Military equipment of Hezbollah

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

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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 rifle. Single and three shot burst. Limited / Rare  Israel
 Iraq
 Lebanon		  United States Some likely captured from the  Syrian opposition or  ISIL
M4 carbine Carbine rifle Limited / Rare Unknown  United States Used by Hezbollah Special Forces

Sniper rifles
Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
Heckler & Koch G3[3] Assault Rifle / Sniper Rifle Unknown Unknown  Germany Used as Marksman rifle.

Machine guns
Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
PK machine gun General-purpose machine gun (GPMG) Unknown Various  Soviet Union Commonly used
FN MAG General-purpose machine gun (GPMG) Unknown Unknown  Belgium
M240 General-purpose machine gun (GPMG) Unknown Unknown  Belgium

 USA
M1919 Browning machine gun[4] General-purpose machine gun (GPMG) Unknown Unknown  USA

Heavy Weapons and Missiles

Anti-Tank
Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
RPG-7 Anti-tank (RPG) Unknown Various  Soviet Union Including Iranian produced clones[5]
RPG-29 Anti-tank (RPG) Unknown  Syria  Soviet Union [6][7]
RPG-30 Anti-tank (RPG) Unknown  Syria

 Russia

  Russia Possession unconfirmed [8][9]
Panzerfaust 3 Anti-tank (RPG) Extremely limited (if so) Unknown  West Germany Unconfirmed [10]
Saegre 2 Anti-tank Unknown  Iran  Iran Iranian M47 Dragon clone[11]
Raad (clone) Anti-tank (ATGM) Unknown  Iran  Iran Iranian 9M14 Malyutka clone [12]
9M14 Malyutka Anti-tank (ATGM) 500+  Iran  Soviet Union [13]
9K111 Fagot Anti-tank (ATGM) 50+  Syria  Soviet Union [14]
9M113 Konkurs Anti-tank (ATGM) 50+  Syria

 Iran

  Soviet Union [15][16]
9K115-2 Metis-M Anti-tank (ATGM) 50+  Syria  Soviet Union [17][18]
Towsan-1 (clone) Anti-tank (ATGM) Unknown  Iran  Iran Iranian Konkurs clone
9M133 Kornet Anti-tank (ATGM) 50+  Syria  Russia [19][20]
BGM-71 TOW Anti-tank (ATGM) 10+ Unknown  USA Possibly via Iran or captured [21]
Toophan (Series) (clone) Anti-tank (ATGM) Unknown  Iran  Iran Iranian TOW clone
MILAN Anti-tank (ATGM) Unknown  Syria  France [22]
M40 Recoilless Rifle >1+ (Extremely underestimated) Unknown  USA 30,000 rounds of ammunition in 2008

Hezbollah has apparently thousands of ATGMs in total.[23] 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[24]
BM-21 Grad 122mm Unknown  Russia
 China
 Iran

 Soviet Union

 40 km 21 kg Katyushas from Iran, Russia and China.[25]
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 [26]
Falaq-1[27] 240mm Unknown  Iran  Iran 10 km 50 kg
Khaibar-1 302mm Unknown Unknown  Syria 100 km 175 kg Apparent cluster munition.[28]
Falaq-2[29] 303mm Unknown  Iran  Iran 11 km 120 kg
Fajr-5[30] 333mm Unknown  Iran (likely)  Iran 75 km 90 kg
Naze'at 356mm Unknown  Iran  Iran 130 km Various
Zelzal-1 Unknown Unknown  Iran  Iran 160 km Unknown
Zelzal-2 610mm Around 500[31]  Iran  Iran 250 km 600 kg apparently based on the sovietFROG-7 missile
Fateh-110 610mm 40-700  Syria  Iran 250 km 650 kg [32]
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.[33]
Yakhont (P-800 Oniks) Anti-Ship Missile Potentially; Up to 12  Syria  Russia

 Soviet Union

 delivered 2013[34][35]

Vehicles

Tanks, APCs, IFVs and Misc

Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
T-55 Main Battle Tank (MBT) Unknown  Syria

South Lebanon Army

  Soviet Union Some captured from SLA
T-62 Main Battle Tank (MBT) Unknown  Syria  Soviet Union Operating in Syria
T-72 Main Battle Tank (MBT) >60, 1+ T72-AV variant[36]  Syria  Soviet Union Operating in Syria
BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) Unknown  Syria  Soviet Union Operating in Syria
M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) At least 3 Disputed, likely from: South Lebanon Army[37]  USA Captured in year 2000
BTR-152 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) Unknown South Lebanon Army  Soviet Union Some captured from SLA
BTR-50 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) Unknown South Lebanon Army  Soviet Union Some captured from SLA
BRDM-2 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) Unknown South Lebanon Army  Soviet Union Some captured from SLA
2S1 Gvozdika Self-propelled Howitzer >3+  Syria  Soviet Union Operating in Syria
Safir Military Jeep "dozens"  Iran  Iran Operating in Syria
Technical (vehicle) Improvised fighting vehicle 100-1000s+ Various Various Used widely, some captured from the  Syrian opposition and  ISIL
Civilian & Transport vehicles Mercedes, Volvo, Range Rover, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Toyota etc 100-1000s+ Various Various Used widely

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)[38]

The group claims to build their own UAVs, which is disputed, but in any case the designs are copies of Iranian models.[39]

Name Type Quantity Acquired from Origin Photo Notes
Mohajer-4 UAV 8+  Iran  Iran
Ababil-2 UAV >12  Iran  Iran 2 or 3 apparently shot down by Israel in 2006.
Ababil-3 UAV Unknown  Iran  Iran
Yasir (clone) UAV Unknown  Iran  Iran Iranian ScanEagle clone[40]

See also

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