Peshmerga
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:50 pm
Peshmerga military power:-
Number of troops: 375,000
2000-4000 Heavy armoured vehicles (Captured all the way from gulf war 1 - iraq war in 2003) as you will see some of the pictures are old, some are newer.
Unknown amount of artilery.
In the past I have seen articles claiming that peshmerga also have helicopters, however I have not seen any pictures, this is becuase KRG is very secretive about their military power.
This are just some pics that managed to get out, when the weapons were captured, after that no one has seen them.
P.S puk and kdp have both been operating tanks since 1996, so the claims that they dont know how to is very stupid.
Peshmerga tank, after 2003.
This one looks quite old, possibly from the 1990's, you can tell their old becuase now all peshmerga wear military uniform rather than kurdish clothes.
This one is quite new, peshmerga learning how to use equipment, I don't know how they managed to get this recorded, but there you go...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O2PEPseDAA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1
And also this one,
note the humves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q5vpYBFDKg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1
Number of troops: 375,000
2000-4000 Heavy armoured vehicles (Captured all the way from gulf war 1 - iraq war in 2003) as you will see some of the pictures are old, some are newer.
Unknown amount of artilery.
In the past I have seen articles claiming that peshmerga also have helicopters, however I have not seen any pictures, this is becuase KRG is very secretive about their military power.
This are just some pics that managed to get out, when the weapons were captured, after that no one has seen them.
P.S puk and kdp have both been operating tanks since 1996, so the claims that they dont know how to is very stupid.
Peshmerga tank, after 2003.
This one looks quite old, possibly from the 1990's, you can tell their old becuase now all peshmerga wear military uniform rather than kurdish clothes.
This one is quite new, peshmerga learning how to use equipment, I don't know how they managed to get this recorded, but there you go...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O2PEPseDAA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1
And also this one,
note the humves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q5vpYBFDKg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1