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List of current equipment of the Iraqi Ground Forces

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

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Infantry weapons

Handguns

Model Image Caliber Origin Details
Glock 17 Glock 17 (9x21mm).jpg

9×19mm Parabellum10mm Auto

 Austria Used by ISOF[1]
SIG Sauer P226 S&W M&P .40 left side.JPG 10mm Auto  United States [2]
Tariq Tariq-1.jpg 9×19mm Parabellum  Iraq Manufactured under license as the Tariq. Establishments from 1981 onwards.

Production stopped in 2003 and resumed from 2009 onwards.

The internal design appears identical to the original pistols.[3]

Zastava CZ 99 Zastava CZ 99-IMG 6547-black.jpg 9×19mm Parabellum  Serbia [4]
Beretta 92 Beretta-92FS.jpg .45 ACP  Italy

Submachine guns and personal defence weapons

Model Image Caliber Origin Details
FB Glauberyt FB PM-98, Kyiv 2018, 04.jpg 9×19mm Parabellum  Poland 6,000 PM-98s were sold to Iraq in mid-2000.[3]
HK MP7 HK MP7 Bundeswehr noBG.png HK 4.6×30mm  Germany A1 variant In limited use by ISOF

Assault and battle rifles

Model Image Caliber Origin Details
M-16 M16A2 noBG.jpg Assault rifle  United States Been used since 2010.[5]
M4
M4A1 		PEO M4 Carbine RAS M68 CCO.jpg Assault rifle  United States [6]
Remington R4 Remington R4 Rifle.JPG Assault rifle  United States [7]
Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle MK14, Mod 0 Enhanced Battle Rifle (7414624728).jpg Battle rifle  United States Used by ISOF[8]
SIG Sauer SIGM400 Sig Sauer M400 rifle.jpg Assault rifle  Germany Been used since 2019 by ISOF[9]
K2C carbine K-2C1 소총.jpg Assault rifle  South Korea [10]
VHS VHS-D assault rifle REMOV noBG.png Assault rifle  Croatia Been used since since 2017 by Federal Police and the Emergency Response Division.[11]
FB Tantal Tantal REMOV noBG.png Assault rifle  Poland Used by previous Iraqi army. Mostly kept in storage.
AKM AKM automatkarbin Ryssland - 7,62x39mm - Armémuseum bothsides noBG.png Assault rifle  Soviet Union Used by previous Iraqi army. Some captured from Islamic State. Mostly kept in storage.

Used in parades.

Zastava M70 Zastava M70AB2 Hunter la5.JPG Assault rifle  Yugoslavia

 Iraq

In limited use.

Sniper and anti-materiel rifles

Model Image Caliber Origin Details
M24 M24-Sniper-Weapon-System.png 7.62×51mm NATO  United States Used by ISOF[12]
Barrett M82 Barrett-M82A1-Independence-Day-2017-IZE-048-white.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO  United States
Steyr HS .50 Steyr HS .50-right side-scope.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO  Austria
PSG1 MSG 90 rifle 2014 noBG.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany [13]
Dragunov Dragunovs rt noBG.jpg .338 Lapua Magnum  Soviet Union

 Iraq

In limited use.

Machine guns

Model Image Caliber Origin Details
M249 PEO M249 Para ACOG.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO  United States Used by ISOF[14]
M240 M240B Medium Machine Gun (7414626696).jpg 7.62×51mm NATO  United States [15]
MG 3 BundeswehrMG3.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany [16]
RPK Рпк RPK.jpg 7.62x39mm M43  Iraq

 Soviet Union

Manufactured under license. Establishments from 1981-2003.[17]

Kept in storage

PK machine gun PKmachinegun-removebg-preview.png .50 BMG  Soviet Union In limited use.
M2 Browning IDF-M2 pic001a.jpg 5.56×45mm NATO  United States
M134 Royal Navy Minigun.jpg 7.62×51mm NATO  United States

