ALLIED ARAB ARMIES OOB, YOM KIPPUR WAR, OCTOBER 1973

The Arab Nations provided considerable reinforcements to Egypt and Syria during
the 1973 War. However, the reinforcements arrived at different times during the
conflict. Lt General Shazly rates them in order of effectiveness as follows: Ira
q, Algeria, Libya, Jorda, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Kuwait, Tunisa. He pays
special attention to the Iraq Hunter pilots operating on the Egyptian Front.
Algeria's three squadrons of aircraft arrived in Egypt between October the 9th -
11th, while the armoured brigade arrived on the 17th. While Libya's forces were
in Egypt prior to the war beginning.

Egyptian Front
Land elements included:
Algeria: 1 x Armoured Brigade
Libya: 1 x Armoured Brigade
Morocco: 1 x Infantry Brigade
Sudan: 1 x Infantry Brigade
Kuwait: 1 x Infantry Battalion
Tunisa: 1 x Infantry Battalion
Syrian Front
Primary land elements included:
3rd Iraqi Armoured Division:
6th Armoured Brigade (130 Tanks)
? Armoured Brigade (130 Tanks)
8th Mechanised Brigade (50 Tanks)
Iraqi Infantry Division:
Unknown organisation
Jordanian Contingent:
40th Jordanian Armoured Brigade (Centurion; M113)
Additional Armoured Brigade
Moroccan Expeditionary Force:
1 x Armoured Regiment
Saudi Arabia:
1 x Infantry Brigade (Jordanian Defensive Front)