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[DvdW]

Sorry, no...

No hard feelings

[Ren987]

IDF reserve artillery unit firing Howitzer during Negev live fire maneuvers







Thanks to Dave Bender @ Flickr

[Kaplanr]

IDF reserve artillery unit firing Howitzer during Negev live fire maneuvers
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Thanks to Dave Bender @ Flickr

We were members of Kibbutz Yahel together. I roomed with him there before we got out onw apartments. We were in tironut (basic training) together too.

[Ren987]

52nd batallion of the 401st 'Iron Trails' Brigade training on the Golan Height






thanks to Fresh member's הרומני

[Recce 1]

IDF reserve artillery unit firing Howitzer during Negev live fire maneuvers







Thanks to Dave Bender @ Flickr

Can somebody say the name of this piece of artillery?
Thank you.

[Ren987]

Can somebody say the name of this piece of artillery?
Thank you.

That's the Soltam M-71 155mm/39 caliber towed howitzer.

You have more info about the different howitzers in IDF inventory and the israeli-made one here

[Recce 1]

A great thank you Ren987

[Ren987]

Training in Shizafon














































Thanks to mprivoro @ Flickr! Click on the hypertext to get the high-rez

[Snoshi]

Anyone knows what unit uses that desert camo?

[GrimReaper]

Anyone knows what unit uses that desert camo?

Regular camo suit, it's available to all regular infantry units and can be requisitioned by units who need it through quartermasters.
The idiocy is they bother using it, but still wear the idiotic "bullseye" helmet cover and an olivedrab colored backpack

[m.i.t]

this is a first for me...camos and idf...

[dan_pub]

this is a first for me...camos and idf...

Not a first at all: Look at those paras in 1967.
That's the French "Lézard" camo.

[GrimReaper]

Not a first at all: Look at those paras in 1967.
That's the French "Lézard" camo.

That was an actual camo uniform, the one in the former photo is an over the uniform mesh suit. Other then that there are also surplus woodland and desert US uniforms, but not in frequent use for actual combat units.

[Sirpad]

Other then that there are also surplus woodland and desert US uniforms, but not in frequent use for actual combat units.

depends which units you reffer to...

[GrimReaper]

depends which units you reffer to...

Yes, I know but extremely rare among the bulk of deployed combat troops- regular and reserve infantry brigades.