Saudi Arabian Army
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| Saudi Arabian Army
الجيش العربي السعودي |
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| Military manpower | |
| Conscription age | 18 years of age |
| Availability | males age 18-49: 7,648,999 |
| Active troops | 200,000 (Ranked 25th) |
| Military expenditures | |
| USD figure | $31.255 billion (2006) |
Saudi Arabian Army (Arabic: الجيش العربي السعودي) is a branch of the Saudi Armed Forces. The total number of active troops is around 200,000. The Army can conduct air assault operations with a lift capability of 5 battalions at a time, both day and night.
Chief of the Saudi General Staff: Prince-General Khalid bin Sultan
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[edit] History
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[edit] Structure
The Royal Saudi Land Forces consist of eight principal combat brigades:[1]
Armor
- Fourth Armored Brigade
- Eighth Armored Brigade
Each armored brigade consists of three tank battalions, a mechanized infantry battalion, and a support battalion
Mechanized
- five mechanized
Each mechanized brigade consisted of one tank battalion, three mechanized infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, and a support battalion.
Infantry
- unknown number of infantry brigades
Each infantry brigade consists of three motorized battalions, an artillery battalion, and a support battalion.
Airborne
- one airborne
Each airborne brigade consists of two paratroop battalions and three special forces companies.
Artillery Battalions
- five artillery battalions
A separate Royal Guard Regiment consists of three light infantry battalions.
[edit] Ranks
- Officers:
- Enlisted:
[edit] Main equipment
Saudi government spend billions of dollars to arm their military forces , and usually buy military equipments from their allies such as US , UK or even France.
| Saudi Army | |
| Main battle tanks | |
| 315 | Abrams M1A2 |
| 55 | Abrams M1A1 |
| 25 | Challenger 2 |
| 25 | Leclerc |
| 12 | MBT 2000 |
| unknown number of | Al-Zarar MBT (could be 12) |
| Recons and Inf. Transporters | |
| 600 + (250 for N.G.) | HMMWV (Humvee) |
| 350 | Al-Fahd (Saudi industry) |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles | |
| unknown number of | SAGEM Sperwer |
| Attack helicopters | |
| 45 | AH-64 Apache (Belong to Airforce) |
| 10 | AH-1W |
| 10 | AH-1S |
| Anti-tank missiles | |
| Baktar-Shikan | |
| Brimstone missile | |
| Swingfire | |
| FGM-148 Javelin | |
| BGM-71 TOW | |
| Rocket artillery | |
| about 130 | M270 MLRS |
| Towed artillery | |
| M198 howitzer | |
| AMX-13 | |
| Recoilless artillery | |
| M40 recoilless rifle | |
| Mortars | |
| M224 Mortar | |
| Brandt 60mm LR Gun-mortar | |
| Automatic grenade launchers | |
| M203 grenade launcher | |
| XM320 | |
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