8th Armored Brigade (Israel)

8th Armored Brigade
Brigade insignia
Active	1948–present
Country	Israel
Allegiance	Israel Defense Forces
Type	Reserves
Size	Brigade
Engagements	1948 Arab–Israeli War Operation Danny Operation Yoav Operation Assaf Operation Horev Six-Day War Yom Kippur War 1982 Lebanon War First Intifada Second Intifada 2014 Gaza War Israel–Hamas war

The 8th Armored Brigade (Hebrew: חטיבה שמונה, Hativa Shmoneh) is an Israeli Defense Forces reserve armored brigade assigned to the 91st Division. It was the Israel Defense Forces' first armoured brigade which possessed tanks, jeeps and armoured personnel carriers (APCs), whereas all other IDF units at the time were entirely infantry-based.

The brigade was called 'armoured' for morale reasons, although in reality it only had a single tank company (later in the war, two companies), and a single APC company (these companies became the brigade's armoured battalion), and an assault battalion composed of jeeps.

The Brigade's first commander was Yitzhak Sadeh.