IDF Puma

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IDF Puma

The Puma (Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
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Combat engineering vehicle

Combat engineering vehicles are armoured vehicles built for engineering work on the battlefield or for the transportation of sappers....
and armored personnel carrier used by the Engineering Corps

Israeli Engineering Corps

The Israeli Combat Engineering Corps is the combat engineering forces of the Israel Defense Forces.The Combat Engineering Corps beret's color is silver and their symbol features a sword on a defensive tower with a explosion Halo on the background....
of the Israeli Defence Forces.

The Puma is based on the hull of the Sho't

Sho't

Sho't is the Israeli designation of the 105 mm L7 gunned Centurion tank, which entered Israeli service in 1970....
, which in itself is a modified British Centurion tank

Centurion tank

The Centurion was the primary United Kingdom main battle tank of the postwar period, and has proven itself be a successful tank design for most of the postwar decades; the Centurion's success has been mainly due to its thick armour, adaptability of its chassis to other roles, and numerous upgrades....
. It is armed with several 7.62 mm FN MAG

FN MAG

The MAG is a Belgium 7.62 mm caliber general purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale de Herstal by Ernest Vervier....
machine guns, including one controlled from within the cabin by a Rafael Overhead Weapons Station (OWS).

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