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 of America

Infantry weapons

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

    Land-based

    Tanks

    • M1 Abrams MBT (Main Battle Tank) 105mm cannon type
    • M1A1 Abrams MBT (Main Battle Tank)
    • M1A1 HA Abrams MBT (Main Battle Tank) Heavy Armor
    • M60A1/A3 Patton MBT (Main Battle Tank) (USMC)
    • M551A1 Sheridan TTS (Tank Thermal Sight) Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assault Vehicle

    Armoured vehicles

    • M2A2 Bradley IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)
    • M3A2 Bradley CFV (Cavalry Fighting Vehicle)
    • AAVP7A1 Assault Amphibian Vehicle Personnel (USMC)
    • LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle (USMC)
    • LAV-AT Light Armored Vehicle (Anti-Tank) (USMC)
    • M113A2/A3 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
    • M113 Armored Personnel Carrier ACAV APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
    • V- 150 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
    • V -100 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
    • M901A1 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle)

    Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets

    • LAV-M Light Armored Vehicle (Mortar) (USMC)
    • M106A2 Self-Propelled Mortar Carrier
    • M109A2/A3/A4 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
    • M110A2 8 inch SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
    • M270 MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System
    • M91 Multiple Launch Rocket System

    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

    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

    Infantry weapons

    Tanks

    Armoured vehicles

    Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets

    • FV432(M) Trojan SPMC (Self-Propelled Mortar Carrier)
    • M109 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer) M109A2
    • M110 8 inch SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer) M110A2
    • MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System)

    Anti-aircraft

    Artillery and Mortars

    Engineering and recovery vehicles

    • FV4205 Chieftain AVLB (Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge)
    • FV180 CET (Combat Engineer Tractor)
    • FV106 CVR(T) Samson ARV (Armoured Recovery Vehicle)
    • FV434 ARV (Armoured Recovery Vehicle)
    • FV512 Warrior MCRV (Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle)
    • FV513 Warrior MRV(R) (Mechanised Recovery Vehicle (Repair))
    • CHARRV (Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle)

    Command vehicles

    Other vehicles

    • Land Rover Defender
    • Leyland 4×4 4-Tonne Lorry
    • Bedford 4×4 8-Tonne Lorry
    • Mercedes Unimog Support Vehicle
    • FV620 Stalwart Amphibious Truck
    • Harley Davidson MT530E
    • 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)
    Royal Air Force SEPECAT Jaguar on takeoff, January 1991.

    Aircraft

    Rotary-wing
    Fixed-wing

    Ships

    Frigates

    Destroyers

    Submarines

    Fleet support tankers

    Fast fleet tankers

    Stores ships

    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

    Armoured vehicles

    Aircraft

    Helicopters

    Airplanes

    France

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

    Land-based

    Infantry weapons

    Tanks

    Armoured vehicles


    Artillery and mortars

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

    Anti-aircraft

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

    Other vehicles

    • Peugeot P4 4WD
    • VLRA (Véhicule de Liaison et Reconnaissance de L'Armée) Truck
    • GIAT VAB (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé)
    • GIAT VAB-PC (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) (Command)
    • GIAT VAB-VCAC/HOT (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) Launching Vehicle
    • GIAT VAB-VTM (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) Mortar Tractor

    Aircraft

    Helicopters

    Airplanes

    Ships

    Aircraft carriers

    Qatar

    Land-based

    Tanks

    • AMX-30S MBT (Main Battle Tank)

    Saudi arabia

    Land-based

    Infantry weapons

    Tank

    Armoured vehicles

    Other vehicles

    Self-propelled artillery/mortars/rockets

    Artillery and mortars

    Aircraft

    Helicopters

    Airplanes

    Ships

    Italy

    Infantry weapons

    Airplanes

    Ships

    Iraq

    Iraqi Panhard AML-90.
    Iraqi T-55 Enigma.
    Iraqi G5 155mm howitzer.
    Iraqi Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29 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-72M1 MBT (Main Battle Tank)
    • Asad Babil MBT (Main Battle Tank)
    • T-62 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 Tak)
    • Type 69-QM2 MBT (Main Battle Tak)
    • 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(Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • Engesa EE-11 Urutu APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • YW351 APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • OT-62C APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • OT-64C SKOT-2A APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • Walid APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • PSZH D-944 APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • MT-LB APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • Roland APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • BTR-50P APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • BTR-60PB APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier)
    • OT M-60P APC (Armoured 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

    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

    Bibliography

    • 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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