What the Iraqis had in Desert Storm was the crap Russian car salesmen sell. What their front line troops drive is a bit better.
Used to be all the Russian front line troops and best equipment was on the Chinese border. The European border were mostly guard and shock armies (expendables, with dated equipment). That was because their were no actual shooting conflicts on the European border, unlike the Chinese border over which were full scale battles for over a year.
The big question is "How MUCH better?"
Remember that the USSR fell shortly after Desert Storm showed their military what they might expect if they went against us in conventional war.