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Originally Posted by Mobhack
In that case, you should sell off at least a third or 2/3 of your experienced core troops every year or 2 and replace with new purchases to represent the conscript rotation, perhaps?.
Andy
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According to the sources which touch iraqi personnel management practices, such as "(FMFRP) 3-203, Lessons Learned: The Iran-Iraq War, Vol . I" it was hardly unusual that soldiers who had taken part in the initial battles in 1980 would still be fighting in 1988 (there was a somewhat generous leaves policy to compensate for that, up to one week per month when possible), the iraqis were short on manpower.
How the personnel management system worked in detail it is not stated but it seems that service was "for the duration".
The bulk of the troops of course would have served for less than 8 years, either because they had become casualties or because had been called upon years into the war.
As far as I am concerned however the game campaign system is fine as it is.