Operation Desert Sabre

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Operation "Desert Sabre" was the codename for the combined allied ground assault during the first Gulf War. It consisted of about 650,000 combined U.N. Troops and about 550,000 Iraqis. The U.N. side had approximately 3,000 tanks to the Iraqi's 5,000. During this ground assault the Iraqi's casualties were about 90,000 men and some estimates say 4,000 tanks. The U.N. force had about 700 casualties with about 25 tanks lost.

"Note: Numbers are estimates."

Category	U.N. Strength	U.N. Casualties	% of loss	Iraqi Coalition Strength	Iraqi Casualties	% of loss
Infantry	650,000	700	.11%	550,000	90,000	16.3%
Tanks	3,000	25	.1%	5,000	4,000	80%