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On the 20th March 2003, the US, UK, Australia and Poland launched a contraversial invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. This video will compare the military power of the Coalition forces and Iraq.
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Funny how the us marines basically always have to use different stuff hahaha. Yet they didn't really do anything different in reality
Falklands ground series?
31:33 USS THACH FFG 43. My first ship, although I had moved on before this particular war. She's resting on the floor of the Pacific now, off the coast of Hawaii. Sunk during a RIMPAC exercise.
What is up with those wacky Star Wars Fedayeen helmets?
I actually feel bad for the Iraqi Military. Not for Saddam himself. But the countries military, oh yes.
O peration I raqi L iberation
Yea sorry Australia SASR were inside Iraq on the 18th calling in airstrikes on AA and any targets to help with the initial invasion on 20th. so was British SAS and Seals..
artillery is the king of battle.
Can you compare two forcea of a conflict more often this was so good
ATACMS pronounced A-Tack-Ums. F-14s were still used also. The last F-14 squadron deployed to Iraq in 2006.
All AKM’s no real AK47’s
Terrific video!
Maybe some less than .005 most Iraq Ak’s are copy’s of Yugoslavian variance, mostly hybrid stuff I’m calling everything a AKM…. Such is there Tubeuk sniper rifle lots of China stuff, NO Real AK47’s !
Interesting time to drop this vid, considering recent developments
Pretty sure the AK-47 was never mass produced. The AKM absolutely was, which is the most common firearm found in the middle east. I could be wrong, though.
here we go!
The V-22 Osprey even today is a death trap. USMC 88-92, but that's just my opinion.
Thank you for your breakdown of the airframes. I served in OIF in 2005 and 2007, and got to ride on every Marine helicopter sans the Apache since I wasn't a helo pilot. My favorite was the Osprey, that was my last ride. It's like a roller coaster without a track, when it switches to winged mode, you drop. Stomach into the throat moment. It's so cool. The Huey was my second favorite, it's nimble and does it's job well. Also, their pilots are just the right amount of crazy.
3:30 Why do people always compare the 2 forces? USMC is a corps level unit with 3 divisions and operates in a battle line on the tactical level. The RM are regiment level and are more similar to US rangers or Force Recon.
The Iraq war was organized by dual American-Israeli citizens. America did not benefit at all from this war. Israel did.
This was another in a long list of zionist wars.
Weapons of mass destruction that didn’t exist and over a million murdered civilians!! Fkn disgusting western terrorists
2:33January 30,2024
Although it's original and primary intended purpose was anti-tank it's worth pointing out that most versions of Hellfire, those which are laser guided, are really 'anti everything' since they will track whatever the laser is pointing at, and have been frequently used to engage infantry as well as buildings, perhaps even more so than tanks
The M113 APC was also designed in the 1950s and is still in service today. A box is still a box even 70 years later.
The BMP and BTR were never state of the art.
Challenger II is the greatest tank made to date, mostly for the integrated tea set.
At 4:04 when talking about polish grom the guy on the far left is actually DRAGO a us navy seal born in Poland integrated with the grom guys! 🤙🏻
We know this war was a lie😅
Wake up bro new 2015 military power edit just dropped
Why is the video full of quickly moving mouse cursor ?
Absolutely love comparisons like this!! More please!!! Great job!
The one addition I felt should have been added is not only the length of basic training but the quality of training after as well. Basic training is just what it is, the basics and its once you get to your unit you learn more advanced methods and operations. In unit training at a brigade level and with combined arms is really what seperates nato from others.
all those military grade weapons you talked about should be restricted to military use only and should not be available to the general public.
You have this force that won't retreat under most circumstances. What do you do?
You don't train it.
I do question this narrative, though. Other fanatically loyal forces in history were almost as liable to retreat as their regular counterparts.
I'm not saying this isn't true. I'm saying I need to look it up.
the sa80 is flippin awful..
Operation NATO Warcrime.
Fuck these videos are so good
I love that the Fedayeen wore darth vader helmets because Uday loved Star Wars.
Were the Iraqis even aware how more advanced the coalition forces were?
Not featured in this video: WMDs
It’s really surprising given decades of economic development, education and the internet allowing all human knowledge that other countries technology still hasn’t caught up. There’s no reason an oil rich country like Iraq shouldn’t have been able to go buy modern weapons or have their own defence industry.
I don’t buy this rubbish about China being a grand threat to the West. I think it would be a one sided fight and the US main concern would be maintaining public support for what would become an extremely violent war that would be carried into China itself. There’s nothing to suggest Western militaries are in decline which for Rome and Britain you could have pointed to.
You forgot to mention Sadam's weapons of mass destruction
Just kidding