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   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   Grenade launcher   United States[17][18]

Portable guided missiles

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Model image Type Origin
MILAN   Wire-guided missile   France
  West Germany[19][20][21][22]
Spike   Anti-tank guided missile system   Israel[19][23]
HJ-8   Wire-guided missile   China[19][24]
BGM-71 TOW   Wire-guided missile   United States[25]
9M113 Konkurs   Wire-guided missile   Soviet Union[19]
9M133 Kornet   Laser beam-riding missile   Russia[19]

Tanks

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Model image Type Origin In Service
T-72     Soviet Union Main battle tank <63[26]
T-55     Soviet Union Main battle tank 322[27]
T-62     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     Soviet Union Howitzer 24[29]
M30     Soviet Union Howitzer 80[29]
2S1 Gvozdika     Soviet Union Self-propelled artillery 18[29][31]
M119     United States Howitzer 36-54[32][33]
M102 howitzer     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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