DiiDii Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 http://rt.com/news/197228-homemade-kurdish-armor-isis/ Homemade APC: Iraqi blacksmith builds armored vehicle to fight ISIS (VIDEO) Published time: October 19, 2014 12:32 Edited time: October 19, 2014 18:20Get short URL Still from RT video 3K5076 Trends Islamic StateTags Arms, Conflict, Iraq, Military, Vehicles,Violence A homemade Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) is not something you usually find in a backyard. RT visited an Iraqi blacksmith, who has been working 10 hours a day for 2 months, to help Kurdish fighters stop Islamic State militants. Islamic State militants (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) have been capturing territory in Iraq and Syria since June, taking cities in both countries. The US-led coalition started bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq in August, and, in Syria, in September. On Friday and Saturday they carried out 25 airstrikes against the extremists. However, locals want to help and are eager to wage their own war to defend their land. Even if you have to learn how to build armored vehicles! “This [APC] has two layers,” Shahbaz Sindi from Dohuk in Iraqi Kurdistan, told RT’s Paula Slier. “The first layer is moveable, but the second layer you can’t move. It’s very hard. The tires are protected with movable shields that can be adjusted down on the frontline. “But if a bullet does hit the tire it can fix itself automatically as it has a special substance inside it,” the blacksmith says. His homemade bullet-repelling war machine can reach speeds of 100 kph, and it’s nearly ready for action against Islamic State militants. The amazing (and bizarre) homemade Kurdish armor fighting ISIS in Syria Shahbaz sorted out the essentials of the device without consulting any tank designers or military know-how. “It was in my head. I did not have anything on paper. Before now, I never thought about making an armored vehicle, but when the threat became so bad, I got the idea to make one.” Still from RT video The blacksmith said he “considered the area and length of roads” so that his product is “able to move along the streets.” “But what made it tough was that I don’t have the right tools, like big cranes to lift things. I did it all by hand,” he adds. Shahbaz’s neighbors were impressed by his homemade tank. Still from RT video “I am really proud of him. We understand that to keep our land and people safe, it’s not only about going to the frontline… I’m really amazed that he’s made all this by himself,” a local told RT. When the final window is installed in the homemade APC, Shabhaz will hand it over to the Peshmerga Kurdish fighters as a gift to fight IS militants. Shaba’s homemade APC is not the first of its kind. Earlier Kurdish militias, called People’s Protection Units, or YPG in northern Syria, also produced homemade APCs. The People’s Protection Units don’t have killer drones or stealth bombers. They mostly have small arms, some heavier weapons such as mortars and rocket launchers, pickup trucks turned into mobile gun turrets and an occasional piece of artillery. 3K5076 by Taboola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new york kevin Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Necessity is the mother of invention. Sounds like he built it right. May he stay protected over there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenshin7 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 way to go , that's awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGlobe7 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 GO GO GO Iraqi People!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncirculd Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Wow, imagine what they will do to take their country back once they turn on the money and start frequent payments of oil money! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGlobe7 Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Wow, imagine what they will do to take their country back once they turn on the money and start frequent payments of oil money! you got that right....GO people of Iraq!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrparrot Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 And when the ISIS thing is over, he'll be ready to take on the Zombies. Seriously, the M.O.D. needs to hire this guy and stick him in a factory as a designer and lead foreman... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwave Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Maybe this guy should hook up with Col. O. North. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGlobe7 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 love me some Ollie!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozer Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 to easy to take this Machine out, one bullet to the tires and she is done for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobCoss Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 But Boozer, He said they have "Fix - A - Flat " in them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentinel7 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Looks to me like that nose top plate puts gunners in danger No Surrender No Retreat and No Compromise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsthis Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 All it takes i one & before he knows it they will give him a contract to make more for the military which in turn will creat jobs to meet the dead lines for have a certain # of these made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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