Military equipment of ISIL

This is a list of some of the military equipment^[1] used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). This list does not include equipment used by the Syrian Opposition.

Small arms

Assault and battle rifles

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
AK-47,AKM AK-63,AMD-65 Zastava M70 Type 56 assault rifle MPi-KM Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965	Selective fire assault rifle	Unknown[2]	Soviet Union  China  East Germany  Hungary  Romania  Yugoslavia  Iraq		Commonly used
Type 81 assault rifle	Selective fire assault rifle		China
vz. 58[3]	Selective fire assault rifle	Small Quantities	Czechoslovakia		Likely captured from Iraqi Stockpile
SKS	Semi automatic rifle		Soviet Union		Captured in Syria and Iraq
FB Tantal FB Beryl	Selective fire assault rifle		Poland
AK-74/AK-74M AKS-74U	Selective fire assault rifle		Russia		Limited used
Bushmaster XM-15	Assault Rifle		United States
M16 rifle	Selective fire rifle. Single and three shot burst.	Unknown[2]	United States		Captured from Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police [4]
M4A1 (Limited)[5]	Carbine rifle		United States		Captured from Iraqi Army and Police
Norinco CQ[6]	Assault rifle		People's Republic of China
FN FAL[6]	Battle rifle		Belgium
Heckler and Koch G3[6]	Battle rifle		West Germany

Sniper rifles

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
Dragunov SVD	Designated marksman rifle	3000+[2]	Soviet Union
PSL/FPK[7]	Designated marksman rifle		Socialist Republic of Romania
M14 EBR (Limited)	Designated marksman rifle		United States		Captured from Iraqi Army[8] (8:40 mins)[9]
Mosin–Nagant	Sniper rifle		Soviet Union		Equipped with PU, PE, and modified PSO-1 scopes[10][11]
M99	Anti-materiel rifle	[2]	People's Republic of China
M40A3	Sniper rifle		United States

Machine guns

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
M240 machine gun	general-purpose machine gun		United States		Captured from Iraqi Army.
RPD	Light machine gun	[2]	Soviet Union
RPK	Light machine gun	[2]	Soviet Union
Type 73	Light machine gun		Democratic People's Republic of Korea
PKM	Squad automatic weapon	[2]	Soviet Union		Most common belt-fed machine gun used
M249 light machine gun[12]	Squad automatic weapon		United States		Captured from Iraqi Army & Police
Type 80	general-purpose machine gun		People's Republic of China		Captured from Syrian Army
MG 42	general-purpose machine gun		Nazi Germany		Captured from Syrian stockpiles
Rheinmetall MG3	general-purpose machine gun	[13]	West Germany
NSV machine gun	Heavy machine gun	[2]	Soviet Union
DShK	Heavy machine gun	[2]	Soviet Union
M2 Browning[14]	Heavy machine gun		United States		Captured from the Iraqi Army.

Pistols

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
Browning Hi-Power[4]	Semi-automatic pistol		Belgium
Glock 17[15]	Semi-automatic pistol		Austria
Glock 19	Semi-automatic pistol		Austria
Beretta M92[16]	Semi-automatic pistol		Italy
HS2000[16]	Semi-automatic pistol		Croatia
Walther P99[17]	Semi-automatic pistol		Germany
Makarov pistol	Semi-automatic pistol		Soviet Union
TT-33	Semi-automatic pistol		Soviet Union
Ruger P-Series	Semi-automatic pistol		United States
P-08	Semi-automatic pistol		German Empire

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

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
IED	Improvised explosive device	Large Quantities	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant		Most commonly used
M62 grenade	Hand grenade		United States		Multiple caches[18]
RGD-5	Hand grenade		Soviet Union		Captured from Iraqi & Syrian stockpiles.
F1	Hand grenade		Soviet Union		Captured from Iraqi & Syrian stockpiles.
RPG-43	Anti-tank grenade		Soviet Union		Captured from Syrian army stockpiles.
AGS-17	Automatic grenade launcher	[2]	Soviet Union
RPG-7	Rocket propelled grenade launcher	Large Quantities	Soviet Union		Commonly used
RPG-22	Rocket propelled grenade launcher		Soviet Union		[2]
RPG-29	Rocket propelled grenade launcher		Soviet Union		[2]
M79 Osa[19][20]	Anti-tank rocket launcher		Yugoslavia
FN-6[21]	MANPADS	1[22]	China		Reportedly used on 3 October 2014 in Baiji to shoot down an Iraqi Mi‑35M helicopter.[21]
SA-7 Grail[21]	MANPADS	8[22][23]	Soviet Union		"limited, aging stock"[23]
SA-16 Gimlet[24]	MANPADS		Soviet Union
SA-24 Grinch[24]	MANPADS		Soviet Union
MILAN[25]	ATGM		France
BGM-71 TOW[26]	Wire-guided anti-tank missile		United States		Captured from FSA
9K115-2 Metis-M	Wire-guided anti-tank missile		Russia
9M133 Kornet[27]	Wire-guided anti-tank missile		Russia
HJ-8[28][29]	Wire-guided anti-tank missile	120 mm	People's Republic of China
Hwaseong-Chong[22]	MANPADS	1[22]	Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Towed arms

