In 1939 a "Desert Mechanized Force" was formed and equipped with six ‘home made’ armored cars manufactured by Wagner’s, a German firm based in Jaffa, Palestine. The Arab Legion now had a combat strength of 1600 men.
In the summer of 1940, after the Battle of France, British General Wavell visited Trans-Jordan and encouraged the doubling in size of the Mechanized Force. The Force was redesigned The Mechanized Regiment of the Arab Legion (of battalion strength).
In May 1941, the Arab Legion Mechanized Regiment participated against pro-Nazi Rashid Ali who had seized power in Iraq and was attacking British forces located there.
The Regiment was equipped with 8 cwt Ford trucks called "Scout Cars", from the USA, and fitted with Lewis guns and Vickers Machine Guns. Each truck had a driver, co-driver, a Lewis gunner and his assistant, and six or more riflemen. There was no artillery or mortars but four of the original homemade armored cars were still a part of the Regiment.
On 1 July 1941, the Vichy French 2nd Light Desert Company attacked Sukhna. The French were held and finally routed by the Arab Legion. The Arab Legion captured six armored cars, four trucks, twelve machine guns, and 80 prisoners of war.
The Mechanized Regiment had it’s name changed then to the 1st Mechanized Regiment. A 2nd Regiment was raised in September 1941 and the 3rd Regiment was formed in November 1941. All three units formed a brigade. The British provided money and uniforms but vehicles still came from Ford in the USA. The Arab Legion also built 100 armored cars to its own.
Rommel’s advance into Egypt in July 1942, caused the Mechanized Brigade to be deployed to the Sinai for a short time, until the battle of El Alamein.
From January to October 1943 the 1st Mechanized Regiment later served under 30th Indian Brigade in Iraq. Plans to deploy the Mechanized Brigade in the Balkans and Italy but this never came about due to Allied success’ in both areas. The Arab Legion ended the war as a static unit protecting strategic resources and communications in the Middle East.
On May 25, 1946, Amirate became a Kingdom and The Arab Legion as they marched in the national parade. On 8 June 1946, a detachment of the Arab Legion took part in the Victory Day parade in London.
After the war, the unit's strength was reduced to roughly 6,000. The unit was equipped with South African Marmon-Herrington Mk IV armored cars, and Canadian Otter scout cars.

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman

Osprey books has a book about Arab Soldiers being trained by and serving with the Germans. They have a few pictures of them in training and you can tell that most or none of them, took the training seriously and that they were sloppy (and I hate using that valted word when it comes to these men in particular but) soldiers.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

I know that the Italians used a large number of native troops in their colonial forces, but I was unaware that the German's had used any, do you have any more info ???

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if in doubt....Panic!!!!

I was mentioning the Arabs used by the British in WWII. But C.E. is right there were some in the WEHRMACHT too.

ARABS VOLUNTEERS OF THE WEHRMACHT: THE "KODAT


The KODAT
On January of 1943, was formed in Tunisia the denominated unit "Kommando Deutsch-Arabische Truppen or KODAT". by the middle of February of 1943 the KODAT had two battalions of Arab volunteers of Tunisia, an Algerian battalion and a Moroccan battalion that count a total of 3000 men; with German cadre. The KODAT was part of the Sonderverband 287 denominated "Deutsch-Arabische Lehr Abteilung" or also called "Deutsch-Arabische Truppen."

UNIFORM
The troop used the uniform continental French model 1935 color kaki without badges, with a white armband (in the right arm) with the inscription in black "Im Dienst der Deutschen Wehrmacht" (in service of the german armed forces), equipment of brown leather of French origin and German helmets.
The Officials and Sub Officials used the German regulation uniform with an arm badge in the right arm belonging to the " Orientkorps " (used by the Sonderverband 287 and the Sonderverband 288).
Left: Photo taken in Tunisia in January of 1943, where a formation of a battalion of the KODAT is observed, which dress the French uniform M1935 with the white arm bands in its right arm and the German helmet. The German suboficial dressed the tropical uniform M1940In this photo we see an Unteroffizier of the Sonderverband 287, with standard German tropical uniform, with the arm badge arm of this unit; drilling native recruits of the KODAT that use uniforms of the French Army M1935 without badges, alone the white bracelet with the inscription in black "Im Dienst der Deutschen Wehrmacht."
Uniforms

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman