Editing Israel Defense Forces (section)

=== Uniforms ===
[[File:Idf-uniform-en.png|thumb|IDF uniform colors]]
[[File:Israeli Honor Guards stand at attention 01.jpg|thumb|IDF female Military Police wearing skirts with their white caps and belts]]
[[File:Spike_LR_3.jpg|thumb|Female IDF corporal with the [[Spike (missile)|Spike missile]] launcher, wearing the golden-olive Madei Alef uniform]]
The Israel Defense Forces has several types of uniforms:
* [[Service dress]] (מדי אלף ''Madei Alef'' – Uniform "A")&nbsp;– the everyday uniform, worn by everybody.
* [[battledress|Field dress]] (מדי ב ''Madei Bet'' – Uniform "B")&nbsp;– worn into combat, training, work on base.
The first two resemble each other but the Madei Alef is made of higher quality materials in a golden olive while the madei bet is in [[olive drab]].<ref>Israeli Defence Forces since 1973, Osprey – Elite Series #8, Sam Katz 1986, ISNC 0-85045-887-8</ref><ref name="historama.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.historama.com/online-resources/history-collecting-resources/militaria/idf_israel_defense_forces_militaria_guide.html#Uniforms |title=Guide to Israeli Militaria, Insignia, Badges, Uniforms & Unit Formations at Historama.com &#124; The Online History Shop |publisher=Historama.com |date=2 August 1945 |access-date=3 August 2014 |archive-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804024615/http://www.historama.com/online-resources/history-collecting-resources/militaria/idf_israel_defense_forces_militaria_guide.html#Uniforms |url-status=live }}</ref> The dress uniforms may also exhibit a surface shine<ref name="historama.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://garinmahal.com/your-first-day-in-the-idf|title=GarinMahal – Your first day in the IDF|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116033711/http://garinmahal.com/your-first-day-in-the-idf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Officers / Ceremonial dress (מדי שרד ''madei srad'')&nbsp;– worn by officers, or during special events/ceremonies.
* [[Dress uniform]] and [[mess dress]]&nbsp;– worn only abroad. Several dress uniforms are depending on the season and the branch.

The service uniform for all ground forces personnel is [[olive green]]; navy and air force uniforms are [[beige]]/[[Tan (color)|tan]] (also once worn by the ground forces). The uniforms consist of a two-pocket shirt, [[combat trousers]], [[sweater]], jacket or blouse, and shoes or boots. The navy also has an all-white dress uniform. The green fatigues are the same for winter and summer and heavy winter gear is issued as needed. Women's dress parallels the men's but may substitute a skirt for trousers and a blouse for a shirt.

Headgear included a service cap for dress and semi-dress and a [[field cap]] or [[Boonie hat|"Kova raful" bush hat]] worn with fatigues. Many IDF personnel once wore the [[Tembel hat|tembel]] as a field hat. IDF personnel generally wear [[beret]]s instead of the service cap and there are many beret colours issued to IDF personnel. [[Paratroopers Brigade|Paratroopers]] are issued a maroon beret, [[Golani Brigade|Golani]] brown, [[Givati Brigade|Givati]] purple, [[Nahal Brigade|Nahal]] lime green, [[Kfir Brigade|Kfir]] camouflage, Combat Engineers grey, navy blue for IDF Naval and dark grey for IDF Air Force personnel.

In combat uniforms, the [[Orlite helmet]] has replaced the British [[Brodie helmet|Brodie helmet Mark II/Mark III]], [[RAC helmet|RAC Mk II modified helmet with chin web jump harness]] (used by [[Paratroopers Brigade|paratroopers]] and similar to the [[Helmet Steel Airborne Troop|HSAT Mk II/Mk III paratrooper helmet]]s),<ref>Katz & Volstad, ''Israeli Elite Units since 1948'' (1988), pp. 53–54; 56.</ref> US [[M1 helmet]],<ref>Katz & Volstad, ''Israeli Elite Units since 1948'' (1988), pp. 54–55; 57–59.</ref> and French [[Modèle 1951 helmet]] – previously worn by Israeli infantry and airborne troops from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s and early 1980s.<ref>Katz & Volstad, ''Israeli Elite Units since 1948'' (1988), p. 60.</ref>

Some corps or units have small variations in their uniforms&nbsp;– for instance, [[Military Police Corps (Israel)|military police]] wear a white belt and [[Peaked cap|police hat]], Naval personnel have dress whites for parades, paratroopers are issued a four pocket tunic (yarkit/yerkit) worn untucked with a pistol belt cinched tight around the waist over the shirt.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |url=https://www.idf.il/en/minisites/paratroopers-brigade/ |title=Paratroopers Brigade |publisher=Israeli Defense Forces |access-date=16 May 2022 |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706185711/https://www.idf.il/en/minisites/paratroopers-brigade/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The IDF Air Corps has a dress uniform consisting of a pale blue shirt with dark blue trousers.

Most IDF soldiers are issued black leather [[combat boots]], certain units issue [[Russet (color)|reddish-brown]] leather boots for historical reasons&nbsp;— the paratroopers,<ref name="auto2"/> combat medics, Nahal and Kfir Brigades, as well as some [[Israeli special forces units|Special Forces units]] ([[Sayeret Matkal]], [[Unit Oketz|Oketz]], [[Duvdevan Unit|Duvdevan]], [[Maglan]], and the Counter-Terror School). Women were also formerly issued [[Sandal (footwear)|sandal]]s, but this practice has ceased.