16.05.2022, 13:21
Zitat:Iraq orders new artilleryhttps://www.janes.com/defence-news/land-...-artillery
The Iraqi Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed contracts with the United States and France for advanced weapons, including artillery, the state Iraqi News Agency cited Major General Abdul-Ardawi, the MoD's head of artillery, as saying on 8 May.
He did not identify the weaponry that has been ordered but noted that artillery has proved its effectiveness in the battles against the Islamic State extremist group and is considered better than aircraft. The Iraqi Ground Forces' main artillery systems are US-supplied M198 towed howitzers and M109 tracked self-propelled howitzers.
Den unterstrichenen Teil finde ich ganz interessant, d. h. vor Ort schätzt man konventionelle Artillerie als wirkungsvoller ein als Luftschläge im Kampf gegen einen weitgehend asymmetrisch kämpfenden Gegner. Bleibt natürlich die Frage, ob man die Luftschläge nun über eher leichtere COIN-Flugzeuge definiert oder aber man die US-Luftwaffe meint...
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