List of military equipment used by Syrian Democratic Forces

List of military equipment used by Syrian Democratic Forces in the Syrian Civil War. This list does not include equipment used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the Syrian opposition.

Sources

The YPG has received weapons and equipment from the United States for the Raqqa offensive.[1]

Equipment

Small arms

Name	Country of origin (manufacturer)	Type	Number	Caliber	Notes
Makarov pistol	Soviet Union	Pistol	Thousands	9×18mm	1
Browning Hi-Power	Belgium	Pistol	Thousands	9×19mm
Glock	Austria	Pistol	?	9×19mm	1 2 3
Beretta M12	Italy	Submachine Gun	Thousands	9×19mm	1
MP5	Germany	Submachine Gun	?	9×19mm	1 2 3
M4 carbine	United States Malaysia	Assault rifle	Thousands	5.56×45mm	1 2 3 4
M16 rifle	United States	Assault rifle	Thousands	5.56×45mm	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
NEA PDW-CCS 7.5	Canada	Carbine	?	5.56x45mm
FN FAL	Belgium	Battle rifle	?	7.62×51mm	1 2 3 4 5
Steyr AUG	Austria Malaysia	Bullpup assault rifle	?	5.56×45mm	1
Steyr HS .50	Austria	Anti-materiel sniper rifle	?	12.7×99mm	1 2
Zagros Rifle[2]	Rojava	Anti-materiel rifle	Hundreds	12.7×108mm	self made anti-materiel rifle 1 2
Zijiang M99	China	Anti-materiel rifle	?	12.7×108mm	1 2 3 4
AK-47	Soviet Union	Assault rifle	Tens of Thousands	7.62×39mm	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
AKM	Soviet Union	Assault rifle	Tens of Thousands	7.62×39mm	1
AKS-74U	Soviet Union	Carbine	?	5.45×39mm	1
AK-74	Soviet Union	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm	1
AK-74M	Russia	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm	1
AK-103	Russia	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm	1
AK-104	Russia	Assault rifle	?	7.62×39mm	2 3
Type 56	China	Assault rifle	Tens of Thousands	7.62×39mm	1 2 3
Type 88	North Korea	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm
PM md. 63/65	Socialist Republic of Romania	Assault rifle	Tens of Thousands	7.62×39mm	1 2 3
MPi-KM	East Germany	Assault rifle	Tens of Thousands	7.62×39mm	1 2 3
AK-63	Hungary	Assault rifle	Tens of Thousands	7.62×39mm
AMD 65	Hungary	Assault rifle	Tens of Thousands	7.62×39mm	1
Kbk wz. 1988 Tantal	Poland	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm	1
Blaser R93 Tactical	Germany	Sniper rifle	?	7.62×51mm	1
Dragunov sniper rifle	Soviet Union	Sniper rifle	?	7.62×54mmR	1 2 3 4
PSL (rifle)	Socialist Republic of Romania	Sniper rifle	?	7.62×54mmR	1 2 3
Tabuk Sniper Rifle	Iraq	Sniper rifle	?	7.62×39mm	1
Mosin–Nagant	Soviet Union	Rifle	?	7.62×54mmR	1 2
Rheinmetall MG 3	Germany	General-purpose machine gun	Few	7.62×51mm	1
FN MAG	Belgium	General-purpose machine gun	Few	7.62×51mm	1
M249	United States	Light machine gun	?	5.56×45mm	1
RPK	Soviet Union	Light machine gun	?	7.62×39mm	1
Ultimax 100	Singapore	Light machine gun	?	5.56×45mm
Zastava M72	Yugoslavia	Light machine gun	?	7.62×39mm	1
PK machine gun	Soviet Union	General-purpose machine gun	Hundreds	7.62×54mmR	1 2 3
Zastava M84	Yugoslavia	General-purpose machine gun	Hundreds	7.62×54mmR	1
M2 Browning	United States	Heavy machine gun	?	12.7×99mm	1
M1919 Browning machine gun	United States	Medium machine gun	?	7.62×51mm	1 2
DShK	Soviet Union	Heavy machine gun	Hundreds	12.7×108mm	1 2 3 4
KPV heavy machine gun	Soviet Union	Heavy machine gun	Hundreds	14.5×114mm	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Anti-tank

