IRAQ

5. IRAQ
Contents Major Changes ....................................................................................... 1 General Data .......................................................................................... 1 Arms Trade............................................................................................ 3 Armed Forces......................................................................................... 4 Ground Forces........................................................................................ 5 Air Wing ............................................................................................... 8 Navy ................................................................................................... 10 Major Non-Governmental Paramilitary Forces ......................................... 12 Major Changes
The air force ordered 36 F-16 C/D combat aircraft to be delivered beginning September 2014. The air force also received of its six C-130J transport aircraft from the USA. The air force has also received lightly armed utility helicopters from USA and France. The navy received all of its 12 "Swiftships" light patrol boats and two offshore support vessels. We have included in this report a separate section dealing with the independent Kurdish forces, which are using now some T-55 tanks as well as MRLs, APCs, MANPADS and even some light helicopters and gyroplanes.

General Data
Official Name of the State: The Republic of Iraq Head of State: President Jalal Talabani Prime Minister: Nouri al-Maliki Minister of Defense: Saadun al-Dulaimi Minister of Interior: Jawad al-Bulani Chief of General Staff: Lt. General Babakir Bederkhan Shawkat al-Zibari Commander of the Ground Forces: Lt. General Ali Ghaidan Majid Commander of the Air Force: Lt. General Anwar Hamad Amen Ahmed Commander of the Navy: Vice Admiral Ali Hussein Ali Area:. 432,162 sq. km. Population: 33,700,000 est.

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Demography Ethnic groups

Arabs Kurds Turkmens Assyrians and others

Religious groups

26,758,000 5,729,000 809,000 404,000 18,535,000 14,154,000 1,011,000

79.4% 17% 2.4% 1.2% 55.0% 42.0% 3.0%

Shi'ite Muslims Sunni Muslims Christians, Yazidis, and others

Economic Data
GDP (current prices) GDP per capita Real GDP growth Consumer price index Current account balance $bn $ % % $bn

Government expenditure

2008 131.6 4,328 6.5 2.7 16.8

2009 111.7 3,575 4.2 -2.2 -9.3

2010 135.5 4,278 0.9 2.4 4.1

2011 180.6 5,529 9.9 5.6 22.5

2012 212.5 6,305 NA 6.1 14.9

% 57.2 58.9 50.7 44.6 44.2 Public expenditure/ GDP $ bn 3.2 3.0 3.6 5.6 NA Defense expenditure % 23.0 -6.3 20.0 55.5 NA Real change in defense expenditure 2.4 2.7 2.7 3.1 NA Defense expenditure/GDP % Population m 30.4 31.2 31.7 32.6 33.7 Official exchange rate ID: $1 1,172 1,168 1,170 1,170 1,170 Sources: IMF Financial Statistical Yearbook, SIPRI Yearbook, World Bank Statistical Yearbook.

Foreign Military Cooperation

Type Foreign forces Security cooperation

Details USA (157 troops) France (2009), GCC states (2005) , Jordan (2010), Kuwait (2011), UK (2005)

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Arms Trade
Arms Procurement and Security Assistance Received
Country Bulgaria Czech Republic France Germany Italy Russia Serbia Turkey UK Ukraine USA Type Arms transfers Arms transfers Details MT-LB APCs (2012) L-159 aircraft (2013)

Arms transfers Arms transfers Arms transfers Arms transfers Arms transfers Arms transfers Military training Arms transfers Assistance Arms transfers

Military training Upgrading facilities

Mirage F1 aircraft (2009), SA-342 Gazelle helicopters (2010) EC635 helicopters (2012) Diciotti corvettes (2009) Pantsir-S1 SAMs (2012), Mi-28E helicopters (2013) Lasta-95 training aircraft (2011) Otokar and Cobra APCs (2009) Training of Iraqi Navy (2009), training of decontamination personnel (2012) BTR-4 IFVs (2012), An-32 aircraft (2012), BREM ARVs (2011) $550 Million in military aid (2009) HMMWV Light armored vehicles (2010), C3ISR systems (2010), C-130J aircraft (2012), ILAV APCs (2012), Mi-17 helicopters (2011), Bell AI-407 helicopters (2013), M1117 APCs (2010), M1A1 MBTs (2013), M1070 HETs (2011), Defender PBs (2009), Swiftships PBs (2013), OSV Offshore support vessels (2013), T-6A aircraft (2010), Shadow UAVs (2009), Up-Armored vehicles (2009), TPS-77 radar (2011), ASR-11 radars (2012), M113 APCs (2013), F-16 C/D aircraft (2013), M88 ARV (2012); Andros HD-1 robots (2010), 155mm M198 guns (2011), TPQ-36/37 radars (2012), 155mm M109A5 guns (2011), AT4/NLAW ATGM (2010), DB-110 reconnaissance pods (2012), Sniper ATP pods (2012), AH-64 Apache helicopters (2013), Mk-80 bombs (2013) Advisers in Iraq (2012) upgrading AFBs (2011), Border Posts (2009), construction at Umm-Qasr naval base (2013)

NBC Capabilities Nuclear capability

Signed and ratified the CTBT.

