# 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

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| MAS-36 | Bolt-action rifle | ? | France | Seen service by IS insurgents in Syria, 2019. |
| Karabiner 98k | Bolt-action rifle | | Nazi Germany | At least one found in a weapon stash in Iraq. |
| SKS | Semi automatic rifle | | Soviet Union | Captured from Syrian Army. |
| AK-47 | Assault rifle | Unknown | Soviet Union | Captured from Syrian Army, some upgraded with Picatinny rails. |
| AKM | Assault rifle | Unknown | Soviet Union | Captured from Syrian Army. |
| AK-74M | Assault rifle | Unknown | Russia | |
| AK-103 | Assault rifle | | Russia | Captured from Libyan Army. |
| AK-63 | Assault rifle | Unknown | Hungary | Captured from Syrian Army. |
| AMD-65 | Assault rifle | Unknown | Hungary | Captured from Syrian Army. |
| Zastava M70 | Assault rifle | Unknown | Yugoslavia | M70B1, M70AB1, and M70AB2 variants used. |
| Type 56 assault rifle | Assault rifle | Unknown | China | Type 56-1 and Type 56-2 variants also used. |
| MPi-KM | Assault rifle | Unknown | East Germany | Captured from Syrian Army. |
| Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 | Assault rifle | Unknown | Socialist Republic of Romania | Captured from Syrian Army. |
| vz. 58 | Assault rifle | Small quantities | Czechoslovakia | Likely captured from Iraqi stockpile. |
| Kbk AKMS | Assault rifle | | Poland | Used in Iraq and Syria. |
| Type 68 | Assault rifle | | North Korea | At least 18 were found in a weapons stash in northeast Syria. |
| Bushmaster XM-15 | Semi automatic rifle | | United States | |
| M16 rifle (Very Limited) | Assault rifle | Unknown | United States | Captured from Iraqi Army and police. M16A2 variant. Popular within IS. |
| StG 44 | Assault rifle | 2,200+ | Nazi Germany | Around 5,000 captured by rebel forces, in common use until mid 2017 as ammunition reserves depleted. |
| Norinco CQ | Assault rifle | | China | |
| Daewoo K2C | Assault rifle | | South Korea | Most likely seized during delivery to the Iraqi Army, or captured from Iraqi troops. |
| Heckler & Koch G36 | Assault rifle | | Germany | |
| FN FAL | Battle rifle | | Belgium | used in Libya |
| Heckler and Koch G3 | Battle rifle | | West Germany | used in Yemen |

### Sniper rifles and anti-material rifles

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Mosin–Nagant | Sniper rifle | | Russian Empire | Limited use, mostly used by fighters in Iraq. |
| Dragunov SVD | Designated marksman rifle | Unknown | Soviet Union | |
| PSL/FPK | Designated marksman rifle | | Socialist Republic of Romania | |
| Tabuk | Designated marksman rifle | Unknown | Iraq | Captured from the Iraqi Army. |
| M14 EBR (Limited) | Designated marksman rifle | | United States | Captured from the Iraqi Army or Syrian opposition. |
| Elmech EM 992 [hr] | Sniper rifle | | Croatia | |
| Steyr SSG 69 | Sniper rifle | | Austria | Limited use. |
| AM-50 Sayyad | Anti-materiel rifle | | Iran | |
| M99 | Anti-materiel rifle | | China | |

### Machine guns

| Name | Type | Origin | Notes |
| PK | General-purpose machine gun | Soviet Union | Both PK and PKM variants used. |
| Type 67-2 | General-purpose machine gun | China | Used in Iraq. |
| Type 80 | General-purpose machine gun | China | Captured from Syrian Army. |
| Rheinmetall MG3 | General-purpose machine gun | West Germany | |
| M240 | General-purpose machine gun | United States | |
| M249 | Light machine gun | United States | |
| RP-46 | Light machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| RPK | Light machine gun | Soviet Union | Both RPK and RPK-74 variants used. |
| Type 81 | Light machine gun | China | Used in Iraq. |
| Browning M1919A6 | Medium machine gun | United States | |
| KGK | Medium machine gun | Hungarian People's Republic | |
| DShK | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union | Stolen from the Iraqi or Syrian army. |
| KPV | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union | KPV and KPVT variants used. |
| M2 Browning | Heavy machine gun | United States | M2HB variant used. |

