MILNET: Mideastern Military Forces

A Summary Chart

Below we list the major country forces in the Gulf Region, especially those that would apply to any confrontation with Iraq, currently the major threat to the region. For more information on the countries, click on the country name in the "Country" (far left) column.

Country Total Active
Duty Forces Total
Reserve
Forces Army Fielded
Air Force Fielded Navy
Fielded Crack  Troops
(Marines, Spec Guard, Air Def. Air--to-Air Fighter Attack
Fighter Lead Bomber Tank Artillery Rocket
Systems Attack Helo Trans
Helo SAMS/AA Lead
Troop Carrier Capital
Ship Cruiser Destroyer Subs Naval
Aircraft Picket
Ship Patrol
Craft Hover Craft Landing
Craft

Egypt 272,000 254,000 310,000 (includes reserves) 30,000, 551 combat aircraft, and 79 armed helos 20,000 + 14,000 reserves 80,000 Air Defense Command, 30 F-16A,
80 F-16C,
54 Mirage 5D/E,
16 Mirage 2000C
60 Ch. J-7,
100 MiG-21, 40 Ch J-6,
16 Mirage 5E2
20 F-4E,
40 Alpha Jet - 3,234 Total
T-62,
M1A1 Abrams
T-54/55, Ramses (T-45/55 mods),
M-60 971 total
130 mm,
122mm 296 122mm MLR 65 SA-342K/L 14 CH-47C,
40 Mi-8,
25 Commando,
12 Mi-4,
17 UH-12E 40 SA-2 bn,
53 SA-3 bn
14 SA-6 bn,
12 I-HWAK bt,
14 Crotale bt.
200 AA guns,
738 AD sys, (18 Amoun(Skyguard), and Sinai (Dassault) 650 Walid,
164 Fahd,
1075 BTR-50/OT-62
1685 M-113A2 - - 1 3 Romeo (SS diesel) 4 Grumman E2C Hawkeye
2 Beech 900C
5 Sea King Mk-47 helo
9 SA-342 helo 7 frigates,
26 fast attack-missile
2 fast attack-torp
8 fast attack-gun
10 ocean minehunt
3 inshore mineh
13 fast attack-patrol
4 route survey
17 auxiliaries
88 Coast Guard - 11 LCUs

Iraq 382,000 650,000 350,000   (6 corps, 22 arm. mech/inf. divisions) 30,000 2,000 7 Republican Guard divisions (4 arm., 3 inf.) 180 total(MiG-29, MiG-25
Ch J-7, MiG-21, Mirage F-1 130 total (MiG-27, Mirage F-1, Su-25
H-6D, Su-7, Su-20 Tu-22, Tu-16
H-6D 2,200 total
T-62,Chieftain MK-3/5, M-60,
T-45/55, Ch T-59/69, M-47 1,500 total
105mm to 150mm - 120 380 SA-2/3/6/7, SA-9/13/14/16, Roland BTR-50/60/15262/64, OT-MTLB,
YW-531 - - - - - 1 frigate,
2 corvettes,
1 fast attack-missile
5 minehunters 1 large patrol
5 coastal patrol
  (90 tons)   - -

Iran 513,000 350,000 345,000 (3 HQ each wtih 4 arm. divisions, 7 inf. divisions, 1 air. brgde, 1 spec ops divisiion) 30,000 18,000 120,000 Revolutionary Guard Corps, 12-15 Div .
2-4 arm. Div.
3 btlns Marines 7 sdqds
60 F-14,
24 F-7,
30 MiG-29 9 sqds
60 F-4D/E,
20 Su-24,
60 F-5E/F
*2 - 1245 total
T-45/55,
Ch T-59
T-63, T-72
Chieftain MK3/5
Mk-47/48,
M-60A1 2,320 - 100 AH-1J 40 CH-47C,
170 Bell 214A
40 AB-205A
90 AB-206 SA-7
HN-5 200 BMP-7
700 BTR-50/60 - - 2 2 Kilo
diesel 2 P-3F Orion
5 C-130H-MP
7 Agusta AB204 ASW helo
6 Agusta-Sik ASH-3D Sea King
2 Sik RH-53D 3 frigates
2 corvettes
10 fast attack-missile
3 fast attack-gun
3 coast miness
2 inshore minesw 7 large patrol
72 coastal patrol
71 inshore patrol 14 4 logistics
5 tank
18 utility

Saudi
Arabia 104,000 57,000 70,000 (3 arm brigades, 5 mech. brg, 1 air brgd, 18 art. btn 18,000 12,000 1 Royal Guard regiment 3 sqds F-15C
2 sqdns Tornado ADV
3 sqds F-5Es
2 sqds Tornado IDS - 30 M1A-2,
290 AMX,
450 M-60A3 105mm to 203mm 60 ASTROS
II MRL 12 AH-64 11 S-70A-1,
10 UH-60,
6 SA-365N,
15 Bell 406CS 4,400 man portable SAM, 33 SAM bat,
16 I-HAWK,
17 Shaline AA
73 Shahine/Crotale SAM
guns: 20mm Vulcan,
30mm AMX-30SA,
35mm/40mm 1700 M-113
150 Panhard M-3 - - - - - 4 frigates
4 corvette-missile
9 fast attack-missile
2 fast attack craft-tropedo
2 minehuntere
4 costal minesw
57 patrol
8 large in CG
38 patrol in CG
658 CG inshore 1 fast
+
30 in
Coast
Guard 4 med
4 utility

*1 = Iraqi aircraft listed include some xxx aircraft (xxx MiG-xx) flown out during the Gulf War"escaping" to Iran, which appear to remain there.
*2 = Iranian owned U.S. aircraft are most likely non-operational due to part shortages in turn due to sanctions on U.S. parts to Iran

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