List of current equipment of the Iraqi Army

The following is a list of equipment currently in use with the Iraqi Army. For a list of previous equipment, please see List of former equipment of the Iraqi Army.

Infantry weapons

Small arms

Name Image Country of origin Caliber Quantity Notes
Pistol
Glock 19  Austria 9×19mm Parabellum
SIG P226  Germany 9×19mm Parabellum
FB P99[1]  Germany
 Poland 		9×19mm Parabellum 20,000 Polish built under license.
Beretta 92  Italy 9×19mm Parabellum
CZ-99  Yugoslavia
 Serbia 		9×19mm Parabellum 18,000
Beretta M1951  Italy
 Iraq 		9×19mm Parabellum From Saddam's Era, license-built in Iraq as Tariq
Makarov  Soviet Union 9×18mm Makarov Supplied during Saddam's Era, being phased out in favor of 9×19mm Parabellum.
Submachine gun
PM-84 Glauberyt[1]  Poland 9×19mm Parabellum 6,000 PM-98 version.
PM-63 RAK  Poland 9×18mm Makarov
Škorpion vz. 61  Czechoslovakia 7.65×17mm Browning SR Being replaced by PM-98.
Carbines
M4  United States 5.56×45mm NATO 10,000
Kbk wz. 1988 Tantal[1]  Poland 5.45×39mm 10,000
Zastava M70  Yugoslavia/ Iraq 7.62×39mm 100,000 The Zastava M70 series was manufactured in Iraq by Al-Qadissiya Establishments as the Tabuk. Most widely used by Military Police.
SKS  Soviet Union 7.62×39mm Being replaced by Zastava M21.
Rifles and Assault Rifles
AKM[1]
PM model 63/65
MPi KMS-72
vz. 58
Type 56
 Soviet Union/ Poland
Romania Socialist Republic of Romania
 East Germany
 Czechoslovakia
 China 		7.62×39mm 200,000+
?
?
?
? 		All are 7.62×39mm variants and improvements of the same AK-47 rifle, with over 300,000 believed to be in stock.
M16A4  United States 5.56×45mm NATO 80,000 Eventually intended to replace AK derivatives.
M14 EBR  United States 7.62×51mm NATO Used by Iraqi Special Operations Forces[2]
Lee–Enfield  United Kingdom .303 British Ceremonial/Drill rifle
Shotgun
Benelli M4 Super 90  Italy 12 gauge
Sniper rifles
Tabuk Sniper Rifle  Iraq 7.62×39mm RPK modified and used as a sniper rifle
M24  United States 7.62×51mm
SVD  Soviet Union
 Iraq 		7.62×54mmR Al-Kadesih is an Iraqi-made variant incorporating elements of the PSL.
PSL Romania Socialist Republic of Romania 7.62×54mmR
Light Machine Guns
M249  Belgium
 United States 		5.56×45mm NATO US copy of the Belgian FN Minimi
RPK  Soviet Union 7.62×39mm
Zastava M72  Yugoslavia
 Iraq 		7.62×39mm
RPD  Soviet Union 7.62×39mm
General Purpose Machine Guns
M240  United States 7.62×51mm
PK machine gun  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria 		7.62×54mm
Zastava M84  Yugoslavia 7.62×54mm 1,000+
Heavy Machine Guns
M2 Browning  United States .50 BMG
DShK  Soviet Union 12.7×108mm
NSV[1]  Soviet Union
 Poland 		12.7×108mm
KPV  Soviet Union 14.5×114mm
Rotary cannon

Explosives, anti-tank weapons, and launchers

Name Image Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
Grenades & Grenade launchers
RGD-5  Soviet Union Hand grenade
F1  Soviet Union Hand grenade
M203  United States Underbarrel grenade launcher 2,550
Mk 19 AGL  United States Automatic grenade launcher
Anti-tank warfare
RPG-7  Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade
Type 69 RPG  China Rocket-propelled grenade Chinese copy of the RPG-7
AT4  Sweden
 United States 		Anti-tank weapon
SPG-9  Soviet Union Recoilless rifle
MILAN  France Anti-tank guided missile
Kornet  Russia Anti-tank guided missile [3]
MANPADs
SA-16  Russia Man-portable air defense system [4]
Land Mines
M16  United States Anti-personnel mine
M18A1 Claymore  United States Anti-personnel mine
Valmara 69  Italy Anti-personnel mine
PROM-1  Yugoslavia Anti-personnel mine

Vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Name Image Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
HMMWV[5]  United States Light Utility Vehicle 10,000+ hundreds were captured by ISIS [6]
Defender-110[7]  United Kingdom Light Utility Vehicle 72
Technical  Iraq Improvised Utility Vehicle Used by Iraqi army and Federal police [8][9]
Honker Skorpion-3  Poland Light Utility Vehicle Dozen unarmed Skorpions-3 were given by Poland in 2006
FMTV  United States Medium cargo truck 140 All 140 vehicles are of the same M1085A1 5-ton cargo truck variant.
KrAZ 6322  Ukraine Medium cargo truck 2,200
Navistar 7000  United States Medium cargo truck
M939  United States Medium cargo truck Donated from the National Guard Stockpile.
MTVR  United States Heavy cargo truck 41 machines fell to ISIL upon Iraqi army's rout from Mosul in June 2014.
HEMTT  United States Heavy cargo truck 80 * 40 M978A2 HEMTT Tankers
* 36 M985A2 HEMTT Cargo Truck
* 4 M984A2 HEMTT Wrecker Truck

Engineering and Recovery vehicles

Name Image Country of Origin Quantity Notes
Armoured recovery vehicle
M88 Recovery Vehicle  United States 29 (+8) M88A2, 8 more on order
BREM-1  Soviet Union
 Hungary 		>4 First 4 delivered by Hungary in 2005.
WZT-2[10]  Poland ? From Saddam's Era.

Armored fighting vehicles

Name Image Country of origin Quantity Notes
Main Battle Tank
M1A1M Abrams  United States 140 [11][12] 40 damaged or destroyed by ISIS
T-72[7]  Soviet Union
 Poland
 Czechoslovakia
 Hungary 		125 77 donated from Hungary
T-55[7]  Soviet Union
 China 		76
Infantry fighting vehicle
BMP-1[7]  Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia
 Greece
 Hungary 		884 100 donated from Greece. Another 100 from Hungary.
Armored personnel carrier
APC Talha  Pakistan 44 [13]
M113A2  United States 1050 1,026[14] order:
* 618 APCs
* 68 AMEVs
* 192 M548A1 Cargo Carriers
* 66 M1064 120mm Mortar Carriers
* 80 M577A2 Command Posts
* 2 M577A2 Medical Treatment Vehicles
Spartan[7]  United Kingdom 100 Tracked APC, Non operational.
MT-LB[7]  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria
 Poland 		561 Tracked APC - 500 additional on order however,

probably specialist variant - not APC versions

BTR-4[15]  Ukraine 88 Only 88 out of an order for 420 were delivered by late 2013 and the contract has been canceled due to numerous quality violations.
BTR-94[7]  Ukraine 50 Wheeled APC used by Federal Police
BTR-80UP[16]  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
 Poland 		98+
ILAV Badger  United States 879 Used for Route Clearance
Reva  South Africa 200 Federal Police
Muhafiz  Pakistan 60
Ain Jaria-1[7]  Poland 600 Iraqi version of Dzik-3
Otokar Akrep  Turkey 576
M1151[5]  United States 492 Over 50 vehicles fell into the hands of ISIS in Mosul.
Panhard M3  France 44
Armored Car
EE-9 Cascavel  Brazil 35 Restored to service 2008.[17]
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle  United States 264
Panhard AML[18]  France 10 AML-90 variant; possibly refurbished.[19]
BRDM-2  Soviet Union 13

Artillery

Name Image Country of origin Caliber Quantity Notes
Multiple Rocket Launcher
TOS-1  Russia 220 mm 10 One was filmed by CNN international being used in the battle for Tikrit.
BM-21  Soviet Union
 Ukraine 		122mm 55 Few survived the invasion of 2003 with new vehicles being bought from Ukraine.
Self-propelled Howitzer
M109  United States 155mm 49
Type 83  China 152mm 54 Salvaged
Howitzer
M198  United States 155mm 128 52 were captured by ISIS.[20]
GHN45  Austria 155mm approx 30 Salvaged howitzers[21] Some of this Reused again by Popular Mobilization Forces (Iraq)
M46  Soviet Union 130mm 18 Salvaged
D30  Soviet Union 122mm 12 Salvaged

Air defense

Name Image Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
Pantsir-S1  Russia SPAAG 20 48 on order.[4]
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger  United States SPAAG 10 (+30) 40 on order with 681 FIM-92 Stinger missiles
ZSU-23-4  Soviet Union SPAAG 10+ Salvaged
S-60  Soviet Union Towed AA gun 250+ Close to 100 units fell to Peshmerga upon Iraqis' Army rout from Kirkuk in June 2014.
ZU-23-2  Soviet Union Towed AA gun ? Some refurbished

Aircraft

Name Image Country of origin Type Quantity[22] Notes
Bell 206B JetRanger  United States Utility helicopter 10
Bell 407  United States Utility helicopter
Training helicopter 		30
3 		20 trainers, 3 gunships, 24 armed scouts.[23]
Eurocopter EC635  France light attack/utilitiy helicopter 24 Option for additional 26 helicopters TBD through 2012. First deliveries in January 2010
Bell UH-1H  United States Utility helicopter 15 Used for medivac/search and rescue.
Mil Mi-17  Russia Utility helicopter 22 3 have crashed in 2013, the most recent on 9 May 2013
Mil Mi-35M  Russia Attack helicopter 15[24] Originally 16 but 1 was shot down on October 3, 2014.[24]

Future procurements

The following is a list of items that have been requested, ordered, or otherwise purchased for, but not yet delivered to the Iraqi Army.

Vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Name Type Quantity Notes
M548A1 Tracked Logistics Vehicle 16
M113A2 Armored Ambulance 8
M1151A1B1 HMMPWV 160
M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter 35
MMWV Ambulance 8
Contact Maintenance Truck Maintenance Truck 8

Armored fighting vehicles

Name Type Number Notes
M577A2 Command Post Carrier 200
M1135 Stryker NBC Recon 50 Requested[25]
M2A2 ODS Bradley Infantry fighting vehicle 200 Negotiating, deal expected in 2014[26]

Air defense

Name Type Number Notes
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Anti-aircraft 40 Requested with 681 Block I 92H Stinger missiles[27]
MIM-23 Hawk XXI Anti-aircraft 3 batteries Requested, 6 fire units per battery, with 216 MIM-23P HAWK missiles[27]

UAV

CH-4B
RQ-11 Raven[28]

Radars

Name Origin Type Quantity Notes
AN/TPQ-36  United States FIREFINDER Radar Systems 6 [29]
AN/TPQ-37  United States FIREFINDER Radars 6
Meteorological Measuring Sets  United States 3
AN/VRC-92  United States export variant Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems 86
Improved Position and Azimuth Determining Systems  United States 3
AN/MPQ-64F1 SENTINEL  United States Air defense 13 Requested for use with Avengers[27]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Broń strzelecka w WP na początku XXI wieku". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.arabic-military.com/t80780p20-topic
  3. ↑ Iraqi Army Uses Russian Anti-Tank Guided Missile Systems Against IS for First Time - En.Ria.ru, 22 September 2014
  4. 1 2 Iraqi army now equipped with latest generation of air defense missile systems Pantsir-S1 and SA-24 - Armyrecognition.com, 1 October 2014
  5. 1 2 Holdanowicz, Grzegorz. "Iraqi armed forces get armoured vehicles". Jane's Defence Weekly (21).
  6. ↑ "ISIS jihadists upload photographs of American Military kit they claim to have seized - Daily Mail Online". Mail Online. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shapir, Yiftah S., Middle East Military Balance, Tel Aviv University, 6, 7
  8. ↑ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Iraqi_Police_gun-carriage.jpg
  9. ↑ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/U.S._Army_soldiers_assigned_to_National_Police_Transition_Team_1st_Battalion,_1st_Mechanized_Brigade_and_National_Iraqi_Police.jpg
  10. ↑ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Iraqi_WZT-2_in_Salman_Pak.jpg
  11. ↑ "M1 Abrams Tanks for Iraq". DefenseIndustryDaily.com. 2009-12-29.
  12. ↑ "Iraqi Army Soldiers prepare to field M1A1 main battle tank". United States Army. 2009-03-27.
  13. ↑ "Talha Armored personnel carrier". Retrieved 07-03-2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  14. ↑ "Montrose Toast". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Ukraine, Iraq in $2.5 Bn Weapons Deal". DefenseIndustryDaily.com. 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  16. ↑ "Raport WTO - 12/2006 - BTR-80UP do Iraku. Sokoły chyba nie... - Altair Agencja Lotnicza". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Iraqi Army Unit receives armored vehicles". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  18. ↑ Wheeled Armored Fighting Vehicles
  19. ↑ "Iraqi Army develops its light armored forces". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  20. ↑ "ISIS Has 52 American Weapons That Could Pummel Cities - Business Insider". Business Insider. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  21. ↑ "Montrose Toast". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  22. ↑ World Air Forces 2013 - Flightglobal.com, pg 19, December 11, 2012 Archived January 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  23. ↑ More For The Iraq Army Air Corps - Strategypage.com, January 29, 2013
  24. 1 2 AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. September 2015. p. 24.
  25. ↑ DSCA news release - DCSA.mil, 25 July 2013
  26. ↑ Iraq Requests 200 Bradley Fighting Vehicles; Saudi Deal in the Works - Defensenews.com, 28 August 2013
  27. 1 2 3 FMS: Iraq Seeks Integrated Air Defense System - Deagel.com, 5 August 2013
  28. ↑ "Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle 2010: 02/03". Defense Industry Daily. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  29. ↑ Defaiya. "12 FIREFINDER Radars for Iraq". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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