Editing M1 Abrams (section)

===Iraqi Army service===
[[File:M1 Abrams tanks in Iraqi service, Jan. 2011.jpg|thumb|left|M1A1M Abrams tanks in Iraqi service, January 2011]]
Between 2010 and 2012 the U.S. supplied 140 refurbished M1A1 Abrams tanks to Iraq. In mid-2014, they saw action when the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL or Islamic State) launched the [[June 2014 Northern Iraq offensive]]. During three months, about one-third of the Iraqi Army's M1 tanks had been damaged or destroyed by ISIL and some were captured by opposing forces. By December 2014, the Iraqi Army only had about 40 operational Abrams left. That month, the [[U.S. Department of State]] approved the sale of another 175 Abrams to Iraq.<ref name="JanesRevealed">{{citation |first=Jeremy |last=Binnie |url=http://www.janes.com/article/39550/iraqi-abrams-losses-revealed |title=Iraqi Abrams losses revealed |publisher=Janes |date=20 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502182619/http://www.janes.com/article/39550/iraqi-abrams-losses-revealed |archive-date=2 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="ISIS maintenance">{{cite news |author1=Michael Pregent |author2=Michael Weiss |title=Exploiting the ISIS Vulnerabilities in Iraq |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-pregent-and-michael-weiss-exploiting-the-isis-vulnerabilities-in-iraq-1407884145 |access-date=8 December 2015 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=12 August 2014 |quote=Yet ISIS does not have the highly trained maintenance crews that are necessary to keep these weapons in good working order. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210183148/http://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-pregent-and-michael-weiss-exploiting-the-isis-vulnerabilities-in-iraq-1407884145 |archive-date=10 December 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/12/22/agency-backs-more-abrams-for-iraq-in-isis-fight/ Agency Backs More Abrams for Iraq in ISIS Fight] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223200538/http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/12/22/agency-backs-more-abrams-for-iraq-in-isis-fight/ |date=23 December 2014}} – DoDBuzz.com, 22 December 2014</ref>

Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite [[Kata'ib Hezbollah]] (Hezbollah Brigades) were reported to operate M1 Abrams, and released publicity showing the tanks being transported by trucks to take part in the [[Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)|Battle of Mosul]]. It is not known whether the tanks were captured from ISIL, seized from Iraq's military, or handed over.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/10/hezbollah-brigades-rushes-troops-to-mosul-fight.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805155447/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/10/hezbollah-brigades-rushes-troops-to-mosul-fight.php |url-status=dead|title=Hezbollah Brigades hurries troops to Mosul fight {{pipe}} FDD's Long War Journal|archive-date=5 August 2017|website=www.longwarjournal.org|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

One Iraqi-operated Abrams has been nicknamed "''The Beast''" after it became the lone working tank when taking back the town of Hit in April 2016, destroying enemy fighting positions and IED emplacements.<ref>[http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/04/13/the-beast-of-hit-abrams-tank-plays-role-iraqi-fight-against-isis.html?ESRC=todayinmil.sm The "Beast of Hit," Abrams Tank Plays Role in Iraqi Fight against ISIS] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160417101351/http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/04/13/the-beast-of-hit-abrams-tank-plays-role-iraqi-fight-against-isis.html?ESRC=todayinmil.sm |date=17 April 2016}} – Military.com, 13 April 2016</ref>

In October 2017, Abrams were used by the [[Iraqi security forces]] and the [[Popular Mobilization Forces]] (also called Al-Hashd al-Shaabi) in assaults against the [[Kurdistan Regional Government]] [[Peshmerga]] in the town of [[Altun Kupri]] (also called Prde). It was claimed by Kurdish commanders that at least one Abrams was destroyed by the Peshmerga.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/20102017 |title=Rudaw – Iraqi army, Shiite militia and Peshmerga exchange heavy fire north of Kirkuk |access-date=20 October 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171020191550/http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/20102017 |archive-date=20 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>