List of military equipment of Hezbollah

This is a list of some of the military equipment used by the paramilitary wing of Hezbollah.

Small arms

Assault and battle rifles
Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
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

Sniper rifles
Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
Heckler & Koch G3[3] Battle rifle/Sniper rifle Unknown Unknown  Germany Used as marksman rifle.
SKS[4] Designated marksman rifle/Sniper rifle Unknown Unknown  Soviet Union
Dragunov sniper rifle[5] Designated marksman rifle Unknown Unknown  Soviet Union
Orsis T-5000[6] Sniper rifle Unknown Unknown  Russia

Machine guns
Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
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[7] Medium machine gun Unknown Unknown  United States

Heavy weapons and missiles

Anti-tank
Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
RPG-7 Rocket-propelled grenade Unknown Various  Soviet Union Including Iranian produced clones[8]
RPG-29 Rocket propelled-grenade Unknown  Syria  Soviet Union [9][10]
RPG-30 Rocket propelled-grenade Unknown  Syria
 Russia		  Russia Possession unconfirmed[11][12]
Panzerfaust 3 Anti-tank rocket launcher Extremely limited (if so) Unknown  West Germany Unconfirmed[13]
Saegre 2 Anti-tank guided missile Unknown  Iran  Iran Iranian M47 Dragon clone[14]
Raad (clone) Anti-tank guided missile Unknown  Iran  Iran Iranian 9M14 Malyutka clone[15]
9M14 Malyutka Anti-tank guided missile 500+  Iran  Soviet Union [16]
9K111 Fagot Anti-tank guided missile 50+  Syria  Soviet Union [17]
9M113 Konkurs Anti-tank guided missile 50+  Syria
 Iran		  Soviet Union [18][19]
9K115-2 Metis-M Anti-tank guided missile 50+  Syria  Soviet Union [20][21]
Towsan-1 (clone) Anti-tank guided missile Unknown  Iran  Iran Iranian Konkurs clone
9M133 Kornet Anti-tank guided missile 50+  Syria  Russia [22][23]
BGM-71 TOW Anti-tank guided missile 10+ Unknown  USA Possibly via Iran or captured[24]
Toophan (Series) (clone) Anti-tank guided missile Unknown  Iran  Iran Iranian TOW clone
MILAN Anti-tank guided missile Unknown  Syria  France [25]
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.[26] The group has received many unreported weapon shipments from both Iran and Syria.

Anti-aircraft
Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
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

Rockets, missiles and launchers
Name/Model Diameter Quantity Acquired from Origin Range Warhead Photo Notes
Type 63 107mm "dozens"  Iran
 Iraq		  China 8 km Includes Iranian Fadjr-1 clones[27]
BM-21 Grad 122mm Unknown  Russia
 China
 Iran

 Soviet Union

 40 km 21 kg Katyushas from Iran, Russia and China.[28]
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[29]
Falaq-1[30] 240mm Unknown  Iran  Iran 10 km 50 kg
Khaibar-1 302mm Unknown Unknown  Syria 100 km 175 kg Apparent cluster munition.[31]
Falaq-2[32] 303mm Unknown  Iran  Iran 11 km 120 kg
Fajr-5[33] 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[34]  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 [35]
Scud 500 km 800 kg

Anti-ship

Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
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.[36]
Yakhont (P-800 Oniks) Anti-ship missile Potentially; Up to 12  Syria  Russia
 Soviet Union		 Delivered 2013[37][38]

Vehicles

Tanks, armoured personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and misc
Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
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[39]  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[40]  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[41]

The group claims to build their own unmanned aerial vehicles, which is disputed, but in any case the designs are copies of Iranian models.[42]

Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
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[43]

See also

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