List of Gulf War military equipment

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

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.

Coalition

United States Army & Marine Corps

Gas Mask

  • M17 gas mask

Military Camouflage Pattern

Infantry weapons

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

Main battle tanks

Armoured fighting vehicles

Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets/missiles

Anti-aircraft

Artillery and mortars

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Command vehicles

  • 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

Aircraft

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

Command Ships

  • Blue Ridge class (USS Blue Ridge)

Aircraft carriers

  • Midway class (USS Midway)
  • Forrestal class (USS Saratoga, USS Ranger)
  • Kitty Hawk class (USS America, USS John F. Kennedy)
  • Nimitz class (USS Theodore Roosevelt)

Battleships

  • Iowa class (USS Missouri, USS Wisconsin)

Submarines

  • Los Angeles class (USS Chicago, USS Louisville)

Amphibious assault ships

  • Tarawa class (USS Tarawa, USS Nassau)
  • Iwo Jima class (USS Iwo Jima, USS Guam, USS Tripoli, USS New Orleans)

Guided missile cruisers

  • Leahy class (USS Worden, USS England, USS Richmond K. Turner)
  • Belknap class (USS Horne, USS Biddle)
  • Ticonderoga class (USS Valley Forge, USS Thomas S. Gates, USS Bunker Hill, USS Mobile Bay, USS Leyte Gulf, USS San Jacinto, USS Philippine Sea, USS Princeton, USS Normandy)
  • California class (USS South Carolina)
  • Virginia class (USS Virginia, USS Mississippi)

Destroyer tenders

  • Samuel Gompers class (USS Samuel Gompers)
  • Yellowstone class (USS Yellowstone, USS Acadia, USS Cape Cod)

Destroyers

  • Spruance class (USS Spruance, USS Paul F. Foster, USS Caron, USS Oldendorf, USS Moosbrugger, USS Leftwich, USS Harry W. Hill, USS Fife)

Guided missile destroyers

  • Farragut class (USS Macdonough, USS Coontz, USS Preble)
  • Kidd class (USS Kidd)

Frigates

  • Knox class (USS Marvin Shields, USS Francis Hammond, USS Vreeland, USS Thomas C. Hart)
  • Oliver Hazard Perry class (USS McInerney, USS Jarrett, USS Curts, USS Halyburton, USS Nicholas, USS Hawes, USS Ford, USS Samuel B. Roberts)

Amphibious transport docks

  • Raleigh class (USS Raleigh, USS Vancouver)
  • Austin class (USS Ogden)
  • Cleveland class (USS Denver, USS Juneau, USS Shreveport)
  • Trenton class (USS Trenton)

Ammunition ships

  • Nitro class (USS Nitro, USS Haleakala)
  • Kilauea class (USS Kilauea, USS Santa Barbara, USS Mount Hood, USS Shasta, USS Kiska)

Dock landing ships

  • Anchorage class (USS Anchorage, USS Portland, USS Pensacola, USS Mount Vernon)
  • Whidbey Island class (USS Germantown, USS Fort McHenry, USS Gunston Hall)

Tank landing ships

  • Newport class (USS Manitowoc, USS Peoria, USS Frederick, USS Cayuga, USS Saginaw, USS Spartanburg County, USS La Moure County, USS Barbour County)

Fast sealift ships

  • Algol class (USNS Algol, USNS Bellatrix, USNS Denebola, USNS Pollux, USNS Altair, USNS Regulus, USNS Capella)

Fleet oilers

  • Neosho class (USNS Neosho, USNS Hassayampa, USNS Ponchatoula)
  • Cimarron class (USS Platte)
  • Henry J. Kaiser class (USNS Joshua Humphreys, USNS Andrew J. Higgins, USNS Walter S. Diehl)

Combat stores ships

  • Mars class (USS Mars, USS Sylvania, USS Niagara Falls, USS San Diego, USS San Jose)
  • Sirius class (USNS Sirius, USNS Spica)

Fast combat support ships

  • Sacramento class (USS Sacramento, USS Seattle, USS Detroit)

Replenishment oiler ships

  • Wichita class (USS Kansas City, USS Kalamazoo)

Minesweepers

  • Aggressive class (USS Impervious)

Repair ships

  • Vulcan class (USS Vulcan, USS Jason)

Rescue and salvage ships

  • Edenton class (USS Beaufort)

Sealift ships

  • Wright class (SS Wright, SS Curtiss)

Hospital ships

  • Mercy class (USNS Mercy, USNS Comfort)

Amphibious cargo ships

  • Charleston class (USS Charleston, USS Durham, USS Mobile)

Mine countermeasure ships

  • Avenger class (USS Avenger)

Survey ships

  • USNS Chauvenet

Light water craft

United Kingdom

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

Land-based

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

  • Land Rover Defender
  • Land Rover Series III 109"
  • Leyland 4×4 4-Tonne Lorry
  • Bedford 4×4 8-Tonne Lorry
  • Mercedes Unimog Support Vehicle
  • FV620 Stalwart Amphibious Truck
  • Harley Davidson MT350E
  • Scammell Commander (TK/TPTR) Tank Transporter
  • Scammell Crusader (AVLB) Bridge Transporter
  • Scammell S26 Self Loading Dump Truck
  • Armstrong 500
  • Leyland DROPs (Demountable Rack Off Pickup System)
  • M548 Tracked Cargo Carrier
Royal Air Force SEPECAT Jaguar on takeoff, January 1991.

