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Germany will send Milan anti-tank missile and Dingo 4x4 armoured to Kurds fighting in Iraq..
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Defense & Security News - Germany
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Germany has already sent some Milan anti-tank systems to the Kurds fighting in Iraq. It will now send 30 more launchers and 500 more missiles. Also included in the shipment will be 4,000 assault rifles and 10 Dingo armoured vehicles.
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 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters take up positions around the town of Gwer in northern Iraq on September 18, 2014 |
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Peshmerga Minister Mustafa Sayid Qadir recently told reporters about the value of the first shipment of gear that came last year. “The German weapons, especially the anti-tank Milan missiles have been effective in deciding the battle.” “Our policy remains that all arms transfers must be coordinated via the sovereign central Government of Iraq,” State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters in a daily briefing on Monday. United States Department of State spokesperson Jen Psaki said more than 3 million pounds of equipment in over 60 cargo flights had been sent for the Kurds. They included more than 15,000 hand grenades, nearly 40 million rounds of light and heavy machine gun ammunition, 18,000 assault rifles and 45,000 mortar rounds Psaki said.“We have coordinated a coalition effort, including the Germans, to provide weapons,” Psaki explained. “This includes heavy weapons and other equipment, including mortars, T-62 tank rounds for their over 100 existing tanks, vehicles and counter-IED equipment,” she said. MILAN is a French anti-tank guided missile manufactured by the Company MBDA. The system was developed for the French and German Armies and over 360,000 missiles and 10,000 launch units have been produced since 1972. MILAN is in service in 41 countries. The MILAN ER missile has a range extended to 3,000m and a new, multi-effect warhead which can penetrate 1,000mm explosive reactive armour. |
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 Milan anti-tank missile system |
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The Dingo 1 is 4x4 armoured vehicle personnel carrier produced by the German Company KMW (Krauss-Maffei Wegmann).
The Dingo 1 is based on the chassis of the Mercedes-Benz UNIMOG U100 L or U1550L (4 × 4) cross-country truck. The crew compartment armour provides protection against any hand-held rifles, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, artillery fragments from 155 mm shells and NBC agents |
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 Dingo 4x4 armoured vehicle personnel carrier |
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