 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera 17 July RevolutionMuna 1991, Baath Party yakatora simba muIraq uye yakatendeukira kuSoviet Union somutengesi wayo mukuru wezvombo. Pakati pa1968 na1970 Hondo yeIraq yakaita chirongwa chechipiri chikuru chokudzokorora zvombo nebetsero yeSoviet. Zvisinei, hurumende yeSoviet yakashandisa ukama uhwu kuti iise dzvinyiriro yezvematongerwe enyika pahurumende yeBaathist. Vakuru vakuru veIraq vaidavirawo kuti vaSoviet vakanga vachidzivisa zvombo zvavo zvemberi kutengeswa kunze kwenyika uye naizvozvo vakatanga kuita nhamburiko dzokusiyanisa kuti vawane vapi vezvombo vechipiri, zvikurukuru vari kuMadokero. Muna 1972 Baath Party yakabhadhara France nokuda kwokusapikisa nyika yayo yemafuta eIraq nokuisa mutemo wevamwe AML-90. Kufungidzira kwenhamba yakatanga kutengeswa uye kuendeswa kuIraq kunosiyana kubva pa8 kusvika ku38; zvisinei, zviri pachena kuti kutenga uku kunonyanya kufananidzira kwakabatsira mukumutsiridza ukama hwokudzivirira neFrance. Muna 1974 vaIraqi akaisa hurongwa wechipiri mumwe 20 AML-60s uye 42 AML-90s, uye gare gare nokuda 2 AML-60s uye 25 AML-90s. Most mirairo vaiva duku uye nguva kuti zvienderane neIraqi zvikumbiro kuwana zvikuru akura French kudzivirira zvemichina, asi ivo nokukurumidza vaunganidza; Panhard akarekodha kutengeswa 131 AML-60s uye 101 AML-90s kuna Iraq pakati 1972 uye 1980. 