Posted on 12/25/2008 2:13:34 PM PST by SandRat
Can’t wait ‘til there trained enough to come deliver the innocent citizens of this country from an evil dictator named Hussein, and his henchmen...
there s/b they’re... oops
Knock Knock Tehran, you listening??
Merry Christmas
That is a BMP I agree. Stock picture probably.
Accept no substitutes! :-)
A BMP-3, specifically - low velocity 100 mm gun.
I don’t know why we have to give them such an advanced tank — the Chobham armor makes them nearly impossible to destroy. How about some M60A3s instead?
As soon as we leave, they’ll turn them against their own people and another dictator will be in charge of Iraq to replace Hussein.
A. The photo is of a BMP1 from 2-34/9 IA Armored Cavalry Battalion, taken 29 Oct 2008. They had their T72s and BMP1s out at Besmaya for training and were also familiarizing with US M1A1s. They grabbed the wrong photo for the 70+ odd posted at DVIDS.
B. That 140 tanks ordered is the first order. The second order’s notice to congress was delivered 9 Dec 2008, which means that the order will not be official until early next year.
C. I wrote about the IA already training on US M1A1s pending receipt several weeks ago, two different articles mentioned that detail at the Long War Journal. Even used a photo from the same set as that BMP1 for one of the articles. Except the one I used was of an M1 side by side with a T72.
The only part of this that is news is when the first 140 M1s are to be delivered...
BMP1
Too short of a barrel for a 100mm.
73mm...
Also, a BMP3 has a 30mm also fitted coax to the 100mm.
Who is paying for this???
We are not “giving” them anything.
They are buying it with their own money.
They don’t want old 1960s built, used junk.
(Their attitude, I would have gone with the M60-120S, in their shoes. Cost half as much per tank.)
The only reason they have the T72s and T55s is because, they were either given them or salvaged them from the boneyards. so as to have something until they could buy replacements.
Two years ago, the public statements of their second ranking general indicated they were looking at M60s. That appears to have been cancelled...
The Government of Iraq. This is part of the 10 Billion dollar FMS sale announced last summer. Their dime...
Yep. you’re absolutely right. That is a BMP-1 w/73 mm gun. Gotta go bone up on my BMPs. But not on Christmas Day. Cheers!
“As soon as we leave, theyll turn them against their own people and another dictator will be in charge of Iraq to replace Hussein.”
You might see Mookie and his Iranian backed buddies try to pull that kind of crap but I don’t think the typical Iraqi wants to go back to that life. These people have been kicked around for a long time and they are tired of it.
The Kurds won’t let it happen again.
Cost means less than effectiveness.
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