Israeli army
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| Lineup | 1998 |
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 Israel
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| Armed forces | Israel Defense Forces |
The Israeli Army ( Hebrew מפקדת זרוע היבשה Mifkedet Zro'a HaYabasha , or Mazi for short [מז"י]) consists of five corps , which are led from a headquarters . All ground troops of the Israeli Defense Forces are subordinate to this. Operationally, however, the units of the Israeli Army are led by the three regional commands that report directly to the Chief of Staff .
In 2004, the Israeli land forces had an active force of 125,000 men and a reservist potential of 380,000 men.
history
The Israeli Army has existed de facto since the establishment of the Israel Defense Forces in 1948, but was not organizationally a single armed force until the Army Headquarters was established in 1998 . Since then it has also been a de jure independent armed force alongside the navy and the air force .
Before the establishment of the headquarters , the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces were directly subordinate to the Chief of Staff . The ground forces ( infantry , tank , artillery and combat engineer corps ) are subordinate to the commanding general of the army headquarters , but not the combat support forces and rear units such as the military police or the telecommunications corps . The task of the Army Command is the education, training, organization and development of the equipment for all ground combat units of the IDF, but not the planning and management of operations.
assignment
As a land component of the armed forces, the army has to ensure the territorial integrity of the State of Israel against external enemies.
organization
Corps and Headquarters
The headquarters are in Camp Bar Lev, between Ashkelon and Kirjat Mal'achi .
- Maneuver corps
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Infantry corps
- Combat Brigades
- Paratrooper Brigade (צנחנים)
- Nachal Brigade ( Hebrew נח״ל)
- Kfir Brigade ( Hebrew חטיבת כפיר, Mechanized Infantry Brigade)
- Givʿati Brigade ( Hebrew גבעתי חטיבת)
- Golani Brigade ( Hebrew גולני חטיבת)
- Training brigade
- Bislamach Brigade (the IDF's central infantry school)
- Special units
- Various special units and counter-terrorism special units (Sajeret)
- Independent mixed battalions
- Haruw Battalion
- Shimshon Battalion
- Nachshon Battalion
- Lawi Battalion
- Duhifat Battalion
- Combat Brigades
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Panzer Corps
- Barak Armored Brigade (188th Brigade)
- Ga'asch Brigade (also Chatiwat Schewa German: 7th Brigade)
- Ikwot-haBarzel Brigade (401st Brigade)
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Infantry corps
- Combat Support Corps
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Artillery corps
- The artillery consists of three brigades.
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Engineer Corps
- Engineer Brigade and other smaller units.
- A pioneer company in every infantry brigade.
- Field Message Service
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Artillery corps
organization chart
equipment
The equipment of the Israeli ground command is characterized by its high deterrent potential in the Cold War and by its predominant composition of military service , which means that the armed forces rely heavily on battle tanks and armored personnel carriers .
Anti-tank weapons
- Spike (Spike MR (Gil), LR (Gomed), ER (Perakh Bar) and NLOS (Tamuz))
- MAPATS
- B-300
tank
As of September 20, 2010, the land forces had:
- Scho't : 490 pieces, 360 of which are stored ready for use
- M48A5 : 200 pieces stored ready for use
- M60 / M60A1: 360 pieces, 260 of which are stored ready for use
- M60A3 / upgraded and M60 / Magach 7: 1040 pieces in service.
- Merkava Mk I / II (105mm cannon): 580 in service
- Merkava Mk III (120mm cannon): 780 in service
- Merkava Mk IV (120mm cannon): 320 in service - another 300 in production
artillery
- 155 mm Soltam M-71 field howitzer
- 155 mm self-propelled howitzer M109 A5 Doher
- 227 mm multiple rocket launcher M270 MLRS
- Waffträger Pereh (modified Magach with dummy cannon and twelve spike NLOS missiles (Tamuz))
- M113 Hafiz. (Spike NLOS carrier)
Ballistic missiles
Troop transport
Pioneer and recovery device
- Nagma Sho't
- Nagmachon
- Nakpadon
- Puma CEV
- armored bulldozer Caterpillar D9
IDF weapon carrier Pereh with twelve spike NLOS missiles, the on-board cannon is a dummy tube for camouflage
Merkava IIID when firing
Achzarit crew transporter
Puma CEV
List of commanders
| Surname | Taking office | Term of office |
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| Kobi Barak | 2016 | - |
| Gaj Tzur | 2013 | 2016 |
| Sami Turdzheman | 2009 | 2013 |
| Avi Mizrachi | 2007 | 2009 |
| Benny Gantz | 2005 | 2007 |
| Jiftach Ron Valley | 2001 | 2005 |
| Moshe Soknik | 1998 | 2001 |
| Amos Malka | 1996 | 1998 |
| Ze'ev Livne | 1994 | 1996 |
| Emanuel Sakel | 1991 | 1994 |
| Uri Sagi | 1986 | 1991 |
| Amir Drori | 1985 | 1986 |
| Dan Schomron | 1983 | 1985 |
Web links
- Army Headquarters LIC2005: an international conference on Warfare in Low Intensity Conflict (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anthony H. Cordesman: The Arab-Israeli States Military Balance. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 29, 2005, pp. 19–21; Retrieved July 16, 2007.
- ↑ inss.org.il ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 121 kB), pages 12 and 13, accessed on August 11, 2011
- ^ A b Yaakov Lappin: Analysis: IDF breaks 33-year silence on M48 Tamuz missile launcher. (No longer available online.) In: IHS Jane's Defense Weekly. IHS Janes, August 6, 2015; archived from the original on August 9, 2015 ; accessed on August 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
