List of weapons of the Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War was a multi-sided military conflict that pitted a variety of local irregular militias, both Muslim and Christian, against each other between 1975 and 1990. A wide variety of weapons were used by the different armies and factions operating in the Lebanese Civil War. Combatants included:

• the leftist-Muslim militias of the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) coalition (1975 – 1982):
  • the Sunni Muslim Independent Nasserite Movement's Al-Mourabitoun militia (1975 – 1988);
  • the Sunni Muslim Popular Nasserist Organization's National Liberation Army (NLA) militia (1975 – 1991);
  • the Sunni Muslim Toilers League's Zafer el-Khatib Forces (ZKF) militia (1974 – 1991);
  • the Druze Progressive Socialist Party's People's Liberation Army (Druze PLA) militia (1975 – 1991);
  • the Sixth of February Movement militia (1975 – 1986);
  • the Union of Working People's Forces's (UWPF) Victory Divisions militia (1965 – 1990);
  • the Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement's (UWPF-CM) Nasser's Forces militia (1975 – 1990);
  • the Communist Action Organization in Lebanon (OCAL) militia (1975 – 1991);
  • the Lebanese Communist Party's Popular Guard militia (1970 – 2000);
  • the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party's Assad Battalion militia (1966 – present);
  • the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) militia (1932 – present);
  • the Najjadeh Party militia (1936 – present);
  • the Shia Muslim Knights of Ali militia (1967 – 1976);
  • the Muslim Lebanese Arab Army (LAA), dissident faction of the Lebanese Army (1976 – 1977);
• the rightist-Christian militias of the Lebanese Front coalition (1976 – 1980):
  • the Christian Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) militia (1961 – 1980);
  • the Christian Al-Tanzim militia (1969 – 1990);
  • the Christian Guardians of the Cedars (GoC) militia (1974 – 2000);
  • the Christian Tigers Militia (a.k.a. Al-Noumour, Noumour Al-Ahrar, Noumours, NLP Tigers) militia (1968 – 1991);
  • the Christian Zgharta Liberation Army (ZLA, a.k.a. Al-Marada, Marada Brigade, Mardaite Brigade) militia (1967 – 1991);
  • the Christian Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC, a.k.a. "Tyous" for short, also translated as the "Stubborn Ones" or "Les Têtus", "Les Obstinés") militia (1975 – 1985);
  • the Christian Lebanese Youth Movement (LYM, a.k.a. Maroun Khoury Group – MKG) militia (1975 – 1977);
  • the Christian Young Men militia (1978 – 1986);
  • the Christian Zahliote Group (ZG, a.k.a. Groupement Zahliote – GZ) militia (1975 – 1981);
  • the Christian Shuraya Party's Assyrian Battalion (AB) militia (1978 – 1981);
  • the Christian Maronite Monks militia (1975 – 1980);
  • the Christian Maronite League militia (1952 – present);
  • the Christian Army of Free Lebanon (AFL), dissident faction of the Lebanese Army (1976 – 1978);
• the Christian Lebanese Forces militia (LF), successor of the Lebanese Front and the KRF militia (1977 – 1994);
• the Christian Lebanese Forces – Executive Command (LFEC) militia, dissident faction of the LF (1985 – 1991);
• the Druze Vanguard of the Maani Army (Movement of the Druze Jihad) (VMA – MDJ) militia (1976 – 1978);
• the Kurdish Democratic Party – Lebanon (KDP-L) militia (1975 – 1991);
• the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) urban guerrilla group (1975 – 1991);
• the Alawite Arab Democratic Party's Arab Red Knights (ARK) militia (1981 – 1991);
• the Shia Muslim Amal Movement militia (1975 – present);
• the Shia Muslim Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) urban guerrilla group (1983 – 1992);
• the Shia Muslim Hezbollah guerrilla group (1985 – present);
• the Sunni Muslim Islamic Unification Movement (IUM, a.k.a. Al-Tawheed) militia (1982 – present);
• the United Nasserite Organization (UNO) guerrilla group (1986 – 1991);
• the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF) urban guerrilla group (1979 – 1988);
• the Lebanese Liberation Front (LLF) urban guerrilla group (1987 – 1989);
• the Popular Revolutionary Resistance Organization (PRRO) urban guerrilla group (1987 – 1990);
• the Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners (FLLF) urban guerrilla group (1980 – 1983);
• the Liberation Battalion urban guerrilla group (1987 – 1988);
• the Sons of the South (SotS) guerrilla group (1983 – 1995);
• the South Lebanon Army (SLA) militia (1978 – 2000);
• the official Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Internal Security Forces (ISF), led by the Lebanese government;
• the mainstream Palestinian guerrilla factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the breakaway Rejectionist Front (present in Lebanon from 1968 to 1983);
• the Palestine Liberation Army (present in Lebanon from 1976 to 1990);
• the Syrian Army (present in Lebanon from 1976 to 2005);
• the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (present in Lebanon from 1978 to 2000);
• in between, a plethora of irregular Lebanese armed groups that emerged from the wrecks of both the LNM and the Lebanese Front alliances, after their collapse in the early 1980s.

Weapons and equipment

The list below comprises all the weapons and equipment employed by the LNM, Lebanese Front, LAA, AFL, LF, IUM, Hezbollah, Al-Mourabitoun, NLA, Druze PLA, SLA, LAF, ISF, and lesser Lebanese groups (note: the Syrian Army, PLO, Palestinian PLA and IDF are not included on this list).

