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Order of battle during the Iran–Iraq War

November 28, 2023

These are the orders of battle of the Iraqi and Iranian armies for the start of the Iran–Iraq War in 1980. The data is drawn from the Air Combat Information Group's Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf Database.

Iraq edit

Iraqi Armed Forces edit

Iraqi Army edit

See also: Iraqi Army

1st Corps (Iraq), sector between Rawanduz and Marivan:

Malovany (map p112) shows the 11th Infantry Division with elements north of the Rawanduz - Rayat road; the 7th Infantry Division advancing from its bases at Sulaimaniyah towards the border between Penjwin and Sayid Sadiq; and corps headquarters at Kirkuk.

2nd Army Corps (sector between Qasre-e-Shirin, Ilam, and Mehran, armor deployed between Mehran and Dezful)

3rd Army Corps (HQ Qurnah, Iraq) (Sector between Dezful and Abadan)

  • 3rd Armored Division (HQ Tikrit, Iraq) 300 (T-62) (BMP-1)(Malovany: east of Basra)
  • ?10th Armored Division (HQ Baghdad, Iraq) 300 (T-62) (BMP-1)
  • 12th Armored Division (HQ Dohuk, Iraq) (Held in Reserve) 300 (T-62) (BMP-1)
  • 1st Mechanized Division (HQ Divaniyah, Iraq) 200 (T-55) (Czech OT-64 APC/BTR-50 APC)
  • 5th Mechanized Division (HQ Basrah, Iraq) 200 (T-55) (Czech OT-64 APC/BTR-50 APC)(Malovany: east of Basra)
  • 31st Independent Special Forces Brigade (-) (2 battalions) (one was attached to 5th MD, another to 3rd AD),
  • 33rd Independent Special Forces Brigade
  • 10th Independent Armored Brigade (T-72) (BMP-1)
  • 12th Independent Armored Brigade (T-62) (BMP-1)
  • 113th Infantry Brigade (Detachments) (From 11th Infantry Division)

Other forces edit

Sudan sent seven infantry brigades (53,000 men) to help Iraq against Iran.[1] In addition, 20,000 Arab volunteers fought in the Iraqi army[1] from five different countries, such as Egypt, Jordan,[2][3][4] Morocco, North Yemen[5] and Tunisia.

Iran edit

Iranian Armed Forces edit

Iranian Army edit

See also: Islamic Republic of Iran Army

Units Garrisoned along the Iraqi Border

  •   16th Armored Division (Qazvin), Iran) (M60A1, Chieftain Mk3/5, M113)
  • 81st Armored Division (Kermanshah, Iran) (M60A1) (M113)
  • 92nd Armored Division (Khuzestan, Iran) (M60A1, Chieftain Mk3/5) (M113)
  • 21st Infantry Division (Tehran, Iran)
  • 28th Infantry Division (Sanandaj, Saquez, and Marivan, Iran) (1 Armored Brigade) (M60A1) (M113)
  • 64th Infantry Division (Orumiyeh, Iran)
  • 77th Infantry Division (Khorasan, Iran) (1 Armored Brigade) (M48A5 MBT) (BTR-50)
  • 37th Armored Brigade (Shiraz, Iran) (M4 Sherman, M36 Jackson) (M8 Greyhound)
  • 88th Armored Brigade (Zahedan (M47 MBT) (covering the borders to Afghanistan and Pakistan)
  • 30th Infantry Brigade (Gorgan, Iran)
  • 84th Infantry Brigade (Khoramabad, Iran) (Deployed in Field) (Connecting the positions of the 81st and 92nd AD)
  • 23rd Airborne Special Forces Brigade (Tehran, Iran) (Deployed along the Iraqi border in 13 separate Detachments)
  • 55th Airborne Brigade (Shiraz, Iran) (One battalion deployed in Sardasht, and a company each in Sanandaj and Dezful, Iran)
  • 58th Takavar Division (Shahroud)
  • 11th Independent Artillery Group
  • 22nd Independent Artillery Group (Khuzestan, Iran)
  • 33rd Independent Artillery Group
  • 44th Independent Artillery Group
  • 55th Independent Artillery Group (Khuzestan, Iran)
  • 411th Engineering Group of Borujerd

