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Revision as of 02:02, 16 January 2014

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 Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
Glock 19  Austria Semi-automatic pistol
CZ-99  Yugoslavia/ Serbia Semi-automatic pistol 20,000
FB P99[1]  Germany
 Poland		 Semi-automatic pistol 19,000+ Polish built under license.
Beretta 92  Italy Semi-automatic pistol
Beretta M 1951  Italy Semi-automatic pistol
SIG P226  Switzerland Semi-automatic pistol
Škorpion vz. 61  Czechoslovakia Submachine gun
PM-84 Glauberyt[1]  Poland Submachine gun 6,000 PM-98 version.
AKM[1]  Soviet Union
 Poland		 Assault rifle 200,000+
Type 56  China Assault rifle
M4  United States Assault rifle 25,000
M16A4  United States Assault rifle 80,000 Eventually intended to replace AK-47s and AK-47 clones.
Kbk wz. 1988 Tantal[1]  Poland Assault rifle 10,000
Sa vz. 58  Czechoslovakia Assault rifle
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965  Romania Assault rifle Romanian copy of the AKM
Zastava M70  Yugoslavia Assault rifle 100,000
Zastava M21  Serbia Assault rifle 2,000
Benelli M4 Super 90  Italy Semi-automatic shotgun
SKS  Soviet Union Semi-automatic rifle
Lee-Enfield  United Kingdom Bolt-action rifle Ceremonial/Drill rifle
Tabuk  Iraq Designated marksman rifle RPK modified and used as a sniper rifle
M24  United States Sniper rifle
SVD  Soviet Union Sniper rifle
Zastava M72  Yugoslavia Light machine gun
RPK  Soviet Union Light machine gun
RPD  Soviet Union Light machine gun
M249  Belgium
 United States		 Light machine gun US copy of the Belgian FN Minimi
Zastava M84  Yugoslavia General purpose machine gun 1,000+
PK machine gun  Soviet Union General purpose machine gun
M240  United States General purpose machine gun
M2 Browning  United States Heavy machine gun
DShK  Soviet Union Heavy machine gun
NSV[1]  Soviet Union
 Poland		 Heavy machine gun
KPV  Soviet Union Heavy machine gun
Minigun  United States Rotary cannon 24

Explosives and anti-tank weapons

Name Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
RGD-5  Soviet Union Hand grenade
F1  Soviet Union Hand grenade
RPG-7  Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade
Type 69 RPG  China Rocket-propelled grenade Chinese copy of the RPG-7
M203  United States Underbarrel grenade launcher 2,550
Mk 19 AGL  United States Automatic grenade launcher
M79  Yugoslavia Rocket launcher 150
AT4  Sweden
 United States		 Anti-tank weapon
SPG-9  Soviet Union Recoilless rifle
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 Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
HMMWV[2]  United States Light Utility Vehicle 12000+ [citation needed]
M1151[2]  United States Light Utility Vehicle 400 92 M1152 on order[citation needed]
Defender-110[3]  United Kingdom Light Utility Vehicle 72
Tarpan Honker  Poland Light Utility Vehicle
FMTV[citation needed]  United States Medium cargo truck 140
HEMTT[citation needed]  United States Heavy cargo truck 80
WZT-2[4]  Poland Armoured recovery vehicle From Saddam's Era.
BREM-1  Soviet Union Armoured recovery vehicle
M88 Recovery Vehicle  United States Armoured recovery vehicle 29 M88A2, 8 more on order

Armored fighting vehicles

Name Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
Spartan[3]  United Kingdom Armored personnel carrier 100 Tracked APC, Non operational.
M113A2  United States Armored personnel carrier 723 1026 on order; 618 APCs, 68 AMEVs, 192 M548A1 Cargo Carriers, 66 M1064 120mm Mortar Carriers, 80 M577A2 Command Posts, 2 M577A2 Medical Treatment Vehicles[5]
BTR-80UP[6]  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
 Poland		 Armored personnel carrier 98+ Wheeled APC
BTR-94[3]  Ukraine Armored personnel carrier 50 Wheeled APC used by Federal Police
BTR-4[7]  Ukraine Armored personnel carrier 420 ordered 86 delivered by June 2012. The next 62 were delivered in October 2012.[8] Next 40 being delivered in February 2013.[9] Variant mix is 270 BTR4 APC with Parus turret, 80 BTR4K Command, 30 BTR4Ksh Staff, 30 BSEM4K Ambulance, and 10 BREM4K Repair/Recovery.However only 88 were delivered by 2013 and the contract has been canceled duo to quality of the btr4.
MT-LB[3]  Soviet Union
 Poland		 Armored personnel carrier 61 Tracked APC - 500 additional on order however,

probably speciallist variant - not APC versions

Saxon  United Kingdom Armored personnel carrier 60 Wheeled APC Transferred to MoI's Emergency Response Brigades
Panhard M3  France Armored personnel carrier 200
Al-Talha  Pakistan Armored personnel carrier 44 Tracked APC based on the M113
Reva  South Africa Mine Protected Vehicle 200 Federal Police
ILAV Badger  United States Mine Protected Vehicle 879 Used for Route Clearance
Panhard AML  France Armored car 10
Panhard M3  France Armored personnel carrier 44
Mohafiz  Pakistan Armored car 60
APC Talha  Pakistan Armored personnel carrier 44 [10]
Ain Jaria-1[3]  Poland Armored car 600 Iraqi version of Dzik-3
BRDM-2  Soviet Union Armored car 13
EE-9 Cascavel  Brazil Armored car 35
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle  United States Armored car 264
BMP-1[3]  Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle 363 100 donated from Greece
T-55 [3]  Soviet Union Main battle tank 92
T-72[3]  Soviet Union
 Poland		 Main battle tank 125 77 donated from Hungary
M1A1M Abrams  United States Main battle tank 140 [11][12] 6 more on order

