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The Paratroopers Brigade (Hativat HaTzanhanim), also known as the 35th Brigade, is a unit of paratrooper
Paratrooper

Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an Airborne forces.Paratroopers are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land....
s within the Israel Defense Forces
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....
 (IDF), and forms a major part of the Infantry Corps. It has a history of carrying out special forces
Special forces

Special Forces , also known as, Special Operation Forces is a generic term for highly-trained military teams/units that conduct specialized Military operation such as reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counter-terrorism actions....
-style missions dating back to the 1950s. It is currently involved primarily in counter terror operations within 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 brigade was created at the mid 1950's when the commando Unit 101
Unit 101

Unit 101 was a special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force , founded and commanded by Ariel Sharon on orders from Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion in August 1953....
 was merged with Battalion 890 (the IDF's Airborne Commando unit) in order to form an elite infantry brigade.






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The Paratroopers Brigade (Hativat HaTzanhanim), also known as the 35th Brigade, is a unit of paratrooper
Paratrooper

Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an Airborne forces.Paratroopers are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land....
s within the Israel Defense Forces
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....
 (IDF), and forms a major part of the Infantry Corps. It has a history of carrying out special forces
Special forces

Special Forces , also known as, Special Operation Forces is a generic term for highly-trained military teams/units that conduct specialized Military operation such as reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counter-terrorism actions....
-style missions dating back to the 1950s. It is currently involved primarily in counter terror operations within 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 brigade was created at the mid 1950's when the commando Unit 101
Unit 101

Unit 101 was a special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force , founded and commanded by Ariel Sharon on orders from Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion in August 1953....
 was merged with Battalion 890 (the IDF's Airborne Commando unit) in order to form an elite infantry brigade. The new unit was equipped with the IMI
IMI

IMI is a three letter acronym. It can stand for* Industrial Vibration Monitoring Instrumentation, division of PCB Piezotronics*Innovative Medicines Initiative of the European Union...
 Uzi submachine gun
Uzi submachine gun

The Uzi is a related family of submachine guns. Smaller variants are considered machine pistols.The first Uzi submachine gun was designed by Uziel Gal in the late 1940s....
 as their primary weapon as it provided light and small automatic fire - essential properties for recon
Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is a military and medical term denoting exploration conducted to gain information. Militarily, its shorthand Australian, Canadian, and British form is recce , its American usage form is recon ....
 units and commando
Commando

In military science, the term commando denotes an individual soldier, a military unit, and a raid . Contemporarily, commando identifies ?lite light infantry and special forces units specialised in parachuting, rappelling, and amphibious warfare to conduct and effect attacks....
s.

The goals in creating the Paratroopers Brigade were:
  1. To have an elite infantry force.
  2. To innovate and improve fighting skills within other infantry units.
  3. To raise the next generation of military commanders and officers.


The first commander of the Paratroopers Brigade was Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon

is a former Israeli Prime Minister of Israel and military leader. Sharon served as Prime Minister from March 2001 until April 2006, though he was unable to carry out his duties after suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006, when he fell into a coma and entered a persistent vegetative state....
.

The Paratroopers Brigade has had only one operational combat parachute
Parachute

A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating Drag .Parachutes are made out of cloth, most commonly nylon....
 drop, during the 1956 Sinai War
Suez Crisis

The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, was a military attack on Egypt by United Kingdom, France, and Israel beginning on 29 October 1956....
. In the Six Day War (1967) the Paratroopers Brigade took part in the capturing of Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 together with the Jerusalem Brigade, Harel Brigade and armor support. The Paratroopers were the ones to capture the Western Wall
Western Wall

The Western Wall , sometimes referred to as the Wailing Wall or simply the Kotel , and as al-Buraq Wall by Muslims, is an important Jewish religious site located in the Old City ....
 and the Temple Mount
Temple Mount

The Temple Mount , also known as Mount Moriah and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary , is a religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem of Jerusalem....
 - a moment that is considered as "historic" and the "highlight of this war" by the majority of the Israeli public, mainly due to the sacredness of these places to the Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish people.

In the following years, the brigade was the source for many 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 Chiefs of Staff, including Shaul Mofaz
Shaul Mofaz

is the current Israeli Transportation Minister of Israel and a Deputy Prime Minister, and a former Defense Minister of Israel. Previously he was the 16th Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces, and was the second Israeli of a Mizrahi background to achieve that post....
 and Moshe Ya'alon
Moshe Ya'alon

Moshe "Boogie" Ya'alon is an Israeli politician and former Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud....
.

The 35th (Paratrooper) Brigade consists of three regular battalions, each carrying the name of a venomous snake. The 101st commemorates Unit 101 and is the Brigade's 1st Battalion. The 202nd is the Brigade's 2nd Battalion and was numbered to keep it in line with the 101st. The 890th kept its original unit numbering but is the Brigade's 3rd Battalion. A Yahsar
Sayeret

Sayeret , literally means "reconnaissance Military unit" in the Israel Defense Forces . In practice, these units specialize in commando and other special forces roles, in addition to reconnaissance ....
 ("Special Troops Battalion") designated Yahsar Tzanchanim ("Airborne Special Troops Battalion") is under the direct command of the brigade headquarters.

Serving in the brigade is voluntary and requires passing different arduous physical and mental tests. 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....
 has three reservist Paratrooper brigades at any given time, consisting of personnel who served their mandatory service in the brigade, and whom are mostly in their twenties (aside from officers). These are most likely the most highly-trained reservist brigades in the IDF.

Soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade are distinguished by their maroon beret, paratrooper wings, reddish-brown leather boots and the paratroopers service dress (Yerkit), which is slightly different from the regular ground forces service dress.

Units

(Paratrooper units are named after snakes.)
  • 101st "Cobra
    Cobra

    A cobra is a snake and usually a venomous member of the family Elapidae . The name is short for cobra de capello , which is Portuguese language for "snake with hood," or "hood-snake." When disturbed, most of these snakes can rear up and spread their neck in a characteristic threat display....
    " Airborne Battalion
  • 202nd "Viper
    Viperidae

    The Viperidae are a family of venomous snakes found all over the world, except in Australia and Madagascar. All have relatively long hinged fangs that permit deep penetration and injection of venom....
    " Airborne Battalion
  • 890th "Echis
    Echis

    Echis is a genus of venomous snake Viperinaes found in the dry regions of Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. These snakes are quick-tempered and strike readily, which, combined with a virulent hemotoxin venom, makes them very dangerous, despite their small size....
    " Airborne Battalion
  • "Flying Serpent" Special Troops Battalion
    • "Naja
      Naja

      Naja is a genus of venom elapid snakes. They are the most recognized, and most widespread group of snakes commonly known as cobras, though there are several other genera which also make use of that common name....
      " Anti-Tank Company
    • "Coluber
      Coluber

      Coluber is a genus of thin bodied, fast moving, colubrid snakes commonly known as racer . They are widespread around the world and vary greatly in habitat and behaviour....
      " Engineer Company
    • 5173rd "Taipan
      Taipan

      The taipans are a genus of large, fast, highly venom Australasian snakes....
      " Reconnaissance Company
  • "Eryx
    Eryx (genus)

    Eryx is a genus of non-venomous Erycinaes found in southeastern Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and southwestern Asia. Eight species are currently recognized....
    " Signal Company


See also

  • Unit 101
    Unit 101

    Unit 101 was a special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force , founded and commanded by Ariel Sharon on orders from Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion in August 1953....
  • Paratroopers
  • Duvdevan

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