Anti-armor weapons

Model Image Type Origin Details
FIM-92 Stinger USMC-110917-M-EY704-327.jpg SAM  United States Standard issue mid-range anti-helicopter missile.
Stinger AT-4Launcher.jpeg Imaging Infrared Seeker (IRR) or Laser guidance  Sweden Standard issue long-range anti-helicopter missile.
BGM-71 TOW Hires 090509-A-4842R-001a.jpg Wire-guided missile  United States
HOT Long Range Anti-tank Weapon HOT 3 - ILA2002-clean.jpg Wire-guided missile  Germany Hot-3 version
9M113 Konkurs Airborne troops of Russia & SOF of Belarus 01.jpg Wire-guided missile  Soviet Union

Protective gear

Model Image Origin Type Details
M80 Iraqhelm3300000.JPG  Iraq Combat helmet Used by Iraqi Armed Forces from the early 1980s to 2010.

Used mostly for training.

MICH Ain't no sunshine when he's gone 170207-M-HF454-121.jpg  United States Combat helmet Used by ISOF[18]
PASGT USMC M249 SAW PIP.jpg  United States Combat helmet Standard personnel armor.[19]
I OTV MultiCam IOTV.jpg  United States Bulletproof vest Standard issue in combat and duty personnel. With different versions.

Vehicles and artillery

Name Image Origin Type In service Notes
M1 Abrams M1A1 Trophy Technology Demonstrator.jpg  United States Main battle tank 321[20][21][22][23]
T-90S 2013 Moscow Victory Day Parade (28).jpg  Russia Main battle tank 75[24][25][24]
Lion of Babylon Vehicles at 1st Cavalry Division Museum 24.jpg  Iraq
 Soviet Union 		Main battle tank ≈150[20] About 150 of Saddam era Lion of Babylon recently refurbished and made operational in 2020
T-72 T72 cfb borden 1.JPG  Czech Republic Main battle tank 278[26] T-72s examples purchased by the new government in 2005 and 2006

Additional 77 were gifted by Hungary.[27]

T-55 Victory park (Kazan) (262-14).jpg  Soviet Union Main battle tank 176[28] Mostly kept in storage as reserve.
Chieftain Chieftain Tank (9628802829).jpg  United Kingdom Main battle tank 50-75 Captured from Iran, most upgraded with air-conditioning for the crew and reinforced armour and night vision.[29]

Kept in storage as reserve.

M-88 Hercules M88 Armored Recovery Vehicle in pm.jpg  United States Armoured recovery vehicle 37[30]
BREM-1 11th MEU Djibouti Sustainment Training, Came prepared 141106-M-CB493-005.jpg  Soviet Union Armoured recovery vehicle 88
VT-55A BPz3-Bueffel.jpg Czechoslovakia Armoured recovery vehicle 4

Armoured fighting vehicles

Name Image Origin Type In service Notes
Oshkosh M-ATV M153 CROWS mounted on a U.S. Army M-ATV.jpg  United States MRAP ≈100 Used by ISOF[31] Possible replacement for HMMWV
International MaxxPro 1st MaxxPros in Iraq.jpg  United States MRAP Category 1 & 2 ≈100 [32]
Cougar 070225-M-4393H-041.jpg  United States Infantry mobility vehicle

