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The average Iraqi soldier is equipped with an assortment of uniforms ranging from the Desert Camouflage Uniform, the six color "Chocolate Chip" DBDU and the woodland pattern BDU to the US MARPAT or Jordanian KA7. The Iraqi Special Forces, known as ISOF, also use Chinese PLA Type 03 camouflage and U.S. Multi cam.
The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), also referred to as the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was formerly known as the Royal Iraqi Army up until the coup of July 1958. The current commander is Lieutenant General Qassim Muhammad ...
On August 2, 2003, the first battalion of new Iraqi Army (IA) recruits started a nine-week training course at a training base in Qaraqosh. They graduated on October 4, 2003. [29] In the interim, the new army had been formally established by Coalition Provisional Authority Order 22 of August 18, 2003. [1]
The uniform – designed by Nike – will recognize the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and its Dogface Soldiers for the 20th anniversary year of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Army uniform highlights:
"قاعدة الترشيعات العراقية/نظام شارات رتب ضباط الجيش لعام 1942" [Iraqi Legislation Base/Army Officer Rank Insignia System 1942] (PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2017 "Iraq". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia
10,000 Tantals were sold to Iraq in mid-2000. [3] AKM: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: Used by previous Iraqi army. Some captured from the Islamic State. Mostly kept in storage. Used in parades. [citation needed] Zastava M70: 7.62×39mm Yugoslavia Iraq: In limited use. [citation needed]
During Operation Bright Star 1995, Third Army personnel wore the three-color uniform while troops from Fort Bragg (330th MCC) wore the six-color uniform for the 75-day exercise. In the 2003 invasion of Iraq , the U.S. military did not use the DBDU, and instead mostly used the DCU's tri-color pattern and to a lesser extent, the MARPAT camouflage ...
As a result, during the Iraq War prior to the adoption of the Army Combat Uniform, most U.S. Army soldiers in Iraq were wearing woodland-patterned OTVs atop Desert Camouflage Uniforms, [17] resulting in them being easier to spot from a distance in a desert environment like Iraq. [17]