Ra'am Sagol - Revision history

U124020073: /* General info */ Added informations on the protection and devices.

2024-10-20T21:05:36Z

‎General info: Added informations on the protection and devices.

U38088265: /* Description */

2024-08-25T13:02:44Z

‎Description

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Added data

U38088265: Edits

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U124382833: Submitting the same history chapter AGAIN. It appears to have been ignored the first time.

2024-07-06T20:45:09Z

Submitting the same history chapter AGAIN. It appears to have been ignored the first time.

U38088265: U38088265 moved page Raam Segol to Ra'am Sagol: Renamed in 2.37

2024-06-19T12:50:01Z

U38088265 moved page Raam Segol to Ra'am Sagol: Renamed in 2.37

U7606801: added usage

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added usage

U124382833: /* History */

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‎History

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‎See also: Edits

U44629479: /* Media */ Added Shooting Range episode

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‎Media: Added Shooting Range episode

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 ! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
 |-
-| Hull || ___ mm || ___ mm ''Top'' <br> ___ mm ''Bottom'' || ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm
+| Hull || 60 mm (66-78°) *Front glacis*
 |-
-| Turret || ___ - ___ mm ''Turret front'' <br> ___ mm ''Gun mantlet'' || ___ - ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm || ___ - ___ mm
+| Turret || ~165 mm ''Turret front'' <br> ~180 mm ''Gun mantlet'' || 60 mm || ~40 mm || 20-40 mm
 |-
-| Cupola || ___ mm || ___ mm || ___ mm || ___ mm
+| Cupola || 30 mm || 30 mm || 30 mm || 30 mm
 |-
 |}
-'''Notes:''' <!-- Any additional notes which the user needs to be aware of -->
+'''Notes:''' <!-- -Additional 10mm side hull armor plates.
 <!-- Example: * Suspension wheels are 20 mm thick, tracks are 30 mm thick, and torsion bars are 60 mm thick. -->
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 == Armaments ==
-{{Specs-Tank-Armaments}}
+{{Specs-Tank-Armaments|Laser rangefinder=Reduces the error and increases the maximum measurable distance of the rangefinder.|Laser warning system=Informs the player of a laser lock from another vehicle.|Thermal imager=Allows to see thermal radiation in the infrared range day and night.|ESS=Engine-generated smoke screen. Allows the player to create a smoke screen while driving.}}
 === Main armament ===
 {{Specs-Tank-Weapon|1}}

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium gift rank {{Specs|rank}} Israeli medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Alpha Strike"]].
+In the 1990s, during the war in Southern Lebanon, Merkava Mk.3 tanks of the armoured reconnaissance squadron "Nakhshol" of the 71st battalion of the 188th Armoured Brigade of the Israel Defence Forces, were tested with an experimental electro-optical active protection system codenamed '''"Ra'am Segol"''' ("Purple Thunder") in combat conditions. The system detected the launch of an ATGM, alerted the crew, turned the gun towards the threat and deployed an aerosol screen using standard and additional smoke grenade launchers. The Ra'am Segol APS did not go into serial production, giving way to the more advanced [[Merkava Mk.4M|"Trophy" APS]].
 == General info ==

