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Iraqi Armed forces

Iraq
Population
40,462,701
Military budget
10 billion $
Active personnel
193,000
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Baghdad
Area: 437,072 km2
Population: 40,462,701
Etnic groups: Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5%
Religions: Muslim 95-98% (Shia 64-69%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4%

Military branches

Iraqi Army (includes Army Aviation Command), Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force; National-Level Security Forces: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service, Prime Minister's Special Forces Division, Presidential Brigades; Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Energy Police Directorate; Popular Mobilization Commission and Affiliated Forces; Peshmerga Ministry (Kurdistan Regional Government)

Military service

18-49 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription.

Military expenditures

Military budget
10 billion $
Percent of GDP
3.5

Manpower

Active personnel
193,000
Reserve
553,000
Available
11,700,000

Land Forces

Tanks
827
AFV
4,249
Artillery
1,326
Self-propelled guns
244
Rocket artillery
472
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

TypeNameNumber
T-55 76
M1 Abrams 300
T-90S 73
T-72 378

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
BMP-3 300
- VN22 200
Oshkosh M-ATV 200
International MaxxPro 30
- MT-LB 400
- TM-170 Barracuda 12
BMP-1 600
BTR-80 100
- BTR-4 270
- BTR-94 50
M113 500
- M1117 324
- Caiman 250
- Saxon 60
- FV103 Spartan 100
- BRDM-2 18
- Otokar Akrep 400
- EE-9 Cascavel 35
Cougar 400

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
2S1 Gvozdika 90
- Type-83 38
M109 30
- AMX-GCT 86

Rocket artillery

Air Forces

Total aircraft
369
Fighters
0
Multirole
58
Attack
33
Helicopters
191
UCAV (combat drone)
12
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- KAI T-50 24
F-16 Fighting Falcon 34

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Aero L-159 14
Sukhoi Su-25 19

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Bell 407 40
- Bell 206 9
- Bell OH-58 10
- Aérospatiale Gazelle 10
Mil Mi-8/Mil Mi-17 43
Mil Mi-24 23
Mil Mi-28 17
- Eurocopter EC635 23
- Bell UH-1 16

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
CH-4B 12
Bayraktar TB2 -

Navy

Total naval
67
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
0
Corvettes
1
Submarines
0
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- -

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Assad-class 1

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- -

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.