| Al Jahra Force | |
|---|---|
 The Jahra Force in the Golan Heights | |
| Active | 1973 - 1974 |
| Country | Kuwait |
| Allegiance |
 |
| Branch | Kuwaiti Armed Forces |
| Type | Shock Troop Striking Force |
| Role | Combat support of the Arab Armed Forces |
| Size | 3,000+ |
| Patron | Lieutenant General Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
| Motto(s) |
الله ثم الوطن والامير ( God,then Country & The Emir) |
| Engagements | 1973 October War Egyptian & Syrian Front |
The Al Jahra Force was a Kuwaiti military shock troop striking force formed by His Excellency Major General Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on October 15, 1973 after the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War.[1] The force, consisting of more than 3,000 men, was organized into a tank battalion, an infantry battalion, two companies of artillery, an anti-aircraft company and a company of the Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade.[2] It also included medical, engineering and signal units. The brigade remained active until the end of September 1974. It then returned to Kuwait after a farewell ceremony was held in Damascus.
The force was equipped with Vickers tanks, Ferret armoured car,and Alvis Saracen. The Artillery Units had Mk F3 155mm self-propelled guns for the first company while the second company had 120 mm mortars. The Anti-tank units had Carl Gustav recoilless rifle. The anti-aircraft company was equipped with triple barrel anti-aircraft guns 20 mm.
See also[]
- List of emirs of Kuwait
- House of Al-Sabah
- Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
- Military of Kuwait
- Kuwait–Najd War
- Battle of Hamdh
- Battle of Jahra
- Battle of Al-Regeai
- Kuwait-Iraq 1973 Sanita border skirmish
- Gulf War
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (April 1991- October 2003)
- Kuwait–Iraq barrier
- United States military casualties of war
- Bani Utbah
- History of Kuwait
- Utub
- List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
- List of kings of Iraq
- Hashemite
- Anizzah
References[]
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