MRAP

607[33][23]
Caiman Summit County Sheriff SWAT MRAP - 15909118972.jpg  United States MRAP Category 1 & 2 267[34]
HMMWV 2015 MCAS Beaufort Air Show 041215-M-CG676-161.jpg  United States Light utility vehicle ≈10,000[35]
Iraqi Promoter DAPC-2.png  Iraq South Korea Infantry mobility vehicle 50 Used by ISOF, possible replacement for HMMWV
AMKZ Dzik Dzik2 P1010026 2.jpg  Iraq Poland Infantry mobility vehicle 600 Used by Emergency Response Division
BMP-3 Army2016demo-011.jpg  Russia Infantry fighting vehicle 500[36] Application for 500 delivery to be complete by 2022
BMP-2 Army2016demo-007.jpg  Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle ≈100 Hundreds refurbished and made operable
BMP-1 BMP-1 in Lebyazhye rear.jpg  Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle 535[37] From Saddam era. Mostly kept in storage.
Otokar Akrep OtokarCobraII.jpg  Turkey Infantry mobility vehicle 573[38]
ATF Dingo ATF-Dingo 7484.JPG  Germany Infantry mobility vehicle [39] 50
Shorland APV Shorland armoured car mk1.jpg  United Kingdom Infantry mobility vehicle 72 Kept in storage.
BRDM-2 Sloboda 2019 - defile 02 - BRDM-2MS 07.jpg  Russia Reconnaissance vehicle 13[40]
Armoured personnel carrier
Talha Pakistan Armoured personnel carrier 44 2005 44 Part of $31 m deal [41]
M113 Allied Spirit I 150126-A-LO967-001.jpg  United States Armoured personnel carrier 1,026[42]
M1117 Bulgarian m1117.JPG  United States Armoured personnel carrier 264[43]
BTR-4 BTR-4E in Kyiv.jpg  Ukraine Armoured personnel carrier 270[44] 150 of the units are the BTR-4K variant
Panhard Panhard VCR del Ejército Mexicano.jpg  France Armoured personnel carrier 44
Panhard M3 PanhardM3.png  France Armoured personnel carrier 44[45]
BTR-80 Infauna K1Sh1 UNSh-12.jpg  Russia Armoured personnel carrier 98
FMTV 48th Infantry Brigade XCTC 130923-A-AX030-251.jpg  United States Heavy utility truck ≈500[46]
HEMTT M978 tank truck in Beatty, Nevada.jpg  United States Heavy utility truck 150
MTVR MTVR MAS Pretendo.JPG  United States Medium utility truck 270[47]
Navistar 7000 7000-MV SVSM.jpg  United States Armoured personnel carrier ≈300[48] 115 Navistar 7000-MV on order in addition to unknown number in service.[49]
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 Armoured personnel carrier ≈250
KrAZ-6322 Iraqi KrAZ trucks.jpg  Ukraine Armoured personnel carrier 2150[50]
Mamba SANDF Armed Forces Day 2017 - South African Army Mamba MkIII APC (32203158584).jpg South Africa Armoured personnel carrier 115[20] Reva-3 variant
TM-170 (Barracuda) Bundespolizei Sonderwagen 4.png  Germany Armoured personnel carrier 12[20]
FV103 Spartan Spartan Armoured Personnel Carrier Exits Landing Craft During Amphibious Capability Demonstration MOD 45152077.jpg  United Kingdom Armoured personnel carrier 100[20]
Saxon Saxon Armoured Vehicle MOD 45143139.jpg  United Kingdom Armoured personnel carrier 60[20]
BTR-94 Iraqi BTR-94 APC.JPEG  Ukraine Armoured personnel carrier 50[20] Kept in storage.

Rockets and artillery

M109 Kings of battle keep the fire; 1-9 FA fires its last rounds 140910-A-CW513-046.jpg  United States Self-propelled howitzer 90[20]
2S1 Gvozdika Slovak 2S1 Gvozdika.jpg  Soviet Union Self-propelled howitzer 70 About 70 of Saddam era recently refurbished and made operational in 2020
2S3 Akatsiya 2S3 Akatsiya.jpg  Soviet Union Self-propelled howitzer 37 About 37 of Saddam era recently refurbished and made operational in 2021
AMX-GCT GCT 155mm July 2008.JPG  France Self-propelled howitzer 86[51] Received between 1983–1985, kept in storage.
M198 U.S. Marines in the Persian Gulf War (1991) 001.jpg  United States Howitzer 120[20] 155mm artillery piece
M101 M101-105mm-howitzer-camp-pendleton-20050326.jpg  United States Howitzer 100 Captured from Iran-Iraq war
M1938 122 mm M-30 wz. 1938 MWP 01.jpg  Soviet Union Howitzer 80
M-46 M-46 Lutsk.jpg  Soviet Union Field gun 676[52]
2A36 Giatsint-B 152-мм пушка Гиацинт-Б (5).jpg  Soviet Union Field gun ≈200
Astros II MLRS Astros 2020 (14338252946).jpg  Iraq

