Iraqi Army

The Iraqi Army is the ground force component of the armed forces of Iraqi Republic having been active in various incarnations throughout the 20th and 21st century. The Iraqi Army in its modern form was first created by the United Kingdom during the inter-war period of de facto British control of Mandatory Iraq.

Since the end of the sanctions in the mid-2000s, the Iraqi Army has been undergoing an extensive modernization purchasing new equipment from China and Russia.