Monday 6 July 2009

Israel Matzav: The IDF's new Tiger

The IDF's new Tiger

The IDF has a new personnel carrier - it's called the Tiger (Namer in Hebrew - pronounced with a short a and a short e).

Soldiers in one of the battalions in the IDF’s Golani infantry brigade are completing training on a new armored personnel carrier (APC) dubbed 'Namer' (pronounced na-MEHR), or Tiger, which is being hailed as a “perfect” weapon.

The Ground Forces Command is looking into the possibility of fitting the Namer with a 30 mm. cannon as well, reports IDF journal BaMachaneh. This will give the Namer added capabilities such as busting into structures in which terrorists are hiding and firing upward at very sharp angles, thus making infantry forces less dependent on tanks for operating against enemy infantry.

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Israel Matzav: The IDF's new Tiger

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