Kuwaiti Army

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Kuwait Army
Active
Country Kuwait
Branch Military of Kuwait
Type Army
HQ AlJiwan Camp
Motto الله ثم الوطن والامير
Engagements Ramadan War, Invasion of Kuwait, Gulf War
Commanders
Commander MG. Ibrahim AlWasmi

Kuwaiti Army is the primary land force of the Military of Kuwait.

Kuwait's postwar equipment orders include 200 M-84 tanks (from Yugoslavia to offset previous Yugoslav oil purchases) and eighteen self-propelled 155mm guns from France. Kuwait also has received United States, Russian, and Egyptian armored vehicles. [1]

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[edit] Structure

  • AlJiwan Camp (HQ)
  • 6th (AlTahreer) Mechanized Brigade
  • 15th (Mubark) Armoured Brigade
  • 26th (AlSoor) Mechanized Brigade
  • 35th (AlShaheed) Armoured Brigade
  • 94th (AlYarmouk) Mechanized Brigade
  • 25th Commando Brigade (Independent)
  • National Guard Division (Independent)
    • AlSomoud Camp
    • Kathma Camp
    • AlTahreer Camp

[edit] Equipment

[edit] Vehicles

[2]

Name Origin Type Number Note
M1A2 Abrams  United States MBT 218 -
M-84  Yugoslavia MBT 150 To be modernized to M-84AS
Desert Warrior  United Kingdom IFV 254 136 with 25mm gun, 118 APC
BMP-3  Soviet Union IFV 120 -
BMP-2  Soviet Union IFV 76 -
M113A2  United States APC 230 60 Active
M577  United States APC 30 Command post vehicle
Fahd 240  Egypt APC 110 -
Pandur  Austria APC 70 National Guard
Shorland S600  United Kingdom APC 22 National Guard
VBL  France APC 20 National Guard
PLZ-45  People's Republic of China Self-propelled Gun 75 -
M-109A1B  United States Self-propelled Gun 23 withdrawn from service
M88 Hercules  United States ARV 14 -
Smerch 9A52 (300m)  Soviet Union MRLS 27 -

[edit] ATGW

[edit] Reference

  1. ^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/gulf/kuwait-army.htm
  2. ^ "vehicles". http://www.armyrecognition.com/kuwait_kuwaiti_army_land_ground_forces_uk/kuwait_kuwaiti_army_land_ground_forces_military_equipment_armoured_armored_vehicle_intelligence_uk.html. 
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