Royal Bahraini Army is the ground force component of the Bahraini Defence Force.

The army's current strength is 6000 personnel and headed by Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Abdallah al-Khalifa.

Contents 1 Formation 2 Equipment 2.1 Heavy Armour 2.2 Artillery 2.3 Weapons 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Formation

The army consists of 3 brigades and 2 battalions:

• 1 Armoured Brigade
  • 2 armoured battalions
  • 1 recon battalion
• 1 Mechanized Infantry Brigade
  • 2 mechanized infantry
  • 1 infantry battalion
• 1 Artillery Brigade
  • 6 artillery batteries
• 1 air defence battalion
• 1 special forces battalion

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Artillery

Quantity	Type/Class	Origin	Details
13	203mm M110 howitzers	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

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• Bahrain
• Bahrain Army Equipment

[edit] See also

• Military of Bahrain
• Royal Bahrain Naval Force
• Royal Bahraini Air Force