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Load-bearing equipment
Ephod Combat Vest is a load-bearing equipment originating in Israel. It was built by Rabintex Industries Ltd Hagor Industries Ltd Israeli Weapons Ltd Marom-Dolphin Johsen Equipment Company ( Singapore ) Begadi GmbH ( Germany ). Reported operators include Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Italy, Lebanon, Palestine, Peru, Syria, Sri Lanka.
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Entebbe raid 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 Second Intifada Rwandan Civil War Croatian War of Independence 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 Lebanon conflict Battle of Gaza (2007) Gaza War (2008–2009) Syrian civil war 2014 Gaza War Gaza war
Rabintex Industries Ltd
1970s
Rabintex Industries Ltd Hagor Industries Ltd Israeli Weapons Ltd Marom-Dolphin Johsen Equipment Company ( Singapore ) Begadi GmbH ( Germany )
1976–present
Argentina : used by the Mountain Cazadores .
Ecuador : used by the Naval Infantry Corps .
El Salvador : used by the Salvadoran Army .
Estonia : used by the Estonian Land Forces .
France : used by the Special Operations Command units .
Guatemala : used by the Parachute Brigade and Kaibiles .
Indonesia : used by the Indonesian Army Raider Battalions.
Italy : used by the Folgore Brigade Paratroopers .
Lebanon : used by the Lebanese Armed Forces .
Palestine : used by the Palestinian National Security Forces (PNSF).
Peru : used by the Peruvian Armed Forces and Peruvian Naval Infantry .
Syria : used by the Syrian Army Commandos .
Sri Lanka : used by the Sri Lanka Army .
Croatia
Cuba : Locally produced clones used in the 1980s during Cuba's military intervention in Angola.
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : used by the Serbian Special Police Units during the Kosovo War , being used afterwards by the Special Operations Unit of the former Yugoslavian State Security Service (RDB) for training purposes, and briefly by the Serbian Gendarmerie between 1998 and 2003.
Israel : used by the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli security forces . Replaced mainly with modern Plate Carriers though still being used by rear echelon troops.
Nicaragua : Used by the National Guard between 1977 and 1979.
Lebanese Forces : provided by Israel between 1978 and 1993.
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN): used captured vests from the Nicaraguan National Guard between 1978 and 1979.
Singapore : locally made SBO versions used by the Singapore Armed Forces between 1995 and 2007.
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Ephod Combat Vest equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Argentina
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
France
Guatemala
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Lebanon
Palestine
Peru
Sri Lanka
SyriaArgentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Italy, Lebanon, Palestine, Peru, Syria, Sri Lanka
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