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List of Gulf War military equipment

List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.

Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991.
Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield.

Coalition

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United States

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Gas Mask

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Military Camouflage Pattern

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Infantry weapons

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M1 Abrams in formation, February 1991.
 
Artillerymen of the US Marine Corps reloading an M198 howitzer during Operation Desert Storm.

Tanks

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Armoured fighting vehicles

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Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets/missiles

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Anti-aircraft

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Artillery and mortars

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Engineering and recovery vehicles

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Command vehicles

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  • M577A2 ACP (Armored Command Post) Carrier
  • AACV7A1 (Assault Amphibian Vehicle Command) (USMC)
  • LAV-25C2 Light Armored Vehicle (Command & Control) (USMC)
  • M981 FISTV (Fire Support Team Vehicle)

Other vehicles

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Aircraft

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United States Air Force (USAF) F4 Phantom IIs during Operation Desert Shield.
 
USAF F-16s and F-15s over oil fires set by withdrawing Iraqi forces in Kuwait.

Helicopters

Airplanes

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Drones

Spacecraft

Ships

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Command Ships

Aircraft carriers

Battleships

Submarines

Amphibious assault ships

Guided missile cruisers

Destroyer tenders

Destroyers

Guided missile destroyers

Frigates

Amphibious transport docks

Ammunition ships

Dock landing ships

Tank landing ships

Fast sealift ships

Fleet oilers

Combat stores ships

Fast combat support ships

Replenishment oiler ships

Minesweepers

Repair ships

Rescue and salvage ships

Sealift ships

Hospital ships

Amphibious cargo ships

Mine countermeasure ships

Survey ships

Light water craft

United Kingdom

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British Army convoy during Operation Desert Storm.
 
FV432 armoured personnel carrier bypasses a demolished Iraqi BRDM-2.

Land-based

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Military camouflage pattern

Infantry weapons

Tanks

Armoured vehicles

Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets

Anti-aircraft

Artillery and Mortars

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Command vehicles

Other vehicles

 
Royal Air Force SEPECAT Jaguar on takeoff, January 1991.

Aircraft

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Rotary-wing
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Fixed-wing
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Ships

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Aircraft carrier

Frigates

Destroyers

Support ships

Submarines

Fleet support tankers

Fast fleet tankers

Stores ships

Landing Ship Logistics

Mine countermeasure vessels

Primary casualty reception vessels

Fleet repair ships

Kuwait/Free Kuwait

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Kuwaiti M-84 tank advances during Operation Desert Shield.

Land-based

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Infantry weapons

Tanks

Armoured vehicles

Aircraft

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Helicopters

Airplanes

France

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French ERC 90 Sagaie during Operation Desert Shield.
 
French VCAC (VAB) Mephisto anti-tank missile system.

Land-based

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Military camouflage pattern

Infantry weapons

Tanks

Armoured vehicles

  • AMX-10RC Armoured Car
  • AMX-10P Infantry Fighting Vehicle
  • Panhard AML-90 Armoured Car
  • Panhard ERC-90F4 Sagaie Armoured Car
  • VAB (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé)
  • VAB-VCAC/HOT (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) Launching Vehicle
  • VAB-VTM (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) Mortar Tractor

Artillery and mortars

Command vehicles

  • VAB-PC (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) (Command)

Anti-aircraft

  • GIAT 20 mm 53T2 Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • Mistral SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher

Other vehicles

  • Peugeot P4 4WD car
  • ACMAT VLRA (Véhicule Léger de Reconnaissance et d’Appui) 4WD truck

Aircraft

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Helicopters

Airplanes

Ships

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Aircraft carriers

Qatar

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Land-based

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Infantry weapons

Tanks

  • AMX-30S MBT (Main Battle Tank)

Armoured vehicles

  • GIAT VAB (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé)
  • GIAT VAB-VCAC/HOT (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) Launching Vehicle