Pistols and revolvers

Colt M1911A1 pistol

Colt Cobra .38 Special snub-nose revolver

Tokarev TT-33 pistol

CZ 75 pistol

Makarov PM/PMM pistol

• Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver^{[ citation needed ]}
• Smith & Wesson Model 13 revolver^{[ citation needed ]}
• Smith & Wesson Model 14 revolver^{[ citation needed ]}
• Smith & Wesson Model 15 revolver^{[ citation needed ]}
• Smith & Wesson Model 17 revolver^{[ citation needed ]}
• Smith & Wesson Model 19 revolver^{[ citation needed ]}
• Colt Single Action Army second generation revolver
• Colt Cobra .38 Special snub-nose revolver ^[1]
• Mauser C96 "broomhandle" pistol ^[2]
• Mauser HSc pistol ^[2]
• Mauser M2 semi-automatic handgun ^[2]
• Luger pistol ^[2]
• Walther P38 pistol ^{[3] [2]}
• Walther PPK pistol ^[4]
• Heckler & Koch VP70 pistol ^[2]
• Heckler & Koch P7 pistol ^[2]
• Heckler & Koch P9 pistol ^[2]
• SIG P210 pistol ^[2]
• SIG-Sauer P220 and P225 pistols ^[2]
• Astra A-80 pistol ^[2]
• Astra A-90 pistol ^[2]
• Astra A-100 pistol ^[2]
• Llama M82 pistol ^[2]
• Star A, B, B Super, and P pistols ^[2]
• Star 30M pistol ^[2]
• Star Ultrastar, Firestar and Megastar pistols ^[2]
• Taurus PT92, PT99, and PT100 pistols ^[2]
• Beretta M1951 pistol ^[2]
• Beretta 85, 86, 87 and 89 pistols ^[2]
• MAB PA-15 pistol ^[2]
• Colt M1911A1 Semi-Automatic Pistol ^{[5] [2]}
• Para-Ordnance P14-45 (Canadian-produced version of the M1911A1 pistol) ^[2]
• FN Browning M1910 and M1922 pistols ^[2]
• FN Browning Hi-Power pistol ^{[6] [7]}
• FN Browning BDM pistol ^[2]
• FN Browning BDA380 pistol ^[2]
• FN Browning HP-DA/BDA9 pistol ^[2]
• Tokarev TT-33 pistol ^[2]
• Makarov PM/PMM pistol ^[2]
• CZ 52 pistol ^[2]
• CZ 75 pistol ^[2]
• CZ 82/83 pistol ^[2]
• CZ 85 pistol ^[2]

Submachine guns

MP 40 Submachine gun

MAT-49 Submachine gun

Škorpion vz. 61 Submachine gun

Steyr-MP-69 Submachine gun

Crvena Zastava Automat M56 Submachine gun

• MP 40 ^{[ citation needed ]}
• PPD-40 ^[8]
• PPSh-41 ^{[9] [8]}
• Beretta M38/44 Found in a weapon cache.
• M1A1 Thompson ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Crvena Zastava Automat M56 (Yugoslavian-produced submachine gun similar in design to the German MP 40)
• MAT-49 ^[8]
• OTs-02 Kiparis ^[8]
• Sa 25/26 ^[10]
• PM-63 RAK ^[11]
• Sten Mk V ^[8]
• Sterling L2A3/Mark 4 submachine gun ^[8]
• L34A1/Mk.5 Sterling-Patchett (sound-suppressed version of the Sterling L2A3) ^[12]
• Carl Gustaf m/45 (or its Egyptian-produced version, dubbed the "Port Said") ^[8]
• Škorpion vz. 61 ^{[13] [14] [8]}
• Spectre M4 ^[8]
• Walther MPL ^[8]
• Beretta Model 12 ^[5]
• Steyr MPi 69 (Austrian-produced submachine gun similar in design to the Israeli Uzi)
• Uzi (MP-2, Mini Uzi, and Micro Uzi variants) ^[8]
• MAC-10 Machine pistol ^[8]
• MAC-11 Machine pistol (sub-compact version of the MAC-10) ^[8]
• Heckler & Koch MP5 ^[8]
• Heckler & Koch MP5K (shortened version of the MP5) ^[8]

Bolt-action rifles

• Lee-Enfield ^[15]
• Pattern 1914 Enfield
• Lebel Model 1886 rifle ^[16]
• Berthier 1907/15 - M16 Lebel rifle ^[16]
• Berthier 1892 M16 cavalry carbine
• MAS-36 rifle ^{[16] [15]}
• Mauser Model 1888 commission rifle
• Mauser Gewehr 98
• Mauser Karabiner 98k ^[15]
• Mannlicher M1895 infantry rifle
• Mosin–Nagant

Semi-automatic rifles

M1 Garand rifle (Beretta Model 1952)

SKS semi-automatic rifle

M14 semi-automatic rifle

• MAS-49 and MAS-49/56 rifles ^{[17] [15]}
• M1 Garand (or its Italian-produced copy, the Beretta Model 1952) ^[18]
• SKS ^[15]
• Vz. 52 rifle ^{[19] [15]}
• M14 rifle ^[20]
• Beretta BM 59 (Italian-produced semi-automatic rifle similar in design to the M14)

