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
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
Aircraft carriers
Battleships
Submarines
Amphibious assault ships
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
Destroyers
Guided missile destroyers
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
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
Artillery and Mortars
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
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
Qatar
Land-based
Infantry weapons
Tanks
AMX-30 S 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
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
Canada
Infantry weapons
Ships
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.
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-72 M/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)
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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
Helicopters
Airplanes
Ships
Landing ships
Fast attack ships
Minelayers
Patrol boats
See also
References
Citations
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 .