Kuwait

            A small army on the world stage it came into prominence during the Operation Desert Shield/Storm.  It is largely re-equipped now with a mixture of former Yugoslav and US equipment. With the end of Saddam’s Iraq one can expect this army to decline again.

Kuwaiti Brigade Headquarters

HQ                                           1 HQ

Kuwaiti Tank Battalion

HQ                                           1 HQ

3 Tank Companies each          3 Tank

Note                                                                             Tanks are: Chieftain before 1991, M84 from 1991, M1A2 from 1997

Kuwaiti Mechanized Infantry Battalion

HQ                                           1 HQ

3 Companies each                   3 APC, 3 Rifle

1 Mortar Platoon                      1 M106

1 Anti Tank Company              3 M901 or Jeep/TOW

Note                                         APCs are:

Saracen, M113 before 1991, BMP2 from 1991, BMP3 from 1993, Warrior from 1995

Kuwaiti Reconnaissance Regiment 1970 –1991

HQ                                           1 HQ

3 Recce Squadrons each         4 Saladin, 1 Ferret 2, 1 Saracen, 1 Rifle

Kuwaiti Field Artillery Battalion

HQ                                           1 FAO

3 Batteries                               2 M109A4

Kuwaiti MRLS Battery

1 FAO, 2 MRLS

Kuwaiti Attack Helicopter Company

2 AH64

Kuwaiti Air Defense Battery

3 Stinger, 3 HMMV or 1 Patriot, 1 AD Rad, 1 Truck

Large Units:

Armored Brigade – 1 Brigade Headquarters, 3 Tank Battalions, 1 Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 1 Artillery Battalion, 1 Air Defense Battery (stinger), 1 MRLS Battery, 1 Attack Helicopter Company.

Mechanized Brigade – 1 Brigade Headquarters, 1 Tank Battalion, 3 Mechanized Infantry Battalions, 1 Artillery Battalion, 1 Air Defense Battery (stinger), 1 MRLS Battery, 1 Attack Helicopter Company.