Direct proof of use
A public-domain U.S. military image dated 28 February 1991 shows an ambulance vehicle with the 7th Brigade Royal Scots, 1st United Kingdom Armored Division, moving north after crossing the Saudi-Iraq border during Operation Desert Storm. The Wikimedia Commons file page identifies the lead vehicle as an FV104 Samaritan armoured ambulance, followed by an FV432 armoured personnel carrier.
The original image metadata preserved by GetArchive describes the same scene as a British ambulance and FV432 of the 7th Brigade Royal Scots in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. The original finding aid used the broader or erroneous label "Stormer ambulance," while the Commons file page identifies the vehicle as FV104 Samaritan by its five-wheel CVR(T) chassis.
Sources: DN-ST-92-07952.JPEG, GetArchive DN-ST-92-07952
Timeline
The clearest dated milestone is 28 February 1991, the final day of the ground campaign. The photograph places the ambulance with British 1st Armoured Division elements after they had crossed from Saudi Arabia into Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.
UK Ministry of Defence equipment reporting later described the CVR(T) family as having served in conflicts including Iraq and Afghanistan, and included Samaritan among the CVR(T) variants as the ambulance vehicle. That MOD context supports the vehicle-family and role background, while the Desert Storm photograph is the direct source for this specific Gulf War entry.
Sources: DN-ST-92-07952.JPEG, GetArchive DN-ST-92-07952, Desider November 2017
Operational role
In the Gulf War record, the Samaritan appears as a protected battlefield ambulance accompanying British armoured forces rather than as a fighting vehicle. The source-backed role is casualty evacuation and medical support in the armoured column, not direct fire or reconnaissance.
The documented unit context is coalition British service: the 7th Brigade Royal Scots under the 1st United Kingdom Armored Division. The vehicle is shown northbound after the border crossing, placing it in the late ground-campaign movement of coalition forces in Iraq.
Sources: DN-ST-92-07952.JPEG, GetArchive DN-ST-92-07952, Desider November 2017
