Military equipment of ISIL


This is a list of some of the military equipment used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. This list does not include equipment used by the Syrian Opposition.

Small arms

Assault and battle rifles

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
MAS-36Bolt-action rifle?FranceSeen service by ISIL insurgents in 2019.
SKSSemi automatic rifle
Captured in Syria and Iraq.
AK-47Assault rifleUnknownSoviet UnionCaptured from Syrian Army.
AKMAssault rifleUnknownSoviet UnionCaptured from Syrian Army.
AK-74/AK-74M
AKS-74U		Assault rifleSoviet UnionLimited used.
AK-103Assault rifleRussiaCaptured from Libyan Army.
AK-63Assault rifleUnknownHungaryCaptured from Syrian Army.
AMD-65Assault rifleUnknownHungaryCaptured from Syrian Army.
Zastava M70Assault rifleUnknownCaptured from Syrian Army.
Type 56 assault rifleAssault rifleUnknownCaptured from Syrian Army.
MPi-KMAssault rifleUnknownCaptured from Syrian Army.
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965Assault rifleUnknownCaptured from Syrian Army.
vz. 58Assault rifleSmall quantitiesLikely captured from Iraqi stockpile.
FB Tantal
FB Beryl		Assault riflePoland
Bushmaster XM-15Semi automatic rifleUnited States
M16 rifleAssault rifleUnknownUnited StatesCaptured from Iraqi Army and police.
StG 44
Assault rifle
Norinco CQAssault rifle
Daewoo K2CAssault rifleSouth KoreaMost likely seized during delivery to the Iraqi Army, or captured from Iraqi troops.
FN FALBattle rifleBelgium
Heckler and Koch G3Battle rifle
M4A1
Carbine rifleUnited StatesCaptured from Iraqi Army and police.

Sniper rifles and anti-material rifles

Machine guns

Shotguns

Pistols

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

NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
IEDImprovised explosive deviceLarge quantitiesMost commonly used.
Some captured from YPG.
M62 grenadeHand grenadeUnited StatesMultiple caches.
RGD-5Hand grenadeCaptured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles.
F1Hand grenadeSoviet UnionCaptured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles.
RPG-43Anti-tank grenadeSoviet UnionCaptured from Syrian army stockpiles.
AGS-17Automatic grenade launcherSoviet Union
RPG-7Rocket propelled grenade launcherLarge quantitiesSoviet UnionCommonly used.
RPG-22Rocket propelled grenade launcherSoviet Union
RPG-29Rocket propelled grenade launcherSoviet Union
M79 OsaAnti-tank rocket launcher
MILANAnti-tank missileFrance
BGM-71 TOWAnti-tank missileUnited StatesCaptured from FSA.
9K111 FagotAnti-tank missileSoviet Union
9K115-2 Metis-MAnti-tank missileRussia
9M133 KornetAnti-tank missileRussia
HJ-8Anti-tank missile
FN-6Man-portable surface-to-air missile1Reportedly used on October 3, 2014 in Baiji to shoot down an Iraqi Mi‑35M helicopter.
9K32 Strela-2Man-portable surface-to-air missile8Soviet Union"Limited, aging stock."
9K38 IglaMan-portable surface-to-air missileSoviet Union
9K38 Igla-SMan-portable surface-to-air missileSoviet Union
Hwaseong-ChongMan-portable surface-to-air missile1North Korea
FIM-92Man-portable surface-to-air missileUnited States

Towed arms

Towed artillery

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.
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.