Saddam Hussein supplied his Republican Guard troops with modern Western-style equipment. These are probably locally-made copies of British pieces. Major Dan Pike picked up these items from an abandoned supply depot during the Iraqi retreat.
Web Equipment Rig
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Unit34th Armor Regiment
Date1991
ConflictDesert Storm
NationalityIraqi
RightsFirst Division Museum
Identifier2009.259.7
On-DisplayYes
Citation"Web Equipment Rig." First Division Museum. Accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.fdmuseum.org/collections/web-equipment-rig/.
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