After the fall of the monarchy and the proclamation of the Iraqi Republic, Iraq's policy changed and headed towards the eastern origins to import weapons, especially from the Soviet Union the share of anti-aircraft weapons from Iraq's imports was limited, but a limited number of units were formed, and the armaments of the previously formed battalions were replaced with eastern weapons, and it became the standard cannon 37 mm Soviet-made, and the class did not have a directorate at the time, but Section of the divisions of the Field Artillery Directorate was responsible for anti-aircraft weapons.