List of Gulf War military equipment

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Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991.
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

Military Camouflage Pattern

Infantry weapons

M1 Abrams in formation, February 1991.
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

  • M163 VADS Vulcan Air Defence System
  • M48 Chaparral
    Self-Propelled SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • M1097 Avenger
    Humvee
  • M167 VADS Vulcan Air Defence System
  • MIM-23 Improved Hawk SAM launcher
  • FIM-92 Stinger Man-Portable Surface to Air Missile System
  • MIM-104 Patriot SAM launcher
  • LAV-AD Light Armored Vehicle (Air Defense) (USMC)

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

  • Grumman A-6E TRAM Intruder
    (USN, USMC)
  • Grumman A-6E SWIP Intruder (USN)
  • Grumman OV1D Mohawk
    (Army)
  • LTV A-7E Corsair II (USN)
  • BAe/McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
    (USMC)
  • A-10A Thunderbolt II (Warthog)
    (USAF)
  • Lockheed AC-130A (Spectre) Gunship (USAF)
  • Lockheed AC-130H (Spectre) Gunship (USAF)
  • Boeing B-52G Stratofortress
    (USAF)
  • Boeing B-52H Stratofortress (USAF)
  • Grumman C-2A Greyhound
    (USN)
  • Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (USAF)
  • Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
    (USAF)
  • McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II
    (USN)
  • Raytheon C-12 Huron
    (USAF)
  • Lockheed C-130 Hercules
    (USAF)
  • Lockheed C-130F Hercules (USN)
  • North American Rockwell CT-39G
    (USN)
  • McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (USN)
  • Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
    (USN)
  • Boeing E-3B Sentry AWACS
    Airborne Warning And Control System (USAF)
  • Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior
    (USN)
  • Lockheed EP-3E Aries II
    (USN)
  • Grumman EA-6B Prowler
    (USN)
  • Boeing E-8 Joint STARS
    Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (USAF)
  • General Dynamics EF-111A Raven
    (USAF)
  • Lockheed EC-130E/J Commando Solo
    (USAF)
  • Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call (USAF)
  • Boeing EC-135L Looking Glass (USAF)
  • McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II
    (USAF)
  • McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II (Wild Weasel) (USAF)
  • Grumman F-14A Tomcat
    (USN)
  • Grumman F-14A+(B) Tomcat (USN)
  • McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle
    (USAF)
  • McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
    (USAF)
  • General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon
    (USAF)
  • General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon (USAF)
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
    (USN, USMC)
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet (USN, USMC)
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet (USMC)
  • General Dynamics F-111E Aardvark (USAF)
  • General Dynamics F-111F Aardvark (USAF)
  • Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk
    (USAF)
  • Lockheed HC-130 King
    (USAF)
  • McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender
    (USAF)
  • Lockheed KC-130F Hercules (USN, USMC)
  • Lockheed KC-130R Hercules (USMC)
  • Lockheed KC-130T Hercules (USMC)
  • Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker
    (USAF)
  • Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (USAF)
  • Lockheed MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon
    (USAF)
  • North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco
    (USMC)
  • North American Rockwell OV-10D Bronco (USMC)
  • North American Rockwell OV-10D+ Bronco (USMC)
  • Lockheed P-3B Orion
    (USN)
  • Lockheed P-3C Orion (USN)
  • Boeing RC-135V/W Rivet Joint (USAF)
  • McDonnell Douglas RF-4C Phantom II (USAF)
  • Lockheed S-3A Viking
    (USN)
  • Lockheed S-3B Viking (USN)
  • Lockheed U-2/TR-1 Dragon Lady (USAF)
  • Lockheed UP-3A Orion
    (USN)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Drones

Spacecraft

Ships

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

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

  • Rapier Field Standard B1(M)
    Stationary SAM launcher
  • Rapier Field Standard B2
    Stationary Surface-To-Air Missile Launcher
  • Tracked Rapier
    mobile SAM launcher
  • Javelin Lightweight Multiple Launcher surface-to-air missile
    launcher

Artillery and Mortars

  • L118 105 mm Light Gun
  • 51 mm Light Mortar
  • L16A1 81 mm Mortar

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Command vehicles

Other vehicles

Royal Air Force SEPECAT Jaguar on takeoff, January 1991.

Aircraft

Rotary-wing
Fixed-wing

Ships

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

Kuwaiti M-84 tank advances during Operation Desert Shield.

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Tanks

  • Chieftain
    MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • M-84AB MBT (Main Battle Tank)

Armoured vehicles

  • BMP-2 IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)
  • M113A1
    APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
  • FV601 Saladin (Armoured Car)

Aircraft

Helicopters

Airplanes

France

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

Land-based

Military camouflage pattern

Infantry weapons

Tanks

  • AMX-30B2
    MBT (Main Battle Tank)

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

  • TRF1 155 mm Towed Howitzer
  • MO-81-61C 81 mm Mortar
  • MO-120-RT-61
    120 mm Mortar

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

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

  • AMX-30S MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • M60A3 TTS
    MBT (Main Battle Tank)

Armoured vehicles

Anti-aircraft

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Other vehicles

Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets

  • M109A2 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
  • AMX-GCT
    155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
  • Astros II MLRS

Artillery and mortars

  • M252 81 mm Medium Weight Mortar

Aircraft

Helicopters

Airplanes

Ships

Egypt

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Tank

  • M60A3 TTS
    MBT (Main Battle Tank)

Armoured vehicles

  • M113A2 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)

Anti-aircraft

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Other vehicles

  • Jeep YJ
  • M151 Truck, Utility, 1/4-Ton, 4×4

Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets

  • M109A2 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)

Italy

Infantry weapons

Aircraft

Ships

Canada

Infantry weapons

Ships

Bahrain

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Tank

  • M60A3 TTS
    MBT (Main Battle Tank)

Other vehicles

Belgium

Infantry weapons

Sweden

Infantry weapons

Syria

Infantry weapons

Tank

  • T-62 MBT (Main Battle Tank)

Other vehicles

Iraq

Panhard AML-90
.
T-55 Enigma
.
Iraqi G5 155mm howitzer.
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

  • 2S1 Gvozdika 122 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
  • 2S3 Akatsiya 152 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
  • AMX-GCT
    155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
  • M109A1 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
  • ASTROS II MLRS
    (Multiple Launch Rocket System)
  • RL-21 122 mm (Multiple Rocket Launcher)
  • BM-21 Grad
    122 mm MRL (Multiple Rocket Launcher)
  • FROG-7 Luna-M TEL
    (Transporter/Erector/Launcher)
  • 9P117/SS-1c Scud-B TEL
    (Transporter/Erector/Launcher)

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

  • Type 653 ARV (Armoured Recovery Vehicle)
  • FV4024 Chieftain
    ARV (Armoured Recovery Vehicle)

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. 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.
    ISBN 0-85130-223-8
    .
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