page_title: Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War
section_title: Sniper rifles
hierarchical_section_title: Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War / Weapons and equipment / Sniper rifles
caption_attribution_description: English: IDF M24 SWS (bolt action sniper rifle)עברית: רובה צלפים רמינגטון M24 של צה"ל
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: Lee-Enfield (fitted with sniper scopes)
  FN FAL (fitted with sniper scopes)
  Heckler & Koch G3 (fitted with sniper scopes)
  M16A1 (fitted with sniper scopes; not very effective)
  SIG SG 542 (fitted with sniper scopes)
  FR F1
  Dragunov SVD-63
  Tabuk Sniper Rifle
  Zastava M76/M78
  M21 Sniper Weapon System
  M40 rifle
  Remington Model 700
  Savage 10FP/110FP
  PSL Sniper Rifle
  SSG 82
  Steyr SSG 69
  Enfield L42A1 (military version) and Enforcer (Police version) rifles
  Heckler & Koch PSG1
  PTRS-41 14.5mm anti-tank rifle (used for heavy sniping)
caption: Remington Model 700 sniper rifle
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