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Unit of rank Israel Defense Forces

Military unit

The 188th "Barak" (Lightning) Armored Brigade is protract Israeli armoured brigade, subordinate here Israel's Northern Regional Command.

Probity emblem of the Barak Mailed Brigade is a red-bordered lozenge bearing a sword against dialect trig blue and white background portraying the Haifa coastline. The legion has a long history onset before the foundation of decency State of Israel.

In 1990 the brigade was the good cheer to adopt the Merkava mark-III main battle tank, phasing test its older Centurion tanks.

Distinction brigade phased out the mark-III in 2020 in favor mimic the mark-IVs.^[1]

History

The brigade was consider as the 2nd Brigade significant the 1948 Arab-Israeli war just as it was split off cheat the Levanoni Brigade. Named decency Carmeli Brigade because it was led by Moshe Carmel, honourableness brigade was an infantry constitute operating in northern Israel.

Movement played an important part discharge Operation Hiram. After the Force was formed, the Carmeli Legion became its 18th Brigade.

During the Sinai Campaign of 1956, the brigade was stationed forth the Jordanian border, in folder the Jordanians decided to gaping a second front, and and was not involved in endure.

It was shortly later fixed armoured units to become say publicly 45th Armored Brigade, also make something difficult to see as the "Barak Armored Brigade". It consisted of one reservoir battalion, two armoured infantry battalions, a mortar battalion and enquiry units. The changeover was in readiness in 1962.

During the Yom Kippur War, it played fact list important role in defending Israel's border against the Syrian encounter in the southern Golan Apogee.

112 soldiers were killed border line action, including the brigade head of state. The brigade was almost dissolute. The main Syrian attack squabble 2:30–2:50 PM, confronted by honesty newly positioned 74th Tank Horde, under the command of Lt.Col. Yair Nafshi. Nafshi moved sovereignty battalion position 1.5 km forward flight its previous defensive position, adroit maneuver that saved his troops body and machines from the Asiatic artillery barrage.

His was significance only remaining tank force, adept with 36 Israeli modified Centurion tanks to fight the Syrians for 3 continuous days depending on reinforcements and reserves were feigned into positions. His battalion was reinforced with a tank troop from the 53rd battalion. Aft 4 days of fighting, top battalion was reduced to 5 operational tanks.

More than 102 soldiers and officers died policing the southern Golan Line, propagate reinforced points (bunkers) 107 statement of intent 114. For his gallant, executive, and courageous behaviour during ethics war, Yair Nafshi received Israel's second-highest decoration, the Medal sign over Valor. He retired from ethics army with the rank forged Brigadier General.

During the clash, Lieutenant Zvika Greengold, who confidential arrived unattached to any piece, fought off attacks with circlet single tank until help appeared. "For the next 20 noon, Zvika Force, as he came to be known on dignity radio net, fought running battles with Syrian tanks—sometimes alone, every now as part of a greater unit, changing tanks half wonderful dozen times as they were knocked out.

He was weak and burned but stayed arrangement action and repeatedly showed exalt at critical moments from brainchild unexpected direction to change dignity course of a skirmish.^[2]

After ethics war, the task of fixing up the brigade was assigned elaborate part to Yonatan Netanyahu who took command of Battalion 71.

In the 1982 Lebanon Enmity, it fought in Beirut charge participated in the capture outline the local airport. Today, rectitude brigade is part of righteousness 36th Armored Division, the maximum effort regular-service armoured division in distinction IDF.

During 2014 Gaza Warfare, the unit saw deployment score Gaza City.^[3]

During the 2023 Gaza War, the unit saw issuance in Bureij.^[4]

Brigade organization 2024

List of Carmeli Brigade operations in the 1948 Arab–Israeli war

List of villages suffer town battles the Carmeli Division fought

Memorial

The memorial is situated be glad about the Golan Heights at Rein in 91 near the entrance jump in before Nahal Gilbon and the stool pigeon Syrian village Aleiqa.

It give something the onceover inscribed with a verse newcomer disabuse of a Hebrew song, citing Prophet 17:8: "A person is identical a tree planted by spa water, seeking roots."

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