Israeli ground forces

This force has 134,000 soldiers ready to fight (male and female), divided into three units, but with full vigilance and war conditions, the reserve strength and number of troops are increasing. A force made of 365,000 soldiers (men and women), all of which will be ready within 48 to 72 hours. In other words, the number of Israeli ground forces is about 500,000 people and may even reach 600,000.
1. Armored forces
62.2% of the ground force is available to armored personnel carriers, which indicates the importance of this force. The Israeli army has 5,400 to 5,500 tanks, while the Syrian army has 4,600 tanks. If we want to compare the Egyptian army with the army of this regime, we will see that 44.6 percent of the Egyptian army is equipped with armored forces and these forces have about 3650 tanks and this shows the weakness of the Egyptian army against the Syrian and Israeli armies and the importance of widespread use of the tank in Israeli military thought.
2. Mechanized pedestrian force
Israel has 9,500 military personal carriers on various sizes and models, while the Syrian army has 3,750 and the Egyptian army has 3,904 personnel carriers. In other words, there is a 250% difference between the Israeli army's military equipment and the Syrian army and 243% difference with the Egyptian army, which indicates the importance of logistics in Israeli military thinking.
3. Artillery
More than 1810 field and Hutzer artilleries are at the disposal of the regime's ground forces. In the 1973 war, when the Israeli Air Force could not use its own fire to support ground forces, the Egyptian and Syrian artillery fire was significantly superior to the Israeli ground forces. Since then, the Zionist Army has paid more attention to the qualitative and quantitative increase in artillery, so that the volume of this artillery is now 22% more than the Syrian and Egyptian artilleries.
4. Infantry fighting vehicle
Infantry fighting vehicles have played an important role in the Israeli military since the 1948 war, because they are easy to use, yet affordable, and easily used in all circumstances, and can be used by pedestrians quickly, in addition, their construction does not cost a lot. The Israeli army now has 2,740 infantry fighting vehicles, 1,600 81mm, 900 a20mm, 240 160mm, and about 5000 60mm and 52mm infantry fighting vehicles available to this army.
5. Missiles
Until the 1973 war, and given the fact that Israel's military thought was based on reliance on tanks and aircraft, anti-tank missiles were not under much attention, but in the 1973 war, the Syrian and Egyptian armies used anti-tank missiles with the strength and severity to defeat the Israeli tanks, and they succeeded as well. This success was unique not only in the history of the Arab-Israeli wars, but also in the history of modern wars. Since then, Israel has identified the importance of anti-tank missiles, which now has 3,200 bomber launch platforms for BJ-71 Tau, Tau-2 American missiles and it has 18,000 missiles. There are also about 2,000 American rocket launchers in Aswan and many Israeli rocket launchers of the Mapatas, which is an example of the American Tau missile, which was designed and built by Israel in 1984 and works with laser radiation. The numbers and model of the Israeli military missiles are very large and varied, but the exact figures are not available.
6. Anti-aircraft and ballistic missiles
Until the 1973 war, the Israeli Army did not show its defensive defense either in terms of quantity or in terms of quality, and argued that fighter planes were the best weapon against enemy aircraft. But after the 1973 war experience, the army showed special attention to defensive protection, so that in 1997, 17 batteries for "AMM 23 Hawk" missiles that were anti-aircraft and made in America were delivered to the Israeli military, and now there are 102 launchers with 306 ready-to-launch missiles, and besides these, there are 900 to 1,000 saved missiles as well. There are also four Pac-2-powered missile batteries known as Patriot at the service of the Israeli military, which are made in the United States as well. These are long-range and anti-aircraft missiles, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. there are 16 mobile launcher platforms available for patriot missiles and 64 other ready-to-launch missiles are ready, while another 128 ready-to-launch missiles are currently in storage, but due to the results of the launch of the missiles in the Persian Gulf War of 1991, the performance of these missiles is low and not satisfactory, and for this reason, the United States is currently trying to provide a more advanced model called "Clean 3". Except for the above cases, eight batteries of anti-aircraft missiles low-flying that work with infrared rays and are manufactured by the United States are at the disposal of the Israeli military. The model is "M 48 A 1 Chaparal" and 48 platforms are equipped with 192 ready-to-fire missiles. The number of these missiles in the Israeli military is about 1152 missiles. Israel has been developing a new anti-missile missile called Arvo since 1992 with US technical and financial assistance. The maximum range of the missile is 500 kilometers to target the attacker's ballistic missile at the far distance from Israel. Of course, without the help of the connection between American satellites to the Israeli rapid alert system, it cannot be deployed at the right time to deal ballistic missiles attack on Israel. In order to increase its missile defense capability, the regime has urged the United States to produce the advanced