Editing SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, Iraq 1973–1990

The [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]], SIPRI,<ref>[https://www.sipri.org/ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]</ref> Arms Transfers Database contains information on all international transfers of major weapons (including sales, gifts and production under licence) to states, international organizations and armed non-state groups since 1950. It is the only publicly available resource providing consistent data on arms transfers for this length of time. The database can be used to track transfers of major weapons and to answer such questions as:

* Who are the main suppliers and recipients of major weapons?
* How have relations between different suppliers and recipients changed over time?
* Where do countries in conflict get their weapons?
* How do states implement their export control regulations?
* Where are potentially destabilizing build-ups of weapons occurring today?
* What major weapons have been exported or imported?

==Imports of conventional arms by Iraq 1973–1990, by source==
Values are shown in millions of US dollars at constant (1990) estimated values. "Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact" includes [[Czechoslovakia]], [[East Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], and [[Romania]]. The majority of these transfers came from the Soviet Union, followed by Czechoslovakia.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right; cellpadding: 20px;"
|----- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! '''Year'''
! '''[[Soviet Union]]<br/>and<br/> [[Warsaw Pact]]'''
! [[France]]
! '''[[People's Republic of China|China (PRC)]]'''
! [[United States|United<br/>States]]
! [[Egypt]]
! Others
! Total
|-----
|align=center| 1973 || 1,321 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1,326
|-----
|align=center| 1974 || 1,471 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1,476
|-----
|align=center| 1975 || 1,087 || 35 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1,122
|-----
|align=center| 1976 || 1,161 || 119 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1,280
|-----
|align=center| 1977 || 1,062 || 106 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1,168
|-----
|align=center| 1978 || 1,827 || 26 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 1,873
|-----
|align=center| 1979 || 1,108 || 78 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 17 || 1,203
|-----
|align=center| 1973–79 || 9,037 || 374 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 37 || 9,448
|-----
|align=center| 1973–79 ||align=center| 95.7% ||align=center| &nbsp; 4.0% 
|align=center|&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 0% ||align=center|&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 0% 
|align=center|&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 0% ||align=center|&nbsp; 0.4% ||align=center| 100%
|-----
|align=center| 1980 || 1,665 || 241 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 114 || 2,032
|-----
|align=center| 1981 || 1,780 || 731 || 0 || 0 || 46 || 182 || 2,739
|-----
|align=center| 1982 || 2,023 || 673 || 217 || 0
| 71 || 227 || 3,211
|-----
|align=center| 1980–82 || 5,468 || 1,645 || 217 || 0 || 129 || 523 || 7,982
|-----
|align=center| 1980–82 ||align=center| 68.5% ||align=center| 20.6% 
|align=center|&nbsp; 2.7% ||align=center|&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 0% 
|align=center|&nbsp; 1.6% ||align=center|&nbsp; 6.6% ||align=center| 100%
|-----
|align=center| 1983 || 1,898 || 779 || 745 || 21
| 58 || 773 || 4,274
|-----
|align=center| 1984 || 2,857 || 883 || 1,065 || 6
| 0 || 116 || 4,927
|-----
|align=center| 1985 || 2,601 || 700 || 1,036 || 9
| 32 || 116 || 4,494
|-----
|align=center| 1986 || 2,663 || 251 || 918 || 9
| 70 || 86 || 3,997
|-----
|align=center| 1987 || 2,719 || 214 || 887 || 30
| 114 || 157 || 4,121
|-----
|align=center| 1988 || 1,202 || 355 || 301 || 125
| 118 || 196 || 2,297
|-----
|align=center| 1983–88 || 13,940 || 3,182 || 4,952 || 200 || 392 || 1,444 || 24,110
|-----
|align=center| 1983–88 ||align=center| 57.8% ||align=center| 13.2% 
|align=center| 20.5% ||align=center|&nbsp; 0.8% ||align=center|&nbsp; 1.6% 
|align=center|&nbsp; 6.0% ||align=center| 100%
|-----
|align=center| 1989 || 1,319 || 113 || 23 || 0 || 47 || 67 || 1,569
|-----
|align=center| 1990 || 537 || 281 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 33 || 851
|-----
|align=center| Total $ || 30,301 || 5,595 || 5,192 || 200
| 568 || 2,104 || 43,960
|-----
|align=center| Total % ||align=center| 68.9% ||align=center| 12.7% 
|align=center| 11.8% ||align=center|&nbsp; 0.5% ||align=center|&nbsp; 1.3% 
|align=center|&nbsp; 4.8% ||align=center| 100%
|}