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-{{tankMobility}}
+{{tankMobility|abMinHp=1,860|rbMinHp=1,061|AoAweight=3}}
 === Modifications and economy ===
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 ! ''Arcade''
-| rowspan="2" | 46 || rowspan="2" | -7°/+20° || rowspan="2" | ±180° || rowspan="2" | Two-plane || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || rowspan="2" | _.__ || rowspan="2" | _.__ || rowspan="2" | _.__ || rowspan="2" | _.__
+| rowspan="2" | 46 || rowspan="2" | -7°/+20° || rowspan="2" | ±180° || rowspan="2" | Two-plane || 32.4 || 44.8 || 54.4 || 60.2 || 64.0 || rowspan="2" | 7.80 || rowspan="2" | 6.90 || rowspan="2" | 6.36 || rowspan="2" | 6.00
 |-
 ! ''Realistic''
-| __._ || __._ || __._ || __._ || __._
+| 20.2 || 23.8 || 28.9 || 32.0 || 34.0
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 === Machine guns ===
 {{Specs-Tank-Weapon|2}}
 <!-- ''Offensive and anti-aircraft machine guns not only allow you to fight some aircraft but also are effective against lightly armoured vehicles. Evaluate machine guns and give recommendations on its use.'' -->
 {{main|M2HB (12.7 mm)|FN MAG 60-40 (7.62 mm)}}
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 ! Mount !! Capacity (Belt) !! Fire rate !! Vertical !! Horizontal
 |-
-| || ___ (___) || ___ || __° || __°
+| Coaxial || 1,000 (200) || 575 || - || -
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 ! Mount !! Capacity (Belt) !! Fire rate !! Vertical !! Horizontal
 |-
-| || ___ (___) || ___ || __° || __°
+| Pintle (loader) || 1,800 (200) || 1,001 || -10°/+50° || ±120°
 |-
-| || ___ (___) || ___ || __° || __°
+| Pintle (commander) || 1,800 (200) || 1,001 || -10°/+50° || ±120°
 |-
-| || ___ (___) || ___ || __° || __°
+| Coaxial || 6,000 (200) || 1,001 || - || -
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 == Usage in battles ==
 <!-- ''Describe the tactics of playing in the vehicle, the features of using vehicles in the team and advice on tactics. Refrain from creating a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view but instead give the reader food for thought. Describe the most dangerous enemies and give recommendations on fighting them. If necessary, note the specifics of the game in different modes (AB, RB, SB).'' -->
-The Raam Segol is a Merkava Mk. 3
+The Raam Segol is a Merkava Mk.3, and plays similarly to them.
-If you are wanting more information on how to use this tank, search up their WIKI's or youtube videos as the play styles will be identical.
+The very powerful M322 APFSDS round will give you great advantages at long ranges, capable of penetrating any tank in the game, though in up-tiers you will have to aim for weak-spots on tanks such as the T-80BVM. The round can consistently one shot enemy tanks even with poor placement due to good spalling and penetration.
-A very powerful M322 APFSDS round will give you great advantages at long ranges capable of penetrating any tank in the game. In up-tiers you will have to aim for weak-spots on tanks such as the T-80BVM but in down-tiers you can shoot where ever you want and get a penetration. The round consistently one shots enemy tanks even with poor placement due to good spalling and penetration.
+The M339 HE-TF round is great against hovering helicopters due to the time fuse and can also be used to overpressure tanks provided that you aim in the correct spots. Aiming at an enemy's wheels will cause the M339 to detonate directly under the enemy tank and knock out their entire crew. Bring 3-5 of these HE-TF shells for light tanks or hovering helicopters.
 The very distinctive turret on the Merkava's allows the enemy to instantly know where to aim for your weak-spots. This can be mitigated by placing some bushes to conceal the look of your turret. If properly done it greatly increases the survivability as the enemies first shots will be against the weak spots of the more popular Abrams, Leopard, or Chieftain which tend to be your strong spots. Allowing you to punish anyone who mistakes you for another tank. Combine this with the low position of the crew inside the hull, and it makes positions where only your turret is visible very rewarding.
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 Engine smoke is very useful in down-tiers where most tanks do not have thermals to look though it.
-The Raam Segol is not a brawler, and will lose most fights that require quick reloads or fast speed for positioning. This tank excels at long ranges where it can use it's M322 round to it's advantage. The uniqueness and rarity of the tank can be advantageous as some players will not know where to aim. But veteran players will tend to always 1 shot you. Avoid exposing your hull as that is your weak-spot to APFSDS.
+The Raam Segol is not a brawler, and will lose most fights that require quick reloads or fast speed for positioning. This tank excels at long ranges where it can use its M322 round to its advantage. The uniqueness and rarity of the tank can be advantageous as some players will not know where to aim. But veteran players will tend to always 1 shot you. Avoid exposing your hull as that is your weak-spot to APFSDS.
 === Pros and cons ===
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 == History ==
-In 2020, the IDF (Israel Defense Force) authorized the declassification of a unique tank unit -- long-since disbanded -- which had been used to test Israel's first Active Protection System.
+<!-- ''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).'' -->
 The declassified tank unit operated in Israel's "Security Zone" in southern Lebanon, between around 1998 and Israel's eventual withdrawal in 2000. It was a company of [[Merkava Mk.3C|Merkava Mk.3]] tanks belonging to the IDF's 188th Armored Regiment -- at the time some of the most advanced Merkava tanks in service -- and mostly carried out patrols and ambushes against Hezbollah guerillas. Unlike other Israeli tanks at the time, however, the unit's tanks carried a unique new system known only by the code-name ''Ra'am Segol'' ("Purple Thunder"). The few existing photographs of the company's tanks from that period show the system as a pair of opaque boxes on the turret's forward cheeks, and an additional box at the rear of the turret. The system has never been showcased publicly, nor have any of its specifications been made clear; though the declassification of the armored company that utilized it has led to a somewhat solid conclusion about its intended function.
-If the speculation is correct, ''Ra'am Segol'' was a "soft-kill" APS: a radar/laser warning system that could detect incoming missiles, then perform some sort of reaction to neutralize them and/or reduce threat to the tank. ''Ra'am Segol'' could not intercept the incoming missile directly, instead performing electro-optical jamming (similar to the Russian Shtora-1, found on the [[T-90A]]) against SACLOS-guided missiles such as the TOW and MILAN, deflecting the missile's trajectory away from the tank. Additionally, it seems likely that the system would automatically deploy the Merkava's smoke grenades, and may have also automatically rotated the turret to face the incoming projectile and allow quick return-fire against the launcher.
+''Ra'am Segol'' is speculated to be a "soft-kill" APS: a radar/laser warning system that could detect incoming missiles, then perform some sort of reaction to neutralize them and/or reduce threat to the tank. ''Ra'am Segol'' could not intercept the incoming missile directly, instead performing electro-optical jamming (similar to the Russian Shtora-1, found on the [[T-90A]]) against SACLOS-guided missiles such as the TOW and MILAN, deflecting the missile's trajectory away from the tank. Additionally, it seems likely that the system would automatically deploy the Merkava's smoke grenades, and may have also automatically rotated the turret to face the incoming projectile and allow quick return-fire against the launcher.
-In newspaper interviews following the declassification, crews from the ''Ra'am Segol'' unit reported exposing their tanks deliberately to potential threats in order to test the system directly, sometimes going out on patrols without any infantry support (very unusual for armored units during that particular conflict) or even stopping the tank at an exposed position in order to draw missile fire. Official IDF Armored Corps sources, however, have so far denied that the tanks had been utilized any differently from any other unit. There have been no reports of the system ever triggering in action, though the crews have reported never coming under any missile attacks, despite their deliberate efforts.
+In newspaper interviews following the declassification, crews from the ''Ra'am Segol'' unit reported exposing their tanks deliberately to potential threats in order to test the system directly, sometimes going out on patrols without any infantry support (very unusual for armored units during that particular conflict) or even stopping the tank at exposed positions in order to draw missile fire. Official IDF Armored Corps sources, however, have so far denied that the tanks had been utilized any differently from any other unit. There have been no reports of the system ever triggering in action, though the crews have reported never coming under any missile attacks, despite their deliberate efforts.
-Whatever the case may be, the ''Ra'am Segol'' unit was disbanded once the IDF withdrew from Lebanon in 2000, and the APS itself was dismantled from all of the tanks, never to be seen again. It is unknown whether the system had failed in some way, or simply deemed unsuitable for the IDF's purposes. Nevertheless, just over a decade later, another Active Protection System was revealed in active service with the IDF, this time being the world's first "hard-kill" APS: the "[[Merkava Mk.4M|Trophy]]".
+The ''Ra'am Segol'' unit was disbanded once the IDF withdrew from Lebanon in 2000, and the APS itself was dismantled from all of the tanks, never to be seen again. It is unknown whether the system had failed in some way, or was simply deemed unsuitable for the IDF's purposes. Nevertheless, just over a decade later, another Active Protection System was revealed in active service with the IDF, this time being the world's first "hard-kill" APS: the "[[Merkava Mk.4M|Trophy]]".
 == Media ==

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 == History ==
-<!-- ''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).'' -->
+In 2020, the IDF (Israel Defense Force) authorized the declassification of a unique tank unit -- long-since disbanded -- which had been used to test Israel's first Active Protection System.
-''Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under <code><nowiki>=== In-game description ===</nowiki></code>, also if applicable).''
 == Media ==

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 === Pros and cons ===
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 '''Pros:'''
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 * Good crew survivability
 * Well-protected against IFV autocannons and HEAT rounds
 '''Cons:'''
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 * Rear-mounted turret can make it hard to fight around corners
 * No thermals for the commander sight
 == History ==
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-* ''reference to the series of the vehicles;''
+;Related development
-* ''links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.''
+* [[Merkava (Family)]]
 == External links ==

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 == Media ==
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-''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
+;Videos
 == See also ==