### Shotguns

| Name | Type | Origin | Notes |
| Benelli M3 | Combat shotgun | Italy | Seen on a beheading video. |
| Franchi SPAS-12 | Combat shotgun | Italy | |
| Double-barreled shotgun | Break action shotgun | | |

### Pistols

| Name | Type | Origin | Notes |
| Glock 17 | Semi-automatic pistol | Austria | |
| Glock 19 | Semi-automatic pistol (some converted to full-auto) | Austria | |
| Browning Hi-Power | Semi-automatic pistol | Belgium | |
| Beretta M9 | Semi-automatic pistol | United States | Licensed copy of the Beretta 92FS. |
| Beretta M1951 | Semi-automatic pistol | Italy | |
| Walther P99 | Semi-automatic pistol | Germany | |

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

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Various IEDs | Improvised explosive device | Large quantities | Islamic State | Made with ANFO or explosives scavenged from unexploded US-made bombs. |
| Mk 2 grenade | Hand grenade | | United States | Multiple caches. |
| M62 grenade | Hand grenade | | United States | Multiple caches. |
| RGD-5 | Hand grenade | | Soviet Union | Captured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles. |
| F1 | Hand grenade | | Soviet Union | Captured from Iraqi and Syrian stockpiles. |
| HG 85 | Hand grenade | | Switzerland | Shipped to Syria by the UAE via Jordan. |
| RBG-6 | Grenade launcher | | Croatia | Used in Syria and Iraq. |
| B-10 | Recoilless rifle | | Soviet Union | Stolen from the Iraqi or Syrian Army. |
| SPG-9 | Recoilless rifle | | Soviet Union | |
| M40 | Recoilless rifle | 1 | United States | Seized from the Syrian opposition. |
| M60 | Recoilless rifle | | Yugoslavia | |
| RPG-7 | Rocket propelled grenade launcher | Large quantities | Soviet Union | Commonly used. |
| RPG-18 | Rocket-propelled grenade | | Soviet Union | Used in Iraq. |
| RPG-22 | Rocket-propelled grenade | | Soviet Union | Used in Iraq and Syria. |
| RPG-26 | Rocket-propelled grenade | | Soviet Union | Used in Syria. |
| RPG-75 | Recoilless rifle | | Czechoslovakia | |
| Type 69 RPG | Rocket propelled grenade | | China | Type 69-I variant used. |
| M79 Osa | Anti-tank rocket launcher | | Yugoslavia | |
| MILAN | Anti-tank missile | | France | |
| BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank missile | | United States | Captured from FSA. |
| 9K111 Fagot | Anti-tank missile | | Soviet Union | |
| 9K115-2 Metis-M | Anti-tank missile | | Russia | |
| 9M133 Kornet | Anti-tank missile | | Russia | |
| HJ-8 | Anti-tank missile | | China | Captured from the FSA. |
| FN-6 | Man-portable surface-to-air missile | 1 | China | Reportedly used on October 3, 2014 in Baiji to shoot down an Iraqi Mi‑35M helicopter. |
| 9K32 Strela-2 | Man-portable surface-to-air missile | 8 | Soviet Union | "Limited, aging stock." |
| 9K34 Strela-3 | Man-portable surface-to-air missile | | Soviet Union | |
| Hwaseong-Chong | Man-portable surface-to-air missile | 1 | North Korea | |
| FIM-92 | Man-portable surface-to-air missile | | United States | Stolen Iraqi stockpiles. |

