London said it would send an additional armored brigade of more than 120 tanks and 6,000 combat troops.
The armored brigade had three battalions of forty tanks each.
There were also independent armored brigades with about 2,000 men and 120 tanks each.
They successfully attacked the Chinese armored brigades and caused them to turn back.
American forces are not yet fully deployed in the desert here and a British armored brigade is just arriving.
He began his military service at the first battalion of the fourth armored brigade.
This action left the post without any heavy armored brigades and put the base at risk of closure.
The 3rd armored brigade can also be employed as needed.
At least 5 Indian infantry divisions, supported by an armored brigade would launch the attack.
An Iraqi armored brigade usually has as many as 150 tanks.