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Israeli Infantry Corps

The Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i Infantry
Infantry

Infantry are soldiers who are primarily trained for the role of fighting on foot. A soldier in the infantry is known as an infantryman. Infantry units have more physically demanding training than other branches of armies, and place a greater emphasis on fitness, physical strength and aggression....
Corps is a corps in the IDF

Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
GOC Army Headquarters

GOC Army Headquarters

The Israeli GOC Army headquarters , is a multi-corps command headquarters created in 1998, which amalgamates the ground forces of the Israel Defense Forces....
. It is a maneuvering corps which primarily relies on infantry troops. It includes several regular and reserve service units and brigades which are operatively commanded by the IDF’s regional commands:

Weapons
The personal weapon of most IDF soldiers is the M16

M16 rifle

M16 is the Military of the United States designation for a family of rifles derived from the ArmaLite AR-15 and further developed by Colt's Manufacturing Company starting in the mid-20th century....
, particularly, the M16A2, shortened CAR-15

CAR-15

The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 Military Weapons System or CAR-15 was a family of AR-15 and M16 rifle-based firearms marketed by Colt's Manufacturing Company in the late 1960s and early 1970s....
, M4

M4 Carbine

The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16 rifle, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite....
, and M4A1

M4 Carbine

The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16 rifle, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite....
assault rifles.

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Israel

Israel Defense Forces

GOC Army Headquarters

Overview

The corps moves to the battlefield either on foot, on jeep

Jeep

Jeep is an automobile marque of Chrysler. It is the oldest off-road vehicle brand, with Land Rover coming in second. The original vehicle which first appeared as the prototype Bantam GP became the primary light 4-wheel-drive vehicle of the US Army and allies during the World War II and postwar period....
s, or on Armoured personnel carrier

Armoured personnel carrier

Armoured personnel carriers are armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport infantry on the battlefield. They usually have only a machine gun although variants carry recoilless rifles, anti-tank guided missiles , or mortar ....
s. Since the corps is based on soldiers who fight on foot, most of the weapons employed are personal

Personal weapon

A personal weapon is a weapon that can be carried and employed by a single person, although its use may be restricted to specialist members of attack or defense teams....
or crew-served

Crew served weapon

An infantry support weapon is a weapon that requires a crew of more than one individual to operate at optimum efficiency due to its operational complexity--such as requiring one person to load while another fires....
weapons.

Weapons

The personal weapon of most IDF soldiers is the M16

M16 rifle

CAR-15

M4 Carbine

The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16 rifle, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite....
, and M4A1

M4 Carbine

The M4 Carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16 rifle, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite....
assault rifles. The majority of regular-service Infantry Corps soldiers are equipped with the shortened M16, but the longer model is still in use among recruits and reserve forces. In 2005, the IMI

Israel Military Industries

Israel Weapons Industries , formerly the small arm "Magen" division of the Israel Military Industries Ltd. In 2005, the Small Arms Division of IMI was privatized as Israel Weapon Industries Ltd....
Tavor

IMI Tavor TAR-21

The T.A.R. 21 is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition with a selective fire system. The name "T.A.R. 21" stands for "Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st Century"....
assault rifle was brought to operational use, and is intended to become the corps' principal assault rifle in the future. Every soldier in operational service is also equipped with various hand grenade

Hand grenade

A hand grenade is an anti-personnel weapon that explodes a short time after release. The word "grenade" is derived from the French word for pomegranate, as shrapnel reminded soldiers of the seeds....
s.

The company and platoon weapons are diverse, and include the IMI Negev

IMI Negev

The Negev is an Israeli 5.56x45mm NATO light machine gun, developed by Israel Weapons Industries of Ramat HaSharon , as a replacement for the 5.56 mm IMI Galil light machine gun, whose barrel would overheat easily during sustained fire....
and the Fabrique Nationale MAG

FN MAG

The MAG is a Belgium 7.62 mm caliber general purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale de Herstal by Ernest Vervier....
machine guns. Heavier weapons include the Browning

Browning Arms Company

Browning Arms Company was founded in Utah in 1927. It offers a wide variety of firearms, including shotguns, rifles, pistols, and rimfire firearms....
M2 and the General Dynamics

General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2008 it is the fifth largest defense contractor in the world....
Mk 19 grenade launcher

Mk 19 grenade launcher

The Mk 19 Grenade Launcher is a belt automatic firearm 40 mm grenade launcher or grenade machine gun that entered U.S. military service during the Cold War, first seeing action during the Vietnam War and remaining in service today....
. Various units also use snipers who rely on the M16A2E3, the Remington

Remington 700

The Model 700 series of firearms are hunting Rifle manufactured by Remington Arms since 1962. All are based on the same rounded, centerfire bolt action....
M24 Sniper Weapon System, the Barret

Barrett Firearms Company

The Barrett Firearms Company was founded in 1982 by Ronnie Barrett. The company's main product is the M82 Barrett rifle sniper rifle....
M82, and the SIG Sauer

SIGARMS

SIG Sauer is the United States representative of Swiss/German manufacturing firm Swiss Arms, which was split off of Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft in 2000....
SR86.

Missiles and rockets

To engage armored targets, the corps uses a variety of grenades, rockets, and missiles. The corps units are equipped with Anti-tank RPG

Rocket propelled grenade

A rocket-propelled grenade is any hand-held, Shoulder-launched missile weapon anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead....
s such as the RPG-7

RPG-7

The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, Shoulder-launched missile weapon, anti-tank rocket propelled grenade weapon. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company....
, the M72 LAW

M72 LAW

The M72 LAW is a portable one-shot 66 mm unguided anti-tank weapon, designed in the United States by Paul V. Choate, Charles B. Weeks, and Frank A....
, and B300 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon

Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon

The Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon is a shoulder-launched rocket weapon, based on the Israeli B-300, with the primary function of being a portable anti-armor rocket launcher....
. These are relatively cheap and easy to operate weapons, and are in high availability to target vehicles or buildings.

Since modern campaign

Military campaign

In the military sciences, a military campaign is a term applied to Scale , long duration, significant military strategy Military plan incorporating a series of inter-related military operations or battles forming a distinct part of a larger conflict often called a war....
tank

Tank

A tank is a Continuous track, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility and Military tactics Offensive and defence capabilities....
s are heavily armoured, the designated weapon against them are Anti-tank guided missile

Anti-tank guided missile

An anti-tank guided missile or anti-tank guided weapon is a Missile guidance missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily-armored tanks and other armored fighting vehicles....
s, which are more expensive and difficult to operate than RPGs. The corps primarily uses Tow

BGM-71 TOW

The BGM-71 TOW is an anti-tank guided missile. "TOW" stands for "Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-to-command-Link" guided Missile Set. The TOW was first produced in 1970 and is the most widely used anti-tank guided missile in the world....
and the Spike

List of anti-tank guided missiles

A list of Anti-tank guided missiles by country....
missiles.

Vehicles

The corps uses a variety of vehicles for transport, scouting, troop mobility, security, and command and control. The light scout and mobile vehicles are Sufa

AIL Storm

The AIL Storm is an Israeli manufactured mini SUV and the workhorse of the Israeli Security Forces. The series of Jeep Wrangler based vehicles have been produced by Automotive Industries in Nazareth Illit under licence from Chrysler since 1990....
jeeps and Humvee

High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle is a military Four-wheel drive motor vehicle created by AM General. It has largely supplanted the roles formerly served by the M151 1/4 ton MUTT, the Gama Goat, their M718A1 and M792 ambulance versions, the CUCV, and other light trucks with the Military of the United States, as well as being...
s. The former are reasonably defended but not heavily armoured as they are expected to provide utmost speed and navigability. The Humvee, on the other hand, exists in a variety of forms, some relatively heavily defended, some entirely "open." It is equipped with either a machine gun, rocket, anti tank missiles, communications equipment, sometimes including a small trailer. For transporting troops through hostile areas, the "Safari" is a converted bus equipped with heavy armor.

Under heavy fire, troops are primarily transported by APCs. Often, because of the armor offered by the APC, much of the fighting takes place with these, which are equipped with machine guns, mortar

Mortar (weapon)

A mortar is a Muzzleloader indirect fire weapon that fires shell at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing Ballistics trajectories. It typically has a barrel length less than 15 times its caliber....
s, rockets, or anti tank missiles. The IDF's principal APC is the M113

M113 Armored Personnel Carrier

The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier that formed the backbone of the US Army's mobile infantry units from the time of its introduction in the 1960s....
, primarily those purchased from the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
during the 1970s. Despite upgrades and improvements, it is considered an old and vulnerable APC. To respond to the need for heavier APCs, the IDF adapted a variety of older or captured tanks to serve as heavy APCs, such as the Achzarit

IDF Achzarit

The Achzarit is a heavily armored armored personnel carrier manufactured by the Israeli Defence Forces Corps of Ordnance....
on a T-55

T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks were a series of main battle tanks designed in the Soviet Union. The first T-54 prototype appeared in March 1945, just before the end of the World War II....
chassis and the Nagmachon

Nagmachon

Nagmachon is a heavily armoured armoured personnel carrier fielded by the Israel Defence Forces. The Nagmachon evolved from the NagmaSho't APC, which in turn was based on Centurion Sho't hulls from the 1970s and 1980s....
and Nakpadon

