The Hovet (Hebrew: חובט; meaning "Batsman") is a Israeli Anti-Aircraft Artillery that appears in Nation Pack: Israel DLC of Wargame: Red Dragon.
History[]
Hovet was the Israeli nickname for the American M163 VADS. According to the records of the IDF, the vehicle joined the Israeli Air Defense Command in 1975 as a new air defense weapon (which consists of 2 batteries per unit), alongside the MIM-72 Chaparral ("Drakon" in-game) which was introduced a year earlier. The Hovet, however, waited 7 years until it earned its first victory against an enemy target, in the 1982 Lebanese War, and further served in the IDF for more than 2 decades until the IADC was disbanded, leading to the decommission of the Hovet and its modernized variant, Machbet, which was upgraded with TVD and 4 FIM-92 Stingers.
These batteries would usually deployed near the northern border of Israel where the Purple Line (post-1967 ceasefire line between Israel-Syria by the Golan Heights) sit during peaceful times; but as soon as there was any need for armed conflicts, the vehicles would redeploy with the ground forces.
Weapons[]
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| Type | Gatling Gun | No Weapon | No Weapon |
| Name | M168 Vulcan | ||
| Caliber | 20mm Radar [AoE] [RAD] [STAT] |
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| Ammo | x 1100 | ||
| Range | Ground = 1050 m Helicopters = 2625 m  Airplanes = 2450 m
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| Accuracy | 45% | ||
| AP Power | N/A | ||
| HE Power | 1 | ||
| Suppression | 92 | ||
| Rate of fire | 818 r/min |
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