IDF Ordnance Corps HQ

Camp Yaakov Dori (Tel HaShomer)

The Israeli Ordnance Corps (Hebrew: חיל החימוש‎, Heil HaHimush) is a combat-support corps in the IDF GOC Army Headquarters. Before the Israeli Technological and Logistics Directorate was dismantled, it fell under its jurisdiction. The corps is responsible for the development and maintenance of war materiel, combat-support materials, and other systems.

Whilst the Corps Administrative HQ is here at Camp Yaakov Dori (Tel HaShomer Campus) the Corps Training School (Bahad 20) is located at Camp Yigael Yaakov (Tzifrin Base).Other units do not fall directly under the corps’ command, but are professionally affiliated with it as follows :

Order of Battle

The Center for Maintenance and Restoration is the main centre for holding war materiel, including the factory where the Merkava tank is manufactured.
The Center for Combat Spare Parts administers the supply of spare parts to the IDF in ten bases.
The Unit for Quality Assurance and Experiments conducts quality control and other experiments in two principal experiment bases and several other smaller, temporary bases.
The Central Regional Ordnance Supply Unit 650 (formerly 652) provides ordnance to the Central Command, including forces stationed in the West Bank.
The Northern Regional Ordnance Supply Unit 651 provides ordnance to the Northern Command.
The Southern Regional Ordnance Supply Unit 653 provides ordnance to the Southern Command.

This facility is due to close by the end of 2014 / early 2015 when the functions are due to be transferred to the new Central Training Base, in the Negev Desert : Kiryat Ben-Gurion (IrHaBahadim) instead
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