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[1][2] Map of Coalition countries (Green & Blue levels) and Iraq (Orange). The Coalition of the Gulf War were the countries officially opposed to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait during the 1990 / 1991 Persian Gulf War.

Coalition by number of military personnel[]

[3][4]British Army Challenger 1 main battle tank during Operation Desert Storm[5][6] A Royal Saudi Air Force Tornado F3 during Operation Desert Storm.[7][8]Egyptian, Syrian, Omani and Kuwaiti troops stand for review during Operation Desert Storm.

List of Coalition forces by number of military personnel
Country Number of Personnel Comments / Major Events
United States 575,000 - 697,000 Operation Desert Shield

Battle of Khafji Battle of 73 Easting Battle of Al Busayyah Battle of Phase Line Bullet Battle of Medina Ridge Battle of Wadi Al-Batin Battle of Norfolk Operation Desert Storm

Saudi Arabia 52,000 - 100,000 Operation Desert Shield

Battle of Khafji Operation Desert Storm

United Kingdom 43,000 - 45,400 Operation Desert Shield

Operation Granby Operation Desert Storm

Egypt 33,600 - 35,000 Operation Desert Storm
France 18,000 Opération Daguet
Syria 14,500 Operation Desert Storm
Morocco 13,000 Security Personnel
Kuwait 9,900 Invasion of Kuwait

Operation Desert Storm

Oman 6,300 Operation Desert Storm
Pakistan 4,900 - 5,500 Backup team
Canada 4,500 Operation FRICTION
United Arab Emirates 4,300 Operation Desert Storm
Qatar 2,600 Battle of Khafji
Bangladesh 2,200 (Operation Moru-prantar) Security Personnel including 2 field Ambulance teams
Italy 1,200 Deployed Panavia Tornado strike attack aircraft
Australia 700 Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War
Netherlands 700 Naval deployment; Air Force deployments of Surface-to-Air Missiles to Turkey and Israel
Niger 600 Patroller group
Sweden 525 [1] Field hospital
Argentina 500 Navy / Air Force
Senegal 500 Base Guards
Spain 500 on the field / 3,000 off the coast Engineers
Bahrain 400 Base Guards
Belgium 400 Base Engineers
Poland 319 Operation Simoom

Naval & medical deployment

South Korea 314 Medical & transportation support
Czechoslovakia 200 Operation Desert Shield

Operation Desert Storm Czechoslovakia in the Gulf War

Greece 200 Pilots
Denmark 100
New Zealand 100 2 C-130 Hercules transporter aircraft [2]
Hungary 50
Norway 50 Naval & medical deployment

Coalition by Divisions[]

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edit Joint Forces Command North[]

edit Other Divisions[]

Commanders of Coalition[]

Canada

edit Czechoslovakia[]

edit Egypt[]

edit France[]

edit Saudi Arabia[]

edit Syria[]

edit United Kingdom[]

edit United States[]

Coalition by Equipments[]

edit United States[]

edit Tanks[]

  • IMP1 Abrams MBT (Main Battle Tank)
  • 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

edit 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)
  • M901A1 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle)

edit 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

edit Anti-Aircraft[]

edit Artillery & Mortars[]

Engineering & Recovery Vehicles

edit 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)

edit Other Vehicles[]

edit Helicopters[]

edit Airplanes[]

edit Aircraft Carriers[]

edit Battleships[]

edit Submarines[]

edit Amphibious Assault Ships[]

edit Guided Missile Cruisers[]

edit Destroyer Tenders[]

edit Destroyers[]

edit Guided Missile Destroyers[]

edit Frigates[]

edit Amphibious Transport Docks[]

edit Ammunition Ships[]

edit Dock Landing Ships[]

edit Tank Landing Ships[]

edit Fast Sealift Ships[]

  • SL-7 Type (USS Algol, USNS Bellatrix, USS Denebola, USS Pollux, USNS Altair, USS Regulus, USS Capella)

edit Fleet Oilers[]

  • Neosho Class (USS Neosho, USS Hassayampa, USS Ponchatoula)
  • Cimarron Class (USS Platte)
  • Henry J. Kaiser Class (USS Joshua Humphreys, USNS Andrew J. Higgins, USS Walter S. Diehl)
  • HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509)

edit Combat Stores Ships[]

edit Fast Combat Support Ships[]

edit Replenishment Oiler Ships[]

edit Minesweepers[]

edit Repair Ships[]

