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Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991. Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield.. List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.
Aerial view of a destroyed Iraqi column consisting of a T-72 tank, several BMP-1 and Type 63 armoured vehicles, and trucks on Highway 8 in March 1991. Iraqi forces including the elite Iraqi Republican Guard's 1st Armored Division Hammurabi were trying to either redeploy or escape on and near Highway 8, the continuation of Highway 80 in Iraq. [7]
The M1114 "up-armored" HMMWV, introduced in 1996, also features a similar weapons mount. [76] In addition, some M1114 and M1116 up-armored and M1117 armored security vehicle models feature a Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), which allows the gunner to operate from inside the vehicle, and/or the Boomerang anti-sniper detection ...
Armoured reconnaissance vehicles BRDM-2 Soviet Union: Reconnaissance vehicle: 18 [19] EE-9 Cascavel Brazil: Reconnaissance vehicle 35 [19] Utility vehicles HMMWV United States: Light utility vehicle +10,000 [33] Promoter DAPC South Korea: Infantry mobility vehicle 50 Used by ISOF, possible replacement for HMMWV. [34] Oshkosh M1070 United States
Infantry fighting vehicle: 1,000 [33] BVP-1 Saddam II Iraq: Infantry fighting vehicle Locally upgraded BMP-1, used by Republican Guard units. [44] BMP-2 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia: Infantry fighting vehicle 200 [23] BVP-2 BMD-1 Soviet Union: Infantry fighting vehicle 25 [23] AMX-10P France: Infantry fighting vehicle 45
It is built on an Expanded Capacity Vehicle chassis, which allows for more passengers or additional supplies (up to 2,300 lbs). Its two- or four-seat variant is the M1152 Enhanced Troop/Cargo/Shelter Carrier, designed to replace the M1097A2 Heavy HMMWV and M1113 Expanded Capacity Vehicle.
Its design is mostly based on lessons learned during Operation Desert Storm in Iraq, [1] after an initial program, post 1985, for specialized HMMWVs for desert strike operations: the Desert Mobility Vehicle (DMV), or "Dumvee". [3] GMV crews like to call them "gun trucks". The GMV program is superseded by the GMV 1.1, based on the General ...
M577 command vehicle based on the M113 (United States; Cold War/modern) M578 light armoured recovery vehicle (United States; Cold War) M579 repair vehicle based on the M113 (United States; Cold War) M-590 (previous designation of the M-60) M601 4×4 power generator carrier (United States; Cold War) M602 6×6 2.5 ton truck (United States; Cold War)