List_of_equipment_used_by_separatist_forces_of_the_war_in_Donbas

List of equipment used by Russian people's militias in Ukraine

List of equipment of the DPR/LPR

This is a list of equipment of the armed forces of the Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic currently used in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

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[force_size-15] Galeotti points out that: "On paper this is a truly formidable force,(...) but shortages of trained crews and maintenance problems mean that in practice the field force has only a fraction of that strength." (Galeotti 2019, p. 27)

[TOS-68] As of the time of writing, they weren't deployed in battle, with their use tightly controlled by the Russian government. (Galeotti 2019, p. 27) As Galeotti puts it: "While the Russians may have provided some to the DNR forces, by all accounts they maintain close control over their use, even withholding the rockets until they are willing to see them deployed." (Galeotti 2019, p. 35)

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Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Notes
Tokarev TT-33^[1]	Semi-automatic pistol	7.62×25mm Tokarev	Soviet Union	8-round magazine. Limited usage.
Makarov PM^[1]	Semi-automatic pistol	9×18mm Makarov	Soviet Union	8-round magazine. Most commonly used pistol by the pro-Russian separatists.
Stechkin APS^[1]	Machine pistol	9×18mm Makarov	Soviet Union	20-round magazine.
Type 54 pistol	Semi-automatic pistol	7.62×25mm Tokarev	People's Republic of China	At least one was documented in Severodonetsk in 2019.^[2]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
PPSh-41^[1]	Submachine gun	7.62×25mm Tokarev	Soviet Union		35-round box magazine and 71-round drum magazine. Limited usage in the beginning of the conflict.^[1]
PPS-43^[1]	Submachine gun	7.62×25mm Tokarev	Soviet Union		35-round box magazine. Limited usage in the beginning of the conflict.^[1]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Notes
Akkar Altay	Semi-automatic shotgun	12 gauge	Turkey	^[3]
Armscor Model 30	Pump-action shotgun	12 gauge	Philippines	^[3]
Saiga-12	Semi-automatic shotgun	12 gauge	Russia	^[3]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Notes
AKM	Assault rifle	7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	^[1]
AKMS	Assault rifle	7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	^[1]
AK-74	Assault rifle	5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	^[1]^[3]
AKS-74^[1]	Assault rifle	5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	^[3]
AKS-74U	Assault carbine	5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	^[4]
AK-74M	Assault rifle	5.45×39mm	Russia	^[1]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Notes
AS Val	Suppressed assault rifle	9×39mm	Soviet Union	^[3]
VSS	Suppressed assault rifle	9×39mm	Soviet Union	^[1]^[3]
SVD	Designated marksman rifle	7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union	^[1]
Zbroyar Z-10	Designated marksman rifle	7.62×51mm NATO	Ukraine	^[1]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Notes
PTRD^[1]	Anti-tank rifle	14.5×114mm	Soviet Union	Single-shot reloadable rifle.
PTRS-41^[1]	Anti-tank rifle	14.5×114mm	Soviet Union	5-round magazine.
KSVK / ASVK^[1]	Anti-materiel rifle	12.7×108mm	Russia	Introduced for service with Russian forces in 2013. Any exports on this rifle is unknown.^[1]
OSV-96	Anti-materiel rifle	12.7×108mm	Russia	Limited use.^[5]

