2nd Corps (Iraq)

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The 2nd Corps was a corps of the Iraqi Army, established before the Iran-Iraq War. It was initially located in the central regions of Iraq.

According to British military attaches' reports in 1977–78, the corps comprised the 3rd Armoured Division (Baiji/Tikrit), the 6th Armoured Division (Baqubah), and the 10th Armoured Division (Taji).

The 17th Armoured Division was in the field in the 2nd Corps sector in 1982–84 south of Khanaqin on the Iran-Iraq border;{{cite book|first=Pesach|last=Malovany|title=Wars of Modern Babylon|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|date=June 2017|isbn=978-0813169439|page=245}} 2nd Corps was at that point headquartered at Baqubah. One of the division's early commanders was Brigadier General Saber 'Abd al-'Aziz.Malovany, 267. A later map in Malovany's book shows the 17th Armoured Division deployed between Tursaq and Zirbatiya and the under-2nd Corps, almost directly east of Baghdad, circa September 1985.Malovany 288.

In 1997, the corps had its headquarters at Diyala and controlled the 3rd Armoured Division (6th Armoured Brigade; 12th Armoured Brigade; 8th Mech Brigade) as well as the 15th (HQ Amerli) and 34th Infantry Divisions (90th, 502nd, 504th Brigades).Jane's Intelligence Review, September 1997, via Colin Robinson, [https://www.academia.edu/43467010/1990s_Order_of_Battle_Notes_New_Zealand_Australia_France_Iraq 1990s Order of Battle Notes, version 3], August 2020, p.23; R.J. Lee, [http://www.rjlee.org/iraq2002-1.htm Key Components of the Iraqi Ground Forces, 2002]

In the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, 2nd corps included the 3rd Armoured Division, and 15th and 34th Infantry Divisions.{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/iraq/army/|title=CNN.com Specials|website=CNN}} Along with the remainder of the Army, it was formally disband after the fall of Saddam Hussein in line with Coalition Provisional Authority Order 2.{{fact|date=June 2022}}