Kurdish Armour Against ISIS
Kurdish Armour Against ISIS The US-backed Kurdish YPG/SDF fought on the front line of the war against Islamic State for five years. The YPG/SDF employed a range of vehicles against Daesh during…
Specifikacia Kurdish Armour Against ISIS
Kurdish Armour Against ISIS
The US-backed Kurdish YPG/SDF fought on the front line of the war against Islamic State for five years. The YPG/SDF employed a range of vehicles against Daesh during 2014-19 and this study identifies, as far as possible which vehicles took part in major battles, such as Kobane, Manbij and Raqqa. This study reveals how they developed their own armored force using captured tanks, homebuilt armor and technicals and the role they played in the defeat of Daesh.The emergence of the armored force of the YPG (People's Protection Units), later renamed the Syrian Democratic Forces during the Syrian Civil War is one of the major developments of this conflict.
Nonetheless, AFVs formed part of the fighting units and were important in both the While the YPG was frequently outgunned by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS), it was able to rely on United States air support after 2015.