List of military equipment of Islamic State

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This is a list of some of the military equipment used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). This list does not include equipment used by the Syrian Opposition.[1][2]

Small arms

Assault and battle rifles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
MAS-36[3] Bolt-action rifle ?  France Seen service by ISIL insurgents in 2019.
SKS Semi automatic rifle

 Soviet Union

Captured in Syria and Iraq.
AK-47 Assault rifle Unknown[4][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union Captured from Syrian Army.
AKM Assault rifle Unknown[4][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union Captured from Syrian Army.
AK-74/AK-74M
AKS-74U		 Assault rifle  Soviet Union Limited used.
AK-103 Assault rifle  Russia File:AK-103 Assault Rifle.JPG Limited use, captured from Libyan Army.
AK-63 Assault rifle Unknown[4][unreliable source?]  Hungary File:AMMSz.jpg Captured from Syrian Army.
AMD-65 Assault rifle Unknown[4][unreliable source?]  Hungary File:Right side of AMD-65.jpg Captured from Syrian Army.
Zastava M70 Assault rifle Unknown[4][unreliable source?]  Yugoslavia Captured from Syrian Army.
Type 56 assault rifle Assault rifle Unknown[4][unreliable source?]  China File:Norinco type 56.jpg Captured from Syrian Army.
MPi-KM Assault rifle Unknown[4][unreliable source?]  East Germany Captured from Syrian Army.
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 Assault rifle Unknown[4][unreliable source?]  Socialist Republic of Romania Captured from Syrian Army.
vz. 58[5] Assault rifle Small quantities  Czechoslovakia Likely captured from Iraqi stockpile.
FB Tantal[citation needed]
FB Beryl[citation needed]		 Assault rifle  Poland
Bushmaster XM-15[citation needed] Semi automatic rifle  United States
M16 rifle Assault rifle Unknown[4][unreliable source?]  United States Captured from Iraqi Army and police.[6]
StG 44[7]
(Very Limited)		 Assault rifle  Nazi Germany
Norinco CQ[8] Assault rifle  China
Daewoo K2C[9] Assault rifle  South Korea Most likely seized during delivery to the Iraqi Army, or captured from Iraqi troops.
FN FAL[8] Battle rifle  Belgium
Heckler and Koch G3[8] Battle rifle  West Germany
M4A1
(Limited)[10]		 Carbine rifle  United States Captured from Iraqi Army and police.

Sniper rifles and anti-material rifles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Mosin–Nagant Sniper rifle  Russian Empire Is rarely seen compared to the Dragunov sniper rifle. Equipped with PU, PE, and modified PSO-1 scopes.[11][12] Was also seen in an execution video.
Dragunov SVD Designated marksman rifle 3000+[4][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union
PSL/FPK[13] Designated marksman rifle  Socialist Republic of Romania
M40A3[citation needed] Sniper rifle  United States
M14 EBR (Limited) Designated marksman rifle  United States Captured from Iraqi Army.[14] (8:40 mins)[15]
M99 Anti-material rifle [4][unreliable source?]  China

Machine guns

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
PKM General-purpose machine gun [4][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union Most common belt-fed machine gun used.
Type 80 General-purpose machine gun  China Captured from Syrian Army.
Rheinmetall MG3 General-purpose machine gun [16]  West Germany
M249 light machine gun[17] Light machine gun  United States Captured from Iraqi Army and Police.
FN Minimi Light machine gun  Belgium
RPD Light machine gun [4][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union
RPK Light machine gun [4][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union
NSV machine gun Heavy machine gun [4][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union
DShK Heavy machine gun [4][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union
W85 Heavy machine gun  People's Republic of China Used very commonly.
M2 Browning[18] Heavy machine gun  United States Browning M2 "Ma Deuce" Captured from Iraqi Army.

