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German Army Uses Toy Tanks to Train Kurdish Fighters

German Army advisors in Iraq are training Kurdish fighters to use the Panzerfaust III anti-tank rocket launchers that Germany donated to the Kurds. But training troops in the field to use brand-new weapons isn’t easy, and it’s even harder to train someone to use anti-tank weapons when you don’t have any tanks to destroy.

In the mountains of Kurdistan, the Germans are a long way from the high-tech training grounds of Western Europe. So, they’re improvising. The German Army is using toys and some clever tricks to teach the Kurds how to operate the Panzerfaust III.

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German Army advisors in Iraq are training Kurdish fighters to use the Panzerfaust III anti-tank rocket launchers that Germany donated to the Kurds. But training troops in the field to use brand-new weapons isn’t easy, and it’s even harder to train someone to use anti-tank weapons when you don’t have any tanks to destroy.

In the mountains of Kurdistan, the Germans are a long way from the high-tech training grounds of Western Europe. So, they’re improvising. The German Army is using toys and some clever tricks to teach the Kurds how to operate the Panzerfaust III.

Read More- Popular Mechanics

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