The Kuwait Army's cavalry and infantry were part of the combat forces in desert and metropolitan areas in 1919, 1920 and 1928 to 1938 while tracing their roots directly to the cavalrymen and infantrymen that defended Al-Kout Fortress since the 19th century along with the various mounted defensive walls. The "Kuwait Army" eventually enacted the Kuwait Land Force which became the prinicpal land force of the Kuwait Armed Forces and is the oldest armed branch among the Military of Kuwait.