Aircraft

Rotary-wing
Fixed-wing

Ships

Aircraft carrier

  • Invincible class (HMS Ark Royal)

Frigates

  • Leander class (HMS Jupiter)
  • Broadsword class (HMS Battleaxe,[citation needed] HMS Brazen,[1] HMS London[4] HMS Sheffield)

Destroyers

Support ships

  • Hecla class (HMS Herald, HMS Hecla)

Submarines

  • Oberon class (HMS Opossum, HMS Otus)

Fleet support tankers

  • RFA Orangeleaf

Fast fleet tankers

  • RFA Olna[3]
  • RFA Olmeda

Stores ships

  • RFA Regent
  • RFA Fort Grange[6]

Landing Ship Logistics

  • RFA Sir Bedivere[7]
  • RFA Sir Galahad[7]
  • RFA Sir Percivale[7]
  • RFA Sir Tristram[7]

Mine countermeasure vessels

  • Hunt class (HMS Ledbury, HMS Cattistock, HMS Dulverton, HMS Bicester, HMS Atherstone, HMS Hurworth)

Primary casualty reception vessels

  • RFA Argus

Fleet repair ships

  • RFA Diligence

Kuwait/Free Kuwait

Kuwaiti M-84 tank advances during Operation Desert Shield.

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Tanks

Armoured vehicles

Aircraft

Helicopters

Airplanes

France

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

Land-based

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

Helicopters

Airplanes

Ships

Aircraft carriers

  • French aircraft carrier Clemenceau

Qatar

Land-based

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

Saudi Arabia

Land-based

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

Helicopters

Airplanes

Ships

  • Badr-class corvette

Egypt

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Tank

Armoured vehicles

  • M113A2 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)

Anti-aircraft

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Other vehicles

Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets

  • M109A2 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)

Italy

Infantry weapons

Aircraft

Ships

  • 1 Audace-class destroyer (Audace)
  • 3 Lupo-class frigates (Orsa, Lupo, Sagittario)
  • 2 Maestrale-class frigates (Zeffiro, Libeccio)
  • 1 San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock (San Marco)
  • 2 Stromboli-class replenishment oiler (Vesuvio, Stromboli)

Canada

Infantry weapons

Ships

  • HMCS Protecteur

Bahrain

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Tank

Other vehicles

Belgium

Infantry weapons

Sweden

Infantry weapons

Syria

Infantry weapons

Tank

  • T-62 MBT (Main Battle Tank)

Other vehicles

Iraq

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

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

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)[9]
  • PT-76 Amphibious Tank


Armoured vehicles

  • BMP-1 IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)
  • BMP-2 IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)
  • AMX-10P IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)
  • Panhard AML-60 Armoured Car
  • Panhard AML-90 Armoured Car
  • Engesa EE-9 Cascavel Armoured Car
  • Engesa EE-3 Jararaca Reconnaissance Vehicle
  • BRDM-2 (Reconnaissance Vehicle)
  • Panhard M3 (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • Engesa EE-11 Urutu APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • YW351 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • OT-62C APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • OT-64C SKOT-2A APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • Walid (armored personnel carrier) (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • PSZH D-944 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • MT-LB APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • Mowag Roland APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • BTR-50P APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • BTR-60PB APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • BTR-80 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • OT M-60P APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • Panhard VCR-TH ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) Launcher Vehicle
  • BRDM-2 9P133 ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) Launcher Vehicle

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

  • T-12 100 mm Anti-Tank Gun
  • Type 63 107 mm MRL (Multiple Rocket Launcher)
  • D-30 122 mm Towed Howitzer
  • 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)
  • 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)
  • 2A36 152 mm Towed Howitzer
  • Type 83 152 mm Towed Howitzer
  • GHN-45 155 mm Towed Howitzer
  • M-46 155 mm Towed Howitzer
  • G5 155 mm Towed Howitzer
  • Al-Jaleel 82 mm Mortar
  • Al-Jaleel 120 mm Mortar
  • M43 160 mm Mortar
  • M240 240 mm Mortar

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Command vehicles

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

Other vehicles

Aircraft

Helicopters

Airplanes

Ships

Landing ships

Fast attack ships

Minelayers

  • Type 43 Class

Patrol boats

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 413.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i March 1991, p. 84.
  3. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 421.
  4. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 419.
  5. ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 415.
  6. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 416.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Rottman, Gordon L. (1993). Armies of the Gulf War. Elite 45. Osprey Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 9781855322776.
  9. ^ Alan K. Russell, Greenhill Books, 1994, Battle Tanks and Support Vehicles, pp. 76-77

Bibliography

  • March, Peter R. (1991). Royal Air Force Yearbook 1991. Fairford, UK: Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.
  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
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