Could The Iraqi Army Have Won The Gulf War? | Battlezone | War Stories 

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I am an Iraqi citizen and participated in the war I saw all this on the field, it was a foolish action by Sadam, I was 23 years old when the Iraqi-Iranian war broke out, and as it ended and I thought I would start my life again, the invasion of Kuwait started, what a hall it was, I walked all the way from Kuwait till Basra a three days walk under constant shelling, and it took me another two days to reach my home town, what a fool he was that Sadam; now as I recall all this I feel lucky to survive these two wars, and I feel pity for those who did not make it, GOD Bless their Souls

Let me save you an hour and a half: No. They couldn't have.

If the Americans had been fighting with Spears maybe the Iraqi would have had a chance

Don't need to watch a 90 minute video to hear the answer no.

Once the US decided to defend Kuwait, Iraq had no chance.

The Iraqi Army had no chance of ever winning that war. 1 country against 39 country's. No one ever wins against Nato.

The short answer: no The long answer: no

The Gulf War was my 3rd and last Gulf deployment. In my opinion, the only way Iraq could have won would have been to blitz right through Kuwait and into SA to seize the oil fields in a quick campaign and then negotiate a favorable peace.

"Could the Iraqi army have won?" No. No it lacked that capability. Thank you

I have deployed overseas and seen many aircraft as a firefighter on a army base and when we was on taxiway for hot refueling Fire protection seeing an Apache helicopter or a A10 coming towards you was very nerve racking and was extremely grateful that I was a friendly 😀!

نعم كان ليفوز، والحرب الإيرانية الطاحنة التي استمرت 8 سنوات خير دليل على قوة وشجاعة العراق 🇮🇶 ❤️

No.

I remember my first time riding in a HUEY, it was great fun, flying about 50 feet above tree level at Ft. Benning.

As an Iraqi I can claim that we never had a chance to win the war

This should have been a 5 second video...Dude comes on and says, "No". That's it. That's all that was needed.

Short answer: no Long answer: nooooooooo

The lesson learned is that any nation that wants security against the USA must have nukes

The Rooivalk pilot sit in the back!

Thank you for uploading this. I could see from other comments it’s not what some hoped for, but the stats and details are very interesting nonetheless. It shows the rivalry between economic and political systems competing with production, R&D and supply chains as well. It’s learning lessons as to why some nations get ahead and others fall behind. Iraqi troops were a formidable force but ultimately they were fighting at a disadvantage, under a leadership where bad decisions were imposed by incompetents.

Came for the arms, stayed for the music 😎.

First 30min where about matching the American military vs Iraqi military. The next hour seemed like a sales pitch on tanks and choppers

make a video about the biggest modern war after WWII, the Iraq - Iran War!

Short answer is NO. Don't need an hour plus video to weigh it all up.

The critical flaw with iraqi army was political interferance. If their soldiers were allowed to do their jobs maybe they could of had a favourable outcome.

Love the show and the content. Extremely interesting though I can only watch a quarter of the videos posted as the rest say "uploader has not made this video available in your country" - New Zealand.

The obnoxious music is a lethal weapon itself

Iraq started well doing the Iran-Iraq War but blew it in the end. I think the Iraqis could have made the war more costly for US and allied forces without chemical weapons. If Iraqis raided strategic oil fields in Saudi Arabia and forced coalition forces in urban combat, they would extend the war. An extended war is bad for the US especially with many remembering the Vietnam War.

90minute video and saying "no" takes 1 second.

Iraq could quite possibly have won ... if Darth Vader had shown up for them with a Death Star

I think I remember this on the Discovery Channel way back when in 1991 or 1992.

I love how retro this is

Iraq had many enemies. And still. الله اكبر، النصر للحق

Desert Storm/Shield comparison: The Iraqi army was little more than a WW2 equivalent force. Some things might have been better but overall not much. The coalition forces were a space age military technologically speaking. Satellite tracking and reconnaissance, super technological radar systems, much better aircraft and naval superiority beyond anything else in the world. You add training qualities comparisons and there was no question Iraq had no chance of victory.

This documentary is too MISLEADING, it states how IRAQ could have won the gulf war, but end up featuring the US MILITARY INSTEAD.

No they could not have won as the Iraqi soldiers did not want to fight. I was there in an M60A1 tank and i saw it first hand. many of their hull down tanks were sanded in and could not be driven out . I saw commanders Machine Guns with rusted ammo belts in them, yes in a desert! They didnt even have enough motivation to keep their gear functional!

