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19 June 2023
by Jeremy Binnie
A still from the PMF video shows the Mohajer-6 UAV flying over Martyr Majid al-Tamimi Air Base (Camp Speicher). (Popular Mobilisation Forces)
Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) released a video on 14 June showing an Iranian-made Mohajer-6 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) taking off and circling an airbase that could be identified as the one popularly known as Camp Speicher in Salah al-Din governorate.
The Mohajer-6 was then shown using a guided bomb against a target that was about 30 km to the north, according to co-ordinates seen on the operator’s screen.
Ostensibly controlled by the federal government, the PMF mostly comprises Shia militias, some backed by Iran. A Mohajer-6 was displayed on a trailer during a PMF parade held at Camp Ashraf in Diyala province in June 2020, but it was unclear how the UAV was being operated in Iraq as it needs a paved runway.
The one in the parade had a different serial number (P071A-014) from the one shown flying (P071A-022). These numbers are close to ones that have been seen on Mohajer-6s displayed by the naval arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) and suggest the UAVs were made in 2018–19.
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