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Iraq " Russian " BTR types they had ?
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Posted: Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 02:54 PM UTC
I was wondering what types IRAQ had and were they used in OIF even when there was little if any fighting there was. They must have been used in ODS but were any used to invade kuawti.

OR if they were all abadended with everything else. And destroyed when a US and parties when they were seen. I want to do a dio with a tamiya ( M2, M1, Humvee ) and a BTR but I am not sure of what they had.

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Posted: Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 09:47 PM UTC
from what I know (and that ain't mutch) they had BTR-60's but there should be someone who know's for shure.
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Posted: Sunday, May 08, 2005 - 10:31 PM UTC
As janwillem told BTR-60 will be the correct choice.
Here is a list of wheeled armored vehicles Iraqi Army used;
BTR-60,BRDM-2 ,ERC-90,EE-9 Cascavel ,E-3 Jararaca,AML-60,AML-90 ,FV 601 Saladin ,FV 701 Ferret ,FUG-70 PSZH-IV ,Walid ,OT-64,BTR-152, EE-11 Urutu ,M3 Panhard
If you are planning an abandoned BTR, see this please

check this for more photos from gulf.
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Posted: Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 02:00 PM UTC
Concord 5527 Special Ops Journal No27 has some photos of captured and destroyed Iraqi armor incl some BMD-1s
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Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 07:30 AM UTC
not too many btr 80's in iraqs old aresenal but ive seen 2 new ones being used in the new iraqi armor batallions.
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 01:44 AM UTC
Don't think Iraq had ANY BTR-80.
As for new ones You mentioned - these most probably are Guardians or BTR-94 (Ukraine upgraded BTR-80 a with pair heavy guns). These were a gift from Jordan to a new National guard of Iraq.
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 01:59 AM UTC
Janwillem is correct. I have been there for OIF and Gulf War, and the BTR-60 is the only one I ever saw. Obviously I would try to get hold of some vets to get photots since digital cameras were everywhere. Hell some of the FOBs had captured Iraqi vehicles parked on them. One truck I personnally helped capture became a utility vehicle on our FOB.
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Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2005 - 02:43 AM UTC
I agree, photo's would be most usefull. And if the Iraqi's have the BTR-80 Guardian, that would be even better news as then the type is in more use than previously known.
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