They say there arent stupid questions...you showed us there are, ty.

It’s really interesting seeing a documentary about the build up and what we were facing they talk about the Iraqi tanks as equals maybe even betters if it wasn’t for a ‘distinct technology advantage’ not knowing just how much that advantage was about to destroy the Iraqi army.

The U.S. wanted to get in the sandbox and play with its new toys.

Misleading title

If the Americans where fighting with sticks and stones then they would of had a chance of winning

No...Iraqi was so far behind us...no navy no air force...it was over before it startes

Who ever authorized the money to make this Documentary needs to pay it back. A hodgepodge of small documentaries spliced together with a click bait title. War Stories has sunk this low.

Your living in the twilight zone if you think so

Short answer: No Long answer: Surprisingly enough, also no

General Schwarzkopf is rolling in his grave with a comment like that

the narrator roles the end of his sentences like a pro, "armored caaaaaa'r"

33:54 I just Chuckle and shake my head at the sheer immensity and capability of this floating city. It's an incredible symbol of freedom! Look at thata thing just menace you to the negotiating tables :|

Mmm advanced lemonade armor 🤤

I nearly spat my beer out when I saw the title. Bloody no chance the iraq military could of won. the USA and UK OP baby let alone the rest of nato. Well trained ect ect

Yes James - the Iraqi Army could have, but only if literally everyone in the coalition army would have suffered from sustained montezuma's revenge. The level of your contributions seems to decrease

The T-72 has better armor protection than the T-62, due to the use of layered armor . The advanced passive armour package of the T-72M and T-72M1 can sustain direct hits from the 105mm gun equipped M1 Abrams at up to 2,000 meter range. The later T-72Ms and T-72M1s are equipped with laser rangefinders ensuring high hit probabilities at ranges of 2,000 meters. The T-72 has the same integral smoke generating capability as earlier T-54/55/62, tanks, and variants have been observed with smoke grenade projectors mounted on the front of the turret. The 125mm gun common to all the T-72 models is capable of penetrating the M1 Abrams armour at a range of up to 1,000 meters. And all T-72 models can carry a minimum of 45 rounds. The Defense Analyst Steven Zaloga was talking a bunch of Malarkey......

Yeah they were fire... literally

To people asking why the US started or "joined" the war your answer is in 5:24-5:43

More modern conflicts please

Like 30 minutes in I thought it was near the end of the video absolutely no way they could have in conventional combat

My friend is from Iraq 🇮🇶

Will is not enough need and other qualities

1.21:59 - Kinda looks like a delivery truck. It would be a fun model.

IRAQI regular Army increased in Quantities during IRAN-IRAQ war For 8 years & its started as Regular army in Arrangement & Mobilizing of Unites But at the end its Became Huge Numbers of indiscipline Hungers Militias Divisions & weapons inside their Hands Majority of its Produced from i950 to 1965 , USSR, China, other Countries Exported to IRAQ

53:36 It looks like everyone pooped their pants.

this was mind blowing these people r awesome

The Republican guard was the Sadam Hussein's equivalent to Hitler's SS. Iraq had a large military but America at that time had two million soldiers and more high tech weaponry, even though they were battle harden from fighting with Iran they stood no chance against us and the full might of the coalition. Most of the Iraqi troops were conscripted which means most of them were civilians that were forced to fight, that's why we ended up with so many POWs because they didn't want to obviously die for nothing i.e dying for a Dictator, I was in the first golf war with the 75th Ranger regiment and we captured so many conscripts we didn't know what to do with them. We talked to some of them through an intrepator and some who new how to speak English and we found out so much information from them that it actually shocked us. All of them said the same thing to us, we didn't want fight we just wanted to live our lives with our families etc. They did say however they confirmed that the Republican guard would not surrender and that we would have to kill them all if we wanted to win the war, but instead of completely destroying the Republican guard they decided to retreat before we had a chance to take them out. Also the war with Iran severely diminished there resources and the Iraqi military was not really able to fight another major war especially against America. Sadam Hussein was broke he used up most of Iraq's wealth fighting with Iran, that's why he thought invading Kuwait was a good idea so he can take over their oil supplies etc. and selling it to replenish Iraq's wealth etc. He had no chance and he knew it.

Depends, plan A was a catastrophy in planning.

