The first transport unit of the Yishuv was the British army's Zion Mule Corps, founded by Joseph Trumpeldor in 1915.

During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Quartermasters Directorate provided logistical services for the IDF, in a model based on a British design.

Toward the Suez War, the logistical corps undertook a massive purchase from France and recruited many civilian vehicles.

During the War of Attrition, the corps supplied troops situated on the Bar Lev Line, which suffered heavy fire.

Heavy vehicles were recruited to transfer forces between the battle arenas and a dispatch of the supply centre was established west of the Suez Canal.