The Merkava is a main battle tank used by the Israel Defense Forces. The tank began development in 1973 and entered official service in 1979. The Merkava Mark III was introduced in December 1989 and was in production until 2003.

Kit features crisp exterior detail, 1-piece lower and upper hull, separate turret and hatch, side skirts with latch detail, rear hull bins, single piece 120 mm smoothbore gun barrel, 7.62mm machine guns and 12.7mm machine gun, simplified suspension with single piece track. Decals and 3-view color reference for (2) tanks.