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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – The US State Department has approved sale of military equipment to the Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga forces worth 295.6 million USD.
A Pentagon agency announced on Wednesday that the US State Department has agreed to sale of worth 295.6 million USD of military equipment for artillery and infantry Peshmerga forces in the Kurdistan Region.
According to a statement by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency “The equipment requested by the Iraqi government would outfit two Peshmerga infantry brigades and two support artillery battalions, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement.
“These artillery battalions and infantry brigades will operate under the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry of Peshmerga with the concurrence of the central government,” the statement added.
The statement states that “the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Iraq for equipment for two Peshmerga infantry brigades and two support artillery battalions.”
The statement added that requested equipment for the Peshmerga forces includes 4,400 M16A4 rifles, 46 M2 50 caliber machine guns, 186 M240B machine guns, 36 M1151 HMMWVs, 77 M1151 up-armored HMMWVs and other military, medical and logistic equipment and vehicles.
The military equipment sale also includes 36 refurbished M119A2 105mm howitzers; spare parts, training and associated equipment related to the mentioned vehicles and artillery systems.
“This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States,” the statement read.
http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/...lion-USD-military-equipment-sale-to-Peshmerga
A Pentagon agency announced on Wednesday that the US State Department has agreed to sale of worth 295.6 million USD of military equipment for artillery and infantry Peshmerga forces in the Kurdistan Region.
According to a statement by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency “The equipment requested by the Iraqi government would outfit two Peshmerga infantry brigades and two support artillery battalions, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement.
“These artillery battalions and infantry brigades will operate under the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry of Peshmerga with the concurrence of the central government,” the statement added.
The statement states that “the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Iraq for equipment for two Peshmerga infantry brigades and two support artillery battalions.”
The statement added that requested equipment for the Peshmerga forces includes 4,400 M16A4 rifles, 46 M2 50 caliber machine guns, 186 M240B machine guns, 36 M1151 HMMWVs, 77 M1151 up-armored HMMWVs and other military, medical and logistic equipment and vehicles.
The military equipment sale also includes 36 refurbished M119A2 105mm howitzers; spare parts, training and associated equipment related to the mentioned vehicles and artillery systems.
“This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States,” the statement read.
http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/...lion-USD-military-equipment-sale-to-Peshmerga
