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British PM Theresa May considered Jordan a noteworthy ally; this was reciprocated with the same mutual trust from the Jordanian PM. [22] Two countries also set to expand their bilateral ties. [23] Britain and Jordan have cultivated robust military ties that underscore their mutual commitment to regional stability and security.
The first organized army in Jordan was established in 1920, under the command of the British Captain Frederick Peake. [2] In 1939, the Arab Legion was put under the command of John Bagot Glubb (also known as Glubb Pasha), under whom it grew into an 8,000-men strong force by the time of Jordan's independence from the British Mandate in 1946. [2]
British and Indian officers of the 18th Lancers (India Army) at Tel el Kebir on arrival from France in April 1918. The Jordan Valley was garrisoned in 1918 by the 20th Indian Brigade, the Anzac Mounted Division and the Australian Mounted Division, until 17 May when the 4th and 5th Cavalry Divisions arrived.
The present day Jordanian Army is equipped with mainly Western (US and British) supplied weapons. The Jordanian Army is equipped with a mix of British and American tanks, including the Al-Hussein, Khalid and M-60 Phoenix. The older Centurion tank and M-48A5 series are phased out, as the Challenger and M-60A3 undergo further upgrades.
The Arab Legion (Arabic: الفيلق العربي) was the police force, then regular army, of the Emirate of Transjordan, a British protectorate, in the early part of the 20th century, and then of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, an independent state, with a final Arabization of its command taking place in 1956, when British senior officers were replaced by Jordanian ones.
The first organized army in Jordan was established on 22 October 1920, and was named the "Mobile Force", at the time it was 150 man strong under the command of the British Captain Frederick Peake. On its third anniversary, in October 1923, the now-1,000-man force was renamed the Arab Legion .
Glubb Pasha in Amman in 1940. Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE, MC, KStJ, KPM (16 April 1897 – 17 March 1986), known as Glubb Pasha (Arabic: غلوب باشا; and known as Abu Hunaik by the Jordanians), was a British military officer who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion between 1939 and 1956 as its commanding general.
Jordan had 75 Scimitar and obtained over 100 Scimitars in a 2006 deal that netted the British $20 million [20] [37] B1 Centauro Italy: Wheeled tank destroyer: 141 141 B1 Centauro (all ex Italian Army); some donated as Italian military aid and modernized with upgrade kits.