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This is a list of some of the military equipment used by the paramilitary wing of Hezbollah.
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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AK-47 [1] | 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. | |
M16 rifle [2] | 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 | |
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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SKS [3] | Designated marksman rifle/Sniper rifle | Unknown | Unknown | Soviet Union | ||
Dragunov sniper rifle [4] | Designated marksman rifle | Unknown | Unknown | Soviet Union | ||
Orsis T-5000 [5] | Sniper rifle | Unknown | Unknown | Russia | ||
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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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 [6] | Medium machine gun | Unknown | Unknown | United States | ||
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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RPG-7 | Rocket-propelled grenade | Unknown | Various | Soviet Union | Including Iranian produced clones [7] | |
RPG-29 | Rocket propelled-grenade | Unknown | Syria | Soviet Union | [8] [9] | |
RPG-30 | Rocket propelled-grenade | Unknown | Syria Russia | Russia | Possession unconfirmed [10] [11] | |
Panzerfaust 3 | Anti-tank rocket launcher | Extremely limited (if so) | Unknown | West Germany | Unconfirmed [12] | |
Saegre 2 | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | Iran | Iran | Iranian M47 Dragon clone [13] | |
Raad (clone) | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | Iran | Iran | Iranian 9M14 Malyutka clone [14] | |
9M14 Malyutka | Anti-tank guided missile | 500+ | Iran | Soviet Union | [15] | |
9K111 Fagot | Anti-tank guided missile | 50+ | Syria | Soviet Union | [16] | |
9M113 Konkurs | Anti-tank guided missile | 50+ | Syria Iran | Soviet Union | [17] [18] | |
9K115-2 Metis-M | Anti-tank guided missile | 50+ | Syria | Soviet Union | [19] [20] | |
Towsan-1 (clone) | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | Iran | Iran | Iranian Konkurs clone | |
9M133 Kornet | Anti-tank guided missile | 50+ | Syria | Russia | [21] [22] | |
BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank guided missile | 10+ | Unknown | USA | Possibly via Iran or captured [23] | |
Toophan (Series) (clone) | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | Iran | Iran | Iranian TOW clone | |
MILAN | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | Syria | France | [24] | |
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. [25] The group has received many unreported weapon shipments from both Iran and Syria.
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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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 |
Name/Model | Diameter | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Range | Warhead | Photo | Notes |
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Type 63 | 107mm | "dozens" | Iran Iraq | China | 8 km | Includes Iranian Fadjr-1 clones [26] | ||
BM-21 Grad | 122mm | Unknown | Russia China Iran | 40 km | 21 kg | Katyushas from Iran, Russia and China. [27] | ||
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 [28] | |
Falaq-1 [29] | 240mm | Unknown | Iran | Iran | 10 km | 50 kg | ||
Khaibar-1 | 302mm | Unknown | Unknown | Syria | 100 km | 175 kg | Apparent cluster munition. [30] | |
Falaq-2 [31] | 303mm | Unknown | Iran | Iran | 11 km | 120 kg | ||
Fajr-5 [32] | 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 [33] | 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 | [34] | |
Scud | 500 km | 800 kg | ||||||
Anti-ship
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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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. [35] | |
Yakhont (P-800 Oniks) | Anti-ship missile | Potentially; Up to 12 | Syria | Russia Soviet Union | Delivered 2013 [36] [37] |
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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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 [38] | 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 [39] | 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 |
Unmanned aerial vehicles [40]
The group claims to build their own unmanned aerial vehicles, which is disputed, but in any case the designs are copies of Iranian models. [41]
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Mohajer-4 | Unmanned aerial vehicle | 8+ | 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 [42] |
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