Talk:Challenger/@comment-7212162-20130410030346

i doubt it would stand against the new variant of the Abrams. the war we have been fighting has really made our engineers think outside the box it has lightweight armor that can survive even APAP (armor piercing added penetration) rounds, is surrounded by a mesh that renders RPG rounds useless, detonating them well before impact, has anti-missile flack explosives that rip oncoming missiles apart in mid air. it has an extremely accurate main gun capable of turning other armored vehicular targets into nothing more than twited reminder of what was. and, if im correct, the machine gun mounted on the turret is armed with armor piercing incendiary rounds, useful for detonating ammunition and fuel in opposing tanks. the merkava is however, a very good tank. i can act as a IFV/APC and mobile command vehicle due to its rear entrace. im not gonna lie, its a good tank. but the abrams has a bigger gun, and isnt much slower. the Merkava is more of a heavy IFV both are good, but i'll have to disagree