Iranian Navy edit

Revolutionary Guards (Pasdaran) edit

Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Other forces edit

Iran was supported by the Iraqi Shia rebels and Lebanese Hezbollah.[6] Shia volunteer fighters also came from Afghanistan,[7][8] Pakistan,[9] India, Kuwait, Bahrain[10] and Iraq to help Iran during the war.[11]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Middleton, Drew (October 4, 1982). "SUDANESE BRIGADES COULD PROVIDE KEY AID FOR IRAQ; Military Analysis" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ "Jordan's call for volunteers to fight Iran misfires (The Christian Science Monitor)". The Christian Science Monitor. 11 February 1982. from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. ^ Schenker, David Kenneth (2003). (PDF). The Washington Institute for Near East Policy / Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-0649-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Jordanian Unit Going To Aid Iraq 6 Hussein Will Join Volunteer Force Fighting Iranians (The Washington Post)". The Washington Post. from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  5. ^ Dictionary of modern Arab history, Kegan Paul International 1998. ISBN 978-0710305053 p. 196.
  6. ^ Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli (11 February 2009). . MEMRI. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009.
  7. ^ "Memoires of Afghan volunteers in Iran-Iraq war published (tehrantimes.com)". 7 October 2018.
  8. ^ ""Mohsen, the Japanese" chronicles life of Afghan volunteer fighter in Iran-Iraq war (tehrantimes.com)". 16 December 2020.
  9. ^ Williamson Murray, Kevin M. Woods (2014): The Iran–Iraq War. A Military and Strategic history. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-06229-0 p. 223
  10. ^ Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Project Muse)
  11. ^ IRAN’S SHIA DIPLOMACY: RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND FOREIGN POLICY IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC

Sources edit

  • Tom Cooper & Farzad Bishop, with additional details from N. R., I Persian Gulf War: Iraqi Invasion of Iran, September 1980, Sep 9, 2003, 06:33, Air Combat Information Group

Further reading edit

  • Pesach Malovany, "Wars of Modern Babylon", University Press of Kentucky, June 2017, ISBN 0813169437 / ISBN 978-0813169439.
  • E R Hooton, Tom Cooper, Farzin Nadimi, The Iran-Iraq War Volume 1: The Battle for Khuzestan September 1980-May 1982, Middle East@War #23, October 2019 Revised & Expanded Edition, ISBN 9781913118525. It's precise down the number of heavy vehicles (tanks etc.) per brigade as of September 1980.

