saudi arabian army uh-60 blackhawk helicopter during operation desert shield
army composed of 3 armored brigades, 5 mechanized brigades, 1 airborne brigade, 1 royal guard brigade, , 8 artillery battalions. army has 1 aviation command 2 aviation brigades.
the army s main equipment consists of combination of french- , u.s.-made armored vehicles: 315 m–1a2 abrams, 290 amx–30, , 450 m60a3 main battle tanks; 300 reconnaissance vehicles; 570+ amx–10p , 400 m–2 bradley armored infantry fighting vehicles; 3,000+ m113 , 100 al-fahd armored personnel carriers, produced in saudi arabia; 200+ towed artillery pieces; 110 self-propelled artillery pieces; 60 multiple rocket launchers; 400 mortars; 10 surface-to-surface missiles; 2,000 antitank guided weapons; 200 rocket launchers; 450 recoilless launchers; 12 attack helicopters; 50+ transport helicopters; , 1,000 surface-to-air missiles.
in 1996 saudi arabia had military cities in northeast, king khalid military city, @ tabuk, @ dharhran, , @ abha in southwest. there 1996 report construction of military city @ jizan, orientated toward yemen, had begun defence minister prince sultan pouring first concrete on 8 may 1996.
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