Order of battle during the Iran-Iraq War

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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.

[edit] Iraqi Army

See also: Iraqi Army

1st Army Corps (sector between Rawanduz and Marivan)

  • 7th Infantry Division (HQ Soleimaniyah, Iraq)
  • 11th Infantry Division (HQ Soleimaniyah, Iraq) (-) (113th Infantry Brigade)

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

  • 6th Armored Division (HQ Baqubah, Iraq) 300 (T-62) (BMP-1)
  • 9th Armored Division (HQ Samavah, Iraq) 300 (T-62) (BMP-1)
  • 10th Armored Division (HQ Baghdad, Iraq) 300 (T-62) (BMP-1)
  • 2nd Infantry Division (HQ Kirkuk, Iraq)
  • 4th Infantry Division (HQ Mawsil, Iraq)
  • 6th Infantry Division (HQ Baqubah, Iraq)
  • 8th Infantry Division (HQ Arbil, Iraq)

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

  • 3rd Armored Division (HQ Tikrit, Iraq) 300 (T-62) (BMP-1)
  • 10th Armored Division (HQ Baghdad, Iraq) 300 (T-62) (BMP-1)
  • 12th Armored Division (HQ Dahuoq, Iraq) (Held in Reserve) 300 (T-62) (BMP-1)
  • 1st Mechanized Division (HQ Divaniyeh, 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)
  • 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)

[edit] Islamic Republic of Iran Army(IRIA)

See also: Islamic Republic of Iran Army

Units Garrisoned along the Iraqi Border

  • 16th Armored Division (Ghazvin, Iran) (M60A1) (M113)
  • 81st Armored Division (Kermanshah, Iran) (Chieftain MBT) (M113)
  • 92nd Armored Division (Khuzestan, Iran) (Chieftain MBT) (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) (M48 MBT) (BTR-50)
  • 37th Armored Brigade (Shiraz, Iran)
  • 88th Armored Brigade (Zahedan, Iran) (Chieftain 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 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)
  • 11th Independent Artillery Group
  • 22nd Independent Artillery Group (Khuzestan, Iran)
  • 33rd Independent Artillery Group
  • 44th Independent Artillery Group
  • 55th Independent Artillery Group (Khuzestan, Iran)

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