Weighing in at approximately 62 tonnes, Israel’s Namer heavy armoured personnel carrier (APC) is massive – but it is also seen as one of the world’s best-protected.

It has been developed for the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) after lessons learned in past conflicts, with an estimated 270 by 2021 having been delivered to the IDF.

Sam Cranny-Evans, an associate fellow from the defence and security think tank Rusi told Forces News that “the big difference between Namer and a conventional Western main battle tank is in the West we still haven’t really let go of the idea that a tank needs to be best protected from the front”.

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He added: “Any kind of additional protection around the sides is nice to have but not always essential.

“The Namer is designed to carry much more equal levels of protection around the entire vehicle. It’s designed to withstand a lot greater punishment from any angle that it is attacked.”

Mr Cranny-Evans added: “It probably means that maybe it’s a bit easier to penetrate a Namer than it is a frontal arc of a main battle tank, but it means you have to work quite hard from any angle to penetrate it.”

In the video above, Forces News take a closer look at Israel’s Namer.