Israeli Military Vehicle Research

IDF Hummers

The IDF has been using US HMMWVs for some years now and has come up with some of its own variants.  For a relatively small country like Israel it is often cheaper to buy existing vehicles from overseas and then modify them to suit local conditions and requirements.  The other more expensive course is to start a production line for the sole purpose of manufacturing a vehicle.  The development of the Merkava is the exception for very strong reasons.

Other websites that have some images of IDF Hummers are:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/g/ts/ then search on key words.
http://search.news.yahoo.com/news and then search on keywords
http://www.missing-lynx.com/library/modern/israel/leb.htm