 Brazil

Multiple rocket launcher ≈100[53] Built under license as the Sajil-60
BM-21 Grad BM-21 Grad (2).jpg  Soviet Union Multiple rocket launcher ≈100[54] From Saddam era. BM-21 and 9P138 variants.
TOS-1 Heavy flamethrower system "Solntsepyok" during the "Armiya 2020" exhibition (front view).jpg  Russia Multiple rocket launcher 12[20]
Type 63 Type1963 107mm Rocket Launcher.jpg  China Multiple rocket launcher 20[20]

Anti-aircraft

Pantsir-S1 MAKS Airshow 2013 (Ramenskoye Airport, Russia) (521-05).jpg  Russia Anti-aircraft 24[20]
TWQ-1 Avenger Avenger missile.jpg  United States Anti-aircraft 100[20]
MIM-23 Hawk Hawk mobile.jpg  United States Anti-aircraft 50 XXI variant
Bofors 40 mm Bofors-40-L70-hatzerim-2-1.jpg  Sweden Anti-aircraft

autocanon

100[55] Recently refurbished and made operational
AZP S-60 S-60-57mm-hatzerim-1.jpg  Soviet Union Autocanon ≈250 Recently refurbished and made operational

Radar systems

Model Image Origin Type In service
AN/MPQ-64 ELEC AN-MPQ-64 Sentinel Radar lg.jpg  United States Mobile radar Unknown
AN/FPS-117 RAAF AN-FPS-117 radar in 2007.jpg  United States Mobile radar Unknown
AN/TPQ-37 AN TPQ-37 Firefinder radar.JPEG  United States Mobile radar Unknown
 Germany Mobile radar Unknown

Army Aviation

These are aircraft in Iraqi Ground Forces command. For other aircraft see List of active aircraft of the Iraqi Air Force page.

Aircraft Image Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Transport
Lockheed C-130 Hercules Lockheed C-130 Hercules.jpg  United States Transport 12[56]
Antonov An-178 Antonov An-178 in military grey colours.jpeg  Ukraine Transport 6
Helicopters
Bell 407 Bell 407 GT.JPG  United States Light utility 25[57]
Bell UH-1 Iraqi air force UH-1H II Huey helicopter (cropped).jpg  United States Utility UH-1H 15[58]
Bell OH-58 Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior.jpg  United States Scout OH-58C 8[58]
Mil Mi-17 Mil Mi-17-V5 (Mi-8MTV-5), Russia - Air Force AN1905918.jpg  Russia Transport/Utility 42[58]
Mil Mi-8 Mi-8 kuljetushelikopteri.jpg  Russia Transport 65[58]
Mil Mi-24 Czech Mi-24 CIAF.JPG  Russia Attack Mi-35 14[58]
Mil Mi-28 VVS 100th IMG 0063 (cropped).jpg  Russia Close air support/Anti-armor 30[58]
Eurocopter EC635 Eurocopter EC-635 P2 Switzerland - Air Force T-358, LSMA Alpnach, Switzerland (modified).jpg Germany Utility/Light attack 24[58]
Trainer aircraft
Bell 407 Bell 407 GT.JPG  United States Trainer 8[58]
Bell OH-58 Hellfire armed OH-58 Kiowa in Iraq.jpg  United States Trainer OH-58C 11[58]
Bell UH-1 Iroquois UH1 Huey - Fly Navy 2017 (26938005897).jpg  United States Trainer 21[58]
Drones
RQ-11 Raven Raven UAV flying.jpg  United States unmanned aerial vehicle 10 Locally manufactured
CH-4 CH-4 UAV.jpeg  China MALE unmanned aerial vehicle CH-4B 4 Transferred from IQAF
 Iraq unmanned aerial vehicle Dozens Locally manufactured

See also

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