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.
Equipment
Army Aviation
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An Iraqi Bell 407 departs on a training mission
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An Iraqi UH-1H depart on a Medivac mission
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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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 | France | utility/light attack | 24[1] | |||
Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
Bell 407 | United States | trainer | 3[1] | |||
Bell OH-58 | United States | trainer | OH-58C | 1[1] |
Armor
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An Iraqi M1A1 Abrams driving through an instructor course at Camp Taji, Iraq
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A pair of BMP-1s at a coalition checkpoint in Tarmiya
Iraqi Armoured recovery vehicles
Name | Origin | Type | In service | Notes | ||
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Heavy Armor | ||||||
M1 Abrams | United States | Main battle tank | 146[2] | |||
T-90S | Russia | Main battle tank | 36[3] | 37 on order[4][5] | ||
UVZ T-72 | Soviet Union | Main battle tank | 127[2] | supplied by Czech Republic (50), Hungary (77) | ||
M-88 Hercules | United States | Armoured recovery vehicle | 24[2] | |||
BREM-1 | Soviet Union | Armoured recovery vehicle | 88[2] | supplied by Ukraine | ||
VT-55A | Czechoslovakia | Armoured recovery vehicle | 4[2] | supplied by Hungary | ||
Light Armor | ||||||
BRDM-2 | Russia | Reconnaissance | 13[2] | supplied by Ukraine | ||
Otokar Akrep | Turkey | Reconnaissance | 573[2] | |||
HMMWV | United States | light utility vehicle | 8614[2] | |||
BMP-1 | Soviet Union | Infantry fighting vehicle | 535[2] | supplied by Czech Republic (45), Greece (100), Ukraine (110), Bulgaria (280) | ||
ATF Dingo | Germany | Infantry mobility vehicle | 5[2] | supplied to the Kurdish Regional Government | ||
Mohafiz | Pakistan | Infantry mobility vehicle | 60[2] | |||
Dzik | Poland | Infantry mobility vehicle | 600[2] | |||
Shorland APV | United Kingdom | Infantry mobility vehicle | 72[2] | |||
Cougar | United States | Infantry mobility vehicle | 543[2] | |||
Panhard | France | Armoured personnel carrier | 10[2] | supplied by the United Arab Emirates | ||
Panhard M3 | France | Armoured personnel carrier | 44[2] | supplied by the United Arab Emirates | ||
Talha | Pakistan | Armoured personnel carrier | 44[2] | supplied by Jordan | ||
BTR-80 | Russia | Armoured personnel carrier | 98[2] | supplied by Hungary (66), Ukraine (32) | ||
Mamba | South Africa | Armoured personnel carrier | 115[2] | Reva-3 variant | ||
Barracuda | South Korea | Armoured personnel carrier | 12[2] | |||
BTR-4 | Ukraine | Armoured personnel carrier | 270[2] | 150 of the units are the BTR-4K variant | ||
BTR-94 | Ukraine | Armoured personnel carrier | 50[2] | supplied by Jordan | ||
Saxon | United Kingdom | Armoured personnel carrier | 60[2] | supplied by the United Arab Emirates | ||
FV103 Spartan | United Kingdom | Armoured personnel carrier | 100[2] | supplied by Jordan | ||
M113 | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | 1004[2] | 100 supplied from Jordan[2] | ||
M1117 | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | 264[2] | |||
Caiman | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | 267[2] | |||
Artillery | ||||||
M109 | United States | Self-propelled howitzer | 44[2] | |||
M198 | United States | Howitzer | 120[2] | 155mm artillery piece | ||
MLRS | ||||||
Type 63 | China | Multiple rocket launcher | 20[2] | |||
TOS-1 | Soviet Union | Multiple rocket launcher | 10[2] | |||
Air defence | ||||||
Pantsir-S1 | Russia | Mobile SAM | 24[2] | |||
TWQ-1 Avenger | United States | Mobile SAM | 8[2] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "World Air Forces 2016 pg. 21". Flightglobal Insight. 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "SIPRI". Stockholm Int’l Research Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ↑ "Iraq Receives 36 T-90S Tanks From Russia". DefenseWorld. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ "T-90 MBTs delivered to Iraq". Jane's 360. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ "Iraq Receives 36 T-90S Tanks From Russia". DefenseWorld. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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