Isis captured 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles from Iraqi forces in Mosul

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/01/isis-captured-2300-humvee-armoured-vehicles-from-iraqi-forces-in-mosul



Iraq’s prime minister reveals extent of equipment loss when Isis overran the army last year in the country’s second-largest city

Isis captured 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles from Iraqi forces in Mosul
Agence France-Presse
Sunday 31 May 2015 20.42 EDT

Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armoured vehicles when the Islamic State jihadist group overran the northern city of Mosul, the prime minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday.

“In the collapse of Mosul, we lost a lot of weapons,” Abadi said in an interview with Iraqiya state TV. “We lost 2,300 Humvees in Mosul alone.”

While the exact price of the vehicles varies depending on how they are armoured and equipped, it is clearly a hugely expensive loss that has boosted Isis’s capabilities.

Last year, the US State Department approved a possible sale to Iraq of 1,000 Humvees with increased armour, machine-guns, grenade launchers, other gear and support, which was estimated to cost $579 million.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humvee

Manufacturer AM General
Unit cost $220,000 (2011) (up-armored)[1]
Produced 1984–present
Number built 281,000[2]

2,300 x $220,000 = $506,000,000 of armored hummers now used by ISIL.