no they didn't. the US helped.
anyway....with superior arms and intelligence you can beat 5 inferior armies.
big deal.
Zone, there was little to no U.S. involvement. any and all was voluntary US citizens fighting. and the IDF was not superior, they were equal in armaments, out gunned by A LOT. so again i ask how do you think a country like Israel could take that land without the help of God. that is something to consider too, the war was one of a preemptive strike, the IDF was taking ground not defending it, a lot harder task.
Armies and weapons
Armies
The Israeli army had a total strength, including reservists, of 264,000, though this number could not be sustained, as the reservists were vital to civilian life.[SUP][45][/SUP]
Against Jordan's forces on the West Bank, Israel deployed about 40,000 troops and 200 tanks (eight brigades).[SUP][46][/SUP] Israeli Central Command forces consisted of five brigades. The first two were permanently stationed near Jerusalem and were called the Jerusalem Brigade and the mechanized Harel Brigade. Mordechai Gur's 55th Paratroopers Brigade was summoned from the Sinai front. The 10th Armored Brigade was stationed north of the West Bank. The Israeli Northern Command provided a division (three brigades) led by Major-General Elad Peled, which was stationed in the Jezreel Valley to the north of the West Bank.
On the eve of the war, Egypt massed approximately 100,000 of its 160,000 troops in the Sinai, including all of its seven divisions (four infantry, two armoured and one mechanized), four independent infantry brigades and four independent armoured brigades. No fewer than a third of them were veterans of Egypt's continuing intervention into the North Yemen Civil War and another third were reservists. These forces had 950 tanks, 1,100 APCs, and more than 1,000 artillery pieces.[SUP][47][/SUP]
Syria's army had a total strength of 75,000 and was deployed along the Syrian border.[SUP][48][/SUP]
The Jordanian Armed Forces included 11 brigades, totalling 55,000 troops[SUP][49][/SUP] and equipped with some 300 modern Western tanks, 250 of which were U.S. M48 Pattons. Nine brigades (45,000 troops, 270 tanks, 200 artillery pieces) were deployed in the West Bank, including the elite armoured 40th, and two in the Jordan Valley. They possessed sizable numbers of M113 APCs, a new battalion of mechanized infantry, and a paratrooper battalion trained in the new U.S.-built school. They also had 12 battalions of artillery and six batteries of 81 mm and 120 mm mortars.[SUP][50][/SUP] The Jordanian Army, then known as the Arab Legion, was a long-term-service, professional army, relatively well-equipped and well-trained. Furthermore, Israeli post-war briefings said that the Jordanian staff acted professionally as well, but was always left "half a step" behind by the Israeli moves. The small Royal Jordanian Air Force consisted of only 24 British-made Hawker Hunter fighters, six transports, and two helicopters. According to the Israelis, the Hawker Hunter was essentially on par with the French-built Dassault Mirage III – the IAF's best plane.[SUP][51][/SUP]
100 Iraqi tanks and an infantry division were readied near the Jordanian border. Two squadrons of fighter-aircraft, Hawker Hunters and MiG 21s, were rebased adjacent to the Jordanian border.[SUP][50][/SUP]
The Arab air forces were aided by volunteer pilots from the Pakistan Air Force acting in independent capacity, and by some aircraft from Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia to make up for the massive losses suffered on the first day of the war. PAF pilots shot down several Israeli planes.[SUP][3][/SUP]
Weapons
With the exception of Jordan, the Arabs relied principally on Soviet weaponry. Jordan's army was equipped with American weaponry, and its air force was composed of British aircraft.
Egypt had by far the largest and the most modern of all the Arab air forces, consisting of about 420 combat aircraft,[SUP][52][/SUP] all of them Soviet-built and with a heavy quota of top-of-the-line MiG-21s. Of particular concern to the Israelis were the 30 Tu-16 "Badger" medium bombers, capable of inflicting heavy damage on Israeli military and civilian centers.[SUP][53][/SUP]
Israeli weapons were mainly of Western origin. Its air force was composed principally of French aircraft, while its armoured units were mostly of British and American design and manufacture. Some infantry weapons, including the ubiquitous Uzi, were of Israeli origin.
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[TR]
[TH]Type[/TH]
[TH="align: center"]Arab armies[/TH]
[TH="width: 40%, bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]IDF[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]
AFVs[/TH]
[TD]Egypt, Syria and Iraq used
T-34/85,
T-54,
T-55,
PT-76, and
SU-100/
152 World War II-vintage self-propelled guns. Jordan used
M-47,
M-48, and M-48A1 Patton tanks.
Panzer IV (used by Syria)[SUP]
[54][/SUP][SUP]
[55][/SUP][/TD]
[TD]
M50 and
M51 Shermans,
M48A3 Patton,
Centurion,
AMX-13. The Centurion was upgraded with the British
105 mm L7 gun prior to the war. The Sherman also underwent extensive modifications including a larger 105 mm medium velocity, French gun, redesigned turret, wider tracks, more armour, and upgraded engine and suspension.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]
APCs/
IFVs[/TH]
[TD]
BTR-40,
BTR-152,
BTR-50,
BTR-60 APCs[/TD]
[TD]
M2,
/ M3 Half-track,
Panhard AML[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Artillery[/TH]
[TD]
M1937 Howitzer,
BM-21,
D-30 (2A18) Howitzer,
M1954 field gun, M-52 105 mm self-propelled howitzer (used by Jordan)[/TD]
[TD]
M50 self-propelled howitzer and
Makmat 160 mm self-propelled mortar,
Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50,
AMX 105 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Aircraft[/TH]
[TD]
MiG-21,
MiG-19,
MiG-17,
Su-7B,
Tu-16,
Il-28,
Il-18,
Il-14,
An-12,
Hawker Hunter used by Jordan and Iraq[/TD]
[TD]
Dassault Mirage III,
Dassault Super Mystère,
Sud Aviation Vautour,
Mystere IV,
Dassault Ouragan,
Fouga Magister trainer outfitted for attack missions,
Nord 2501IS military cargo plane[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Helicopters[/TH]
[TD]
Mi-6,
Mi-4[/TD]
[TD]
Super Frelon,
Sikorsky S-58[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]
AAW[/TH]
[TD]
SA-2 Guideline,
ZSU-57-2 mobile anti-aircraft cannon[/TD]
[TD]
MIM-23 Hawk,
Bofors 40 mm[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F2F2F2, align: center"]Infantry weapons[/TH]
[TD]
Port Said submachinegun,
AK-47,
RPK,
RPD,
DShK HMG,
B-10 and
B-11 recoilless rifles[/TD]
[TD]
Uzi,
FN FAL,
FN MAG,
AK-47,
M2 Browning,
Cobra,
Nord SS.10,
RL-83 Blindicide anti-tank infantry weapon,
Jeep-mounted 106 mm recoilless rifle[/TD]
[/TR]
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