Name	Country of origin	Type	Number	Caliber	Notes
RPG-7	Soviet Union	Rocket-propelled grenade	Thousands	40mm	YPG's RPG are supposed to be of this type 1 2 3 4
Type 69 RPG	China	Rocket-propelled grenade	Thousands	40mm	1 2
M79 Osa	Yugoslavia	Anti-tank weapon	Few	90mm	1 2 3 4
Mk 19	United States	Grenade launcher	?	40×53mm	1
RBG-6	Croatia	Grenade launcher	?	40×46mm	1
GP-25	Russia	Grenade launcher	?	40 mm	1
MILAN	France	Anti-tank missile	?	115mm	1 2 3
BGM-71 TOW	United States	Anti-tank missile	?	152mm
AT-4 Spigot	Soviet Union	Anti-tank missile	?	120mm	1
AT-5 spandrel	Russia	Anti-tank missile	?	115mm	1
AT-13 Saxhorn-2	Russia	Anti-tank missile	?	130mm	1
SPG-9	Soviet Union	Recoilless Rifle	?	73mm	1
IED	Rojava	Improvised explosive device	?	N/A

Artillery

Name	Country of origin	Type	Number	Caliber	Notes
82-BM-37	Soviet Union	Mortar	12	82mm	Captured, SAA had 200.
M1938 mortar	Soviet Union	Mortar	12	120mm	captured, SAA had 300
120-PM-43 mortar	Soviet Union	Mortar	12	120mm	captured, SAA had 400
Improvised mortars	Syria	Improvised mortars	Several	Various	Captured from Syrian Opposition
Hell Cannon	Syria	Improvised mortars	Several	Various	Captured from Free Syrian Army

Armored vehicles

Name	Country of origin	Type	# in Afrin	# in East Rojava	Notes
T-72[3]	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	2	0	At least 1 used in the Northern Aleppo offensive (2016), 1 destroyed by the Falcons of Mount Zawiya Brigade All lost.
T-62	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	0	2-4	Captured from ISIL in Al-Hasakah Governorate. At least one is operable.
T-55 with 2*14.5MG[4]	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	0	1	Well designed local variant with twin 14.5MG, used in eastern Syria
T-55	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	0	6	Captured from the Menagh Military Airbase as well as from various battles with ISIS.
MT-LB	Soviet Union	APC	0	4	Captured from ISIL. Originally from Iraq.
BTR-60	Soviet Union	APC	0	1+
IAG Guardian	United States	APC	0	dozens	Supplied by the Coalition.
ZSU-23-4 Shilka	Soviet Union	SPAAG	0	1[5]	Captured from ISIL at the Tishrin Damn
Lenco BearCat	United States	MRAP	0	dozens	Supplied by the Coalition. Mostly used for internal security.
International MaxxPro	United States	MRAP	0	dozens	Supplied by the Coalition.
ZIL Karatel	Russia	MRAP	?	?
Humvee	United States	Armoured car	0	Hundreds	20+ received as aid in November 2017. Others captured from ISIL, whom likely captured from Iraqi military forces donated by the United States when they left Iraq.

Utility vehicles

All are pickup trucks which were either modified to hold weapons, or are used to transport troops to battlefields.

Name	Country of origin	Type	Number	Notes
Toyota Hilux	Japan	Improvised fighting vehicle, Technical	Thousands
Safir	Iran	Technical	Unknown

References

"U.S. starts providing weapons to Syrian Kurds". May 30, 2017 – via www.reuters.com.
"Kurdish Zagros Gen 2 – The Firearm Blog". 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
"Syria: Kurdish women fighters commandeer tank in battle over Menagh air base". IB Times. 11 February 2016.
"YPG with IFV on T-55 chassis in Eastern Syria". Live UA Map. 6 March 2016.
"The Assault On Raqqa, the Daesh Capital". NEWSREP. 25 May 2016.

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[1] "U.S. starts providing weapons to Syrian Kurds". May 30, 2017 – via www.reuters.com.

[2] "Kurdish Zagros Gen 2 – The Firearm Blog". 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2016-07-08.

[3] "Syria: Kurdish women fighters commandeer tank in battle over Menagh air base". IB Times. 11 February 2016.

[4] "YPG with IFV on T-55 chassis in Eastern Syria". Live UA Map. 6 March 2016.

[5] "The Assault On Raqqa, the Daesh Capital". NEWSREP. 25 May 2016.