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The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
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Lots of Merkava pics in the news...



An Israeli army tank fires at a jail in the West Bank city of Jericho March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk



An Israeli tank passes the damaged front of the prison during an army raid in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)



An Israeli tank takes position as smoke billows from the prison during an army raid in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)



An Israeli tank stands near the prison in the West Bank town of Jericho during an Israeli army raid March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad



Israeli soldiers load shells onto a tank during an Israeli army raid in the West Bank town of Jericho March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad



An Israeli soldier loads shells onto a tank during an Israeli army raid in the West Bank town of Jericho March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Oleg Popov



An Israeli tank advances outside the jail in the West Bank town of Jericho Tuesday March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)





An Israeli tank is positioned in front of a prison in the West Bank town of Jericho during an Israeli army raid March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad









An Israeli army tank manouvers in front of the prison as a fire burns during an army raid in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)







An Israeli tank is positioned in front of the prison in the West Bank town of Jericho during an Israeli army raid March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Oleg Popov



An Israeli tank takes its position as the Palestinian jail compound is stormed by Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Jericho. (AFP/Samuel Aranda)



Palestinian prisoners raise their hands as they walk past an Israeli army tank positioned next to the jail in the West Bank town of Jericho Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)



An Israeli army tank and bulldozer make their way into a prison compound in the West Bank town of Jericho during an Israeli army raid March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad



An Israeli tank is positioned in front of a prison in the West Bank town of Jericho during an Israeli army raid March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad



An Israeli tank turns over a vehicle next to the jail in the West Bank town of Jericho Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)



An Israeli tank is positioned in front of a prison in the West Bank town of Jericho during an Israeli army raid March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad



Palestinian prisoners raise their hands as they walk past an Israeli army tank positioned next to the jail in the West Bank town of Jericho Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Abrams



Smoke is seen billowing from a US tank after in was hit in a roadside bomb in Baghdad's eastern al-Qanat district. (AFP/Mustapha Ahmad)



Huge flames come out of a U.S. army Abrams battle tank, ieast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 10, 2006, after a large explosion set fire to it. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)





A U.S. tank burns after it was hit by a roadside bomb in Baghdad March 10, 2006. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani



Iraqis ride on a pony cart as a U.S. tanks passes by in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Bradley - not sure I've seen this aerial arrangement before???





A U.S. tank patrols a road near the scene of a roadside bomb attack targeting Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad March 12, 2006. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz





U.S. soldier on top of a tank talks to Iraqi children while on patrol near the scene of a roadside bomb attack targetting Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad March 12, 2006. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz

Warrior



Iraqi children gather near a British tank in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. (AFP/Essam al-Sudani)

Iraqi T-72



An Iraqi tank is parked at a checkpoint along a deserted intersection in Baghdad March 3, 2006. REUTERS/Namir NoorEldeen

Iraqi T-?



An Iraqi army tank guards the street leading to a Shiite holy shrine, in Kazimiyah, a northern Baghdad suburb, Iraq, Friday, March 10, 2006. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Hato)



Iraqi soldiers patrol in a tank near Taji, air base 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)



An Iraqi soldier walks passed a row of Iraqi Army tanks at Taji air base 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 5, 2006. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)



Soviet model T-72 Iraqi tanks from the 9th Army Mechanized Division line up during a training session at the Besmaya range near Taji, northeast of Baghdad.(AFP/Karim Sahib) Email Photo Print Photo

Iraqi BMP-1s



Iraqi soldiers on top of their armored vehicle secure Shiite al-Khilani mosque in central Baghdad. (AFP/Mustapha Ahmad)



Iraqi soldiers aboard a tank patrol a street near a Sunni shrine in Baghdad March 10, 2006. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber



An Iraqi boy stands near a tank on patrol providing security in central Baghdad March 10, 2006. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber



An Iraqi man walks past an Iraqi tank in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 10, 2006. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed ) Email Photo Print Photo



An Iraqi tank is parked along a street to provide security in central Baghdad March 10, 2006. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber





Iraqi soldiers patrol a road aboard a tank near the scene of a car bomb attack in northern Baghdad March 6, 2006. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen



Iraqi soldiers in a tank patrol a road in Baghdad March 1, 2006. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber

Cascavel EE-9



Army troops make an operation at the Vila dos Pinheiros slum looking for stolen weapons in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, March 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)





A Brazilian army tank takes its position during an operation to search for weapons at the Mangueira slum in Rio de Janeiro March 7, 2006. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes







A Brazilian army tank takes its position in front of the Estacao Primeira de Mangueira samba school building during an operation to search for weapons at the Mangueira slum in Rio de Janeiro March 6, 2006. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

ENGESA EE-11 Urutu







An armoured vehicle patrols the Rocinha slum during an operation to search for weapons in Rio de Janeiro March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Email Photo Print Photo



Residents walk past an armoured vehicle at the entrance of the Mangueira slum during an operation to search for weapons in Rio de Janeiro March 12, 2006. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes





Army troops backed by tanks take part in a widening search for rifles stolen from an army barracks as a child rides his bike, at the Mangueira hillside slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday, March 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

LVT6H





Philippine Marine tank rolls back to the barracks at the Marine headquarters in Manila February 26, 2006. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

LAV-150s





Armoured vehicles make their positions as they arrive at the Philippine military headquarters in Camp Aguinnaldo. (AFP/Luis Liwang)

T-72s & BMP-2s?





