Artillery Corps (Israel)

Artillery Corps
Artillery Corps
חיל התותחנים
	Israeli Artillery Corps insignia
Active	1948–present
Country	Israel
Allegiance	Israel Defense Forces
Branch	GOC Army Headquarters
Motto(s)	"Sophistication and Might" (Hebrew: תחכום ועצמה, Tih'cum Ve'otzma)
Engagements	War of Independence; Sinai War; Six-Day War; War of Attrition; Yom Kippur War; First Lebanon War; Second Lebanon War; Operation Cast Lead; Operation Protective Edge;
Commanders
Current; commander	Tat Aluf Neri Horowitz
Insignia
Cap badge
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The Israeli Artillery Corps (Hebrew: חיל התותחנים, Heil HaTothanim) is the Israel Defense Forces corps responsible for operating medium and long-range artillery. The current commander of the Artillery Corps is Brigadier General Neri Horowitz. He replaced Brig. Gen. Aviram Sela.

The corps is tasked with two principal missions:

Assisting IDF maneuvering forces, at the place, time and with the firepower required.
Paralyzing and destroying enemy targets throughout the IDF zone of operations.

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