List of military equipment of Hezbollah

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "List of military equipment of Hezbollah" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2017)

|

This is a list of some of the military equipment used by the paramilitary wing of Hezbollah.

## Anti aircraft defense

[edit]

Name  | Type  | Quantity  | Acquired from  | Origin  | Photo  | Notes

|
|
|
|
|
|

ZU-23-2 | Anti-aircraft gun | Unknown  |  Lebanon
Syria
Iran |  Soviet Union |  |
AZP S-60 | Anti-aircraft gun (towed)  | >2+  |  Lebanon |  Soviet Union |  |
ZSU-23-4 | Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon | Unknown  |  Syria |  Soviet Union |  |
9K32 strela-2  | Man portable surface to air missile  | Unknown  | Various  |  |  | Probable stockpile

## Anti ship defense

[edit]

Name  | Type  | Quantity  | Acquired from  | Origin  | Photo  | Notes

|
|
|
|
|
|

C-701 | Anti-ship missile | Unknown  |  Iran |  China |  |
C-802 | Anti-ship missile  | 8+  |  Iran |  China |  | In 2006, Hezbollah fire a single C-802 at the Israeli ship (INS Hanit), killing 4 sailors.[1]
Yakhont (P-800 Oniks) | Anti-ship missile  | Potentially; Up to 12  |  Syria |  Russia
Soviet Union |  | Delivered 2013[2][3]

## Anti tank defense

[edit]

Name  | Type  | Quantity  | Acquired from  | Origin  | Photo  | Notes

|
|
|
|
|
|

RPG-7 | Rocket-propelled grenade | Unknown  | Various  |  Soviet Union |  | Including Iranian produced clones[4]
RPG-29 | Rocket propelled-grenade  | Unknown  |  Syria |  Soviet Union |  | [5][6]
RPG-30 | Rocket propelled-grenade  | Unknown  |  Syria
Russia |  Russia |  | Possession unconfirmed[7][8]
Panzerfaust 3 | Anti-tank rocket launcher | Extremely limited (if so)  | Unknown  |  West Germany |  | Unconfirmed[9]
Saegre 2  | Anti-tank guided missile  | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran |  | Iranian M47 Dragon clone[10]
Raad (clone)  | Anti-tank guided missile | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran |  | Iranian 9M14 Malyutka clone[11]
9M14 Malyutka | Anti-tank guided missile  | 500+  |  Iran |  Soviet Union |  | [12]
9K111 Fagot | Anti-tank guided missile  | 50+  |  Syria |  Soviet Union |  | [13]
9M113 Konkurs | Anti-tank guided missile  | 50+  |  Syria
Iran |  Soviet Union |  | [14][15]
9K115-2 Metis-M | Anti-tank guided missile  | 50+  |  Syria |  Soviet Union |  | [16][17]
Towsan-1 (clone)  | Anti-tank guided missile  | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran |  | Iranian Konkurs clone
9M133 Kornet | Anti-tank guided missile  | 50+  |  Syria |  Russia |  | [18][19]
BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank guided missile  | 10+  | Unknown  |  USA |  | Possibly via Iran or captured[20]
Toophan (Series) (clone)  | Anti-tank guided missile  | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran |  | Iranian TOW clone
MILAN | Anti-tank guided missile  | Unknown  |  Syria |  France |  | [21]
M40 | Recoilless rifle | >1+ (extremely underestimated)  | Unknown  |  USA |  | 30,000 rounds of ammunition in 2008

Hezbollah has apparently thousands of anti-tank guided missiles in total.[22] The group has received many unreported weapon shipments from both Iran and Syria.

## Firearms

[edit]

### Light weapons

[edit]

Name  | Type  | Quantity  | Acquired from  | Origin  | Photo  | Notes

|
|
|
|
|
|

Assault rifles and carabines
AK-47[23] | Assault rifle  | Unknown  | Various  |  Soviet Union |  | Commonly used
AKM | Assault rifle  | Unknown  | Various  |  Soviet Union (various)  |  | Commonly used
AK-74 | Assault rifle  | Unknown  | Various  |  Soviet Union |  | Commonly used, including the M variants.
M16 rifle[24] | Selective fire assault rifle. Single and three shot burst.  | Unknown  |  Islamic State
FSA
Lebanon |  United States |  | Some likely captured from the Syrian opposition or Islamic State
M4 carbine | Carbine | Unknown  | Unknown  |  United States |  | Used by Hezbollah Special Forces
Sniper rifles
SKS[25] | Designated marksman rifle/Sniper rifle | Unknown  | Unknown  |  Soviet Union |  |
Dragunov sniper rifle[26] | Designated marksman rifle  | Unknown  | Unknown  |  Soviet Union |  |
Orsis T-5000[27] | Sniper rifle  | Unknown  | Unknown  |  Russia |  |

### Machine guns

[edit]

Name  | Type  | Quantity  | Acquired from  | Origin  | Photo  | Notes

|
|
|
|
|
|

Machine guns
PK machine gun | General-purpose machine gun | Unknown  | Various  |  Soviet Union |  | Commonly used
FN MAG | General-purpose machine gun  | Unknown  | Unknown  |  Belgium |  |
M240 | General-purpose machine gun  | Unknown  | Unknown  |  Belgium
United States |  |
M1919 Browning machine gun[28] | Medium machine gun | Unknown  | Unknown  |  United States |  |

## Land vehicles

[edit]

This category includes tanks, armoured personnel carriers (APC)s, infantry fighting vehicles (IFV)s and other land vehicles.

