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It's not like US officers in Iraq can say to the insurgents "Oh you've got some of those, well hang on, don't attack yet, I just need to order some of these up to counter them, 'kay?" So swapping out your army is actually very unrealistic if you look at it that way.
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Well, yes and no. What we can and DO often do is to say things like: Iraqi troops don't wear body armor so we aren't bringing any armor piercing bullets to this battle. Also, we know that sand and fine particulate dust fouls up the engines on our main battle tanks so we need to make sure that we bring the tanks that have the modified air filters.
Last, and probably the most obvious one is to say "hey, it's a desert environment so lets wear some desert camo". It's not like the changes have to take place during a battle, and I'm not suggesting that the side bar be able to be used in the middle of a battle. It makes sense however to show up to a battle with the correct equipment for fighting that battle.
Most of these decisions are pre battle and make a lot of sense.