A former YPG fighter, however, said, the US has never delivered the promised stuff so far. All they have received is small arms and munitions.
"A US Commander based in the Middle East has said that Kurdish-led forces will need more sophisticated weaponry to continue its fight against ISIS and to continue onto Raqqa city.
“Anti-tank weapons systems to address the vehicle-born IEDs. Certainly mortars would be something of help,” General Joseph Votel said on Sunday.
“Things that they would need of a force that’s going to conduct an assault,” he continued.
The weapons would be flown into a dirt airstrip built for the U.S. by a Syrian engineer, who lost his family to ISIS, that is long enough to handle large cargo planes from the United States, CBS News reported.
A defector of the People’s Protection Units revealed that the US had never equipped the militia as they said they would.
“We asked for heavy weapons. We got nothing. We asked for everything. All we got was ammunition and small arms,” he claimed.
He then went onto reveal that they were never supplied flak jackets, helmets, night vision equipment, or mine detectors like the United States had promised."
US Commander says Kurdish-led forces need better equipment to face ISIS in Raqqa
"A US Commander based in the Middle East has said that Kurdish-led forces will need more sophisticated weaponry to continue its fight against ISIS and to continue onto Raqqa city.
“Anti-tank weapons systems to address the vehicle-born IEDs. Certainly mortars would be something of help,” General Joseph Votel said on Sunday.
“Things that they would need of a force that’s going to conduct an assault,” he continued.
The weapons would be flown into a dirt airstrip built for the U.S. by a Syrian engineer, who lost his family to ISIS, that is long enough to handle large cargo planes from the United States, CBS News reported.
A defector of the People’s Protection Units revealed that the US had never equipped the militia as they said they would.
“We asked for heavy weapons. We got nothing. We asked for everything. All we got was ammunition and small arms,” he claimed.
He then went onto reveal that they were never supplied flak jackets, helmets, night vision equipment, or mine detectors like the United States had promised."
US Commander says Kurdish-led forces need better equipment to face ISIS in Raqqa