The 12th Light Infantry Division is a
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of the
Iraqi Army
The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), or the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was known as the Royal Iraqi Army up until the coup ...
.
The 12th Division was originally activated in the 1970s or 1980s, and probably disbanded after 1991 (it was not listed in a
Jane's Intelligence Review survey of September 1997). It was an armoured division during the 1991
Persian Gulf War. It was part of the armoured reserves in the rear of the Kuwaiti theatre, as part of the Jihad Corps alongside the
10th Armoured Division
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. U.S. Army analysts believed the two divisions retained an average "combat effectiveness percentage" of 59%. Among the division's brigades was the 50th Armoured Brigade, under the command of Colonel Mohammed Ashad.
After the ground offensive began, the U.S.
1st Infantry Division (Mechanized)
The 1st Infantry Division is a combined arms division of the United States Army, and is the oldest continuously serving division in the Regular Army. It has seen continuous service since its organization in 1917 during World War I. It was o ...
, the
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
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, and
Task Force 1-41 Infantry destroyed most of the division, destroying no less than 80 combat vehicles. Other elements of the division were destroyed by British forces during the
Battle of Norfolk.
After 2003 invasion of Iraq
The 12th Division was planned to be established in July 2008 by doubling the
4th Division. Its home base was planned to be at
Tikrit and take into account the province of
Salah ad-Din Governorate
The Saladin or Salah Al-Din Governorate ( ar, محافظة صلاح الدين) is one of Iraq's 19 governorates, north of Baghdad. It has an area of , with an estimated population of 1,042,200 people in 2003. It is made up of 8 districts, with t ...
. It was to be initially made up of three trained strategic infrastructure brigades and was to receive the 4th Brigade, 4th Division. A new 4th Brigade was to have been formed for the 4th Division from effective excess staff from the other three brigades of the division.
Division Units:
* Headquarters and Service Company
* 46th Motorised Brigade (''ex-1st Strategic Infrastructure Brigade'')
* 47th Motorised Brigade (''ex-2nd Strategic Infrastructure Brigade'')
* 48th Brigade (''ex-9th Strategic Infrastructure Brigade'')
* 49th Brigade (''ex-4-4'')
* 12th Motorized Transportation Regiment
The 49th Brigade, former 4th Brigade of the 4th Division, the more operational brigade of 12th Division is currently (July 2008) deployed to Baghdad to take part in the battles of
Sadr City.
The 48th Brigade is now part of the 4th Division.
Circa 2009 the 12th Division was located in
Tikrit.
12th Division, Iraqi Army
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As July 2010, division's units are :
* Headquarters and Service Company
* 15th (Eagles) AAslt Brigade (from 4th Division)
* 46th Motorised Brigade (''ex-1st Strategic Infrastructure Brigade'')
* 47th Motorised Brigade (''ex-2nd Strategic Infrastructure Brigade'')
* 49th Brigade (''ex-4-4'')
* 12th Motorized Transportation Regiment
References
Works Consulted
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*http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/12ad.htm
Divisions of Iraq
Military units and formations established in 2008
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