saddam era iraqi army parkas

Contrary to what would be expected in a hot environment such as the Middle East, parkas were worn by some Iraqi soldiers alongside their regular uniforms. This section will go over the types of parkas worn by the Iraqi Army.

Iraqi West german parka

IRAN-IRAQ WAR: Yes
DESERT STORM: YES
​OIF: Yes

Beginning in the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq imported West German parkas for their soldiers. If this specific variant of their parka is a copy or genuine West German issue is unknown. It sports a silky smooth material on the exterior along with a full zip closure.

Iraqi Contract West German Parka

IRAN-IRAQ WAR: YES
DESERT STORM: YES
​OIF: Yes

West Germany exported their military parkas to Iraq under a number of variations. This half zip parka sports a very early official West German export tag date of 1982 and notably has a green jihm stamp on the tag denoting a special Iraqi contract.

Iraqi contract west german parka part 2

IRAN-IRAQ WAR: YES
DESERT STORM: YES
​OIF: YES

This is another West German parka, but the full zip version which has a slightly different tag still containing the jihm mark.

Iraqi grey/dark green parka

IRAN-IRAQ WAR: YES
DESERT STORM: YES
​OIF: most likely

This grey iraqi used parka has largely the same design as the West German one above. Most notably, the zipper only goes halfway up the jacket and not all the way down. The tag that is in this jacket is unfortunately gone, but the size and placement of the remnants suggest it was one of the earlier tags seen on uniforms dating to the Iran Iraq War. It also has a removable fleece liner.

iraqi green parka

IRAN-IRAQ WAR: YES
DESERT STORM: YES
​OIF: yes

This parka sports the same general design of all Iraqi parkas, with a zipper and button closure combination. However, it has a yellow Ministry of Defense, Department of Ordonance tag, denoting it as Romanian made and its manufacturing date sometime during the Iran Iraq War. However, they were used all the way until 2003.

oif era green parka

IRAN-IRAQ WAR: no
DESERT STORM: no
​OIF: YES

Based on the same design as the West German parka, these inferior quality green parkas were worn by the Iraqi army post 1991 until OIF. This is one of the more uncommon parkas to find.