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.
Equipment
Army Aviation
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| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transport | ||||||
| Antonov An-178 | Ukraine | transport | 2 on order[1] | |||
| Helicopters | ||||||
| Bell 407 | United States | light utility | 25[1] | |||
| Bell UH-1 | United States | utility | UH-1H | 15[1] | ||
| Bell OH-58 | United States | scout | OH-58C | 8[1] | ||
| Mil Mi-17 | Russia | transport / utility | Mi-8/17 | 42[1] | ||
| Mil Mi-24 | Russia | attack | Mi-35 | 14[1] | ||
| Mil Mi-28 | Russia | CAS / anti-armor | 11 | 4 on order[1] | ||
| Eurocopter EC635 | Germany | utility/light attack | 24[1] | |||
| Trainer aircraft | ||||||
| Bell 407 | United States | trainer | 3[1] | |||
| Bell OH-58 | United States | trainer | OH-58C | 1[1] | ||
| Drones | ||||||
| CH-4 | China | MALE UAV | CH-4B | 4[2] | Transferred from IQAF | |
Armour
A pair of BMP-1s at a coalition checkpoint in Tarmiya
| Name | Origin | Type | In service | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy armor | ||||||
| M1 Abrams | United States | Main battle tank | 146[3] | |||
| T-90S | Russia | Main battle tank | 36[4] | 37 on order[5][6] | ||
| Lion of Babylon | Soviet Union, Iraq | Main battle tank | 127[3] | supplied by Czech Republic (50), Hungary (77) | ||
| M-88 Hercules | United States | Armoured recovery vehicle | 24[3] | |||
| BREM-1 | Soviet Union | Armoured recovery vehicle | 88[3] | supplied by Ukraine | ||
| VT-55A | Czechoslovakia | Armoured recovery vehicle | 4[3] | supplied by Hungary | ||
| Light armor | ||||||
| BRDM-2 | Russia | Reconnaissance | 13[3] | supplied by Ukraine | ||
| Otokar Akrep | Turkey | Reconnaissance | 573[3] | |||
| HMMWV | United States | light utility vehicle | 8,614[3] | |||
| BMP-1 | Soviet Union | Infantry fighting vehicle | 535[3] | supplied by Czech Republic (45), Greece (100), Ukraine (110), Bulgaria (280) | ||
| ATF Dingo | Germany | Infantry mobility vehicle | 5[3] | supplied to the Kurdistan Region | ||
| Mohafiz | Pakistan | Infantry mobility vehicle | 60[3] | |||
| Ain Jaria | Poland, Iraq | Infantry mobility vehicle | 600[3] | |||
| Shorland APV | United Kingdom | Infantry mobility vehicle | 72[3] | |||
| Cougar | United States | Infantry mobility vehicle | 543[3] | |||
| Panhard | France | Armoured personnel carrier | 10[3] | supplied by the United Arab Emirates | ||
| Panhard M3 | France | Armoured personnel carrier | 44[3] | supplied by the United Arab Emirates | ||
| Talha | Pakistan | Armoured personnel carrier | 44[3] | supplied by Jordan | ||
| BTR-80 | Russia | Armoured personnel carrier | 98[3] | supplied by Hungary (66), Ukraine (32) | ||
| Mamba | South Africa | Armoured personnel carrier | 115[3] | Reva-3 variant | ||
| Barracuda | South Korea | Armoured personnel carrier | 12[3] | |||
| BTR-4 | Ukraine | Armoured personnel carrier | 270[3] | 150 of the units are the BTR-4K variant | ||
| BTR-94 | Ukraine | Armoured personnel carrier | 50[3] | supplied by Jordan | ||
| Saxon | United Kingdom | Armoured personnel carrier | 60[3] | supplied by the United Arab Emirates | ||
| FV103 Spartan | United Kingdom | Armoured personnel carrier | 100[3] | supplied by Jordan | ||
| M113 | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | 1,004[3] | 100 supplied from Jordan[3] | ||
| M1117 | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | 264[3] | |||
| Caiman | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | 267[3] | |||
| Artillery | ||||||
| M109 | United States | Self-propelled howitzer | 44[3] | |||
| M198 | United States | Howitzer | 120[3] | 155mm artillery piece | ||
| MLRS | ||||||
| Type 63 | China | Multiple rocket launcher | 20[3] | |||
| TOS-1 | Soviet Union | Multiple rocket launcher | 10[3] | |||
| Air defence | ||||||
| Pantsir-S1 | Russia | Mobile SAM | 24[3] | |||
| TWQ-1 Avenger | United States | Mobile SAM | 8[3] | |||
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "World Air Forces 2016 pg. 21". Flightglobal Insight. 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-01-19. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi and Justin Bronk (17 December 2018). "Armed Drones in the Middle East: Proliferation and Norms in the Region" (PDF). Occasional Papers. Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "SIPRI". Stockholm Int’l Research Institute. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Iraq Receives 36 T-90S Tanks From Russia". DefenseWorld. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "T-90 MBTs delivered to Iraq". Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Iraq Receives 36 T-90S Tanks From Russia". DefenseWorld. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 20 February 2018.