Kurdish Armour Against ISIS: YPG/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 2014–19

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Ed Nash Alaric Searle

Kurdish Armour Against ISIS

YPG/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 2014–19

Ed Nash, Alaric Searle, Irene Cano Rodríguez

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English

Osprey
30 November 2021

History; Iraq War; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare; Tanks & military land vehicles

Series: New Vanguard

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent

years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an

improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF). While some

Kurdish vehicles were originally from Syrian Army stocks or captured from ISIS,

many others were extraordinary homemade AFVs based on truck or digger

mechanicals, or duskas, the Kurds’ version of the technical. Before US

air power was sent to Syria, these were the Kurds’ most powerful and mobile

weapons.

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 With detailed new artwork depicting the Kurds’ range of armour and many previously unpublished photos, this is an original and fascinating look at modern improvised mechanized warfare.

By: Ed Nash, Alaric Searle
Illustrated by: Irene Cano Rodríguez
Imprint: Osprey
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 184mm, Width: 246mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9781472847584
ISBN 10: 147284758X
Series: New Vanguard
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 30 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ed Nash fought for the YPG in 2015/16, participating in a number of offensives against the so-called Islamic State. He has recounted his experiences in a memoir entitled Desert Sniper (Little, Brown, 2018). He has travelled through a number of other conflict zones, especially in south-east Asia. He holds a degree in History; and, he has published a number of articles on counter-insurgency, weapons technology, and military affairs more generally. Alaric Searle is Professor of Modern European History, School of Arts and Media, University of Salford. He is the author of several works on military history, including Armoured Warfare: A Military, Political and Global History (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), and an edited collection of the military papers of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, published by the Army Records Society (History Press, 2017). He is a frequent contributor to academic journals. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Visiting Professor at Nankai University, Tianjin, China.