Egyptian task force during the second war of the Gulf

The task force Egyptian sent during the second war of the gulf is Commandé by the general Salah, it was deployed as from the September 1990.

It included/understood the 3rd division of mechanized infantry ordered by the general Yehya, the 4th division armor-plated and the brigade para-commando is: 35000 men.

Its principal materials included/understood 250 tanks M60 A1, 200 tanks T-62, 200 freight vehicles of troops M113 and 200 parts of Artillerie; its light armament and of Soviet origin builds under license in Egypt like the AK-47, RPG-7 and Sam-7.

Forming the left wing of the Arab quotas on the border koweito-Saoudi, with on her line the the 9th armor-plated division Syrian, it composed with this one the Joint Forces Command North .

Opposite, with three kilometers of their first lines were 6th and 10th divisions of Iraqi infantry.

During the conflict, parachutists - commandos carried out many missions to find breaches in the fields of mines and several missions héliportées with the Special forces of the the United States.

As of on January 19th, Iraqi deserters go to the Egyptian outposts.

To consolidate within the Iraqi the idea of a principal attack frontal and amphibious staff, the Général Norman Schwarzkopf decided to send the Joint Force Command North to the attack of the Frontière.

The February 24th 1991, at 4 o'clock in the morning, the Egyptian units composing the force side-Arabic cross the Kuwaiti border and run up against an imposing field of mines. The Iraqis cut off themselves in several permanent structures.

The 3rd division of infantry mechanized in 1st line loses about thirty soldiers. Stopped during several hours by a still aggressive artillery, the para-commandos, at the price of several deaths, seize the first line of defense.

At the evening of the first day of the offensive, the objectives envisaged are not achieved, but Iraqi resistance weakened considerably. Besides benefitting from the night, the soldiers of Baghdad start to reprocess in disorder.

The 25, the victory is almost acquired with the catch, not far from Wadi Al Batin, of a ex- Caserne of the Kuwaiti army.

The Egyptian tanks then carry out a movement turning in direction of Kuwait City. At the semi-day, M60 A1 of the 4th Egyptian armor-plated division make their junction with M60 A1 of USMC.

The release of the Kuwait is finished and the paid price by the Egyptian forces of ten was killed and several tens of casualties.

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