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To: SirRealist who wrote (89363)4/2/2003 9:18:06 PM
From: Condor  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Iraq's Army Organization

From Jane's World Armies (1996)

...................In 1991, the army was infantry
heavy but it now has more armoured and
mechanised formations. The number of regular army
divisions has fallen from about seven
armoured/mechanised and 20 infantry divisions to
two or three armoured divisions, three mechanised
divisions and 15 to 17 infantry divisions. These
divisions are, at least nominally, structured along the
following lines.

Armoured divisions have two armoured and a
mechanised brigade; mechanised divisions have two
mechanised and one armoured brigade; while infantry
divisions have three infantry brigades and a tank
battalion. Armoured brigades have three armoured
and a mechanised battalion while mechanised
brigades have three mechanised and a tank battalion.
Divisions usually have four artillery battalions in
support. These regular units are generally equipped
with the BTR series of vehicles and older Soviet tanks
such as the T-55 and T-62. An unknown number of
the T-55s were upgraded before 1991 with the T-72
(125 mm) gun while others have applique armour.

In theory,
regular armoured divisions prior to Desert Storm had
12,100 men and 245 tanks, while infantry divisions
had 14,100 men and 78 tanks. In practice, these
complements were not reached.
cnn.com
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