Big_Zukini
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A few days ago this was recovered in Lebanon. It says at the top "Zikit 3".
Zikit translates to chameleon, but it could also relate to the Hermes 450, named Zik.
The Hermes 450 / Zik is the IAF's primary strike UAV, carrying light munitions such as the Mikholit, used for acoustic effect (roof knocking) or soft targets.
In Hebrew, the suffix "-it" means something small, in feminine form.
Like a tankette to a tank.
So it could refer to dedication to the Hermes 450 platform.
From the images, I could not link it to any commercially available Israeli munition. But I did not expect to.
IAF's naming convention for munitions does not typically assign numbers.
For example 2,000lbs JDAMs and the lighter Spice 250 are named "Heavy Hail" and "Light Hail" respectively. I have seen no evidence of numbers being associated with generations, although I say this only from open sources and I would not rule out the possibility.
Mikholit, likely based on IAI Sledgehammer. Interestingly, IAI removed the Sledgehammer from their website.
Small rant:
Gotta say I'm really confused about the structure of this forum. The secret section is only for unbuilt, but contains a lot of definitely built stuff like the AIM-120 and THAAD.
So secret and built stuff go here?
Zikit translates to chameleon, but it could also relate to the Hermes 450, named Zik.
The Hermes 450 / Zik is the IAF's primary strike UAV, carrying light munitions such as the Mikholit, used for acoustic effect (roof knocking) or soft targets.
In Hebrew, the suffix "-it" means something small, in feminine form.
Like a tankette to a tank.
So it could refer to dedication to the Hermes 450 platform.
From the images, I could not link it to any commercially available Israeli munition. But I did not expect to.
IAF's naming convention for munitions does not typically assign numbers.
For example 2,000lbs JDAMs and the lighter Spice 250 are named "Heavy Hail" and "Light Hail" respectively. I have seen no evidence of numbers being associated with generations, although I say this only from open sources and I would not rule out the possibility.
Mikholit, likely based on IAI Sledgehammer. Interestingly, IAI removed the Sledgehammer from their website.
Small rant:
Gotta say I'm really confused about the structure of this forum. The secret section is only for unbuilt, but contains a lot of definitely built stuff like the AIM-120 and THAAD.
So secret and built stuff go here?
