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Royal Bahraini Army

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Founded
  
1969

Allegiance
  
King of Bahrain

Role
  
Ground warfare

Country
  
Bahrain

Branch
  
Army

Size
  
15,000 personnel

Royal Bahraini Army

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:

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

    • 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:

    References

    Royal Bahraini Army Wikipedia
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