It participated in the initial liberation of the Iraqi border enclaves which had been occupied for years by Iran.

Its 24th Mechanized Brigade was tasked with seizing the Saif Sa'ad enclave, located halfway between Mehran and Naft-e-Shah (northeast of Tursaq).

[3] In September 1997 a Jane's Intelligence Review article listed the 10th Armoured Division as being part of the 4th Corps, located at Al Teab in Al Amarah Governorate (sic: Maysan Governorate), and consisting of the 17th, 24th, and 42nd Brigades.

The division began the 2003 invasion of Iraq under the command of the 4th Corps on the Iranian border north of Al Amarah.

[4] The division and the remainder of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi Army was dissolved by Coalition Provisional Authority Order 2 of May 2003.