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Chemical weapons and protective equipment
Signed and ratified the CWC.

Biological weapons

Signed and ratified the BWC.

Command and Control Assets Air defense

BACC Name

Description

Maritime surveillance system

Naval surveillance Border surveillance

National AD EW network, connecting ground based radars with regional command centers.

Contracts issued for the construction of national network, integrating land based radars, CCD and IR sensors, with mobile assets and command centers. To become operational by 2013.

DBE

Regional network, connecting sensors and border posts with regional command centers.

Armed Forces
Order-of-Battle General data
Year Personnel (regular) 2009 250,000 190 171 3,440* 2010 250,000 224 200 3,440 24 3 18 4 60 2011 250,000 224 289 3,575 250 3 17 6 71 2012 273,000 224 295 4,600 956 3 17 13 104 24 2013 273,000 224 295 4,770 956 3 17 16 124 27

Ground forces
Number of Battalions Tanks APCs/AFVs Artillery

Air force

15 16 18 Patrol crafts Note: The number in parentheses refers to the total inventory. * Due to changes in categorization

Navy

Combat aircraft Reconnaissance aircraft Transport aircraft Helicopters

3 18* 4* 53

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Personnel Ministry of Defense

Trained 260,000 2,400 3,500 4,000 4,200 273,200

Reserves

Total 260,000 2,400 3,500 4,000 4,200 273,200

Iraqi National Army Army Aviation Air Force Navy Special Operation Forces Total

Ministry of Interior

Federal Police 44,000 44,000 Department of Border 60,000 60,000 Enforcement Facility Protection Service 95,000 95,000 Oil Police 30,000 30,000 Total 230,000 230,000 Note: The numbers for Ministry of Interior do not include Civilian Police Force.

Ground Forces
Formations Ministry of Defense
Corps/ HQ 6 3 9 1 11 34 4 2 2 6 1 60 30 15 Divisions Brigades

Joint corps Infantry Mechanized/ Motorized Armored Presidential Guards Infrastructure protection Special Operations Force Naval Marine Infantry Total MoD

1 14 4

Ministry of Interior
Federal Police Border Police

Tanks MBTs

Model

Quantity 77 72 146 295 175

In service 77 72 146 295

Since 2005 2004 2010

Notes

Future procurement
M1A1

T-72 T-55 M1A1 Total

Under negotiations

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APCs/AFVs APCs
Model BTR-4K BTR-80 ILAV MT-LB M113 A2 REVA BTR-94 M1117 ASV AT105 Saxon Panhard M3 FV103 Spartan Subtotal

Quantity 140 100 630 61 1,300 200 39 244 60 44 26 2,784 82 360 35 477

In service 140 100 630 61 1,300 200 39 244 60 44 26 2,784 82 360 35 477

Since 2011 2007 2007 2004 2007/2012 2006 2004 2005 2007 2004 2004

Notes Being delivered Including 55 Badger routeclearing vehicles Refurbished from USA drawdown In service with FP In service with FP In service with FP In service with ERF

IFVs

Light armored vehicles

BTR-4 IFV BMP-1 EE-9 Subtotal

2011 2005 2007

Being delivered

Dzik-3 Armored Land Cruiser SUV M1114/51 (HMMWV)

600 110 +

600 110 +

2005 2007 2006

In service with FP Total of 10,000 vehicles form US drawdown

Future Procurement
ILAV MT-LB BTR-4

Otokar Mohafiz / Defender110 Subtotal Total

600 200 1,510 4,770 14 500 420

600 200 1,510 4,770

2006 2006

Delivery in 2014 Under negotiations Delivery in progress; including 270 IFVs, 140 APCs, and 10 ARVs

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Artillery

Self-propelled guns Towed guns

155mm M109A5 155mm M198 152mm M84 155mm GHN-45 130mm M-46 122mm D-30 Subtotal 120mm M120

Model

Quantity 24 120 54 12 18 12 216 550 130 680 18 18 36 956

In service 24 120 54 12 18 12 216 550 130 680 18 18 36 956

Since 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2009

Notes

Being delivered

Mortars

2010 2010

MRLs

81mm M252 Subtotal 107mm Type 63 SP

Some mounted on M1064 APCs

2011 2009

122mm BM-21 Subtotal Total

Mounted on F-350 chassis

Anti-Tank Missiles
Model AT4-CS/ MSAW

Launchers +

Missiles +

Since 2010

Notes

Ground Radars Future procurement

AN/TPQ-36 AN/TPQ-48 Model

Quantity 12 18

In service

Since

Notes Under negotiations Under negotiations

Logistic and Engineering Equipment

M88 ARV (16), BREM ARV (30), Andros HD-1 IED robots, International HET (40), M1070 HET (60), Badger RCV (55)

Future procurement

M88 ARV (21), BREM ARV (10)

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Air Force
Order-of-Battle
Category Combat Reconnaissance Transport Helicopters Quantity 3 17 16 124 In service 3 17 16 124 Notes