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Notes
RPD^[1]	Light machine gun	7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	100-round drum magazine.
RPK^[1]	Light machine gun	7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	40-round capacity box magazine or 75-round drum magazine.
RPK-74^[1] / RPK-74M^[6]	Light machine gun	5.45×39mm M74	Soviet Union	30 or 45-round magazine.
PM M1910/30^[1]	Medium machine gun	7.62×54mmR	Russian Empire Soviet Union	Belt fed with 250-round cloth belts. Seen twice in 2014, at least one was non-operational.^[1]
PK / PKM^[1]	General-purpose machine gun	7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union	Belt fed with 100, 200 or 250-round boxes. In Ukraine, the PKM is produced under the name KM-7.62.
Zastava M53^[7]	General-purpose machine gun	7.92×57mm	Yugoslavia	Captured from Ukrainian forces in spring 2014.^[7]
DShK^[1]	Heavy machine gun	12.7×108mm	Soviet Union	Belt fed with 50-round boxes.
KPV / KPVT^[1]	Heavy machine gun	14.5×114mm	Soviet Union	Belt fed with 40 or 50-round boxes.
NSV / NSVT^[1]	Heavy machine gun	12.7×108mm	Soviet Union	Belt fed with 50-round boxes. In Ukraine, the NSV is produced under the name KM-12.7 or KT-12.7.
PKP Pecheneg^[1]	General-purpose machine gun	7.62×54mmR	Russia	PKP is not known to be in service with Ukrainian forces, and has only been exported outside of Russia in limited quantities.^[1]

Name	Type	Diameter	Origin	Notes
RG-41^[1]	Fragmentation grenade	55mm	Soviet Union	5-meter kill radius. Limited usage.
RG-42	Fragmentation grenade	54mm	Soviet Union	At least one was documented in Hrytsenkove in 2019.^[2]
F-1^[1]	Fragmentation grenade	55mm	Soviet Union	Reported to be bombarded on government forces using multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles by pro-Russian separatists.^[8]
RGD-5^[1]	Fragmentation grenade	58mm	Soviet Union	Propels ~350 fragments, 5-meter kill radius, 3.2–4-second fuse.
RGN^[1]	Fragmentation grenade	60mm	Soviet Union	4–10-meter kill radius, 3.2–4.2-second fuse.
GP-25^[1]	Under-barrel grenade launcher	40mm	Soviet Union	Can be fitted to AK type rifles.
AGS-17^[1]^[9]	Automatic grenade launcher	30mm	Soviet Union	Belt fed with 29-round drums, high rate of fire.

Name	Type	Detonation	Origin	Notes
MON-50^[7]	Anti-personnel mine	Tripwire/Command	Soviet Union	Propels ~485/540 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 50 meters.
MON-90^[7]	Anti-personnel mine	Tripwire/Command	Soviet Union	Propels ~2000 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 90 meters.
OZM-72^[7]	Anti-personnel bounding mine	Tripwire/Command	Soviet Union	~500g TNT, propels ~2400 steel projectiles.
MON-100^[7]	Anti-personnel mine	Pressure	Soviet Union	Propels ~400 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 100 meters.
PMN^[7]	Anti-personnel mine	Pressure	Soviet Union	240g TNT
PMN-4^[7]	Anti-personnel mine	Pressure	Soviet Union	50g TG-40 (RDX/TNT)
TM-62M^[1]	Anti-tank mine	Pressure	Soviet Union	7.5 kg TNT.

Name	Type	Diameter	Origin	Notes
RPG-7^[1]	Rocket-propelled grenade	Warhead diameter varies	Soviet Union	Reloadable launcher.
RPG-18^[1]	Rocket-propelled grenade	64mm	Soviet Union	Some of these launchers captured from the separatists were evidently brought from Russia.^[1]
RPG-22^[1]	Rocket-propelled grenade	72.5mm	Soviet Union	Single-shot disposable launcher.
RPG-26^[1]	Rocket-propelled grenade	72.5mm	Soviet Union	Single-shot disposable launcher.
SPG-9^[1]	Recoilless rifle	73mm	Soviet Union	Single-shot reloadable launcher.
9K111 Fagot^[1]	Anti-tank missile	120mm	Soviet Union	Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
9M113 Konkurs^[7]	Anti-tank missile	135mm	Soviet Union	Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
9K115 Metis^[1]	Anti-tank missile	94mm	Soviet Union	Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
9K114 Shturm^[1]	Anti-tank missile	130mm	Soviet Union	Wire-guided anti-tank missile system.
9M133 Kornet^[1]	Anti-tank missile	152mm	Russia	The system components were found discarded on a battlefield near Starobesheve.^[1] It has not been exported to Ukraine.^[1]^[10]

