3rd Division (Iraq)

3rd Division
3rd Division
Active	c. 1930s–present
Country	Iraq (2005–present)
Branch	Iraqi Army
Type	Motorised Infantry
Size	Division
Part of	Iraqi Ground Forces Command
Garrison/HQ	Mosul
Nickname(s)	Salahuddin
Engagements	Second World War Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II Anglo-Iraqi War; ; ; Six-Day War; Yom Kippur War; Iran–Iraq War First Battle of Khorramshahr; Operation Tariq al-Quds; Operation Jerusalem; ; Gulf War; Iraq War;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Juwad Shitnah; Mahdi Al-Gharrawi

The 3rd Division was a formation of the Iraqi Army. It was active by 1941, disbanded along with the rest of the Iraqi Army in 2003, but reactivated by 2005.

^ Dunstan, Simon (2003). The Yom Kippur War 1973: Golan Heights Pt.1. Elsm Court, Chapel Way, Botley, Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 1-84176-220-2.

[1] Dunstan, Simon (2003). The Yom Kippur War 1973: Golan Heights Pt.1. Elsm Court, Chapel Way, Botley, Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 1-84176-220-2.

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3rd Armoured Division (October 1973)
Parent unit	3rd Armoured Division^[1]
Components	6th Armoured Brigade 12th Armoured Brigade 8th Mechanised Infantry Brigade + Artillery Group