Modern Kuwaiti

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.

Kuwait – Army Equipment.pdf

Kuwaiti
Brigade Headquarters

HQ 1 HQ

Kuwaiti
Tank Battalion

HQ 1 HQ

3 Tank Companies each 3 Tank

Note Tanks are: Chieftain up to 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 1 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.