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Kurdish troops reveal Batmobile-style tanks as they prepare for life-or-death struggle with ISIS for Iraqi city of Mosul

The northern Iraqi city of 1.5 million people is the last stronghold of the terror group in the country

KURDISH troops are set to take on ISIS using a terrifying Batmobile-style armoured-car.

The Peshmerga forces are rounding on the terror group's final Iraqi stronghold of Mosul.

 Kurdish fighters have revealed their terrifying new vehicle that is set to be used in the imminent battle against ISIS for the city of Mosul
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Kurdish fighters have revealed their terrifying new vehicle that is set to be used in the imminent battle against ISIS for the city of MosulCredit: Twitter/PeshmergaEU
 The armour-plated tank resembles the Batmobile vehicle from the Batman series of films
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The armour-plated tank resembles the Batmobile vehicle from the Batman series of filmsCredit: Twitter/PeshmergaEU
 The Kurdish Peshmerga are vying to push ISIS out of its last Iraqi stronghold in the city of 1.5million people
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The Kurdish Peshmerga are vying to push ISIS out of its last Iraqi stronghold in the city of 1.5million peopleCredit: Twitter/PeshmergaEU
 The vehicle resembles the Batmobile made famous in the Christian Bale-trilogy of Batman movies
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The vehicle resembles the Batmobile made famous in the Christian Bale-trilogy of Batman moviesCredit: Alamy

And they plan to smash the extremist's lines with the black, armour-plated war machine.

Images of the daunting vehicle were posted online this week as Kurdish forces rally their soldiers to take on ISIS.

But they face a life-or-death fight with extremists in the northern Iraqi city with a population of 1.5million.

ISIS in Iraq has vowed to make a last stand after being pushed out of the key cities of Ramadi and Fallujah by the Kurds.

US President Barack Obama has even labelled the battle for Mosul as key to the future of the country.

Nearly a thousand US and British troops have been sent to retake Mosul – the largest city under ISIS control.

Hundreds of British troops are being sent carrying gas masks and nuclear warfare clothing in a bid to protect themselves against a chemical attack by Islamic State.

The 250 soldiers from 4 Rifles battalion are on a new training mission.

 The Iraqi army is also gathering its forces for an assault on the city in the north of the country
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The Iraqi army is also gathering its forces for an assault on the city in the north of the countryCredit: Reuters
 The city is ISIS's last stand in Iraq after it was recently pushed out of Ramadi and Fallujah
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The city is ISIS's last stand in Iraq after it was recently pushed out of Ramadi and FallujahCredit: Reuters

They are heading to one of the most dangerous areas in the country, the Al Asad air base in Balad, to coach Iraq’s 7th Infantry Division.

Up to 19,000 Iraqi troops have gathered at Qaiyara Airfield West, south of Mosul, ahead of a planned attack by Iraq’s counter-terrorism service.

In preparation, US bombers and drones have been on a killing spree in the past few weeks.

Terror group ISIS has been steadily losing ground to a coalition of forces in Syria and Iraq.

Turkey recently joined the airstrikes, while US, French and British planes have bombed jihadist fighters.


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