Arrow-2 model as soon as possible. Israel was supposed to receive two Aero-2 missile batteries in April 1998, but the Israeli government called for the additional battery, and due to the $ 150 million cost of these batteries, and in the face of a large blast of ballistic missiles in the region, The United States has decided to cover part of the cost of building a third battery. Another joint project between Israel and the United States is being pursued to build the anti-missile Katiusha missile, used by the Lebanese National Resistance as a response to Israeli attacks against Lebanese citizens. The name of this project is Natalios. The artillery of Israel is also numerous and diverse. One of the models of the artillery is the M163 Falcon, and the other model is Shilka, and the recent model is made in the Soviet Union, and the Israeli army acquired a number of them during the 1973 war and the occupation of southern Lebanon in 1982. Experiments have shown that the "Shallika" ball is better than the American Falcon, and its marking power is higher. Another type of missile called Adams, made in Israel, is in hands of military in countless number. These missiles are very light-weighted and are among the rare earth-to-air missiles that can even be fired at a flat car like Jeep or pickups. These missiles are used vertically and for low altitudes. Also, the number of three-thousand "Red I" missiles carried on the shoulder and are targeted by the infrared camera are at the service of this army. The missiles were made by the United States and built to deal with the Russian missile (Sam 7) and delivered to the Army after the 1973 war. Also missiles known as the "Stinger", previously known as the "Red I-2", which is a more advanced example, has been given to Israel. Therefore, importance of air defense weapons, whether anti-aircraft missiles or ballistic missiles gets clear after the 1973 war for the Israeli military. However, fighter aircrafts are still the main means of air defense against other countries' fighters, although the air defense role was delivered to the Army after the 1973 war. Also missiles known as the "Stinger", previously known as the "Red i-2", which is a more advanced example, is given to Israel in unknown number. Hence, the importance of air defense weapons, whether anti-aircraft weapons or Ballistic missiles is more obvious for the Israeli military from the 1973 war. However, fighter planes still remain the main means of air defense against other countries, although the air defense role has declined since the 1973 war. It is not bad to offer a comparison between the Arab air defense weapons of the Arab countries like Egypt and Syria. For example, Syrian air defense has about 130 batteries Sam 2, 3, 6 [50 Sam 6 batteries], 8 batteries of Sam 5, 15 Sam 8 Batteries, 24 Sam 9 Batteries and 9 Sam 13 Batteries.
7. Ballistic missiles (ground to ground)
Currently, there are three operational-tactical ballistic missile models available in the Israeli military. There are 27 launch pads for tactical ground-to-ground missiles of the US "M G M- 52 C lance", with the capability of use of conventional or cluster warheads weighing 454 kg in this army. Using these caps, the missile can reach a maximum magnitude of 72 kilometers, but if a 10 kilo nuclear warhead is used at the head of the missile, it will reach 120 to 130 kilometers. Western military experts believe that the repair of Lance missiles and the precision in protecting their electronic equipment will enable these missiles to support militant forces well, or that they will pursue major goals such as cities, bases, airports, and economic undercurrents. The second model of the ballistic missile supplied to the Israeli military is the French "Jericho 1" rockets tested in the North African desert in 1965. France sold about 14 missiles to Israel before the 1967 military boycott, and since then Israel began producing such missiles. An American expert estimates that Israel produces between 60 and 80 "Jericho" missiles annually. The missile has a range of 482 to 563 kilometers, capable of carrying conventional nuclear warheads. The third is the Israeli ballistic missile "Jericho 2" that was built inside and is an advanced model of "Jericho 1". This type of missile has been provided to the Israeli military since 1981. In May 1987, Israel tested the missile at a missile spacing of 850 kilometers in the Mediterranean Sea south of Crete Island, followed by that a second trial was done in January 1988. On September 19, 1988, the Zionist regime launched its first satellite (Horizon 1) using the advanced and two-stage type of Jericho 2 missile and launched its third satellite on April 5, 1995. On September 14, 1989, it launched its third missile release in which the missile was fired from a spot near the city of Quds, and after passing through a vast part of Mediterranean Sea in 400 kilometers north of the city of Benghazi, Libya, it fell into the sea and hence it crossed a distance around 1,300 kilometers. US intelligence sources believe that the maximum range of the "Jericho 2" missile is about 1,500 kilometers, and Israel has produced about one hundred rockets of this type. The missile is capable of carrying 340kg nuclear warheads and conventional warheads. Journal of Jeans Intelligence Reyoio reported in 1997 that about 150 nuclear warheads and 50 "Jericho 2" missiles were deposited at Israeli airspace "Zakaria" in the south-east of Tel Aviv. The Jerusalem Post reported on news published on July 3, 1998, that Jericho 3 had a 5,000-kilometer range and it has a 1-tonne nuclear warhead.