Peshmerga force in Mosul dam in Northern Iraq
Germany Starts Training Kurdish Peshmerga Forces
Mewan Dolamari
BasNews, Erbil
Germany has announced the deployment of 40 military advisors to the Kurdistan Region in order to train Peshmerga forces on recently sent German weapons.
In a statement, the German Defense Ministry confirmed that the German government has sent 40 military experts and consultants to the Kurdistan Region to train Peshmerga forces in their ongoing conflict with IS insurgents.
The statement also mentions that the military advisors have extensive experience of training and exercising troops.
It continued that the German government has previously sent a wide range of military equipment to Kurdistan including helmets, night binoculars and telescopes.
The German government has sent a cache of weapons to Kurdistan which consisted of 8,000 G36 assault rifles and the same number of G3 rifles, as well as ammunition; 200 Panzerfaust 3 and 30 MILAN anti-tank systems; and five heavily armored Dingo infantry vehicles.
According to the government plan, Germany will give weapons and military equipment to the Kurdistan Region at a total cost of € 70 million [US $92] million as part of an international effort to support Kurds in their battle against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq.
Furthermore, Berlin will give € 50 million to the Kurdistan Region in humanitarian aid.
BasNews, Erbil
Germany has announced the deployment of 40 military advisors to the Kurdistan Region in order to train Peshmerga forces on recently sent German weapons.
In a statement, the German Defense Ministry confirmed that the German government has sent 40 military experts and consultants to the Kurdistan Region to train Peshmerga forces in their ongoing conflict with IS insurgents.
The statement also mentions that the military advisors have extensive experience of training and exercising troops.
It continued that the German government has previously sent a wide range of military equipment to Kurdistan including helmets, night binoculars and telescopes.
The German government has sent a cache of weapons to Kurdistan which consisted of 8,000 G36 assault rifles and the same number of G3 rifles, as well as ammunition; 200 Panzerfaust 3 and 30 MILAN anti-tank systems; and five heavily armored Dingo infantry vehicles.
According to the government plan, Germany will give weapons and military equipment to the Kurdistan Region at a total cost of € 70 million [US $92] million as part of an international effort to support Kurds in their battle against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq.
Furthermore, Berlin will give € 50 million to the Kurdistan Region in humanitarian aid.