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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.
An estimated 407 Iraqi aircraft were either destroyed or flown to Iran and permanently impounded there. [3] During Desert Storm, 36 aircraft were shot down in aerial combat. [58] Three helicopters and 2 fighters were shot down during the invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990. Kuwait claims to have shot down as many as 37 Iraqi aircraft.
Towed anti-aircraft gun: ZPU-1, ZPU-2, and ZPU-4 variants used. [25] Zastava M55 Yugoslavia: 20 mm Towed anti-aircraft gun M75 variant also used. [38] ZU-23-2 Soviet Union: 23 mm Towed anti-aircraft gun [25] Oerlikon GDF Switzerland: 35 mm Towed anti-aircraft gun Captured from Kuwait, used with the Skyguard fire control system. [39] 61-K Soviet ...
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 The GMV program is superseded by the GMV 1.1, based on the General ...
Armoured utility vehicles Oshkosh M-ATV United States: MRAP ≈200 Used by ISOF. [28] Otokar Akrep Turkey: Infantry mobility vehicle: 400 [23] M1117 United States: Armoured personnel carrier 324 [29] Armoured reconnaissance vehicles BRDM-2 Soviet Union: Reconnaissance vehicle: 18 [23] EE-9 Cascavel Brazil: Reconnaissance vehicle 35 [23] Utility ...
The 1990–1991 Gulf War was the last major United States Air Force combat operation of the 20th Century. The command and control of allied forces deployed to the Middle East initially as part of Operation Desert Shield, later engaging in combat operations during Operation Desert Storm, were assigned to United States Central Command Air Forces (USCENTAF), the USAF component of the Joint United ...
An A-10A ground attack aircraft (serno. 81-0964 bearing nose art with a nod to the band The Greatful Dead's "Steal Your Face" album art & now nicknamed "Mi Killer") from the 511th TFS "Vultures" / 10th TFW (attached to the 354th FW Provisional) and piloted by Captain Todd "Shanghai" Sheehy, shoots down an Iraqi Mi-8 helicopter with its GAU-8 ...
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 (VMFA-333) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets.Known as the "Fighting Shamrocks" and "Trip Trey", the squadron participated in action during World War II, the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm The squadron’s aircraft were easily recognizable by the row of three shamrocks painted on the vertical stabilizers of ...