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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.
Armies of the Iran–Iraq War 1980–88. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-4558-0. National Training Center (1 January 1991). The Iraqi Army: Organization and Tactics. Paladin Press. ISBN 978-0-87364-632-1. Tucker, Spencer C. (20 August 2014). Persian Gulf War Encyclopedia: A Political, Social, and Military History. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
1.2 Submachine guns and personal defence weapons. 1.3 Assault and battle rifles. 1.4 Sniper and anti ... The following is a list of equipment currently in use with ...
Portable anti-tank weapons; 9M133 Kornet Russia Saudi Arabia: Anti-tank guided missile: Tandem high-explosive anti-tank: Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries. [citation needed] FGM-148 Javelin United States: Medium-range anti-tank guided missile: 127mm: Standard infantry anti-tank weapon. 20 launchers and 150 missiles. [20] NLAW ...
The Leclerc tanks of the United Arab Emirates Army have been used in combat operations in Yemen during the Yemeni civil war. [29] [30] Infantry fighting vehicles FNSS ACV-300 Turkey: Infantry fighting vehicle: 136 [31] BMP-3 Russia: Infantry fighting vehicle: 652
The war is also known under other names, such as the Second Gulf War (not to be confused with the 2003 Iraq War, also referred to as such [27]), Persian Gulf War, Kuwait War, First Iraq War, or Iraq War [28] [29] [30] [b] before the term "Iraq War" became identified with the 2003 Iraq War (also known in the US as "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). [31]
The Gulf War is sometimes called the "computer war", due to the advanced computer-guided weapons and munitions used in the air campaign, which included precision-guided munitions and cruise missiles, even though these were very much in the minority when compared with "dumb bombs" used. Cluster munitions and BLU-82 "Daisy Cutters" were also used.
This one Scud's impact accounted for more than a third of all US soldiers killed during the Gulf War. [8] The 14th Quartermaster Detachment, one of the units billeted at Dharhan and specializing in water-purification, suffered the heaviest toll among US troops deployed in the Persian Gulf, with 81% of its soldiers killed or wounded. [9]