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 |
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AK-47[1] | Assault Rifle | Unknown | Various | ![]() |
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Commonly used |
AKM | Assault Rifle | Unknown | Various | ![]() |
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Commonly used |
AK-74 | Assault Rifle | Unknown | Various | ![]() |
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Commonly used, including the M variants. |
M16 rifle[2] | Selective fire rifle. Single and three shot burst. | Limited / Rare | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Some likely captured from the ![]() ![]() |
M4 carbine | Carbine rifle | Limited / Rare | Unknown | ![]() |
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Used by Hezbollah Special Forces |
Sniper rifles
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Heckler & Koch G3[3] | Assault Rifle / Sniper Rifle | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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Used as Marksman rifle. |
Machine guns
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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PK machine gun | General-purpose machine gun (GPMG) | Unknown | Various | ![]() |
Commonly used | |
FN MAG | General-purpose machine gun (GPMG) | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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M240 | General-purpose machine gun (GPMG) | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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M1919 Browning machine gun[4] | General-purpose machine gun (GPMG) | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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Heavy Weapons and Missiles
Anti-Tank
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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RPG-7 | Anti-tank (RPG) | Unknown | Various | ![]() |
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Including Iranian produced clones[5] |
RPG-29 | Anti-tank (RPG) | Unknown | ![]() |
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[6][7] | |
RPG-30 | Anti-tank (RPG) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Possession unconfirmed [8][9] |
Panzerfaust 3 | Anti-tank (RPG) | Extremely limited (if so) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Unconfirmed [10] |
Saegre 2 | Anti-tank | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian M47 Dragon clone[11] |
Raad (clone) | Anti-tank (ATGM) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian 9M14 Malyutka clone [12] | |
9M14 Malyutka | Anti-tank (ATGM) | 500+ | ![]() |
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[13] | |
9K111 Fagot | Anti-tank (ATGM) | 50+ | ![]() |
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[14] |
9M113 Konkurs | Anti-tank (ATGM) | 50+ | ![]() |
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[15][16] |
9K115-2 Metis-M | Anti-tank (ATGM) | 50+ | ![]() |
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[17][18] |
Towsan-1 (clone) | Anti-tank (ATGM) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian Konkurs clone | |
9M133 Kornet | Anti-tank (ATGM) | 50+ | ![]() |
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[19][20] | |
BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank (ATGM) | 10+ | Unknown | ![]() |
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Possibly via Iran or captured [21] |
Toophan (Series) (clone) | Anti-tank (ATGM) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian TOW clone |
MILAN | Anti-tank (ATGM) | Unknown | ![]() |
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[22] |
M40 | Recoilless Rifle | >1+ (Extremely underestimated) | Unknown | ![]() |
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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 |
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ZU-23-2 | Anti-Aircraft Gun | Unknown | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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AZP S-60 | Anti-Aircraft Gun (Towed) | >2+ | ![]() |
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ZSU-23-4 | Self-propelled Anti-Aircraft weapon | Unknown | ![]() |
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Rockets, Missiles and Launchers
Name / Model | Diameter | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Range | Warhead | Photo | Notes |
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Type 63 | 107mm | "dozens" | ![]() ![]() |
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8 km | Includes Iranian Fadjr-1 clones[24] | ||
BM-21 Grad | 122mm | Unknown | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
40 km | 21 kg | Katyushas from Iran, Russia and China.[25] | ||
BM-27 Uragan | 220mm | Unknown | ![]() |
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40 km | 100 kg | ![]() |
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Fajr-3 | 240mm | >100+ | ![]() |
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43 km | 45 kg | Acquired from Iran pre-2006 [26] | |
Falaq-1[27] | 240mm | Unknown | ![]() |
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10 km | 50 kg | ||
Khaibar-1 | 302mm | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
100 km | 175 kg | Apparent cluster munition.[28] | |
Falaq-2[29] | 303mm | Unknown | ![]() |
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11 km | 120 kg | ||
Fajr-5[30] | 333mm | Unknown | ![]() |
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75 km | 90 kg | ||
Naze'at | 356mm | Unknown | ![]() |
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130 km | Various | ||
Zelzal-1 | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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160 km | Unknown | ||
Zelzal-2 | 610mm | Around 500[31] | ![]() |
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250 km | 600 kg | apparently based on the sovietFROG-7 missile | |
Fateh-110 | 610mm | 40-700 | ![]() |
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250 km | 650 kg | [32] | |
scud | 500 km | 800 kg | ||||||
Anti-Ship
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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C-701 | Anti-Ship Missile | Unknown | ![]() |
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C-802 | Anti-Ship Missile | 8+ | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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delivered 2013[34][35] |
Vehicles
Tanks, APCs, IFVs and Misc
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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T-55 | Main Battle Tank (MBT) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Some captured from SLA | |
T-62 | Main Battle Tank (MBT) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria |
T-72 | Main Battle Tank (MBT) | >60, 1+ T72-AV variant[36] | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria |
T-90 | Main Battle Tank (MBT) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria | |
BMP-1 | Infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria |
M113 | Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) | At least 3 | Disputed, likely from: South Lebanon Army[37] | ![]() |
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Captured in year 2000 |
BTR-152 | Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) | Unknown | South Lebanon Army | ![]() |
Some captured from SLA | |
BTR-50 | Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) | Unknown | South Lebanon Army | ![]() |
Some captured from SLA | |
BRDM-2 | Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) | Unknown | South Lebanon Army | ![]() |
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Some captured from SLA |
2S1 Gvozdika | Self-propelled Howitzer | >3+ | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria |
Safir | Military Jeep | "dozens" | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria | |
Technical (vehicle) | Improvised fighting vehicle | 100-1000s+ | Various | Various | ![]() |
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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 |
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Mohajer-4 | UAV | 8+ | ![]() |
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Ababil-2 | UAV | >12 | ![]() |
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2 or 3 apparently shot down by Israel in 2006. | |
Ababil-3 | UAV | Unknown | ![]() |
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Yasir (clone) | UAV | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian ScanEagle clone[40] |
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See also
- Lebanese Ground Forces Equipment
- Lebanese Armed Forces Out of Service Equipment
- Lebanese Civil War
- Lebanese Air Force aircraft inventory
- Syrian intervention in Lebanon
- Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War
- 1958 Lebanon crisis
- 1982 Lebanon War
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