Israeli officer: “There are tanks here whose engines have been changed twice. The level of maintenance of the tanks is very far from the level of morale of the reserve soldiers who seek to improve the situation. We have obtained tanks that pose a danger to our lives.”

A report stated that reserve soldiers in the Israeli Armored Forces were surprised by the low level of maintenance of Merkava 3 tanks over the past years, even though the Israeli army had been informed that these tanks would be used in a future war.

Today, Sunday, the Walla website quoted an army officer as saying that the reserve soldiers who participated in the battles that took place in the “Gaza envelope” were astonished by the level of maintenance, and that they were ashamed of the level of maintenance. He added, "I do not want to talk about the level of maintenance of the iron chains, springs, brackets, and the iron chains that break apart, but it is enough to realize the level of maintenance of the engines to realize that something bad happened here all the time."

Another officer said: “There are tanks here whose engines have been changed twice. This does not seem serious. I will not talk about numbers. But the level of maintenance of tanks is very far from the level of morale of reservists who are trying to improve the situation. Someone here should be ashamed and the time will come to give Explanations: We have obtained tanks that pose a threat to our lives.”

Source: Arab 48