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List of military equipment of Islamic State

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This is a list of some of the military equipment formerly and currently used by the Islamic State (IS).^[1]^[2]

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Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
MAS-36^[3]	Bolt-action rifle	?	France	Seen service by IS insurgents in Syria, 2019.
Karabiner 98k	Bolt-action rifle		Nazi Germany	At least one found in a weapon stash in Iraq.^[4]
SKS	Semi automatic rifle		Soviet Union	Captured from Syrian Army.^[5]
AK-47	Assault rifle	Unknown	Soviet Union	Captured from Syrian Army, some upgraded with Picatinny rails.^[6]
AKM	Assault rifle	Unknown^[7]	Soviet Union	Captured from Syrian Army.
AK-74M	Assault rifle	Unknown^[7]	Russia
AK-103	Assault rifle		Russia	Captured from Libyan Army.
AK-63	Assault rifle	Unknown^[8]^{[unreliable source?]}	Hungary	Captured from Syrian Army.
AMD-65	Assault rifle	Unknown^[8]^{[unreliable source?]}	Hungary	Captured from Syrian Army.
Zastava M70	Assault rifle	Unknown	Yugoslavia	M70B1, M70AB1, and M70AB2 variants used.^[7]
Type 56 assault rifle	Assault rifle	Unknown	China	Type 56-1 and Type 56-2 variants also used.^[7]
MPi-KM	Assault rifle	Unknown^[8]^{[unreliable source?]}	East Germany	Captured from Syrian Army.
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965	Assault rifle	Unknown^[8]^{[unreliable source?]}	Socialist Republic of Romania	Captured from Syrian Army.
vz. 58^[9]	Assault rifle	Small quantities	Czechoslovakia	Likely captured from Iraqi stockpile.
Kbk AKMS	Assault rifle		Poland	Used in Iraq and Syria.^[10]^[11]
Type 68	Assault rifle		North Korea	At least 18 were found in a weapons stash in northeast Syria.^[12]
Bushmaster XM-15^[13]	Semi automatic rifle		United States
M16 rifle (Very Limited)	Assault rifle	Unknown^[8]^{[unreliable source?]}	United States	Captured from Iraqi Army and police.^[14] M16A2 variant. Popular within IS.
StG 44^[15]	Assault rifle	2200+	Nazi Germany	Around 5,000 captured by rebel forces, in common use until mid 2017 as ammunition reserves depleted.
Norinco CQ^[16]	Assault rifle		China
Daewoo K2C^[17]	Assault rifle		South Korea	Most likely seized during delivery to the Iraqi Army, or captured from Iraqi troops.
Heckler & Koch G36^[18]	Assault rifle		Germany
FN FAL^[16]	Battle rifle		Belgium	used in Libya
Heckler and Koch G3^[16]	Battle rifle		West Germany	used in Yemen

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Mosin–Nagant	Sniper rifle		Russian Empire	Limited use, mostly used by fighters in Iraq.^[6]
Dragunov SVD	Designated marksman rifle	Unknown^[7]	Soviet Union
PSL/FPK^[19]	Designated marksman rifle		Socialist Republic of Romania
Tabuk	Designated marksman rifle	Unknown^[7]	Iraq	Captured from the Iraqi Army.
M14 EBR (Limited)	Designated marksman rifle		United States	Captured from the Iraqi Army or Syrian opposition.^[20]
Elmech EM 992 [hr]^[7]	Sniper rifle		Croatia
Steyr SSG 69	Sniper rifle		Austria	Limited use.^[18]
AM-50 Sayyad^[7]	Anti-materiel rifle		Iran
M99^[7]	Anti-materiel rifle		China

Name	Type	Origin	Notes
PK	General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union	Both PK and PKM variants used.^[7]
Type 67-2	General-purpose machine gun	China	Used in Iraq.^[10]
Type 80^[10]	General-purpose machine gun	China	Captured from Syrian Army.
Rheinmetall MG3^[7]	General-purpose machine gun	West Germany
M240^[7]	General-purpose machine gun	United States
M249^[7]	Light machine gun	United States
RP-46^[7]	Light machine gun	Soviet Union
RPK^[7]	Light machine gun	Soviet Union	Both RPK and RPK-74 variants used.^[7]
Type 81	Light machine gun	China	Used in Iraq.^[10]
Browning M1919A6^[7]	Medium machine gun	United States
KGK^[7]	Medium machine gun	Hungarian People's Republic
DShK	Heavy machine gun	Soviet Union	Stolen from the Iraqi or Syrian army.^[21]
KPV	Heavy machine gun	Soviet Union	KPV and KPVT variants used.^[22]
M2 Browning	Heavy machine gun	United States	M2HB variant used.^[22]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
Benelli M3^{[citation needed]}	Combat shotgun		Italy		Seen on a beheading video.
Franchi SPAS-12 ^{[citation needed]}	Combat shotgun		Italy

