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AS AT 15110OZ JANUARY 91
Nation
Forces committed to the Gulf area
Argentina Australia
Bangladesh Belgium
X
Canada
1 destroyer, 1 corvette, 1 transport plane
|2 × DD/FF (BRISBANE and SYDNEY), both with 2 helos), support ship (SUCCESS with 1 helo)
2330 troops to Saudi Arabia (with Saudi equipment).
2 x DD/FF (ATHABASCAN with 2 helos, and TERRA NOVA) with support ship (PROTECTEUR) 18 CF-18 aircraft, Jt Force HQ and Sigs sqn
Czechoslovakia Chemical defence unit
Theatre of Ops Gulf of Oman
Manpower
450
Gulf
555
Saudi Arabia
2330
1 × FF (WANDELAAR), 2 × MCMV (IRIS and MYOSOTIS) with support ship (ZINNIA), 2 x C130 ac
Red Sea/Gulf of Oman Gulf
380
790
Qatar
570
• Denmark
1 x corvette (OLFERT FISCHER)
Saudi Arabia
Gulf
180
100
Egypt Greece - Italy
23900 troops with 156388 M60A3 tanks to Saudi Arabia. 1000 Special Forces plus possibly 1 sqn of Miragầœ200@rtabldXEJAE 1 x frigate (LIMNOS)
23900
Red Sea
175
Niger
Norway
Pakistan
Portugal
1 x transport vessel (SAO MIGUEL) for use by UK
Senegal
1 x infantry battalion
Spain
Syria
Nation
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia UAE
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
4 × DD/FF (ORSA, LIBECCIO, ZEFFIRO, AUDACE) with support ship (STROMBOLI). 8 Tornado to UAE 2000 troops to Saudi Arabia, 700 to UAE. Also, 5000 troops were based in UAE pre-conflict
2 × DD/FF (JACOB VAN HEEMSKERK and PHILIPS VAN ALMONDE), 1 support ship (ZUIDERKRUIS), which is also supporting UK DD/FF
2 C130 (under UK tacon) and medical team (with US Navy)
1 x infantry battalion to Saudi Arabia
Coastguard vessel ANDENAES
5000 troops deployed to Saudi Arabia
Gulf
1110
Saudi Arabia
7700
Gulf
370
Saudi Arabia (C130s)
Saudi Arabia
100
480
Gulf
60
Saudi Arabia
5000
Mediterranean
30
1 x frigate (NUMANCIA) and 2 x corvettes (INFANTA CHRISTINA and DIANA)
Approx 15200 troops (of which 3200 SF) with 290 tanks to Saudi Arabia and 600 SF to UAE
Saudi Arabia Gulf of Oman/Red Sea Saudi Arabia/UAE
500
520
15800
Saudi Arabian and GCC Ground/Air forces under Saudi Command
Manpower
Nation Bangladesh
200 troops with TOW missiles in Saudi Arabia. 24 combat aircraft.
3300 troops, 18 Chieftain and 40 M84 MBT, 44 combat ac and 16 helos in Saudi Arabia.
support ac in Oman, 5 combat ac in UAE
1000 troops with artillery in Saudi Arabia. 44 combat ac and 4 support ac in Oman 1900 troops with light tanks in Saudi Arabia. 21 combat aircraft in Qatar
About 44000 troops committed to Saudi/Kuwait border, with tanks, APCs, missiles etc. 288 combat ac, 74 support ac 900 troops plus artillery in Saudi Arabia. 102 combat aircraft, 24 support aircraft in UAE
A further 3000 troops promised if hostilities break out
200
3300
1000
1900
44000
900
Tatal personnel in the
Forces en route or announced but not yet deployed
ETA in theatre
NYK
112400
Manpower
3000
Bulgaria
Canada
Offer of medical unit
Offer of medical unit
NYK
Czechoslovakia Another 250 men for chemical defence unit on call
NYK
250
Denmark
Egypt
Offer of medical unit for UK
Remainder of 4 Armd Div (approx 7500 troops) currently deploying to Saudi Arabia 15-18 F-16 (1 sqn) to deploy to Saudi (Dhahran)
Deploying
7500
To deploy shortly
Offer of medical team to Saudi Arabia
Hungary
South Korea
Morocco
Norway Poland
Romania
Sierra Leone Singapore
Offer of a medical unit to Saudi Arabia
A further 1500 troops committed
Offer of medical unit for UK
Medical team offered to Saudi Arabia and hospital ship en route to Gulf
NYK
40
4 Feb
150
NYK
1500
NYK
220
Offer of medical unit for UK
200 troops to Saudi Arabia
Offer of medical unit for UK
Sweden
200-bed field hospital under UK tacon
Syria
Possibly 500-1100 extra SF to UAE and additional troops and eqpt for Saudi Arabia
Nation
Forces committed to the Eastern Mediterranean
.FRG
5 × MCMV (MARBURG, KOBLENZ, GOETTINGEN, ÜBERHERREN, LABOE), 2 x support ships (WERRA and WESTERWALD)
NYK
160
Saudi Arabia
200
Not before 23 Jan
500
NYK
Total
500
13808
Manpower
765
Forces committed to Turkey
NATO .
ACE Mobile Force (Air) - 18 Alpha Jets from FRG, 18 Mirage V from Belgium, 6 G91 from Italy, sent to Turkey, in response to Turkish
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