Pardon my ignorance, but did the Iraqi Army regularly take to the field with 'day-glo' "orange rockets" strapped to their vehicles? I thought that such colour schemes were strictly for the test-range and not for actual combat.
My heart also goes out to the mates of the poor sod who died in his vehicle, as not only will they likely suffer PTSD compounded by the circumstances of his death, but given all that 'D-U' flying around, their own eventual deaths might be somewhat more prolonged and agonising.