Iraq Military News

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A military parade was held in Baghdad on January 6 in honor of the 103rd anniversary of the creation of the Iraqi army. The military parade was hosted by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and members of the government. It is worth noting that the military equipment of the Iraqi army is widely represented by manufacturers from different countries; quite a lot of military equipment is Russian and American-made. At the parade one could see Iraqi tanks, Russian-made T-90S, and T-72M1 “Lion of Babylon”, Pantsir-S1 air defense systems, TOS-1A “Solntsepek” heavy flamethrower vehicles, BMP-3 and BMP-1 armored personnel carriers, MLRS BM-21 "Grad" and other military equipment. The parade included Iraqi tanks, American-made M1 Abrams, M113 armored personnel carriers and Humvee armored vehicles, M109A5 self-propelled guns and other military equipment. Iraqi aviation was represented by Chinese-Pakistani-made JF-17 Block fighters, which are replacing American F-16 aircraft, Russian-made Mi-35M helicopters and other aircraft.