Towed artillery

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
ZU-23-2[30]	Towed Anti-Aircraft Twin Autocannon	83[22][23]	Soviet Union		Usually mounted on technicals.[22]
AZP S-60[24]	Anti-Aircraft Gun	21[22][23]	Soviet Union
85 mm divisional gun D-44[22]	Field gun	1[22]	Soviet Union
122-mm howitzer D-30[30]	Howitzer	2[23]	Soviet Union
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)[22]	Howitzer	2[22]	Soviet Union
D-74 122 mm field gun[22]	Field gun	6[23]	Soviet Union
Type 59-1[30]	Field gun	34[22]	Soviet Union
M198 Howitzer	Towed howitzer	Up to 52[31]	United States		Captured from Iraqi Army
203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4)	Howitzer	More than 1	Soviet Union		1+ captured in Dayr Hafir
Ordnance QF 25-pounder	Field cannon	More than 1	United Kingdom

Vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
HMMWV	Light Utility Vehicle	2300+[32][33][34][35][36]	United States		Many captured from Iraqi Army. Main vehicle used by ISIS in SVBIED operations.
Technicals	Improvised fighting vehicles	varies from hundreds to thousands	ISIL		100's of variants exist, including SVBIED versions.
UAZ-469	Off-road military light utility vehicle	8[22][23]	Soviet Union		Captured in Iraq.
Safir	Off-road military light utility vehicle		Iran		Captured from Hezbollah.
Ural-4320	6×6 off-road truck	At least 50[37][38]	Soviet Union		Captured from Syrian Army

Tanks and armored fighting vehicles

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BMP-1	Armored personnel carrier	25[22]	Soviet Union		Captured from the armies of Iraq and Syria. Also capture from other factions such as the SDF & the FSA. Some converted to SVBIED.
MT-LB[39]	Armored personnel carrier	~unknown[23]	Soviet Union
BPM-97	Armored personnel carrier	At least 1[37][38]	Russia		Captured from the Syrian Army
BRDM-2[22]	Amphibious armored personnel carrier	6[22]	Soviet Union
MRAP	Armored personnel carrier	13[30]	United States		Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle	Armored personnel carrier	17[23]	United States		Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police
M113 APC	Armored personnel carrier	~52[23]	United States		Captured from the Iraqi[40] and the Egyptian Army.Some converted to SVBIED.
T-55/55MV/AM/AMV	Main battle tank	At least 83[22][23][41]	Soviet Union		Captured from the Iraqi Army and Libyan militias. Many destroyed or captured by enemy forces.
T-72/72M/A/AV /TURMS-T/M1 TURMS-T	Main battle tank	22[22][23]	Soviet Union		Possibly captured from Syrian, Iraqi armies.
Leopard 2	Main battle tank	1[42]-2[43]	Germany		Captured from Turkey in Syria. Leopard 2A4 version. All were destroyed by Airstrikes.
M1A1M Abrams	Main battle tank	1-2 (see Operators)[40]	United States		Captured from the Iraqi Army[40]

Self-Propelled Artillery

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
2S1 Gvozdika	Self-propelled artillery	3 or 4[22][30]	Soviet Union		Captured from the Syrian army
ZSU-23-4 Shilka[24]	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun	3[22]	Soviet Union		Captured from Syrian army
BM-21 Grad[30]	Multiple Rocket Launcher	11[22]	Soviet Union
BM-27 Uragan	Multiple Rocket Launcher	6	Soviet Union		Captured from Syrian army

Aircraft

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
MiG-21M/MF/bis/UM/FL	Fighter Aircraft	Unknown (1 operational, 2014)[22][23][44][45]	Soviet Union		Originally 3 in operational condition. The Syrian Air Force claimed to have shot down two of them.[46] Other airframes are in various states of disrepair and some of them were being overhauled at the time of their capture.
MiG-23	Fighter/Fighter Bomber	Unclear	Soviet Union		Unknown number observed over Al Jarrah airfield
L-39ZA	Trainer/ground-attack aircraft	3 (2014)[22][47]	Czechoslovakia		Originally 4. Captured by Jaysh al-Islam at the Jirah airfield in February 2013. One was subsequently destroyed during a SAAF bombing.[48] Two were repaired to airworthiness and shown taxiing during a propaganda video released by Jaysh al-Islam.[49] Unknown fate after the airfield's capture by ISIL.[48]
Mohajer 4 Drone and other military drones	Drone (UAV)	6+[50][51][52][53][54]	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 also in the Tabqah Air Base video. The three Drones in Syria were shot down over Kobanî by Kurdish forces defending the city,[55][56] and by the Syrian Army over an airbase.[54]
Improvised bombing and surveillance drones (mostly quadcopters)[57]	Drone (UAV)	80+[57]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant		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.[57]

Watercraft

ISIL has been using a mix of watercraft to transport fighters around the Tigris River and Euphrates River and has been referred to as their unofficial riverine navy.^[58]

US forces have come across small watercraft that can ply rivers to carry troops, equipment and some cases as floating IED.^[58]

• barges - for transport
• skiffs
• motorized vessels

Weapons production

IS has an indigenous weapons industry. Their workshops can produce identical copies of the RPG-7 and SPG-9. In addition, they have developed an indigenous rocket launcher, which comes in four varieties. Two variants fire PG-9 munitions at short and long range. A third fires PG-7V munitions and the fourth fires an unspecified thermobaric munition. They also produce grenades to be fired from the muzzle of an AK pattern rifle or dropped from a drone. They also produce mortars rounds and rockets.^{[59] [60]}

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