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This is the order of battle for the ground campaign in the Gulf War between Coalition Forces and Iraqi Forces between 24–28 February 1991. The order that they are listed in are from west to east. Iraqi units that were not in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations are excluded from this list. Some Iraqi divisions remained un-identified by American intelligence and a number of the details of the Iraqi order of battle are in dispute among various authoritative sources.
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ARCENT (U.S. Third Army)
LTG John J. Yeosock
XVIII Airborne Corps
LTG Gary E. Luck
Corps Assets
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment 20th Engineer Brigade (Abn) 18th Field Artillery Brigade (Abn) – Supported Division Daguet 196th Field Artillery Brigade TN ARNG 212th Field Artillery Brigade – Supported 24th Inf Div 1st Corps Support Command (Abn) 16th Military Police Brigade (Abn) 35th Signal Brigade (Abn) 525th Military Intelligence Brigade (Abn)VII Corps
LTG Frederick M. Franks, Jr.
Corps Assets
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment 7th Engineer Brigade 42nd Field Artillery Brigade – Supported 1st Inf Div, 3rd Armd Div 75th Field Artillery Brigade – Supported 1st Inf Div, 1st Armd Div 142nd Field Artillery Brigade AR ARNG – Supported 1st Inf Div, 1st UK Armd Div 210th Field Artillery Brigade – Supported 2nd ACR, 1st Inf Div 2nd Corps Support Command 14th Military Police Brigade 93rd Signal Brigade 207th Military Intelligence BrigadeJoint Forces Command North
Egyptian II Corps Task Forces Khalid Syrian 9th Armored Division Syrian 45th Commando BrigadeI Marine Expeditionary Force
LTG Walter E. Boomer
Joint Forces Command East
Gen. Khalid bin Sultan
Saudi 10th Mechanized Brigade North Omani Brigade (reinforced) United Arab Emirates Mechanized Battalion Task Force "Othman" Task Force "Abu Bakr" Task Force "Tariq"Iraqi Forces
Saddam Hussein
VII Corps
25th Infantry Division 27th Infantry Division 28th Infantry Division 48th Infantry DivisionSecond line
12th Armored Division 26th Infantry Division 31st Infantry Division 47th Infantry DivisionIV Corps
Maj. Gen. Yaiyd Khalel Zaki
16th Infantry Division 20th Infantry Division 30th Infantry Division 34th Infantry Division 36th Infantry DivisionSecond line
1st Mechanized Division 6th Armored Division 21st Infantry DivisionIII Corps
Maj. Gen. Salah Aboud Mahmoud
7th Infantry Division 8th Infantry Division 11th Infantry Division 14th Infantry Division 15th Infantry Division 18th Infantry Division 19th Infantry Division 29th Infantry DivisionSecond line
3rd Armored Division 5th Mechanized Division 35th Infantry DivisionII Corps
Positioned around northern Kuwait
2nd Infantry Division 37th Infantry Division Infantry DivisionSecond line
51st Mechanized DivisionRepublican Guard Forces Command
Lt. Gen. Ayad Futayih al-Rawi
1st Republican Guard Corps
2nd Republican Guard Corps
IX Corps
References
Order of battle of the Gulf War ground campaign Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA