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IDF Achzarit 1

IDF Achzarit

IDF Achzarit Mk 2

Achzarit armed with an OWS station

Type Heavy armored personnel carrier

Place of origin Israel

Service history

Wars South Lebanon conflict (19822000)

Second Intifada

2006 Lebanon War

Gaza War

Production history

Designer Israeli Defence Forces Corps of Ordnance

Manufacturer NIMDA

Produced 1988 - Present

Specifications

Weight 44 tonnes

Length 6.20 m

Width 3.60 m

Height >2 m (estimate)

Crew 3 + 7 passengers

Armor 200 mm

Main

armament

27.62mm machine gun, 17.62mm Rafael Overhead Weapon Station

Engine diesel

850 hp (630 kW)

Power/weight 19 hp/tonne

Suspension torsion-bar

Operational

range

600 km

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IDF Achzarit 2

Speed 65 km/h

Rear view of an Achzarit

The Achzarit ( in Hebrew: "cruel", female inflection) is a

heavily armored armored personnel carrier manufactured by the Israeli

Defence Forces Corps of Ordnance.

History

The Achzarit is based on the Soviet-built T-54/T-55 tank, beginning

with those captured from Arab armies during the Arab-Israeli wars.

The IDF took the old T-55 tank and removed its turret and the chassis

was modified for troop carriage by adding a troop compartment and a

rear door. The original Soviet-made water-cooled diesel engine was

replaced with a more compact and powerful diesel engine, and other internal systems were upgraded. Reactive armor

was installed over the original armored tank chassis. The APC was created in 1988.

Design

Engine

The Achzarit Mk 1 has a 650-hp engine, while the Mk 2 has an 850-hp engine.

Weapons

It is armed with three 7.62 mm machine guns, including one Rafael Overhead Weapons Station, a machine gun

controlled from within the cabin, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems As a lesson from the Second

Intifada, a bulletproof glass turret was installed over one of the hatches to enable the commander to see outside

without being exposed to small arms fire and shrapnel.

Several Achzarit in service have been upgraded with a 12.7mm Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station in place

of the standard 7.62mm Rafael Overhead Weapon Station.

Operations

Because of its heavy armor, the Achzarit is sometimes called a Heavy APC (HAPC). Achzarit APCs are in service

with the IDF Golani Brigade, which operates near the Lebanese border and in the northern part of the West Bank and

with part of the IDF Givati Brigade.

Achzarit APCs took part in Operation Rainbow in Rafah, after a comparatively lightly armored M113 APC was

destroyed by an RPG. Achzarit APCs were also involved in the Gaza war.

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IDF Achzarit 3

References

External links

Achzarit Family + Tiran family (http://www.tsahal-miniature.com/tiran1.html)

Achzarit at Israeli-Weapons.com (http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/vehicles/

armored_personnel_carriers/achzarit/Achzarit.html)

Achzarit T-55 APC Walk Around Pages (http://www.primeportal.net/apc/andre_patschke/achzarit_walk_1.

htm)

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