Some units to be added
1) Unit 983 GSP Ferry from OOB 11 Russia
2) Unit 775 PTS-M from OOB 11 Russia
Availability dates should be late 70’s, say 1/1978-4/2003. There are pictures showing them in iraqi service.
Here for example a GSP ferrying an iraqi T-62 across a river during the Iran Iraq war:
Another abandoned in a tank graveyard in Iraq:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdraide...n/photostream/
PTS-M abandoned in Iraq:
3) Unit 52 Ferret Mk 1 from OOB 7 (Great Britain)
Availability dates 1/1955-12/1970.
It could be armed with weapon n. 29 .50 cal M2 AAMG
Source: SIPRI
4) Unit n.2 Vickers Mk.6b from OOB 64 (Saudi Arabia). Availability dates 1/1946-12/1959
Armament should be the same from unit 280 Humber Mk III.
Source : I found a picture of it and a brief description at
http://www.jedsite.info/tanks-victor...ion-intro.html
Though the website is not longer available I have seen pics of it elsewhere. I could track them down if you are interested.
It seems the iraqis refurbished a number of Vickers light tanks abandoned by the british at the end of WW2 and put them in service postwar. At least one of them took part in the 1958 coup and was turned into a monument.
5) An antiaircraft machine gun using weapon n. 29 .50 cal M2 AAMG
Availability date 1/1946-12/1960
This would be used to provide an antiaircraft machine gun before the arrival of the Zpu in 1959. As it is the only towed antiaircraft weapons available before that date are the 40mm Bofors.
It seems common sense that some antiaircraft machine gun was available or could have been (mounting some available .50 cal on some custom made AA mount for example) in that timeframe if needed.