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The Republican Guard were regular, uniformed troops, unlike the paramilitary Fedayeen.

Both the Republican Guard and the Special Republican Guard's armored units used T-72M1 tanks, the most advanced tank in Iraq's armored inventory.

Prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Republican Guard was located along the Tigris, to the north and south of Baghdad. The SRG was positioned along the Tigris, just south of the capital.

In 2002, it was reported that the Republican Guard and the Fedayeen Saddam were both training in urban street fighting and in guerilla warfare.

Order of Battle

• 1st Republican Guard (Northern) Corps
  • 2nd Al Medina Armored Division
  • 5th Baghdad Mechanized Division; a square division of four brigades, was able to be split into two small half-divisions.
  • 7th Adnan Infantry Division

• 2nd Republican Guard (Southern) Corps
  • Al Nida Armored Division
  • 6th Nebuchadnezzer Mechanized Division
  • 1st Hamurabi Armored Division

• As Saiqa Special Forces Division- independent unit containing:
  • A Special Forces brigade,
  • Paratroop Brigade,
  • Marine Brigade and
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• Special Republican Guard
  • 1st Brigade (Security)
  • 2nd Brigade (Combat)
  • 3rd Brigade (Combat)
  • 4th Brigade (Armored)
  • Air Defense Command (Two Regiments, Three Batteries)
  • Tank Command (Two Regiments)

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See also: military of Iraq, Regular Army, US plan to invade Iraq