Royal Saudi Land Force
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Saudi Arabian Army (Arabic: الجيش العربي السعودي) ,Also called Royal Saudi Land Force (Arabic: القوات البرية الملكية السعودية). Is a branch of the Saudi Armed Forces. The total number of active troops is around 300,000. The Army is capable of conducting air assault operations with a lift capability of up to 5 battalions at a time, both day and night.
The current Chief of the Saudi General Staff is Field Marshal Saleh Al-Muhaya.
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[edit] Units
[edit] Armour
- 4th (King Fah’d) Armoured Brigade
- 8th Armoured Brigade
- 12th Armoured Brigade
- 24th Armoured Brigade
- 30th Armoured Brigade
- 34th Armoured Brigade
- 45th Armoured Brigade
- 60th Armoured Brigade
A typical Saudi armored brigade has an armored reconnaissance company, three tank battalions with 42 tanks each, two tank companies with 30 tanks, three tank troops with 12 tanks, a mechanized infantry battalion with 54 AIFVs/ APCs, and an artillery battalion with 18 self-propelled guns. It also has an army aviation company, an engineer company, a logistic battalion, a field workshop, and a medical company.
[edit] Mechanised
- 6th Mechanised Brigade
- 8th Mechanised Brigade
- 10th Mechanised Brigade
- 11th Mechanised Brigade
- 17th Mechanised Brigade
- 18th Mechanised Brigade
- 19th Mechanised Brigade
- 20th Mechanised Brigade
- 31st Mechanised Brigade
- 33rd Mechanised Brigade
- 40th Mechanised Brigade
- 42nd Mechanised Brigade
- 48th Mechanised Brigade
- 50th Mechanised Brigade
A typical Saudi mechanized brigade has an armored reconnaissance company, one tank battalion with 37-42, three mechanized infantry battalion with 54 AIFVs/APCs each, two infantry companies with a total of 33 APCs, three infantry platoons with a total of 12 APCs, and an artillery battalion with 18 self-propelled guns. It also has an army aviation company, an engineer company, a logistic battalion, a field workshop, and a medical company. It has 24 anti-tank guided weapons launchers and four mortar sections with a total of eight 81mm mortars.
[edit] Infantry
- 1st Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Infantry Brigade
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 7th Infantry Brigade
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 10th Infantry Brigade
- 19th Infantry Brigade
- 21st Infantry Brigade
- 23rd Infantry Brigade
- 28th Infantry Brigade
- 30th Infantry Brigade
- 32nd Infantry Brigade
- 34th Infantry Brigade
- 35th Infantry Brigade
- 37th Infantry Brigade
- 40th Infantry Brigade
- 44th Infantry Brigade
- 45th Infantry Brigade
Each infantry brigade consists of three motorized battalions, an artillery battalion, and a support battalion.
[edit] Airborne
- The Airborne Brigade
- 4th Airborne Battalion
- 5th Airborne Battalion
[edit] Artillery
- 1 Independent Artillery Brigade
The IAB includes heavy artillery, multiple launch rockets, some medium artillery (an artillery reserve that can be assigned as needed). It also includes some Patriot surface to air missiles for military air defence. Others are assigned to the Air Force for national air defence, particularly of Riyadh, Mecca, Medina, and Jeddah.