Shotguns

Pistols

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Benelli M3[citation needed] Combat shotgun  Italy
Seen on a beheading video.
Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Glock 17[19] Semi-automatic pistol  Austria
Glock 19 Semi-automatic pistol (some converted to full-auto)[20]  Austria
Browning Hi-Power[6] Semi-automatic pistol  Belgium
Beretta M92[21] Semi-automatic pistol  Italy
Walther P99[22] Semi-automatic pistol  Germany
Makarov pistol Semi-automatic pistol  Soviet Union
TT-33 Semi-automatic pistol  Soviet Union
CZ 75 Semi-automatic pistol  Czechoslovakia

Explosives, anti-tank weapons, grenade launchers, and anti-aircraft launchers

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
IED Improvised explosive device Large quantities  Islamic State Most commonly used.
Some captured from YPG.[citation needed]
M62 grenade Hand grenade  United States
Multiple caches.[23]
RGD-5 Hand grenade  Soviet Union frameless Captured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles.
F1 Hand grenade  Soviet Union Captured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles.
RPG-43[citation needed] Anti-tank grenade  Soviet Union Captured from Syrian army stockpiles.
AGS-17 Automatic grenade launcher  Soviet Union [4][unreliable source?]
RPG-7 Rocket propelled grenade launcher Large quantities  Soviet Union Commonly used.
RPG-22 Rocket propelled grenade launcher  Soviet Union [4][unreliable source?]
RPG-29 Rocket propelled grenade launcher  Soviet Union [4][unreliable source?]
M79 Osa[24][25] Anti-tank rocket launcher  Yugoslavia
MILAN[26] Anti-tank missile  France
BGM-71 TOW[27] Anti-tank missile  United States Captured from FSA.
9K111 Fagot[citation needed] Anti-tank missile  Soviet Union
9K115-2 Metis-M Anti-tank missile  Russia
9M133 Kornet[28] Anti-tank missile  Russia
HJ-8[29][30] Anti-tank missile  China
FN-6[31] Man-portable surface-to-air missile 1[32]  China Reportedly used on October 3, 2014 in Baiji to shoot down an Iraqi Mi‑35M helicopter.[31]
9K32 Strela-2[31] Man-portable surface-to-air missile 8[32][33]  Soviet Union "Limited, aging stock."[33]
9K38 Igla[34] Man-portable surface-to-air missile  Soviet Union
9K38 Igla-S[34] Man-portable surface-to-air missile  Soviet Union
Hwaseong-Chong[32] Man-portable surface-to-air missile 1[32]  North Korea
FIM-92[5] Man-portable surface-to-air missile  United States

Towed arms

Towed artillery

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
ZU-23-2[35] Towed anti-aircraft twin autocannon 83 (2015)[32][33]  Soviet Union Usually mounted on technicals.[32]
AZP S-60[34] Anti-aircraft gun 21[32][33]  Soviet Union
85 mm divisional gun D-44 1 (2015)[32] 1[32]  Soviet Union Field gun
122-mm howitzer D-30[35] Howitzer 2[33]  Soviet Union
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)[32] Howitzer 2[32]  Soviet Union
203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) Howitzer 1+  Soviet Union More than one captured in Dayr Hafir.
D-74 122 mm field gun[32] Field gun 6 (2015)[33]  Soviet Union
M-46[35] Field gun 34[32]  Soviet Union
M198 howitzer Towed howitzer Up to 5[36]  United States Captured from Iraqi Army.

Vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
UAZ-469 Off-road military light utility vehicle 8[32][33]  Soviet Union Captured in Iraq.
Ural-4320 6×6 off-road truck 50+[37][38]  Soviet Union Captured from Syrian Army.
HMMWV Light Utility Vehicle 2300+[39][40][41][42][43]  United States Many captured from Iraqi Army. Main vehicle used by ISIS in SVBIED operations.
Technicals Improvised fighting vehicles Varies from hundreds to thousands.  Islamic State Hundreds of variants exist, including SVBIED versions.
RG-31 Nyala[citation needed] Infantry Mobility Vehicle  South Africa
Safir[citation needed] Off-road military light utility vehicle  Iran Captured from Hezbollah.

