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    The 188th "Barak" (Lightning) Armored Brigade is an Israeli armoured brigade, subordinate to Israel's Northern Regional Command. The emblem of the Barak...
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    active armored brigades: 7th Armored Brigade "Saar me-Golan" 188th Armored Brigade "Barak" 401st Armored Brigade "I'kvot ha-Barzel" 460th Armored Brigade "Bnei...
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  • Infantry Brigade "Kfir" 933rd Infantry Brigade "Nahal" 7th Armored Brigade "Saar me-Golan" 188th Armored Brigade "Barak" 401st Armored Brigade "I'kvot...
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    The 401st "Iron Tracks" Brigade (Hebrew: עקבות הברזל, Ikvot HaBarzel) is an Armored Brigade in the 162nd Division of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). Established...
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  • renumbered 188th Brigade 188th Infantry Brigade (United States), an infantry training brigade 188th Armored Brigade, of Israel CLXXXVIII Brigade, Royal Field...
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    command posts. Israeli sources reported stiff resistance by Palestinian militants in Shujaiyya, in southern Gaza city, as the 188th Brigade was sent to fight...
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    Infantry Brigade "Golani" 6th Infantry Brigade "Etzioni" (Reserve) 7th Armored Brigade "Saar meGolan" 188th Armored Brigade "Barak" 282nd Artillery Brigade "Golan"...
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  • 188 – the 188th Armored Brigade reconnaissance unit. Palsar 401 – the 401st Brigade reconnaissance unit. 214th "Kela David" Special Brigade: Unit 427...
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  • Logistic Battalion 188th Armored Brigade "Barak/Lightning" 53rd Armored Battalion "Sufa" 71st Armored Battalion "Reshef" 74th Armored Battalion "Sa'ar"...
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    heavy losses. During the afternoon 7th Armored Brigade was still kept in reserve and the 188th Armored Brigade held the frontline with only two tank battalions...
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    "HaMahatz" (Assigned to the 188th Armored Brigade "Barak") 614th Combat Engineering Battalion (Assigned to the 460th Armored Brigade "Bnei Or") Combat Engineering...
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    escalated into the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which saw neighbouring Arab states attack. Twelve infantry and armored brigades formed: Golani, Carmeli, Alexandroni...
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    its members was killed. On 22 December, two IDF soldiers of the 188th Armored Brigade were killed by a Hezbollah rocket attack in the Shtula area. On...
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    Armored Corps is the principal maneuvering corps, and primarily bases its strength on Main Battle Tanks. Armor Corps 7th Sa'ar Armored Brigade 188th Barak...
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    Merkava (category Main battle tanks of Israel)
    series of main battle tanks (MBT) used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the backbone of the IDF's Armored Corps. Current iterations of this tank are...
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    Joel Chasnoff (category Israeli soldiers)
    American-Israeli stand-up comedian and writer with stage and screen credits in eight countries, and author of the comic memoir The 188th Crybaby Brigade, about...
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    culminating in the formation of the Jewish Brigade. These would eventually form the backbone of the Israel Defense Forces, and provide it with its initial...
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  • the Israel–Hamas war, encompassing land, naval, and air engagements, covering events which took place or began during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel on...
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    Yossi Ben Hanan (category Israeli generals)
    the tank company put together from the remnants of the decimated 188th Armored Brigade by Shmuel Askarov, one of the survivors. Leading his command in...
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    Siege of Gaza City (category Sieges of the Israel–Hamas war)
    IDF during the invasion. IDF announced that Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion and 188th Armored Brigade captured the Palestine Square in Gaza City's Shejaiya...
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    Salman Habaka (category Israeli military personnel killed in the Israel–Hamas war)
    he joined the Armored Corps of the Israel Defence Forces in 2009 and was subsequently appointed commander of the 188th Armored Brigade's 53rd Battalion...
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  • Commander (53rd bat. of the 188th armored brigade), 20, of Maccabim-Reut Sgt. Haran Lev (53rd bat. of the 188th armored brigade), 20, of Kibbutz Ma'ayan...
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  • by an anti-tank missile. The IDF announced that a soldier of the 188th Armored Brigade was killed and another was seriously wounded by a Hezbollah rocket...
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    times. Armored division has the same structure but with more tanks (240-300 tanks) and the existence of two Armored brigades and one Mechanized brigade instead...
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    by Izz al-Din al-Tarhuni; the Tariq Ibn Ziyad Brigade, the Subul al-Salam group and the al-Wadi Brigade. LNA groups from Sabratha, Sorman, Tiji and Badr...
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    Shayetet 13 (category Special forces of Israel)
    part in the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. In November 2023, Shayetet 13 commandos backed by tanks of the 188th Armored Brigade, combat engineers...
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  • – the 7th Armored Brigade reconnaissance unit. Palsar 401 – the 401st Brigade reconnaissance unit. Palsar 188 – the 188th Armored Brigade reconnaissance...
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  • Battle of Maroun al-Ras (category Battles involving Israel)
    in Maroun ar-Ras, a small village in southern Lebanon on the border with Israel, and Jall ad-Dayr, a nearby Hezbollah stronghold. This battle was the first...
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    Saar Tzur (category Israeli generals)
    department in the Israeli Ground Forces and commander of the 401st brigade. Tzur enlisted in 1991 and began his service in the 188th Armored Brigade. After passing...
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    Zvika Greengold (category Recipients of the Medal of Valor (Israel))
    force of 14 tanks that engaged an entire Syrian armored division, "made up of some 100 tanks and 40 armored personnel carriers." When Nafekh itself came...
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