Photos Iran-Iraq War

[SamWell]

 

[SamWell]

Destroyed Chieftain tank

 

[SamWell]

Knocked out Iranian Chieftain tank and one of its dead crew near Basra, July 1982

 

[SamWell]

Minor iranian KIA,circa 1981-1982

 

[SamWell]

Chieftain tank Mk2 in trenches

 

[Kadir93]

Debris of Iraqi Soviet-made fighter aircraft which was shotdown by Iranian MIM-23 HAWK battery.

 

[Kadir93]

Iranian Fajr-3 MLRS in the frontlines.

 

[Kadir93]

Iranian M-1978 Koksan 170mm self-propelled howitzers in service during height of Iran-Iraq War.

 

[haze99]

Iranian M-1978 Koksan 170mm self-propelled howitzers in service during height of Iran-Iraq War.

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Great pics Kadir93!!
There only a couple of these SPG used during this war. (I think US forces in Iraq took possession of two in 2003. That were captured from the Iranians) Not positive on the exact number imported or in US hands.

 

[Kadir93]

Two Iraqi MiG-23BNs carry out a rain of FAB-100 bombs on Iranian units and positions.

 

[Kadir93]

Iranian troopers dispatching for frontlines in Khorramshahr, September 25, 1980.

 

[Kadir93]

Egyptian Dassault Mirage 5SDE on an Iraqi airfield partaking in electronic warfare operations against Iranian forces at Fao during the First Battle of Al-Faw in 1986.
Note that the Egyptian markings have been removed.

 

[Kadir93]

Iranian soldier manning a ZU-23-2 on guard duty after Operation Karbala-4, Basra Governorate, Iraq, late December of 1986.
Photo from First Lieutenant Valiullah Farzaneh's collection.

 

[Kadir93]

Completely blasted Iranian Chieftain Mk.5P MBT in aftermath of Operation Dezful 1981 an ill-fated Iranian offensive ended with Iranian defeat.

 

[Kadir93]

Iranian Bell AH-1J International gunships in action.

During Operation Dawn 8.

 

[Kadir93]

Iranian Boghammar class boat RL-130-4A after being engaged by American AH-6 Little Bird in 1987.

 

[Kadir93]

Islamic Republic of Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II fighter bomber jet packing Mk.81 snakeye bombs before mission inside Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.

 

[Kadir93]

Iranian Bell AH-1J International in Susangerd, 1981.

 

[Kadir93]

Iranian Type 69-II tank somewhere in frontlines of Iran-Iraq War.

 

[Kadir93]

Iraqi airborne troops during the Iran-Iraq War.