ErikB Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Hi everybody, I'm busy with a quickie project; Tamiya's Merkava Mk.1. Looking at walk-arounds on the internet I see that the museum pieces have both the ball & chain protection at the back of the turret and the anti-slip coating on the horizontal surfaces of the tank. I'd like to finish the model as a vehicle from the 1982 Lebanon era. Are the ball & chains retrofits from the period that the Merkava Mk.2 and newer entered service, as I believe it was one of the modifications from Mk.1 to Mk.2 as a result from lessons learned during the Lebanon war with the Mk.1? Was the anti-slip surface in place from the outset or was it a later modification? Thanks in advance! Cheers, Erik B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Degenhardt Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 About the ball & chain - according to my literature it was invented after the 1982 Lebanon war and a standard feature from the MK II onwards but MK I tanks were also retrofitted with the device after the war. Don't know about the anti-slip coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demiles Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) short answer yes and yes check out the links below https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkava scroll down to merk 1 and pic on right http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/vehicles/tanks/merkava/MerkavaMk1.html Edited January 6, 2016 by demiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XL929 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 The Merkava I at the Latrun museum has the anti-slip coating, but no ball & chain turret armour. (well it did when I visited in 2013!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikB Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 Thanks for the answers, guys! Much appreciated! Cheers, Erik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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