Well. Sorry I didn't get to watch your movie/show. I closed it as soon as I saw the promotions at start which is basically advertising your sponsor. You missed out. Your sponsor missed out. Ahh well. A learning curve.

This could have been one of the best informational videos however the background music noise is too loud too repetitive and too distracting. 2 aggravating for me to finish it

A very systematic analysis

Yes. If it wasn’t for one solider named John Winnebago. Our American forces were hopelessly outnumbered. We were about to surrender. But One man….. ONE MAN said no. He would not surrender. He grabbed two rifles and blazed out into the field of battle. This rallied everyone else and we won!

This video says nothing of the action that played out in the Gulf War. It only talks about the tools involved.

If you think about the question, you realize the absurdity of it but an interesting thought experiment.

The cheery soundtrack is suited for such a swell topic.

Uh absolutely not..

Parts of the background music sounds like terminator 1

The music😂😂😂😂😂

No

Am i the only one that don't understand what this video want to tell i see some fragments that explain that iraq had some good weaponry but 90% of the video seems almost as an ad about american technology nothing really tells me why iraq could win or lose

This is only around 2 years after the Soviet Union ended. The U.S. and it's allies were still at the height of their abilities in terms of readiness, manpower and equipment to be able to counter a Soviet threat. They hadn't even began to draw down as part of the "Peace Dividend" to the numbers you see today. If Saddam had waited 5-8 years or so, he would've stood a chance of keeping Kuwait with all the reduction in forces the west went through at the time and the psychological effects it brought with it to the public.

The question has already been answered by history.

Some full-on Matt Berry vibes in this voice-over,rrrr...

There was no path for Iraqi sucess in the Gulf War

I gave up about half way through. Just about every "war" documentary includes many factors but misses the main reasons for defeating an enemy. These include the intelligence, including signals intelligence, regarding your enemy (order of battle, disposition, battle plans, ...); the logistics (your excellent, uninterrupted supply chain vs the interdiction of your enemies' supplies); the strengths of the opposing economies. On those three grounds alone it was a foregone conclusion. Add to that the weak and unprofessional command and control right up to Saddam Hussain and it was a predictable disaster for Iraq. What was unpredictable was how light the allied casualties would be.

No. Any other questions?

I think a bit of context is important. This was the first real war the US had been in (officially) since Vietnam. So in the American camp there was a bit of concern, after all we had lost to an under armed but determined enemy in Vietnam which had no airforce or navy. So the prospect of going into a fight with an enemy that was given outdated and formidable armor, planes and ships was seemingly daunting. Of course, given how the Gulf War went, its laughable but hindsight is always 20/20. But the decision that ultimately prevented it from turning into another Vietnam was the wise decision to push the Iraqi forces out of Kuwait and not chase the remaining forces into Iraq. Something the Bush Sr obviously didn't impart on his son....with disastrous results.

I’m sorry, did you say “HARDENED… by a decade of war with Iran”? That’s not how I, or anyone else for that matter, would describe the state of the Iraq military at that point.

Obviously the answer is yes if there was one small change. If only the Russians decided to save Kuwait instead of the US.

This isn't even a question due to air power.

Kind of frustrated to keep finding documentaries from War Stories that are titled with questions that aren't actually discussed in the content. This one spent about 5 minutes total talking about the Iraqi armaments and the rest simply propagandizing the American technology. Pretty disappointing; I was expecting some actual exposition on what would have needed to happen for the Iraqis to have had a more favorable outcome.

Not bloody likely

Love early 90s music haha

- Of course not! Glad I could be of help. Bye.

ahhh, no

This day I am watching this is 2 August 2023, the "anniversary" of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

"Could The Iraqi Army Have Won The Gulf War?" "No." This has been another edition of simple answers to stupid questions. Iraq's defeat became inevitable when the US, Britain, and France intervened. There's no way to defeat a Western Army that's prepared in terrain unsuitable for defensive warfare.

For a force of 600,000 fairly well equipped battle hardened troops on their own territory, to be defeated by the much smaller coalition force speaking many languages is remarkable no matter how you look at it.

NO!!!! THATS WHY THEY LOST

I dunno I hear those T-72s tanks are still pretty decent and- hang on, I'm getting a message: "Battle of 73 what? Easting? How many destroyed? Oh... Oh my..."

Short answer is NO Iraq couldn't win against the allies

Short answer: not even a chance

حتى بوش الابن كان خائف منه 😂

if saddam had just gone straight at saudi after he got kuwait, maybe.