List of military equipment of Islamic State

This is a list of some of the military equipment formerly and currently used by the Islamic State (IS).

Small arms

Assault and battle rifles

Sniper rifles and anti-material rifles

Machine guns

Shotguns

Pistols

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

Artillery

Mortars

Towed guns

Rocket artillery

Anti-aircraft guns

Vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Tanks and armored fighting vehicles

Self-propelled artillery

Aircraft

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. US forces have come across small watercraft that can ply rivers to carry troops, equipment and in some cases act as floating IEDs.

• Barges for transport.
• Skiffs.
• Motorized vessels.

Weapons production

IS has an indigenous weapons industry. Their workshops can produce identical copies of the RPG-7 and SPG-9. In addition, they have developed an indigenous rocket launcher, which comes in four varieties. Two variants fire PG-9 munitions at short and long range. A third fires PG-7V munitions and the fourth fires an unspecified thermobaric munition. They also produce grenades to be fired from the muzzle of an AK pattern rifle or dropped from a drone. They also produce mortar ammunition and rockets.

See also

• List of military equipment of Hezbollah
• List of equipment of the Syrian Army
• List of military equipment used by Syrian Democratic Forces
• List of military equipment used by Syrian opposition forces

Bibliography

• Iraq: Taking stock: The arming of Islamic State (PDF) (Report). Amnesty International. 7 December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
• International Institute for Strategic Studies (9 February 2016). The Military Balance 2016. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-85743-835-2.
• Weapons of the Islamic State – A three-year investigation in Iraq and Syria (PDF) (Report). London: Conflict Armament Research. December 2017.
• Islamic State Weapons in High-Profile Operations in North-East Syria (Report). London: Conflict Armament Research. January 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

References

1. List of military equipment of Hezbollah
2. Military of the Islamic State
3. List of equipment of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force
4. List of equipment of the Iranian Army
5. Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
6. List of military equipment used by Syrian Democratic Forces
7. List of military equipment used by Syrian opposition forces
8. Afghan Armed Forces
9. Islamic State
10. List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
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12. List of equipment of the Afghan Armed Forces
13. List of equipment of the Syrian Army
14. List of aircraft of the Iranian Air Force
15. Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
16. Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
17. List of current equipment of the Iraqi Ground Forces
18. Islamic military jurisprudence
19. List of military equipment used by the mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War
20. Islamic State – West Africa Province