{"product_id":"9781472847584","title":"Kurdish Armour Against ISIS : YPG\/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 201419","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Nash, Ed \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eIraq War\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 September 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Osprey Publishing) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the New Vanguard' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 48 pages, Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8pp of colour illustrations\u003cbr\u003e185 x 246 x 5 | 170g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimprovised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF). While some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKurdish vehicles were originally from Syrian Army stocks or captured from ISIS,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emany others were extraordinary homemade AFVs based on truck or digger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emechanicals, or duskas, the Kurds version of the technical. Before US\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eair power was sent to Syria, these were the Kurds most powerful and mobile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eweapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Co-written by a British volunteer who fought with the Kurds and an academic expert on armoured warfare, this study explains how the Kurds built and used their AFVs in the war against Daesh, and identifies as far as possible which vehicles took part in major battles, such as Kobane, Manbij and Raqqa. With detailed new artwork depicting the Kurds range of armour and many previously unpublished photos, this is an original and fascinating look at modern improvised mechanized warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45795128312048,"sku":"9781472847584","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781472847584.jpg?v=1713529667","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781472847584","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}