Operation Iraqi Freedom - Coalition vs Iraq Military Power Comparison
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On the 20th March 2003, the US, UK, Australia and Poland launched a contraversial invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. This video will compare the military power of the Coalition forces and Iraq.
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6:38 Damn, Iraq even had Vader(s) fighting for them
That's what I'm saying haha
Uday was a huge Star Wars fan and picked those helmets for the Fedayeen troops
"which allowed the regime to deploy a new weapon" *darth vader*
Little thing to add to the video. Soviet made AK-47s are extremely rare. They were only produced from 1947 to 1955 before being replaced by the AKM. Meaning the Iraqi army often used subpar foreign made copies of the AK-47, which weren't as good as soviet made ones.
I had the same thought, but honestly in terms of information it's wildly easier to blanket them as AK-47s, rather than delve into the dank and swampy marsh that is determining an AKMN from M70A or Type 56A from AKMS. I think including the Tarik would have been neat though, both the US and Iraqi forces using the same sidearm is one of those funny little fact of military history.
@@happyhowey I think going into why the Iraqi's small arms were even worse than already mentioned in this video would have been unnecessary regardless. it's not like the iraqi military stood a chance in the first place, even with better infantry rifles. Also, the Tariq is a licensed copy of a Beretta 951, while the US military used a licensed copy of the Beretta 92. Goes to show that even their sidearm was hopelessly outdated (even tho my country still uses handguns designed around the same period, but we don't talk about that)
@@petitponeydu7727 I am Canadian. I know all too well the pain of old kit. And I’m not talking about the bread in the rations. Didn’t know that about the Tariq though, thanks!
@@happyhowey "honestly in terms of information it's wildly easier to blanket them as AK-47s" You could say the same for the coalition's M16 variants, yet here we are.
A lot of these videos are made with the premise that the British accent = well-informed historian, when it's really a millennial generating click revenue after reading Wikipedia and adding file footage.
Iraq had their own domestic production of copies of the Yugoslavian Zastava M70B1s, which were copies of Albanian smuggled AKs from 1959.
Zastava helped Saddam start his domestic production of what they call the Tobuk in 1979. Those weapons made from 1980-1984 were basically equivalent to Yugos, then the production quality dropped off.
They are neither Avtomat Kalashnikovs of 1947, nor Avtomat Kalshnikovs Modernizinaiya (AKM).
They are Iraqi copies of Yugoslavian M70s.
I like how he doesn't make the SA80 sound bad at all.
Its refreshing! It honestly isn't as agonizingly terrible as the reputation has grown to be. Lots of user impacting problems, but the benefits largely outweigh the negatives, and unlike the US, the UK had only an older rifle - the L1A1 - to fall back upon. Many overlapping impetus and reasons for less than satisfactory SA80 issues, lack of experience in bullpups, first intermediate rifle adopted, first major nation to adopt a universal service rifle with standard issue magnified optic (despite the weight being something of an issue), the recent adoption of the rifle, among others.
He doesn't because by '03 brits had A2 versions, which worked as opposed to A1s.
The A2 version of the "SA80" used by 2003 (officially called the the L85A2) fixed the problems with the infamous A1 version and is generally considered a good, reliable rifle. See the Forgotten Weapons video on the A1 to A2 upgrade, and the forthcoming A3 version ruclips.net/video/js4d8c7KzCQ/видео.htmlsi=hlEKSImpjIEH1cwv
@@happyhoweyOkay, so the l85 A1 by Lee Enfield was an absolute shit show (brit, with friends and family in service). Once H&K got their hands on it it became a passable rifle just with some niggles, rather than throwing it away for the first enemies you just killed guns.
The A2 was fixed by H&K. Which, at the time, was British owned.
It was cheaper than the 'scrap the lot and use the G36 instead' option.
The M113 APC was also designed in the 1950s and is still in service today. A box is still a box even 70 years later.
It's the VW Beetle of armoured vehicles. It's not great, it's not modern, but it IS reliable and easy to fix. Mostly because someone has written down your exact problem and how to fix it in ages past.
It's in Ukraine.
@@edwardloomis887 Of course it is, along with every bit of NATO hardware anyone wants to test in a real-world scenario. It's a great big testing ground for the arms industry now.
