8TH ARMORED BRIGADE

The '8th Armored Brigade' (aka. ''Shmone Brigade'' and ''8th Brigade'' in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war) was an Israeli mechanized brigade headquartered near Jerusalem. It was the Israel Defense Forces' first brigade which possessed tanks, jeeps and armoured personnel carriers (APCs), whereas all other IDF units at the time were entirely infantry-based.
The brigade was called armored for moral reasons, although in reality it only had a single tank company (later in the war, two companies), and a single APC company (these companies became the brigade's armoured battalion), and an assault battalion composed of jeeps.
Following the 1948 war, the brigade served as the backbone of the IDF's armoured forces.

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List of Israeli military operations in which 8th Brigade participated

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List of Israeli military operations in which 8th Brigade participated

★ Operation Danny

★ Operation Yoav

★ Operation Assaf

★ Operation Horev

See also

★ List of Israeli military operations in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

External links and references

★ http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/arab-israeli/glossary.htm