List of current equipment of the Peshmerga

The following is a list of equipment currently in use with the Flag of Kurdistan Peshmerga.

Infantry weapons

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Assault and battle rifles

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Peshmerga soldiers stand in formation during the Modern Brigade Course graduation ceremony.
Peshmerga Soldier Operating An M4 Carbine.
Model image Caliber Origin
M16 5.56×45mm NATO  United States[1]
M4 carbine 5.56×45mm NATO  United States[2][3]
Heckler & Koch G36 Gewehr G36 noBG 5.56×45mm NATO  Germany[4]
G3 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany[5]
AKM 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union[6][2]

Machine guns

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Peshmerga ceremony in Zakho Military Academy.
Peshmerga Fighter Aiming Through An RPG-7 in Sinjar.
Peshmerga Fighter Of The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan In The Qandil Mountains Near The Iranian Border.
Model image Caliber Origin
M249 5.56×45mm NATO  United States[7]
M240 7.62×51mm NATO  United States[8]
MG 3 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany[9]
RPK 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union[10]
PK machine gun 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union[11]
M2 Browning .50 BMG  United States[12]
DShK 12.7×108mm  Soviet Union[13]

Grenade launchers

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Model image Type Origin
Neopup PAW-20 Grenade launcher  South Africa[14]
Denel Y3 AGL Grenade launcher  South Africa[15]
QLZ-87 Grenade launcher  China[16]
Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher Mk 18 Mod 0 & Mk 20 Mod 0 Grenade Launchers at War Remnants Museum (Ho Chi Minh City) Grenade launcher  United States[17][18]

Portable guided missiles

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Model image Type Origin
MILAN MILAN-VBLB Wire-guided missile  France
 West Germany[19][20][21][22]
Spike Anti-tank guided missile system  Israel[19][23]
HJ-8 BaktarShikan3 Wire-guided missile  China[19][24]
BGM-71 TOW TOW Ejército Español Wire-guided missile  United States[25]
9M113 Konkurs 9P135 Fagot missile launcher at Engineering Technologies 2012 Wire-guided missile  Soviet Union[19]
9M133 Kornet Kornet-E (1) Laser beam-riding missile  Russia[19]

Tanks

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Model image Type Origin In Service
T-72 T-72A - Patriot Museum, Kubinka (37756848074)  Soviet Union Main battle tank <63[26]
T-55 Imperial War Museum North - T-55 tank 1  Soviet Union Main battle tank 322[27]
T-62 ParkPatriot2015part10-16  Soviet Union Main battle tank 186[28]

Rockets and artillery

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Model image Type Origin In Service
D-30  Soviet Union Howitzer 200[29][30]
D-20 152mm D-20 Moldova  Soviet Union Howitzer 24[29]
M30 VDVHistorymuseum-21  Soviet Union Howitzer 80[29]
2S1 Gvozdika 6742 - Moscow - Poklonnaya Hill - Tank  Soviet Union Self-propelled artillery 18[29][31]
M119 220128-A-HE359-0077 - 4-319th AFAR, 173rd AB live fire with M119 howitzers (Image 3 of 13)  United States Howitzer 36-54[32][33]
M102 howitzer M102 Howitzer A1206 Tai Iraq 2004  United States Howitzer 54-84[29]
BM-21 Grad  Soviet Union Multiple rocket launcher 24[29]
Type 63  China Multiple rocket launcher 40[29]

References

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