Carbines

SIG SG 543 carbine

• M2 carbine ^[21]
• CAR-15 carbine ^[7]
• SIG SG 543 carbine ^{[22] [23]}

Assault rifles and Battle Rifles

FN FAL assault rifle

vz. 58 assault rifle

M16A1 assault rifle

AR-18 assault rifle

• Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle
• AK-47 assault rifle ^[24] (other variants included the AKM, ^[15] the Hungarian AK-63, the Yugoslav Zastava M70 ^[25] and Zastava M80, the Polish PMK-DGN-60, Chinese Type 56, North Korean Type 58 and Type 68, the Romanian Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 ^{[26] [27]} and AIM, Bulgarian AKK/AKKS, and former East German MPi-KM and MPi-KMS-72 assault rifles) ^{[4] [13]}
• AK-74
• Vz. 58
• AMD-65
• FN FAL ^{[28] [29] [15] [30]}
• FN CAL ^[31]
• ROMAT (Israeli-produced 'lightened' version of the FN FAL battle rifle)
• M16A1 ^{[28] [32] [33] [34] [35] [15] [30]}
• M16A2
• ArmaLite AR-18
• Norinco CQ
• CETME Model C (Spanish-produced assault rifle similar in design to the German Heckler & Koch G3) ^[15]
• Heckler & Koch G3 ^{[36] [37] [38] [39] [15] [40]}
• Heckler & Koch HK33
• Heckler & Koch G41
• Heckler & Koch G53
• SIG SG 540 and SIG SG 542 assault rifles ^{[41] [15]}

Sniper rifles

Dragunov SVD-63 sniper rifle

PSL sniper rifle

M40 sniper rifle

Remington Model 700 sniper rifle

• Lee-Enfield (equipped with telescopic sights) ^[42]
• FN FAL (equipped with telescopic sights) ^[43]
• Heckler & Koch G3 (equipped with telescopic sights) ^{[43] [44]}
• M16A1 (equipped with telescopic sights; not very effective) ^[45]
• SIG SG 542 (equipped with telescopic sights)
• FR F1 ^[46]
• Dragunov SVD-63 ^{[47] [48] [49] [50]}
• Tabuk Sniper Rifle
• Zastava M76/M78
• M21 Sniper Weapon System ^[50]
• M40 rifle
• Remington Model 700 ^[50]
• Savage 10FP/110FP ^[50]
• PSL Sniper Rifle
• SSG 82
• Steyr SSG 69
• Enfield L42A1 (military version) and Enforcer (Police version) rifles ^[50]
• Heckler & Koch PSG1 ^[50]
• PTRS-41 14.5mm anti-tank rifle (used for heavy sniping)

Shotguns

• Winchester Model 1200
• Mossberg 500 12-gauge (20.2 mm)
• Remington Model 870 Police Magnum 12-gauge (20.2 mm)
• Franchi SPAS-12 semi-automatic
• Franchi SPAS-15 semi-automatic

Light machine guns

Israeli Heavy Barrel MAKLEON FAL.

HK 21 light machine gun

M1918A2 BAR

• M1918A2 BAR
• Bren Mk. I .303 (7.7mm)
• RPK
• Zastava M77 (Yugoslav-produced version of the RPK)
• RPD ^[1]
• DP-28
• FM 24/29
• Heckler & Koch HK21 ^[51]
• FN FAL 50-41 Heavy Barrel (HB)
• MAKLEON (Israeli-produced version of the FN FAL 50-41 HB)

General-purpose machine guns

MG 34 machine gun

MG 42 machine gun

• MG 34 ^[52]
• MG 42
• Rheinmetall MG 3
• PK/PKM ^[53]
• Type 80 (Chinese-produced version of the PK/PKM)
• Zastava M84 (Yugoslav-produced version of the PK/PKM)
• UK vz. 59
• Type 67
• AA-52 (mainly mounted on AML armoured cars and VAB APCs) ^{[54] [55]}
• FN MAG ^[56]
• M60 ^[37]

Medium machine gun and Heavy machine guns

M2HB heavy machine gun

• Besa Mark III 7.92mm (mounted on Technicals)
• Browning M1919A4 .30 Cal (mounted on Technicals, armoured cars, tanks, and APCs) ^{[57] [58] [59]}
• SG-43/SGM Goryunov (mounted on Technicals, tanks and APCs) ^[25]
• Type 53/57 (Chinese variant of the SG-43 and SGM)
• DShKM 12.7mm Heavy machine gun (mainly mounted on Technicals, tanks and APCs) ^{[60] [59] [25]}
• Vz. 38/46 (Czechoslovakian variant of the DShKM)
• Type 54 (Chinese variant of the DShKM) ^[61]
• Type 77 12.7mm Heavy machine gun
• NSV 12.7mm Heavy machine gun (taken off from disabled tanks and re-mounted on Technicals)
• Zastava M87 (Yugoslav variant of the NSV mounted on Technicals)
• KPV 14.5mm Heavy machine gun (mounted on Technicals) ^[62]
• Browning M2HB .50 Cal (mounted on Technicals, tanks, and APCs) ^{[32] [63] [64]}
• AN/M2 aircraft gun (version of the Browning M2HB mounted on Technicals and armoured cars) ^[63]