Name	Type	Diameter	Origin	Photo	Notes
RPO-A Shmel^[1]	Rocket-propelled flamethrower	93mm	Soviet Union		Some of the launchers captured from the separatists were evidently produced in Russia in 2000s.^[1]
MRO-A^[11]	Rocket-propelled flamethrower	72.5mm	Russia		It is not known to have been exported outside of Russia.^[1]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
T-34-85	Medium tank	1+	Soviet Union	A number of T-34s were reactivated by the separatist forces from war memorials.^[1]^[7]
T-54	Medium tank	1+	Soviet Union	Taken from Donetsk historical museum on 7 July 2014.^[12]
T-62M/BV	Main battle tank	N/A	Soviet Union	Assigned to reservist units during 2022.^[13]
T-64A/B/BM/BV	Main battle tank	400 (DPR claim)^[14]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Soviet Union Ukraine	Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.^[15]^[16] T-64BM serviceability doubtful.^[17]
T-72B/B3/BA/B mod. 1989^[1]	Main battle tank	300 (DPR claim)^[14]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Soviet Union Russia	Three seen in Sverdlovsk.^[18]^[19] Six seen in 2015.^[20] Over 34 claimed supplied by Russia.^[21] T72BM not exported from Russia.^[15]^[18] One seen in convoy in Sverdlovsk.^[18]^[6]^[10]^[22]
T-80/BV	Main battle tank	57 (DPR claim)^[14]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Soviet Union	At least six T-80 tanks were spotted by the OSCE in January 2015 near Donetsk.^[23]
T-90	Main battle tank	3	Russia	In 2018 the DPR claimed to have 3 T-90 tanks in service.^[14]^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin
BMP-1 / BMP-1P / BMP-1KSh^[1]	Infantry fighting vehicle	1+	Soviet Union
BMP-2^[1]	Infantry fighting vehicle	1+	Soviet Union
BMD-1^[1]	Airborne infantry fighting vehicle	1	Soviet Union
BMD-2^[1]	Airborne infantry fighting vehicle	1+	Soviet Union
BTR-4^[1]	Infantry fighting vehicle	1+	Ukraine

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
BTR-60PB^[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Soviet Union
BTR-70^[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Soviet Union
BTR-80^[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Soviet Union	Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.^[24]
BTR-D^[17]	Armoured personnel carrier	1^[25]	Soviet Union
MT-LB	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Soviet Union	Some were reportedly supplied from Russia.^[1]
9K114 Shturm	Armoured personnel carrier	1^[26]	Soviet Union
GT-MU^[17]	Armoured personnel carrier	1^[27]	Soviet Union
MT-LBVM^[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Soviet Union / Russia^[1]	At least one destroyed near Ilovaisk.^[6]
MT-LBVMK^[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Soviet Union Russia^[1]	At least one destroyed in Ukraine in September 2014.^[6]
MT-LB 6MA^[1]	Armoured personnel carrier	1+	Soviet Union Russia^[1]	At least one destroyed near Ilovaisk.^[6]
BTR-82AM^[1]	Armoured personnel carrier^[1]	1+	Soviet Union Russia	It was only adopted in Russia in early 2013. It is not known to have been exported to any other country.^[1]^[6] Seen on videos filmed by the separatists.^[6] Also seen destroyed in Novosvitlivka.^[28]^{[unreliable source?]}

