Over the course of its 1958 to 1972 production run almost 1,200 examples of the Alvis Saladin were built, they were used by the British armed forces as well as by armed forces in countries like Australia, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Lebanon, Kuwait, and many others. During the first Gulf War there were Saladins filmed on the streets of Kuwait fighting the advancing Iraqi military.