Ground Forces of the United Arab Emirates
| Ground Forces of the United Arab Emirates | |
|---|---|
| A country |  UAE |
| Enters into | United Arab Emirates Armed Forces |
| Type of | Ground troops |
| Number of | 44,000 people ( 2010 ) |
| Dislocation | |
| Participation in | Gulf War |
UAE soldiers
Military budget 3.67 billion dollars for 2009 .
Content
Structure
The composition of 9 brigades: 1 royal guard, 2 armored, 3 mechanized infantry, 2 infantry, 1 artillery. In addition, 2 infantry (mechanized) brigade of the emirate of Dubai .
As part of the artillery brigade, 3 regiments, each with 24 ACS M109 / L47 (3 batteries of 8). As part of 3 armored / mechanized brigades there are divisions of 24 ACS G-6 in each. 105 mm howitzers are part of the infantry brigades.
Armament
In 2011, Lobaev Sniper Rifles were commissioned in the UAE Army [1] .
Leclerc
BMP-3
According to IISS The Military Balance for 2010, the UAE Ground Forces had the following equipment at their disposal.
| Weapons and armament of the UAE Ground Forces as of 2010 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Production | Type of | amount | Notes | |||
| Tanks | |||||||
| Leclerc | France | main battle tank | 390 | ||||
| AMX-30 | France | main battle tank | 45 | ||||
| OF-40 Mk.II Lion | Italy | main battle tank | 36 | ||||
| Scorpio | Great Britain | light tank | 76 | ||||
| BRM, BTR and BMP | |||||||
| AML-90 | France | BRM | 49 | ||||
| VBL | France | armored car | 24 | ||||
| Ferret | Great Britain | BRM | 20 | In storage | |||
| Saladin | Great Britain | BRM | 20 | In storage | |||
| TPz 1 Fuchs | Germany | chemical, biological and radiation intelligence | sixteen | ||||
| AMX-10P | France | BMP | 15 | ||||
| BMP-3 | Russia | BMP | 415 | ||||
| FNSS ACV | Turkey | armored personnel carrier | 136 | 75 artillery surveillance vehicles ACV-AAOV (“artillery support” ACV-350), 8 ACV-ARV BREM and 53 ACV-ENG engineering vehicles; The BTR is a variant of the Turkish BMP TIFV, and that, in turn, is a modification of the AIFV (M765) BMP , based on the B11 M113 | |||
| EE-11 Urutu | Brazil | armored personnel carrier | 120 | ||||
| M3 Panhard | France | armored personnel carrier | 370 | ||||
| VCR | France | armored personnel carrier | 80 | various options | |||
| Vab | France | armored personnel carrier | 2 | ||||
| RG-31 Nyala | Canada South Africa | armored car | 76 | ||||
| Self-propelled field artillery | |||||||
| G6 | South Africa | 155mm self-propelled howitzer | 78 | ||||
| M109A3 | USA | 155mm self-propelled howitzer | 125 | ||||
| AMX-13 F3 AM | France | 155mm self-propelled howitzer | 18 | ||||
| Towed field artillery | |||||||
| L-118 | Great Britain | 105mm light gun | 73 | ||||
| Type-59-1 | China | 130mm towed howitzer | 20 | ||||
| Multiple launch rocket systems | |||||||
| LAU-97 | Belgium | MLRS 70mm | 18 | ||||
| Firos-25 | Italy | MLRS 122mm | 48 | Possible in storage | |||
| VM9A52 Smerch | Russia | MLRS 300mm | 6 | ||||
| Mortars | |||||||
| Brandt | France | Mortar 81mm | 20 | ||||
| L16 | Great Britain | Mortar 81mm | 114 | ||||
| Brandt | France | Mortar 120mm | 21 | ||||
| Anti-tank weapons | |||||||
| HOT | France Germany | heavy ATGW | 50 | including 20 self-propelled | |||
| Milan | France Germany | portable ATGM | 230 | ||||
| BGM-71 TOW | USA | portable ATGM | 25 | ATGM BGM-71B TOW | |||
| Vigilant | Great Britain | ATGM | In storage | ||||
| Carl Gustaf M2 | Sweden | 84mm RPG | 250 | ||||
| M40 | USA | 106 mm recoilless rifle | 12 | ||||
| Auxiliary equipment | |||||||
| DCL | France | BREM | 46 | BREM on the basis of the tank "Leclerc" | |||
| DTT | France | training tank | 2 | training tank "Leclerc" DTT | |||
| OF-40 ARV | Italy | BREM | 3 | BREM OF-40 ARV based on the tank OF-40 | |||
| Matenin | mechanized laying plow | ||||||
| Mk3 (D) | tank mine trawl | ||||||
| Air defense equipment | |||||||
| Mistral | France | portable MANPADS | 20 | ||||
| Bloupipe | Great Britain | portable MANPADS | 20 | ||||
| M-3VDA | France | ZSU | 42 | 2x20 mm self-propelled M-3VDA, based on the Panhard M3 | |||
| GCF-BM2 | ZSU | 20 | 2x30 mm self propelled | ||||
| Ballistic missiles | |||||||
| SS-1C Scud-B | the USSR | Ballistic missiles | 6 PU | property of emirate of dubai | |||
Notes
Links
- The armed forces of the United Arab Emirates on 07/12/2002
- The Military Balance 2010