Operation Badr (1973) order of battle

This is the order of battle for Operation Badr, an Egyptian military operation that initiated the Yom Kippur War against Israel along the Suez Canal in the Sinai on October 6, 1973.

As neither belligerent has released an official order of battle, this list remains incomplete (for example, concerning brigades within divisions of the Third Army) and largely conjectural.

Chief of Military Intelligence - Major General Ibrahim Fouad Nassar Most sources use Dupuy's commando brigade designations: 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, and 134.

He doesn't identify the groups, but from Arab sources, the following designations are available: 39, 127, 129, 136, 139, and 145.

Moshe Dayan Chief of Staff - Lt Gen David Elazar Deputy Chief of Staff - Maj Gen Israel Tal Head of Operations - Maj Gen Abraham Tamir Head of Intelligence - Maj Gen Eli Zeira Southern Command: Maj. Gen. Shmuel Gonen +Mechanised Infantry and Paratroop support +Mechanised Infantry and Paratroop support including: 35th Paratroop Brigade - Col Uzi Yairi +Mechanized Infantry units