The Iraqi army continues to arm itself with inexpensive equipment. Yesterday, February 15, the portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the Iraqi Defense Ministry announced the delivery of armored vehicles purchased from the Bulgarian company Apolo Engineering.
Under the contract dated June 1, 2021, the Iraqi Defense Ministry purchased military equipment from Apolo Engineering in the amount of $245 million. According to the official version, we are talking about T-72M2 and BMP-1 tanks from the reserves of the Bulgarian army.
Unloading of armored vehicles in the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr
Image source: armyrecognition.com
The parties do not disclose the details of the contract and the volume of deliveries. At the same time, it is known that Bulgaria has previously supplied former Soviet armored vehicles to Iraq. In addition, the Iraqi Defense Ministry purchased used BMP-1 and MT-LB from Greece, the Czech Republic and Ukraine.
