Kurdish Mad Max

August · 09-29-14, 03:50 PM

The more I hear about them the more I like the Kurds...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ers-Syria.html

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The REAL road warriors: 'Mad Max' battle buses and tanks built by Kurdish fighters to repel ISIS soldiers in Syria.

<li class="">Peshmerga troops converted old tractors and lorries into military vehicles<li class="">They are badly out-gunned by ISIS who seized weapons from the Iraqi army<li class="">In order to properly defend themselves, Kurds armoured their own vehicles<li class="">Result is a fleet of elaborately designed but well-defended battle buses<li class="">The vehicles bear a close resemblance to the vehicles in 1979 film Mad Max

Buddahaid · 09-29-14, 03:53 PM

I loved the lorry with the cattle guard.

Betonov · 09-29-14, 04:39 PM

Love the elaborate decorations

Stealhead · 09-29-14, 05:49 PM

Neat artilce but they have Mad Max and Mad Max 2(akaThe Road Warrior)confused. The second film featured kitbashed trucks it was released in 1981 not 1979. The cars in Mad Max where more or less standard rides. The Kurds are also making real machines and not some hollywood prop.

Some remind me of early armored cars circa 1900~1930. The Mack with cow catcher is from the movie Buddahaid. Yellow thing is a BTR-60 or 70 with home made skirt armor. A few appear to have salavaged BTR or BRD turrets.

Skybird · 09-29-14, 06:50 PM

Before anything else, most of these vehicles show how desperate their situation is.

Germany has delivered them some palettes of G3 rifles. It got reprted yesterday that the Kurds roll their eyes, saying they have AK47 already - more reliable, more precise, lighter in weight (say them, not me).

The Milan missiles they got probably are the only useful German contribution after the many bigmouthed promises they got from us.

Oh, and btw, it also gets reported that the IS and the Al Nusra front are uniting due to the pressure from US bombing raids. Before, they were enemies.

Sooner or later the American bombers wilol have run out of hard targets. And what then?

August · 09-29-14, 08:30 PM

Well if by hard targets you mean their armor and artillery then it will have gone a long way to reducing their combat effectiveness.

Tchocky · 09-30-14, 05:13 PM

Well that's a little disingenuous I think, August. Still correct though. The Kurds have the advantage of being relatively unaffected by the unnecessarily divisive Maliki government, meaning they're better equipped to act in unison than the disastrous Iraqi army.

It remains to be seen whether the new Iraqi government can avoid the mistakes of the previous one regarding national unity and cohesive military operations. Strangely enough the same can be said for the Afghan government.

Regarding IS, who knows. The counter-human demands a response, unfortunately they have arisen in a situation that can have no winners, yet one that punishes disengagement even more harshly.

09-29-14, 03:53 PM	#2
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,324 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I loved the lorry with the cattle guard. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

09-29-14, 05:49 PM	#4
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Neat artilce but they have Mad Max and Mad Max 2(akaThe Road Warrior)confused. The second film featured kitbashed trucks it was released in 1981 not 1979. The cars in Mad Max where more or less standard rides. The Kurds are also making real machines and not some hollywood prop. Some remind me of early armored cars circa 1900~1930. The Mack with cow catcher is from the movie Buddahaid. Yellow thing is a BTR-60 or 70 with home made skirt armor. A few appear to have salavaged BTR or BRD turrets. Last edited by Stealhead; 09-29-14 at 06:05 PM.

09-29-14, 06:50 PM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,638 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Before anything else, most of these vehicles show how desperate their situation is. Germany has delivered them some palettes of G3 rifles. It got reprted yesterday that the Kurds roll their eyes, saying they have AK47 already - more reliable, more precise, lighter in weight (say them, not me). The Milan missiles they got probably are the only useful German contribution after the many bigmouthed promises they got from us. Oh, and btw, it also gets reported that the IS and the Al Nusra front are uniting due to the pressure from US bombing raids. Before, they were enemies. Sooner or later the American bombers wilol have run out of hard targets. And what then? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-29-14, 08:30 PM	#6
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,202 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well if by hard targets you mean their armor and artillery then it will have gone a long way to reducing their combat effectiveness. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

09-30-14, 05:13 PM	#7
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Well that's a little disingenuous I think, August. Still correct though. The Kurds have the advantage of being relatively unaffected by the unnecessarily divisive Maliki government, meaning they're better equipped to act in unison than the disastrous Iraqi army. It remains to be seen whether the new Iraqi government can avoid the mistakes of the previous one regarding national unity and cohesive military operations. Strangely enough the same can be said for the Afghan government. Regarding IS, who knows. The counter-human demands a response, unfortunately they have arisen in a situation that can have no winners, yet one that punishes disengagement even more harshly. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

09-29-14, 04:39 PM	#3
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Love the elaborate decorations