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- Since the start of the Gulf crisis/war I have been trying
- to determine the numbers and types of wepons and troops
- in the gulf region. The following listing is the what I
- have come up with as of January the 20 in the AM. If you
- have other data please leave me mail.
-
- Several sources have been used, most of which can
- different figues--some widely diffeent. I have done the
- best I could to get as close as possible to the actual
- figure.
-
- The sources used include:
- U.S.A. Today
- Associated Press
- United Press
- Canadian Press
- The New York Times
- Washington Post Wire Service
- Vancouver Sun
- Seattle Times
- The Los Angeles Times
- Globe and Mail
- U.S. news and World Report
- CNN
- CBC Radio
- RCI
- BBC
- The Province (Vancouver)
- Times-Colonist
- The Financial Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- Time
- CBC Hewsworld
- ABC
- NBC
- MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
- Also consulted were the message bases and conferences of
- the Military and Gulg crisis forums here on Compuserve.
-
- COMBAT AIRCRAFT
-
-
- U.S. 800-1500 includes
- 24-26 B-52G
- 50-70 F-111F
- 106 A-6
- 25-60 F-15E Eagles
-
- 5 E-3 AWACS
- 2 E-8 Jstars
- 5 TR-1
- ? E-2C Hawkeye
-
- 100 F-15C/D Eagles
- 100-140 F-14 Tomcats
-
- 80-150 AV-8B Harrier
- 44 F-117A Stealth
- 70-72 A-10
- 164 F/A-18
- 100-175 F-16
- 48 A-7E
- 36-70 F-4G Wild Weasel
- ?? AC-130
-
- ?? KC-10 Tanker
- >3 KC-135 Tanker
-
- 1000-1700 Helicopters
- -inludes ?? Appache
-
-
- Great Britain 48-50 GR-1 Tornado
- 20 ??
-
- France 10 Mirage 2000
- 24-48 F3 Jaguar
- 5 Mirage F1-CR
-
-
- Canada 24 CF-18
- 1 Tanker
-
- Kuwait 20 A-4 Skyhawk
- 15 Mirage F-1
-
- G.C.C. (Gulf Cooperation Council)
- Saudi Arabia 53 F-5E
- 25 Tornado IQS
-
- 42 F-15C
- 19 Tornado ADC
-
- Others
- Oman, Quatar, U.A.E., Bahrain 290
-
- Italy 8 ??
-
- TROOPS -for some nations does not include sailers.
-
- U.S. 480,000-510,000
- Kuwait 7,000
- G.C.C. 151,000
- G.B. 35,000-50,000 (Goldstream Gaurds
- Battatalion + up to
- 130,000 reservists
- on way)
- Egypt 38,000-45,000 (more close by)
- Syria 15,000-19,000 " " "
- France 10,000-20,000
- Pakistan 7,000 (+unknown number of advisors)
- Bangladesh 2,000
- Morrocco 1,700
- Senegal 500
- Niger 480
- Czechoslovakia 200
- Honduras 150
- Argentina 100
- Canada 1,700 (480 on the way)
- Italy ??
- Netherlands ??
- Belgium ??
- Denmark ??
- U.S.S.R. ??
- Greede ??
- Norway ??
- Portugal ??
- Spain ??
-
-
- SHIPS
-
- U.S. 90-110
- -Including 6 carrier groups
- -at least 8 submarines
- -2 hospital ships
- -30-34 amphibious assualt ships
- -2 battleships
- ------See SHPLST.TXT for full listing.
- G.C.C. 36
- Australia 3
- Argentina 2
- U.S.S.R. 2
- Belgium 3
- Britain 17
- Canada 3 (2 frigates, 1 supply ship)
- Denmark 1
- France 12-14
- Greece 1
- Italy 6
- Netherlands 3
- Norway 1
- Portugal 1
- Spain 1
-
- TANKS
- -I believe these figures to be very conservative estimates
-
- U.S. 1200-1700
- includes
- -at least 500 M1
- -at least 200 M1A1
- -at least 500 M60
- Syria 300
- G.C.C. 800
-
-
- Also in the gulf 3300-5000 armoured personnel carriers, 900-1500
- pieces of artillery, helicopters, Patriot and other SAM etc.
-
-
- Israels airforce is equipped with Jericho I and Jericho II
- missiles and at least 12 mobile Lance missile launchers the
- following combat aircraft:
- 112-124 F4 Phantom
- 47 F-15 Eagle
- 139 F-16 Falcon
- 93-170 Kfir
- 121 Skyhawk
- 2? E-2C Hawkeye
- the Israeli airforce has 28,000 regular personnel this grows to
- about 40,000 when fully mobilized.
-
-
- IRAQ
-
- TROOPS 545,000 Regular 480,00 reserves
- Iraq claims 8 million, with a population
- of 17.7 million this is unlikely since
- females do not serve in muslim armies;
- every male from 7-85 would be required
-
- SHIPS 1 training frigate
- 8 missile attack ships
- 6 torpedo boats
-
- Missiles 300-800 Scud missile. It is estimated that there
- are a number remaining in the low hundreds.
- Appox. 30-75 mobile Scud launchers, one newspaper
- and ane TV network believe Iraq has been building
- additional mobile launchers for some time. These
- would likely be unusable after a few launches.
- (Standard Scud launchers must be overhauled/
- readjusted every 6-8 launches). Mobile Scud
- missiles are accompanied by command/control
- equipment meteological equipment for aiming,
- and a crane to fit missile plus support crew.
-
- Silkworm and anti-tank missiles
-
- 330-400 other missiles incuding
- 100 roland missiles
- 160 SA-2 Missiles
- 140 SA-3300 SAM
-
-
- ARTILLERY 3100-5000 pieces
-
- Iraq has 122mm and 155mm guns and multiple
- capable of delivering chemical weapons.
-
- TANKS 4200-4500
- includes 3500 T-55 / T-62
- 500 T-72
-
-
- ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS 2800-9000
-
- AIRCRAFT 500-700
-
- includes
- 160 Helicopters
- 8 Tu-22
- 4 Tu-16
- 4 H-6D
- 205 MiG-21/25/29
- 30 Mirage F1-EQ
- 40 CH J-7
- 30 J-6
- 90 MiG-23
- 60 Mirage EQ-5
- 30 SU-7
- 70 SU-20
- 16 SU-24
- 60 SU-25
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