Iraqi errors report - Part 2

[Marcello]

Unit 124: Mi-24
It should be deleted, Iraq did not get this version.

Unit 125: Mi-25
1) Initial availability date changed to 1/1980
2) Weapon n.145 Malyutka ATGM should be replaced with weapon n. 147 Falanga ATGM
3) Weapon n.185 2x 57mm S-5K in slots 2 and 3 replaced by weapon n. 186 4x 57mm S-5 with 16 HE rounds for each

A typical load would have been four UB-32 32 rounds rocket pods and Falanga ATGMs, as seen in this captured iraqi example.




Note also the standard 12,7mm gatling as gun armament; as noted previously iraqi Mi-24s did not carry 23mm guns.



Source for the pictures: http://www.fas.org

Unit 135 J-6
It has a wrong armament and is redundant, I suggest it to be deleted.

Unit 136: J-6
1) Availability date should be changed to 1/1983-12/1986
2) EW rating should be reduced to 0
3) Rocket ammo in slots 2-3 should be reduced from 5 to 4.
4) FC rating could be reduced to 7

The reduction in rocket ammo would make it consistent with four 8 rounds rocket pods, a typical MiG-19/J-6 load, or two UB-16 16 rounds pods. 57mm S-5 rockets were usually carried in pods with 8 16 or 32 rockets capacity. These were pretty spartan planes, lacking EW equipment and with a very short lifespan.

Unit 139: MiG-17D
1) Renamed MIG-17F (the iraqis got MiG-17F and MiG-17PF versions)
2) Availability dates could be changed to 1/1959-12/1973
3) It should be rearmed with two weapons n. 194, one in slot 3 and an other in slot 4.

Unit 140: MiG-17F
1) Final availability date restricted to 12/1973
2)Ammo load for weapon 186 4x 57mm S-5 in slot 3 would be reduced from 5 to 4 rounds, consistent with two pods carrying 8 rockets each.
3) Speed could be lowered to 11 (consistent with Unit 134 MiG-17F value in the Russian OOB)

Unit 141: MiG-17PF
1) Availability dates changed to 1/1959-12/1973
2) It could be rearmed with two weapon n. 196 250kg Bomb, one in slot 2 and an other in slot 3
3) Speed could be lowered to 11

Unit 142: MiG-19S
1) Rocket ammo in slots 2-3 should be reduced from 5 to 4.
2) Final availability date could be restricted to 12/1970 or 12/1973 (they were already being phased out in 1967)
3) FC rating could be reduced to 7