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Old September 13th, 2009, 09:40 AM
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Default Re: Iraqi errors report - Part 2

Some nice to have improvements, if time can be spared.

Units 65-72: BMP-1R
Suggested modifications:
1) Change to Class 32 Scout Vehicle for both units.
2) Unit 72 Vision rating could be increased to 50 and radio code changed to X1.
I take they were meant to be the reconnaissance variants of the BMP-1, usually known as BRM-1 and/or BMP-R. I have never found a source or a picture about them in iraqi service but it is perfectly plausible that a limited number of them may have been aquired among the batches of BMP-1 purchased. According to the sources some were fitted Tall-Mike battlefield surveillance radar.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...rm-1-specs.htm

Unit 598 GAZ-66 from OOB 11 (Russia) could be added.
The iraqis used these trucks in numbers. The following modifications to the russian unit would be applied.
1) Nationality change to Iraq
2) Availability dates 1/1970-4/2003
3) Class change to 183 “Light Truck”.
Source: pictures



An other, this one captured and put in american service

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...S_service.JPEG

A clone of unit 290 Jeep could be added with the following changes
1) DShK in first slot deleted
2) Change to class 26 “Utility Vehicle”

Formation 26: Reserve Co
Unit 306 Vickers HMG in slot 3 could be replaced by unit 100 Vickers HMG Sec.
This way the company would have two MMGs, which is closer to what they would have had actually (but still less than the complement of support weapons of the standard company, as would be fitting for a lower priority unit).

Units 324-910: HMMWV
Icons could be change to n. 3521 as it has both a more accurate camo and sports a MG turret.



Unit 987-988: Technical
I suggest icon change to n. 678. They look like pick up the iraqis are using rather than the land rover derivates which current icons look like.



Source for most of the pictures: www.militaryphotos.net
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