Tanks and armored fighting vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BMP-1 Armored personnel carrier 25[32]  Soviet Union Captured from the armies of Iraq, Syria, and other factions such as SDF and FSA. Some converted to SVBIED.
MT-LB[44]
 Armored personnel carrier unknown[33]  Soviet Union
BPM-97 Armored personnel carrier 1+[37][38]  Russia Captured from Syrian Army.
BRDM-2[32] Amphibious armored personnel carrier 6[32]  Soviet Union
MRAP Armored personnel carrier 13[35]  United States Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police.
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle Armored personnel carrier 17[33]  United States Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police.
M113 APC Armored personnel carrier 52[33]  United States Captured from the Iraqi[45] and the Egyptian Army. Some converted to SVBIED.
T-55/55MV/AM/AMV Main battle tank At least 82 (2015)[32][33][46]  Soviet Union Captured from the Iraqi Army and Libyan militias. Many destroyed or captured.
T-62 Obr. 1967/Obr. 1972 Main battle tank 15 (2015)[32]  Soviet Union Possibly captured from Syrian Army, one destroyed near Kobani, another with reinforced turret knocked out near Ma'adan.
T-72/72M/A/AV /TURMS-T/M1 TURMS-T Main battle tank 22 (2015)[32][33]  Soviet Union Possibly captured from the Syrian Army.

Self-Propelled Artillery

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
2S1 Gvozdika Self-propelled artillery 3-4[32][35]  Soviet Union Captured from Syrian army.
ZSU-23-4 Shilka[34] Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 3[32]  Soviet Union Captured from Syrian army.
BM-21 Grad[35] Multiple rocket launcher 11[32]  Soviet Union Captured from Syrian army.

Aircraft

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
L-39ZA Trainer/ground-attack aircraft 3 (2 operational, as of 2014)[47]  Czechoslovakia Originally four. Captured by Jaysh al-Islam at the Jirah airfield on 12 February 2013. One was subsequently destroyed during a SAAF bombing.[48] Two were repaired to airworthiness and shown taxiing during a propaganda video released by Jaysh al-Islam.[49] Project abandoned upon the airfield's capture by ISIL.[50]
MiG-21 Ground Attack 7(Unknown amount operational, as of 2014)[51]  Soviet Union Captured at the Jirah airfield on 30 August 2012. Flown by ex Iraqi pilots and were operated from the Jirah airfield.[52][51]
commercial civilian drones Drone (UAV) many[53][54][55][56][57]  Iran Some were captured from the Syrian Army and Iran. ISIL demonstrated the use of a reconnaissance drone in "Clanking of the Swords IV" (June 2014) and in October 2014 over Kobanî in the John Cantlie video and the Tabqah Air Base video. The three drones in Syria were shot down over Kobanî by Kurdish forces defending the city,[58][59] and by the Syrian Army over an airbase.[57]
Improvised bombing and surveillance drones (mostly quadcopters)[60] Drone (UAV) 80+[60]  Islamic State Large numbers of originally civilian drones are used by ISIL, often heavily adapted to be used for bomb attacks, spy missions, propaganda, etc. These drones are mostly controlled by the Al Bara’ bin Malik Brigade, part of the aviation sector of the Islamic State’s Committee for Military Manufacturing and Development.[60]

Watercraft

ISIL has been using a mix of watercraft to transport fighters around the Tigris River and Euphrates River and has been referred to as their unofficial riverine navy.[61] US forces have come across small watercraft that can ply rivers to carry troops, equipment and in some cases act as floating IEDs.[61]

  • Barges for transport.
  • Skiffs.
  • Motorized vessels.

Weapons production

IS has an indigenous weapons industry. Their workshops can produce identical copies of the RPG-7 and SPG-9. In addition, they have developed an indigenous rocket launcher, which comes in four varieties. Two variants fire PG-9 munitions at short and long range. A third fires PG-7V munitions and the fourth fires an unspecified thermobaric munition. They also produce grenades to be fired from the muzzle of an AK pattern rifle or dropped from a drone. They also produce mortar ammunition and rockets.[62]

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