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* {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} Hell Cannon (used by Ahrar al-Shamal Brigades)<ref>[http://brown-moses.blogspot.com/2013/05/diy-weapons-in-syria-hell-cannon.html DIY Weapons in Syria]</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} Hell Cannon (used by Ahrar al-Shamal Brigades)<ref>[http://brown-moses.blogspot.com/2013/05/diy-weapons-in-syria-hell-cannon.html DIY Weapons in Syria]</ref>
===Field guns===
===Field guns===
* {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46]]
* {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46]]<ref>[http://brown-moses.blogspot.de/2012/11/new-videos-show-even-more-heavy-weapons.html]</ref>

===Recoilless rifles===
===Recoilless rifles===
* {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[B-10 recoilless rifle|B-10]]<ref>[http://uploads.static.vosizneias.com/2013/02/2013-02-26T202231Z_1_CBRE91P1KLO00_RTROPTP_4_SYRIA-CRISIS-WEAPONS.jpg Picture of a Free Syrian Army Soldier with a B-10 recoilles rifle]</ref>
* {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[B-10 recoilless rifle|B-10]]<ref>[http://uploads.static.vosizneias.com/2013/02/2013-02-26T202231Z_1_CBRE91P1KLO00_RTROPTP_4_SYRIA-CRISIS-WEAPONS.jpg Picture of a Free Syrian Army Soldier with a B-10 recoilles rifle]</ref>

Revision as of 02:44, 9 January 2014

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

Sniper rifles

Submachine guns

Light machine guns

Heavy machine guns

  • Soviet Union DShK (often mounted on technicals)
  • Soviet Union NSV

General-purpose machine guns

Hand grenades/explosives

Grenade launchers

Anti-tank weapons

Rocket-propelled grenades

Anti-tank Guided Weapons

Anti-aircraft weapons

Towed anti-aircraft guns

Man-portable air-defense systems

Self-propelled Air Defense

Artillery

Mortars

Howitzers

  • Soviet Union D-30[41]
  • Hell Cannon (used by Ahrar al-Shamal Brigades)[42]

Field guns

Recoilless rifles

Multiple rocket launchers

Self-propelled artillery

Tanks and armored vehicles

References

  1. ^ Video of captured rebel pistol
  2. ^ Video of Mosin-Nagant used by Syrian rebels
  3. ^ Photo of Type 56 carbine in al-Qsair
  4. ^ a b c "Arming the Free Syrian Army". The American Spectator. 6 December 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Is Syria's balance of firepower close to a tipping point?". The Guardian. 9 August 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Insight - Syria rebels get light arms, heavy weapons elusive". Reuters. 13 July 2012.
  7. ^ Video showing a FSA member carrying a FAMAS F1 rifle in Syria.
  8. ^ Free Syrian Army captures 5000 Stg 44s
  9. ^ Sturmgewehr 44 used by Syrian Rebels – The Firearm Blog, August 22, 2012
  10. ^ Picture showing an FSA member using a Steyr SSG 69.
  11. ^ Picture showing a rebel fighter with the Free Syrian Army shoots back at a sniper with AS50 anti-materiel rifle during clashes with pro-government forces in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district last month. (Muzaffar Salman/Reuters)
  12. ^ http://stateoftactical.com/more-chinese-m99-12-7mm-anti-material-rifles-in-syria/
  13. ^ Video footage of rebels using OSV-96
  14. ^ Uzi seen in the hands of Syrian rebel fighters
  15. ^ Video of rebel shooting RPD
  16. ^ Video of rebel shooting RPK
  17. ^ Mk 2 grenade in safehouse
  18. ^ Cologne grenade
  19. ^ a b c d Evidence Of Multiple Foreign Weapon Systems Smuggled To The Syrian Opposition In Daraa
  20. ^ The FSA Captures An Unusual Weapon
  21. ^ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c5e_1356371768&comments=1
  22. ^ RPG-26 used by Syrian rebels
  23. ^ Video footage of RPG-29 used by Syrian rebels
  24. ^ RPG-75 in Syria
  25. ^ Video footage of Jabhat al-Nusra with M79 Osa
  26. ^ Video of captured RBR-120 mm
  27. ^ 9K11 Malyutka/AT-3 Sagger sighted with Syrian rebels
  28. ^ 9M113 Konkurs/AT-5 Spandrel sighted with Syrian rebels
  29. ^ a b The Syrian Opposition's Latest Missiles and Rockets
  30. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J3fARxao7s
  31. ^ Footage of HJ-8 in the hands of Syrian rebels
  32. ^ Syrian rebels captured ammunition depot with Milan / Konkurs anti-tank missiles and rockets - Armyrecognition.com, 5 August 2013
  33. ^ Video footage of a truck-mounted ZU-23-2
  34. ^ Video showing 57 mm AZP S-60 used by Syrian rebels
  35. ^ "Chinese missiles steal spotlight after downing Syria army helicopters". Global Times. 13 March 2013.
  36. ^ Videos Show Complete SA-7 MANPADS Reportedly Looted From The 46th Regiment Base
  37. ^ Video Shows A SA-16 Surface-To-Air Missile Fired By The Syrian Opposition
  38. ^ Video footage of Syrian rebels with SA-24
  39. ^ Video of rebels using ZSU-23-4 Shilka
  40. ^ Liwa al-Islam and her 9K33 Osa 31 July 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  41. ^ Video footage showing Syrian rebels using D-30 howitzer
  42. ^ DIY Weapons in Syria
  43. ^ [1]
  44. ^ Picture of a Free Syrian Army Soldier with a B-10 recoilles rifle
  45. ^ Video footage of M40 recoilless gun in Syria
  46. ^ Syria Rebel with Carl Gustav 84mm
  47. ^ Video of SPG-9 used by Syrian rebels
  48. ^ Video footage of RAK 12 Multiple Rocket Launchers in Syria
  49. ^ Croatian RAK-12 in Syria
  50. ^ http://www.channel4.com/news/syrias-descent-what-weapons-do-the-rebels-have
  51. ^ Video footage of rebels using 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer
  52. ^ Video footage of rebel T-55 tank
  53. ^ Video footage of Free Syrian Army using T-62 tank
  54. ^ Picture of a captured T-72 tank used by rebels
  55. ^ Video of BRDM-2 captured by rebels
  56. ^ More Syrian rebel DIY weapons. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.