Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: wdr@wang.COM (William Ricker) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Iraqi Order of Battle? Message-ID: <1990Aug11.015202.19902@cbnews.att.com> Date: 11 Aug 90 01:52:02 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 29 Approved: military@att.att.com From: William Ricker The 8/8/90 Wall Street Journal (p. A6) gave an out-of-date order-of-battle for the Iraqi army, from an 88-89 source-book. It listed 5000 tanks including 30 Chieftans and 500 T-72s. Does anyone know if since '88 they've received any more modern equipment? (Either more of these or anything newer?) I assume the 13 French SA-321s "Super Frelon" listed under tanks by the WSJ is a typo, as I think those are helicopters? I would also be interested in any discussion of Iraqi doctrine, in how they mix their T-72,62,59, and 54's. I would guess that the 30 Chieftains are the elite guard company in Bagdhad. Do they consider their 50% T-54s to be reserves, or do they use them as cannon fodder or second echelon? The same article mentioned the difficulty of using chemical protection suits in the desert, and said "To counter such threats, US officials said, Patriot missles and other anti-missile systems would also be sent to Saudi Arabia." What efficacy should we expect for Patriot et al in shooting down inflight rounds from FROG-7 or SCUD-B launchers? -- /bill ricker/ wdr@wang.com a/k/a wricker@northeastern.edu *** Warning: This account not authorized to express opinions ***