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[widow41]

Erez Battalion, Ma'avarim. The crossings security examination unit for Jerusalem.

[Gomel]

Similar to the Ta'oz Battalion.

[IDF_TANKER]

I'm insisting nothing. But in case you didn't notice there were several mosques targeted in Cast Lead because they were legitimate military targets. Because Hamas used them as arms depots.

The point I was trying to make is there is a reason to pack a target with fuel drums during training and that is to simulate a building used by the enemy as an arms depot an/or ****y trapped with lots of explosives. So unlike other buildings when targetted by fires it will explode in a huge ball of flame.

These enemies (Hamas, Hezbollah, Taliban, etc) actually try and use schools and religious centres as their arms depots and military bases in a hope it will deter attack and if attacked so they claim propaganda value against their law abiding opponents. Its part of modern conflicts and training for it is good.

This exercise looks like one of these "ability demonstrations", so in this particular case I'm guessing it was rather for a better visual effect, than anything else.

[crush6655]

Huh, nice, I wonder what they packed into the house to make it blow like that.

They use old ammo anyways

[gangplank6]

Gangplank6, i think you might appreciate these pics...

some pics from 1948









This is the first syrian tank destroyed in 1948. they preserved it...

Yoni efo ha tmunot?

Thanks for thinking of me. Wow I leave this thread for la few days and there is so much new information my head is bursting. All the new pics. and info. are wonderful.

Just a friendly standard reminder as I have not seen one in the last few pages to watch what we say on here, and edit photos where needed (maps, license plates, faces, etc.). Other than "ancient times" there is no real reason to ever discuss detailed unit composition, tectics, etc. I know I am still a new member here but that does not make the reminder any less important.

[gangplank6]

don't forget the vietnamese community.

back in 1977 an israeli merchant ship sailing off the vietnamse territorial waters on its way to taiwan encountered a small fishing trawler packed with nearly 180 refugees on the way to thailand - the boat was in very bad condition (some say it was in early stages of drowning), and the refugees were taken on board. after requests for other conutries to take the refugees were'nt answered, PM begin (in memmory of jewish refugees fleeing to israel from nazi occupation by ships) decided to take the refugees to israel. when the ship pulled in to harbour, they were flown to israel and settled as a community in ofakim. most of the refugees eventually emigrated to europe and US, some stayed and their children (and grandchildren) serve in the army.

I never knew this story. AMAZING stuff. I have a very high regard for both the Vietnamese and Laotian Hmong community and cannot wait to inform my friends.

[TheEvian100]

3 more images from myself:

[Yoni-R]

Yoni efo ha tmunot?

Thanks for thinking of me. Wow I leave this thread for la few days and there is so much new information my head is bursting. All the new pics. and info. are wonderful.

Just a friendly standard reminder as I have not seen one in the last few pages to watch what we say on here, and edit photos where needed (maps, license plates, faces, etc.). Other than "ancient times" there is no real reason to ever discuss detailed unit composition, tectics, etc. I know I am still a new member here but that does not make the reminder any less important.

got them from here http://www.idf-armor.blogspot.com/ have a look, some really interesting stuff

[Yoni-R]

I never knew this story. AMAZING stuff. I have a very high regard for both the Vietnamese and Laotian Hmong community and cannot wait to inform my friends.

its also worth noting that since the 2nd intafada started, a lot of arab labourers have been replaced by thais. i have cousins who run a flower operation on a moshav, and when 2 of their arab workers were involved in a suicide attack (1 was the suicide bomber, the other was a coordinator) they replaced them all with thai workers, who i think israel offered visas to in order to fill these employment gaps.

[Sirpad]

givaty, south lebanon 1989

[Sirpad]

its also worth noting that since the 2nd intafada started, a lot of arab labourers have been replaced by thais. i have cousins who run a flower operation on a moshav, and when 2 of their arab workers were involved in a suicide attack (1 was the suicide bomber, the other was a coordinator) they replaced them all with thai workers, who i think israel offered visas to in order to fill these employment gaps.

ma hakesher??? i was talking about vietnamese refugees, you talk about thai foreign employees. the only connection between them is that both vietnam and thailand are in south-east asia, and that's about it.

[GiladS]

givaty, south lebanon 1989

Bint Jbeil?

[Climber]

givaty, south lebanon 1989

Put Nahal instead of Givati and it could have been me.

[Ren987]

MK3 patrolling the border with Gaza


Engineering Corps exhibition


EL/M 2084 Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) - MMR combines a Weapon Locator Radar and an Air Defense Radar.


Nahal

[Sirpad]

nice to know that the namachon was already in service back then. yet, it took another decade until it was fixed with the enclosed turret (i'm not sure it would fit back then)