Military equipment of the population
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This is a list of some of the military equipment used by the paramilitary wing of Hezbollah.
Small arms
editAssault and battle rifles
edit| Name | Type | Quantity | Acquired from | Origin | Photo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK-47[1] | Assault rifle | Unknown | Various |  Soviet Union |
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Commonly used |
| AKM | Assault rifle | Unknown | Various | Soviet Union (various) |
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Commonly used |
| AK-74 | Assault rifle | Unknown | Various | Soviet Union |
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Commonly used, including the M variants. |
| M16 rifle[2] | Selective fire rifle. Single and three shot burst. | Limited/Rare |  Israel Iraq Lebanon |
 United States |
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Some likely captured from the Syrian opposition or Islamic State |
| M4 carbine | Carbine rifle | Limited/Rare | Unknown | United States |
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Used by Hezbollah Special Forces |
- ↑ 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. ISSN 1359-1835.
- ↑ "Nonstate Threats". www.au.af.mil. Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
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