article_snippet: Britain has also provided 40 heavy machine guns to the Kurds, who are fighting against ISIS in Iraq, but this pales in significance when compared to Germany, which has sent more than 35,000 weapons to the fighters.
article_snippet: UK forces have provided training to Peshmerga fighters, as well as sending around 400 support personnel to northern Iraq.
article_snippet: ‘British military training teams continue to teach infantry and first aid skills to the Kurdish peshmerga, and liaison teams are embedded within Iraqi and coalition headquarters.
article_snippet: ‘Having previously provided military equipment to UK forces, Britain plans to gift improvised explosive device (IED) detectors to help the Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers protect the Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers against the numerous improvised explosive devices on which ISIL are increasingly relying as the Iraqi and Kurdish soldiers are forced back by successful offensives.