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The Iraqi 3rd Armoured Division alone lost about a hundred T-62 tanks, while no Abrams or Challengers were lost to enemy fire. The Lion of Babylon (or Asad Babil) was a name given to what was a locally produced variant of the Soviet T-72 tank during the late-1980s. The name is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to standard T-72s in Iraqi ...
Iraq: Main battle tank Local upgrade of the Type 69-II. Designated as the Al-Najm or Al-Faw [41] T-62 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia: Main battle tank 2,850 [23] T-72 Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia: Main battle tank [23] 1,588 [42] T-72M1: Lion of Babylon (tank) Iraq: Main battle tank Locally assembled T-72M1 using Polish knock-down kits, none ...
By late May, T-62Ms and T-62MVs were transported by train to Ukraine, with additional reports indicating more T-62 tanks being sent towards Mykolaiv and Kryvyi Rih on June 5. [40] In early June, T-62 tanks equipped with improvised slat armor, similar to that used on more modern Russian T-72 and T-80 tanks, were identified in Kherson Oblast. [41]
It was equipped with T-72 and T-62 tanks. [56] The T-62 tank being its primary system. [57] Overall the primary tank of the Iraqi forces was the T-55 tank. [58] The Iraqis fielded them in great numbers. [58] The Iraqis also had elements of two other independent armored brigades in theater, those being the 50th and 29th Armored Brigades. [45]
7.62×39mm Iraq [citation needed] Machine guns. Model Image Caliber Origin Details M249: 5.56×45mm NATO ... Soviet Union Iraq: Main battle tank 480 T-72M/M1
Marine M60A1 tankers had tallied impressive totals against the Iraqi armored forces. The 1st Tank Battalion claimed 50 Iraqi T-55 and T-62 tanks and 25 APCs. The 3rd Battalion claimed 57 T-55s and T-62s (plus 5 T-72s), 7 APCs, and 10 trucks. The 8th Battalion destroyed more than three dozen tanks and a number of other vehicles. [9]
Captured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles. F1 [29] Hand grenade Soviet Union Captured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles. HG 85: Hand grenade Switzerland: Shipped to Syria by the UAE via Jordan. [30] RBG-6: Grenade launcher Croatia: Used in Syria and Iraq. [21] B-10: Recoilless rifle Soviet Union Stolen from the Iraqi or Syrian Army. [21] SPG-9 ...
T-62: 260 Soviet Union: Most either destroyed or scrapped during NATO occupation. Those that remain are now under Taliban control. Albania: Type 59: 40 tanks in service. Albania retired most operational T-54/T-55 and Type 59 MBTs in 2001. They were subsequently put up for sale. [1] Algeria [2] T-62: 270 Soviet Union: T-64: 300 Soviet Union: T ...