Media: The Pentagon plans to strengthen its grouping in Iraq with anti-aircraft artillery
“The air defense units of the 101 Air Assault Division (VSD), which returned last weekend from Afghanistan, can be redirected to Iraq within two months to support the paratroopers involved in the operation to free Mosul from ISIL militants (banned in the Russian Federation). A month will be spent on rest and recovery, and another month will be needed for training before a new mission, ”the article says.
It is reported that two battalions of the 44 Artillery Regiment of the Artillery Regiment, which returned to Fort Campbell, are armed with anti-aircraft artillery complexes (ZAK) Centurion (“Centurion”) - Phalanx B X-ray guns, which are the land-based version of the same-name Phalanx B cannon fire gun, which are of the same type, are of the same name, Phalanx B firing guns, which represent the land-based version of the same-name Phalanx B cannon fire gun, which represent the land-based version of the same-name Phalanx B cannon fire gun, which are land-based version of the same name, with the same name, naval anti-aircraft gun, Phalanx B, representing the land-based version of the same-name Phalanx B cannon. The gun, along with the radar, is mounted on a truck or a trailer and is used to cover stationary objects (like the Russian "Pantsirey").
“Thanks to modern radar and a rate of fire of up to 4,5, thousands of shots per minute, these ZAKs are capable of destroying not only aircraft and helicopters, but also mines and missiles. It is this quality that came in handy in Iraq - where the Centurions, from 2004, defended key American bases and strategic facilities, including the famous "green zone" in Baghdad, from attack by militants, ”the newspaper writes.
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