This is a list of brigades in the Israel Defense Forces. Current brigades Active service 1st "Golani" Brigade - Has been active since 1948 and is part of Northern Command, though currently (July 2014) operating under Southern Command in the Gaza. 12th "Barak"/"Lightning" Infantry Battalion 13th "Gideon" Infantry Battalion 51st "HaBoki'm HaRishonim"/"First Breachers" Infantry Battalion 631st Reconnaissance Battalion: Anti-tank Company / PALNAT Engineer Company / PALCHAN 95th "Flying Tiger" Reconnaissance Company 351st Signal Company / PALCHIK 7th Armoured Brigade - Has been active since 1948 72nd Battalion was in the 1948 Latrun Battles 75th "Romach"/"Lance" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.3) 77th "Oz"/"Courage" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.4) 82nd "Gaash"/"Rage" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.2) 603rd "Lahav"/"Blade" Armored Engineer Battalion Sayeret 7 Armored Reconnaissance Company Anti-Tank Guided Missile Company 35th Paratroopers Brigade - Has been active since 1955 and is part of Central Command (Paratrooper units are named after snakes.) 101st "Peten"/"Cobra" Airborne Battalion 202nd "Tsefa"/"Viper" Airborne Battalion 890th "Ef'e"/"Echis" Airborne Battalion 5135th "Flying Serpent" Reconnaissance Battalion "Naja" Anti-Tank Company "Coluber" Engineer Company 5173rd "Taipan" Reconnaissance Company "Eryx" Signal Company 84th Nahal Brigade - Has been active since 1982 and is part of Central Command (Nahal units are named after types of rock.) 50 "Baselet" Infantry Battalion 931 "Shacham" Infantry Battalion 932 "Granite" Infantry Battalion 934th "Topaz" Reconnaissance Battalion: "Gazit" Anti-Tank Company "Sapphire" Engineer Company 374th "Flint" Reconnaissance Company Scouts & Sniper Company "Agate" Signal Company 89th Oz Brigade - Has been active since 2015 and is composed of three special forces units, also known as the "Commando Brigade". Unit 212 - Maglan Unit 217 - Duvdevan Unit 621 - Egoz 188th Barak Armored Brigade (45th, 188th Armored Brigade) - Has been active since 1948 and is part of Northern Command 53rd "Sufa"/"Storm" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.3) 71st "Reshef"/"Spark" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.4) 74th "Saar"/"Tempest" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.4) 605th "ha-Mahatz"/"The Crush" Armored Engineer Battalion Sayeret 188 Armored Reconnaissance Company Anti-Tank Guided Missile Company 401st Armored Brigade - Has been active since 1968 9th "Eshet" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.4) 46th "Shelah" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.4) 52nd "Ha-Bok'im"/"The Breachers" Armor Battalion (Merkava Mk.4) 601st "Asaf" Armored Engineer Battalion Sayeret 401 Armored Reconnaissance Company Anti-Tank Guided Missile Company 460th Brigade (Bnei Or/Sons of Light) - The training formation for Israeli armoured forces and is part of Southern Command 195th "Adam" Training Battalion with Merkava 2 198th "Ezuz" Training Battalion with Merkava 3 532nd "Shelah" Training Battalion