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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

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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 [1]
Rifles and carbines
AK-47 Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm [2]
AKM Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm [3]
M16 United States Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO M16A4 variant used.[4]
M4 United States Assault carbine 5.56×45mm NATO [5]
H&K G36 Germany Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO [1]
H&K G3 Germany Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO [1]
SVD Soviet Union Designated marksman rifle 7.62×54mmR [3]
Zijiang M99 China Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×108mm [6]
Machine guns
PKM Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR [7]
M240B United States General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO [4]
MG3 Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO Includes the Beretta MG 42/59 variant.[1]
DShK Soviet Union Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm [8]
M2 Browning United States Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO [1][4]
Grenade launchers
Neopup PAW-20 Grenade launcher South Africa 20×42mm [9]
Denel Y3 AGL Automatic grenade launcher South Africa 40×53mm [9]
QLZ-87 Automatic grenade launcher China 35×32mmSR [6]
Anti-tank weapons
RPG-7 Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade 40 mm [2]
SPG-9 Soviet Union Recoilless gun 73 mm [10]
Carl Gustaf Sweden Recoilless rifle 84 mm [10]
M40 United States Recoilless rifle 105 mm [10]
HJ-8 China Anti-tank guided missile 120 mm [10]
9M14 Malyutka Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 125 mm [10]
9M113 Konkurs Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 135 mm [10]
9M133 Kornet Russia Anti-tank guided missile 152 mm [10]
MILAN France / Germany Anti-tank guided missile 115 mm [10]
BGM-71 TOW United States Anti-tank guided missile 152 mm [10]

Combat vehicles

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Peshmerga on a T-55-Tank outside Kirkuk.
Name Origin Variant Quantity Notes
Main battle tanks
T-55 Soviet Union T-54
T-55 		[10]
T-62 Soviet Union [10]
Type 69 China [10]
Reconnaissance
EE-9 Cascavel Brazil [10]
Armoured personnel carriers
MT-LB Soviet Union [10]
EE-11 Urutu Brazil 2+[10]
Type 63 China [10]
MRAPs
Cougar United States 6×6 [10]
IAG Guardian United Arab Emirates [10]
STREIT Group Spartan United Arab Emirates [10]
BAE Caiman United States [10]
Maxxpro United States [10]
Reva South Africa [10]
Wer'wolf MKII Namibia [10]
Utility vehicles
Humvee United States M1151 36 Humvees and 77 up-armored Humvees supplied by the US in 2017[4]
ATF Dingo Germany Dingo 1 Up to 18[10]
M1117 United States [10]
Otokar APV Turkey [10]
Armoured recovery vehicle
Type 653 ARV China 1+[10]

Artillery

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Name Origin Type Caliber Quantity Notes
Self-propelled artillery
2S1 Gvodzika Soviet Union Self-propelled howitzer 122 mm [10]
Towed artillery
M119 United States Howitzer 105 mm 36 M119A2 supplied by the US in 2017.[4]
D-30 Soviet Union Howitzer 122 mm 6+[10]
M-46 Soviet Union Field gun 130 mm [10]
Type 59 China Field gun 130 mm [10]
D-20 Soviet Union Gun-howitzer 152 mm [10]
Multiple rocket launchers
Type 63 China Towed MRL 107 mm Mounted on technicals.[11]
BM-21 Grad Soviet Union Self-propelled MRL 122 mm [11]
HM20 Iran Self-propelled MRL 122 mm [11]
Mortars
M224 United States Light mortar 60 mm [2]
M252 United States Medium mortar 81 mm [11]
M120 United States Heavy mortar 120 mm [11]

Air defense

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Name Origin Caliber Variant Notes
Anti-aircraft guns
ZPU Soviet Union 14.5×114mm ZPU-1
ZPU-2
ZPU-4 		Some mounted on technicals.[11]
53T2 Tarasque France 20 mm Some mounted on technicals.[11]
AZP S-60 Soviet Union 57 mm Some mounted on technicals.[11]
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
ZSU-57-2 Soviet Union 57 mm [11]

Aircraft

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Aircraft Origin Type In service Notes
Helicopters
Airbus H135 France Transport 3+[11]
MD Helicopters MD-350F United States Transport 2+[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Holtom & Rigual 2015, p. 110.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b McNab 2023, p. 61.
  4. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ Ackerman, Elliot (17 November 2014). "Eight Men, and One Gun, on the Iraqi Front". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  8. ^ Bosch, Marius (7 November 2016). "The Kurdish gun fixer taking aim at Islamic State". Reuters. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  9. ^ a b "The South African Defence Industry Database". Archived from the original on March 6, 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af IISS 2017, p. 563.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k IISS 2017, p. 564.

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