Map of Coalition countries (Green & Blue levels) and Iraq (Orange). The Coalition of the Gulf War were the countries officially opposed to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait during the 1990 / 1991 Persian Gulf War. [edit] Coalition by number of military personnel Soldiers in a Niger army unit stand in formation while a dignitary visits their outpost during Operation Desert Shield. | List of Coalition forces by number of military personnel | | Country | Number of Personnel | Comments / Major Events | United States | 575,000 - 697,000 | Operation Desert Shield Battle of Khafji Battle of 73 Easting Battle of Al Busayyah Battle of Phase Line Bullet Battle of Medina Ridge Battle of Wadi Al-Batin Battle of Norfolk Operation Desert Storm | Saudi Arabia | 52,000 - 100,000 | Operation Desert Shield Battle of Khafji Operation Desert Storm | United Kingdom | 43,000 - 45,400 | Operation Desert Shield Operation Granby Operation Desert Storm | Egypt | 33,600 - 35,000 | Operation Desert Storm | France | 18,000 | Opération Daguet | Syria | 14,500 | Operation Desert Storm | Morocco | 13,000 | Security Personnel | Kuwait | 9,900 | Invasion of Kuwait Operation Desert Storm | Oman | 6,300 | Operation Desert Storm | Pakistan | 4,900 - 5,500 | Backup team | United Arab Emirates | 4,300 | Operation Desert Storm | Canada | 2,700 | Operation FRICTION | Qatar | 2,600 | Battle of Khafji | Bangladesh | 2,200 | Medical team | Italy | 1,200 | Deployed Panavia Tornado strike attack aircraft | Australia | 700 | Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War | Netherlands | 700 | Naval deployment; Air Force deployments of Surface-to-Air Missiles to Turkey and Israel | Niger | 600 | Patroller group | Sweden | 525 [1] | Field hospital | Senegal | 500 | Base Guards | Spain | 500 on the field / 3,000 off the coast | Engineers | Bahrain | 400 | Base Guards | Belgium | 400 | Base Engineers | Poland | 319 | Operation Simoom Naval & medical deployment | South Korea | 314 | Medical & transportation support | Czechoslovakia | 200 | Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Czechoslovakia in the Gulf War | Greece | 200 | Pilots | Denmark | 100 | | New Zealand | 100 | 2 C-130 Hercules transporter aircraft [2] | Hungary | 50 | | Norway | 50 | Naval & medical deployment |
[edit] Coalition by Divisions [edit] Army Central Command [edit] Marine Central Command [edit] Joint Forces Command East [edit] Joint Forces Command North [edit] Other Divisions [edit] Commanders of Coalition [edit] Canada [edit] Czechoslovakia [edit] France [edit] Saudi Arabia [edit] United Kingdom [edit] United States [edit] Coalition by Equipments [edit] United States - IMP1 Abrams MBT (Main Battle Tank)
- M1A1 Abrams MBT (Main Battle Tank)
- M1A1 HA Abrams MBT (Main Battle Tank) Heavy Armor
- M60A1/A3 Patton MBT (Main Battle Tank) (USMC)
- M551A1 Sheridan TTS (Tank Thermal Sight) Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assault Vehicle
[edit] Armoured Vehicles - M2A2 Bradley IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)
- M3A2 Bradley CFV (Cavalry Fighting Vehicle)
- AAVP7A1 Assault Amphibian Vehicle Personnel (USMC)
- LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle (USMC)
- LAV-AT Light Armored Vehicle (Anti-Tank) (USMC)
- M113A2/A3 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
- M901A1 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle)
[edit] Self-Propelled Artillery/Mortars/Rockets - LAV-M Light Armored Vehicle (Mortar) (USMC)
- M106A2 Self-Propelled Mortar Carrier
- M109A2/A3/A4 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
- M110A2 8inch SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
- M270 MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System
[edit] Anti-Aircraft [edit] Artillery & Mortars Engineering & Recovery Vehicles [edit] Command Vehicles - M577A2 ACP (Armored Command Post) Carrier
- AACV7A1 (Assault Amphibian Vehicle Command) (USMC)
- LAV-25C2 Light Armored Vehicle (Command & Control) (USMC)
- M981 FISTV (Fire Support Team Vehicle)
[edit] Other Vehicles [edit] Helicopters [edit] Airplanes [edit] Aircraft Carriers [edit] Battleships [edit] Submarines [edit] Amphibious Assault Ships [edit] Guided Missile Cruisers - Leahy Class (USS Worden, USS Richmond K. Turner)
- Belknap Class (USS Horne, USS Biddle)
- Ticonderoga Class (USS Valley Forge, USS Tomas S. Gates, USS Bunker Hill, USS Mobile Bay, USS Leyte Gulf, USS San Jacinto, USS Philippine Sea, USS Princeton, USS Normandy)
- California Class (USS South Carolina)
- Virginia Class (USS Virginia, USS Mississippi)
[edit] Destroyer Tenders [edit] Destroyers - ARA Almirante Brown, HMCS Terra Nova (DDE 259) , HMCS Athabaskan (DDH 282) , Spruance Class (USS Spruance, USS Paul F. Foster, USS Caron, USS Oldendorf, USS Moosbrugger, USS Leftwich, USS Harry W. Will, USS Fife
[edit] Guided Missile Destroyers [edit] Frigates - Knox Class (USS Marvin Shields, USS Francis Hammond, USS Vreeland, USS Thomas C. Hart)
- Oliver Hazard Perry Class (USS McInerney, USS Jarrett, USS Curts, USS Halyburton, USS Nichola, USS Hawes, USS Ford, USS Samuel B. Roberts)
- Espora class frigate ( ARA Espora, ARA Rosales )
