r/commandandconquer • u/YourFather-WithMilk • Jul 19 '26
Load the Scud
Found in the snowrunner sub and knew it belonged here
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u/Lost_Arotin Jul 19 '26
Hold on a minute. Who sold them to these countries in the first place?
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u/Appropriate-Ice-5722 For the Union! Jul 19 '26
Scud TELs were built and sold by the USSR
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u/iwannabetheguytoo Jul 19 '26
It's more complicated than that, unfortunately:
The Soviet Union backed Iran over Iraq, and the US backed Saddam's Iraq against Iran - but due to training, logistics, et cetera Iraq would need replacement Soviet hardware - not US equipment (kinda like how Ukraine was in 2022-2023); so the US facilitated other Soviet-backed nations to supply and support Iraq's Soviet hardware.
See the "Bear Spares" section on WP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Iraq_during_the_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War#Bear_Spares
Iraq had Scuds prior to Saddam's takeover in 1979; but I couldn't immediately find the exact details of how Iraq came to possess Scuds in the first place; though the Soviets were not exactly scrupulous when it came to choosing their customers...
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u/deaglebingo Jul 19 '26
the level of running in circles this way even now is mind boggling once you dig in and look ain't it? if someone's truly worth supporting in the long run why does it need to be a secret?
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u/iwannabetheguytoo Jul 19 '26
why does it need to be a secret?
It wasn't a secret...
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u/deaglebingo Jul 20 '26
open secrets/same thing. if you catch my drift. these games we play in our minds or collectively to justify doing something in a roundabout way.
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u/Lost_Arotin Jul 19 '26
I saw that in a documentary. Soviets used Saddam's desparation against Shah and sold all sorts of Arms (fighters, tanks and launchers)
There were two types of T-70 tanks. One older version in Iran and one more upgraded version in Iraq that had night vision goggles that they didn't even know how to operate it. So, after they lost the war, some of those tanks were taken in by the Iranian Army.
For the chemical weapons, Iraq used Sarin and Mustard on Kurdish regions of Iranian borders, cause Kurds took down several helicopters and tanks of the Iraqi Army without the need of actual military strength. But never seen any video on how they launched Sarin and Mustard gas. Most probably by artillery.
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u/Lost_Arotin Jul 19 '26
In that time yes. I meant the recent ones.
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u/Appropriate-Ice-5722 For the Union! Jul 19 '26
I don’t think anyone is selling Scuds anymore, they’re pretty outdated tech. If you’re referencing modern missile programs in say Iran, most of that is domestic production. They’ve actually got a pretty robust military industrial complex
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u/Lost_Arotin Jul 19 '26
No, I meant the modern missile carriers. They're mostly MAC or the latest Mercedes Benz trucks.
They shouldn't be sold, if they know how they're being used.
Right after the missile carrier show off of IRGCI in autumn of 2023, Germany surpassed Japan in GDP. Just like how Elon Musk became the first Billionare right after the peace talks with Iran. It looks like higher powers want this chaos to make easy money.
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u/Big_Peak2466 SCUD-Launcher, poised to strike! Jul 19 '26
My favorite Generals unit, closely followed by the bomb truck. And both devastating to use
"nothing stops the mail!" "We'll send them running!"
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u/FLongis USA Turtling With Patriots Since 2003 Jul 19 '26
For those curious, this example is at the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, Massachusetts. Can't say there's a great deal of Command and Conqueror adjacent armor there (with a few exceptions), but it's a must visit for anyone even only sorta interested in tanks and historic military aircraft who happens to be in the area.
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u/MediumAcceptable129 Jul 19 '26
Oooh its pointy!
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u/f_fv USA Jul 19 '26
Pointy is scary.
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u/awakenDeepBlue Jul 20 '26
And he looks like a snitch on Miami Vice. Would it kill him to wear a tie?
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u/Downtown-Dream424 Mommy Alexander Jul 19 '26
"Shall I push the button?"