Grenade systems

• Mark 2 "Pineapple" Fragmentation Hand/Rifle Grenade
• M61 Fragmentation Hand Grenade
• M67 grenade
• M18 smoke grenade
• M5 grenade ^[56]
• M26 grenade ^[56]
• Type 67 stick granade ^[65]
• F1 hand grenade
• RG-4 anti-personnel grenade ^[48]
• RG-42 hand grenade
• RGD-5 hand grenade
• RPG-43 anti-tank grenade ^[48]
• RKG-3 anti-tank grenade
• PGN-60 anti-tank rifle grenade ^[66]
• M60 rifle grenade ^[67]
• AC58 rifle grenade
• APAV40 rifle grenade
• M52 rifle grenade
• STRIM 65 rifle grenade
• Mecar R1A1 Super Energa rifle grenade
• Mecar BTU rifle grenade
• FN Telgren rifle grenade

Land mine systems

• M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mine
• M14 anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• No. 3 anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• No. 4/4A anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• No. 4 enhanced anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• No. 10 anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• PMD-6/6M anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• PMN 2 anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• Type 72A/B anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• GYATA 64 anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• Mi Ap ID Mle 51 anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• Mi Ap DV Mle 59 anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• MAPS anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• VS 50 anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• PRB M35 anti-personnel mine ^[68]
• TM-46/TMN-46 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• TM-57 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• TM-62M anti-tank mine ^[69]
• TMA-3 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• TMA-4 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• TMA-5 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• M6A1 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• M7A1 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• M15 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• M19 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• PRB M3 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• Mk 7 anti-tank mine ^[69]
• TC/6 anti-tank mine ^[69]

Anti-tank rocket and grenade launchers

RL-83 Blindicide

M72 LAW

M203 grenade launcher

M79 grenade launcher

• M9A1 Bazooka 60 mm
• 88.9mm Instalaza M65 (Spanish improved variant of the US M20 "Super Bazooka" 3.5 inch)
• LRAC Mle 50 73 mm (French-produced anti-tank rocket launcher developed from the German Panzerschreck) ^[70]
• RL-83 Blindicide anti-tank rocket launcher ^[71]
• M72 LAW ^{[12] [72]}
• M80 Zolja 64 mm (Yugoslav-produced anti-tank rocket launcher similar to the M72 LAW)
• RPG-2 rocket-propelled grenade launcher. ^{[73] [74]}
• RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher. ^{[73] [74] [75] [76] [77]}
• Type 69 RPG rocket-propelled grenade launcher
• M47 Dragon
• CMS B-300 83 mm reusable man-portable anti-tank weapon system
• ENTAC ^{[78] [79]}
• MILAN (mounted on Technicals and M113 APCs) ^{[80] [76] [81] [59] [82]}
• BGM-71 TOW (mounted on Technicals and M113 APCs) ^{[83] [82]}
• AT-3 Sagger ^[81]
• M203 grenade launcher ^{[6] [12] [84]}
• M79 grenade launcher ^[85]

Recoilless rifles

B-10 82 mm recoilless rifle in Batey Ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.

B-11 107 mm recoilless rifle in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.

• Type 36 57 mm (Chinese-produced version of the shoulder-fired US M18 recoilless rifle) ^[86]
• M2 Carl Gustaf 84 mm (shoulder-fired)
• M67 90 mm (shoulder-fired)
• B-10 82 mm (mounted on Technicals) ^{[87] [59] [88]}
• B-11 107 mm (mounted on Technicals) ^[89]
• SPG-9 73 mm (mounted on Technicals) ^[90]
• Type 56 75 mm (Chinese variant of the US M20 recoilless rifle) ^{[52] [91]}
• M40A1 106 mm (mounted on Technicals, M113, AMX-VCI, and VAB APCs) ^{[92] [93] [59]}
• L6 Wombat 120 mm (mounted on Technicals)

Mortars

Soltam M-65 120 mm heavy mortar in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

Soltam M-66 160 mm heavy mortar in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

• Type E1 51 mm Light mortar
• L16 81mm mortar
• Thomson-Brandt MO-60-L 60 mm light mortar ^[94]
• M224 60 mm lightweight mortar (LWCMS)
• M2 60 mm mortar ^[28]
• M29 81 mm mortar ^[95]
• 82-PM-41 82 mm mortar
• 2B14-1 Podnos 82 mm mortar
• M30 4.2 inch (106.7mm) mortar ^[96]
• M1938 107 mm mortar ^[97]
• Hotchkiss-Brandt TDA MO-120-RT-61 120 mm towed heavy mortar ^{[28] [94]}
• 120-PM-38 (M-1938) 120 mm heavy mortar ^[97]
• 120-PM-43 (M-1943) 120 mm heavy mortar ^[28]
• Soltam M-65 120 mm heavy mortar (mostly mounted on M3/M9 half-tracks and modified M113 APCs) ^{[28] [98] [99]}
• Soltam M-66 160 mm heavy mortar (mostly mounted on M3/M9 half-tracks and Makmat mortar carriers) ^{[28] [100]}
• MT-13 (M1943) 160 mm heavy mortar ^[97]
• 2S4 240 mm towed breech-loading heavy mortar ^{[92] [97]}

Rocket and missile systems

DKB Grad-P 122 mm single-tube rocket launcher system in Batey Ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ex-Lebanese Forces APR-40/RO-40 128 mm 6-tube multiple rocket launcher mounted on a DAC chassis in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

