[Swordmaker]

haven't the Iraqi's learned about tank trucks?

The logic behind this is entirely lacking. Producing hydrogen in sufficient quantities to fill baloons is not easy and not something that could or should be done with a mobile facility. It would be much more economical and sane to produce the hydrogen in a stationary plant, transport it under pressure, and fill the baloons.

[stevem99]

These units are supposed to be used in wartime, it doesn't seem especially practical to be driving tanker trucks from a factory (that could be hundreds of miles away) into war zones where artillery companies are stationed.

Anyway, what does the US do? Do they even use weather ballons for artillery?

[Destro]

You would think so but the British manufacture and export said mobile hydrogen generators - several sold to Iraq--now can they be converted? That is the question. Did Iraq hide its stuff in plain site via duel use items?

[Cachelot]

The logic behind this is entirely lacking

Yes :). Any hydrogen to be used in balloons would have been in standard gas bottles, and besides that, they would probably have used helium anyway. No sense in dragging something as volatile as hydrogen into a battle zone.

There's also the little matter of the trucks being differently furnished. Please don't tell me that the Iraqi would have been running two or more trailers in tandem just to fill balloons.