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Merkava Mk4 is very close to Abrams M1A2 and Leopard2A5/6 in terms of combat effectiveness. In face to face combat between them will win the tank with best crew.They can't... Abrahams can't even penetrate Merkavas front armor and to be honest Merkavas internal systems are more advance than Leopard 2A6 let alone Abrahams...
Abraham can be an equal to Leopard 2 or Leopard 1A5 but they are not even near Merkava on modern warfare standarts... Merkava 4's armor, available ammunition, information sharing capacity is unmatched...
The main distinguish feature of Merkava currently is Trophy active protection system, but number of tanks with Trophy is not high - less than 100.
It has 1,200 hp engine, so mobility is fine. More armor means that it can drop infantry much closer to enemy lines - less exposure to machine guns and artillery fragments.i really dont think that all this armour is important for apc its role is to transport infantry and support their attack
it may be safer for the crew and the infantry inside but it will be slow there is a good chance to get hit by AT from infantry and artillery strikes will cause much more damage