Several photos that appeared on social networks show that the Israeli army resorted to an improvisation that first appeared during the war in Ukraine: the already known “protective cages” to protect tanks and armored vehicles.

The situation was reported by the administrators of the OSINTTechnical page, known for monitoring military equipment during the war unleashed by President Vladimir Putin, initially speaking of an isolated incident:

However, other photos later appeared showing that the Ukrainian military installed “protective cages” on their Merkava tanks:

We will remind that such improvisation first appeared in Ukraine last year, in the first months of the war, when Russian tankers installed these “cages” on their combat vehicles, and the Ukrainian military sowed chaos among them with portable anti-tank installations. Spear and NLAW.

However, later this year, the Ukrainian military also began to resort to this improvisation to protect its combat equipment from kamikaze drones used by the Russians.

Although Ukraine had an almost complete advantage in this regard a few months after the invasion began, when its military began using US-provided Switchblade kamikaze drones, Russia has since made up for its lack of equipment with help from Iran and a boost in its defense efforts. industry

Why do Israeli tankers have such improvisations?

As for the “improvisational cages” that Israeli tankers now use to mount their Merkava combat vehicles, which are considered to be among the most advanced tanks in the world, some observers speculate that they may be intended solely to protect them from drones.

By the way, the images that appeared on social networks from the first day of the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel showed that the Islamist terrorists managed to destroy several Merkava tanks in a strange way, one of which was disabled by a grenade launched from a drone, yet one improvisation that arose during the war in Ukraine.

Iran, which helped Russia restore drone leadership over Ukraine, finances both Hamas and Hezbollah, the terrorist organization in Lebanon that has carried out attacks on Israel. However, it is not yet clear how many drones Iran has sent to Islamist militants.

Another possibility for the installation of “safety cages” concerns the preparation for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Tanks engaged in urban guerrilla warfare after entering cities can be very easily targeted and in some cases damaged enough to be disabled by Molotov cocktails as they advance through narrow streets.

In this way, equipment worth millions of dollars can be lost to a weapon that costs only a few dollars to manufacture.

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