Peshmerga - Current Equipment of The Peshmerga

Current Equipment of The Peshmerga

Unlike the other militias, the Peshmerga were not prohibited by the transitional government; the Kurdish army has been formed out of the Peshmerga. They are usually armed with AKMs, RPKs (light Soviet machine guns) and DShKs (heavy Soviet machine guns). During the American-led invasion the Peshmerga captured the rest of the arms of the Iraqi forces, consisting of more than 2,000 armored vehicles (some hundred of them PT-76s and a smaller number of T-55s) and an unknown number of artillery pieces.

  • Individual Weapons
    • Assault Rifle
      • AK-47 (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm. Standard Assault Rifle (along with AKM) of the Peshmerga)
      • AKM (Assault Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
      • Zastava M92 (Assault Rifle - 7.62x39 mm)
      • M4A1 (Assault Rifle - 5.56mm x 45 mm. Used in Anti-terror operations)
      • Heckler & Koch G3 (Battle Rifle - 7.62 × 51 mm)
      • M16 (Assault Rifle - 5.56 x 45 mm)
    • Submachine gun'
      • HK MP5 (Submachine gun - 9×19mm Parabellum)
    • Sniper Rifle
      • SVD Dragunov (Sniper Rifle - 7.62 × 54 mmR)
      • M-40A1 (Sniper Rifle - 7.62 × 51 mm)
      • Barrett M82A1 (Sniper Rifle - 12.7 x 99 mm)
      • Tabuk Sniper Rifle (Sniper Rifle - 7.62 x 39 mm)
      • M-24 SWS (Sniper Rifle - 7.62 × 51 mm )
      • Dragunov SVU (Sniper Rifle - 7.62x54R)
      • Zastava M91 (Sniper Rifle - 7.62 x 54 mm)
      • PSG1 (Sniper Rifle - 7.62x51)
    • Anti-Tank Explosive
      • RPG-7 (rocket-propelled grenade launcher - 40 mm)
      • RPG-29 (rocket-propelled grenade launcher - 105 mm)
      • AT4 (rocket-propelled grenade launcher - 84 mm)
      • AT-4 Spigot (rocket-propelled grenade launcher - 120 mm)
    • Air-Defence System
      • 50 Pantsir-S1 (ordered for 2014)
    • Man-Portable Air-Defence System
      • SA-7 Grail
      • SA-16 Gimlet
      • SA-18 Grouse
  • Vehicles
    • Main Battle Tank
      • T-54/T-55
      • T-62
      • T-72
    • Infantry Fighting Vehicle
      • BMP-1
    • Armoured Personal Carrier
      • MT-LB
      • BRDM-2
    • Military trucks
      • Ural-5323 (8x8 10-tons)
      • GAZ-33097 (4x4 2-tons)
      • GAZ-66 (4x4 2-tons)
      • Humvee
    • Pickup trucks
      • Toyota Hilux (4x4 "4Runner")
      • Nissan Titan
      • Defender-110
    • Self-Propelled Artillery
      • 122mm 2S1 M-1974 (122mm, maximum range with regular shell; 15.3 km, rocket assisted; 21.9 km)
      • 107mm Type 63 Multiple Rocket Launcher
      • 122mm BM-21 Grad Multiple Rocket Launcher
    • Towed Artillery
      • 105mm M-56
      • 122mm D-30 (122mm, maximum range with regular shell; 15.4 km, rocket assisted; 21.9 km)
      • 122mm M-30
      • 152mm D-1
    • Mortar
      • 82mm Vasilek
      • 81mm M252
      • 81mm M-29
      • 60mm M-224
      • 160mm Mortar M1943
    • Anti-Aircraft Gun
      • ZU-23-2
      • KS-30
  • Helicopters
      • Mil Mi-17
      • Mil Mi-8
      • Sikorsky S-333
      • Eurocopter EC120 Colibri

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