List of current equipment of the Iraqi Army

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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 GLOCK 19.JPG  Austria 9×19mm Parabellum
SIG P226 SIG Sauer P226 neu.jpg  Germany 9×19mm Parabellum
FB P99[1] Walther P99RAD PICT0081.jpg  Germany
 Poland		 9×19mm Parabellum 20,000 Polish built under license.
Beretta 92 Beretta 92 FS.gif  Italy 9×19mm Parabellum
CZ-99 Cz99.jpg  Yugoslavia
 Serbia		 9×19mm Parabellum 18,000
Beretta M1951 Tariq-1.jpg  Italy
 Iraq		 9×19mm Parabellum From Saddam's Era, license-built in Iraq as Tariq
Makarov 9-мм пистолет Макарова с патронами.jpg  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] PM06 Glauberyt PICT0014.jpg  Poland 9×19mm Parabellum 6,000 PM-98 version.
PM-63 RAK Submachine gun wz63.jpg  Poland 9×18mm Makarov
Škorpion vz. 61 Normal skorpion 01.jpg  Czechoslovakia 7.65×17mm Browning SR Being replaced by PM-98.
Carbines
M4 PEO M4 Carbine RAS M68 CCO.jpg  United States 5.56×45mm NATO 10,000
Kbk wz. 1988 Tantal[1] Tantal REMOV.jpg  Poland 5.45×39mm 10,000
Zastava M70 150px  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 SKS - Ryssland - AM.045810.jpg  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		 Baghdad Iraq during the post withdrawal insurgency soldier standing guard.png
Iracki żołnierz z kbk Tantal.jpg		  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 M16a4lh6.jpg  United States 5.56×45mm NATO 80,000 Eventually intended to replace AK derivatives.
M14 EBR PEO M14 EBR.jpg  United States 7.62×51mm NATO Used by Iraqi Special Operations Forces[2]
Lee–Enfield Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk 1 (1903) - UK - cal 303 British - Armémuseum.jpg  United Kingdom .303 British Ceremonial/Drill rifle
Shotgun
Benelli M4 Super 90 Benelli m4 2.jpg  Italy 12 gauge
Sniper rifles
Tabuk Sniper Rifle Iraki with Tabuk.JPEG  Iraq 7.62×39mm RPK modified and used as a sniper rifle
M24 PEO M24 SWS.jpg  United States 7.62×51mm
SVD SVD Dragunov.jpg  Soviet Union
 Iraq		 7.62×54mmR Al-Kadesih is an Iraqi-made variant incorporating elements of the PSL.
PSL Psl sniper rifle.jpeg Romania Socialist Republic of Romania 7.62×54mmR
Light Machine Guns
M249 Improved M249 Machine Gun.jpg  Belgium
 United States		 5.56×45mm NATO US copy of the Belgian FN Minimi
RPK Machine Gun RPK.jpg  Soviet Union 7.62×39mm
Zastava M72 M72B1.jpg  Yugoslavia
 Iraq		 7.62×39mm
RPD LMG-RPD-44.jpg  Soviet Union 7.62×39mm
General Purpose Machine Guns
M240 150px  United States 7.62×51mm
PK machine gun PKM DD-ST-85-01257.JPEG  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 7.62×54mm
Zastava M84 SloveneM84.jpg  Yugoslavia 7.62×54mm 1,000+
Heavy Machine Guns
M2 Browning Machine gun M2 1.jpg  United States .50 BMG
DShK Doushka desert.jpg  Soviet Union 12.7×108mm
NSV[1] 12,7 NSV Turku 3.JPG  Soviet Union
 Poland		 12.7×108mm
KPV KPVrear.jpg  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 Rgd 5 hand grenade.jpeg  Soviet Union Hand grenade
F1 F1 grenade travmatik com 02 by-sa.jpg  Soviet Union Hand grenade
M203 M16a2m203 afmil.jpg  United States Underbarrel grenade launcher 2,550
Mk 19 AGL MK19-02.jpg  United States Automatic grenade launcher
Anti-tank warfare
RPG-7 RPG-7 detached.jpg  Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade
Type 69 RPG DN-SD-06-16156.JPG  China Rocket-propelled grenade Chinese copy of the RPG-7
AT4 AT-4Launcher.jpeg  Sweden
 United States		 Anti-tank weapon
SPG-9 SPG-9M rus.jpeg  Soviet Union Recoilless rifle
MILAN MILAN P1220770.jpg  France Anti-tank guided missile
Kornet 9M133 Kornet.JPG  Russia Anti-tank guided missile [3]
MANPADs
SA-16 IGLA-S MANPADS at IDELF-2008.jpg  Russia Man-portable air defense system [4]
Land Mines
M16 M16a2mine.png  United States Anti-personnel mine
M18A1 Claymore US M18a1 claymore mine.jpg  United States Anti-personnel mine
Valmara 69 Valmara69 AP-mine.JPEG  Italy Anti-personnel mine
PROM-1 PROM-1 bounding landmine.jpg  Yugoslavia Anti-personnel mine

Vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Name Image Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
HMMWV[5] Humvees of the Iraqi Army.jpg  United States Light Utility Vehicle 10,000+ hundreds were captured by ISIS [6]
Defender-110[7] 150px  United Kingdom Light Utility Vehicle 72
Technical U.S. Army soldiers assigned to National Police Transition Team 1st Battalion, 1st Mechanized Brigade and National Iraqi Police.jpg  Iraq Improvised Utility Vehicle Used by Iraqi army and Federal police [8][9]
Honker Skorpion-3 Wojsko Polskie Irak DA-SD-05-12480.jpg  Poland Light Utility Vehicle Dozen unarmed Skorpions-3 were given by Poland in 2006
FMTV M1088 of 260th QM Bn.jpg  United States Medium cargo truck 140 All 140 vehicles are of the same M1085A1 5-ton cargo truck variant.
KrAZ 6322 Iraqi KrAZ trucks.jpg  Ukraine Medium cargo truck 2,200
Navistar 7000 7000-MV SVSM.jpg  United States Medium cargo truck
M939 US Marine Corps 030224-M-XT622-034 USMC M923 (6X6) 5-ton cargo truck heads a convoy departing Camp Matilda, Kuwait crop.jpg  United States Medium cargo truck Donated from the National Guard Stockpile.
MTVR 150px  United States Heavy cargo truck 41 machines fell to ISIL upon Iraqi army's rout from Mosul in June 2014.
HEMTT Hemtt iraq.jpg  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 Eager Lion 2013 130614-M-LP523-002.jpg  United States 29 (+8) M88A2, 8 more on order
BREM-1 Iraqi Armoured recovery vehicles.JPG  Soviet Union
 Hungary		 >4 First 4 delivered by Hungary in 2005.
WZT-2[10] Iraqi WZT-2 in Salman Pak 2.JPG  Poland  ? From Saddam's Era.

Armored fighting vehicles

Name Image Country of origin Quantity Notes
Main Battle Tank
M1A1M Abrams M1 Abrams tanks in Iraqi service, Jan. 2011.jpg  United States 140 (+6) [11][12] 40 damaged or destroyed by ISIS
T-72[7] Iraqi T-72 tank fires.JPG  Soviet Union
 Poland
 Czechoslovakia
 Hungary		 125 77 donated from Hungary
T-55[7] An Iraqi Army T-55A tank parked in front of a checkpoint.JPG  Soviet Union
 China		 72
Infantry fighting vehicle
BMP-1[7] Iraqi BMP.JPG  Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia
 Greece
 Hungary		 334 100 donated from Greece. Another 100 from Hungary.
Armored personnel carrier
APC Talha  Pakistan 44 [13]
M113A2 M113 Iraqi Army APC.jpg  United States 723 (+303) 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] FV103 Spartan IFOR.jpg  United Kingdom 100 Tracked APC, Non operational.
MT-LB[7] Iraqi MT-LB.JPEG  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria
 Poland		 561 Tracked APC - 500 additional on order however,

