Armor, artillery, engineering, air defense
Border Infantry Tank Crew (Women)
לוחמות טנקים בגדודי חי"ר גבולות
- Combat
- Men and women
What you would be doing
You get full training to operate a tank and serve in the Paran border-infantry brigade's tank crews — patrolling, preventing terror and criminal activity along the border, and guarding communities in the sector. The best candidates go on to a commanders' course and become tank or platoon commanders.
What it takes to get in
Passing the female-combat-soldier selection, height 1.65m and above, weight 60kg and above.
Training
Four months of foundation training (basic rifle skills, level 06) at a reconnaissance-unit base, a 5-week tank-trade course at Shizafon (Armored Corps school), then 8 weeks of advanced border tank-crew training.
Where you serve
In the Karakal battalion, along the border.
- Physical effort
- Adrenaline and risk
- Hands-on and machinery
- Command and responsibility