Fixes for the iraqi OOB

[Marcello]

Some leftovers and some related to new developments in the iraqi army. Bar something I missed or new develoments this should be enough for the ground units.

Unit 352 Steyr SK-105
Unit 604 M901 ITV
Unit 555 Sajil-40
Unit 463 SF Section
They could be all deleted.

The SK-105 is reported to have been in service in some old sources but it appears that this was not the case (probably some planned deal cancelled).
While a large number of M113s are in the process of being transferred to Iraq no M901 are included: only APCs, mortar carriers and various command/logistical.
The Sajil-40 is the Iraqi name for 180mm ASTROS rocket. Minimum range is listed as 15000 meters in the sources (globalsecurity etc) so it should fall under the MRLS minimum range ban.


Unit 43 ZSU-23-4V
Unit 312 BTR-152K
Unit 316 OT-64C SKOT
Unit 397 SNAR-10 GSR FO
Final availability date should be restricted to 4/2003
As far as can be told such units have not been used after OIF.

Unit n. 318 Panhard M3 VTT
It could be reclassed as class 23 APC (Wheel)
Currently it is available only in a formation that does not go past 4/2003. It would also compensate for units 312-316 being restricted to 4/2003, thus avoiding gap in formations using wheeled APCs. Some panhard APCs have been used by the new Iraqi army.

Units 346-571: SU-100M
1)FC reduced to 3 and Stabiliser to zero
2)Weapon n. 56 in slot 2 replaced by weapon n. 54 12.7 DShK AAMG
3)Final availability date could be extended, say to 12/1986.

No stabilizer were fitted, being an assault gun it would have made little sense; as far it can be told the SU-100M was a very modest upgrade. It appears from pictures that a few SU-100s may have still been around in the early part of the Iran Iraq war, probably dragged out of storage like the T-34.

Rationalization of assault guns
Unit 346-347-348-349 SU-100M, JSU-122 and JSU-152 could be reclassed as class 39 SP Gun
This would concentrate nearly all the vintage soviet assault gun in formation 18 leaving the car mounted RCL in formation 285-286

Formation n. 285 Assault Gun Co
Formation n. 286 Assault Gun Pl
Availability dates changed to 1/1957-4/2003

Formation 20 Spec Forces Co
Sapper platoon in slot 5 could be replaced by another SF Platoon

Air defense
Formations 174-176 SP-SAM and 18 SAM Battery
I suggest them to be denationalized or otherwise made unavailable.
It is still unclear what, if any, SAM systems will be purchased and when. The priority, and they haven’t been moving fast, appears to be on fielding ground based radars/support and one-two fighter squadrons to have at least a nominal air defense and ground attack capability by 2015 or so, to be followed by additional fighter squadrons before 2020. It seems likely they are following the US model of prioritizing fighters over ground based air defense and given there is barely enough money for the former it is difficult that anything will be done for the latter in the next few years, at least beyond the occasional talk.
If and when they change their priorities and make concrete moves towards acquiring such systems they could eventually be put back in.

Formation n. 245-246 SP Rocket Bty and SP Rocket Pl
Incorrect number of units
It seems that Iraq used the standard 6 MRLS per battery and 18 per battalion organization. The most straightforward solution would be deleting formation n. 245 and increasing the number of units in formation 246 to six changing its name to SP Rocket Bty.

A clone of unit 552 BM-21 could be added with 1/2011-12/2020 as availability dates. An handful have been recovered and apparently put back in service.

Unit 609 ILAV could be rearmed with weapon n. 165 50 cal TMG
This would potential free up weapon slots for later use in what is already a clogged weapons list.

Units 36-38 Assad Babyl
Icon changed to n. 357. These tanks were just T-72M1 with perhaps a little extra armor and some other minor modifications.

Formation n. 721 Kurdish Company
Units in slots 2-3 replaced by either two scout units or one scout and one 60mm mortar unit n. 804
It would make it look like more a regular infantry company, as the Kurdish units are being retrained as regular mountain units