## Artillery
### Mortars

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Al-Jaleel 60 mm mortar | 60 mm infantry mortar | Large quantities | Iraq | |
| 82-BM-37 | 82 mm infantry mortar | Large quantities | Soviet Union | |
| 82-PM-41 | 82 mm infantry mortar | Large quantities | Soviet Union | |
| M120 | 120 mm heavy mortar | | United States | |
| Improvised mortars | Heavy mortar | | Islamic State | Caliber varies from 80 to 100 mm. |

### Towed guns

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| 85 mm divisional gun D-44 | Field gun | 1 | Soviet Union | |
| 122-mm howitzer D-30 | Howitzer | 2 | Soviet Union | |
| 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) | Howitzer | 2 | Soviet Union | |
| D-74 122 mm field gun | Field gun | 6 (2015) | Soviet Union | |
| M-46 | Field gun | 34 | Soviet Union | |
| M198 howitzer | Howitzer | Up to 5 | United States | Captured from Iraqi Army. |

### Rocket artillery

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Photo | Notes |
| Type 63 | Multiple rocket launcher | | China | | |

### Anti-aircraft guns

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Photo | Notes |
| ZU-23-2 | Towed anti-aircraft twin autocannon | 83 (2015) | Soviet Union | | Usually mounted on technicals. |
| AZP S-60 | Anti-aircraft gun | 21 | Soviet Union | | Some mounted on technicals. |

## Vehicles
### Logistics and utility vehicles

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| UAZ-469 | Off-road military light utility vehicle | 8 | Soviet Union | Captured in Iraq. |
| MTVR | 6×6 tactical military truck | 9 | United States | 10 vehicles were seized by ISIL. 3 vehicles were captured from Iraqi Forces and paraded through Mosul during the aftermath of Mosul's fall in June 2014. 3 others were also paraded at an unknown location and date. 1 was turned into a VBIED and triggered at an unknown location and date. 3 were captured and paraded through Raqqa during the aftermath of the Raqqa campaign (2012–2013). |
| M548 | Tracked cargo carrier | 2 | United States | ISIL has seized 2 vehicles. The first one was captured from Iraqi-Shia militants in Khalidiya Island and the second one was captured from the PMF's 30th Brigade in the "Al-Sajr" area. |
| Ural-4320 | 6×6 off-road military truck | 9 | Soviet Union | Captured in Iraq. |
| Tatra 148 | Truck | 1 | Czechoslovakia | Captured from the Syrian Army. |
| Tatra 815 | Truck | 1 | Czechoslovakia | Captured from the Syrian Army. |
| GAZ-3308 | Truck | 1 | Russia | Captured from the Syrian Army. |
| MAZ-6317 | Truck | 3 | Belarus | Captured in Syria. |
| KrAZ-6322 | Truck | 5 | Ukraine | At least one was transferred to IS forces in Syria. |
| Daewoo Novus | Truck | 11 | South Korea | Captured in Iraq. |
| HMMWV | Military light utility vehicle | ≈2,300 (2015) | United States | Many captured from Iraqi Army. Main vehicle used by IS in SVBIED operations. Most of them were taken back by the Iraqi army since IS defeat. Some of them were destroyed while the damaged ones were refurbished and made operational again. (4:15 mins) |
| Technicals | Improvised fighting vehicles | Varies from hundreds to thousands. | Islamic State | Hundreds of variants exist, including SVBIED versions. |
| Safir | Off-road military light utility vehicle | 1+ | Iran | Captured from the Syrian Army. |