Indian Army tanks take part in a military exercise at Teesta firing range, about 42 km (26 miles) from the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri March 3, 2006. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Afghan T-?





Afghan National Army (ANA) tanks manoeuvre during a joint military exercise with German soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood



An Afghan National Army (ANA) tank fires during a joint military exercise with German soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Wiesel



German tanks manoeuvre during a joint military exercise with Afghan National Army (ANA) on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan February 16, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

T-?



A man rides a bicycle past a stalled tank in southern Sudan, September 12, 2005. REUTERS/David Mwangi



Eritreans walk past a tank abandoned during the 1998-200 border war with Ethiopia, in Shambuko Town December 23, 2005. REUTERS/Ed Harris


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:08 pm
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The Merkavas all seem to have the over-barrel mountings for 12.7mm machine guns.

Excellent photo collection. Thank you very kindly.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:27 pm
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The .50cal mounted over the gun is for counter sniper/manual ranging as It has been explained to me in the past.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:56 pm
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The Merkava is one cool lookin' tank ... would like to see an R/C version!

Thanks for the pics!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:56 pm
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Anyone know what the hoop looking things are on the Bradley?

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:33 am
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I figured they were radio aerials tied together or looped over?

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:35 am
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Hmm... But they're probably too wide to be antennas huh?

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:38 am
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They look wide for antennae, but just right for "bows" over which to hang some sun cover when in static postions. Never seen this on a Bradley, but recall an M109 used to guard a junk yard that had an improvised "tent" to protect the crew from the sun when standing guard.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:54 am
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Some more pics...

Nepali BTR?



A boy walks past a Nepalese army armored vehicle at Khanikhola, Nepal, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)



Villagers walk past a Nepalese army armored vehicle at Khanikhola, Nepal, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)

BMP-2



Indonesian soldiers patrol in a Russian-made BMP-2 armored fighting vehicle at the Exxon owned Arun natural gas fields near Lhokseumawe in Indonesia's Aceh province, in this April 5, 2001 file photo. (AP Photo/Ed Wray, FILE)

GPV at Fort Knox



Major General Robert Williams, Commanding General, US Army Armor Center in Fort Knox, KY, stands in front of a GPV Commander 6x6x6 vehicle while talking to reporters about the vehicle and equipment demonstration being conducted at the base, Sunday, MArch 5, 2006. (AP Photo / David Harpe)

LAV III



Canadian soldiers in a LAV III (Light Armoured Vehicle) drive past the ruins of the King's Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this file photo.(CPimages/ho-Department of National Defence-Sgt. Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera)



A Canadian soldier examines damaged armored vehicle after the suicide bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Friday, March 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Noor Khan)





A Canadian soldier stands beside the damaged armored vehicle after the suicide bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Friday. (AP Photo/Noor Khan)



A Canadian armoured vehicle, damaged in a suspected suicide car bomb attack, is towed from a roadside near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, March 3, 2006.REUTERS/Ismail sameem

TIFV?





Turkish military armoured personnel carrier (APC) carrying civilians to safety moves through a flooded street in the northwestern town of Karaagac, near the border city of Edirne close to the Greek border, March 14, 2006. REUTERS/Cihan News Agency

These kids look like they're having fun, amidst the crisis...



A Turkish military armoured personnel carrier (APC) carrying school children to safety moves through a flooded street in the northwestern town of Karaagac, near the border city of Edirne close to the Greek border, March 14, 2006. REUTERS/CHA

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African Union armoured vehicles deploy in Sudan's Darfur region, November 18, 2005. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin



U.N. peacekeepers sit on the top of their armoured vehicle in the outskirts of Aveba, about 65 km (40 miles) southwest of Bunia, the main town in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri district in this United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) handout February 28, 2006. REUTERS/MONUC/Handout

M113



A U.N. peacekeeper sits on the top of his armoured vehicle in the outskirts of Aveba in the Democratic Republic of Congo February 28, 2006. REUTERS/MONUC/Handout
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:07 am
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The wheeled armoured personnel carriers in Darfur are Canadian Grizzly 6X6 machines on loan to African Union forces.
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Those Nepali vehicles aren't BTRs (which are usually 8-wheelers), they could be French VABs.

Cheers,

Jens O.
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