Royal Bahraini Army

Royal Bahraini Army is the ground force component of the Bahraini Defence Force. The army's current strength is 6,000 personnel and headed by Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa.

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Formation

The army consists of 3 brigades and 2 battalions:

Equipment

RBA has a mix of equipment purchases in the 1970s and early 1990s. They are currently modernizing some of the army's equipment. Most purchases in the past have been second hand from the United States or Britain.

Heavy Armour

Quantity Type/Class Origin Details
25 YPR-765 Infantry Fighting Vehicles  Netherlands Dutch variant of US AIFV
180 M60 A3 Patton Main battle tanks  United States
110 M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers  United States
110 Panhard M3 Armoured Personnel Carriers  France
22 AML-90 Recon Vehicles  France
10 AT105 Saxon  United Kingdom purchased in the 1980s

Artillery

Quantity Type/Class Origin Details
13 203mm M110 Self-propelled howitzer  United States
18 155mm M-198 A1 howitzers  United States
8 105mm L-118 Light Gun  United Kingdom
9 M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System  United States
15 BGM-71C TOW Anti-Tank Missile System  United States
18 FIM-92A Stinger Weapons System  United States
15 Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon Switzerland GDF-005 units
12 Bofors 40 mm L70 Air Defence Gun Sweden
60 RBS 70 SAM Sweden
7 Crotale SAM  France
8 MIM-23 Hawk SAM  United States

Weapons

Quantity Type/Class Origin Details
 ? M16 rifle assault rifles  United States
 ? M4 carbine assault rifle  United States
 ? Barrett M82 anti material rifle  United States
 ? Heckler & Koch MP5  Germany

Additional equipment on order by the army include:

Quantity Type/Class Origin Details
180 Javelin surface-to-air missile  United Kingdom
6 Nimer-1 MRAP (armored vehicle) Oman

Retired equipment were made in the 1950s and 1960s:

Quantity Type/Class Origin Details
10 Ferret Armoured Fighting Vehicle  United Kingdom
10 Alvis Saladin  United Kingdom

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