Kuwaiti Army

Kuwait Army
Country
Branch	Military of Kuwait
Type	Army
HQ	AlJiwan Camp
Motto(s)	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.

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

Equipment

Vehicles

Name	Origin	Type	Number	Note
M1A2 Abrams	United States	MBT	218	-
M-84	Yugoslavia	MBT	150	To be modernized by ASELSAN (Turkey)
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M-109A1B	United States	Self-propelled Gun	23	withdrawn from service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	-

ATGW

• 8x TOW M-901 United States
• 66x TOW II United States
• 80 AT-4 Spigot Soviet Union
• 60 AT-10 Soviet Union