German arms for Kurds

[Dienekes]

Beats the hell out of a sharp stick or rock. Thousands of Chicago gangbangers can't be wrong.

[SteyrAUG]

Great news, but 8,000 pistols? The only thing those would be good for would be to off yourself before being captured by ISIS and being executed on camera.

It's a small thing to carry along with your rifle and extra magazines and generally worth it's weight.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Cool.

[kaltesherz]

It's a small thing to carry along with your rifle and extra magazines and generally worth it's weight.

I've had the opposite experience. They have a place, but an extremely minor one- most soldiers would be much better off with a couple extra rifle mags than a pistol. Especially without a lot of handgun specific training. Rifles are easy to shoot well and powerful, handguns are hard to well and weak. But if they issue them to support staff I could see a point. Just wish they gave them 8,000 more rifles and a bunch of trainers... I have a feeling those G36's are going to see a lot of full auto use.

[vicious_cb]

Looks like they are just dumping old stock

Waffen für Kurdistan: Die Liste
T.Wiegold 31. August 2014 · | 59 Kommentare
Hier mal auf die Schnelle die Waffen, die Deutschland in den Nordirak liefert:
8000 Gewehre G3, 1 Mio Schuss
40 MG3
8.000 G36
8.000 Pistole P1
30 Milan, 500 Lenkflugkörper
200 Panzerfaust 3
40 Schwere Panzerfäuste
http://augengeradeaus.net/2014/08/wa...tan-die-liste/

The equivalent would be M14 rifles, M16A1s, M60s, and vintage 1911 plus some obsolete LAW and Dragon ATMs

[thei3ug]

It's still a win/win for the Kurds and Germans, no matter what dusty warehouse they dug them out of.

[HD1911]

So the US was/is arming Cartels and Islamic Jihadists... and zee Germans are arming the Innocent that are being persectued, mutilated, & slaughtered... got it.

[jpmuscle]

So the US was/is arming Cartels and Islamic Jihadists... and zee Germans are arming the Innocent that are being persectued, mutilated, & slaughtered... got it.

The world, it's a strange place sometimes.

[Whiskey_Bravo]

The equivalent would be M14 rifles, M16A1s, M60s, and vintage 1911 plus some obsolete LAW and Dragon ATMs

Yes please, sign me up also to rid them of their old stock.