Military equipment of ISIL


This is a list of some of the military equipment known to be 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]  Soviet Union Most commonly used
M16 rifle Selective fire Rifle. Single and three shot burst unknown[1]  United States Captured from Iraqi Army & Police.
[2]
M4A1
(Limited)[3]		 Carbine Rifle  United States Captured from Iraqi Army & Police
Norinco CQ[4] Assault Rifle  People's Republic of China
FN FAL[4] Battle rifle  Belgium
Heckler and Koch G3[4] Battle rifle  West Germany

Sniper rifles

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

Machine guns

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
RPD Light machine gun [1]  Soviet Union
RPK Light machine gun [1]  Soviet Union
PKM Squad automatic weapon [1]  Soviet UnionMost common belt-fed machine gun used
M249 light machine gun[10] Squad automatic weapon  United States Captured from Iraqi Army & Police
Rheinmetall MG3 general-purpose machine gun [11] Germany
NSV machine gun Heavy machine gun [1]  Soviet Union
DShK Heavy machine gun [1]  Soviet Union

Pistols

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Browning Hi-Power[2] Semi-automatic pistol  Belgium
Glock 17[12] Semi-automatic pistol  Austria
Beretta M92[13] Semi-automatic pistol  Italy
HS2000[13] Semi-automatic pistol  Croatia
Walther P99[14] Semi-automatic pistol Germany

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

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
IED Improvised explosive device Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Most commonly used
M62 grenade Hand grenade  United States
Multiple caches[15]
AGS-17 Automatic grenade launcher [1]  Soviet Union
RPG-7 Rocket propelled grenade launcher  Soviet Union Commonly used
RPG-22 Rocket propelled grenade launcher  Soviet Union [1]
RPG-29 Rocket propelled grenade launcher  Soviet Union [1]
M79 Osa[16] Anti-tank rocket launcher  Yugoslavia
FN-6[17] MANPADS 1[18]  China Reportedly used on 3 October 2014 in Baiji to shoot down an Iraqi Mi‑35M helicopter.[17]
FIM-92 Stinger[19] MANPADS  United States Captured from Iraqi Army
SA-7 Grail[17] MANPADS 8[18][20]  Soviet Union "limited, aging stock"[20]
SA-16 Gimlet[19] MANPADS  Soviet Union
SA-24 Grinch[19] MANPADS  Soviet Union
BGM-71 TOW[21] Wire-guided anti-tank missile  United States Captured from FSA
Hwaseong-Chong[18] MANPADS 1[18]  North Korea

Towed arms

Towed artillery

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
ZU-23-2[22] Towed Anti-Aircraft Twin Autocannon 83[18][20]  Soviet Union Usually mounted on technicals.[18]
AZP S-60[19] Anti-Aircraft Gun 21[18][20]  Soviet Union
85 mm divisional gun D-44[18] Field gun 1[18]  Soviet Union
122-mm howitzer D-30[22] Howitzer 2[20]  Soviet Union
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)[18] Howitzer 2[18]  Soviet Union
D-74 122 mm field gun[18] Field gun 6[20]  Soviet Union
Type 59-1[22] Field gun 34[18]  Soviet Union
M198 Howitzer Towed howitzer Up to 52[23]  United States Captured from Iraqi Army

Vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
HMMWV Light Utility Vehicle 2300+[24][25][26][27][28]  United States Many captured from Iraqi Army
Technicals Improvised fighting vehicles varies from hundreds to thousands ISIL
UAZ-469 Off-road military light utility vehicle 8[18][20]  Soviet Union Captured in Iraq.

Tanks and armored fighting vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BMP-1 Armored personnel carrier 25[18]  Soviet Union Captured from the armies of Iraq and Syria
MT-LB[29]
 Armored personnel carrier ~unknown[20]  Soviet Union
BRDM-2[18] Amphibious armored personnel carrier 6[18]  Soviet Union
MRAP Armored personnel carrier 13[22]  United States Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle Armored personnel carrier 17[20]  United States Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police
M113 APC Armored personnel carrier ~52[20]  United States Captured from the Iraqi Army[30]
T-55/55MV/AM/AMV Main battle tank At least 83[18][20][31]  Soviet Union Captured from the Iraqi Army and Libyan militias
T-72/72M/A/AV /TURMS-T/M1 TURMS-T Main battle tank 22[18][20]  Soviet Union
M1A1M Abrams Main battle tank 1-2 (see Operators)[30]  United States Captured from the Iraqi Army[30]

Artillery

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
2S1 Gvozdika Self-propelled artillery 3 or 4[18][22]  Soviet Union Captured from the Syrian army
ZSU-23-4 Shilka[19] Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 3[18]  Soviet Union Captured from Syrian army
BM-21 Grad[22] Multiple Rocket Launcher 11[18]  Soviet Union

Aircraft

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
MiG-21M/MF/bis/UM/FL Fighter Aircraft 19 (1 operational)[18][20][32][33]  Soviet Union Originally 3 in operational condition. The Syrian Air Force claimed to have shot down two of them.[34] 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[18][35]  Czechoslovakia Originally 4. Captured by Jaysh al-Islam at the Kshesh airfield in February 2013. One was subsequently destroyed during a SAAF bombing.[36] Two were repaired to airworthiness and shown taxiing during a propaganda video released by Jaysh al-Islam.[37] Unknown fate after the airfield's capture by ISIL.[36]
Mohajer 4 Drone and others Drone (UAV) 6+[38][39][40][41][42]  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,[43][44] and by the Syrian Army over an airbase.[42]
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Utility Helicopter 1-6  United States Captured by ISIL when the US left Iraq.

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.[45]

US forces have come across small watercraft that can ply rivers to carry troops, equipment and some cases as floating IED.[45]

References

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  13. 1 2 Iraq: Taking stock: The arming of Islamic State
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  45. 1 2 http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/23/politics/us-military-sinks-isis-navy/index.html
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