Doobon coat

The Doobon coat (Hebrew: מעיל דובון | me'eel Doobon), also called the Dubon military cold weather parka, Dubon winter parka, Dubon parka or IDF winter parka, is a windproof military winter coat, made with padded nylon cover with cloth lining waterproof outer layer of filling between them isolated synthetic fibers. This coat has a regular hood. This is a coat designed for people who stay outdoors for a long time on cold days, such as soldiers and laborers. The meaning of the name Doobon in Hebrew is 'Little Bear' because of its puffy figure and synthetic fur.

Background
This coat was first produced in 1971 by the Logistics Corps for the Israel Defense Forces soldiers, and is a part of the Israel Defense Forces mess dress. It replaced the heavy woolen Greatcoat and the United States Battledress coat. The original Doobon coat colors were olive for most soldiers and blue for the air force and navy. These are almost the only colors it comes in, to date, although Khagor ("חגור") Ltd. received a concession to use the brand Doobon for coats sold both to the IDF and to civilians.

Civilian use
Outside the army, this coat is worn mostly by Israeli civilians who have to stay outdoors for long hours on winter time, and by those who belong to Zionist groups that manifest opposing trendy and fashion clothing. The Doobon coat is a sign of Modern Orthodox Judaism and residents of the Israeli settlements, as well as for socialist Zionists, including Kibbutz members.

The Doobon coat symbolizes being an Israeli in the work of various artists, including those of Yehonatan Geffen. In his Ballad of Druze, he rhymed the words Druze (in Hebrew "Droozy" דרוזי) and Uzi, and phrased "Well, with the Doobon and the Uzi, who can see he is a Druze?"

Combat use
The Argentine Army ordered in the early 1980s some 200,000 parkas of a commercially produced version of the Dubon, made under contract in Israel by ISREX Ltd, which were issued to Argentine infantry units during the Falklands War, but later they produced their own version.

Users

 * 🇦🇷 Argentina: used by the Argentine Army.
 * 🇮🇱 Israel: used by the Israel Defense Forces and Israel security forces.
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey: used by the Turkish Land Forces.
 * Palestine: used by the Palestinian National Security Forces.

Former users

 * Forces Libanaises Flag.svg Lebanese Forces: provided by Israel (1978-1993).
 * People's Liberation Army (Lebanon): captured from the Lebanese Forces (1983-1993).
 * South Lebanon Army: provided by Israel (1978-2000).