@@Skorpychan testing previous generation equipment against previous gen equipment is hilariously wasteful
I feel like it's kind of important to distinguish that Royal Marines are more equivalent to a special forces unit than American Marines
The US Marine Corps is about the size of the entire British military and is capable of operating independently. US Recon Marine units are closer in purpose and composition to British Marines.
@@the_rzh but the Royal Marines are more like the SEALS.
American Marines are just normal military like British and Australian army.
After hearing of Australia SASR imbedded with Marines that is clearly pointed out as Marines suffered injuries when Aussie infantry would not of.
How SASR saved Marines in Operation Anaconda Afghanistan also show it as Aussies infantry would of fought the same way as SASR did.
@@jmcw9632 You're thinking of the SBS.
@@the_rzhSBS is not the equivalent of SEALS.
Probably done for clarity's sake, but the AK47 represented a much smaller portion of the Iraqi Army's rifle arsenal than various derivatives, including the domestically produced Tabuk. In the picture that appears when discussing the AK-47's presence, the rifles there are actually a Type 56 (evidenced by the permanently attached spike bayonet), and the other may be either a Yugoslavian M70B2, AKMS, or another Type 56 - can't see the front sight which is usually the big give away variant wise. Completely good choice to just blanket them as AK-47s, but figured I'd add some additional info. Another interesting overlap would the the Tarik pistol, a domestic Iraqi copy of the Beretta 92FS, the pistol adopted by the United States Armed Forces as the M9, and later M9A1. Also on pronunciation, and its purely up to the speaker in my opinion, but I've heard ATACMS said Attack-Ms, versus Attic-Ms as you pronounced it, more often. Of course thats purely up to the speaker in my book.
On the Phrog - my beloved CH-46 Sea Knight - yes it may be old, and yes there were some issues with the desert environment, but she is a very pretty helicopter. Also when you spoke about the AH-1W SuperCobra, [the photo of] the helicopters were actually the AH-1Z Viper, the most recent upgrade of the Cobra. The USMC pursued [later in the early 2010s] what I've heard and read referred to as the ZULU upgrade package, basically the Venom and Viper, which are massively upgraded and even newly manufactured UH-1Y Hueys, and AH-1Z Cobras respectively. There is a great UH-1N photo out there from I think either 2003 or 2004 in Iraq of some UH-1N SuperHueys landing in a wadi.
Amazing video overall, unexpected treat, and walk down memory lane!
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Forgot I wanted to point out one little inaccuracy - at least from my knowledge base - on the LAV-25, the A in LAV is Armoured, not Assault, but you're right on the second A in AAV being Assault. Acronym Overload is a real problem. Check in on your military theorists, historians, and analysts.
Fun Warrior fact! The RARDEN gun is actually fed via stripper clips, in a similar manner to reloading magazines, or early 20th century bolt action rifles. This actually has some advantages, the RARDEN fits in a wide variety of vehicles, as it lacks any complex feeding or ammunition drum mechanisms, leading to the RARDEN being present in Scimitar tracked scout vehicles, Fox/Fennec wheeled scout cars and just about anything that can fit the turret. Some suggest the clip loading system also allows swapping ammunition types more easily. Also, the simplicity and light weight of the RARDEN was specifically done to allow it to be used in as many vehicles as possible, which is why it originally lacked a stabilizer. Some Warriors can also mount MILAN, and currently Javelin missile systems, but from what I've read this is only really done for the vehicles carrying ATGM teams, and often the weapon will be dismounted and returned to the team riding in the vehicle.
Little personal note on the Scimitar, but it is surprisingly small, and really stuns you in person. For me, it was like wearing an armoured vehicle, and I was alone in the bloody thing! Can't imagine being in combat, or sharing the turret with someone else.
Another fun fact on the RARDEN, it was originally designed in response to the adoption of the BMP-1. It was determined that - effectively - putting 30mms in every mechanized squad's vehicle, would allow them to be effectively countered.
looks like i ain't the only one who wanted to add a few info about the small arms part of the video ! Completely agree on everything you said regarding their AKs. however i have to point out (because i'm french, so it's in my blood) that the Tariq is a copy of the Beretta M951, the ancestor to the Beretta 92 !
Mentioned it on your other comment, but I didn't know that about the Tariq, thanks! @@petitponeydu7727
31:33 USS THACH FFG 43. My first ship, although I had moved on before this particular war. She's resting on the floor of the Pacific now, off the coast of Hawaii. Sunk during a RIMPAC exercise.
