Gulf War

Allied Order of Battle: D-Day

by Frank Chadwick

United States 3rd Army

2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Afloat)

    4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
    5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
    13th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Forward Forces Command

    King Faisal Brigade (Saudi National Guard)
    7th Armored Brigade (Pakistani)

Joint Forces Command-East

    10th Mechanized Brigade (Saudi)
    UAE Mechanized Battalion
    North Oman Brigade
    Task Force Othaman
      8th Mechanized Brigade (Saudi)
      "Fatah" Brigade (Kuwait)

    Task Force Abu Bakar: 2nd National Guard Brigade (Saudi)
    Task Force Tariq:
      Marine Battalion (Saudi)
      6th Mechanized Battalion (Morocco)
      Senegal Battalion

    Reserves

      Qatari Mechanized Brigade
      1st East Bengal Infantry Battalion (Bagladesh)

1st Marine Expeditionary Force

    1st Marine Division
      1st Marine Regiment
      3rd Marine Regiment
      4th Marine Regiment
      7th Marine Regiment
      11th Marine Artillery Regiment

    2nd Marine Division

      6th Marine Regiment
      8th Marine Regiment
      10th Marine Artillery Regiment
      1st "Tiger" Brigade, 2nd Armored Division

Joint Forces Command North

    4th Commando Brigade (Syrian)
    9th Armored Division (Syrian)
      33rd Tank Brigade
      43rd Tank Brigade
      52nd Mechanized Brigade

    Task Force Muthana

      20th Mechanized Brigade (Saudi)
      35th Mechanized Brigade (Kuwait)

    Task Force Sa'ad

      4th Armored Brigade (Saudi)
      15th Infantry Brigade (Kuwait)

    Reserves

      Haq Brigade (Kuwait)
      Khulud Brigade (Kuwait)

Egyptian II Corps

    3rd Mechanized Division
      23rd Armored Brigade
      10th Mechanized Brigade
      104th Mechanized Brigade

    4th Armored Division

      2nd Armored Brigade
      3rd Armored Brigade
      6th Mechanized Brigade
      1st Ranger Regiment

United States VII Corps

    1st Cavalry Division
      1st Brigade
      2nd Brigade

    1st Infantry Division (Mechanized)

      1st Brigade
      2nd Brigade
      3rd Brigade, 2nd Armored Division

    1st Armored Division (British)

      4th Armored Brigade
      7th Armored Brigade

    3rd Armored Division

      1st Brigade
      2nd Brigade
      3rd Brigade

    1st Armored Division

      1st Brigade
      2nd Brigade
      3rd Brigade

    2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
    42nd Field Artillery Brigade
    72nd Field Artillery Brigade
    142nd Field Artillery Brigade
    210th Field Artillery Brigade
    7th Engineer Brigade
    11th Aviation Brigade
    14th Military Police Brigade

United States XVIII Corps

    24th Mechanized Division
      1st Brigade
      2nd Brigade
      197th Mechanized Brigade

    101st Air Assault Division

      327th Air Assault Regiment
      187th Air Assault Regiment
      502nd Air Assault Regiment

    82nd Airborne Division

      325th Parachute Regiment
      504th Parachute Regiment
      505th Parachute Regiment

    6th Light Armored Division (French)
    3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
    18th Airborne Artillery Brigade
    75th Artillery Brigade
    196th Artillery Brigade
    212th Artillery Brigade
    214th Artillery Brigade
    20th Engineer Brigade
    12th Aviation Brigade
    18th Aviation Brigade
    16th Military Police Brigade
    89th Military Police Brigade
    800th Military Police Brigade

Notes

1. The Kuwaiti 35th Mechanized Brigade used the M-84 Tank in place of its Chieftains. The Mech Infantry Brigade of the 35th managed to keep and use its BMP-2s in place of the M-113s.


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