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Old 12-01-2020, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
For what it's worth, there were a few "voices in the wilderness" back in the early 2000s.....
As I've said before, and will probably keep saying for another 50 years, the Iraqi army was not a valid test to see how NATO would have done against the Soviets. The majority of Iraqi equipment simply wasn't up to the same standard as the Pact and lacked components such as the more advanced armour, targeting systems and so on (downgraded export versions). Their training was....lacking, and morale outside the Republican guard virtually non-existent.
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