Hello! this update is long overdue, so first of all, I have been okay since the last update, thankfully the events currently unfolding in my nation and around it have not directly affected me nor have they affected my family, however in some ways they have affected my research, that aside, I am very happy to say that next week, on the seventh of July I will be in the IDF archive for the first time, where I hope to find new information regarding 1948 IDF tanks and armor, I have a long list of vehicles and details to look for, however I can’t expect to find any of them in my first visit, but I believe this is the beginning on a new era for me and the website, with much higher level of research.
As for articles currently being worked on, I am in the finishing stages of research for a Magach identification guide, and a friend of mine, the same friend who wrote the Samovar article and is working on an updated version of the website, is working on a Merkava identification guide, however that one is expected to take longer, due to the higher complexity of the vehicle family and the fact that we will pass the Merkava guide through military censorship prior to publishing. On another note, Akagi, a French buddy of mine, who has a YouTube channel in which he makes videos about tanks in French is currently working in a video on early Israeli armor, while I don’t speak French I look forward to it’s release.
On a different note, recently me and friends from my research group have put a lot of effort into finding photos and identifying tank ammunition used by early Israeli armor, we have managed to confirm two types of shells for the M1903 7.5cm Krupp gun, four types of shells for 75 mm M3 gun, two types of shells for 37 mm M5/M6 guns, and a few more shells here and there, I hope to find and identify more as time goes on and eventually publish the information in future articles.
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5 responses to “Writing update #11”
Do you plan to write about heavy APCs at any point?
Looking forward to reading the posts/articles.
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HAPCs are very interesting to me, and I do hope to write something about them one day, the Merkava guide will obviously include a section on Namer, Nemera, and those types of things, and my Magach guide will include a photo or two and a small bit of text on the Magachon but as that HAPC never went anywhere don’t expect too much information, I don’t plan any separate article for them as of now, but this is all very dynamic and ideas pop in and out quickly, so we’ll see, is there any specific reason you’re interested in them? If it’s photographs or general info I might be able to help however I am not very knowledgeable on HAPCs 🙂
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No particular special interest, but I am fascinated by the designs which are odd and different, and those which never got into service. There are many AFVs which fit that description from most militaries.
HAPCs are not that common, many armies have considered them, but few have them in service, whereas the IDF seems to have masses of interesting designs for all sorts of HAPCs.
I figured given your previous detailed articles that anything on HAPCs would have a high information content 🙂
Regards,
Frank
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I would just like to say that I really appreciate the research you have done and I wish you the best of luck with the Magach identification article. I don’t know about military censorship, but it would be very interesting to learn more about the Special Forces Tanks that I‘ve heard of.
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Hello! It means a lot to me that you appreciate what I do 😀
As for special forces tanks… The IDF has only one special forces unit in the armoured corps, it being a unit by the name of Melech Ha’Arayot, often abbreviated to Malar, while over the years small amounts of information about them has dripped down to my ears and I have found a few photos online, due to national security I will refrain from publishing any and all information about them in my articles and guides, all I can tell you is that most of what soldiers say about them is rumours, unsupported by any evidence.
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