Aircraft

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Saudi Arabia

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Land-based

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Military Camouflage Pattern

Infantry weapons

Tank

Armoured vehicles

Anti-aircraft

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Other vehicles

Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets

Artillery and mortars

Aircraft

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Helicopters

Airplanes

Ships

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Egypt

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Land-based

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Infantry weapons

Tank

Armoured vehicles

Anti-aircraft

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Other vehicles

Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets

  • M109A2 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)

Italy

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Infantry weapons

Aircraft

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Ships

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Canada

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Infantry weapons

Ships

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Bahrain

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Land-based

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Infantry weapons

Tank

Other vehicles

Belgium

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Infantry weapons

Sweden

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Infantry weapons

Syria

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Infantry weapons

Tank

  • T-62 MBT (Main Battle Tank)

Other vehicles

Iraq

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Iraqi Panhard AML-90.
 
Iraqi T-55 Enigma.
 
Iraqi G5 155mm howitzer.
 
Iraqi Air Force Mikoyan MiG-23 destroyed on the ground by US Special Forces at the Tallil Airbase near Nasiriyah, southern Iraq.

Iraq

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List of substantial numbers of various military equipment in Iraq's possession from around 1970 onwards. (Not a guarantee that all were used in combat or in theatre during the war.)

Land-based

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Infantry weapons

Tanks

  • T-72M/M1 MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • T-72 Ural MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • Asad Babil MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • T-62 MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • T-55A MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • T-55 MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • T-54 MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • T-55 Enigma MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • T-55QM MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • T-55QM2 MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • Type 59 MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • Type 69-II MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • Type 69-QM MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • Type 69-QM2 MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • TR 800 MBT (Main Battle Tank)[16]
  • PT-76 Amphibious Tank

Armoured vehicles

Self-Propelled Artillery/Mortars/Rockets/Missiles

Anti-aircraft

  • ZSU-57-2 SPAAA (Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • ZSU-23-4 Shilka SPAAA (Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • NIIP\Vympel 2K12 "Kub" SA-6a Gainful Self-Propelled SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • Antey 9K33M Osa-AK SA-8b Gecko Self-Propelled SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • Nudelman 9K31 "Strela-1" SA-9 Gaskin Self-Propelled SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • ZRK-BD 9K35 "Strela-10" SA-13 Gopher Self-Propelled SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • AMX-30 Roland 2 Self-Propelled SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • Lavochkin OKB S-75 Dvina SA-2 Guideline SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • Isayev S-125M "Neva-M" SA-3b Goa SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • Roland 2 SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • ZPU-1 14.5 mm Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • ZPU-2 14.5 mm Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • ZPU-4 14.5 mm Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • ZU-23-2 23 mm Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • M1939 37 mm Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • S-60 57 mm Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • S-60 Twin 57 mm Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • KS-19 100 mm Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)

Artillery/mortars/rockets

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Command vehicles

  • Type 63 YW-701 CP (Command Post)
  • BTR-50PU Command Vehicle
  • BTR-60PU Command Vehicle

Other vehicles

Aircraft

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Helicopters

Airplanes

Ships

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Landing ships

Fast attack ships

Minelayers

  • Type 43 Class

Patrol boats

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "M1 Rifle variations and experimental models". Springfield Armory (U.S. National Park Service). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Guns of Desert Storm" (PDF). National Firearms Museum. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "The M60's Last Hurrah". National Museum of the Marine Corps. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ "M551 Sheridan - The Collings Foundation". Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Gulf War - Air Power Survey, Volume IV - Weapons, Tactics, and Training" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense (.gov). Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  6. ^ Grimes, Bill (2014). The History of Big Safari. Archway Publishing. p. 311. ISBN 9781480804562.
  7. ^ "Pioneer Short Range (SR) UAV". fas.org. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  8. ^ a b c Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 413.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i March 1991, p. 84.
  10. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 421.
  11. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 419.
  12. ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 415.
  13. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 416.
  14. ^ a b c d "British Forces involved in Operation Granby". RAF.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  15. ^ Rottman, Gordon L. (1993). Armies of the Gulf War. Elite 45. Osprey Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 9781855322776.
  16. ^ Alan K. Russell, Greenhill Books, 1994, Battle Tanks and Support Vehicles, pp. 76-77

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