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  ADV/Azimut Achzarit
ACHZARIT is an Israeli APC based on a T54/55 suspension.
The Achzarit was developed as a armoured personel carrier and it is not an Infantry fighting vehicle.
The Achzarit is so extremely armored that it weighs 44 tons and is able to deliver soldiers under heavy fire.
www.idf-armour-group.org /article_azimut_achzarit_kPedersen.htm   (1127 words)

  
  Israel Defence Forces
The IDF uses sophisticated technology, and due to their long experience fighting Palestinian guerrillas, have developed methods of crowd control and use of non-lethal force, in particular in scenarios when armed clashes occur in the presence of unarmed crowds.
The IDF gained experience in low intensity warfare during the years it held a security zone in Lebanon fighting Palestinian militias and later Hizbullah.
However, the terror of 2002 and the "Passover Massacre" forced the IDF to enter cities and refugees camps and engage in urban warfare.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/i/is/israel_defence_forces.html   (1904 words)

  
 IDF Achzarit - Military Modelling Forum Messages
Achzarit stands for Cruel Cat, and when you so these machines, it's an obvious name for it.
The rear sides are protected in addition with TOGA armor, which is made of lightweight thin carbon steel sheets with small holes in it and the space between them is used as stowage bins.
Vinnie the covering that is seen on IDF vehicles that had the Toga stand off armour is a polycarbonate covering.
www.militarymodelling.com /forum/forummessages.asp?dt=4&UTN=1830&last=1&V=6&SP=   (1075 words)

  
 Military of Israel | Travel to Egypt and Israel
After the establishment of the IDF, the two Jewish underground organizations the Etzel and Lehi joined with the IDF in a loose confederation, but were allowed to operate independently in some sectors until the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, after which these two organizations were disbanded, and their members integrated into the IDF.
The IDF requires women who volunteer for combat positions to serve for three years because combat soldiers must undergo a lengthy period of training, and it is in the interests of the IDF to get as much use of that training as possible.
IDF soldiers will not use their weapons and force to harm human beings who are not combatants or prisoners of war, and will do all in their power to avoid causing harm to their lives, bodies, dignity and property".
travel.goto-egypt.com /49/military-of-israel   (3583 words)

  
  IDF Achzarit Information
The Achzarit is based on the Soviet-built T-54/T-55 tank, beginning with those captured from Arab armies during the Israeli-Arab wars.
Achzarit APCs are in service with the IDF Golani Brigade, which operates near the Lebanese border and in the northern part of the West Bank.
Achzarit APCs took part in Operation Rainbow in Rafah, after a comparatively lightly-armored M-113 APC was destroyed by an RPG round.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/IDF_Achzarit   (221 words)

  
 The MOUT Homepage
Deployment of IDF forces during the overall campaign was marked by a frequent shifting of units from the operational control of one command to another, moving field commanders in and out of positions of command, and by the formation of small, task-oriented operations.
By the battle of Beirut, the IDF was engaging in “intensive bombardment” of Syrian and PLO targets in Palestinian sections of the city.
IDF commanders compounded these oversights by interfering with the efforts of outside relief agencies to aid the displaced population of Tyre lest the PLO is some way benefit.
www.specialoperations.com /mout/pfg.html   (5865 words)

  
 The First Photo Album
This was probably the first official IDF photo in the late 1980s on their new Merkava 3 MBT for public viewing.
IDF Magachs with blazer suite covering each other moving into position.
It seemed that the IDF learnt their painful lessons well in Yom Kippur when their once formidable tanks are easily stopped by simple portable Egyptian SAGGER ATGM teams.
storm.webvis.net /album1.html   (1352 words)

  
 IDF Achzarit - InformationBlast
IDF Achzarit אכזרית is a heavily armored Armored personnel carrier\Infantry fighting vehicle manufactured by the Israeli Defence Forces.
The Achzarit is considered as one of the best-protected APCs in thw world and often desginated as HAPC class.
It is used by the IDF Golani Brigade which operates near the Lebanese border and in north Shomron (with Jenin and Nablus being raided frequently due their hosting of terrorist activities).
www.informationblast.com /Achzarit.html   (211 words)

  
 jonathankeiler.com :: The IDF's APC Problem
This means that the IDF effectively possessed sufficient APCs in Lebanon (since it wouldn’t use the M-113) to lift the infantry of a single mechanized division, even though Israel officially claimed to have committed four mechanized divisions to the conflict.
Achzarits are modern super heavy APCs that are based on the old hulls of captured Arab T-54/55 tanks.
It is not as effective as the Achzarit because troops have to enter and exit the vehicle from hatches on the top and also have to fight with machine guns from the same open top hatches.
www.jonathankeiler.com /blog/_archives/2006/9/5/2298202.html   (834 words)