The [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]] (SIPRI) makes the following comment of the methodology of this table:

<blockquote><sup>The SIPRI data on arms transfers refer to actual deliveries of major conventional weapons. To permit comparison between the data on such deliveries of different weapons and identification of general trends, SIPRI uses a trend-indicator value. The SIPRI values are therefore only an indicator of the volume of international arms transfers and not of the actual financial values of such transfers.</sup></blockquote>

SIPRI's data are founded entirely on open sources:

<blockquote><sup>The type of open information used by SIPRI cannot provide a comprehensive picture of world arms transfers. Published reports often provide only partial information, and substantial disagreement among reports is common. Order and delivery dates, exact numbers, types of weapon and the identity of suppliers or recipients may not always be clear.</sup><ref name="sources">{{cite web|url=http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/sources.html |title=Sources used in compiling the database |publisher=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute}}</ref></blockquote>

==Arms suppliers to Iraq==
The table shows the majority of [[Conventional weapon|conventional]] arms imported by Iraq during the 1970s, when the regime was building up the armies which were to attack [[Iran]] in 1980, were supplied by the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Eastern Bloc|its satellites]], principally [[Czechoslovakia]]. The only substantial Western arms supplier to Iraq was [[France]], which continued to be a major supplier until 1990, when [[Invasion of Kuwait|Iraq invaded Kuwait]] and all legal arms transfers to Iraq ended.

The United States did not supply any arms to Iraq until 1982, when Iran's growing military success alarmed American policymakers. [[United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war|It then did so every year until 1988]]. These sales amounted to less than 1% of the total arms sold to Iraq in the relevant period. Although most other countries never hesitated to sell military hardware directly to Saddam Hussein's regime, the U.S., equally keen to protect its interests in the region, opted for and [[United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war|developed an indirect approach]]. The [[CIA]] began covertly directing non-U.S. origin hardware to Hussein's armed forces, "to ensure that Iraq had sufficient military weapons, ammunition and vehicles to avoid losing the Iran-Iraq war."<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/iraq61.pdf Statement by former NSC official Howard Teicher] to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. [https://archive.today/20121223092544/http://www.overcast.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/print/spidersweb/teicher.htm Plain text version]</ref> The full extent of these transfers is not yet known, and details do not appear in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, which relies entirely on open sources.<ref name="sources" />

In 1996, the [[Scott Report]] in the [[United Kingdom]] investigated arms sales to Iraq in the 1980s by Matrix Churchill in what became known as the [[Arms-to-Iraq]] scandal.

==Table of major conventional arms sales to Iraq by country==
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: right"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
!style="text-align: left;background:#B0C4DE"|Country
!style="background:#B0C4DE"|Weapon designation
!style="background:#B0C4DE"|Weapon description
!style="background:#B0C4DE"|Year(s) delivered
!style="background:#B0C4DE"|Quantity delivered
|-
|align=left|'''[[Austria]]''' || [[GC-45 howitzer|GHN-45 155mm]] || Towed Gun || 1983 ||200 
|-
|align=left|'''[[Brazil]]''' || [[EMB-312|EMB-312 Tucano]] || Trainer aircraft || 1985-1988 ||80
|-
|align=left|'''Brazil''' || [[Astros II MLRS]] || Multiple rocket launcher
|| 1984-1988 ||67
|-
|align=left|'''Brazil''' || [[EE-11 Urutu]] || APC || 1983-1984 ||350
|-
|align=left|'''Brazil''' || [[EE-3 Jararaca]] || Recon vehicle || 1984-1985 ||280
|-
|align=left|'''Brazil''' || [[EE-9 Cascavel]] || Armoured car || 1980-1989 ||1026
|-
|align=left|'''Brazil''' || [[Astros AV-UCF]] || Fire control radar || 1984-1988 ||13
|-
|align=left|'''[[Canada]]''' || [[Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6|PT-6]] || Turboprop || 1980-1990 ||152
|-
|align=left|'''[[People's Republic of China|China]]''' || [[Xian H-6]] || Bomber aircraft || 1988 ||4
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[Shenyang J-6|F-6]] || Fighter aircraft || 1982-1983 ||40
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[Chengdu J-7|F-7A]] || Fighter aircraft || 1983-1987||80
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[Type 63 multiple rocket launcher|Type-63 107mm]] || Multiple rocket launcher
|| 1984-1988 ||100
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[Type-83 152mm]] || Towed gun || 1988-1989 ||50
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[W-653/Type-653]] || ARV || 1986-1987 ||25
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[Type 59 tank|WZ-120/Type-59]] || Tank || 1982-1987||1000
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[Type 69 tank|WZ-121/Type 69]] || Tank || 1983-1987||1500
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[Type 63 (armoured personnel carrier)|YW-531/Type-63]] || APC || 1982-1988 ||650
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[CEIEC-408C]] || Air surv radar || 1986-1988 ||5
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[HN-5|HN-5A]] || Portable SAM || 1986-1987 ||1000
|-
|align=left|'''China''' || [[Silkworm missile|HY-2/SY1A/CSS-N-2]] || Anti-ship missile || 1987-1988 ||200
|-
|align=left|'''[[Czechoslovakia]]''' || [[Aero L-39|L-39Z Albatross]] || Trainer/combat aircraft || 1976-1985 ||59
|-
|align=left|'''Czechoslovakia''' || [[BMP-1]] || Infantry fighting vehicle || 1981-1987 ||750
|-
|align=left|'''Czechoslovakia''' || [[BMP-2]] || Infantry fighting vehicle || 1987-1989 ||250
|-
|align=left|'''Czechoslovakia''' || [[OT-64 SKOT|OT-64C]] || APC || 1981 ||200
|-
|align=left|'''Czechoslovakia''' || [[T-55]] || Tank || 1982-1985 ||400
|-
|align=left|'''[[Denmark]]''' || [[Al Zahraa]] || Landing ship || 1983 ||3
|-
|align=left|'''[[East Germany]]''' || [[T-55]] || Tank || 1981 ||50
|-
|align=left|'''[[Egypt]]''' || [[2A18|D-30 122mm]] || Towed gun || 1985-1989 ||210
|-
|align=left|'''Egypt''' || [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46 130mm]] || Towed gun || 1981-1983 ||96
|-
|align=left|'''Egypt''' || [[RL-21 122mm]] || Multiple rocket launcher || 1987-1989 ||300
|-
|align=left|'''Egypt''' || [[T-55]] || Tank || 1981-1983 ||300
|-
|align=left|'''Egypt''' || [[Walid]] || APC || 1980 ||100
|-
|align=left|'''[[France]]''' || [[Dassault Mirage F1|Mirage F-1C]] || Fighter aircraft || 1982-1990 ||106
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Dassault Mirage F1|Mirage F-1E]] || FGA aircraft || 1980-1982 ||19
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Aérospatiale Super Frelon|SA-312H Super Frelon]] || Helicopter || 1981 ||6
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Aérospatiale Puma|SA-330 Puma]] || Helicopter || 1980-1981 ||20
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Aérospatiale Gazelle|SA-342K/L Gazelle]] || Light helicopter || 1980-1988 ||38
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard|Super Etendard]] || FGA aircraft || 1983 ||5
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[AMX-GCT/AU-F1]] || Self-propelled gun || 1983-1985 ||85
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[AMX-10P]] || Infantry fighting vehicle || 1981-1982 ||100
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[AMX-30D]] || ARV || 1981 ||5
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[ERC-90]] || Armoured car || 1980-1984 ||200
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[M-3 VTT]] || APC || 1983-1984 ||115
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Panhard VCR|VCR-TH]] || Tank destroyer || 1979-1981 ||100
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[RASIT|Rasit]] || Ground surv radar || 1985 ||2
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Roland (air defence)|Roland]] || Mobile SAM system || 1982-1985 ||113
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[TRS-2100 Tiger]] || Air surv radar || 1988 ||1
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[TRS-2105/6 Tiger-G]] || Air surv radar || 1986-1989 ||5
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[TRS-2230/15 Tiger]] || Air surv radar || 1984-1985 ||6
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Volex]] || Air surv radar || 1981-1983 ||5
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[AM-39 Exocet]] || Anti-ship missile || 1979-1988 ||352
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[ARMAT]] || Anti-radar missile || 1986-1990 ||450
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[AS-30L]] || ASM || 1986-1990 ||240
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Euromissile HOT|HOT]] || Anti-tank missile || 1981-1982 ||1000
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[R-550 Magic-1]] || SRAAM || 1981-1985 ||534
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Roland-2]] || SAM || 1981-1990 ||2260
|-
|align=left|'''France''' || [[Super 530F]] || BVRAAM || 1981-1985 ||300
|-
|align=left|'''[[West Germany]]''' || [[MBB/Kawasaki BK 117|BK-117]] || Helicopter || 1984-1989 ||22
|-
|align=left|'''West Germany''' || [[MBB Bo 105|Bo-105C]] || Light Helicopter || 1979-1982 ||20
|-
|align=left|'''West Germany''' || [[MBB Bo 105|Bo-105L]] || Light Helicopter || 1988 ||6
|-
|align=left|'''[[Hungary]]''' || [[PSZH-D-994]] || APC || 1981 ||300
|-
|align=left|'''[[Italy]]''' || [[Agusta A109|A-109 Hirundo]] || Light Helicopter || 1982 ||2
|-
|align=left|'''Italy''' || [[Sikorsky S-61|S-61]] || Helicopter || 1982 ||6
|-
|align=left|'''Italy''' || [[Stromboli class]] || Support ship || 1981 ||1
|-
|align=left|'''[[Jordan]]''' || [[Sikorsky S-76|S-76 Spirit]] || Helicopter || 1985 ||2
|-
|align=left|'''[[Poland]]''' || [[Mil Mi-2|Mi-2/Hoplite]] || Helicopter || 1984-1985 ||15
|-
|align=left|'''Poland''' || [[MT-LB]] || APC || 1983-1990 ||750
|-
|align=left|'''Poland''' || [[T-55]] || Tank || 1981-1982 ||400
|-
|align=left|'''Poland''' || [[T-72]]M1 || Tank || 1982-1990 ||500
|-
|align=left|'''[[Romania]]''' || [[T-55]] || Tank || 1982-1984 ||150
|-
|align=left|'''[[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]''' || [[M-87 Orkan|M-87 Orkan 262mm]] || Multiple rocket launcher || 1988 ||2
|-
|align=left|'''[[South Africa]]''' || [[G5 howitzer|G-5 155mm]] || Towed gun || 1985-1988 ||200
|-
|align=left|'''[[Switzerland]]''' || [[PC-7|PC-7 Turbo trainer]] || Trainer aircraft || 1980-1983 ||52
|-
|align=left|'''Switzerland''' || [[PC-9]] || Trainer aircraft || 1987-1990 ||20
|-
|align=left|'''Switzerland''' || [[Roland (missile)|Roland]] || APC/IFV || 1981 ||100
|-
|align=left|'''[[United Kingdom]]''' || [[Chieftain/ARV]] || ARV || 1982 ||29
|-
|align=left|'''United Kingdom''' || [[Cymbeline]] || Arty locating radar || 1986-1988 ||10
|-
|align=left|'''[[United States]]''' || [[MD 500 Defender|MD-500MD Defender]] || Light Helicopter || 1983 ||30
|-
|align=left|'''United States''' || [[Schweizer 300|Hughes-300/TH-55]] || Light Helicopter || 1983 ||30
|-
|align=left|'''United States''' || [[MD Helicopters MD 500|MD-530F]] || Light Helicopter || 1986 ||26
|-
|align=left|'''United States''' || [[Bell 214ST]] || Helicopter || 1988 ||31
|-
|align=left|'''[[Soviet Union]]''' || [[Ilyushin Il-76|Il-76M/Candid-B]] || Strategic airlifter || 1978-1984 ||33
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Mil Mi-24|Mi-24D/Mi-25/Hind-D]] || Attack helicopter || 1978-1984 ||12
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Mil Mi-8|Mi-8/Mi-17/Hip-H]] || Transport helicopter || 1986-1987 ||37
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Mil Mi-8|Mi-8TV/Hip-F]] || Transport helicopter || 1984 ||30
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|Mig-21bis/Fishbed-N]] || Fighter aircraft || 1983-1984 ||61
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23|Mig-23BN/Flogger-H]] || FGA aircraft || 1984-1985 ||50
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25|Mig-25P/Foxbat-A]] || Interceptor aircraft || 1980-1985 ||55
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25|Mig-25RB/Foxbat-B]] || Recon aircraft || 1982 ||8
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Mikoyan MiG-29|Mig-29/Fulcrum-A]] || Fighter aircraft || 1986-1989 ||41
