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M1 Abrams tanks in Iraqi service, January 2011

Tanks have been utilized in Iraq both within the military and within several conflicts with their usage and origin after World War II; the Cold War; and the modern era. This includes imported Soviet tanks as well as British designs imported after World War II, and current American ones.[1]

  1. ^ "Iraqi Tanks". 12 September 2015.

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Tanks of Iraq

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Tanks have been utilized in Iraq both within the military and within several conflicts with their usage and origin after World War II; the Cold War; and...

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Type 69 tank

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were the first indigenously developed main battle tanks by China, although also classified as medium tanks while in development and service. Their lineage...

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Tanks of the Soviet Union

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to produce tanks which later made the famous T-34 and other Soviet tanks. Imperial Russia had flirted with some designs such as the Tsar Tank which was...

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Gulf War

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dug in enemy tanks in ambush positions. For a few hours, bypassed Iraqi RPG-equipped anti-tank teams, T-55 tanks, and dismounted Iraqi infantry fired...

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M1 Abrams

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effective range of the main gun in the Iraqi tanks was less than 6,600 feet (2,000 m). This meant Abrams tanks could hit Iraqi tanks before the enemy...

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Battle of Norfolk

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dug in enemy tanks in ambush positions. For a few hours, bypassed Iraqi RPG equipped anti-tank teams, T-55 tanks, and dismounted Iraqi infantry fired...

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Tanks of Iran

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imported Soviet tanks and those from China as well. Iran originally had ordered tanks from Czechoslovakia before the war began but then it got tanks from Great...

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Tanks of the United States

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in tank design, the first American tanks to see service were copies of French light tanks and a joint heavy tank design with the United Kingdom. In the...

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2003 invasion of Iraq

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June 2015. "During Operation Iraqi Freedom, as many as 40 Abrams tanks were damaged by RPGs. Most were repaired." Battle Tanks: Power in the Field, Page...

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Iraq

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Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. With a population of over 46...

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Iraq War

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2 billion arms sale to Iraq". UPI. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2011. "Iraqi Army receives last shipment of Abrams tanks" Archived 28 September...

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Iraqi Ground Forces

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destroy Iraqi tanks from well outside the distance (e.g. 8,200 ft to Iraqi ranges of 6,600 ft) that Iraqi tanks could engage. The Iraqi tank guns were...

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Battle of 73 Easting

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prisoners, and continued east with the two tank platoons leading. The 9 M1A1 tanks of Eagle Troop destroyed 28 Iraqi tanks, 16 personnel carriers and 30 trucks...

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Iraqi invasion of Iran

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city, forcing the Iraqis to traverse through narrow strips of land. Iraqi tanks launched attacks with no infantry support, and many tanks were lost to Iranian...

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Highway of Death

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border town of Safwan in Iraq and then on to the Iraqi city of Basra. The road was used by Iraqi armored divisions for the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. It...

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Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

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Iraqi invasion of Kuwait began on 2 August 1990 and marked the beginning of the Gulf War. After defeating the State of Kuwait on 4 August 1990, Iraq went...

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Islamic State

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Tanks in World War II

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Tanks were an important weapons system in World War II. Although tanks in the inter-war years were the subject of widespread research, few were made,...

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Tank destroyer

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Sheridan light tank of the mid-1960s. British tanks in the early years of the war, both infantry tanks and cruiser tanks, were (with the exception of the pre-war...

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List of current equipment of the Iraqi Ground Forces

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More Tanks To Iraq". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2022-01-07. "Iraqi Ground Forces Equipment". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2022-01-07. "Iraq Receives...

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