Direct proof of use
The AML-90 is directly documented in the 1990 Gulf War through a U.S. National Archives photo record of an Iraqi AML-90 light armored car captured during Operation Desert Storm. The record places the photographed vehicle in Kuwait, dates the image to March 17, 1991, and identifies the original subject operation as Desert Storm.
A second archive view from the same photo set shows the rear of an Iraqi AML-90 captured during Operation Desert Storm. Together, the front and rear views support a narrow conflict-use claim: Iraq fielded AML-90 armored cars in the war, and at least one was captured by coalition forces in Kuwait after the ground campaign.
Sources: NARA Iraqi AML-90 Desert Storm front view, NARA Iraqi AML-90 Desert Storm rear view
Timeline
The cataloged conflict began with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990 and ended after the coalition campaign expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait in late February 1991. The specific AML-90 evidence is post-battle documentation: the U.S. archive dates the captured Iraqi vehicle photographs to March 17, 1991.
The photographs do not identify the Iraqi unit, the precise capture location inside Kuwait, or the engagement in which the vehicle was taken. They do, however, provide dated official visual evidence that the AML-90 was present as Iraqi materiel in the Operation Desert Storm theater.
Sources: NARA Iraqi AML-90 Desert Storm front view, NARA Iraqi AML-90 Desert Storm rear view
Role and context
The AML-90 was a French Panhard 4x4 armored car built around a 90 mm gun turret. Army Guide describes the AML-90 version as armed with the GIAT 90 mm D 921 F1 gun and a coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun, while Arquus describes the broader AML as a small three-person armored vehicle.
For the 1990 Gulf War page, the directly sourced role is captured Iraqi armored-car materiel rather than a confirmed firing incident. The vehicle type's reconnaissance and direct-fire function is part of the AML-90 background, but the archive photographs only prove Iraqi fielding and capture during Operation Desert Storm.
Sources: Army Guide AML reconnaissance vehicle, Arquus Panhard AML presentation, NARA Iraqi AML-90 Desert Storm front view
