Iraqi Army

Iraqi Defense Ministry receives T-90S tanks from Russia

Iraq’s Defense Ministry has received the first batch of 36 T-90S tanks under an arms contract with Russia

MOSCOW, February 19. /TASS/. Iraq’s Defense Ministry has received the first batch of 36 T-90S tanks under an arms contract with Russia, Shafaq News reported on Monday, citing Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army, Lieutenant-General Othman Al-Ghanmi.

Al-Ghanmi, who paid an inspection visit to Basra, confirmed that the 36 Russian-made tanks had been delivered to Iraq. The rest 37 such tanks under the contract would reach Iraq by late April.

Earlier, Arab media cited a source in the Iraqi defense ministry as saying that the T-90S tanks had been delivered to the port city of Umm Qasr on February 15 to be later transported by Baghdad.

The T-90S is an export modification of the T-90 tank. It has powerful armaments, a modern fire control system, reliable armor and high maneuverability. It operates day and night in various climatic conditions and is designed to fight tanks, self-propelled guns and other armored objects.


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T-90S tanks in Iraq



Recall that, as already reported by our blog, in the annual report of JSC Scientific-Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod for 2016 among the priority tasks for 2017 was the beginning of the implementation of the contract with the customer "368" [Iraq] for the delivery of the first batch of 73 In November 2017, the TASS agency reported with reference to the statement of the press service of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia that Russia is implementing a contract for the delivery of T-90S tanks to Iraq and that "the contract is being implemented in accordance with the approved parties to the schedule. "

In early February 2018, a video recording of the loading in the port of Ust-Luga (Leningrad region) on a vessel of T-90S tanks appeared, judging by the coloration intended for Iraq. On February 8, Russia's ambassador to Iraq Maxim Maximov said that the first batch of T-90S tanks in the amount of 46 units will be "soon delivered to Iraq." Tanks began arriving in Iraq in mid-February 2018.

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Video of the official demonstration of the first T-90S tanks delivered to Russia from Iraq by the Iraqi military command on April 14, 2018.

Iraqi 35th Brigade is rearmed from M1A1M Abrams tanks to Russian tanks T-90S

As the Ministry of Defense of Iraq reported on June 5, 2018, the 35th Brigade of the 9th Armored Division of the Iraqi Army is rearmed from the American M1A1M Abrams tanks to the T-90S tanks received from Russia. To date, the 35th Brigade has received 39 T-90S / SK tanks delivered from Russia, which are distributed between the two tank regiments (3rd and 4th) of the brigade. It is stated that the officers and rank and file of the 35th brigade were trained for T-90S tanks with the participation of Russian instructors. In turn, the Abrams tanks remaining in the 35th brigade were transferred to the 34th Brigade of the same 9th Armored Division, which is now apparently the only brigade of the Iraqi army equipped with Abrams tanks (includes two tank regiments - the 1st and 2nd).



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The Iraqi media reported on the purchase of 50 Belarusian ATGM "Shershen". The contract is concluded with CJSC ZNIP (Minsk, Smolenskaya str., 15a), which is the only authorized developer and manufacturer of anti-tank guided missile systems on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.



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The first shipment of BMP-3 was delivered to Iraq

The photographs from Iraq show that the first batch of infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3 of Russian production for the land forces of Iraq was finally delivered to this country.



On the bmpd side, we point out that the contract for Iraq's acquisition of BMP-3 was signed as early as 2014, but its implementation was delayed due to various problems. According to some sources, up to 500 BMP-3 should be delivered to Iraq. Previously, erroneous reports of Iraq getting the first shipment of infantry fighting vehicles appeared in February 2018.



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Mi-28NE and Mi-35M attack helicopters in Iraqi Army Aviation

























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Iraqi armored vehicle Hajjam 1

As reported by Jane's Defense Weekly magazine in an article by Mohammed Najib, "IQDEX-2019, the Iraqi company Samar Alkhair, which is part of the newly created united state defense industry company Iraqi State Military Industries Company, presented a sample of a light armored vehicle Hajjam 1 with a 4x4 wheel formula,



Armored car Hajjam 1 is made on the chassis of the off-road car Toyota Land Cruiser and is equipped with a 4.5-liter turbo diesel engine Toyota V8 with a capacity of 232 hp, connected to an automatic transmission. The car has a length of 4.7 m, a width of 1.8 m, a height of 2.1 m and declared protection level B6 armor (protection against the bullets of a Kalashnikov assault rifle of 7.62 × 39 mm from a distance of 10 m).

Iraqi State Military Industries Company Chief Engineer Hussein told Jane's that the machine was designed in accordance with the requirements of the Iraqi ministries of defense and interior and is offered in various versions.

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