noelh Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Watching the news coverage latest assault on Mosul. You can see some major conversions on Humvees both Iraqi and Kurdish. All very interesting. Also some bizarre ISIS armoured vehicles. I know it's a bit early but you have to hope someone is recording these vehicles. Edited October 18, 2016 by noelh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 To be honest the vehicles are far from my biggest concern, but there is certainly an interesting variety on display.....Iraqi Abrams certainly appear to have distinctly less 'sticky-out-bits' than their US equivalents don't they! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushkill Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I have lots of pictures of these vehicles and some friends (interpreters from previous deployments in Mosul) that are Peshmerga that would take more for me. If anyone wants pictures let me know 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I'd certainly be interested to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 On Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 0:59 AM, Sgt.Squarehead said: To be honest the vehicles are far from my biggest concern, but there is certainly an interesting variety on display.....Iraqi Abrams certainly appear to have distinctly less 'sticky-out-bits' than their US equivalents don't they! The americans never have been good at sharing their shiny new toys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 11:14 PM, noelh said: Watching thearnews coverage latest assault on Mosul. You can see some major conversions on Humvees both Iraqi and Kurdish. All very interesting. Also some bizarre ISIS armoured vehicles. I know it's a bit early but you have to hope someone is recording these vehicles. There was an Interesting story on the armed forces news (sky channel 264) some Iraqi army humvee's were captured by Isis and then re-captured by the kurdish armed forces which are being trained by a detachment from the british army. The news report showed some of the battle damage that was still evident from their "Hostile exchange programme" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 11 hours ago, PhantomMajor said: The americans never have been good at sharing their shiny new toys Yes, apparently the export M1s are rather more basic than the US versions, with good reason. Both the Iranians and the Russians will no doubt have had a good look around the Iraqi M1s by now. Works both ways of course. The Russian exports are dumbed down too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Looking at the news footage a lot of the "improvised" vehicles remind me of WW1 and the between the wars period. It wouldn't surprise me to see a Beaverette or a crude version of a Rolls Royce armoured car in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 On 19/10/2016 at 1:00 AM, crushkill said: I have lots of pictures of these vehicles and some friends (interpreters from previous deployments in Mosul) that are Peshmerga that would take more for me. If anyone wants pictures let me know yes please, if you can get some shots of a destroyed or captured shilka i would be grateful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushkill Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 On 10/28/2016 at 6:09 AM, PhantomMajor said: yes please, if you can get some shots of a destroyed or captured shilka i would be grateful! I'll ask around, no promises though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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