Sho’t Kal “Gimel”
The Shot Kal is a modernised Centurion tank with a new powerpack (the Continental AVDS-1790-2A diesel engine and the Allison CD850-6 transmission). The addition “Kal” refers to the abbreviation of the engine manufacturer Continental, originally notated in Hebrew as “שוטקל” and transliterated as “sho’tqal”.
S’hot Kal “Gimel”