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http://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/282338--iraq-forces-set-to-storm-fallujah-as-battles-rage-on-in-ramadi-source





This is their plan (very similar to how the Marines and Army elements did it...)



Original assault on Fallujah:





And from the look of things, they seem to be performing failtastically, though news is somewhat sparse...

GET YOUR fething FINGERS OFF THE TRIGGERS

 Seaward wrote:
GET YOUR fething FINGERS OFF THE TRIGGERS

Wow. Every single one of them, it looks like.

Nah. MICH helmet RPK guy is possibly okay, and guy looking skeptical with Kalashnikov bisecting his face is okay.

Anyway, it's good they finally decided to do something about this. I predict a lot of nothing coming of it, though.

Nah, the guy in the front looks like he is good (Bipod) but it also looks like Senor "Epic pose" is liable to blow his fething head off.

 Seaward wrote:
Nah. MICH helmet RPK guy is possibly okay, and guy looking skeptical with Kalashnikov bisecting his face is okay.

Anyway, it's good they finally decided to do something about this. I predict a lot of nothing coming of it, though.

On the contrary...I'm sure our Saudi "friends" are going to be happy when the IA gets their asses handed to them. That's something, right?

Why are they stopping at MSR Michigan.....the blocking forces are holding South of the city...I can see the blocking force at the bridge due to hospital but southern part of the city well maybe that's Phase One..

How is there already an order of battle and scheme of maneuver graphic available for their offensive?

Opsec must have been covered in the same lesson as firearm safety.

 Silverthorne wrote:
How is there already an order of battle and scheme of maneuver graphic available for their offensive?

Opsec must have been covered in the same lesson as firearm safety.

I was wondering the same thing. It reminds me of the news reports during Vietnam where a lot of operations were laid out on the networks before initiation.

I'd agree if any of the published stuff wound up being remotely useful to the jihadis holding the city, but half these guys are going to run off on the first night, and the other half are going to read their Garmins wrong and wind up in Mosul. They might as well hand out Tolkien's collected works for all the bearing the plan will have on reality.

Are you implying that Iraq's soldiers may be incompetent Seaward? The nerve.

From the picture in the OP, I hope the guys in the front columns are going to be wearing body armor; mostly for the trauma plates in the back.

Is anyone else reminded of a bunch of 20 year olds playing paint ball? Lots of "feth yeh! We so badass!" running around an shooting at stuff and very little actual knowledge of what the feth they should be doing?

Acting like that the best option is that they run away and keep there kit with them.

Ofcourse they start of liberating a Ferris Wheel

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Ofcourse they start of liberating a Ferris Wheel

Gotta keep it entertaining.

Fallujah is the stadium where the Iraqi national pastime is historically played.

The Ferris wheel actually's their FAC(A).

 Ouze wrote:
From the picture in the OP, I hope the guys in the front columns are going to be wearing body armor; mostly for the trauma plates in the back.

I was at an exercise at Ft. Dix/Lakehurst NAS/McGuire AFB many years ago, where we were running around with the MILES gear (laser tag with blanks). Friendly fire was a thing, most often to people getting shot in the back... don't give Air Force guys guns...

Any reporters going embed with them?

Safe to say, that rabble in the first picture look more like militia than highly-disciplined, trained troops. I hope that they're not the "cream" of the Iraqi army, half of them aren't even in proper boots!

Just because they look rag tag doesn't mean they are not effective in the field. A bunch of Russian troops actually wear tennis shoes in combat.

 Focke_Wulf wrote:
Just because they look rag tag doesn't mean they are not effective in the field. A bunch of Russian troops actually wear tennis shoes in combat.

x2. I've been watching a lot of ANNA coverage of Syria, particuarly Damascus. The Syrian army is pretty rag-tag at times, and their T-72's are beat to hell. You can see all sorts of technical/tactical limitations if you have even an inkling of what to look for. But at the end of the day....their morale is high, unit cohesion seems good, and they are getting the job done, clearing neighborhoods and stacking terrorist bodies (a combination of using T-72's as assault guns and BMP-2's to dump infantry in and mop up).

Think about this, that squad shown in the first picture might not have all of the back packs and pouches because they might be close to base or near a vehicle that is carrying their long range gear.

The Iraqi military still had T55s when the US came to town for a 2nd time. Thats the great thing about Russian/Soviet gear, it's made to last for years without breaking.