IDF ARMOR חיל השריון-צה"ל

Armor Corps The Israeli Armor Corps is a corps of the Israel Defense Forces, since 1998 subordinate to GOC Army Headquarters. The Armor Corps is the principal maneuvering corps, and primarily bas...

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IDF ARMOR blog  40 years to the Yom Kippur War project Soon will turn 40 years to the Yom Kippur War, which was forced upon Israel by Egypt and Syria on holiest Jewish day.  Although in the...

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Part1 Perhaps no other conflicts of the period captured the world’s imagination as did the numerous wars in the Middle East. With the notable exception of the 1948–1949 War for Independence...

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VALLEY OF TEARS-GOLAN-1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR  A FILM TAKEN BY BOAZ ELIAHAV  FEW WEEKS AFTER THE YOM KIPPUR WAR 1973 IN THE VALLEY OF TEARS IN THE NORTH OF THE GOLAN.  BOAZ SERVED AS AN ...

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THE FIRST AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION MADE BY THE IDF WAS IN THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Hannah Szenes  Registered name: Andarta Enderta Amorta, was an iron cargo boat                    ...

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IDF 401 Brigade around the Gazza strip An anti-tank missile was fired at an IDF tank along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday 1.8.2012 just hours after troops exchanged fire...

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 The Battle of Golan Heights, June 9–10 Syrian-Israeli Front  False Egyptian reports of a crushing victory against the Israeli armyRetrieved . and forecasts that Egyptian forces would so...

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An article written by Major Michael Wickman  US Army on Armor Magazeen March April 2001 At 1400 hours on 6 October 1973, Syrian and Egyptian forces surged across their borders with Israel. The...

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"Moked" Operation 1967 Six Days War  the opening air strike by Israel at the start of the Six Days War of 1967. It is sometimes referred to as "Sinai Air Strike" since the focus was primarily ...

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37th Armored Division was established  on the eve of the Sinai Campaign 1956 . In this operation the brigade was fighting in the Gaza Strip  and in  Umm Katef and Umm Shihane  near Abu Ag...

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On June 5, 1967, towards evening, the brigade broke through the border northern part of the Samarian Hills, with the intention of removing the Jordanian long-range artillery threat on the Ram...

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Development The Merkava series of tanks dates to the 1960s, when Israel drew up plans to remove its military-industrial complex from reliance on foreign factories. Israel's economy and national...

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The 8TH ARMORED BRIGADE (Hativa Shmoneh) was an  Israeli Armoured brigade headquartered near Jerusalem It was the IDF' first brigade which possessed  tanks and  APCs, whereas all other IDF un...

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        THE 421ST ARMORED BRIGADE - IDF The brigade was formed in 1972-1973 as a M48A3 "Patton" tanks' brigade within the 143 rd GHQ Reserve Division. The brigade was a reserve unit,...

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Israel captured BM-24 MRLs during the Six-Day War (1967), used them in two battalions during the Yom Kippur War (1973) and the 1982 Lebanon War, and later developed the MAR-240 launcher for the s...

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Border Patrol Halftrack with 0.5 machine gun 120 mm Mortar on Half Track 120 mm Half Track Half Track-TCM-2-  in"hatzerim" Israel Air Force Museum Patrol version with dies...

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Egyptian special forces taken as POW in the west side of the Suez canal Egyptian BTR 50 in the sweet water canal in the west side of the Suez canal Egyptian truck in the sweet water c...

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Yom Kippur War - On the Golan Heights In the Golan Heights, the Syrians attacked the Israeli defenses of two brigades and eleven artillery batteries with five divisions and 188 batteries. ...

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Kuwaity armor force in Syria 1973 Besides Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq, several other Arab nations were involved in this war, providing additional weapons and financing. Saudi Arabia an...

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Gilad Shalit , born 28 August 1986) is an Israeli soldier who was captured on 25 June 2006 by Hamas in a cross-border raid. He was abducted near the Kerem Shalom crossing (in Israel), and...

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The Trophy Active Defense System (ADS) was developed by RAFAEL under an Israel Defense Research & Development Directorate support, aiming to provide armored vehicles with a new level of prote...

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ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE Tanks and Armor since 1948

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The honor to the Shaytet 13 of the Israeli navy for their courage and dedication dealing with the "peace" Gazza flotilla June 2010

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7th Brigade Yom Kippur War started on 6 October 1973. Egyptian forces stormed into Sinai, Syrian forces into the Golan Heights. Israel was taken by surprise. The 77th Battalion was, b...

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טנקים ורכב קרבי משורין באתרי הנצחה ומחנות צה"ל Patton Magach tank Memorial for 4 cadets in the officers course died in Yom Kippur War Centurion,S...

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