  
 IDF Vehicle Protection Program
In order to reduce the exposure of its troops to attack by small arms, demolition charges and anti-tank weapons, the IDF is currently operating several types of armored vehicles, protected at different levels, designed to meet the perceived threat at each region.
Further additions to the IDF order of battle are the introduction of armored wheeled vehicles, these will probably be the new 8x8 Stryker APC currently being procured for the US Army but the IDF decision has yet to be made.
The IDF Hummer tactical vehicles are also fitted with enhanced protection, when compared to the standard set provided by the manufacturer.
www.defense-update.com /events/2004/summary/LIC-04-protection.htm   (528 words)

  
 Operation Rainbow at AllExperts
On May 18, Israeli Defence Forces, mobiled by IDF Achzarit heavy armoured personnel carriers, tanks and back-up by helicopter gunships entered Rafah from the north-eastern Tel-Sultan neigbourhood, after sealing off the entire area in order to prevent movement of miltants into and out of Rafah.
The IDF and the Israeli government have considered widening the Philadelphi Route (buffer zone), in order to allow a digging of a moat which would block the excavation of tunnels in future.
Another explanation being suggested by the IDF is that the shell triggered a chain of explosive charges, planted there a few days before by Palestinian militants.
en.allexperts.com /e/o/op/operation_rainbow.htm   (1570 words)

  
 Israel’s National Security Doctrine: An Introductory Overview
Rather, the IDF is likely to focus on the destruction of Arab military forces and, perhaps, on the destruction of the economic and political infrastructures of Arab states as a more effective method of ensuring Israel's national security.
Militarily speaking, the IDF experienced a near disaster at the outset of the 1973 war, because its standing forces were too small to cope effectively with the Egyptian and Syrian surprise attack.
Third, the IDF early on adopted a mode of warfare at the operational and tactical levels (to be discussed under the heading of Offensive Maneuver Warfare) specifically intended to maximize its manpower advantage.
meria.idc.ac.il /journal/2001/issue3/jv5n3a6.html   (8338 words)

  
 Idf   (Site not responding. Last check: )
IDF - IDF or idf may refer to:
Aman (IDF) - Aman (אמ"ן) is the Hebrew abbreviation for the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF) Directorate of Military Intelligence (אגף מודיעין), Israel's central, overarching military inteligence.
Reception and Sorting Base, is a base where new IDF recruits are sorted and sent to their respective corps or basic training bases.
http.the-cba.com /Idf.html   (1501 words)

  
 Urban Lessons Learned:Operation Peace for Galilee   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lesson 8: The IDF had a well-developed military doctrine for urban warfare which influenced its tactics, but not its overall force structure.
Beyond beefing up the quantities of standard TOandE equipment, the IDF also issued loudspeakers and snipping equipment which were not normally part of an infantry unit’s kit.
The IDF made extensive use of point-blank, direct-fire artillery, especially 155mm self-propelled howitzers, during the fighting in Beirut in a technique called “sniping”.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/740602/posts   (5976 words)

  
 Sayeret
The other IDF SF units were strongly against S'13 becoming a surface raids unit and claimed that S'13 should only act as "water taxis" providing the transportation to the target and helping them to go over water obstacles, while leaving the surface warfare to the "land" IDF SF units.
for example the IDF Mistaravim units, born in 1987 (Sayeret Duvdevan and Sayeret Shimshon) and the IDF counter guerrilla unit (Egoz) born in 1995 (the current commander of S'13 was the first commander of Egoz).
Like most other IDF SF units the entire training course of S'13 lasts 20 months, and is consider to be the most physically and mentally demanding training regime in the in the IDF.
seals.longboys.net /Sayeret.htm   (9348 words)

  
 Vehicle protection for LIC & Peacekeeping ops
A further enhanced version of the IDF up-armored M-113 is currently under procurement plan.
When tasked with off-road threats, the IDF also uses tele-operated vehicles to sweep dirt tracks and other suspect locations uncovering camouflaged buried threats.
The IDF operates its EOD from special EOD Vehicles and the standard combat engineers armored vehicles, the Puma.
www.defense-update.com /features/du-3-04/LIC-vehicle-protection.htm   (641 words)

  
 IDF Review achzarit
He also seems to have excellent contacts to get the information that he has to base the kit/conversions on.
This kit is no better or worse than any other garage kits and it is the only game in town if you want to build and Achzarit in 1/35 scale apart from s
All material on this site is copyright and should not be used without the webmaster's permission or that of the contributor
www.mheaust.com.au /IDF/Reviews/Puma/IDFrevachzarit.htm   (253 words)

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