### Tanks and armored fighting vehicles

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| BMP-1 | Amphibious Infantry fighting vehicle | 25 | Soviet Union | Captured from the armies of Iraq, Syria, and other factions such as SDF and FSA. Some converted to SVBIED. |
| BTR-4 | Amphibious Infantry fighting vehicle | 3 | Ukraine | 3 vehicles were seized by ISIL. 2 were captured from Iraqi Forces around October 2016 after ISIL conducted an offensive to retake the town of Ar-Rutbah where they were driven out. The other one was captured at an unknown location and date. |
| Type 69-II | Main battle tank | 17 | China | Captured in Iraq. |
| Leopard 2A4 | Main battle tank | At least 2 | West Germany | Captured from Turkey in the Battle of al-Bab during Euphrates Shield; Amaq News Agency posted video of captured 2A4s. |
| M1A1 | Main battle tank | At least 10 | United States | captured from Iraqi Army during their retreat in the Battle of Ramadi (2014–2015). |
| Eagle | Main battle tank | None, all destroyed or captured. | Nigeria | Captured from the Nigerian Army by Boko Haram. |
| MT-LB | Amphibious Armoured personnel carrier | unknown | Soviet Union | |
| BRDM-2 | Amphibious Scout car | 6 | Soviet Union | |
| MRAP | Infantry mobility vehicle | 13 | United States | Captured from the Iraqi Army and Police. |
| M113 APC | Armoured personnel carrier | 52 | United States | Captured from the Iraqi and the Egyptian Army. Some converted to SVBIED. |
| Mowag Piranha | Armoured personnel carrier | At least 2 | Switzerland | Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army. |
| Saurer 4K 4FA | Armoured personnel carrier | | Austria | Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army. |
| Panhard AML-60 | Armored car | | France | Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army. |
| VBL | Scout car | | France | Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian army. |
| T-55/55MV/AM/AMV | Main battle tank | At least 82 (2015) | Soviet Union | Captured from the Iraqi Army, Syrian Army and Libyan militias. Many destroyed or captured. Some converted to SVBIED. |
| T-62 Obr. 1967/Obr. 1972 | Main battle tank | 15 (2015) | Soviet Union | Possibly captured from Syrian Army, one destroyed near Kobani, another with reinforced turret knocked out near Ma'adan. |
| T-72/72M/A/AV /TURMS-T/M1 TURMS-T | Main battle tank | 22 (2015) | Soviet Union | Possibly captured from the Syrian Army. |

### Self-propelled artillery

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| 2S1 Gvozdika | Self-propelled artillery | 3-4 | Soviet Union | Captured from Syrian army. |
| ZSU-23-4 Shilka | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 2 | Soviet Union | Captured from the Syrian army. |
| BM-21 Grad | Multiple rocket launcher | 11 | Soviet Union | Captured from Syrian army. |

### Aircraft

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| L-39ZA | Jet trainer/Ground-attack aircraft | 3 (2 operational, as of 2014) | Czechoslovakia | Originally four. Captured by Jaysh al-Islam at the Jirah airfield on 12 February 2013. One was subsequently destroyed during a SAAF bombing. Two were repaired to airworthiness and shown taxiing during a propaganda video released by Jaysh al-Islam. Project abandoned upon the airfield's capture by ISIL. |
| MiG-21 | Interceptor aircraft | 7 (unknown amount operational, as of 2014) | Soviet Union | Captured at the Jirah airfield on 30 August 2012. Flown by ex Iraqi pilots and were operated from the Jirah airfield. |
| Commercial civilian drones | Unmanned aerial vehicle | Many | Iran | Some were captured from the Syrian Army and Iran. ISIL demonstrated the use of a reconnaissance drone in "Clanking of the Swords IV" (June 2014) and in October 2014 over Kobanî in the John Cantlie video and the Tabqah Air Base video. The three drones in Syria were shot down over Kobanî by Kurdish forces defending the city, and by the Syrian Army over an airbase. |
| Improvised bombing and surveillance drones (mostly quadcopters) | Unmanned aerial vehicle | 80+ | Islamic State | Large numbers of originally civilian drones are used by ISIL, often heavily adapted to be used for bomb attacks, spy missions, propaganda, etc. These drones are mostly controlled by the Al Bara’ bin Malik Brigade, part of the aviation sector of the Islamic State’s Committee for Military Manufacturing and Development. |

## 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.