probably specialist variant - not APC versions
BTR-4[15] BTR-4 with BM-7 during ATO.jpg  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] Iraqi BTR-94 APC.JPEG  Ukraine 50 Wheeled APC used by Federal Police
BTR-80UP[16] Ukrainian BTR-80.jpg  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
 Poland		 98+
ILAV Badger 160px  United States 879 Used for Route Clearance
Reva Reva APC.jpg  South Africa 200 Federal Police
Muhafiz  Pakistan 60
Ain Jaria-1[7] Szkolenie irackich żołnierzy 04.jpg  Poland 600 Iraqi version of Dzik-3
Otokar Akrep  Turkey 576
M1151[5] M1151.jpg  United States 492 Over 50 vehicles fell into the hands of ISIS in Mosul.
Panhard M3 160px  France 44
Armored Car
EE-9 Cascavel Iraqi Cascavels2.jpg  Brazil 35 Restored to service 2008.[17]
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle Iraqi light armored vehicles in Ramadi.jpg  United States 264
Panhard AML[18] AML-90 DM-SC-91-12078.JPEG  France 10 AML-90 variant; possibly refurbished.[19]
BRDM-2 Szakal 108 bryglogisty 2.jpg  Soviet Union 13

Artillery

Name Image Country of origin Caliber Quantity Notes
Multiple Rocket Launcher
TOS-1 ТОС-1А Буратино на репетиции парада 4.5.2010.jpg  Russia 220 mm 10 One was filmed by CNN international being used in the battle for Tikrit.
BM-21 Russian BM-21 Grad in Saint Petersburg.JPG  Soviet Union
 Ukraine		 122mm 55 Few survived the invasion of 2003 with new vehicles being bought from Ukraine.
Self-propelled Howitzer
M109 Iraqi M109howitzer.PNG  United States 155mm 49
Type 83  China 152mm 54 Salvaged
Howitzer
M198 160px  United States 155mm 128 52 were captured by ISIS.[20]
GHN45 GHN-45rear.jpg  Austria 155mm approx 30 Salvaged howitzers[21]
M46 A412 130 mm M1982.JPG  Soviet Union 130mm 18 Salvaged
D30 Artilleryman of the Afghan National Army.jpg  Soviet Union 122mm 12 Salvaged

Air defense

Name Image Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
Pantsir-S1 Bronnitsy - 01 - Pantsir-S1 SAM.jpg  Russia SPAAG 0 (+48) 48 on order.[4]
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Avenger missile.jpg  United States SPAAG 10 (+30) 40 on order with 681 FIM-92 Stinger missiles
ZSU-23-4 Iraqi ZSU-23-4 self-propelled 23mm anti-aircraft system.JPEG  Soviet Union SPAAG 10+ Salvaged
S-60 Captured iraqi S-60-AA-gun.JPEG  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 Amna Sur 05.JPG  Soviet Union Towed AA gun  ? Some refurbished

Aircraft

Name Image Country of origin Type Quantity[22] Notes
Bell 206B JetRanger Bell.206b.jetranger.III.g-mfmf.arp.jpg  United States Utility helicopter 10
Bell 407 Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Crew assembles, flight tests new helicopters for Iraq (Image 2 of 2).jpg  United States Utility helicopter
Training helicopter		 27
3		 3 trainers, 3 gunships, 24 armed scouts.[23]
Eurocopter EC635 Eurocopter EC 635 mock-up ILA 2012.jpg  France light attack/utilitiy helicopter 24 Option for additional 26 helicopters TBD through 2012. First deliveries in January 2010
Bell UH-1H Iraqi air force UH-1H II Huey helicopter.JPG  United States Utility helicopter 15 Used for medivac/search and rescue.
Mil Mi-17 Iraqi Mi-171E helicopter.jpg  Russia Utility helicopter 22 3 have crashed in 2013, the most recent on 9 May 2013
Mil Mi-35M Mil Mi-35M (54 yellow).jpg  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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Iraqi army now equipped with latest generation of air defense missile systems Pantsir-S1 and SA-24 - Armyrecognition.com, 1 October 2014
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Shapir, Yiftah S., Middle East Military Balance, Tel Aviv University, 6, 7 [1]
  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
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  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Wheeled Armored Fighting Vehicles
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ World Air Forces 2013 - Flightglobal.com, pg 19, December 11, 2012[dead link]
  23. ↑ More For The Iraq Army Air Corps - Strategypage.com, January 29, 2013
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  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. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 FMS: Iraq Seeks Integrated Air Defense System - Deagel.com, 5 August 2013
  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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