Global InformationEphod Combat Vest information
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| Ephod Combat Vest | |
|---|---|
 Israeli female recruits wearing the late-model version of the IDF Ephod combat vest, May 2002. | |
| Type | Load-bearing equipment |
| Place of origin | Israel |
| Service history | |
| Used by | See Users |
| Wars | Operation Entebbe 1978 South Lebanon conflict Angolan Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Lebanese Civil War 1978-79 Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Guatemalan Civil War Internal conflict in Peru Sri Lankan Civil War First Intifada Al-Aqsa Intifada Syrian Civil War Rwandan Civil War Cenepa War Kosovo War South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) Dinnieh clashes 2013 Sidon clash Bab al-Tabbaneh–Jabal Mohsen conflict 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict 2006 Lebanon War 2007 Lebanon conflict 2008 conflict in Lebanon Battle of Gaza (2007) Gaza War (2008–09) 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Rabintex Industries Ltd |
| Designed | 1970s |
| Manufacturer | Rabintex Industries Ltd Hagor Industries Ltd Israeli Weapons Ltd Marom-Dolphin Johsen Equipment Company (Singapore) |
| Produced | 1976-Present |
The Ephod Combat Vest, also designated variously the A10 Model Infantry Load-bearing Rig, Individual Carrying Equipment, and "New style" Load Bearing Equipment, is a personal equipment system issued to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of the State of Israel since the mid-1970s. It replaced the modular-based 1950s "Old style" tan-khaki cotton canvas equipment (similar in design to the British Army's 58 pattern webbing) and a variety of load-carrying waistcoats and assault vests used by Israeli infantry and elite units during the 1967 Six-Day War, the 1967-1970 War of Attrition, and the 1973 Yom Kippur War.[1][2]
- ^ Laffin & Chappell, The Israeli Army in the Middle East Wars 1948-73 (1982), p. 12.
- ^ Katz & Volstad, Israeli Elite Forces since 1948 (1988), p. 57.