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ISIS captured 2,300 armoured vehicles from Iraqi army

June 1, 2015 at 11:21 am

Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles to the Islamic State in Mosul last summer, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi revealed.

“In the collapse of Mosul, we lost a lot of weapons. We lost 2,300 Humvees in Mosul alone,” Al-Abadi said, pointing out that “several Russian and American maintenance companies and contractors left the country because of the deteriorating security situation in Iraq.”

Last year, the US State Department approved the sale of 1,000 Humvees with increased armour, machine guns, grenade launchers, other gear and support, estimated to cost $579 million.