Name	Type	Origin	Notes
Glock 17^[23]	Semi-automatic pistol	Austria
Glock 19	Semi-automatic pistol (some converted to full-auto)^[24]	Austria
Browning Hi-Power^[14]	Semi-automatic pistol	Belgium
Beretta M9	Semi-automatic pistol	United States	Licensed copy of the Beretta 92FS.^[7]
Beretta M1951^[25]	Semi-automatic pistol	Italy
Walther P99^[7]	Semi-automatic pistol	Germany

Military_equipment_of_ISIL

List of military equipment of Islamic State

Small arms

Assault and battle rifles

Sniper rifles and anti-material rifles

Machine guns

Shotguns

Pistols

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

Artillery

Mortars

Towed guns

Rocket artillery

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Tanks and armored fighting vehicles

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Weapons production

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Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Various IEDs	Improvised explosive device	Large quantities	Islamic State	Made with ANFO or explosives scavenged from unexploded US-made bombs.^[26]
Mk 2 grenade	Hand grenade		United States	Multiple caches.^[27]
M62 grenade	Hand grenade		United States	Multiple caches.^[28]
RGD-5^[29]	Hand grenade		Soviet Union	Captured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles.
F1^[29]	Hand grenade		Soviet Union	Captured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles.
HG 85	Hand grenade		Switzerland	Shipped to Syria by the UAE via Jordan.^[30]
RBG-6	Grenade launcher		Croatia	Used in Syria and Iraq.^[21]
B-10	Recoilless rifle		Soviet Union	Stolen from the Iraqi or Syrian Army.^[21]
SPG-9^[31]	Recoilless rifle		Soviet Union
M40	Recoilless rifle	1^[21]	United States	Seized from the Syrian opposition.^[21]
M60^[22]	Recoilless rifle		Yugoslavia
RPG-7	Rocket propelled grenade launcher	Large quantities	Soviet Union	Commonly used.^[21]
RPG-18	Rocket-propelled grenade		Soviet Union	Used in Iraq.^[32]
RPG-22	Rocket-propelled grenade		Soviet Union	Used in Iraq and Syria.^[33]
RPG-26	Rocket-propelled grenade		Soviet Union	Used in Syria.^[32]
RPG-75^[22]	Recoilless rifle		Czechoslovakia
Type 69 RPG	Rocket propelled grenade		China	Type 69-I variant used.^[10]
M79 Osa^[34]^[35]	Anti-tank rocket launcher		Yugoslavia
MILAN^[31]	Anti-tank missile		France
BGM-71 TOW^[36]	Anti-tank missile		United States	Captured from FSA.
9K111 Fagot^[22]	Anti-tank missile		Soviet Union
9K115-2 Metis-M^[22]	Anti-tank missile		Russia
9M133 Kornet^[31]	Anti-tank missile		Russia
HJ-8^[22]	Anti-tank missile		China	Captured from the FSA.^[35]
FN-6^[37]	Man-portable surface-to-air missile	1^[38]	China	Reportedly used on October 3, 2014 in Baiji to shoot down an Iraqi Mi‑35M helicopter.^[37]
9K32 Strela-2^[37]	Man-portable surface-to-air missile	8^[38]^[39]	Soviet Union	"Limited, aging stock."^[39]
9K34 Strela-3^[31]	Man-portable surface-to-air missile		Soviet Union
Hwaseong-Chong^[39]	Man-portable surface-to-air missile	1^[39]	North Korea
FIM-92^[9]	Man-portable surface-to-air missile		United States	Stolen Iraqi stockpiles.^[35]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
Al-Jaleel 60 mm mortar	60 mm infantry mortar	Large quantities^[40]	Iraq
82-BM-37	82 mm infantry mortar	Large quantities^[40]	Soviet Union
82-PM-41	82 mm infantry mortar	Large quantities^[40]	Soviet Union
M120^[31]	120 mm heavy mortar		United States
Improvised mortars	Heavy mortar		Islamic State	Caliber varies from 80 to 100 mm.^[40]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
85 mm divisional gun D-44	Field gun^[38]	1^[38]	Soviet Union
122-mm howitzer D-30^[41]	Howitzer	2^[39]	Soviet Union
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)^[38]	Howitzer	2^[38]	Soviet Union
D-74 122 mm field gun^[38]	Field gun	6 (2015)^[39]	Soviet Union
M-46^[41]	Field gun	34^[38]	Soviet Union
M198 howitzer	Howitzer	Up to 5^[42]	United States	Captured from Iraqi Army.

