• A captured American supplied M198 155mm artillery howitzer taken from ISIL fighters who laid their hands on them when the Iraqi army fled.
    A captured American supplied M198 155mm artillery howitzer taken from ISIL fighters who laid their hands on them when the Iraqi army fled.
  • Two Badger Iraqi Light Armored Vehicles (ILAV) seen at the peshmerga base in Makhmur in Iraq.
    Two Badger Iraqi Light Armored Vehicles (ILAV) seen at the peshmerga base in Makhmur in Iraq.
  • Kurdish peshmerga check to see if an US-made M120 mortar can still be used.
    Kurdish peshmerga check to see if an US-made M120 mortar can still be used.
  • The mortar, and other weapons, were recently captured from ISIL.
    The mortar, and other weapons, were recently captured from ISIL.
  • Peshmerga fighters stop for a picture before they prepare to leave their base in Makhmor, Iraq, for the nearby front line.
    Peshmerga fighters stop for a picture before they prepare to leave their base in Makhmor, Iraq, for the nearby front line.
  • A peshmerga with Kalashnikov looks at supplies in the back of a pickup truck.
    A peshmerga with Kalashnikov looks at supplies in the back of a pickup truck.
  • ISIL’s weapons are seen inside the ILAV.
    ISIL’s weapons are seen inside the ILAV.
  • A twin 14.5mm ZPU-2 anti-aircraft heavy machine gun.
    A twin 14.5mm ZPU-2 anti-aircraft heavy machine gun.

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In pictures: Kurds recapture Iraqi weapons lost to ISIL

Robert Mickelson

September 18, 2014

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Kurdish forces in Makhmur have just added Humvees, armoured vehicles and Kalashnikovs to their arsenal. According to Maj Gen Zrian Wassan, the new weapons were captured from ISIL in battles over the last month in western Kurdistan. Photos by Hawre Khalid / Metrography

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