[edit] Equipment
[edit] Armoured Vehicles
- M1A2 Abrams
- M1A1 Abrams
- M1 Abrams Recovery Vehicle
- M104 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge
- M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle
- Leclerc MBT
- Char de dépannage DNG/DCL
- Challenger 2
- AMX-30
- AMX 30 D
- M60 Patton
- M60A1 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB)
- M88 Recovery Vehicle
- EE-9 Cascavel
- LAV-25 Amphibious Armored Car
- LAV-AT (Anti-Tank)
- LAV-M (Mortar)
- LAV-AD (Air Defense)
- LAV-R (Recovery)
- LAV-C2 (Command & Control)
- LAV-LOG (Logistics)
- LAV-EFSS (Expeditionary Fire Support System)
- AMX 10RC
- Véhicule Blindé Léger (VBL)
- VBL RECO 12.7
- VBL MILAN
- VB2L POSTE DE COMMANDEMENT
- FV101 Scorpion
- VBC-90
- BMP-3
- M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle
- AMX-10P
- M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier
- M113 Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle
- M58 Wolf Smoke Generator Carrier
- M106 Armored Self-propelled Mortar (107mm)
- M1059 Lynx Smoke Generator Carrier
- M125 Armored Self-propelled Mortar (81mm)
- M132 Armored Flamethrower
- M163 Vulcan Air Defense System
- M548 Tracked Cargo Carrier
- M577 Tracked Command Post Carrier
- M579 Fitter
- M901 Improved TOW Vehicle (ITV)
- M981 Fire Support Team Vehicle (FIST-V)
- M1015 Tracked Electronic Warfare Carrier
- M1064 Armored Self-propelled Mortar (120mm)
- M1068 Standard Integrated Command Post System
- M696 Armored Recovery Vehicle
- Al-Fahd APC
- EE-11 Urutu APC
- Panhard M3 APC
- Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé (VAB)
- VAB T-20/13
- VCAC Mephisto
- VTM 120
- VAB Reco
- VAB ATLAS
- VAB PC
- VAB Génie
- VAB Echelon
- VAB Bromure
- TPz Fuchs
- Panhard AML
[edit] Artillery
- AMX 30 AuF1 155mm howitzer
- G6 155mm howitzer
- M109 155mm howitzer
- M110 155mm howitzer
- M198 155mm howitzer
- FH-70 155mm howitzer
- M102 105mm howitzer
- L16 81mm Mortar
- MO-120-RT-61
- M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
- Astros II MLRS
- Shahine Surface to Air Missile
- MIM-23 Hawk
- MIM-104 Patriot
- FIM-92 Stinger
- Mistral
- RBS 70
- Blowpipe missile
- Euromissile HOT
- BGM-71 TOW
- FGM-148 Javelin
[edit] Small Arms
- SIG P228 9mm Pistol
- Beretta 92F 9mm Pistol
- H&K MP5 9mm Submachine Gun
- Colt M4 5.56mm Carbine
- Colt M16A4 5.56mm Assault Rifle
- H&K G3 7.62mm Battle Rifle
- H&K G3KA4A1 7.62mm Carbine
- H&K G3TGS 7.62mm Battle Rifle with 40mm Grenade Launcher
- H&K G3SG/1 7.62mm Designated Marksman Rifle
- FN Minimi 5.56mm Light Machine Gun
- H&K HK21E 7.62mm Light Machine Gun
- Rheinmetall MG3 7.62mm GPMG
- M2 0.50 cal Machine Gun
- M203 40mm Grenade Launcher
- H&K HK79 40mm Grenade Launcher
- PSG-1 7.62mm Sniper Rifle
- HK MSG-90A1 7.62mm Sniper Rifle
- Barrett M82A1 0.50 cal Sniper Rifle
- RPG-7V2 40mm Rocket Launcher
- RPG-7D3 40mm Rocket Launcher
- 66 mm Short-Range Anti-Armour Weapon
- 84mm Carl Gustav Medium Range Anti-Armour Weapon (MRAAW)
[edit] Aircraft
- Aerospatiale SA 342 G/L
- Agusta-Bell 205
- Agusta-Bell 212
- Agusta-Bell 412HP/SP
- Bell AH-1 Cobra
- Bell UH-1H
- Bell-214B
- Bell 406 Combat Scout
- Bell 412
- Boeing AH-64 Apache
- Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow
- IAR-330SM Puma
- SAGEM Sperwer
- Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
- Westland Commando Mk 2/3
- Westland Lynx Mk 120
