Why is the Iran-Iraq war the most primitive war?

Why is the Iran-Iraq war the most primitive war fought with the most advanced weapons?

When it comes to the Iran-Iraq war, it refers to the Iran-Iraq large-scale war from 1980 to 1988. During the war, the military equipment of both sides was world-class. Iran just overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty, and the former king left countless American equipment for the new Islamic Republic.

The Air Force even equipped the F 14 fighter plane that the US military has just equipped for five years. The ground troops are equipped with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and artillery made in the United States and Britain, and the helmets of soldiers are all original American goods.

On the other hand, Iraq's equipment is also very luxurious, including a large number of Soviet-made weapons, from rifles to aircraft cannons, and the quality was also very good at that time.

What is even more funny is that the West was betrayed by Iran and immediately ran to support Iraq. Oil-rich Sunni countries in the West and the Gulf region provided Iraq with large amounts of dollars for free.

France and Britain sold their active tanks, armored vehicles, radar and communication electronic equipment to Iraq. At that time, it was estimated that the armaments of Iran and Iraq had reached the international mainstream level in the late 1970s.

However, both Iran and Iraq have advanced equipment, but their tactics and command seem to remain at the level of World War I. In the offensive stage of Iraq, there was no standard armored assault operation at all, and the huge armored forces became self-propelled infantry guns.

Iran's counterattack level is not much better. It was still a trench dug during World War I, and the level of open space cooperation did not even graduate from elementary school. Of course it's useless. In the stage of Iran's counterattack, the performance of both sides just changed roles and started again.

This made the military community marvel that "Iran and Iraq fought a World War I-level war with the most advanced weapons." There are still some bright spots in this dull war.

First, Iran fought a beautiful attack on ships, which dealt a heavy blow to the hypocritical and shameless western world and caused heavy losses to those British and American consortia and Gulf oil-producing countries. The attack on the ship didn't stop until the end of the war. This is a typical embodiment of war serving politics, comparable to the oil crisis in the early 1970s.

Second, the fledgling army and aviation units of both sides have demonstrated the great value of armed helicopters in actual combat. Even helicopter air combat is the first time. During this period, many land navigation tactics were discussed and developed.