In the days leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Iraqi Regular Army consisted of 300,000 troops, organized into 5 corps. In all, there were 11 infantry divisions, 3 mechanized divisions, and 3 armored divisions. This article contains information that has not been verified. ... A corps (a word that immigrated from the French language, pronounced like English core, but originating in the Latin corpus, corporis meaning body; plural same as singular) is either: a large military unit or formation, or(ii) a regiment with a support function. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ... Mechanized military units are otherwise slow-moving or immobile military units that have had trucks or other ground transport systems added to their formation to add to or improve their mobility. ... A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ...

Order of battle, January 10, 2003

The force was primarily located in eastern Iraq.

• 1st Corps -- near Kirkuk
  • 5th Mechanized Division
  • 2nd Infantry Division
  • 8th Infantry Division
  • 38th Infantry Division
• 2nd Corps -- near Diyala
  • 3rd Armored Division
  • 15th Infantry Division
  • 34th Infantry Division
• 3rd Corps -- near An Nasiriyah
  • 6th Armored Division
  • 51st Mechanized Division
  • 11th Infantry Division
• 4th Corps -- near Al Amarah
  • 10th Armored Division
  • 14th Infantry Division
  • 18th Infantry Division
• 5th Corps -- near Mosel
  • 1st Mechanized Division
  • 4th Infantry Division
  • 7th Infantry Division
  • 16th Infantry Division

In addition, there was an armored infantry division or battlegroup in western Iraq. The author does not know how this fits into the order of battle. Kirkuk (Kurdish: Kerkûk, Arabic: كركوك) is an ancient city in Iraq, sitting near the Hasa River on the ruins of a 3,000-year-old settlement. ... Diyala is one of the constituent governorates of the nation of Iraq. ... Nāşirīyah (also transliterated as Nassiriya or Nasiriya; in Arabic ناصرية, al-Nasiriyah or an-Nasiriyah) is a city in Iraq. ... Amarah (sometimes written al-Amarah), is a city in southeastern Iraq, located next to the Tigris River waterway south of Baghdad, at 32°10N 46°03E. Predominately Shiite, it had a population of about 340,000 as of 2002. ... Mosel may mean the following: the river Moselle in its German spelling a part of the wine-growing-region Mosel-Saar-Ruwer in Germany Mosel, Iraq This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... An order of battle (often abbreviated as ORBAT or OOB) is an organizational tool used by military intelligence to list and analyze enemy military units. ...

Equipment

Estimated quantities for certain types are listed in () after the name.

• Main battle tanks
  • T-72: (2003: 700; 1990: 1000)
  • T-62: (2003: 500; 1990: 1500)
  • T-54/T-55: (2003: 500; 1990: 1500)
  • Type 59/Type 69: (2003: 500; 1990: 1500)
  • Chieftain: (1990: 30)
  • M47 Patton/M60: (1990: 20)
• Armoured fighting vehicles
  • Panhard AML: (300)
  • BMP-1/BMP-2: (2003: 900; 1990: 1500)
  • BRDM: (1990: 1300)
  • EE-3 Jararaca: (1990: 300)
  • EE-9 Cascaval: (1990: 600)
  • FV 601 Saladin: (2000: 100)
  • FV 701 Ferret: (1995: 90)
  • OT-65
  • PT-76: (2003: 100)
• Armoured personnel carriers
  • BTR-152/BTR-50/BTR-60
  • EE-11 Urutu
  • M113
  • MT-LB: (1990: 1500)
  • OT-62/OT-64
  • Panhard M3
  • Walid
  • YW531: (1990: 1000)
  • YW701
• Self-propelled artillery
  • 122 mm 2S1 Gvozizka
  • 152 mm 2S3 Akatsiya
  • 155 mm G6 Rhino
  • 155 mm GCT F1: (1990: 85)
  • 155 mm M109
  • 210 mm Al Fao
• Towed artillery
  • 105 mm M-56
  • 122 mm D-30: (1990: 100)
  • 122 mm D-74
  • 122 mm M1938 gun: (1990: 400)
  • 130 mm M-46
  • 130 mm Type 59 gun
  • 152 mm M1937 gun
  • 152 mm M1943 gun
  • 155 mm Denel G5
  • 155 mm GHN-45
  • 155 mm M114
• Anti-tank guns
  • 85 mm
  • 100 mm
• Anti-tank missiles
  • AT-3 Sagger
  • AT-4 Spigot
  • HOT ATGM
  • Milan ATGM
  • SS.11
• Rocket launchers
  • 107 mm rockets
  • 122 mm BM-21
  • 127 mm ASTROS II: (1990: 60)
  • 132 mm BM-13/BM-16
  • 180 mm ASTROS SS-30
  • 262 mm Ababeel 50: (1990: 50)
  • 300 mm ASTROS SS-60
• Tactical ballistic missiles
  • FROG-7: (1990: 50)
  • Scud-B: (1990: 36; 2003: 27)
  • Scud launch vehicles: (2003: 6)
  • Abbas
  • Husseyn
• Attack helicopters
  • MBB Bo 105: (1990: 56)
  • Mil Mi-24 Hind: (1990: 40)
  • SA 316 Alouette III: (1990: 30)
  • SA 321 Super Frelon: (1990: 13)
  • SA 342 Gazelle: (1990: 50)
• Utility helicopters
  • Agusta A109: (1990: 3)
  • Agusta-Bell AB 212: (1990: 5)
  • Agusta-Sikorsky AS 61: (1990: 5)
  • Bell 214ST: (1990: 40)
  • Hughes 300C: (1990: 30)
  • Hughes 500D: (1990: 30)
  • Hughes 530F: (1990: 26)
  • MBB BK 117
  • Mil Mi-4 Hound: (1990: 20)
  • Mil Mi-6 Hook: (1990: 15)
  • Mil Mi-8/Mi-17 Hip: (1990: 140)
  • SA 330 Puma: (1990: 20)

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Resources

• Global Security: Iraqi Ground Forces Equipment

See Also

• New Iraqi Army
• Military of Iraq
• Iraqi Republican Guard
• US plan to invade Iraq