The Daily Iraq errors report

[Marcello]

ZU-23 fitted MT-LB in iraqi army service, since 2005.

http://www.armyrecognition.com/News/...-2_Iraq_04.jpg

In addition the iraqis have been equipped with M1117/ASV (it could replace unit 912, V150 Commando)

http://www.armyrecognition.com/moyen...aq_news_02.jpg
http://www.iraqdevelopmentprogram.or...ews/new356.htm
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....576&highlight=

Unit 360 Al Faw-210.
As I noted previously a prototype of the Al Faw was made but it was a wheeled G6 lookalike. I suggest it to be deleted (no game scenario uses it AFAIK) or replaced with a more accurate version.

[Marcello]

Unit 355, M109, availability date 1975-1995

The iraqis did not aquire M109 in 1975.No such delivery is listed anywhere that I could find. They did however capture some M109A1 during the iran iraq war.

http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/al_jaber...997QA_001.html
http://www.iran-e-azad.org/english/nla/fortystars0.html

While, as I noted previously, the iraqis had little use for iranian tanks the captured APCs and SPAs were quickly put in service.

Here is an unfortunate iraqi M109A1.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12bravo...7594073501593/

[Marcello]

Some random pictures of Type 69-II tanks in iraqi service.
As I noted in a previous post this tank was a workorse of the iraqi army. They were armed with D-10T rifled guns (or its chinese clone at any rate). No 100mm smoothbores or 105mm rifled guns.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12bravo...7594073501593/

http://www.armyrecognition.com/moyen...le_Tank_31.jpg

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/l...MST9111661.jpg

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/l...MST9111674.jpg

[DRG]

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...ad.php?t=76897

specifically

http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1...photo/1190.jpg

the photo under the caption............"captured Iraqi Army French built Crotale SAM and T-55 MBT "


any ides what that 8 wheeled vehicle on it's side is ?

Don

[thatguy96]

Honestly looks more like a Roland SAM carrier of some sort. There were a number of truck mountings, but this one doesn't look familiar.

Something similar to the German FlaRakRad, just on a different chassis.

My copy of Jane's Weapon Systems 1986-87 lists Roland in Iraqi inventory, which I also realize is in the default OOB. Roland being French/German could easily have led to the confusion with Crotale.

[Marcello]

Probably this.

http://www.army-technology.com/proje...d/roland1.html

There are some reports that the iraqis did ask for some crotale systems but the jury is still out whether they did get them or not.

[Marek_Tucan]

My vote on that pic also goes to the Roland.