Royal Jordanian Army

The Royal Jordanian Army is the ground force branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). It draws its origins from units such as the Arab Legion, formed in the British Mandate of Transjordan in the 1920s. It has seen combat against Israel in 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973. The Army also fought the Syrians and the PLO during Black September in 1970.

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1920  Wikidata
Army of Jordan; Jordanian Army; Jordanian Ground Forces; Jordanian Land Force; RJA; RJLF; ar Jordan
army, Jordanian Armed Forces, Jordan, 

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1920 Royal Jordanian Army

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Six-Day War

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1948 Arab–Israeli War

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Yom Kippur War

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War of Attrition

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War of Attrition

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Jordanian artillery battery in the aftermath of the Battle of Karameh, March 21, 1968

King Hussein inspects a destroyed Israeli tank following the Battle of Karameh, March 22, 1968

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Jordanian artillery battery in the aftermath of the Battle of Karameh, March 21, 1968		Commons
commons	image		King Hussein inspects a destroyed Israeli tank following the Battle of Karameh, March 22, 1968		Commons