page_title: Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War
section_title: Pistols and revolvers
hierarchical_section_title: Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War / Weapons and equipment / Pistols and revolvers
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: Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver
  Smith & Wesson Model 13 revolver
  Smith & Wesson Model 14 revolver
  Smith & Wesson Model 15 revolver
  Smith & Wesson Model 17 revolver
  Smith & Wesson Model 19 revolver
  Colt Single Action Army second generation revolver
  Colt Cobra .38 Special snub-nose revolver
  Mauser C96 "broomhandle" pistol
  Mauser HSc pistol
  Mauser M2 semi-automatic handgun
  Luger pistol
  Walther P38 pistol
  Walther PPK pistol
  Heckler & Koch VP 70 pistol
  Heckler & Koch P7 pistol
  Heckler & Koch P9 pistol
  SIG P210 pistol
  SIG-Sauer P220 and P225 pistols
  Astra A-80 pistol
  Astra A-90 pistol
  Astra A-100 pistol
  Llama M82 pistol
  Star A, B, B Super, and P pistols
  Star 30M pistol
  Star Ultrastar, Firestar and Megastar pistols
  Taurus PT92, PT99, and PT100 pistols
  Beretta M1951 pistol
  Beretta 85, 86, 87 and 89 pistols
  MAB PA-15 pistol
  Colt M1911A1 Semi-Automatic Pistol
  Para-Ordnance P14-45 (Canadian-produced version of the M1911A1 pistol)
  FN Browning M1910 and M1922 pistols
  FN Browning Hi-Power pistol
  FN Browning BDM pistol
  FN Browning BDA380 pistol
  FN Browning HP-DA/BDA9 pistol
  Tokarev TT-33 pistol
  Makarov PM/PMM pistol
  CZ 52 pistol
  CZ 75 pistol
  CZ 82/83 pistol
  CZ 85 pistol
caption: Colt Cobra .38 Special snub-nose revolver
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