Founded 1969 Role Ground warfare | Country Bahrain Size 15,000 personnel | |
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Royal Bahraini Army is the ground force component of the Bahrain Defence Force. The army's current strength is 15000 personnel and headed by Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa.
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History
Bahraini ground troops took part in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war. In September 2015, five Bahraini soldiers guarding the Yemeni-Saudi Arabian border were killed in unspecified circumstances. Another 3 died in Yemen afterwards
Formation
The army consists of 3 brigades and 2 battalions:
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. In the past few years, Bahrain began developing military capabilities,through the purchase of many military equipment from Turkey, Bahrain has bought many Armoured vehicles from Turkey, such as Otokar Arma and Otokar Akrep (Armoured combat vehicle).
Weapons
Additional equipment on order by the army include:
Retired equipment were made in the 1950s and 1960s: