Al Jahra Force

Al Jahra Force
The Jahra Force in the Golan Heights
Active	1973 - 1974
Country	Kuwait
Allegiance
Branch	Kuwaiti Armed Forces
Type	Shock Troop Striking Force
Role	Combat support of the Arab Armed Forces
Size	3,000+
Patron	Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah
Motto	الشرف والإخلاص لله والوطن والامير ( Honor & Fidelity to God, Country & The Emir)
Engagements	1973 October War Egyptian & Syrian Front

The Al Jahra Force was a Kuwaiti military shock troop striking force requested by then, Kuwaiti Defense Minister, His Highness Sheikh Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah under war operation order 3967 and formed by Major General Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and his deputy Brigadier General Sheikh Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah; subsequently being tasked to its respective combat commanders on October 15, 1973, after the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War.^[1] The force, consisting of more than 3,000 men, was organized into a tank battalion, an infantry battalion, two companies of artillery, an anti-aircraft company and a company of the Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade.^[2] It also included medical, engineering and signal units. The brigade remained active until the end of September 1974, and then returned to Kuwait after a farewell ceremony in Damascus.

The force was equipped with Vickers tanks, Ferret armoured car,and Alvis Saracen. The Artillery Units had Mk F3 155mm self-propelled guns for the first company while the second company had 120 mm mortars. The Anti-tank units had Carl Gustav recoilless rifle. The anti-aircraft company was equipped with triple barrel anti-aircraft guns 20 mm.

See also

• Chief of the General Staff (Kuwait)
• Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Military of Kuwait
• Kuwait-Iraq 1973 Sanita border skirmish
• Gulf War
• United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (April 1991- October 2003)
• Kuwait–Iraq barrier

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