Royal Trucial Army

The Royal Trucial Army is the army of the Trucial States and part of the Trucial Armed Forces. The Army was created in 1911, replacing the armies of each state in the country, which mostly consisted of Bedouin soldiers. Since the 1940s, in particular the late 1950s, the army has been significantly expanded and improved, with acquisition of higher quality weaponry and equipment alongside better training.

Yemeni War
The RTA was founded in 1911, combining all state armed units into one national army.

Armoured effort
65 Leclerc tanks have been deployed to Yemen, the bulk of them in the west. An armored brigade helped pro-government forces push out from the southern port city of Aden and capture Al-Anad Air Base 48 km to the northwest, in what was deemed an important breakthrough.