在1991年8月伊拉克对科威特的入侵中,科威特原有的军事力量几乎丧失殆尽。陆军的2个作战旅第15旅和第35旅的大部装备均被伊拉克摧毁或缴获,只有一些部队及其少量英制“酋长”式坦克、苏制BMP—2型步兵战车和一些装甲车辆逃到了沙特阿拉伯,成为以后多国部队中科威特部队的骨干。海军则丢失了几乎所有的 During the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1991, Kuwait’s original military strength was almost completely lost. Most of the Army’s two combat brigades, the 15th Brigade and the 35th Brigade, were destroyed or seized by Iraq, with only a handful of troops and a few British Imperial Chief tanks, Soviet-made BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and some armored vehicles Escaped to Saudi Arabia and became the backbone of Kuwaiti forces in the multinational force in the future. The Navy lost almost everything