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BRM-1K^[1]	Combat reconnaissance vehicle	1+	Soviet Union
BRDM-2^[1]	Amphibious armoured scout car	1+	Soviet Union		^[17]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
UAZ-23632-148 Esaul	Armoured utility vehicle	15+	Russia	Photographed by OSCE monitors using a drone at a training area in April 2021.^[30]^[31]
Vodnik	Infantry mobility vehicle	1+	Russia	Seen in Krasnodon.^[32]^[33]^{[unreliable source?]}
BPM-97^[34] / Dozor / Dozor-N / Vystrel	Light armored vehicle	10+	Russia	Four seen in the late December Luhansk People's Republic military exercises.^[35]^{[unreliable source?]} 10 vehicles seen in Krasnodon,^[32]^{[unreliable source?]} several seen in Luhansk.^[36]^[37]^{[unreliable source?]}
Humvee	High-mobility multipurpose vehicle	1-2+	United States	Captured in Debaltsevo after being abandoned by Ukrainian forces.^[38]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
UAZ-452	Off-road van	2+	Soviet Union	One seen in 2014.^[39] At least one ambulance vehicle was spotted in 2015 by the OSCE.^[40]
UAZ-469	Light utility vehicle	2+	Soviet Union	Two seen north of Sloviansk.^[41]^{[unreliable source?]}
Ural-4320	Medium cargo truck	17+	Soviet Union	At least 17 Ural-4320 seen towing 155mm Msta-B howitzers in November 2014.^[39]
Kamaz-4310	Medium cargo truck	80+^[42]^{[failed verification]}	Soviet Union	At least five Kamaz-4310 were spotted by the OSCE in 2018.^[43]
Kamaz-5350 [de]	Heavy cargo truck	1+	Russia	Seen towing 122mm D-30 howitzers in 2014.^[39] At least one spotted by the OSCE in 2019.^[44]
GAZ-66	4x4 off-road military truck	10+	Soviet Union	Observed by the OSCE, mostly used as radio relaying stations.^[45]^[29]
ZIL-131	Medium cargo truck	20+	Soviet Union	At least 20 were spotted by the OSCE in November 2017.^[46]
PTS-2^[1]	Amphibious transporter	1+	Soviet Union

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
BS-3^[1]	100mm anti-tank gun	1+	Soviet Union
D-1	152mm howitzer	1	Soviet Union	Reportedly used by 132nd Motor Rifle Brigade (DNR).^[48]
D-20	152mm howitzer	2	Soviet Union	Observed by OSCE.^[49]
MT-12 Rapira^[1]	100mm anti-tank gun	12+^[49]	Soviet Union	Observed by OSCE.^[49]
D-30^[1]^[50] "Lyagushka"	122mm towed howitzer	35+^[51]^[52]	Soviet Union	Observed by OSCE.^[49]
2A36 Giatsint-B	152mm howitzer	2+	Soviet Union	Use documented in videos.^{[citation needed]}
2B16 Nona-K^[1]	120mm anti-tank gun	1+	Soviet Union	Ukraine reportedly had only two of these before the war.^[53]
2A65 Msta-B^[1]	152mm howitzer	6+^[49]	Soviet Union	Observed by OSCE.^[49]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
2S1 Gvozdika^[1]	122mm self-propelled howitzer	15+^[49]	Soviet Union	Observed by OSCE.^[49]
2S3 Akatsiya^[1]	152.4mm self-propelled artillery	7+^[49]	Soviet Union	Observed by OSCE.^[49]
2S5 Giatsint-S^[1]	152mm self-propelled field gun	1+	Soviet Union
2S7 Pion	203 mm self-propelled artillery	2+	Soviet Union	Two seen in Makiivka.^[54]^[55]
2S9 Nona-S^[1]	120mm self-propelled mortar	1+	Soviet Union
2S19 Msta-S^[1]	152mm self-propelled howitzer	3+	Soviet Union	Serviceability doubtful.^[17] One is suspected to come from Russia.^[37]^{[unreliable source?]}
2S4 Tyulpan	240mm self-propelled mortar	1+	Soviet Union	One mortar was observed by OSCE in 2015.^[56]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin
BREM-1^[1]	Armoured recovery vehicle	1+	Soviet Union
IMR-2^[1]	Armoured recovery vehicle	1+	Soviet Union
BTS-4^[1]	Armoured recovery vehicle	1+	Soviet Union Ukraine

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
MDK-3^[6]	Trencher	1+	Soviet Union		One captured from Ukrainian forces.^[6]
TKM-2 [uk]	Trencher	1+	Soviet Union		At least one was spotted by the OSCE in January 2018.^[29]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
82-BM-37^[1]	82mm infantry mortar	N/A	Soviet Union	At least two reported captured from separatist forces by Ukrainian Forces.^[47]
120-PM-43 mortar^[1]	120-mm infantry mortar	N/A	Soviet Union
2S12 Sani^[47]	120mm heavy mortar	N/A	Soviet Union	At least two reported captured from separatist forces by Ukrainian Forces.^[47]
2B14 Podnos^[7]	82mm infantry mortar	N/A	Soviet Union	Captured from Ukrainian forces.
2B9 Vasilek^[7]	82mm automatic mortar	N/A	Soviet Union	4-mortar shell cassette.

