The following is a list of equipment currently in use with the Peshmerga (The Internal Security Forces of the Kurdistan Region). It includes small arms, vehicles, artillery, anti-aircraft guns, and aircraft.

Current equipment Small arms Photo Name Origin Type Caliber Quantity NotesPistols P1 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum 8,000+ in aid. Glock 19Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm ParabellumN/ARifles and carbinesvz. 58Assault rifle7.62×39mmThousands AK-47 Assault rifle 7.62×39mmThousands AKM Assault rifle 7.62×39mmThousands M16 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATOThousands 4,400+ in aid. M16A4 variant used. M4 Carbine 5.56×45mm NATOThousands 14,400+ in aid. Heckler & Koch G36 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATOThousands 13,000+ in aid. Heckler & Koch G3 Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATOThousands 11,000+ in aid. SVD Designated marksman rifle 7.62×54mmRThousands Zijiang M99 Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×108mm Machine guns PKM General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR M240B General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATOHundreds 186+ in aid.MG 42General-purpose machine gun7.92×57mm MauserHundreds100+ in aid. Rheinmetall MG3 General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATOHundreds 47+ in aid. Includes the Beretta MG 42/59 variant. DShK Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mmThousands M2 Browning Heavy machine gun .50 BMG 86+ in aid.Grenade launchers Neopup PAW-20 Grenade launcher 20×42mm Denel Y3 AGL Automatic grenade launcher 40×53mm QLZ-87 Automatic grenade launcher 35×32mmSR Anti-tank weapons RPG-7 Rocket-propelled grenade 40 mmThousands Panzerfaust 3Rocket-propelled grenade60 mm450 launchers and 5,000 rockets. Carl Gustaf Recoilless rifle 84 mm 40+ in aid. SPG-9 Recoilless rifle 73 mm M40 Recoilless rifle 105 mm HJ-8 Anti-tank guided missile 120 mm 9M14 Malyutka Anti-tank guided missile 125 mm 9M113 Konkurs Anti-tank guided missile 135 mm 9M133 Kornet Anti-tank guided missile 152 mm MILAN Anti-tank guided missile 115 mm 30 launchers and 700 guided missiles. BGM-71 TOW Anti-tank guided missile 152 mm

Combat vehicles Photo Name Origin Variant Quantity NotesMain battle tanks T-54/T-55 130 Most captured in 1991 and 2003. T-62 100 T-72 80 Most captured in 2003. Type 69 40 Most captured in 1991-2003.Reconnaissance EE-9 Cascavel Armoured personnel carriers MT-LB BRDM-2 BMP-2 BMP-1 EE-11 Urutu 2+ Type 63 MRAPs Cougar 6×6 BAE Caiman International MaxxPro IAG Guardian STREIT Group Spartan Reva Wer'wolf MKII Utility vehicles Humvee M1151Thousands 36 Humvees and 77 up-armored Humvees in 2017, around 48 in July and 226 in November 2021, supplied by the US ATF Dingo Dingo 1Up to 23 M1117 Otokar Akrep Armoured recovery vehicle Type 653 ARV 1+ Logistic Trucks Navistar 7000 series Transport but some are used for the BM-21 Grad. Unimog Transport. Ural-5323 Transport.

Artillery

Photo Name Origin Type Caliber Quantity NotesSelf-propelled artillery 2S1 Gvodzika Self-propelled howitzer 122 mm Towed artillery M119 Howitzer 105 mmAt least 60 36 supplied by the US in 2017, 24 in 2024 D-30 Howitzer 122 mm At least 6 M-46 Field gun 130 mm D-20 Gun-howitzer 152 mm Type 59 Field gun 130 mm Multiple rocket launchers BM-21 Grad Self-propelled MRL 122 mm Type 63 Towed MRL 107 mm Mounted on technicals. HM20 Self-propelled MRL 122 mm Iranian version of the BM-21 GradMortars M224 Light mortar 60 mm M252 Medium mortar 81 mm M120 Heavy mortar 120 mm

Air defense

Photo Name Origin Caliber Variant NotesMan-portable air-defense system9K32 Strela-272 mmFN-672 mmAnti-aircraft guns ZPU 14.5×114mm ZPU-1ZPU-2ZPU-4 Some mounted on technicals.ZU-23-223 mmZU-23-2 AZP S-60 57 mm Some mounted on technicals. 53T2 Tarasque 20 mm Some mounted on technicals.Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns ZSU-57-2 57 mm

Aircraft

Photo Aircraft Origin Type In service NotesHelicoptersEurocopter EC225MultinationalTransportAt least 1Eurocopter EC635 PortugalTransport/CASN/AFitted with the Paramount Group FLASH (Flexible Light Armaments System for Helicopters) upgrade. Most probably provided by Jordan. Airbus H135 Transport 3+AS350B3Transport3 MD Helicopters MD-530F Transport 2+ Eurocopter EC120 ColibriTransport-TrainingN/A Personal Gear Photo Name Origin TypeQuantity NotesProtective Gear Gefechtshelm M92 Combat helmet4,000+ Personnel Armor System for Ground TroopsCombat HelmetN/AAs seen in the provided photo. Interceptor Body Armor Body armorN/A As seen in some photos.Camouflage U.S. Woodland Military CamouflageN/A Peshmerga troops can be seen wearing the camouflage in certain images as seen here. Desert Camouflage Uniform Military CamouflageN/ACommunications SEM 52S mobile radios Radio 700 Tactical Equipment Zeiss Fero Z-51 Night-vision device 680

Former equipment

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