Name  | Type  | Quantity  | Acquired from  | Origin  | Photo  | Notes

|
|
|
|
|
|

T-55 | Main battle tank | Unknown  |  Syria
South Lebanon Army |  Soviet Union |  | Some captured from SLA
T-62 | Main battle tank  | Unknown  |  Syria |  Soviet Union |  | Operating in Syria
T-72 | Main battle tank  | >60, 1+ T72-AV variant[29] |  Syria |  Soviet Union |  | Operating in Syria
T-90 | Main battle tank  | Unknown  |  Syria |  Russia |  | Operating in Syria
BMP-1 | Infantry fighting vehicle | Unknown  |  Syria |  Soviet Union |  | Operating in Syria
M113 | Armoured personnel carrier | At least 3  | Disputed, likely from: South Lebanon Army[30] |  USA |  | Captured in year 2000
BTR-152 | Armoured personnel carrier  | Unknown  | South Lebanon Army |  Soviet Union |  | Some captured from SLA
BTR-50 | Armoured personnel carrier  | Unknown  | South Lebanon Army |  Soviet Union |  | Some captured from SLA
BRDM-2 | Armoured scout car | Unknown  | South Lebanon Army |  Soviet Union |  | Some captured from SLA
2S1 Gvozdika | Self-propelled howitzer | >3+  |  Syria |  Soviet Union |  | Operating in Syria
Safir | Military light utility vehicle | "dozens"  |  Iran |  Iran |  | 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

## Rockets and ballistic missiles

[edit]

Name/Model  | Diameter  | Quantity  | Acquired from  | Origin  | Range  | Warhead  | Photo  | Notes

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Type 63 | 107mm  | "dozens"  |  Iran
Iraq |  China | 8 km  |  |  | Includes Iranian Fadjr-1 clones[31]
BM-21 Grad | 122mm  | Unknown  |  Russia
China
Syria |

Soviet Union

| 40 km  | 21 kg  |  | Katyushas from Iran, Russia and China.[32]
BM-27 Uragan | 220mm  | Unknown  |  Syria |  Soviet Union | 40 km  | 100 kg  |  |
Fajr-3 | 240mm  | >100+  |  Iran |  Iran | 43 km  | 45 kg  |  | Acquired from Iran pre-2006[33]
Falaq-1[34] | 240mm  | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran | 10 km  | 50 kg  |  |
Khaibar-1 | 302mm  | Unknown  | Unknown  |  Syria | 100 km  | 175 kg  |  | Apparent cluster munition.[35]
Falaq-2[36] | 303mm  | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran | 11 km  | 120 kg  |  |
Fajr-5[37] | 333mm  | Unknown  |  Iran (likely)  |  Iran | 75 km  | 90 kg  |  |
Naze'at | 356mm  | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran | 130 km  |  |  |
Zelzal-1 | Unknown  | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran | 160 km  |  |  |
Zelzal-2 | 610mm  | Around 500[38] |  Iran |  Iran | 250 km  | 600 kg  |  | Apparently based on the Soviet FROG-7 missile
Fateh-110 | 610mm  | 40-700  |  Syria |  Iran | 250 km  | 650 kg  |  | [39]
Scud |  | N/A  |  Syria |  Soviet Union | 500 km  | 800 kg  |  |

## Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)s

[edit]

The group claims to build their own unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)s, which is disputed, but in any case the designs are copies of Iranian models.[40][41]

Name  | Type  | Quantity  | Acquired from  | Origin  | Photo  | Notes

|
|
|
|
|
|

Mohajer-4 | Unmanned aerial vehicle | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran |  |
Ababil-2 | Unmanned aerial vehicle  | >12  |  Iran |  Iran |  | 2 or 3 apparently shot down by Israel in 2006.
Ababil-3 | Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran |  |
Yasir (clone)  | Unmanned aerial vehicle  | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran |  | Iranian ScanEagle clone[42]
Hud Hud II  | Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle | Unknown  |  Iran |  Iran |  | Iranian manufactured UAV announced in Hezbollah's arsenal in 6/17/2024

## See also

[edit]

* 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
* List of equipment of the Yemeni Army
* Syrian intervention in Lebanon
* Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War
* 1958 Lebanon crisis
* 1982 Lebanon War