What great ships the OH Perry's were. My father built them at TODD shiftyard.
@@timf2279OHPs were probably the best post WW2 ships the Navy ever ordered and deployed.
The majority of U.S. infantrymen likely received a lot more than 22 weeks of training. An E1 that deployed right after AIT might have only gotten 22 weeks of training, but the NCOs and more senior lower enlisted would have received considerably more training.
I mean he did say basic training, most people in the military are training all of the time when not deployed so yeah probably more than 22 weeks.
Either way anything yank is still shit wether you polish it or not..
He is talking about Basic Training, most Militaries have BT, and then further training after, including the British. But either way US got less training than there counterparts.
@cosyscripterblx No, they didn't. Please stop spreading misinformation.
Yes they did, there marines alone JUST from basic training get 10 weeks less, then after that the individual causes for specialities are also shorter. I would appreciate it if you stopped lying and actually told the truth.@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69
Thank you for your breakdown of the airframes. I served in OIF in 2005 and 2007, and got to ride on every Marine helicopter sans the Apache since I wasn't a helo pilot. My favorite was the Osprey, that was my last ride. It's like a roller coaster without a track, when it switches to winged mode, you drop. Stomach into the throat moment. It's so cool. The Huey was my second favorite, it's nimble and does it's job well. Also, their pilots are just the right amount of crazy.
I was in Iraq in 04-05 in the AL Anbar Provence. From memory, most of the Iraq Republican Guards were conscripts and couldn't wait to surrender. After that fall, most of them wanted to be Americans and were thankful for us. Thanking us for liberating them and wanted to live normal lives.
It was the Fedayeen that were the most trained and most eager to fight us. Many of them would go on to be insurgents as well as other Ba'aath loyalist that would get back into the fight. They were better trained, more willing to engage and had a pretty good sense of guerrilla war fare. The IED's were quite sophisticated at the time and they had access to large weapon caches and explosives.
"After that fall, most of them wanted to be Americans and were thankful for us"
It has nothing to do with America, those poeple wanted to be anywhere other than under a dictatorship and I cannot blame them.
@vinny142 wrong. Most of them literally wanted to be Americans. They wanted to pack up and leave Iraq and move to America. Many of them did. The ones that could afford too moved to Detroit Michigan. Others became contractors for us and worked their way for a US citizenship and/or green card to move
Yep just look Iraq now, a better democratic country, maybe can go to the space in 4500 years😂
@@top3misterioyterrorzapoyot571 yup. Or maybe their next faction/dictator can put some money aside their space budget. Got to give Uncle Saddam Credit. He actually had the funds to work on his space gun. AKA Project Babylon.
@@top3misterioyterrorzapoyot571 making fun of a nation you are responsible in destroying is one of the scummiest things I have ever seen.
Absolutely love comparisons like this!! More please!!! Great job!
ATACMS pronounced A-Tack-Ums. F-14s were still used also. The last F-14 squadron deployed to Iraq in 2006.
Always much appreciated excellent content.
Are the Fedayeen wearing Darth Vader helmets?
yep, Uday was a huge fan of star wars. so he picked those helmets. great military strategist right there
Outstanding video.
Thank you!
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Excellent documentary!
Man I love these videos.
Very interesting. Thanks for uploading.
Never been this early. LOVE your videos!
Terrific video!
Can you compare two forcea of a conflict more often this was so good
Good vid, thanks. Australia's contribution included SAS and commando elements.
SASR were inside Iraq on the 18th 2 days before invasion calling in airstrikes on AA and searching for WMD'S and then captured Al Assad Airforce base too,.
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Speaking of US Marines using outdated tech, I have a buddy who was a Marine from 93 to 2000, and he was issued Alice packs from Vietnam that were still stamped with U.S. Army
Alice packs were the best though. Our battalion commander was able to get them for us during our Afghanistan deployment and, trust me, hiking up and down the mountains with them vs the trash molle packs we were originally issued was a godsend. Although it's usually not our choice to use outdated equipment, some times it just works better.
I actually feel bad for the Iraqi Military. Not for Saddam himself. But the countries military, oh yes.
I've got an uncle who flew fighter jets in the Iraqi airforce during the iran iraq war, hes still alive now but my other uncles died in the war.
