Military equipment of ISIL

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This is a list of some of the military equipment used by the terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Infantry weapons

Assault and battle rifles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
AK-47 Selective fire Assault Rifle unknown[1][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union AK47.jpg Most commonly used
M16 rifle Assault Rifle unknown[1][unreliable source?]  United States M16a4lh6.jpg Captured from Iraqi Army & Police.
[2]
M4A1
(Limited)[3]		 Carbine Rifle  United States M4A1 ACOG.jpg Captured from Iraqi Army & Police
Norinco CQ[4] Assault Rifle  People's Republic of China NORINCO Type CQ 5'56x45mm assault rifle.jpg
FN FAL[4] Battle rifle  Belgium FN-FAL belgian.jpeg
Heckler and Koch G3[4] Battle rifle  West Germany DCB Shooting G3 pictures.jpg

Sniper rifles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Dragunov SVD Designated marksman rifle 3000+[1][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union SVD Dragunov.jpg
PSL/FPK[5] Designated marksman rifle Romania Socialist Republic of Romania Psl sniper rifle.jpeg
M14 EBR (Limited) Designated marksman rifle  United States PEO M14 EBR.jpg Captured from Iraqi Army [6](8:40 mins) [7]
Mosin–Nagant Sniper rifle  Soviet Union Mosin pu hungarian M52.jpg Equipped with PU, PE, and modified PSO-1 scopes [8][9]
M99 Anti-materiel rifle [1][unreliable source?]  People's Republic of China

Machine guns

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
RPD Light machine gun [1][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union LMG-RPD-44.jpg
RPK Light machine gun [1][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union Machine Gun RPK.jpg
PKM Squad automatic weapon [1][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union 7,62 KK PKM Helsinki 2012.JPG Most common belt-fed machine gun used
M249 light machine gun[10] Squad automatic weapon  United States 230px Captured from Iraqi Army & Police
Rheinmetall MG3 general-purpose machine gun [11]  Germany BundeswehrMG3.jpg
NSV machine gun Heavy machine gun [1][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union 12,7 NSV Turku 3.JPG
DShK Heavy machine gun [1][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union Doushka desert.jpg

Pistols

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Browning Hi-Power[2] Semi-automatic pistol  Belgium 170px
Glock 17[12] Semi-automatic pistol  Austria Glock17.jpg
Walther P99[13] Semi-automatic pistol  Germany Walther P99 9x19mm.png

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

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
IED Improvised explosive device 23x15px Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 250px Most commonly used
M62 grenade Hand grenade  United States
M-67Grenade.jpg
 Multiple caches[14]
AGS-17 Automatic grenade launcher [1][unreliable source?]  Soviet Union 30-мм автоматический гранатомет АГС-17 Пламя.jpg
RPG-7 Rocket propelled grenade launcher  Soviet Union RPG-7 detached.jpg Commonly used
RPG-22 Rocket propelled grenade launcher  Soviet Union RPG-22 rocket launcher.jpg [1][unreliable source?]
RPG-29 Rocket propelled grenade launcher  Soviet Union 300px [1][unreliable source?]
M79 Osa[15] Anti-tank rocket launcher  Yugoslavia M79-OSA.jpg
FN-6[16] MANPADS 1[17]  China Reportedly used on 3 October 2014 in Baiji to shoot down an Iraqi Mi‑35M helicopter.[16]
FIM-92 Stinger[18][unreliable source?] MANPADS  United States FIM-92 (JASDF).jpg Captured from Iraqi Army
SA-7 Grail[16] MANPADS 8[17][19]  Soviet Union SA-7.jpg "limited, aging stock"[19]
SA-16 Gimlet[18] MANPADS  Soviet Union IGLA-S MANPADS at IDELF-2008.jpg
SA-24 Grinch[18] MANPADS  Soviet Union IGLA-S MANPADS at IDELF-2008.jpg
BGM-71 TOW[20] Wire-guided anti-tank missile  United States Hires 090509-A-4842R-001a.jpg Captured from FSA
Hwaseong-Chong[17] MANPADS 1[17]  North Korea