• DKB Grad-P 122 mm Light portable rocket system ^{[101] [102]}
• BM-11 122 mm multiple rocket launcher (North Korean 30-tube version of the BM-21 Grad mounted on an unlicensed copy of the Japanese-manufactured Isuzu HTS12G 2.5 ton truck) ^{[73] [103] [104]}
• BM-13 122 mm multiple rocket launcher ^{[73] [105]}
• BM-21 Grad 122 mm multiple rocket launcher ^{[106] [107]}
• RL-21 (Sakr-36) 122 mm multiple rocket launcher (Egyptian 30-tube version of the BM-11 mounted on a Soviet-manufactured ZIL-157 general-purpose truck) ^[108]
• APR-40/RO-40 128 mm multiple rocket launcher ^{[109] [110]}
• Type 63 107 mm towed multiple rocket launcher (Chinese version of the BM-12 mounted on Technicals) ^{[111] [59] [112]}
• Type 81 140 mm towed multiple rocket launcher (Chinese version of the BM-14 mounted on Technicals) ^[111]
• FIM-43 Redeye surface-to-air missile
• SA-7 Grail surface-to-air missile ^{[5] [113] [114] [115]}
• Frog-7 short-range artillery rocket ^[116]
• SS.11 anti-tank missile (mounted on ACMAT TPK 4.20-NA12 trucks and Gazelle helicopter gunships) ^[79]
• SS.12 anti-tank missile (mounted on ACMAT TPK 4.20-NA12 trucks and Gazelle helicopter gunships)
• HOT anti-tank missile (mounted on Gazelle helicopter gunships)
• SNEB 68 mm (2.7-inch) unguided rocket projectile (fired from locally-built eight-tube Multiple rocket launchers installed on Technicals) ^{[73] [117]}
• Homebuilt short-range rockets (fired from an adapted ZPU-4 AA gun mount installed on Unimog light trucks) ^[118]

Anti-tank guns

ZiS-2 57 mm anti-tank gun in Batey Ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2005.

D-44 85 mm anti-tank gun in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

• ZiS-2 57 mm anti-tank gun ^{[119] [120] [121]}
• ZiS-3 76.2mm anti-tank gun ^[122]
• D-44 85 mm anti-tank gun ^[123]
• D-48 85 mm towed anti-tank gun
• DEFA D921/GT-2 90 mm towed anti-tank gun (mounted on M3/M9 half tracks) ^[124]

Anti-aircraft guns and Autocannons

AZP S-60 57 mm anti-aircraft gun in Hatzerim Israel Airforce Museum, Beersheba, Israel.

• M1939 (61-K) 37 mm anti-aircraft gun (mounted on Unimog light trucks) ^[125]
• AZP S-60 57 mm anti-aircraft gun ^[126]
• Bofors 40 mm L/60 anti-aircraft gun (mounted on cargo trucks and BTR-152 APCs) ^{[126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131]}
• M621 20 mm chain-fed cannon (fitted on Gazelle helicopter gunships)
• Zastava M55 A2 20 mm autocannon (mostly mounted on technicals, cargo trucks and M113 APCs) ^{[132] [133] [134] [59] [135] [136]}
• Hispano-Suiza HS.661 30 mm autocannon ^[137]
• ZPU (ZPU-1, ZPU-2, ZPU-4) 14.5mm autocannons (mostly mounted on technicals, M113 APCs and M3/M9 half tracks) ^{[138] [139] [140] [141]}
• ZU-23-2 23 mm autocannon (mostly mounted on technicals, cargo trucks, M113 and BTR-152 APCs) ^{[101] [129] [142] [143]}
• Type 85/YW 306 23 mm autocannon (Chinese-produced version of the ZU-23-2, mounted on technicals, cargo trucks and M113 APCs)

Howitzers

Mle 1950 BF-50 155 mm howitzer in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

M-30 122 mm howitzer in Beyt ha-Totchan museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

• QF Mk III 25-Pounder field gun ^{[144] [136]}
• Soltam M-71 155 mm 39 caliber towed howitzer
• M101A1 105 mm towed field howitzer ^{[145] [146]}
• M102 105 mm light towed field howitzer ^[94]
• M114A1 155 mm towed field howitzer ^{[96] [94]}
• Mle 1950 BF-50 155 mm howitzer ^{[92] [32] [96] [94]}
• M198 155 mm howitzer ^[94]
• FH-70 155 mm field howitzer
• M1938 (M-30) 122 mm howitzer ^{[92] [94]}
• 2A18 (D-30) 122 mm howitzer ^{[92] [147] [148]}
• M1944 (BS-3) 100 mm anti-tank and field gun
• M1954 (M-46) 130 mm towed field gun ^{[149] [103]}
• Type 59-1 130 mm field gun (Chinese-made gun deriveted from the Soviet M-46) ^{[96] [150]}
• M1955 (D-20) 152 mm towed gun-howitzer ^[151]

Armoured vehicles

AML-90 of the Lebanese Army in Beirut, 1982.

Ex-PLO built UR-416 clone in Batey Ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2005.

BTR-152 converted into an ARV by the South Lebanese Army in Yad La-Shiryon Museum, Latrun, Israel, 2005.

Ex-Lebanese Army AMX-VCI in Yad La-Shiryon Museum, Latrun, Israel, 2005.

