List of 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 assault rifle. Single and three shot burst. | Unknown | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Some likely captured from the Syrian opposition or Islamic State |
M4 carbine | Carbine | Unknown | 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] | Battle rifle/Sniper rifle | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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Used as marksman rifle. |
SKS[4] | Designated marksman rifle/Sniper rifle | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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Dragunov sniper rifle[5] | Designated marksman rifle | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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Orsis T-5000[6] | Sniper rifle | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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Machine guns
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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PK machine gun | General-purpose machine gun | Unknown | Various | ![]() |
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Commonly used |
FN MAG | General-purpose machine gun | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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M240 | General-purpose machine gun | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() ![]() |
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M1919 Browning machine gun[7] | Medium machine gun | 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 | Rocket-propelled grenade | Unknown | Various | ![]() |
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Including Iranian produced clones[8] |
RPG-29 | Rocket propelled-grenade | Unknown | ![]() |
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[9][10] |
RPG-30 | Rocket propelled-grenade | Unknown | ![]() ![]() |
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Possession unconfirmed[11][12] |
Panzerfaust 3 | Anti-tank rocket launcher | Extremely limited (if so) | Unknown | ![]() |
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Unconfirmed[13] |
Saegre 2 | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian M47 Dragon clone[14] |
Raad (clone) | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian 9M14 Malyutka clone[15] |
9M14 Malyutka | Anti-tank guided missile | 500+ | ![]() |
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[16] |
9K111 Fagot | Anti-tank guided missile | 50+ | ![]() |
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[17] |
9M113 Konkurs | Anti-tank guided missile | 50+ | ![]() ![]() |
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[18][19] |
9K115-2 Metis-M | Anti-tank guided missile | 50+ | ![]() |
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[20][21] |
Towsan-1 (clone) | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian Konkurs clone | |
9M133 Kornet | Anti-tank guided missile | 50+ | ![]() |
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[22][23] |
BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank guided missile | 10+ | Unknown | ![]() |
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Possibly via Iran or captured[24] |
Toophan (Series) (clone) | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian TOW clone |
MILAN | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown | ![]() |
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[25] |
M40 | Recoilless rifle | >1+ (extremely underestimated) | Unknown | ![]() |
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30,000 rounds of ammunition in 2008 |
Hezbollah has apparently thousands of anti-tank guided missiles in total.[26] 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[27] | |
BM-21 Grad | 122mm | Unknown | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
40 km | 21 kg | ![]() |
Katyushas from Iran, Russia and China.[28] | |
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[29] |
Falaq-1[30] | 240mm | Unknown | ![]() |
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10 km | 50 kg | ![]() |
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Khaibar-1 | 302mm | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
100 km | 175 kg | Apparent cluster munition.[31] | |
Falaq-2[32] | 303mm | Unknown | ![]() |
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11 km | 120 kg | ![]() |
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Fajr-5[33] | 333mm | Unknown | ![]() |
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75 km | 90 kg | ![]() |
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Naze'at | 356mm | Unknown | ![]() |
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130 km | ![]() |
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Zelzal-1 | Unknown | Unknown | ![]() |
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160 km | ![]() |
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Zelzal-2 | 610mm | Around 500[34] | ![]() |
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250 km | 600 kg | ![]() |
Apparently based on the Soviet FROG-7 missile |
Fateh-110 | 610mm | 40-700 | ![]() |
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250 km | 650 kg | ![]() |
[35] |
Scud | 500 km | 800 kg | ![]() |
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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.[36] |
Yakhont (P-800 Oniks) | Anti-ship missile | Potentially; Up to 12 | ![]() |
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Delivered 2013[37][38] |
Vehicles
Tanks, armoured personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and misc
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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T-55 | Main battle tank | Unknown | ![]() South Lebanon Army |
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Some captured from SLA |
T-62 | Main battle tank | Unknown | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria |
T-72 | Main battle tank | >60, 1+ T72-AV variant[39] | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria |
T-90 | Main battle tank | Unknown | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria |
BMP-1 | Infantry fighting vehicle | Unknown | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria |
M113 | Armoured personnel carrier | At least 3 | Disputed, likely from: South Lebanon Army[40] | ![]() |
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Captured in year 2000 |
BTR-152 | Armoured personnel carrier | Unknown | South Lebanon Army | ![]() |
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Some captured from SLA |
BTR-50 | Armoured personnel carrier | Unknown | South Lebanon Army | ![]() |
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Some captured from SLA |
BRDM-2 | Armoured scout car | 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 light utility vehicle | "dozens" | ![]() |
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Operating in Syria |
Technicals | Improvised fighting vehicle | 100-1000s+ | Various | Various | ![]() |
Used widely, some captured from the Syrian opposition and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Civilian and transport vehicles | Mercedes, Volvo, Range Rover, Isuzu, Toyota, Hyundai and Kia etc. | 100-1000s+ | Various | Various | Used widely |
Unmanned aerial vehicles[41]
The group claims to build their own unmanned aerial vehicles, which is disputed, but in any case the designs are copies of Iranian models.[42]
Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Mohajer-4 | Unmanned aerial vehicle | 8+ | ![]() |
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Ababil-2 | Unmanned aerial vehicle | >12 | ![]() |
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2 or 3 apparently shot down by Israel in 2006. |
Ababil-3 | Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle | Unknown | ![]() |
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Yasir (clone) | Unmanned aerial vehicle | Unknown | ![]() |
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Iranian ScanEagle clone[43] |
See also
- Lebanese Ground Forces Equipment
- Lebanese Armed Forces Out of Service Equipment
- Lebanese Civil War
- Lebanese Air Force aircraft inventory
- List of military equipment of Islamic State
- List of military equipment used by Syrian Democratic Forces
- List of military equipment used by Syrian opposition forces
- Syrian intervention in Lebanon
- Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War
- 1958 Lebanon crisis
- 1982 Lebanon War
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