Armed Forces Structure: ARMY
Armed Forces Structure: ARMY
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OVERVIEW
The Kuwaiti army is organized into:
3 armored brigades
2 mechanized infantry brigades
1 mechanized recce brigade
1 force artillery brigade
1 force engineering brigade
1 reserve brigade
1 Amiri guard brigade
1 commando battalion
1 air defense command
1 special forces unit (forming)
Editor's note: The U.S. Army has placed a permanent mechanized infantry brigade headquarters in Kuwait to bolster its rapid-deployment capabilities in the region.
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PERSONNEL STRENGTH
The Kuwaiti army numbers approximately 11,000 active-duty personnel, including 3,700 foreign troops.
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Equipment
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(For additional information on the equipment listed below, search our Weapons Database. Equipment is of U.S. origin, unless otherwise noted.)
APR06 APR07 JUL08 OCT09 GROUND COMBAT VEHICLES
Tanks
218 218 218 218 M1A2 Abrams MBT
150 200 75 75 M84 MBT (Yugoslavia) (in storage)
Armored Personnel Carriers
254 254 254 254 Desert Warrior AIFV (U.K.)
(w/25-mm, BGM-71 TOW ATGWs)
60 10 # # Pandur (6 x 6) LAV (w/90-mm cannon)
230 230 230 230 M113A2
40 40 40 40 M557 Command Post Vehicle
60 40 40 40 TH 390 Fahd (Egypt) (in storage)
120 120 120 120 BMP-3 (Russia)
76 76 76 76 BMP-2 (Russia)
8 8 8 Condor 2 (Germany)
# # # Al-Jawad LAV (Jordan)
66 66 HMMWV TOW
8 8 M-901
Combat Support Vehicles
11 11 11 11 TPz-1 Fuchs NBC vehicles (France)
ARTILLERY
Howitzers
18 18 18 18 155-mm GCT self-propelled (France)
23 23 23 23 155-mm M109A3 self-propelled
18 18 18 18 155-mm F3 (France) (in storage)
54 54 75 51 155-mm PLZ45 (China)
Mortars
12 12 12 12 120-mm (RT-F1)
6 6 6 6 107-mm M30
66 60 60 60 81-mm L16 (U.K.)
Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
27 27 27 27 300-mm BM-30 Smerch SP
Recoilless Rifles
200 200 200 200 84-mm M3 Carl Gustav (Sweden)
Air-Defense Guns
# 12 35-mm Oerlikon (Switzerland)
MISSILES
Anti-tank
# # # # BGM-71A TOW
# # # # BGM-71C ITOW
# # 44 44 BGM-71F TOW IIB (on order)
# # # M47 Dragon
# # # AT-4 Spigot
# # # AT-5 Spandrel
# # # AT-10 Bastion
Surface-to-Air
# # # # FIM-92A Stinger MANPADS
48 48 48 48 Starburst MANPADS (launchers)(U.K.)
24 24 24 24 HAWK Phase III
12 12 12 12 Aspide 2000 (Italy)
Radars
# 8 # # Cymbaline counter-battery (U.K.)
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Deployment
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The Kuwaiti army's main bases are:
Kuwait City (HQ)
Al Jabah
Mina Abdullah
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Plans and Programs
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In December 2006, Kuwait ordered technical assistance from Raytheon in the U.S. for the Patriot missile system through 2011.
In December 2007, Kuwait requested an upgrade of its Patriot missile systems in a deal potentially worth US$1.4 billion. The request includes 80 PAC-3 missiles, Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles-T (GEM-T) upgrades for 60 PAC-2 missiles and six Patriot system configuration 3 modification kits.
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