BTR-50PK converted into a Medevac vehicle by the South Lebanese Army in Yad La-Shiryon Museum, Latrun, Israel, 2005.

Ex-Lebanese Army M41A3 light tank in Yad La-Shiryon Museum, Latrun, Israel, 2005.

Ex-Lebanese Army AMX-13 light tank in Yad La-Shiryon Museum, Latrun, Israel, 2005.

Amal fighters manning a T-55A tank provided by Syria, Beirut 1980s.

• AMX-13 light tank (75 mm, 90 mm, and 105 mm gun versions) ^{[137] [152] [153] [154] [155] [156] [94] [79]}
• M41A3 Walker Bulldog light tank ^{[137] [157] [158] [159] [160] [79] [161]}
• Sherman Firefly Mk Vc medium tank ^[79]
• Sherman M-50 medium tank ^{[162] [32] [163] [164] [165] [166]}
• T-34/85 medium tank ^{[167] [168] [169] [170] [171]}
• T-54A, T-54B and T-55A main battle tanks ^{[92] [32] [172] [173] [174] [175] [176] [177] [178] [94]}
• T-62 main battle tank
• Ti-67 (Tiran 4 and Tiran 5) main battle tanks (Israeli-modified versions of the T-54/55) ^{[179] [180] [181]}
• M48A1 and M48A5 main battle tanks ^{[152] [182] [183] [184]}
• Charioteer tank destroyer ^{[101] [185] [186] [187] [188] [79]}
• M42A1 Duster SPAAG ^{[189] [157] [190] [191] [192] [193] [79] [194]}
• ZSU-23-4M1 Shilka SPAAG ^{[106] [195] [196] [197] [198] [199] [200] [201] [202] [203]}
• Ferret armoured car ^{[204] [205] [79]}
• Shorland Mk 1 Patrol Car
• BRDM-2 amphibious armoured scout car
• Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando armoured car ^{[157] [206] [207]}
• Staghound armoured car ^{[137] [208] [209] [210] [211] [212] [79] [213] [214] [215]}
• Panhard AML-90 armoured car ^{[137] [157] [216] [217] [218] [219] [79] [220] [94]}
• Alvis Saladin armoured car ^{[152] [221] [222] [79] [223] [224]}
• IAI/Ramta RAM-2V Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle ^{[225] [226]}
• IAI/Ramta RBY-2 Scout Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle ^{[225] [226]}
• Bravia V-200 Chaimite armoured car ^{[227] [228] [79]}
• UR-416 armoured car ^{[229] [230] [231] [232] [233] [234]}
• BTR-152 armoured personnel carrier ^{[128] [235] [236] [129] [237]}
• BTR-50PK amphibious armoured personnel carrier ^[238]
• BTR-60PB armoured personnel carrier ^{[239] [240] [241]}
• VAB armoured personnel carrier ^{[152] [242] [243] [244] [94]}
• Alvis Saracen armoured personnel carrier ^{[245] [221] [246] [79]}
• Panhard M3 VTT armoured personnel carrier ^{[101] [247] [248] [219] [79] [249]}
• M3/M9 Zahlam half-track ^{[250] [251] [252] [253]}
• M59 armored personnel carrier ^[79]
• M113 armored personnel carrier and M113 ACAV ^{[152] [32] [254] [255] [256] [257] [60] [258] [79]}
• AMX-VCI armoured personnel carrier ^{[259] [153] [38] [260] [79] [166]}
• BMP-1 armoured personnel carrier ^{[239] [261] [262] [263]}
• M577 command vehicle ^{[255] [264]}
• M113 modified mortar carrier ^{[265] [79] [110]}
• M106 mortar carrier
• M125A2 mortar carrier ^[255]
• Makmat mortar carrier ^[100]
• Homebuilt armoured cars ^{[266] [267]}