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Su-22|Su-22/Fitter-H/J/K]] || FGA aircraft || 1986-1987 ||61
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Sukhoi Su-25|Su-25/Frogfoot-A]] || Ground attack aircraft|| 1986-1987 ||84
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[152 mm gun 2A36|2A36 152mm]] || Towed gun || 1986-1988 ||180
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[2S1|2S1 122mm]] || Self-Propelled Howitzer|| 1980-1989 ||150
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[2S3 Akatsiya|2S3 152mm]] || Self-propelled gun || 1980-1989 ||150
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[2S4 Tyulpan|2S4 240mm]] || Self-propelled mortar || 1983 ||10
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Scud|9P117/SS-1 Scud TEL]] || SSM launcher || 1983-1984 ||10
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[BM-21|BM-21 Grad 122mm]] || Multiple rocket launcher || 1983-1988 ||560
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[2A18|D-30 122mm]] || Towed gun || 1982-1988 ||576
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[2S4 Tyulpan|M-240 240mm]] || Mortar || 1981 ||25
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46 130mm]] || Towed Gun || 1982-1987 ||576
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[9K35 Strela-10|9K35 Strela-10/SA-13]] || AAV(M) || 1985 ||30
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[BMD-1]] || IFV || 1981 ||10
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[PT-76]] || Light tank || 1984 ||200
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[9K31 Strela-1|SA-9/9P31]] || AAV(M) || 1982-1985 ||160
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Long Track]] || Air surv radar || 1980-1984 ||10
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[9K33 Osa|SA-8b/9K33M Osa AK]] || Mobile SAM system || 1982-1985 ||50
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Thin Skin]] || Air surv radar || 1980-1984 ||5
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[9K111 Fagot|9M111/AT-4 Spigot]] || Anti-tank missile || 1986-1989 ||3000
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[9K35 Strela-10|9M37/SA-13 Gopher]] || SAM || 1985-1986 ||960
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Raduga KSR-5|KSR-5/AS-6 Kingfish]] || Anti-ship missile || 1984 ||36
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Kh-28|Kh-28/AS-9 Kyle]] || Anti-radar missile || 1983-1988 ||250
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Vympel K-13|R-13S/AA2S Atoll]] || SRAAM || 1984-1987 ||1080
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Scud#R-17|R-17/SS-1c Scud-B]] || SSM || 1982-1988 ||840
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Vympel R-27|R-27/AA-10 Alamo]] || BVRAAM || 1986-1989 ||246
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Bisnovat R-40|R-40R/AA-6 Acrid]] || BVRAAM || 1980-1985 ||660
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[Molniya R-60|R-60/AA-8 Aphid]] || SRAAM || 1986-1989 ||582
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[SA-8|SA-8b Gecko/9M33M]] || SAM || 1982-1985 ||1290
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[SA-9|SA-9 Gaskin/9M31]] || SAM || 1982-1985 ||1920
|-
|align=left|'''Soviet Union''' || [[SA-14|Strela-3/SA-14 Gremlin]] || Portable SAM || 1987-1988 ||500
|-
|}

==Political implications==
The [[Soviet Union]] and her satellites were the main suppliers of arms to Iraq following the 1972 signing of the Soviet-Iraqi Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. France was another important supplier of weapons to Iraq during the 1970s. The United States, the world's leading arms exporter, did not have normal relations with Iraq from 1967 (due to the [[Six-Day War]]) until 1984.

Soviet-Iraqi relations suffered strains in the late 1970s. When Iraq [[Iran–Iraq War|invaded Iran]] in 1980, the Soviet Union cut off weapons sales to Iraq and did not resume them until 1982. During the war, the [[People's Republic of China]] became a major new source of weapons for Iraq, with increasing sales from France, the U.K. and [[Egypt]].

==See also==
* [[International aid to combatants in the Iran–Iraq War]]
* [[United States support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war]]
* [[Arms industry|Arms trade]]
* [[Arms Industry]]
* [[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.sipri.org/databases/armstransfers/ online].
* [http://armstrade.sipri.org/ SIPRI Arms Transfers Database] 
** [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/atirq_data.html Arms transfers to Iraq, 1970-2004] (via archive.org)

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