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Black Dog F35012 EOD TEAM IN IRAQ N°2

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Product code: BLD-F35012
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ManufacturerBlack Dog
Product codeBLD-F35012
Weight:0.05 kg
Scale1:35
Added to catalog on:11.18.2016
Tags:Iraq-War-2003 US-Modern-EOD

United States Armed Forces ) are currently the most powerful and strongest troops in the world, with an active staff of approximately 1.36 million people and a budget of $ 686 billion in 2018. One of their most important components is the ground army, i.e. the United States Army, in which 476,000 soldiers in the line served in 2017. In the course of the conflict in Afghanistan (since 2001) and in Iraq (since 2003), the US Army began to play a significant role in carrying out activities related to mine clearance, including EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) activities. First of all, the sappers themselves began to be equipped with new uniforms, or rather safety suits, increasing the chances of surviving the explosion of a disarmed cargo. In addition, remotely controlled sapper robots began to be used on a larger scale, the loss of which is more acceptable than the loss of a human being. It is worth adding that the experiences related to mines and the so-called fugas from Afghanistan and Iraq led, among other things, to the redesign of many chassis of the US Army vehicles so that they were susceptible to detonation of an explosive charge.

Second Persian Gulf War 2003 invasion of Iraq ) was formally launched on March 19, 2003, and formally ended with a speech by US President George W. Bush Jr. on May 1, 2003. It is worth remembering, however, that American troops and the countries supporting them officially remained in Iraq until 2011. The main cause of the conflict was the US's desire to destroy the weapons of mass destruction allegedly owned by Iraq, and the country's alleged sponsorship of international terrorism - a slogan that was particularly popular and important for the US citizen after the tragic attack of September 11, 2001. On one side of the barricade, in the course of this war, stood the troops of the anti-Iraqi coalition composed of the forces of several countries (including Poland), but mainly of the United States, which in the period March-April 2003 totaled approx. 200,000. Over time, the numbers of these forces changed. Their opponent was the Iraqi forces estimated at 350,000-380,000 soldiers. Paradoxically, then, the Iraqi forces had an advantage in numbers, but they were clearly inferior to the coalition forces on other levels of the art of war. Contrary to the First Gulf War, the command of the coalition forces decided to conduct simultaneous very intensive operations on land and in the air, focusing primarily on the technological advancement of its own forces, surprise and speed of action. The main goal of the operation was to seize Baghdad as a result of a violent raid of coalition troops deep into Iraq. It is worth adding that in the course of this highly movement phase of the war, the coalition's troops bypassed larger cities, making an exception for the important cities of Basra. Within 21 days of the start of the attack, the coalition's troops had reached Baghdad, and on April 9, 2003, the capital of Iraq was formally in the hands of the coalition forces. Considering the war from a purely military point of view, it ended with a complete success of the coalition forces, achieved very quickly and with minimal losses. From a political point of view, however, it turned out to be a debatable victory, and what's more, it engaged American troops in long-term stabilization activities in Iraq, the cost of which - both human and economic - probably exceeded the costs of the March-April 2003 operation.

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