Combat Aircraft Light attack

Total Model AC-208B Caravan

Quantity 3 3 28 36

In service 3 3

Since 2008

Notes Armed with AGM114 Hellfire ATGMs

Future procurement
L-159B/T F-16 C/D

Under negotiations Delivery beginning in 2014

Model C-172 Skyvan TC-208 Caravan T-6A Texan Lasta-95 Total

Training and Liaison Aircraft

Quantity 12 5 15 20 52

In service 12 3 15 20 50

Since 2007 2007 2009 2010

Notes

Model King Air 350ER C-130J-30 C-130E An-32 Total

Transport Aircraft

Quantity 1 6 3 6 16

In service 1 6 3 6 16

Since 2008 2012 2005 2011

Notes VIP/training

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Helicopters Attack helicopters Medium transport

Mi-17 Mi-171E UH-1HP EC 635 IA-407 Subtotal Model

Quantity 20 24 44 16 21 16 53 4 6 3 9 5 27 124 6 30

In service 20 24 44 16 21 16 53 4 6 3 9 5 27 124

Since 2011 2012

Notes

2006 2010 2006

Upgraded to Huey II standard

Light transport

Subtotal

EC 635T AS-342M Gazelle

2010 2010 2010 2008 2004

Future procurement
AH-64 Apache Mi-28E

Bell T-407 OH-58 Bell 206 Subtotal Total

From French drawdown

On lease form US army Under negotiations

Miscellaneous Aircraft
SB7L-360 Seeker Sama CH2000 RC-208 Caravan King Air 350 ISR Subtotal

Reconnaissance

Model

Quantity 2 7 3 5 17 +

In service 2 7 3 5 17

Since 2004 2004 2008 2008

Notes

UAVs

Shadow UAV

2009

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Advanced armament Air-to-Ground Missiles:

AGM-114M Hellfire (200)

Reconnaissance Pods: Future procurement:

Lynx-2 SAR (6), MX-15 IO (6) DB-110 reconnaissance pods (4), Sniper ATP pods

Air Force Infrastructure Military airfields : 10

al-Ali, al-Assad, Basra, Kirkuk, Kut, al-Muthanna (Baghdad international) Shaibah, alTaji, Taqaddum, Tikrit

Air Defense Forces

Surface-to-Air Missiles Future procurement
TWQ-1 Avenger Pantsir-S1 Model Batteries Launchers 8 50 Since Notes

Other Air Defense Systems Radars

Model ASR-11 DASR TPS-77 radar

Quantity 3 2

In service 3 2

Since 2009 2011

Notes

Part of BACC AD network

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Navy
Patrol Craft
Type Quantity 4 12 5 2 4 27 3 Length (m.) / displacement (t.) 53.4/ 390 35m 27m 15/ 22 12.5/ 11 Notes / armament 1x30mm MOD 584 gun 2x12.7mm MGs RIB launching 1x30mm DS30M gun 1x12.7mm MG Ex-Italian coast guard Ex-Italian coast guard

Fatah (Diciotti class) Swiftships 35PB 1208 Predator class Type 200 Type 2010 Total

Future procurement

Swiftships 35PB 1208

35m

Under negotiations

Auxiliary vessels
Type al-Shams al-Basrah OSV Total

Quantity 1 2 3

Length (m.) / displacement (t.) 60m

Notes / armament Supply ship Offshore support vessels 2x30mm Seahawk guns

Special Maritime Forces

Type Sea Spray attack craft Defender class RIBs Total

Quantity 24 26 10 60

Length (m.)/ displacement (t.) 9.5m 8m 11/9

Notes/armament

2x12.7mm MGs

Naval Infrastructure Naval bases 3

al-Faw, al-Zubair, Umm Qasr

Ship maintenance and repair facilities

maintenance facilities at Umm Qasr

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Major Non-Governmental Paramilitary Forces

Kurdish forces Personnel
Kurdish Regional Guards/ Peshmerga Active 70,000 Reserves 100,000 Total 170,000

Equipment

Organization

Category Tanks APCs

Artillery Helicopters Anti-aircraft

System T-55 BMP-1 MT-LB EE 11 107mm Type 63 122mm BM-21 EC 120 MTO Aotugyro SA-14/16

Quantity + + + + + + 5 5 +

Notes

Anti Governmental organizations Security Assistance Received

Country Iran Type Arms transfers Details 220mm MRLs, 107mm MRLs, 37mm AD gun (2011), 175mm Falaq-1 MRLs (2008) Funding for Islamic fundamentalists (2009) Instructors from IRGCs al-Quds brigades in Iraq (2009) Instructors from Iranian sponsored Hizbullah (2008) Active Reserves Total + + + + + 30,000 800 40,000 1,400

Assistance Military training Lebanon Military training

Personnel
Ansar al-Islam Ansar al-Sunna Al-Shaab al-Haq Al-Quds Brigades Hizbullah Brigades Badr Brigades (SCIRI) Jayish Mohammed Jaysh Mahadi Tawhid and Jihad (Zarqawi network)

+ + 800 1,400

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Equipment

Organization

Category Anti-Tank Artillery

Air-defense

System RPG-29 240mm MRLs 220mm MRLs 122mm BM-21 107mm MRLs 175mm Falaq-1 Misagh-1 37mm AD gun SA-7 SAMs

Quantity

Notes

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