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
ZU-23-2^[41]	Towed anti-aircraft twin autocannon	83 (2015)^[38]^[39]	Soviet Union		Usually mounted on technicals.^[38]
AZP S-60	Anti-aircraft gun	21^[38]^[39]	Soviet Union		Some mounted on technicals.^[31]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
UAZ-469	Off-road military light utility vehicle	8^[38]^[39]	Soviet Union	Captured in Iraq.
Ural-4320	6×6 off-road military truck	9^[38]	Soviet Union	Captured in Iraq.
Tatra 148	Truck	1^[6]	Czechoslovakia	Captured from the Syrian Army.^[6]
Tatra 815	Truck	1^[6]	Czechoslovakia	Captured from the Syrian Army.^[6]
GAZ-3308	Truck	1^[6]	Russia	Captured from the Syrian Army.^[6]
MAZ-6317	Truck	3^[39]	Belarus	Captured in Syria.
KrAZ-6322	Truck	5^[38]	Ukraine	At least one was transferred to IS forces in Syria.^[39]
Daewoo Novus	Truck	11^[38]	South Korea	Captured in Iraq.
HMMWV	Military light utility vehicle	≈2,300 (2015) ^[43]^[44]^[45]^[46]	United States	Many captured from Iraqi Army. Main vehicle used by IS in SVBIED operations. Most of them were taken back by the Iraqi army since IS defeat. Some of them were destroyed while the damaged ones were refurbished and made operational again. (4:15 mins) ^[47]
Technicals	Improvised fighting vehicles	Varies from hundreds to thousands.	Islamic State	Hundreds of variants exist, including SVBIED versions.
Safir	Off-road military light utility vehicle	1+^[6]	Iran	Captured from the Syrian Army.^[6]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
BMP-1	Amphibious Infantry fighting vehicle	25^[38]	Soviet Union	Captured from the armies of Iraq, Syria, and other factions such as SDF and FSA. Some converted to SVBIED.
Type 69-II	Main battle tank	17^[38]	China	Captured in Iraq.^[48]
Leopard 2A4	Main battle tank	At least 2	West Germany	Captured from Turkey in the Battle of al-Bab during Euphrates Shield; Amaq News Agency posted video of captured 2A4s.^[49]
M1A1	Main battle tank	At least 10	United States	captured from Iraqi Army during their retreat in the Battle of Ramadi (2014–2015).^[50]
Eagle	Main battle tank	None, all destroyed or captured.	Nigeria	Captured from the Nigerian Army by Boko Haram.
MT-LB^[51]	Amphibious Armoured personnel carrier	unknown^[39]	Soviet Union
BRDM-2^[38]	Amphibious Scout car	6^[38]	Soviet Union
MRAP	Infantry mobility vehicle	13^[41]	United States	Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police.
M113 APC	Armoured personnel carrier	52^[39]	United States	Captured from the Iraqi^[52] and the Egyptian Army. Some converted to SVBIED.
Mowag Piranha^[53]^[54]	Armoured personnel carrier	At least 2	Switzerland	Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army.
Saurer 4K 4FA^[55]	Armoured personnel carrier		Austria	Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army.
Panhard AML-60^[56]	Armored car		France	Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army.
VBL^[57]	Scout car		France	Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian army.
T-55/55MV/AM/AMV	Main battle tank	At least 82 (2015)^[38]^[39]^[58]	Soviet Union	Captured from the Iraqi Army, Syrian Army and Libyan militias.^[8] Many destroyed or captured. Some converted to SVBIED.
T-62 Obr. 1967/Obr. 1972	Main battle tank	15 (2015)^[38]	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)^[38]^[39]	Soviet Union	Possibly captured from the Syrian Army.

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
2S1 Gvozdika	Self-propelled artillery	3-4^[38]^[41]	Soviet Union	Captured from Syrian army.
ZSU-23-4 Shilka^[31]	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun	2^[39]	Soviet Union	Captured from the Syrian army.
BM-21 Grad^[41]	Multiple rocket launcher	11^[38]	Soviet Union	Captured from Syrian army.

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
L-39ZA	Jet trainer/Ground-attack aircraft	3 (2 operational, as of 2014)^[59]	Czechoslovakia	Originally four. Captured by Jaysh al-Islam at the Jirah airfield on 12 February 2013. One was subsequently destroyed during a SAAF bombing.^[60] Two were repaired to airworthiness and shown taxiing during a propaganda video released by Jaysh al-Islam.^[61] Project abandoned upon the airfield's capture by ISIL.^[62]
MiG-21	Interceptor aircraft	7 (unknown amount operational, as of 2014)^[63]	Soviet Union	Captured at the Jirah airfield on 30 August 2012. Flown by ex Iraqi pilots and were operated from the Jirah airfield.^[64]^[63]
Commercial civilian drones	Unmanned aerial vehicle	Many^[65]^[66]^[67]^[68]^[69]	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,^[70]^[71] and by the Syrian Army over an airbase.^[69]
Improvised bombing and surveillance drones (mostly quadcopters)^[72]	Unmanned aerial vehicle	80+^[72]	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.^[72]