Sample Page

Coalition aircraft in formation during Operation Desert Shield.

This list of Gulf War military equipment compiles various military weapons and vehicles used by different nations in the Gulf War of 1990–1991. For coalition partners themselves (and their contributions), see the coalition of the Gulf War.

Coalition

Flag of the United States

United States

Gas masks

Combat uniforms

Infantry weapons

M1 Abrams in formation, February 1991.

Tanks

Armoured fighting vehicles

Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets/missiles

Artillerymen of the US Marine Corps reloading an M198 howitzer during Operation Desert Storm.

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

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

Flag of the United Kingdom
British Army convoy during Operation Desert Storm.
FV432 armoured personnel carrier bypasses a demolished Iraqi BRDM-2.

Land-based

Camouflage patterns

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

Kuwait/Free Kuwait

Flag of Kuwait
Kuwaiti M-84 tank advances during Operation Desert Shield.

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Tanks

Armoured vehicles

Aircraft

Helicopters

Airplanes

France

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

Land-based

Camouflage patterns

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

Other vehicles

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

Aircraft

Helicopters

Airplanes

Ships

Aircraft carriers

Qatar

Flag of 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

United Arab Emirates

Flag of United Arab Emirates

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Aircraft

Saudi Arabia

Flag of Saudi Arabia

Land-based

Combat uniforms

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

Flag of Egypt

Land-based

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

Flag of Italy

Infantry weapons

Aircraft

Ships

Canada

Flag of Canada

Infantry weapons

Aircraft

Ships

Bahrain

Flag of Bahrain (1972–2002)

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Tank

Other vehicles

Aircraft

Ships

Belgium

Flag of Belgium

Infantry weapons

Aircraft

Sweden

Flag of Sweden

Infantry weapons

Morocco

Flag of Morocco

Land-based

Infantry weapons

Other vehicles

Aircraft

Niger

Flag of Niger

Land-based

Combat uniforms

Infantry weapons

Armoured vehicles

Syria

Flag of Ba’athist Syria (1980–2024)

Infantry weapons

Tank

  • T-62 MBT (Main Battle Tank)

Other vehicles

Iraq

Flag of Iraq (1963–1991)

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

Combat uniforms

Infantry weapons

The contents of an Iraqi transport truck (IFA W50) looted and strewn on the road after Iraqi forces retreated from the desert, north of Kuwait City, during Operation Desert Storm.

Handgun

Submachine Gun

Rifle

Assault Rifle

Battle Rifle

Marksman/Sniper Rifle

Machinegun

Tanks

Iraqi T-55 Enigma.
Type 69-II tank captured during Operation Desert Storm.
  • 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)[40]
  • PT-76 Amphibious Tank

Armoured vehicles

Ex-Iraqi BMP-1 captured by US forces in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.
Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991.
Captured Iraqi Panhard AML-90.

Self-Propelled Artillery/Mortars/Rockets/Missiles

Iraqi 2S1 Gvozdika 122mm self-propelled howitzer after being deserted by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.
Iraqi FROG-7, or Free Rocket Over Ground (FROG) artillery rocket system transporter erector launcher (TEL) captured during Operation Desert Storm.

Anti-aircraft

Artillery/mortars/rockets

M-46 130mm howitzer of the Iraqi Republican Guard destroyed during Operation Desert Storm.
Iraqi G5 155mm howitzer.

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Command vehicles

Former Iraqi YW701 command vehicle, on display at the Puckkapunyal Military Museum.
  • Type 63 YW-701 CP (Command Post)
  • BTR-50PU Command Vehicle
  • BTR-60PU Command Vehicle

Other vehicles

Aircraft

Helicopters

Iraqi Air Force Bell 214ST transport helicopter, after being captured by a US Marine Corps unit at the start of the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm
A captured Iraqi Mil Mi-24D Hind-D helicopter stands at an XVIII Airborne Corps airfield during Operation Desert Storm.

Airplanes

Ships

Landing ships

Fast attack ships

Minelayers

  • Type 43 Class

Patrol boats

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Supica, Jim; Nahas, Richard (3 January 2007). Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson. F+W Media. pp. 141–143, 174, 210, 211. ISBN 978-0-89689-293-4.
  2. ^ “M1 Rifle variations and experimental models”. Springfield Armory (U.S. National Park Service). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c “Guns of Desert Storm” (PDF). National Firearms Museum. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b “The M60’s Last Hurrah”. National Museum of the Marine Corps. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 5.
  6. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 14.
  7. ^ “M551 Sheridan – The Collings Foundation”. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  8. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 15.
  9. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 26.
  10. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 31.
  11. ^ a b Reynolds 2024, p. 28.
  12. ^ a b Reynolds 2024, p. 33.
  13. ^ “Gulf War – Air Power Survey, Volume IV – Weapons, Tactics, and Training” (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense (.gov). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  14. ^ Grimes, Bill (2014). The History of Big Safari. Archway Publishing. p. 311. ISBN 9781480804562.
  15. ^ “Pioneer Short Range (SR) UAV”. fas.org. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  16. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 34.
  17. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 41.
  18. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 42.
  19. ^ a b Reynolds 2024, p. 44.
  20. ^ a b Reynolds 2024, p. 46.
  21. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 47.
  22. ^ a b Reynolds 2024, p. 45.
  23. ^ a b Reynolds 2024, p. 48.
  24. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 50.
  25. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 54.
  26. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 55.
  27. ^ a b c Reynolds 2024, p. 53.
  28. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 43.
  29. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 40.
  30. ^ a b c Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 413.
  31. ^ a b c d e f g h i March 1991, p. 84.
  32. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 421.
  33. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 419.
  34. ^ Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 415.
  35. ^ a b Sturtivant, Ballance 1994, p. 416.
  36. ^ 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.
  37. ^ Reynolds 2024, p. 60.
  38. ^ Rottman, Gordon L. (1993). Armies of the Gulf War. Elite 45. Osprey Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 9781855322776.
  39. ^ “ACE GUARD”. Freedom Anatomy (in Italian). Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  40. ^ 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.
  • Reynolds, Finlay (2024). Armoured Vehicles Of The First Gulf War 1990-91. Stamford, UK: Key Books. ISBN 978-1-80282-869-6.
  • Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
  • Gulf War Air Power Survery(s), 1993, series of reports commissioned by the US Air Force