page_title: Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War
section_title: Anti-tank rocket and grenade launchers
hierarchical_section_title: Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War / Weapons and equipment / Anti-tank rocket and grenade launchers
caption_attribution_description: English: Mecar Blindicide RL-83 with Belgian faceshield and monopod extended
context_page_description: The Lebanese Civil War was a multi-sided military conflict that pitted a variety of local irregular militias, both Muslim and Christian, against each other between 1975 and 1990.
  A wide variety of weapons were used by the different armies and factions operating in the Lebanese Civil War. Combatants included:
  the leftist-Muslim militias of the Lebanese National Movement coalition;
  the rightist-Christian militias of the Lebanese Front coalition;
  the Muslim Lebanese Arab Army, dissident faction of the Lebanese Army;
  the Christian Army of Free Lebanon, dissident faction of the Lebanese Army;
  the Christian Kataeb Regulatory Forces militia;
  the Christian Lebanese Forces militia, successor of the Lebanese Front;
  the Christian Lebanese Forces – Executive Command militia, dissident faction of the LF;
  the Christian Al-Tanzim militia;
  the Christian Guardians of the Cedars militia;
  the Christian Tigers Militia militia;
  the Christian Zgharta Liberation Army militia;
  the Shia Muslim Amal Movement militia;
  the Shia Muslim Hezbollah guerrilla group;
  the Sunni Muslim Islamic Unification Movement militia;
  the Sunni Muslim Independent Nasserite Movement's Al-Mourabitoun militia;
context_section_description: M9A1 Bazooka 80mm
  88.9mm Instalaza M65 (Spanish improved variant of the US M20 "Super Bazooka" 3.5 inch)
  LRAC Mle 50 73mm (French-produced anti-tank rocket launcher developed from the German Panzerschreck)
  RL-83 Blindicide anti-tank rocket launcher
  M72 LAW
  M80 Zolja 64mm (Yugoslav-produced anti-tank rocket launcher similar to the M72 LAW)
  RPG-2 rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
  RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
  Type 69 RPG rocket-propelled grenade launcher
  M47 Dragon
  CMS B-300 83mm Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW)
  ENTAC
  MILAN (mounted on Technicals and M113 APCs)
  BGM-71 TOW (mounted on Technicals and M113 APCs)
  AT-3 Sagger
  M203 grenade launcher
  M79 grenade launcher
caption: RL-83 Blindicide
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