November 28, 2023
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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message These are the orders of battle of the Iraqi and Iranian armies for the start of the Iran Iraq War in 1980 The data is drawn from the Air Combat Information Group s Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf Database Contents 1 Iraq 1 1 Iraqi Armed Forces 1 1 1 Iraqi Army 1 2 Other forces 2 Iran 2 1 Iranian Armed Forces 2 2 Iranian Army 2 2 1 Iranian Navy 2 3 Revolutionary Guards Pasdaran 2 4 Other forces 3 Notes 4 Sources 5 Further readingIraq editIraqi Armed Forces edit Iraqi Army edit See also Iraqi Army 1st Corps Iraq sector between Rawanduz and Marivan 7th Infantry Division HQ Sulaimaniyah Iraq 11th Infantry Division HQ Sulaimaniyah Iraq 113th Infantry Brigade Malovany map p112 shows the 11th Infantry Division with elements north of the Rawanduz Rayat road the 7th Infantry Division advancing from its bases at Sulaimaniyah towards the border between Penjwin and Sayid Sadiq and corps headquarters at Kirkuk 2nd Army Corps sector between Qasre e Shirin Ilam and Mehran armor deployed between Mehran and Dezful 1st Hammurabi Armoured Division Baghdad Iraq 6th Armored Division HQ Baqubah Iraq 300 T 62 BMP 1 9th Armored Division HQ Samavah Iraq 300 T 62 and BMP 1 10th Armored Division HQ Baghdad Iraq 300 T 62 BMP 1 Malovany shows the division between Baqubah and Tursaq but notes it was moving to North Khuzestan 2nd Infantry Division HQ Kirkuk Iraq Malovany map p112 shows the division deployed west of Badra far to the south of Kirkuk 4th Infantry Division HQ Mosul Iraq Malovany map p112 shows the division about half way between Baqubah and Mandali south of the road between the two towns 6th Infantry Division HQ Baqubah Iraq 8th Infantry Division HQ Erbil Iraq 3rd Army Corps HQ Qurnah Iraq Sector between Dezful and Abadan 3rd Armored Division HQ Tikrit Iraq 300 T 62 BMP 1 Malovany east of Basra 10th Armored Division HQ Baghdad Iraq 300 T 62 BMP 1 12th Armored Division HQ Dohuk Iraq Held in Reserve 300 T 62 BMP 1 1st Mechanized Division HQ Divaniyah Iraq 200 T 55 Czech OT 64 APC BTR 50 APC 5th Mechanized Division HQ Basrah Iraq 200 T 55 Czech OT 64 APC BTR 50 APC Malovany east of Basra 31st Independent Special Forces Brigade 2 battalions one was attached to 5th MD another to 3rd AD 33rd Independent Special Forces Brigade 10th Independent Armored Brigade T 72 BMP 1 12th Independent Armored Brigade T 62 BMP 1 113th Infantry Brigade Detachments From 11th Infantry Division Other forces edit Sudan sent seven infantry brigades 53 000 men to help Iraq against Iran 1 In addition 20 000 Arab volunteers fought in the Iraqi army 1 from five different countries such as Egypt Jordan 2 3 4 Morocco North Yemen 5 and Tunisia Iran editIranian Armed Forces edit Iranian Army edit See also Islamic Republic of Iran Army Units Garrisoned along the Iraqi Border nbsp 16th Armored Division Qazvin Iran M60A1 Chieftain Mk3 5 M113 81st Armored Division Kermanshah Iran M60A1 M113 92nd Armored Division Khuzestan Iran M60A1 Chieftain Mk3 5 M113 21st Infantry Division Tehran Iran 28th Infantry Division Sanandaj Saquez and Marivan Iran 1 Armored Brigade M60A1 M113 64th Infantry Division Orumiyeh Iran 77th Infantry Division Khorasan Iran 1 Armored Brigade M48A5 MBT BTR 50 37th Armored Brigade Shiraz Iran M4 Sherman M36 Jackson M8 Greyhound 88th Armored Brigade Zahedan M47 MBT covering the borders to Afghanistan and Pakistan 30th Infantry Brigade Gorgan Iran 84th Infantry Brigade Khoramabad Iran Deployed in Field Connecting the positions of the 81st and 92nd AD 23rd Airborne Special Forces Brigade Tehran Iran Deployed along the Iraqi border in 13 separate Detachments 55th Airborne Brigade Shiraz Iran One battalion deployed in Sardasht and a company each in Sanandaj and Dezful Iran 58th Takavar Division Shahroud 11th Independent Artillery Group 22nd Independent Artillery Group Khuzestan Iran 33rd Independent Artillery Group 44th Independent Artillery Group 55th Independent Artillery Group Khuzestan Iran 411th Engineering Group of BorujerdIranian Navy edit Takavar Marine Battalion of BushehrRevolutionary Guards Pasdaran edit Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 8th Najaf Ashraf Division Najafabad County Isfahan 14th Imam Hossein Division Isfahan 17th Ali ibn Abi Taleb Division Qom 25th Karbala Division Mazandaran 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division Tehran 31st Ashura Division East Azarbaijan West Azarbaijan Ardabil 33rd Al Mahdi Brigade Fars 41st Tharallah Division Kerman unnamed othersOther forces edit Iran was supported by the Iraqi Shia rebels and Lebanese Hezbollah 6 Shia volunteer fighters also came from Afghanistan 7 8 Pakistan 9 India Kuwait Bahrain 10 and Iraq to help Iran during the war 11 Notes edit a b Middleton Drew October 4 1982 SUDANESE BRIGADES COULD PROVIDE KEY AID FOR IRAQ Military Analysis via NYTimes com Jordan s call for volunteers to fight Iran misfires The Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor 11 February 1982 Archived from the original on 8 December 2019 Retrieved 8 December 2019 Schenker David Kenneth 2003 Dancing with Saddam The Strategic Tango of Jordanian Iraqi Relations PDF The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Lexington Books ISBN 0 7391 0649 X Archived from the original PDF on 23 January 2017 Jordanian Unit Going To Aid Iraq 6 Hussein Will Join Volunteer Force Fighting Iranians The Washington Post The Washington Post Archived from the original on 8 December 2019 Retrieved 8 December 2019 Dictionary of modern Arab history Kegan Paul International 1998 ISBN 978 0710305053 p 196 Dr Nimrod Raphaeli 11 February 2009 The Iranian Roots of Hizbullah MEMRI Archived from the original on 11 February 2009 Memoires of Afghan volunteers in Iran Iraq war published tehrantimes com 7 October 2018 Mohsen the Japanese chronicles life of Afghan volunteer fighter in Iran Iraq war tehrantimes com 16 December 2020 Williamson Murray Kevin M Woods 2014 The Iran Iraq War A Military and Strategic history Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 1 107 06229 0 p 223 Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Project Muse IRAN S SHIA DIPLOMACY RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AND FOREIGN POLICY IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLICSources editTom Cooper amp Farzad Bishop with additional details from N R I Persian Gulf War Iraqi Invasion of Iran September 1980 Sep 9 2003 06 33 Air Combat Information GroupFurther reading editPesach Malovany Wars of Modern Babylon University Press of Kentucky June 2017 ISBN 0813169437 ISBN 978 0813169439 E R Hooton Tom Cooper Farzin Nadimi The Iran Iraq War Volume 1 The Battle for Khuzestan September 1980 May 1982 Middle East War 23 October 2019 Revised amp Expanded Edition ISBN 9781913118525 It s precise down the number of heavy vehicles tanks etc per brigade as of September 1980 Retrieved 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