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Cheburashka^[57]	Multiple rocket launcher	N/A	Donetsk People's Republic	First unveiled at 2018 victory parade. Doubts where raised about their local production.^[58]
Snezhinka^[57]	220mm Multiple rocket launcher	N/A	Donetsk People's Republic	First unveiled at 2018 victory parade. Doubts where raised about their local production^[58]
BM-21 Grad (9K51)^[1]^[59]	122mm multiple rocket launcher	69	Soviet Union	In 2018 the DPR allegedly had 69 Grads in service.^[14]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
BM-27 Uragan	220mm multiple rocket launcher	10 (DPR claim)^[14]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Soviet Union	Two seen in Khartsyzk in February 2015.^[60]
BM-30 Smerch	300mm multiple rocket launcher	5 (DPR claim)^[14]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Soviet Union	At least two seen in Makiivka in February 2015.^[61]^[62]
Grad-P	122mm light portable rocket system	N/A	Soviet Union	Several seen in several Luhansk region areas.^[63]
Grad-K^[34] ("Grad" on KamAZ-5350 chassis)	122mm multiple rocket launcher	N/A	Russia	The 2B26 machine is a Russian modification of the original BM-21 launcher. It was first produced in 2011.^[64]^{[unreliable source?]} It is seen on a video with separatists firing Grads in January 2015.^[34]^[65]^{[unreliable source?]}^[66]
TOS-1 Buratino	220mm multiple rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon	6 (DPR claim)^[14]^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Russia	Observed in a training area in LPR-controlled Kruhlyk.^[67]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
ZU-23-2^[1]	23mm anti-aircraft gun	N/A	Soviet Union	Some are mounted on trucks and MT-LBs.^[18]
ZPU-2^[17]	14.5mm anti-aircraft gun	N/A	Soviet Union
S-60^[17]	57mm anti-aircraft gun	N/A	Soviet Union

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
9K33 Osa^[1]	6x6 amphibious surface-to-air missile system	1+	Soviet Union	One claimed to be captured from Ukrainian forces in the "southern cauldron".^[1]^[68]^{[unreliable source?]}
9K35 Strela-10^[1]^[59]	Short range surface-to-air missile	3+	Soviet Union	One from the Vostok Battalion was seen near the Donetsk Airport in July 2014 nicknamed "Лягушонок" (frogling).^[1]^[69]^{[unreliable source?]} One seen in a Sverdlovsk convoy.^[18] Another one spotted by OSCE SMM in 2021 nearl Luhansk.^[70]
9K331M Tor-M2	Short range surface-to-air missile	1+	Soviet Union Russia	^[17]
2K22 Tunguska	Short range self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and surface-to-air missile	1+	Soviet Union	^[17]
Pantsir-S1	Medium range surface-to-air missile	1+	Russia	It is not known to have been exported to Ukraine. Seen in Luhansk and Makiivka in early 2015.^[34]^[71]^[72]^[73]^{[unreliable source?]} Its used rocket components were also reported to be observed in Ukraine in November 2014.^[1]

