Merav: Multi-Layer Portable Shelter
Movable, portable, lightweight and quickly installed shelter to protect staging areas and troop concentrations.
A lightweight portable shelter for up to 20 soldiers in the field. The Merav is available in two models: A two unit model (Multi-layer) Single unit model.
Advantages
Exceptionally cost effective
Portable and moveable – can be towed into place
Simple to operate with no regular maintenance needed
Flexible and modular
The two section design allows commanders to protect double the number of troops at half the fortification levels.
It also allows unloading by light cranes and even by hand if there are enough troops available.
Provides Solutions For A Range Of Threats
Each section both external and internal is provided separately and provides protection from light arms fire, hand grenades and light shrapnel.
When the outer section is added, the Merav provides protection from 120 mm. mortar shells, direct hits and indirect impact by Grad 122 mm. rockets, lightweight armor piercing rounds and more.
Can be upgraded as needed.
Purchase and Supply
The first Merav’s were supplied to the IDF in April 2015 Up to 100 units can be supplied in the first month and 200 units and more every additional month.
Equipment needed for Assembly
Up to two Merav units can be transported on a single, standard, IDF or civilian truck and up to four units on a flat-bed semitrailer.
Loading and unloading can be facilitated with a 30-ton crane, a Rio “Arrow”, a 5 ton fork lift truck and even a power shovel.
The Merav can also be towed into a threat area by an armored tractor.
The Merav can be supplied with a special trailer that can be towed by a regular truck.
Air lifted protection
The Merav is the first shelter that can be air lifted with a cargo hook attached to a CH-53 helicopter and a C-130 aircraft.
This feature means it can be deployed in remote and inaccessible locations as well as on high ground as a forward base.
Dimension of 1 layer Merav
- Unit weight ~4.7 t.
- Armor thickness ~25 mm.
- Height ~2 m.
- Net shelter area without entrance ~5 SqM.
Dimension of 2 layer Merav
- Weight of internal section~2.7 t.
- Weight of external section~2 t.
- Total weight – 2 sections~4.7 t.
- Armor thickness 25 mm.
- Height 2 m
- Net shelter area without entrance~5 SqM.
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