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Pike, John. "Hizballah Rockets". www.globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
2. ^ "Hezbollah: Not a terror group but a midsized army". Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
3. ^ "P-800 Yakhont (SS-N-26 Strobile)". Military Edge: The Most Comprehensive Tool on the Web for QME. 2013-12-22. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
4. ^ "Iranian RPG Found in Lebanon". Flickr. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
5. ^ "Defense Update - Assessing the Assessing Hezbollah anti-amour tactics and weapons - by David Eshel". defense-update.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
6. ^ "Iran Replenishes Hizbullah's Arms Inventory, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jan. 3, 2007 at World Council For The Cedars Revolution". 2009-02-27. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2017-09-14.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
7. ^ "Report: Russia gave Hezbollah advanced anti-tank missiles – Israel Hayom". www.israelhayom.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
8. ^ "Des missiles RPG-30 russes dans les mains du Hezbollah ? | JSSNews". jssnews.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
9. ^ "Syria". Pinterest. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
10. ^ "JINSA Online -- Hezbollah, Already a Capable Military Force, Makes Full Use of Civilian Shields and Media Manipulation". 2008-01-07. Archived from the original on 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
11. ^ "Small Arms Survey". Small Arms Survey 2008 Chapter 1: Light Weapons.
12. ^ "Armor: Hapless Hezbollah ATGMs Revealed". www.strategypage.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
13. ^ "Armor: Hapless Hezbollah ATGMs Revealed". www.strategypage.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
14. ^ "Defense Update - Assessing the Assessing Hezbollah anti-amour tactics and weapons - by David Eshel". defense-update.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
15. ^ "Iran Replenishes Hizbullah's Arms Inventory, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jan. 3, 2007 at World Council For The Cedars Revolution". 2009-02-27. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2017-09-14.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
16. ^ "Defense Update - Assessing the Assessing Hezbollah anti-amour tactics and weapons - by David Eshel". defense-update.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
17. ^ "Iran Replenishes Hizbullah's Arms Inventory, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jan. 3, 2007 at World Council For The Cedars Revolution". 2009-02-27. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2017-09-14.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
18. ^ "Iran Replenishes Hizbullah's Arms Inventory, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jan. 3, 2007 at World Council For The Cedars Revolution". 2009-02-27. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2017-09-14.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
19. ^ "Defense Update - Assessing the Assessing Hezbollah anti-amour tactics and weapons - by David Eshel". defense-update.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
20. ^ "Armor: Hapless Hezbollah ATGMs Revealed". www.strategypage.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
21. ^ "Armor: Hapless Hezbollah ATGMs Revealed". www.strategypage.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
22. ^ "Hezbollah's strategy: Rockets on Tel Aviv, raids on Galilee". Ynetnews. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
23. ^ Saramifar, Younes (1 March 2018). "Enchanted by the AK-47: Contingency of body and the weapon among Hezbollah militants". Journal of Material Culture. 23 (1): 83–99\. doi:10.1177/1359183517725099. hdl:1871.1/37ed8f75-1ba8-4245-9557-f609db879cab. ISSN 1359-1835.
24. ^ "Nonstate Threats". www.au.af.mil. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
25. ^ "Security and Defense: The North Korean connection". jpost.com. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
26. ^ "Weapons and Equipment Tied to Shiite Militias" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
27. ^ "الإعلام الحربي في المقاومة الإسلامية-بالفيديو | لا غالب لكم". central-media.org. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
28. ^ Fisher, Max (2020-01-03). "Is There a Risk of Wider War With Iran?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
29. ^ "Hezbollah's Shot at Permanency in Syria". worldview.stratfor.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
30. ^ Kershner, Isabel; Hubbard, Ben (2016-12-21). "Hezbollah Is Using U.S.-Made Military Vehicles in Syria, Israel Says". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
31. ^ "107mm Type 63 MRL". Military Edge: The Most Comprehensive Tool on the Web for QME. 2013-10-11. Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
32. ^ "Hezbollah's rocket force". 2006-07-18. Archived from the original on 2006-08-25. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
33. ^ "Hezbollah's rocket force". 2006-07-18. Archived from the original on 2006-08-25. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
34. ^ "Assorted Rockets & Mortars". Military Edge: The Most Comprehensive Tool on the Web for QME. 2013-12-09. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
35. ^ "302mm Khaibar (M-302)". Military Edge: The Most Comprehensive Tool on the Web for QME. 2013-10-28. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
36. ^ "The Threat of Iranian Missile Development and Export - The Israel Project". 2009-03-11. Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
37. ^ "Hezbollah's rocket force". 2006-07-18. Archived from the original on 2006-08-25. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
38. ^ "Iran supplies improved rockets to Syria and Hizbullah - Jane's Missil…". archive.is. 2012-07-07. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2017-09-15.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
39. ^ "Fateh-110/M-600". Military Edge: The Most Comprehensive Tool on the Web for QME. 2013-10-11. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
40. ^ Cohen, Gili (2015-04-24). "Report: Satellite Images Reveal New Hezbollah Airstrip". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
41. ^ "How Did Hezbollah's Drone Evade a Patriot Missile?". Popular Mechanics. 2016-07-29. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
42. ^ "DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security". www.debka.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2017-09-14.