@@Envy-ie2wp---I'm sorry for your loss. 😮😮🙏🙏
Great content
Good video
Dope
24:50 I remember a Frederick Forsyth novel: the scuds or Al Hussein broke up after re entering atmosphere
Iraqis were stuck at like Tier 5, using 75% skill crews where Coalition was at T10 with max rank tech and crew.
Imagine getting gaijin'ed irl
@@shietnewfeature.delethethis literally lol
Great sponsorship! Much better than these games...
here we go!
You should do one like this for the 1991 war
The one addition I felt should have been added is not only the length of basic training but the quality of training after as well. Basic training is just what it is, the basics and its once you get to your unit you learn more advanced methods and operations. In unit training at a brigade level and with combined arms is really what seperates nato from others.
I think the point of bringing up training was to show the difference between nato nations training and iraq training. trying to compare us and British basic training is just odd, and does not add to the point of the video and could be dropped all together.
Hello
Excellent and interesting!
Btw
It's not a-ta-cams
It's Attack'em's
"The marines used (insert outdated ancient machinery here) during (insert war were involved in)." Shocker.
*this is not a dig at the video, its a dig at the US militarys fetish with keeping marines using the same guns their grandparents did.
It's more that budgets had limits. It's not like they were rolling in with Garands, or even M60s.
The M60, particularly in the E4 modification, were present in some special forces units. But you are right, the USMC wasn't profoundly out of date, and the doctrinal and strategic decisions largely influenced decisions such as using towed and air-transportable artillery. Arguably the age of the Sea Knight is a point in its favour, as it served quite well despite the age - and in truth the CH-47s in theatre were similarly old aircraft designs. While a handful of the CH-46s were truly old, from the late 60s and 70s, the majority were upgraded, or generally low hour airframes, in line with the Chinooks. The Chinooks of the era were also not widely different from the Phrogs, as the full glass digital cockpit CH-47F only really completely replaced the C model by the late 2000s and early 2010s. @@josepetersen7112
If it works, it works.
"You want logistics? Join the Army. Marines make do."
@@Syndie77-gk4xk OOH-RAH !
I really like your documentary work, though this time i found the old picture/movie effect on the entire video distracting, on some of the older pictures i liked it, just not the entire video, Keep up the good video's, i hope to enjoy many more
't72 had inferior optics'
War Thunder Devs: Nyet.
tell me what the magnification is with the t-72 in game then
@@lightningstrike5024 AV has 12x with 2nd gen thermals. Chally 2 has 10x
@@44kizza44 the av is syrian lmao he said the iraqis used the 72m
I'd be interested know what you think the Iraqis could have done differently to slow the coalition forces down. Sort of a "Monday morning quarterbacking" analysis, based on the assets and Intel they had available.
Just a shout out for the F-4 which was there.
That and the F-14s! The Bombcat's last combat engagement was the 2003 invasion and it's related support operations. Same with the A-6 Intruder if memory serves.
Although it's original and primary intended purpose was anti-tank it's worth pointing out that most versions of Hellfire, those which are laser guided, are really 'anti everything' since they will track whatever the laser is pointing at, and have been frequently used to engage infantry as well as buildings, perhaps even more so than tanks
A word on names. 'Husain' was not Saddam's surname, it was his father's first name. If you use one name to refer to him, use 'Saddam'.
What is up with those wacky Star Wars Fedayeen helmets?
That picture of burning ak's broke my heart...
For power comparison, Iraq and Iran were fighting each other for 8 years during the 80s and it was a stalemate. The US lead coalition wiped out Iraq in a couple weeks, TWICE.
Your data on the CH53E is wrong. One, it IS the heaviest lift helicopter in western militaries. It can carry a MAX capacity of 55 troops, as required. An internal payload of 32k pounds and an external of 36k. Max gross weight of 73.500 pounds. The can external and aerial refuel to the drop point.
12:00 i think the ukraine war should have taught us that really its a mix of both, combined with the lack of blowout panels.
we know russia identified ammo placed around the tank as a major factor contributing to losses. internal studies have shown this, and t90 design supports it. (see Steven Zaloga's book on the T-90S)
ukrainian tankers have been quoted saying they carry only the ammo that fits in the autoloader for this reason.
we still see plenty of turret tosses on both sides. hard to believe russia would know its a major factor contributing to loss and continue to mandate tankers to carry the extra ammo. i havent seen any evidence that they are atleast. jack in the box effect is still very prevalent.
its up to the tanker choice, and running out of ammo while in a battle isnt exactly a great situation either so many still would take larger ammo loads
2:54 back then it was 16 weeks, it just recently got switched to 22 weeks around the same time Covid happened
Excellent video
What is with the mouse cursor quickly bouncing around the screen the whole video?
