Battle of Norfolk

February 27, 1991 · Al Muthanna Governorate

Result Coalition victory

US and British armoured forces destroyed Iraqi Republican Guard units in a large tank battle in southern Iraq. It was one of the largest tank battles of the Gulf War.

On the map Contemporaries

Coalition

Iraq

United States

United Kingdom

Iraq

Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. military commander

Frederick M. Franks Jr. military commander Rupert Smith military commander

Salah Aboud Mahmoud military commander

Ayad Futtayih al-Rawi military commander

Strength and losses

United States Killed 21 · Wounded 67 · Tanks lost 5 · Vehicles lost 4–5

United Kingdom Killed 15 · Wounded 43 · Vehicles lost 2

Units

VII Corps (United States) 1st (UK) Division 1st Cavalry Division (United States) 2nd Armored Division (United States) 3rd Armored Division (United States) US 1st Division 210th Field Artillery Brigade 4th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

Iraqi Republican Guard