Royal Bahraini Army

Royal Bahraini Army قوة دفاع البحرين
Flag of the Royal Bahraini Army
Founded	1969
Country	Bahrain
Allegiance	King of Bahrain
Branch	Army
Role	Ground warfare
Size	15,000 personnel
Part of	Bahrain Defense Force
Garrison/HQ	Manama
Engagements	2011 Bahrain protests Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Gulf War
Commanders
Current commander	Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa

Royal Bahraini Army is the ground force component of the Bahrain Defence Force. The army's current strength is 15000 personnel and headed by Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa.

Bahraini ground troops took part in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war. In September 2015, five Bahraini soldiers guarding the Yemeni-Saudi Arabian border were killed in unspecified circumstances. Another 3 died in Yemen afterwards

The army consists of 3 brigades and 2 battalions:

RBA has a mix of equipment purchases in the 1970s and early 1990s. They are currently modernizing some of the army's equipment. Most purchases in the past have been second hand from the United States or Britain. In the past few years, Bahrain began developing military capabilities,through the purchase of many military equipment from Turkey, Bahrain has bought many Armoured vehicles from Turkey, such as Otokar Arma and Otokar Akrep (Armoured combat vehicle).

Additional equipment on order by the army include:

Retired equipment were made in the 1950s and 1960s: