around Mosul. Current equipment of the Peshmerga Because Zerevani forces were low on equipment when they began training, the Peshmerga army donated some of their weapons to the Zerevani. The Kurdistan Regional Government set them up a base and allowed them to buy their own weapons. They are usually armed with AKMs, RPKs (light Soviet machine guns) and DShKs (heavy Soviet machine guns). Some Zervani companies are however armed with American rifles ( M4A1 and M16 ) Individual Weapons Assault Rifle AKM (Assault Rifle – 7.62×39mm) Zastava M92 (Assault Rifle – 7.62×39mm) AK-74 (Assault Rifle – 5.45×39mm) Heckler & Koch G3 (Battle Rifle – 7.62×51mm) M16 (Assault Rifle – 5.56×45mm) M4A1 (Assault Rifle/Carbine – 5.56×45mm) Sniper Rifle SVD Dragunov (Sniper Rifle – 7.62×54mmR) M-40A1 (Sniper Rifle – 7.62×51mm) Barrett M82A1 (Sniper Rifle – 12.7×99mm) Tabuk Sniper Rifle (Sniper Rifle – 7.62×39mm) M-24 SWS (Sniper Rifle – 7.62×51mm ) Dragunov SVU (Sniper Rifle – 7.62×54mmR) Zastava M91 (Sniper Rifle – 7.62×54mmR) PSG1 (Sniper Rifle – 7.62×51mm) Anti-Tank Explosive RPG-7 (rocket-propelled grenade launcher – 40 mm) RPG-29 (rocket-propelled grenade launcher – 105 mm) AT4 (rocket-propelled grenade launcher – 84 mm) AT-4 Spigot (rocket-propelled grenade launcher – 120 mm) Vehicles Main Battle Tank T-34 - 11 Tanks inherited from the Mahabad Republic - destroyed in 1965-66. M4 Sherman - 3 Tanks captured from Iranian Army in 1946 - destroyed in 1965-66. M47 Patton - 8 Tanks (originally Iranian) captured from Iraqi Army in 1991 T-54/T-55 - 21 Tanks captured from the Iraqi Army in 1991 and 27 Tanks captured from the Iraqi Army in 2003. 8 Tanks destroyed during the 1990s and 6 Tanks destroyed in the fight against ISIS T-62 - 16 Tanks captured from Mosul in 2003. T-72 - 17 Tanks captured in 1991 (5 destroyed in 1992 and 4 destroyed in fight against ISIS) Military trucks GAZ-66 (4×4 2-tons) Humvee Pickup trucks Toyota Hilux (4×4 "4Runner") Nissan Titan Defender-110 Anti-Aircraft Gun ZU-23-2 - 16 pieces captured from Iraqi Army in 1991. 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) - 10 pieces inherited from the Republic of Mahabad and 18 further pieces donated by the Soviet Union in 1961-62. AZP S-60 57 mm Guns - 12 pieces donated by the Soviet Union in 1957 and 1963, 18 pieces captured from Iraqi Army in 1991 and 24 pieces in 2003. ZSU-23-4 - 21 pieces captured from Iraqi Army in 2003. See also