Great video either way!
Great video but I'd prefer it if you toned down or removed the old film effect. It's pretty distracting.
12:42 "armored bins" But if one is penetrated isn't that create the same catastrophic effect?
You forgot about the australian weapons and vehicles
Pretty sure the AK-47 was never mass produced. The AKM absolutely was, which is the most common firearm found in the middle east. I could be wrong, though.
6:14 "The Iraqi military would be fighting on its home territory, which would allow Sadam to utilize a new weapon; the cast from The Empire Strikes Back, specifically the one guy who drove an AT-AT"
Falklands ground series?
So nobody would call out on *Shoot and scoot?*
Who has put 25 guys in an AAV and how did you do it
Buckle up.
6:50 - Iraqi military standard issue Darth Vader helmet
Challenger II is the greatest tank made to date, mostly for the integrated tea set.
Interesting time to drop this vid, considering recent developments
What?
Freedom or armageddon
2:01 is that Borat?
And the Australian sas are equal or even better trained than other special forces and our normal troops were parachute trained
Im here too
The V-22 Osprey even today is a death trap. USMC 88-92, but that's just my opinion.
nowadays it has a lower accident rate and fatal crash number than blackhawks even after adjusting for fleet size
I love that the Fedayeen wore darth vader helmets because Uday loved Star Wars.
I always heard artillery described as "The Queen of the Battlefield".
Queen is infantry, artillery is the king of the battlefield - arty nco
As an artilleryman, I can assure you field artillery is the king of battle.
Yeah, king of battle because you're vulnerable, weak, and can hardly move at all. The queen is the most powerful piece in the game.
Hail o' hail o' infantry
Queen of battle, follow me
Why do you pronounce the ATACMS atacms? It's pronounced atacms!
I certainly did not pronounce atacms atacms, i pronounced atacms!
@@TheIntelReportNo, your pronounce it atacms!
This all brings up the question of whether it would have been better to have let Schwarzkopf to have gone on to Baghdad in 91 and finish things back then.
It would.
They tried that in Afghanistan and after ten years, 2.3 trillion dollars and 250.000 dead the situation is pretty much the same as when they started.
You cannot force a country to do what you want them to. You can kill a dictator but that leaves a power vacuum and power vacuums are filled by power hungry people and power hungry people are usually very very bad at running a country (or a business, for that matter).
@@vinny142 They tried nation building in Afghanistan.They didn't make a power vacuum in there.
@@vinny142There was no power vacuum in Afghanistan until coalition forces withdrew. Now there is, with the Taliban butting heads with an ISIS spin off
@@vinny142 this is such a bad take on the situation. the USA has been preparing the afghan govt to fight the taliban on their own for 20 yrs. ANA was just that much of a dogshit.
At 4:04 when talking about polish grom the guy on the far left is actually DRAGO a us navy seal born in Poland integrated with the grom guys! 🤙🏻
Why is the video full of quickly moving mouse cursor ?
I didn't notice until you pointed it out.... Lol wtf is going on with the mouse cursor?
It's not a mouse cursor, but an overlay making the material look more dated. Purely aesthetic joice
artillery is the king of battle.
Arty is the king of battle.
ATACM is pronounced Aaa tack ems
Wake up bro new 2015 military power edit just dropped
All AKM’s no real AK47’s
why is your cursor moving all over the video the whole time?
Who would have realised ammo with parts from the PRC would fail,apart from me?
Yea sorry Australia SASR were inside Iraq on the 18th calling in airstrikes on AA and any targets to help with the initial invasion on 20th. so was British SAS and Seals..
And also SASR captured Al Assad Airforce base and SASR are underated by many. Australia SASR were just barely used or as they say were not let off the leash to do what they do best they outperformed even Devgru and KSK in Afghanitan Operation Anaconda.
@@nedkelly9688"they outperformed even DEVGRU and KSK on Operation Anaconda." LOL, where on Earth did you hear that? While the SASR certainly performed, there is no evidence, let alone a single credible source, that would suggest they outperformed any other team on the ground. You must be the same NedKelly who used to go by GamerDaresWins, knowing for spewing misinformation up and down RUclips.
