Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 20 November 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 November 2000. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Monday, 27 November 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what type of Iraqi vehicles were recovered by the armed forces from the Gulf War. - Inc tables.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what type of Iraqi vehicles were recovered by the armed forces from the Gulf War. [139846] Mr. Spellar: According to records held by my Department as of 11 April 1991 the numbers of vehicles, including tracked, wheeled or towed equipment, recovered or captured and held by British armed forces in theatre were as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Vehicle Number Main Battle Tanks (MBT) 136 (T-55: 42; T-69: 80; T-62: 13; T-72: 1) `A' Vehicles 100 `B' Vehicles 72 Missiles{1} 9 Artillery and Anti Aircraft Systems{2} 294 Total vehicles, artillery and Anti-aircraft equipment held 611 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Missiles mounted on carrying vehicles. {2} Primarily tracked vehicles, operating under own power, or wheeled equipments requiring towing. Our records indicate that a number of these vehicles, those that were intact, were earmarked for return to the UK: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Vehicle Number Main Battle Tanks 26 Other Armoured Vehicles (A Vehicles) 38 Soft Skinned Vehicles (B Vehicles) 33 Vehicle Mounted Artillery Systems 8 Field Artillery 37 Anti Aircraft Gun Systems 80 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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