§ Mr. HancockTo 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. SpellarAccording 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 Missiles1 9 Artillery and Anti Aircraft Systems2 294 Total vehicles, artillery and Anti-aircraft equipment held 611 1Missiles mounted on carrying vehicles. 2Primarily 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