The Peshmerga have made remote-controlled German anti-tank rockets their weapon of choice in neutralizing Islamic State suicide bombers, and one of Berlin’s top defense officials was in Erbil this week to ensure more rockets were on the way.

Markus Grübel, the German state secretary of defense, told Peshmerga soldiers Saturday Germany is sending the Iraqi Kurdish forces 500 more MILAN anti-tank rockets and 30 rocket launchers. He said Berlin would also be sending more panzerfaust rockets, G-3 and G-36 assault rifles and ammunition. Grübel was visiting Kurdistan to observe German military instructors training Peshmerga in urban warfare techniques.

As the war against the so-called Islamic State grinds on, suicide bombings have become a favored tactic by ISIS and the MILAN rocket launcher is the bes ... Tovább »