List of military equipment used by Syrian opposition forces in the Syrian Civil War.
Sources[]
Large equipment like tanks and vehicles are likely taken from the Syrian Army, but weapons are likely a mixture of captured Syrian Army arms, weapons imported by foreign combatants helping the Free Syrian Army, or other sources.
Small arms[]
Pistols[]
Bolt-action rifles[]
Carbines[]
Battle rifles[]
Assault rifles[]
AK-47- SKS[8]
- AKM
- AK-74
- Type 56
- Zastava M70
- Norinco CQ
- M16
- FAMAS[9]
- StG 44[10][11] (rare)
- Steyr AUG[5]
- PM md. 63
- AMD 65
Sniper rifles[]
Submachine guns[]
Light machine guns[]
Heavy machine guns[]
- DShK (often mounted on technicals)
- NSV
- KPV machine gun[18]
- W85
- Type 54 HMG
General-purpose machine guns[]
- PKM
- Zastava M84
- MG-34[7] (rare)
Hand grenades/explosives[]
- F1
- Mk 2 grenade[19]
- RGD-5
- / Homemade grenades[20]
- / Improvised explosive device
Grenade launchers[]
Anti-tank weapons[]
Rocket-propelled grenades[]
- RPG-2
- RPG-7
- RPG-18
- RPG-22[21]
- RPG-26[24]
- RPG-29[25]
- RPG-75[26]
- M72 LAW[6]
- M79 Osa[21][27]
- RBR-120 mm M90[28]
Anti-tank Guided Weapons[]
- 9K11 Malyutka/AT-3 Sagger[29]
- 9M113 Konkurs/AT-5 Spandrel[30]
- 9K115-2 Metis-M/AT-13 Saxhorn-2[31]
- 9M133 Kornet AT-14 Spriggan[32]
- HJ-8[33]
- MILAN[34]
- BGM-71 TOW[35]
Anti-aircraft weapons[]
Towed anti-aircraft guns[]
Man-portable air-defense systems[]
Self-propelled Air Defense[]
- ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon[42]
- 9K33 Osa (two captured and used by Jaysh al-Islam)[43]
Artillery[]
Mortars[]
Howitzers[]
Field guns[]
Recoilless rifles[]
Multiple rocket launchers[]
- RAK-12 (Croatian built version of M-63 with 12 tubes instead of the original 32)[50][51]
- BM-21 Grad[52]
- / Homemade rocket launchers
Self-propelled artillery[]
Tanks and armored vehicles[]
- T-55 Main battle tank[54]
- T-62 Main battle tank[55]
- T-72 Main battle tank[56]
- BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle
- BRDM-2[57]
- Sham 1 armored pickup truck (used by the Al-Ansar Brigade)[58]
- Sham 2 armored car (used by the Al-Ansar Brigade)
References[]
- ↑ Video of captured Tisas Zigana C45 at 1:34
- ↑ Video of Mosin-Nagant used by Syrian rebels
- ↑ Photo of Type 56 carbine in al-Qsair
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Arming the Free Syrian Army". The American Spectator. 6 December 2012. http://spectator.org/archives/2012/06/12/arming-the-free-syrian-army/print.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Is Syria's balance of firepower close to a tipping point?". The Guardian. 9 August 2012. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/09/syria-bashar-al-assad.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Insight - Syria rebels get light arms, heavy weapons elusive". Reuters. 13 July 2012. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/13/uk-syria-arms-rebels-idUKBRE86C0KB20120713?feedType=RSS&feedName=GCA-GoogleNewsUK.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 MG-34 & M14 at 1:39. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Video showing a FSA member carrying a FAMAS F1 rifle in Syria.
- ↑ Free Syrian Army captures 5000 Stg 44s
- ↑ Sturmgewehr 44 used by Syrian Rebels – The Firearm Blog, August 22, 2012
- ↑ Picture showing an FSA member using a Steyr SSG 69.
- ↑ http://stateoftactical.com/more-chinese-m99-12-7mm-anti-material-rifles-in-syria/
- ↑ Video footage of rebels using OSV-96
- ↑ Uzi seen in the hands of Syrian rebel fighters
- ↑ Video of rebel shooting RPD
- ↑ Video of rebel shooting RPK
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 [2]
- ↑ Mk 2 grenade in safehouse
- ↑ Cologne grenade
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Evidence Of Multiple Foreign Weapon Systems Smuggled To The Syrian Opposition In Daraa
- ↑ The FSA Captures An Unusual Weapon
- ↑ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c5e_1356371768&comments=1
- ↑ RPG-26 used by Syrian rebels
- ↑ Video footage of RPG-29 used by Syrian rebels
- ↑ RPG-75 in Syria
- ↑ Video footage of Jabhat al-Nusra with M79 Osa
- ↑ Video of captured RBR-120 mm at 2:55
- ↑ 9K11 Malyutka/AT-3 Sagger sighted with Syrian rebels
- ↑ 9M113 Konkurs/AT-5 Spandrel sighted with Syrian rebels
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 The Syrian Opposition's Latest Missiles and Rockets
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J3fARxao7s
- ↑ Footage of HJ-8 in the hands of Syrian rebels
- ↑ Syrian rebels captured ammunition depot with Milan / Konkurs anti-tank missiles and rockets - Armyrecognition.com, 5 August 2013
- ↑ "Syrian rebels who received first U.S. missiles of war see shipment as ‘an important first step’". The Washington Post. 28 April 2014. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-rebels-who-received-first-us-missiles-of-war-see-shipment-as-an-important-first-step/2014/04/27/61ec84d8-0f53-4c9f-bf0a-c3395819c540_story.html.
- ↑ Video footage of a truck-mounted ZU-23-2
- ↑ Video showing 57 mm AZP S-60 used by Syrian rebels
- ↑ "Chinese missiles steal spotlight after downing Syria army helicopters". Global Times. 13 March 2013. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/767977.shtml#.UXVXY7WeOSo.
- ↑ Videos Show Complete SA-7 MANPADS Reportedly Looted From The 46th Regiment Base
- ↑ Video Shows A SA-16 Surface-To-Air Missile Fired By The Syrian Opposition
- ↑ Video footage of Syrian rebels with SA-24
- ↑ Video of rebels using ZSU-23-4 Shilka
- ↑ Liwa al-Islam and her 9K33 Osa 31 July 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ↑ Video footage showing Syrian rebels using D-30 howitzer
- ↑ DIY Weapons in Syria
- ↑ Picture of a Free Syrian Army Soldier with a B-10 recoilles rifle
- ↑ Video footage of M40 recoilless gun in Syria
- ↑ Syria Rebel with Carl Gustav 84mm
- ↑ Video of SPG-9 used by Syrian rebels
- ↑ Video footage of RAK 12 Multiple Rocket Launchers in Syria
- ↑ Croatian RAK-12 in Syria
- ↑ http://www.channel4.com/news/syrias-descent-what-weapons-do-the-rebels-have
- ↑ Video footage of rebels using 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer
- ↑ Video footage of rebel T-55 tank
- ↑ Video footage of Free Syrian Army using T-62 tank
- ↑ Picture of a captured T-72 tank used by rebels
- ↑ Video of BRDM-2 captured by rebels
- ↑ More Syrian rebel DIY weapons. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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