Artillery

Name Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
ZU-23-2  Soviet Union Anti-Aircraft twin-barreled autocannon
ZSU-23-4  Soviet Union Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 10
2S1 Gvozdika  Soviet Union Self-propelled howitzer
BM-21  Soviet Union Multiple Rocket Launcher 36
M109  United States 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer 49
M198  United States 155mm Howitzer 128
GHN45  Austria 155mm Towed Howitzer approx 30 Salvaged Howitzers [13]
Type 83  China Towed Howitzer 54 Salvaged
M46  Soviet Union Towed Howitzer 18 Salvaged
D30  Soviet Union Towed Howitzer 12 Salvaged

Aircraft

Name Country of origin Type Quantity[14] Notes
Bell 206B JetRanger  United States Utility helicopter 10
Bell 407  United States Utility helicopter
Training helicopter		 27
3		 3 trainers, 3 gunships, 24 armed scouts.[15]
Bell OH-58C Kiowa  United States Training helicopter 8 On loan from US Army.
Eurocopter EC 635  France light attack/utilitiy helicopter 24 24 helicopters to be delivered. Option for additional 26 helicopters TBD through 2012. First deliveries in January 2010
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-35  Russia Utility helicopter 4[16] 2 more on order part of a $256 million deal.[17]

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
MTVR Heavy Transport 41 Replacements
M548A1 Tracked Logistics Vehicle 16
M113A2 Armored Ambulance 8
M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter 35
M978A2 HEMTT Tanker 40 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT)
M985A2 HEMTT Cargo Truck 36
M984A2 HEMTT Wrecker Truck 4
M1085A1 5-ton Cargo Truck 140
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[18]
M2A2 ODS Bradley Infantry fighting vehicle 200 Negotiating, deal expected in 2014[19]

Air defense

Name Type Number Notes
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Anti-aircraft 40 Requested with 681 Block I 92H Stinger missiles[20]
MIM-23 Hawk XXI Anti-aircraft 3 batteries Requested, 6 fire units per battery, with 216 MIM-23P HAWK missiles[20]

UAV

RQ-11 Raven[21]

Radars

Name Origin Type Quantity Notes
AN/TPQ-36  United States FIREFINDER Radar Systems 6 [22]
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[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e http://www.militech.sownet.pl/plxxi/index.html
  2. ^ a b Holdanowicz, Grzegorz. "Iraqi armed forces get armoured vehicles". Jane's Defence Weekly (21).
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Shapir, Yiftah S., Middle East Military Balance, Tel Aviv University, 6, 7 [1]
  4. ^ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Iraqi_WZT-2_in_Salman_Pak.jpg
  5. ^ http://home.comcast.net/~djyae/site/?/blog/view/93/
  6. ^ http://www.altair.com.pl/magazines/article?article_id=183
  7. ^ "Ukraine, Iraq in $2.5 Bn Weapons Deal". DefenseIndustryDaily.com. 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  8. ^ http://www.armyrecognition.com/september_2012_new_army_military_defence_industry/a_second_batch_of_62_ukraine-made_btr-4_armoured_vehicles_ready_to_be_send_in_iraq_1509122.html
  9. ^ Ukraine to send another batch of 40 BTR-4 vehicles to Iraq - Armyrecognition.com, February 9, 2013
  10. ^ "Talha Armored personnel carrier". Retrieved 07-03-2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  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. ^ http://home.comcast.net/~djyae/site/?/blog/view/119/
  14. ^ World Air Forces 2013 - Flightglobal.com, pg 19, December 11, 2012
  15. ^ More For The Iraq Army Air Corps - Strategypage.com, January 29, 2013
  16. ^ Iraq Takes Collection of First 4 Russian Helicopter Gunships - Rian.ru, 8 November 2013
  17. ^ [2]
  18. ^ DSCA news release - DCSA.mil, 25 July 2013
  19. ^ Iraq Requests 200 Bradley Fighting Vehicles; Saudi Deal in the Works - Defensenews.com, 28 August 2013
  20. ^ a b c FMS: Iraq Seeks Integrated Air Defense System - Deagel.com, 5 August 2013
  21. ^ http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Iraqi-Security-Forces-Order-of-Battle-2010-0203-06217/
  22. ^ http://www.defaiya.com/defaiyaonline/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3511%3A12-firefinder-radars-for-iraq&catid=67%3Airaq&Itemid=27&lang=en
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