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:

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

Submachine guns

MP 40 Submachine gun
MAT-49 Submachine gun
Škorpion vz. 61 Submachine gun
Socimi Type 821 Submachine gun
Crvena Zastava Automat M56 Submachine gun

Bolt action rifles

Semi-automatic rifles

M1 Garand rifle (Beretta Model 1952)
SKS semi-automatic rifle
M14 semi-automatic rifle

Carbines

SIG SG 543 carbine

Assault rifles

FN FAL assault rifle
vz. 58 assault rifle
M16A1 assault rifle
AR-18 assault rifle
SIG SG 540 assault rifle

Sniper rifles

Dragunov SVD-63 sniper rifle
PSL sniper rifle
M40 sniper rifle
Remington Model 700 sniper rifle

Shotguns

Light machine guns

Israeli Heavy Barrel MAKLEON FAL.
HK 21 light machine gun
M1918A2 BAR

General-purpose machine guns

MG 34 machine gun
MG 42 machine gun
M60 machine gun

Medium machine gun and Heavy machine guns

M2HB heavy machine gun

Grenade systems

Land mine systems

Anti-tank rocket and grenade launchers

RL-83 Blindicide
M72 LAW
M203 grenade launcher
M79 grenade launcher

Recoilless rifles

B-10 82mm recoilless rifle in Batey Ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.
B-11 107mm recoilless rifle in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Mortars

Soltam M-65 120mm heavy mortar in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.
Soltam M-66 160mm heavy mortar in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

Rocket and missile systems

DKB Grad-P 122mm single tube rocket launcher system in Batey Ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel.
APR-40/RO-40 128mm 6-tube multiple rocket launcher mounted on a DAC chassis in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

Anti-tank guns

ZiS-2 57mm anti-tank gun in Batey Ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2005.
D-44 85mm anti-tank gun in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

Anti-aircraft guns and Autocannons

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

Howitzers

Mle 1950 BF-50 155mm howitzer in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.
M-30 122mm howitzer in Beyt ha-Totchan museum, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel.

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.

Technicals, transport and recovery vehicles

Vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices

Helicopters

Aircraft

See also

Notes

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  4. Katz, Battleground Lebanon (1990), Plate D3.
  5. Katz and Volstad, Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars 2 (1988), p. 46, Plate H1.
  6. Katz, Battleground Lebanon (1990), Plate B2.
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  22. Katz, Battleground Lebanon (1990), p. 48; Plate B3.
  23. Katz and Volstad, Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars 2 (1988), p. 46, Plate G5.
  24. Katz, Battleground Lebanon (1990), Plate B4.
  25. Katz, Battleground Lebanon (1990), Plate B1.
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  31. Katz and Volstad, Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars 2 (1988), p. 46, Plate H2.
  32. Katz, Russel, and Volstad, Armies in Lebanon (1985), p. 44, Plate G2.
  33. Katz and Volstad, Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars 2 (1988), p. 46, Plate G3.
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  41. Micheletti and Debay, Liban – dix jours aux cœur des combats (1989), p. 35.
  42. Katz, Battleground Lebanon (1990), Plate C3.
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  47. Katz and Volstad, Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars 2 (1988), p. 47, Plate H4.
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  78. A Toyota Land Cruiser BJ40/42 of the AMAL militia in 1984 armed with a Chinese made Type 56 75mm recoilless rifle.
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  112. Neville, Technicals: Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Great Toyota War to modern Special Forces (2018), pp. 22-23, Plate C2.
  113. Guardians of the Cedars M35A1 gun-truck fitted with a ZU-23-2 AA autocannon, c.1976.
  114. 1/72 scale model of a Guardians of the Cedars M35A1 gun-truck with ZU-23-2 Anti-Aircraft autocannon.
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