The Al Jahra Force was a Kuwait task force, of roughly brigade strength, requested by then, Kuwait Minister of Defense, Sheikh

Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah ( ar, سعد العبد الله السالم الصباح, translit=Saʿad al-ʿAbdullāh as-Sālim as-Sabāh) (1930 – 13 May 2008) was the Emir of Kuwait and Commander of the Kuwait Military Force ...

and formed by

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Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ( ar, الشيخ مبارك عبد الله الجابر الصباح ; 1934–1987) was a member of the House of Sabah and one of the first Kuwaitis to attain the military rank of lieutenant general. He ...

and his deputy

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Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah; subsequently being tasked to the respective combat commanders on October 15, 1973, after the outbreak of the

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by E ...

.
List of

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contributions by country; Sheikh

visiting the Egyptian front in 1972. The force, consisting of more than 3,000 men, was organized into a Tank Battalion, an

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, two

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artillery Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during siege ...

, an anti-aircraft company and a combat company of the

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. In addition, the task force also included medical, engineering and signal units. The brigade remained active until the end of September 1974, and then returned to

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

after a farewell ceremony in Damascus. The task force was equipped with Vickers main battle tanks,

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, and Alvis Saracen. The first combat company equipped

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type

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self-propelled guns while the second combat company packed 120 mm mortars type. The anti-tank combat units were equipped with

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. The anti-aircraft combat company was equipped with triple barrel anti-aircraft guns type 20 mm.

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