Name	Type	Max. altitude	Origin	Notes
9K32 Strela-2^[1]	Man-portable air-defense system	1500m	Soviet Union	Some Ukrainian stocks of Strela-2s went missing early in the conflict, and are presumably under separatist control.^[1]
9K38 Igla^[1]	Man-portable air-defense system	3500m	Soviet Union	Supplied by Russia (Ukrainian claim).^[1]^[74]^[75] Captured from Ukrainian armouries (DPR claim).^[76] The system has identification friend or foe system which undermines DPR claims.^[77]^{[unreliable source?]}
PPZR Grom^[1]	Man-portable air-defense system	3500m	Poland	This Polish weapon was reportedly captured from pro-Russian separatists. It was fitted with a Russian-made 9P516 gripstock, designed for the 9K38 Igla. Russian forces are known to have captured some of these from Georgia.^[1]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
R-330Zh Zhitel	Anti-cellular and satellite communications jamming station	1+	Russia	One station spotted by an unmanned aerial vehicle of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission near Michurine in August 2015 and 11 km south of Donetsk city in June 2016.^[78]^[79]
RB-341V Leer-3	Anti-GSM reconnaissance and jamming station, with Orlan-10 drones	1+	Russia	Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.^[80] Observed by OSCE in 2020.^[81]
R-934B Sinitsa	Jamming station	1+	Russia	Observed by OSCE in 2020.^[81]
RB-636 Svet-KU	Radio control and information protection system	1+	Russia	Observed by OSCE in 2020.^[81]
1L269 Krasukha-2	Anti-air jamming station	1+	Russia	Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.^[80]
RB-109A Bylina	Brigade-level electronic warfare automated control system	1+	Russia	Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.^[80]
Repellent-1	Anti-drone electronic warfare system	1+	Russia	Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Chornukhyne, 64 km SW of Luhansk on 28 July 2018.^[80]
51U6 Kasta-2E1	C-band ultra-high frequency (300 MHz-1 GHz) 2D target acquisition radar designed to acquire the range and heading of small targets flying at low altitudes. Installed on KamAZ-43114 6×6 off-road chassis.	1	Russia	Observed at a training area near Buhaivka, 37 km southwest of Luhansk by OSCE SMM drone.^[70]
P-19 "Danube"	High mobility radar and with the antenna mounted on the single truck	1	Soviet Union	Spotted by the OSCE SMM near Verbova Balka, 28 km south-east of Donetsk on 18 February 2020.^[82]

Name	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Eleron-3SV^[87]^[88]^[89]^[90]^[91]	N/A	Russia
Forpost (IAI Searcher)^[88]	N/A	Israel Russia	Five unmanned aerial vehicles shot down by Ukrainian forces.^[92]^[93]^[94]
Granat-1^[95]	N/A	Russia
Granat-2^[88]	N/A	Russia
Granat-4^[96]	N/A	Russia
Navodchik-2^[97]	N/A	Russia	Ground control station
Orlan-10^[1]^[88]	6+	Russia	Four shot down by Ukrainian forces in 2014^[1]^[98]^{[unreliable source?]} and one in 2016. Another one crashed on Ukrainian territory in 2017.^[99]^{[unreliable source?]} On 13 May 2017 the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission saw a Orlan-10 flying over the road from Makiivka (12 km north-east of Donetsk) to Donetsk city.^[100]
Takhion^[101]	N/A	Russia
Zala 421-04M^[102]	N/A	Russia
Zastava (IAI Bird-Eye 400)^[103]^[88]^[104]	N/A	Israel Russia
Unknown unmanned aerial vehicle number 2166^[88]	N/A	Russia
Unknown unmanned aerial vehicle number 2207^[88]	N/A	Russia
Non-military unmanned aerial vehicle	N/A		Quadcopters, fixed-wing drones.^[88] One used by the rebels during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport.^[1]

List_of_equipment_used_by_separatist_forces_of_the_war_in_Donbas

Small arms

Pistols

Submachine guns

Shotguns

Bolt-action rifles

Semi-automatic rifles

Assault rifles

Precision rifles

Anti-materiel rifles

Machine guns

Explosives/armor-piercing weapons

Grenades and grenade launchers

Mines

Anti-tank

Flamethrowers

Vehicles

Tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Armored scout vehicles

Armoured recovery vehicles

Minelayers

Trenchers

Light armored vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Artillery

Mortars

Field artillery

Self-propelled field artillery

Rocket artillery

Air Defences

Towed anti-aircraft gun

Air defense vehicles

Man-portable air-defense systems

Electronic warfare

Aircraft

Combat jets

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Ships

See also

Notes

Bibliography

References

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