  • Vulcan Class (USS Vulcan, USS Jason)

edit Rescue & Salvage Ships[]

  • Edenton Class (USS Beaufort)

edit Sealift Ships[]

  • Wright Class (USS Wright, USS Curtiss)

edit Hospital Ships[]

edit Amphibious Cargo Ships[]

  • Charleston Class USS Durham, USS Mobile)

edit Mine Countermeasure Ships[]

edit Survey Ships[]

  • Chauvenet Class (USS Chauvenet)

edit Light Water Craft[]

edit United Kingdom[]

edit Tanks[]

edit Armoured Vehicles[]

edit 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)

edit Anti-Aircraft[]

  • Rapier Field Standard B2 Stationary SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • Tracked Rapier TR1 Mobile SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • Javelin LML (Lightweight Multiple Launcher) SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher

edit Artillery & Mortars[]

edit Engineering & Recovery Vehicles[]

  • FV4205 Chieftain AVLB (Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge)
  • FV180 CET (Combat Engineer Tractor)
  • 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)

edit Command Vehicles[]

edit Other Vehicles[]

edit Aircraft[]

edit Frigates[]

edit Destroyers[]

edit Submarines[]

edit Fleet Support Tankers[]

edit Fast Fleet Tankers[]

edit Stores Ships[]

edit Mine Countermeasure Vessels[]

  • Hunt Class (HMS Ledbury, HMS Cattistock, HMS Dulverton, HMS Bicester, HMS Atherstone, HMS Hurworth)

edit Fleet Repair Ships[]

edit Primary Casualty Reception Vessels[]

edit Saudi Arabia[]

edit Tanks[]

edit Armoured Vehicles[]

edit Self-Propelled Artillery/Mortars/Rockets[]

  • M109A2 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
  • AMX-GCT 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
  • ASTROS-II MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System)
  • M106A2 Self-Propelled Mortar Carrier
  • Cadillac Gage V-150 Commando (Mortar 81 mm)
  • Cadillac Gage V-150 Commando (Mortar 90 mm)

edit Artillery & Mortars[]

edit Anti-Aircraft[]

  • M163 VADS Vulcan Air Defence System
  • AMX-30SA Shahine Self-Propelled SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • AMX-30SA SPAAA (Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • MIM-23 Improved Hawk SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • Shahine Stationary SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
  • Bofors 40 mm L/70 AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
  • Oerlikon-Buhrle Twin 35 mm GDF AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)

edit Other Vehicles[]

edit Helicopters[]

edit Airplanes[]

edit Kuwait[]

edit Tanks[]

  • M-84 AB MBT (Main Battle Tank)

edit Armoured Vehicles[]

  • BMP-2 IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)
  • M113A1 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)

edit Helicopters[]

edit Airplanes[]

edit France[]

edit Tanks[]

edit Armoured Vehicles[]

edit Artillery & Mortars[]

  • TR-F1 155 mm Towed Howitzer
  • MO-81-61C 81 mm Mortar
  • MO-120-RT-61 120 mm Mortar

edit Anti-Aircraft[]

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

edit Other Vehicles[]

  • Peugeot P4 4WD
  • VLRA (Vehicle de Liaison et Reconnaissance de L'Armee) 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

edit Helicopters[]

edit Airplanes[]

edit Aircraft Carriers[]

edit Qatar[]

edit Tanks[]

  • AMX-30 S MBT (Main Battle Tank)

edit Italy[]

edit Airplanes[]

edit Czechoslovakia[]

edit Other Vehicles[]

  • Tatra T-815 (Heavy truck)
  • UAZ-4629 (All-terrain vehicle mounted with chemical reconnaissance probes)
  • ARS-12M (De-contamination truck based on Praga V3S)
  • POP (Mobile field medical truck based on Praga V3S)

edit Canada[]

Destroyers

Fighters

Transport Aircraft

Patrol, Survellience Aircraft

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ http://www.mil.se/sv/i-varlden/Utlandsstyrkan/Truppinsatser/Kuwait/ Field hospital deployed as part of Operation Granby (in Swedish)
  2. ^ http://www.airforce.mil.nz/about-us/history/the-post-war-years.htm Royal New Zealand Air Force website

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