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List of current equipment of the Peshmerga

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Equipment Of An army

The following is a list of equipment currently in use with the Peshmerga. It includes small arms, vehicles, artillery, anti-aircraft guns, and aircraft.

Small arms

Peshmerga soldiers stand in formation during the Modern Brigade Course graduation ceremony.
Peshmerga Soldier Operating An M4 Carbine.
Peshmerga Fighter Aiming Through An RPG-7 in Sinjar.
Name Origin Type Caliber Notes
Pistols
P1 Germany Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum
Rifles and carbines
AK-47 Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm
AKM Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm
M16 United States Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO M16A4 variant used.
M4 United States Assault carbine 5.56×45mm NATO
H&K G36 Germany Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO
H&K G3 Germany Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO
SVD Soviet Union Designated marksman rifle 7.62×54mmR
Zijiang M99 China Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×108mm
Machine guns
PKM Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR
M240B United States General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO
MG3 Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO Includes the Beretta MG 42/59 variant.
DShK Soviet Union Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm
M2 Browning United States Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO
Grenade launchers
Neopup PAW-20 Grenade launcher South Africa 20×42mm
Denel Y3 AGL Automatic grenade launcher South Africa 40×53mm
QLZ-87 Automatic grenade launcher China 35×32mmSR
Anti-tank weapons
RPG-7 Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade 40 mm
SPG-9 Soviet Union Recoilless gun 73 mm
Carl Gustaf Sweden Recoilless rifle 84 mm
M40 United States Recoilless rifle 105 mm
HJ-8 China Anti-tank guided missile 120 mm
9M14 Malyutka Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 125 mm
9M113 Konkurs Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 135 mm
9M133 Kornet Russia Anti-tank guided missile 152 mm
MILAN France / Germany Anti-tank guided missile 115 mm
BGM-71 TOW United States Anti-tank guided missile 152 mm

Combat vehicles

Peshmerga on a T-55-Tank outside Kirkuk.
Name Origin Variant Quantity Notes
Main battle tanks
T-55 Soviet Union T-54
T-55
T-62 Soviet Union
Type 69 China
Reconnaissance
EE-9 Cascavel Brazil
Armoured personnel carriers
MT-LB Soviet Union
EE-11 Urutu Brazil 2+
Type 63 China
MRAPs
Cougar United States 6×6
IAG Guardian United Arab Emirates
STREIT Group Spartan United Arab Emirates
BAE Caiman United States
Maxxpro United States
Reva South Africa
Wer'wolf MKII Namibia
Utility vehicles
Humvee United States M1151 36 Humvees and 77 up-armored Humvees supplied by the US in 2017
ATF Dingo Germany Dingo 1 Up to 18
M1117 United States
Otokar APV Turkey
Armoured recovery vehicle
Type 653 ARV China 1+

Artillery

Name Origin Type Caliber Quantity Notes
Self-propelled artillery
2S1 Gvodzika Soviet Union Self-propelled howitzer 122 mm
Towed artillery
M119 United States Howitzer 105 mm 36 M119A2 supplied by the US in 2017.
D-30 Soviet Union Howitzer 122 mm 6+
M-46 Soviet Union Field gun 130 mm
Type 59 China Field gun 130 mm
D-20 Soviet Union Gun-howitzer 152 mm
Multiple rocket launchers
Type 63 China Towed MRL 107 mm Mounted on technicals.
BM-21 Grad Soviet Union Self-propelled MRL 122 mm
HM20 Iran Self-propelled MRL 122 mm
Mortars
M224 United States Light mortar 60 mm
M252 United States Medium mortar 81 mm
M120 United States Heavy mortar 120 mm

Air defense

Name Origin Caliber Variant Notes
Anti-aircraft guns
ZPU Soviet Union 14.5×114mm ZPU-1
ZPU-2
ZPU-4 		Some mounted on technicals.
53T2 Tarasque France 20 mm Some mounted on technicals.
AZP S-60 Soviet Union 57 mm Some mounted on technicals.
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
ZSU-57-2 Soviet Union 57 mm

Aircraft

Aircraft Origin Type In service Notes
Helicopters
Airbus H135 France Transport 3+
MD Helicopters MD-350F United States Transport 2+

References

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  2. ^ Bender, Jeremy (30 June 2014). "As The Kurds Mobilize In Iraq, Here's A Look At What They Have In Their Arsenal". Business Insider. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ McNab 2023, p. 61.
  4. ^ Mehta, Aaron (19 April 2017). "State OKs Humvees, howitzers for Iraqi peshmerga in ISIS fight". Defense News. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  5. Stewart, Phil; Spetalnick, Matt (5 June 2015). "U.S. quietly starts channeling arms from $1.6 billion fund to Iraq". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ Smallwood, Michael (9 August 2023). "Kurdish Forces with Chinese QLZ87 Automatic Grenade Launcher & M99 Anti-materiel Rifle". Small Arms Defense Journal. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
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  9. ^ "The South African Defence Industry Database". Archived from the original on March 6, 2019.
  10. ^ IISS 2017, p. 563.
  11. ^ IISS 2017, p. 564.

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