Tag: ypg

TOUGH AS NAILS Kurdish Female Sniper Keeps Her Cool Under ISIS Fire, Laughs It Off

Posted June 28, 2017 in Daily News, Defense, Guns & Gear, News, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 169 Comments

A cool head under fire was on display in a video released just yesterday, in which a female sniper of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ, a part of the largely Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces narrowly avoided the bullet of an ISIS sniper who had her in his [Read More…]

Kurdish Zagros Gen 2

Posted February 10, 2015 in Guns & Gear, News, Rifles by Miles with 49 Comments

In 2012 TFB published an extensive post about a homemade rifle being used by the PKK in their fight against Turkey. Recently, a photo has surfaced of the same rifle but with a few upgrades and thus I’m calling it the Gen 2. The additions seem to be the removal of [Read More…]