Israeli military is drawing plans for its future main battle tank with electromagnetic pulse cannon.

The Israeli military is drawing plans for its future tank, The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday, July 12, 2012. Among its main features, the tank, which the army hopes will roll off the assembly-lines in 2020, will be armed with a laser or an electromagnetic pulse cannon, powered by a hybrid engine and operated by a two-men crew, according to the report.

Israeli Army Merkava IV main battle tank with Trophy active protection system against anti-tank missile

A team of engineers and combat officers launched the project last year under the aegis of the Ground Forces Command's Weapons Development Division. Its members include personnel from the Armored Corps and the Defense Ministry's Merkava program. "When we look at what the future tank will look like, we need to look broadly at all technology that exists," Brig. Gen. Yigal Slovik, outgoing commander of the Armored Corps, told the Post. Electromagnetic and laser cannon technology is already available, but Slovik noted that such weapons are "too big and not applicable." Read More...............