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.
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.
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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.
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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