Arming The Iraqi Army By Western Countries 1958-1963

Abstract

The establishment of the republican regime in Iraq on the fourteenth of 1958 represented an important turning point in the policy of arming the Iraqi army, as the Iraqi government sought during this period to diversify the sources of weapons, with the aim of achieving multiple goals, most importantly the security and economic motives for this diversification, in addition to To the military and organizational reasons that pushed it towards this direction, the government also sought to obtain high-quality weapons at the lowest possible costs.

The government tended to strengthen the capabilities and capabilities of the Iraqi army, as part of the strategy to implement the goals of republican rule. In this context, the government increased financial allocations to the Ministry of Defense with the aim of improving military equipment and modernizing the armed forces. This period also witnessed intense competition between the countries of the Western bloc and the countries of the eastern bloc regarding... Imposing their influence in Iraq by supplying weapons and equipment to the Iraqi army, as each country sought to strengthen its military and political presence in the region