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Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991. Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield.. List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.
Field gun Chinese copy of the M-46. M1937 [33] Soviet Union: 50 [23] 152 mm Gun-howitzer D-1 [33] Soviet Union: 250 [23] 152 mm Howitzer 2A36 Giatsint-B Soviet Union: 180 [23] 152 mm Field gun Type 83 China: 50 [23] 152 mm Howitzer G5 South Africa: 100 [33] 155 mm Howitzer GHN-45 Canada: 200 [33] 155 mm Howitzer Illegally transferred to Iraq ...
10,000 Tantals were sold to Iraq in mid-2000. [3] AKM: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: Used by previous Iraqi army. Some captured from the Islamic State. Mostly kept in storage. Used in parades. [citation needed] Zastava M70: 7.62×39mm Yugoslavia Iraq: In limited use. [citation needed]
In November 2005, a video which was circulating in Iraq appeared on the Internet. [4] The video, attributed to the Sunni insurgent group Islamic Army in Iraq, showed American soldiers being shot and falling to the ground. The video starts with a man saying, "I have nine bullets in this gun, and I have a present for George Bush. I am going to ...
Both videos depict the attack on the van, van driver, and two other men, and the aftermath when the two seriously injured children were evacuated by U.S. ground forces who arrived on the scene. [64] The longer video shows the third attack, in which Hellfire missiles were fired into a building. [46]
After the Gulf War in 1991, the Iraqis admitted the existence of Project Babylon, and allowed UN inspectors to destroy the hardware in Iraq as part of the disarmament process. Several barrel sections seized by UK customs officers are displayed at the Royal Armouries , Fort Nelson, Portsmouth .
The Tabuk Sniper Rifle is an Iraqi semi-automatic designated marksman rifle, made from a modified version of the Zastava M76 sniper rifle.The Tabuk Rifle was manufactured at the Al-Qadissiya Establishments in Iraq [7] [8] [9] using machinery sold to Iraq by Zastava Arms of Yugoslavia when Saddam Hussein was president.
Iraq Body Count project data shows that 33% of civilian deaths during the Iraq War resulted from execution after abduction or capture. These were overwhelmingly carried out by unknown actors including insurgents, sectarian militias and criminals. [9] Kidnapping, and in some cases beheadings, have emerged as another insurgent tactic since April ...