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Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today.
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Hamas shows captured Merkava off. No, really.
SgtSnake
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 08:25 AM UTC
I couldn't pass this one up.
"Aaah, be astonished at this devastating weapon of war that we brave fighters have captured! What? Use it in combat against its former owners?!?! I'm gonna have to think about that-I'll get back to ya...."

http://twitter.com/ofirgendelman/status/694133450962526208/photo/1
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 08:28 AM UTC
Old news, and what does it have to do with armor modeling?
The_musings_of_NBNoG
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 08:33 AM UTC
Not really looking for that one to come out in 1/35th

SgtSnake
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 08:40 AM UTC

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Old news, and what does it have to do with armor modeling?

Sorry I brought it up, other than the thread brings up the inflatables in ww2 England it was a complete waste of your time.
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 09:12 AM UTC
Well, it is a tank model.......
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California, United States
Joined: December 14, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 10:03 AM UTC
Ah, Hamas. What a fantastic group of engineers! Maybe they can design one for us. LOL
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 05:15 PM UTC
i quite enjoyed looking at this. it reminds me of those Kurdish homemade tanks.


I see Hamas got a number of mistakes on his model. maybe he should join Armourama to get tips on how to correctly portray detail.
Phael_minis
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 05:44 PM UTC
As we say in France : "le ridicule ne tue pas"...
iowabrit
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 06:57 PM UTC
The DML kit of it will be out next month.....
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 07:01 PM UTC
Lol to be fair the gun is OK....
Cantstopbuyingkits
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 07:02 PM UTC
So now we know who Dragon hired to work on their Black Label branded kits...
ironelf
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Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 07:24 PM UTC
Morning, Joel:

Thanks for sharing! It's interesting to say the least and every bit as relevant as any of the Nazi what-if stuff. Actually far more relevant.

Cheers!

Chris
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 03:59 AM UTC
I enjoyed reading it! What a ridiculously funny story,how they thought they could pass that off as a real Merkava is beyond me! Loved some of the funny comments above too.
obg153
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 06:46 AM UTC
I can almost visualize Ray Stevens riding this thru the desert, singing "Ahab, the Arab."
wowcool
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 07:08 AM UTC
Wasn't this a parade float? These types of organizations are particularly elaborate in planning their displays during "peacetime" and IMO Israeli government accounts on the interwebs aren't all too subtle about their opponents.
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 08:44 AM UTC
Yes it was.If you look at it closer you can even see the tires on the road.I was thinking it could be built on top of a BRDM-2 or even a GAZ-66 truck.
Vierville
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 03:53 PM UTC
According to the report I read hamas claimed it was a captured merkava,not a parade float.

There were even a few terrorists standing on top of it delivering speeches elaborating on how they had 'captured' it.
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 05:24 PM UTC
What [censored]s....no wonder they get their asses kicked and have to rely on children or woman suicide bombers to do their dirty work.
Vierville
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 10:18 PM UTC

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What [censored]s....no wonder they get their asses kicked and have to rely on children or woman suicide bombers to do their dirty work.


'cos they're too busy building fantasy tanks on Hilux chassis!
Cantstopbuyingkits
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Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 - 10:21 PM UTC

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What [censored]s....no wonder they get their asses kicked and have to rely on children or woman suicide bombers to do their dirty work.


What? We're in a global recession, everyone has cut back their spending a notch
gcdavidson
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Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 02:20 AM UTC
It's a double bluff - There's actually a real tank underneath the car underneath the fake tank.
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