Nakpadon

Nakpadon or Nikpadon is an Israeli combat engineering/Armoured recovery vehicle and based on the Nagmachon.External links...
on Centurion tank

Centurion tank

The Centurion was the primary United Kingdom main battle tank of the postwar period, and has proven itself be a successful tank design for most of the postwar decades; the Centurion's success has been mainly due to its thick armour, adaptability of its chassis to other roles, and numerous upgrades....
chassis. Some heavy APCs were originally combat engineering

Combat engineering

Combat engineering is a combat arms role of using the knowledge, tools and techniques of engineering by troops in peace and war, but specifically in combat....
vehicles, such as the Puma

IDF Puma

The Puma is a heavily armored Combat engineering vehicle and armored personnel carrier used by the Israeli Engineering Corps of the Israeli Defence Forces....
, used by the Engineering Corps

Israeli Engineering Corps

The Israeli Combat Engineering Corps is the combat engineering forces of the Israel Defense Forces.The Combat Engineering Corps beret's color is silver and their symbol features a sword on a defensive tower with a explosion Halo on the background....
to transport heavy engineering materials, but due to its heavy armor, sometimes used to transport troops into hostile areas.

Regular service brigades

The Golani Brigade
Golani Brigade

The Golani Brigade is an Israeli infantry brigade which was formed on February 28, 1948 when the Levanoni Brigade in the upper Galilee was merged with the Carmeli Brigade to form the Golani Brigade....
(Northern Command
Israeli Northern Command

The Israeli Northern Command is the Israel Defense Forces regional Command responsible for the northern front with Syria and Lebanon....
).
The Paratroopers Brigade
Paratroopers Brigade (IDF)

The Paratroopers Brigade , also known as the 35th Brigade, is a unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces , and forms a major part of the Infantry Corps ....
(Central Command
Israeli Central Command

The Israeli Central Command , often abbreviated to Pakmaz , is a regional Command of the Israel Defense Forces. It is responsible for the Military unit and brigades located in the West Bank , Jerusalem, the Sharon, Israel, Gush Dan, and the Shephelah....
).
The Nahal Brigade
Nahal

Nahal is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Historically, it refers to a program that combines military service and establishment of new agricultural settlements, often in outlying areas....
(Central Command
Israeli Central Command

The Israeli Central Command , often abbreviated to Pakmaz , is a regional Command of the Israel Defense Forces. It is responsible for the Military unit and brigades located in the West Bank , Jerusalem, the Sharon, Israel, Gush Dan, and the Shephelah....
).
The Kfir Brigade (Central Command
Israeli Central Command

The Israeli Central Command , often abbreviated to Pakmaz , is a regional Command of the Israel Defense Forces. It is responsible for the Military unit and brigades located in the West Bank , Jerusalem, the Sharon, Israel, Gush Dan, and the Shephelah....
).
The Givati Brigade
Givati Brigade

The Givati Brigade functions as the Marines and is one of the Israeli Infantry Corps in the Israel Defense Forces. Givati soldiers are designated by purple berets....
(Southern Command
Israeli Southern Command

The Israeli Southern Command , often abbreviated to Padam is a regional Command of the Israel Defense Forces. It is responsible for the Negev, the Arabah, and Eilat....
).

Reservist brigades

5th Infantry Brigade

Independent battalions

The Sword Battalion (299th), a Druze
Druze

The Druze are a religious community found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and in the Palestinian territories whose traditional religion is said to have begun as an offshoot of Islam, but is unique in its incorporation of Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and other philosophies, similar to other followers of Ismaili Shi'a Islam....
battalion
The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion (585th), a Bedouin
Bedouin

The Bedouin, , are predominantly Muslim, desert-dwelling Arab nomadic pastoralist, or previously nomadic group, found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via the Western Desert , Sinai Peninsula, and Negev to the Arabian Desert....
battalion
The Caracal Battalion
Caracal Battalion

The Caracal Battalion is an infantry combat battalion of the Israel Defense Forces that is composed of male and female soldiers. The battalion is named after the Caracal, a small cat whose sexes appear the same....
(33rd), named after the Caracal
Caracal

The Caracal , also called Persian Lynx or African Lynx, is a fiercely territorial medium-sized Felidae. The Caracal takes its name from its black ears....
cat, this is a mixed battalion that includes both male and female soldiers.

Independent units

The Duvdevan unit (operates in the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
).
The Maglan unit (a special infantry unit).
The Oketz unit (dog
Dog

The dog is a domesticated subspecies of the Gray Wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties....
trainers).