability. Combine this with the IDF “Trophy” vehicle defense system against AT rockets and missiles and you have the most advanced APC available today.

[An Old Man]

"Is that the one built on the chassis of surplus Soviet tanks? "

"The Namer IFV is based on a Merkava Mark IV chassis and "

Ya trying ta put everyone on eh?

[BradyLS]

I posted before I read the article. Sorry for the confusion.

[SunkenCiv]

The Namer IFV is based on a Merkava Mark IV chassis and armed with either M2 Browning machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher mounted on a Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station, It also has another 7.62 mm MAG machine gun and a 60 mm mortar.

Israel's been building some decent UAVs. I will not be at all surprised to see Israel field the first combat robots. Thanks sukhoi-30mki.

[ASOC]

THe Merkava was designed from the ground up tp be the most survivable MBT ever.

And has worked out pretty well.

[SJackson]

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[Friend_from_the_Frozen_North]

Think I like their Barak better than our Barak...

[Eleutheria5]

“I will not be at all surprised to see Israel field the first combat robots.”

Has Sara Connor been warned?

[SunkenCiv]

Some guy, said he was from the future...