The 17th Armoured Division was in the field in the 2nd Corps sector in 1982–84 south of Khanaqin on the Iran-Iraq border;[1] 2nd Corps was at that point headquartered at Baqubah.
One of the division's early commanders was Brigadier General Saber 'Abd al-'Aziz.
[2] 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.
[5] 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.
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