Camp Saar : 7th Armor Brigade
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7th "Saar me-Golan"/"Storm from Golan" Armor Brigade
Equipped with Merkava Mk.2 MBT
The 7th Armored Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבה שבע, Hativa Sheva) is a military formation of the Israeli Defense Force formed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The brigade took part in all of Israel's wars. During the Battles of Latrun in 1948 the 3rd Alexandroni Brigade and the 7th together suffered 139 casualties. Its participation in the Six-Day War was under the command of the controversial Shmuel Gonen (Gorodish). In the Yom Kippur War, under the command of Avigdor Ben-Gal, it was stationed at the defense line of the northern part of the Golan Heights (sharing the defense with the Barak Armored Brigade), where it came under a heavy Syrian attack.
The 7th Brigade once belonged to Israel's Southern Command. Since the end of the Six Day War, the 7th has been based in the Golan Heights as part of the 36th Armored Division. Camp Saar is the Brigade HQ used for exercise & training. It is also home to the following Brigade components :
603th "Lahav"/"Blade" Armored Engineer Battalion
Sayeret 7 - 353rd Reconnaissance Company
Palhik 7 - 356th "Hanit/Spear" Communications Company
The x3 component tank battalions are in a dispersed basing elsewhere on the Golan Heights. Today the Brigade is armed with a latest version of the Israeli main battle tank, the Merkava Mk IIB.
Order of Battle
75th "Romach"/"Lance" Armor Battalion
77th "Oz"/"Courage" Armor Battalion
82nd "Gaash"/"Rage" Armor Battalion
603rd "Lahav"/"Blade" Armored Engineer Battalion
Sayeret 7 - 353rd Reconnaissance Company
Palhik 7 - 356th "Hanit/Spear" Communications Company
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Equipped with Merkava Mk.2 MBT
The 7th Armored Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבה שבע, Hativa Sheva) is a military formation of the Israeli Defense Force formed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The brigade took part in all of Israel's wars. During the Battles of Latrun in 1948 the 3rd Alexandroni Brigade and the 7th together suffered 139 casualties. Its participation in the Six-Day War was under the command of the controversial Shmuel Gonen (Gorodish). In the Yom Kippur War, under the command of Avigdor Ben-Gal, it was stationed at the defense line of the northern part of the Golan Heights (sharing the defense with the Barak Armored Brigade), where it came under a heavy Syrian attack.
The 7th Brigade once belonged to Israel's Southern Command. Since the end of the Six Day War, the 7th has been based in the Golan Heights as part of the 36th Armored Division. Camp Saar is the Brigade HQ used for exercise & training. It is also home to the following Brigade components :
603th "Lahav"/"Blade" Armored Engineer Battalion
Sayeret 7 - 353rd Reconnaissance Company
Palhik 7 - 356th "Hanit/Spear" Communications Company
The x3 component tank battalions are in a dispersed basing elsewhere on the Golan Heights. Today the Brigade is armed with a latest version of the Israeli main battle tank, the Merkava Mk IIB.
Order of Battle
75th "Romach"/"Lance" Armor Battalion
77th "Oz"/"Courage" Armor Battalion
82nd "Gaash"/"Rage" Armor Battalion
603rd "Lahav"/"Blade" Armored Engineer Battalion
Sayeret 7 - 353rd Reconnaissance Company
Palhik 7 - 356th "Hanit/Spear" Communications Company
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Armored_Brigade_(Israel)
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Coordinates: 33°3'11"N 35°42'21"E
- Military Zone 2.2 km
- Military Zone 5 km
- Military Zone 8 km
- Military Zone 8.3 km
- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) offensive 10 km
- Military Zone 10 km
- Military Zone 10 km
- Military Zone 14 km
- Military Zone 18 km
- Eilabun (Ilabun) Special Weapons Depot 38 km
- Golan Heights 6.3 km
- Katzrin Industrial Area 7 km
- Tel Shiban 8.1 km
- Golan Plateau 9 km
- UNDOF Zone 13 km
- Quneitra 14 km
- Galilee Panhandle 16 km
- Aziz Lake 17 km
- Quneitra Governorate (PCS) 18 km
- Horan Plain 49 km