Al Jahra Force

The Al Jahra Force was a Kuwaiti military shock troop striking force formed by His Excellency Major General Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on October 15, 1973 after the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War. 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. It also included medical, engineering and signal units. The brigade remained active until the end of September 1974. It then returned to Kuwait after a farewell ceremony was held 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.