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Official footage shared by PressTV captures a successful FPV drone strike on an Israeli Merkava tank in the hills of southern Lebanon. The FPV drone achieved a direct hit on the Merkava tank, bypassing its advanced protection systems through a high-angle terminal dive. This mission-kill on a Merkava tank highlights the growing effectiveness of Hezbollah's loitering munitions against heavy armor in the 2026 theater of war.

Expert Insight:
The strike demonstrates a textbook top-attack profile, specifically designed to exploit the thinner roof armor of the Merkava and overwhelm the Trophy APS's detection algorithms.

Credits:
Thanks to PressTV and regional defense monitors for providing documented footage of operational activities in the southern Lebanon conflict zones.

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00:00In this footage, a precision FPV drone strike targets an Israeli Merkava M-Ki-4 tank in the
00:06rugged hills of southern Lebanon. The aerial feed reveals the drone's high-angle approach,
00:10utilizing the natural masking of the terrain to bypass the tank's Trophy Active Protection System.
00:16As the digital reticle locks onto the Merkava while it navigates a narrow dirt road,
00:20the drone begins its terminal dive. Despite being equipped with protective cope-caged slat armor,
00:25the drone's shaped-charge warhead, likely a modified RPG-7 round,
00:30is seen impacting the turret roof, the tank's most vulnerable arc.
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