Towed arms

Towed artillery

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
M198 Howitzer Towed howitzer Up to 52[21]  United States 230px Captured from Iraqi Army
ZU-23-2[22] Towed Anti-Aircraft Twin Autocannon 83[17][19]  Soviet Union Zu-23 30 M1-3 - InnovationDay2013part1-40.jpg Usually mounted on technicals.[17]
AZP S-60[18] Anti-Aircraft Gun 21[17][19]  Soviet Union S-60-57mm-hatzerim-1.jpg
Type 59-1[22] Field gun 34[17]  Soviet Union Iraqi Type 59 130 mm field gun.JPEG
122-mm howitzer D-30[22] Field gun 2[19]  Soviet Union Хаубица Д-30 122мм.jpg
85 mm divisional gun D-44[17] Field gun 1[17]  Soviet Union D-44-beyt-hatotchan-1.jpg
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)[17] Howitzer 2[17]  Soviet Union 230px
D-74 122 mm field gun[17] Field gun 6[19]  Soviet Union

Vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
HMMWV Light Utility Vehicle 2300+[23][24][25][26][27]  United States US Navy 060322-N-5438H-018 U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the Bravo Battery 3rd Battalion 320th Field Artillery Regiment along with Iraq Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion 1st Brigade 4th Division perform a routine patrol.jpg Many captured from Iraqi Army
Technicals improvised fighting vehicles varies from hundreds to thousands 23x15px ISIL Ali Hassan al-Jaber Brigade.jpg
UAZ-469 off-road military light utility vehicle 8[17][19]  Soviet Union Uaz-469-1.jpg Captured in Iraq.

Tanks and armored fighting vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BMP-1 Armored personnel carrier 25[17]  Soviet Union Bmp-1-DMSC9112086 JPG.jpg Captured from the armies of Iraq and Syria
MT-LB[28]
 Armored personnel carrier ~unknown[19]  Soviet Union Amna Sur 02.JPG
BRDM-2[17] Amphibious armored personnel carrier 6[17]  Soviet Union 230px
MRAP Armored personnel carrier 13[22]  United States Caimanrollover.JPG Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle Armored personnel carrier 17[19]  United States M1117 Armored Security Vehicle.jpg Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police
M113 APC Armored personnel carrier ~52[19]  United States US M113 in Samarra Iraq.jpg Captured from the Iraqi Army[29]
T-55/55MV/AM/AMV Main battle tank At least 83[17][30][19]  Soviet Union T-55 4.jpg Captured from the Iraqi Army and Libyan militias
T-72/72M/A/AV /TURMS-T/M1 TURMS-T Main battle tank 22[17][19]  Soviet Union T-72 NPA.JPG
M1A1M Abrams Main battle tank 1-2 (see Operators)[29]  United States M1 Abrams tanks in Iraqi service, Jan. 2011.jpg Captured from the Iraqi Army[29]

Artillery

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
2S1 Gvozdika Self-propelled artillery 3 or 4[22][17]  Soviet Union M1974-sp-howitzer-19910304.jpg Captured from the Syrian army
ZSU-23-4 Shilka[18] Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 3[17]  Soviet Union ZSU-23-4-Camp-Pendleton.jpg Captured from Syrian army
BM-21 Grad[22] Multiple Rocket Launcher 11[17]  Soviet Union BM 21.JPG

Aircraft

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
MiG-21M/MF/bis/UM/FL Fighter Aircraft 19 (1 operational)[31][32][17][19]  Soviet Union MiG-21PFM-Egypt-1982.jpg Originally 3 in operational condition. The Syrian Air Force claimed to have shot down two of them.[33] Other airframes are in various states of disrepair and some of them were being overhauled at the time of their capture.
L-39ZA Trainer/ground-attack aircraft 3[17][34]  Czechoslovakia L-39 (12549639344).jpg Originally 4. Captured by Jaysh al-Islam at the Kshesh airfield in February 2013. One was subsequently destroyed during a SAAF bombing.[35] Two were repaired to airworthiness and shown taxiing during a propaganda video released by Jaysh al-Islam.[36] Unknown fate after the airfield's capture by ISIL.[35]
Mohajer 4 Drone and others Drone (UAV) 6+[37][38][39][40][41]  Iran Mohajer 4.png 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,[42][43] and by the Syrian Army over an airbase.[41]

References

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