@@nedkelly9688where on Earth did you hear that the SASR outperformed the KSK and DEVGRU? Because while they certainly performed, there is no evidence anywhere to suggest they outperformed anyone. Former SAS member Ant Middleton doesn't even hold them to the same standard.
@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 Ant Middleton does not know what talking about lil man.
@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 Rodger Hayden most badass Navy Seal of Vietnam is in interview saying SASR had the trade craft no other special forces had during his whole career. even clearly said British SAS were not on par.
But you Brits ego think has been you since you weilded a sword during king days.
Australian Killer Commando teaches Devgru close quarters combat tactics as he got his name having to strangle a HVT by hand because all close quarters combat was so awful at the time that he devised his own tactics.
He was ex SASR and formed Australia 2nd Commando unit.
Devgru commander say he is years ahead of anyone..
British EGO is rediculous. you are not always the best and other's could do same and probably do it better
USA even state were not that impressed with British performance in Afghanistan.. you are a failing military.
Your ships can't even hit houthi ground targets
Fuck these videos are so good
Who else is here super early? Lol
YAT YAS!!!!!!!
You have this force that won't retreat under most circumstances. What do you do?
You don't train it.
I do question this narrative, though. Other fanatically loyal forces in history were almost as liable to retreat as their regular counterparts.
I'm not saying this isn't true. I'm saying I need to look it up.
He didn't mention the name of the Iraqi standard issue mustache.😂
Not featured in this video: WMDs
Awks 😂
4:14 lol anyone else spot it?
Training photo
LAV stands for light armored vehicle not light assault vehicle. At that time they were used in light armored reconnaissance battalions .
The T-72 is not more mobile than an Abrams on rough nor paved. Go look at the combat footage in Ukraine and tell me how well Russian tanks are using their mobility. How is T-72 more mobile when its reverse speed is walking pace?
You should probably consider the terrain they operate on in 03 and recently
Who knew mobility in desert and arid conditions are so different to the plains and wet marshes that Ukraine and Russia fights in
@@TheRandCrews The T-72 is still NOT more mobile than an Abrams, regardless of terrain. Its lighter and can cross more bridges though, at the cost of crew protection from ammunition explosions.
@@TheRandCrewsno, the Abrams is more manoeuvrable no matter what.
it has a high power to weight ratio, so better throttle responsiveness and steeper max climb angle
“…and generals”😂
Why are the some of special forces faces are black out or blurred
Do you really have to ask?
T-72's and all other Russian tanks other than the T-14 Armata also have two other huge disadvantages compared to NATO armor: a very slow reverse speed and they have to be at a complete stop to fire their main gun. So even if you can see the other side, you can't maneuver as well and you have to stop every time you fire, making your tank an easier to hit target every time you stop.
The T72 and T64 have a gun stabilizer and are absolutely capable of firing on the move.
@@kievbutcherThe later versions are. Not the ones Iraq had.
@@KnightsWithoutATable well thats not entirely correct, the reason the iraqi variants couldnt engage on the move was because they were heavily stripped down export models which were significantly less effective then their by then russian counter parts as even early T-64 and T-72 models could shoot on the move, for example if the iraqi’s had the by then most modern T-72 variants then the coalition would have likely take much more heavy loses as those tanks while still not as effective as their western counter parts were much more dangerous
Maybe some less than .005 most Iraq Ak’s are copy’s of Yugoslavian variance, mostly hybrid stuff I’m calling everything a AKM…. Such is there Tubeuk sniper rifle lots of China stuff, NO Real AK47’s !
Funny how the us marines basically always have to use different stuff hahaha. Yet they didn't really do anything different in reality
The BMP and BTR were never state of the art.
we need the cartoon graphics
Huh
Different channel
USA! USA! USA!
Is this the last of the Schwarzkopf era operation?
Disagree with the storm shadow. The Russians learn how to shoot them down. And those ships weren't being used. Also, the Russians always repair the supple lines too.
Iraqi armed forces were meant to fight unarmed civilian and Saddam personal guard was meant to be loyal dogs
Both aren't meant to fight real war and definitely not against NATO Might
They beaten back by newly made new Iran armed force yknaw
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First!!