[Marcello]

Some changes and tweaks for infantry units

A clone of unit 411 rifle section should be added
It would be armed with weapon n.4 SKS Carbine in the first slot instead of the M.44 rifle .
Availability date would be 1/1961-12/1975
SKS were available in substantial numbers in the 60’s to the iraqi army.

Unit 411: Rifle Section
Final availability date should be restricted to 12/1967
SKS were available in substantial numbers in the 60’s to the iraqi army.

Unit 413: Rifle Section
Initial availability date should be pushed back to 1/1980
PKM machine guns were a standard issue already in the 80’s

Unit 414: Rifle Section
Initial availability date could be pushed forward to 1/2010
LAWs are not issued to normal infantry yet.

Unit 476: Mech Section
The RPD should be replaced by PKM (weapon n.13)
Availability dates should be changed to 1/1980-12/2020
The RPD was largely superceded by PKM/RPK by then.

Unit 477: Mech Section
The RPD should be replaced by PKM (weapon n.13)
Availability date should be changed to 1/1990-4/2003
The RPD was largely superceded by PKM/RPK by then.

Unit 488: Mech Section
Availability date should be changed to 1/1990-4/2003,
RPG-18 was not issued past 2003.
Unit 476 would fill the formations after 4/2003 so it should not be a problem.

Unit 502: Reserve Section
Weapon n. 17 RKG-3M Grenade should be added in slot 4.
RKG-3 series grenades were still issued as late as 1991

A clone of unit 502 with weapon n. 18 RPG-7 in slot 4 should be added with availability dates 1/1992-4/2003.
After the downsizing of the army post 1991 there were apparently enough AK-47/LMGs/RPG-7 for basically everyone.

A clone of unit 501 with weapon n.4 SKS Carbine in the first slot and weapon n. 17 RKG-3M in the fourth slot should be added with 1/1975-12/1986 as availability dates.

Also

Formation 344: ILAV Company
The Strela SAM in slot 2 should be replaced by a scout section. No MANPAD have been issued to the iraqi army yet, nor such unit is planned to receive them.


With the changes above the iraqi infantry units should be as close as possible to the real thing, especially for the 1958-2008timeframe, which is probably the most important one for wargaming purposes anyway.