Israel Defense Forces IDF Merkava tank
An Israeli Merkava tank trains in the Golan Heights in March 2008.
  • Israel may be about to export its workhorse Merkava tank for the first time.
  • Reports say Israel is in talks to sell the tank to a European and a Middle Eastern country.
  • If exported widely, the tank could refill arsenals in countries that sent their armor to Ukraine.

Israel may be about to export its Merkava tank for the first time. One customer may be an Arab country. Another could be a European nation at odds with Turkey.