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List of military equipment of Hezbollah

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This is a list of some of the military equipment used by the paramilitary wing of Hezbollah.

Anti aircraft defense

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Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
ZU-23-2 Anti-aircraft gun Unknown Lebanon
 Syria
Iran		 Soviet Union
AZP S-60 Anti-aircraft gun (towed) >2+ Lebanon Soviet Union
ZSU-23-4 Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon Unknown  Syria Soviet Union
9K32 strela-2 Man portable surface to air missile Unknown Various Probable stockpile

Anti ship defense

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Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
C-701 Anti-ship missile Unknown Iran China
C-802 Anti-ship missile 8+ Iran China In 2006, Hezbollah fire a single C-802 at the Israeli ship (INS Hanit), killing 4 sailors.[1]
Yakhont (P-800 Oniks) Anti-ship missile Potentially; Up to 12  Syria Russia
Soviet Union		 Delivered 2013[2][3]

Anti tank defense

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Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
RPG-7 Rocket-propelled grenade Unknown Various Soviet Union Including Iranian produced clones[4]
RPG-29 Rocket propelled-grenade Unknown  Syria Soviet Union [5][6]
RPG-30 Rocket propelled-grenade Unknown  Syria
Russia		 Russia Possession unconfirmed[7][8]
Panzerfaust 3 Anti-tank rocket launcher Extremely limited (if so) Unknown West Germany Unconfirmed[9]
Saegre 2 Anti-tank guided missile Unknown Iran Iran Iranian M47 Dragon clone[10]
Raad (clone) Anti-tank guided missile Unknown Iran Iran Iranian 9M14 Malyutka clone[11]
9M14 Malyutka Anti-tank guided missile 500+ Iran Soviet Union [12]
9K111 Fagot Anti-tank guided missile 50+  Syria Soviet Union [13]
9M113 Konkurs Anti-tank guided missile 50+  Syria
Iran		 Soviet Union [14][15]
9K115-2 Metis-M Anti-tank guided missile 50+  Syria Soviet Union [16][17]
Towsan-1 (clone) Anti-tank guided missile Unknown Iran Iran Iranian Konkurs clone
9M133 Kornet Anti-tank guided missile 50+  Syria Russia [18][19]
BGM-71 TOW Anti-tank guided missile 10+ Unknown USA Possibly via Iran or captured[20]
Toophan (Series) (clone) Anti-tank guided missile Unknown Iran Iran Iranian TOW clone
MILAN Anti-tank guided missile Unknown  Syria France [21]
M40 Recoilless rifle >1+ (extremely underestimated) Unknown USA 30,000 rounds of ammunition in 2008

Hezbollah has apparently thousands of anti-tank guided missiles in total.[22] The group has received many unreported weapon shipments from both Iran and Syria.

Firearms

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Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
Assault rifles and carbines
AK-47[23] Assault rifle Unknown Various  Soviet Union Commonly used
AKM Assault rifle Unknown Various  Soviet Union (various) Commonly used
AK-74 Assault rifle Unknown Various Soviet Union Commonly used, including the M variants.
Type 56 assault rifle Assault rifle Unknown Iran People's Republic of China Commonly used, including the Type 56-2 variant.[24]
M16 rifle[25] Selective fire assault rifle. Single and three shot burst. Unknown  Islamic State
FSA
Lebanon		  United States Some likely captured from the Syrian opposition or Islamic State
M4 carbine Carbine Unknown Unknown  United States Used by Hezbollah Special Forces
Sniper rifles
SKS[26] Designated marksman rifle/Sniper rifle Unknown Unknown Soviet Union
Dragunov sniper rifle[27] Designated marksman rifle Unknown Unknown Soviet Union
Orsis T-5000[28] Sniper rifle Unknown Unknown Russia
Machine guns
PK machine gun General-purpose machine gun Unknown Various Soviet Union Commonly used
FN MAG General-purpose machine gun Unknown Unknown Belgium
M240 General-purpose machine gun Unknown Unknown Belgium
United States
M1919 Browning machine gun[29] Medium machine gun Unknown Unknown United States

Land vehicles

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This category includes tanks, armoured personnel carriers (APC)s, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV)s and other land vehicles.

Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
T-55 Main battle tank Unknown  Syria
South Lebanon Army		 Soviet Union Some captured from SLA
T-62 Main battle tank Unknown  Syria Soviet Union Operating in Syria
T-72 Main battle tank >60, 1+ T72-AV variant[30]  Syria Soviet Union Operating in Syria
T-90 Main battle tank Unknown  Syria Russia Operating in Syria
BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle Unknown  Syria Soviet Union Operating in Syria
M113 Armoured personnel carrier At least 3 Disputed, likely from: South Lebanon Army[31] USA Captured in year 2000
BTR-152 Armoured personnel carrier Unknown South Lebanon Army Soviet Union Some captured from SLA
BTR-50 Armoured personnel carrier Unknown South Lebanon Army Soviet Union Some captured from SLA
BRDM-2 Armoured scout car Unknown South Lebanon Army Soviet Union Some captured from SLA
2S1 Gvozdika Self-propelled howitzer >3+  Syria Soviet Union Operating in Syria
Safir Military light utility vehicle "dozens" Iran Iran Operating in Syria
Technicals Improvised fighting vehicle 100-1000s+ Various Various Used widely, some captured from the Syrian opposition and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Civilian and transport vehicles Mercedes, Volvo, Range Rover, Isuzu, Toyota, Hyundai and Kia etc. 100-1000s+ Various Various Used widely

Rockets and ballistic missiles

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Name/Model Diameter Quantity Acquired from Origin Range Warhead Photo Notes
Type 63 107mm "dozens" Iran
Iraq		 China 8 km Includes Iranian Fadjr-1 clones[32]
BM-21 Grad 122mm Unknown  Russia
China
 Syria

Soviet Union

 40 km 21 kg Katyushas from Iran, Russia and China.[33]
BM-27 Uragan 220mm Unknown  Syria Soviet Union 40 km 100 kg
Fajr-3 240mm >100+ Iran Iran 43 km 45 kg Acquired from Iran pre-2006[34]
Falaq-1[35] 240mm Unknown Iran Iran 10 km 50 kg
Khaibar-1 302mm Unknown Unknown  Syria 100 km 175 kg Apparent cluster munition.[36]
Falaq-2[37] 303mm Unknown Iran Iran 11 km 120 kg
Fajr-5[38] 333mm Unknown Iran (likely) Iran 75 km 90 kg
Naze'at 356mm Unknown Iran Iran 130 km
Zelzal-1 Unknown Unknown Iran Iran 160 km
Zelzal-2 610mm Around 500[39] Iran Iran 250 km 600 kg Apparently based on the Soviet FROG-7 missile
Fateh-110 610mm 40-700  Syria Iran 250 km 650 kg [40]
Scud N/A  Syria Soviet Union 500 km 800 kg

Unmanned aerial vehicles

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The group claims to build their own unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which is disputed, but in any case the designs are copies of Iranian models.[41][42]

Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
Mohajer-4 Unmanned aerial vehicle Unknown Iran Iran
Ababil-2 Unmanned aerial vehicle >12 Iran Iran 2 or 3 apparently shot down by Israel in 2006.
Ababil-3 Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle Unknown Iran Iran
Yasir (clone) Unmanned aerial vehicle Unknown Iran Iran Iranian ScanEagle clone[43]
Hud Hud II Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle Unknown Iran Iran Iranian manufactured UAV announced in Hezbollah's arsenal in 6/17/2024
fpv drone FPV

Unmanned aerial vehicle Loitering munition

 hundreds Iran

Lebanon

 Iran

Russia

 Mainly fiber optic drones used extensively by hezbollah in 2026 against israeli targets

See also

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References

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