Technicals, Gun trucks, transport and recovery vehicles

• Hotchkiss M201 jeep (French-produced version of the Willys MB jeep) ^[67]
• Willys M38 MC jeep
• Willys M38A1 MD jeep ^{[268] [269]}
• Willys CJ-3B jeep ^[270]
• Jeep CJ-5 and Jeep CJ-8 (Civilian versions of the Willys M38A1 MD jeep) ^[63]
• Keohwa M-5GA1 and Kia KM410 jeeps (South Korean-produced versions of the Willys M38A1 MD jeep) ^{[77] [59] [82]}
• M151A1 and M151A2 ¼-ton utility trucks ^{[271] [272] [273] [274] [275] [276] [277] [278]}
• GAZ-69A light truck ^[279]
• UAZ-469 light utility vehicle ^{[280] [281]}
• Kaiser M715 jeep ^[282]
• VIASA MB-CJ6 jeep (Spanish-produced version of the Willys CJ-3B jeep) ^[283]
• Santana Series III (Spanish-produced version of the Land-Rover long wheelbase series III)
• Santana 88 Ligero Military jeep ^{[284] [150] [62]}
• Austin Champ light truck
• Land-Rover short and long wheelbase series II-III ^{[285] [286] [287] [288]}
• Range Rover first generation luxury Sport utility vehicle (SUV)
• Morattab Series IV utility vehicle (Iranian-produced unlicensed version of the Land-Rover long wheelbase series III) ^[274]
• Pinzgauer 712M light all-terrain vehicle ^{[289] [290]}
• Volvo Laplander L3314A light utility vehicle ^{[291] [292]}
• Toyota Land Cruiser (J40) light pickup ^{[293] [294] [295]}
• Toyota Land Cruiser (J42) light pickup ^{[296] [141]}
• Toyota Land Cruiser (J43) light pickup ^[297]
• Toyota Land Cruiser (J44) light pickup ^[270]
• Toyota Land Cruiser (J45) light pickup ^{[298] [299]}
• Toyota Land Cruiser (J70) light pickup ^{[300] [301]}
• Toyota Land Cruiser (J75) light pickup ^[302]
• Peugeot 404 light pickup
• Peugeot 504 light pickup ^[303]
• ACMAT TPK 4.20-NA12 utility truck
• Dodge M37 ¾ ton 4x4 1953 utility truck ^[304]
• Dodge WC51 light truck ^[225]
• Dodge Fargo/Power Wagon W200 light truck ^[305]
• Dodge D series (3rd generation) light pickup
• Dodge Ram (1st generation) light pickup ^{[306] [307] [308]}
• GMC Sierra Custom K25/K30 light pickup ^[67]
• Chevrolet C-10/C-15 Cheyenne light pickup ^[146]
• Chevrolet C-20 Scottsdale light pickup ^[309]
• Chevrolet C/K 3rd generation pickup truck ^[310]
• Nissan Patrol 160-Series pickup (3rd generation) ^[311]
• Nissan/Datsun 620 pickup truck ^[312]
• Datsun 720 pickup truck ^[313]
• Suzuki Jimny LJ20 1st generation off-road mini SUV ^[314]
• Gurgel Sport utility vehicle (SUV) ^[72]
• Jeep Wagoneer full-size Sport utility vehicle (SUV)
• Jeep Gladiator J20 pickup truck ^{[315] [316] [140]}
• M880/M890 Series CUCV ^{[317] [278]}
• Toyota Dyna U10-series light-duty truck
• Toyota U10-series route van (minibus) ^[318]
• M718A1 military ambulance ^[72]
• Nissan Patrol 160-Series (3rd generation) 5-door wagon/van (used as military ambulance) ^[319]
• Chevrolet/GMC G-Series third generation van (used as military ambulance) ^[133]
• Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter minibus (used as military ambulance)
• Volkswagen (Type 2) T3 Transporter van (used as military ambulance)
• Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Pickup ^[320]
• AIL M325 Command Car ("Nun-Nun": cargo A/B, combat patrol and ambulance versions) ^{[111] [321] [322] [323] [324]}
• Mercedes-Benz Unimog 404 light truck ^{[267] [325]}
• Mercedes-Benz Unimog 416 light truck ^{[267] [325]}
• GAZ-66 light truck ^{[172] [90] [326] [327]}
• Chevrolet C-50 medium-duty truck ^[328]
• Dodge F600 medium-duty truck ^{[329] [330]}
• GMC K1500 medium-duty truck
• GMC C4500 medium-duty truck
• GMC C7500 heavy-duty truck
• Bedford RL Petrol lorry
• GMC CCKW 2½-ton cargo truck
• M34, M35A1 and M35A2 2½-ton cargo trucks ^{[331] [332] [333] [274] [129] [278]}
• ZIL-151 general-purpose truck
• ZIL-157 general-purpose truck ^[108]
• ZIL-131 general-purpose truck
• Ural-4320 AWD general purpose truck ^[121]
• Saviem SM8 TRM4000 truck
• Berliet GBC 8KT heavy-duty truck ^[334]
• M813 5-ton cargo truck ^{[335] [278]}
• Faun L912/21-MUN heavy cargo truck
• M54A2 5-ton heavy cargo truck ^{[289] [278]}
• KrAZ-255 heavy cargo truck ^{[58] [336]}
• M5A1 artillery tractor ^[337]
• M816 5-ton medium wrecker truck ^{[338] [278]}
• M88A1 medium recovery vehicle ^[339]
• M578 light recovery vehicle ^[340]
• T-34T Armoured Recovery Vehicle ^[341]
• BTS-4 Armoured Recovery Vehicle ^[342]
• VT-55KS Armoured Recovery Vehicle ^[343]
• MAZ-537G tank transporter ^[344]
• Mack DM 800 tank transporter ^[345]
• XM523E2 Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) ^[346]
• Ratrack dual track snow coach ^[347]

Vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices

• Car bomb (known in the Lebanese lexicon as "canned death") ^{[348] [349] [350]}
• Suicide truck-bomb ^{[351] [352]}

Helicopters

A pair of Lebanese Air Force Aérospatiale SA 330C Pumas flying over Beirut, 1983.

• Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama II light helicopter ^{[353] [152] [354] [355] [356]}
• Aérospatiale SA 316B/C Alouette III light helicopter ^{[353] [152] [357] [355] [356]}
• Aérospatiale SA 330C Puma medium transport/utility helicopter ^{[358] [152] [359] [360]}
• Aérospatiale SA 342K/L Gazelle helicopter (used mainly in the gunship role) ^{[361] [362] [152] [363] [364]}
• Agusta-Bell AB 212 utility transport ^{[365] [152] [360] [30]}

Aircraft

• Dassault Mirage IIIEL fighter jet ^{[152] [366] [367] [368] [369]}
• Potez CM.170R Fouga Magister jet trainer (used mainly in the fighter-bomber role) ^{[152] [370] [355] [371]}
• Hawker Hunter FGA.70 and FGA.70A fighter jets (used mainly in the fighter-bomber role) ^{[152] [372] [113] [373] [374] [375] [356]}
• Scottish Aviation Bulldog T-1 Model 126 trainer (used also in the reconnaissance/observation role) ^{[152] [376] [30]}

Naval craft

• EDIC III-class Landing craft tank (LCT) ^[377]
• EDIC9091-class Landing craft utility (LCU)
• LCU1466-class Landing craft utility (LCU)
• Aztec-class inshore patrol boat
• Byblos-class oceanic patrol vessel ^[152]
• Fairey Marine Tracker MkII Class patrol boat ^[377]
• Dabur-1 class patrol boat ^{[378] [379]}
• Dvora-class fast patrol boat
• Rubber inflatable dinghy ^[380]
• Zodiac rubber inflatable boat ^[56]
• Converted civilian fishing craft (armed with Heavy machine-guns) ^[56]

See also

• Lebanese Ground Forces Equipment
• Lebanese Armed Forces Out of Service Equipment
• Lebanese Civil War
• Lebanese Air Force aircraft inventory
• Military equipment of Hezbollah
• Syrian intervention in Lebanon
• 1958 Lebanon crisis
• 1982 Lebanon War

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121. Sex & Abi-Chahine, Modern Conflicts 2 – The Lebanese Civil War, from 1975 to 1991 and Beyond (2021), p. 26.
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128. El-Assad, Civil Wars Volume 1: The Gun Trucks (2008), p. 95.
129. Sex & Abi-Chahine, Modern Conflicts 2 – The Lebanese Civil War, from 1975 to 1991 and Beyond (2021), p. 61.
130. http://www.warwheels.net/Model_M35A2wBoforsASSAD.html - 1/35 scale model photos of a Lebanese Special Forces AA QF Bofors 40 mm gun mounted on a M35A2 Gun Truck.
131. http://osw.zone/paint-weathering-diorama/vallejo-colors/135-btr-152-apc-armed-with-bofors-40-mm-gunnlp-tigers-militialebanon1976-by/ - 1/35 scale model photos of a Lebanese Tigers Militia AA QF Bofors 40 mm gun mounted on a BTR-152 APC, c.1976.
132. Jureidini, McLaurin, and Price, Military operations in selected Lebanese built-up areas (1979), Appendix A, table A-10; Appendix D, D-2.
133. Kassis, 30 Years of Military Vehicles in Lebanon (2003), p. 27.
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135. Kassis, Invasion of Lebanon 1982 (2019), p. 233.
136. Cooper & Santana, Lebanese Civil War Volume 1: Palestinian diaspora, Syrian and Israeli interventions, 1970-1978 (2019), p. 50.
137. Jureidini, McLaurin, and Price, Military operations in selected Lebanese built-up areas (1979), Appendix A, table A-10.
138. Kassis, 30 Years of Military Vehicles in Lebanon (2003), p. 46.
139. Kassis, Véhicules Militaires au Liban/Military Vehicles in Lebanon (2012), pp. 60-61.
140. Neville, Technicals: Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Great Toyota War to modern Special Forces (2018), p. 5.
141. Neville, Technicals: Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Great Toyota War to modern Special Forces (2018), pp. 22-23, Plate C2.
142. Guardians of the Cedars M34 gun-truck armed with a ZU-23-2 AA autocannon, c.1976.
143. 1/72 scale model of a Guardians of the Cedars M34 gun-truck armed with a ZU-23-2 Anti-Aircraft autocannon.
144. Kassis, 30 Years of Military Vehicles in Lebanon (2003), p. 28.
145. Jureidini, McLaurin, and Price, Military operations in selected Lebanese built-up areas (1979), p. 22.
146. Kassis, Véhicules Militaires au Liban/Military Vehicles in Lebanon (2012), p. 52.
147. Micheletti, Bataille d'Artillerie, RAIDS magazine (1989), p. 14.
148. Cooper & Santana, Lebanese Civil War Volume 1: Palestinian diaspora, Syrian and Israeli interventions, 1970-1978 (2019), p. 61.
149. Guest, Lebanon (1994), p. 105.
150. Kassis, Invasion of Lebanon 1982 (2019), p. 232.
151. Abi-Chahine, The People's Liberation Army Through the Eyes of a Lens, 1975–1991 (2019), pp. 77; 82; 84-85.
152. Kechichian, The Lebanese Army: Capabilities and Challenges in the 1980s (1985), p. 35.
153. Kassis, 30 Years of Military Vehicles in Lebanon (2003), p. 10.
154. Naud, La Guerre Civile Libanaise - 1re partie: 1975-1978, p. 11.
155. Kassis, Véhicules Militaires au Liban/Military Vehicles in Lebanon (2012), pp. 15; 21-22; 49.
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External links

• Histoire militaire de l'armée libanaise de 1975 à 1990 (in French)
• Al-Mourabitoun vehicles in the Lebanese civil war
• Lebanese Forces vehicles in the Lebanese civil war
• Druze PLA vehicles in the Lebanese civil war
• Lebanese Arab Army M113 APCs fitted with ZU-23-2 and Zastava M55 autocannons
• Pre-1975 Lebanese Army vehicles