forces including the following: Attacking Ben Shemen convoy at Beit Nabala – 14 December 1947 Battle of Neve Yaakov settlement- 18 April 1948 Attacking kibutz Gesher on 27–28 April 1948 Massacre of Kfar Etzion 13–15 May 1948. Occupation of Latrun Tegart fort on 17 May 1948, and later the Battles of Latrun Battle for Jerusalem (1948) Attacking and conquering Gezer (kibbutz) on 10 June 1948. Tarqumiya on 24 October 1948 1949–1967 King Hussein spared no pains at all to improve the army in terms of cadre and equipment, and in the early 1956 dismissed Glubb and Arab commanders assumed leadership posts in the army, most notably Habis Al-Majali. In 1957, King Hussein ordered the establishment of the 4th infantry brigade and another of field artillery. In 1958, the heavy artillery was entered, In the same year, the Armoured Brigade was reorganized as an Armoured Division and, in 1961, it became the Armour Corps. During this period, the 40th Armoured Brigade, 60th Armoured Brigade and the Royal Guard Brigade were established. Battles – 1956 On 11 September, an Israeli force infiltrated the Jordanian territories in the Al-Rahwa, Hebron sector, and attacked the police station there. After long clashes with a Jordanian unit from the Desert Guards, the Israeli force was forced to withdraw repulsed. On 10 October 1956, an enemy force, estimated at a motorized infantry brigade, supported by medium-range artillery and 10 combat aircraft, attacked the Arab towns of Hubla, Al-Nabi Illias and Azroun. The assaulting troops fought the Arab legion west of Al-Nabi Illias and were forced to withdraw to Qalqilia hills. Equipment 1956 Armour 24 × Charioteer FV4101 Mk.VII medium tanks with 20-pounder gun 36 × Archer tank destroyers with 17-pdr gun 53 × Marmon-Harrington FV Mk.III armoured cars 72 × Marmon-Harrington FV Mk.IV armoured cars with 2-pdr gun Artillery 2-pdr Anti-Tank Guns 6-pdr Anti-Tank Guns 17-pdr Anti-Tank Guns Marmon-Harrington 3.7 inch 4×4 self-propelled howitzers RO 25-pdr towed field guns/howitzers 2-inch mortars 3-inch mortars PIAT light anti-tank rocket launchers Aircraft 16 × de Havilland Vampire (9 × FB-9, 2 × T55, 7 × FB52) 10 × NAA AT-6 Harvard 5 × AOP-3/5 6 × DH-104 Dove 10 × de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk Kuwait – 1963 When Kuwait declared its independence from the Commonwealth on 19 June 1961, the Iraqi government announced that Kuwait was an integral part of its national territories. Following the end of Operation Vantage, the