I've been looking for information for years. The IDF is my favorite army in the world and I am so sick and tired of countless hours of frustration not being able to find the information I need that I am about ready to just dump all of my Israeli garbage and give up on them forever. I cannot believe in current year that we don't have a single person saying definitively how many and what type of vehicles are in an armored brigade.
I've read that there are 3 merkava IV per platoon. 3 platoons per company + 2 Hq merkava IV. 3 companies per battalion for a total of 35 merkava IV. 3 battalion per brigade.
But armor brigades include a support battalion that has a mortar battery, recce company, and a signals company. Based on information I've seen I think the mortar battery is 4 pieces of 81 or 120mm in m113 carriers. I have no effing clue what is in the recce company. Do they drive hummers, jeeps, namers? Why isn't this information available? Why do we know more about our enemy north korea than we do our ally Israel? How much longer do I have to suffer without this information before I start hating the IDF out of spite?
WTF is in an infantry brigade? All I can tell is that they are probably 4 namer per platoon with 3 squads of 9 men and hq. 3 platoon per company and 3 company per battalion. I have no idea if this information is correct or current.
IDF recently considered reorganization. All merkava 1 and 2 retired. Going to retire – Cobra, M113, Achzarit, any artillery guns that aren't M109, F-15, F-16. I read that it was considered going to smaller tank units of 2x3 merkava IV and 1 hq. But I also read that they were removing the 3rd company of every battalion, adding it back in as reserve, and then adding a infantry support company with the recce, mortar, observation, and mech infantry platoon (I read that this mech infantry platoon would be in M113 rather than Namer since the infantry brigades get the namers first and they are in short supply right now).
What does all this mean? I have a good idea about some things. I have no idea whatsoever about other things (that gotdam recce company is in it). At this point I don't even think the IDF knows their own unit compositions.
I don't want another thread with speculation. I need answers or I'm permanently shelving any aspirations I have to game with the IDF.
So anyone with answers please respond. I want to paint 1 brigade each of armored and infantry specifically units from the 162nd division, 401st armored and Nahal brigades. On that note, Nahal brigade has the 50th paratrooper bn. What is in it. What do they drive/fly? How are they inserted into combat? Are they more like palsar/sayeret where they are elite and just sort of use whatever they want to get the mission done?
Signed,
Angry Gamer
EDIT – Why did it not censor w t f in the 4th paragraph but does censor it in the 6th? This angers and frustrates me even more. Would be pulling my hair out if I didn't shave it.