[edit] Amphibious Transport Docks [edit] Ammunition Ships [edit] Dock Landing Ships [edit] Tank Landing Ships [edit] Fast Sealift Ships - SL-7 Type (USS Algol, USNS Bellatrix, USS Denebola, USS Pollux, USNS Altair, USS Regulus, USS Capella)
[edit] Fleet Oilers - Neosho Class (USS Neosho, USS Hassayampa, USS Ponchatoula)
- Cimarron Class (USS Platte)
- Henry J. Kaiser Class (USS Joshua Humphreys, USNS Andrew J. Higgins, USS Walter S. Diehl)
- HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509)
[edit] Combat Stores Ships [edit] Fast Combat Support Ships [edit] Replenishment Oiler Ships [edit] Minesweepers [edit] Repair Ships - Vulcan Class (USS Vulcan, USS Jason)
[edit] Rescue & Salvage Ships - Edenton Class (USS Beaufort)
[edit] Sealift Ships - Wright Class (USS Wright, USS Curtiss)
[edit] Hospital Ships [edit] Amphibious Cargo Ships - Charleston Class USS Durham, USS Mobile)
[edit] Mine Countermeasure Ships [edit] Survey Ships - Chauvenet Class (USS Chauvenet)
[edit] Light Water Craft [edit] United Kingdom [edit] Armoured Vehicles [edit] Self-Propelled Artillery/Mortars/Rockets - FV432(M) Trojan SPMC (Self-Propelled Mortar Carrier)
- M109 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer) M109A2
- M110 8inch SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer) M110A2
- MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System)
[edit] Anti-Aircraft - Rapier Field Standard B2 Stationary SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
- Tracked Rapier TR1 Mobile SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
- Javelin LML (Lightweight Multiple Launcher) SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
[edit] Artillery & Mortars [edit] Engineering & Recovery Vehicles - FV4205 Chieftain AVLB (Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge)
- FV180 CET (Combat Engineer Tractor)
- FV434 ARV (Armoured Recovery Vehicle)
- FV512 Warrior MCRV (Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle)
- FV513 Warrior MRV(R) (Mechanised Recovery Vehicle (Repair))
- CHARRV (Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle)
[edit] Command Vehicles [edit] Other Vehicles [edit] Aircraft [edit] Frigates [edit] Destroyers [edit] Submarines [edit] Fleet Support Tankers [edit] Fast Fleet Tankers [edit] Stores Ships [edit] Mine Countermeasure Vessels - Hunt Class (HMS Ledbury, HMS Cattistock, HMS Dulverton, HMS Bicester, HMS Atherstone, HMS Hurworth)
[edit] Fleet Repair Ships [edit] Primary Casualty Reception Vessels [edit] Saudi Arabia [edit] Armoured Vehicles [edit] Self-Propelled Artillery/Mortars/Rockets - M109A2 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
- AMX-GCT 155 mm SPH (Self-Propelled Howitzer)
- ASTROS-II MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System)
- M106A2 Self-Propelled Mortar Carrier
- Cadillac Gage V-150 Commando (Mortar 81 mm)
- Cadillac Gage V-150 Commando (Mortar 90 mm)
[edit] Artillery & Mortars [edit] Anti-Aircraft - M163 VADS Vulcan Air Defence System
- AMX-30SA Shahine Self-Propelled SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
- AMX-30SA SPAAA (Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
- MIM-23 Improved Hawk SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
- Shahine Stationary SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
- Bofors 40 mm L/70 AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
- Oerlikon-Buhrle Twin 35 mm GDF AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
[edit] Other Vehicles [edit] Helicopters [edit] Airplanes [edit] Kuwait - M-84AB MBT (Main Battle Tank)
[edit] Armoured Vehicles - BMP-2 IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle)
- M113A1 APC (Armored Personnel Carrier)
[edit] Helicopters [edit] Airplanes [edit] France [edit] Armoured Vehicles [edit] Artillery & Mortars - TR-F1 155 mm Towed Howitzer
- MO-81-61C 81 mm Mortar
- MO-120-RT-61 120 mm Mortar
[edit] Anti-Aircraft - GIAT 20 mm 53T2 Towed AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)
- Mistral SAM (Surface-To-Air Missile) Launcher
[edit] Other Vehicles - Peugeot P4 4WD
- VLRA (Vehicle de Liaison et Reconnaissance de L'Armee) Truck
- GIAT VAB (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé)
- GIAT VAB-PC (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) (Command)
- GIAT VAB-VCAC/HOT (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missile) Launching Vehicle
- GIAT VAB-VTM (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) Mortar Tractor
[edit] Helicopters [edit] Airplanes [edit] Aircraft Carriers - AMX-30S MBT (Main Battle Tank)
[edit] Airplanes [edit] Czechoslovakia [edit] Other Vehicles - Tatra T-815 (Heavy truck)
- UAZ-4629 (All-terrain vehicle mounted with chemical reconnaissance probes)
- ARS-12M (De-contamination truck based on Praga V3S)
- POP (Mobile field medical truck based on Praga V3S)
[edit] Notes and references - ^ http://www.mil.se/sv/i-varlden/Utlandsstyrkan/Truppinsatser/Kuwait/ Field hospital deployed as part of Operation Granby (in Swedish)
- ^ http://www.airforce.mil.nz/about-us/history/the-post-war-years.htm Royal New Zealand Air Force website
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