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Combined military forces of Qatar

The Qatar Armed Forces (القوات المسلحة القطرية) are the military forces of the State of Qatar. Since 2015, Qatar has implemented mandatory military conscription with an average of 2,000 graduates per year. As of 2010, Qatar's defence expenditures added up to a total of $1.913 billion, about 1.5% of the national GDP, according to the SIPRI. Qatar has recently signed defence pacts with the United States in 2002 & 2013, with the United Kingdom in 2020 , and with France in 1994. Qatar plays an active role in the collective defense efforts of the Gulf Cooperation Council; the other five members are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, and Oman. Qatar also hosts the largest American military base in the Middle East and in 2017 inaugurated a military attache office in Washington. SIPRI states that Qatar's plans to transform and significantly enlarge its armed forces have accelerated in 2014, and in 2010 14 Qatar was the 46th largest arms importer in the world. Orders in 2013 for 562 tanks and 75 self propelled guns from Germany were followed in 2014 by a number of other contracts, including 34 combat helicopters and 3 AEW aircraft from the US, and 6 tanker aircraft from Spain. As of 2016, Qatar maintains advanced anti air and anti ship capabilities with deliveries of Patriot PAC 3 MSE Batteries, Exocet MM40 Block 3 and Marte ER anti ship missiles.

The armed forces were founded in 1971 after the country gained independence from the United Kingdom. With a personnel strength of 11,800, Qatar's armed forces are the second smallest in the Middle East. France has provided approximately 80% of Qatar's arms inventory. Qatar took part in the Gulf War of 1991, with a battalion at the Battle of Khafji. It also hosted the U. S. 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron and the Canadian Air Task Group with 26 CF 18s both at Doha. Since the Gulf War, Qatar has pursued a limited program of force modernization. Qatar has spent $12 billion to buy MIM 104 Patriot surface to air missiles. In July 2008, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency announced Qatar's official request for logistics support, training, and associated equipment and services. The total value of the support arrangements could be as high as $400 million. In March 2011, Qatar announced the participation of its Air Force in the enforcement of the Libyan no fly zone.

According to Al Jazeera news, in December 2016, Qatar deployed 1,000 ground troops in Yemen to fight on behalf of the ousted president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. Qatari soldiers, backed by 200 armoured vehicles and 30 Apache helicopters, headed to Yemen's Marib province. The Armed Forces of Qatar suffered 4 killed and 2 wounded during their deployment in Yemen.

The Qatar Emiri Land Force is the largest land service branch of the Qatar Armed Forces. Initially outfitted with British weaponry, Qatar shifted much of its procurement to France during the 1980s in response to French efforts to develop closer relations. The tank battalion was equipped with French built AMX 30 main battle tanks, before later being replaced by German Leopard 2A7's. Other armored vehicles include French AMX 10P APCs and the French VAB, adopted as the standard wheeled combat vehicle. The artillery unit has a few French 155mm self propelled howitzers. The principal antitank weapons are French MILAN and HOT wire guided missiles. Qatar had also illicitly acquired a few Stinger shoulder fired SAMs, possibly from Afghan rebel groups, at a time when the United States was trying to maintain tight controls on Stingers in the Middle East. When Qatar refused to turn over the missiles, the United States Senate in 1988 imposed a ban on the sale of all weapons to Qatar. The ban was repealed in late 1990 when Qatar satisfactorily accounted for its disposal of the Stingers. Qatari tank battalion fought in the Gulf war in 1991, their AMX 30s took part in the battle of Khafji. Qatari contingent, composed mostly of Pakistani recruits, acquitted itself well during the war. In 2012, the US DSCA announced that Qatar wanted to join the UAE, and field 2 medium range THAAD batteries of its own. Their request is worth up to $6.5 billion, and includes up to 12 THAAD Launchers, 150 THAAD missiles, 2 THAAD Fire Control and Communications units, 2 AN/TPY 2 THAAD Radars, and 1 Early Warning Radar (EWR). The USA would also sell them the required trucks, generators, electrical power units, trailers, communications equipment, fire unit test & maintenance equipment, system integration and checkout, repair and return, training, and other support. In 2013, Qatar signed a contract with the German defence company Krauss Maffei Wegmann (KMW) for the delivery of 24 artillery systems PzH 2000 and 62 LEOPARD 2 main battle tanks.

The Qatari Emiri Navy (QEN), also called the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces (QENF), is the naval branch of the armed forces of the State of Qatar.

Following the resumption of Israel's military operations in the enclave on October 7, a significant number of Palestinians in Gaza, estimated at 2.2 million, are now confronted with the imminent risk of famine. The Qatari Armed Forces have played a significant role in offering assistance to the Palestinians in Gaza. Thus far, a grand total of 91 aircraft have been dispatched, each laden with numerous tons of much needed assistance. In a significant development, on April 8, 2024, they accomplished the successful evacuation of the 22nd group of injured Palestinians, marking a significant milestone since the commencement of the Israel Hamas conflict.

The rank insignia of commissioned officers. The rank insignia of non commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.