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!Model!!Image!!Caliber!!Type!!Origin!!Details |
colspan="6" | Pistols |
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TT-33 | 150px | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Recoil operated
Semi-automatic pistol
| {{USSR}} | Commonly used by rebels, captured from the Syrian Arab Army. |
Makarov PM[{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUD0ZhFfZvQ |title=عناصر من النظام السوري السابق يسلمون أسلحتهم في دمشق |date=2024-12-23 |last=AlJazeera Arabic قناة الجزيرة |access-date=2024-12-24 |via=YouTube}}] | 150px | 9×18mm Makarov | Blowback
Semi-automatic pistol
| {{USSR}} | Commonly used by rebels, captured from the Syrian Arab Army. It is often seen with black grips instead of the reddish-brown one. |
Browning Hi-Power[{{cite book|title=Islamic State Weapons in Iraq and Syria: Analysis of weapons and ammunition captured from Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria|url=http://conflictarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Dispatch_IS_Iraq_Syria_Weapons.pdf|date=September 2014|author=Conflict Armament Research|author-link=Conflict Armament Research|page=10|ref={{harvid|Conflict Armament Research 2014}}|access-date=2018-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826202836/http://conflictarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Dispatch_IS_Iraq_Syria_Weapons.pdf|archive-date=2018-08-26|url-status=live}}] | 150x150px | 9×19mm Parabellum | Recoil operated tilting barrel
Semi-automatic pistol
| {{BEL}} {{USA}} | Is an apparent popular pistol in Syria. |
SIG P226
|150x150px
|9×19mm Parabellum
7.65mm Parabellum
9×21mm IMI
.357 SIG
.40 S&W
|Recoil operated
DA/SA
Semi-automatic pistol
|{{FRG}} {{CHE}}
|Seen in a video of Al-Jazeera where former members of the Syrian regime were surrendering their weapons. |
M1911[{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads%2Fm1911-spotted-in-free-syrian-armys-arsenal.680588%2F |title=M1911 Spotted in Free Syrian Army's Arsenal | the High Road |access-date=10 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019140422/https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads%2Fm1911-spotted-in-free-syrian-armys-arsenal.680588%2F |archive-date=19 October 2017 |url-status=live }}] | 150px | .45 ACP | Short-Recoil-Operated
Semi-automatic pistol
| {{Flag|United States|1908}} | Previously it has been seen and used rarely but has in recent times appeared more often. |
Walther PPK
|150x150px
|9×18mm Ultra
.22 Long Rifle
.25 ACP
.32 ACP
.380 ACP
|Straight-Blowback
Semi-automatic pistol
|{{Flag|Weimar Republic}} {{Flag|Nazi Germany}} {{FRG}} {{GER}}
|Seen in a video of Al-Jazeera where former members of the Syrian regieme were surrendering their weapons. |
colspan="6" | Rifles and Carbines |
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Mosin–Nagant[{{cite web|url=https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/syrian-civil-war-wwii-weapons-used/|title=Syrian Civil War: WWII weapons used|date=27 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230224063515/https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/syrian-civil-war-wwii-weapons-used/|archive-date= 24 February 2023}}] | 150px | 7.62×54mmR | Bolt-action rifle | {{USSR}} | Seen common service by snipers, who usually put modern optics on it. The Mosin Nagant 1891/30 variant is used most but the M1944 (or Bulgarian 91/59 mosin nagant) carbine are also used, though to a lesser extent. |
MAS-36[{{cite web|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/06/26/wwii-weapons-in-the-syrian-civil-war/|title=WWII Weapons In The Syrian Civil War – The Firearm Blog|date=26 June 2015|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060021/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/06/26/wwii-weapons-in-the-syrian-civil-war/|archive-date=27 June 2015|url-status=dead}}] | 150px | 7.5×54mm French | Bolt-action rifle | {{flag|French Third Republic}} | Seen moderate usage by snipers through 2013–2014 in Aleppo when in July 2013, the FSA (probably the 16th Division or some other branch of the FSA. 16th Division did use MAS-36s.)[{{cite AV media |date=13 December 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8qFTTZClMk |title=حلب - الخالدية ll13 12 2014 ll قنص عناصر مليشيات الاسد وحزب الله |publisher=القناة الرديفة للجبهة الوطنية للتحرير |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021}}] captured large amounts of stockpiled MAS-36s from the Syrian Arab Army. Other rebel groups such as the Al-Tawhid Brigade also captured and used large amounts of MAS-36s captured from the Syrian Arab Army. Most rebel groups stopped using the MAS-36 around 2015, probably because the ammo ran out.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} |
Karabiner 98k | 150px | 7.92×57mm | Bolt-action rifle | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | |
SKS[{{cite web|url=https://armamentresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ARES-Research-Report-12-Digital-Bazaar.pdf|title=Digital Bazaar:The Online Trade of Arms & Munitions in Opposition-controlled Syria|last1=Shanley|first1=Jack|last2=Jones|first2=N.R. Jenzen|last3=Randall|first3=Charlie|publisher=Armament Research Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217062226/https://armamentresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ARES-Research-Report-12-Digital-Bazaar.pdf|archive-date=17 February 2023|date=July 2022}}]
| 150px
| 7.62×39mm
| Semi-automatic rifle
| {{USSR}}
| Somewhat uncommon usage. Usually when it is used, it is seen being used by marksmen attached with optics. |
Heckler & Koch G3[{{cite AV media |date=8 June 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hV4y5gmWzY |title=The HK G3 in Syria |publisher=PARABELLUM |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110114144/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hV4y5gmWzY |archive-date=10 November 2018 |url-status=live}}][{{cite news | url=http://spectator.org/archives/2012/06/12/arming-the-free-syrian-army/print | work=The American Spectator | title=Arming the Free Syrian Army | date=6 December 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}] | 150x150px | 7.62×51mm NATO | Battle rifle | {{FRG}} {{TUR}} | Sourced from Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Used as a DMR. Used very rarely. |
FN FAL | 150x150px | 7.62×51mm NATO | Battle rifle | {{BEL}} | Often used as Marksman Rifle and Operations Specialist Weapon, sourced from Libya and UAE. |
MK14 EBR[{{cite web|url=https://armamentresearch.com/united-states-mk14-ebr-in-syria/|title=United States Mk 14 EBR in Syria|date=11 August 2015 }}] | 150x150px | 7.62×51mm NATO | Battle rifle | {{USA}} | Rarely seen by the Free Syrian Army's Division 30[{{Cite web |date=2015-08-11 |title=United States Mk 14 EBR in Syria - Armament Research Services (ARES) |url=https://armamentresearch.com/united-states-mk14-ebr-in-syria/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=armamentresearch.com |language=en-GB}}][{{Cite web |date=2015-09-23 |title=US Mk 14 EBR allegedly seized by Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria - Armament Research Services (ARES) |url=https://armamentresearch.com/us-mk-14-ebr-seized-by-jabhat-al-nusra-in-syria/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=armamentresearch.com |language=en-GB}}] |
colspan="6" | Assault rifles and Carbines |
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StG 44[{{cite web|url=http://www.armoryblog.com/firearms/rifles/free-syrian-army-captures-5000-stg44s/|title=Free Syrian Army captures 5000 Stg 44s|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040658/http://www.armoryblog.com/firearms/rifles/free-syrian-army-captures-5000-stg44s/|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}][[http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/08/22/sturmgewehr-44-used-by-syrian-rebels/ Sturmgewehr 44 used by Syrian Rebels] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513205556/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/08/22/sturmgewehr-44-used-by-syrian-rebels/ |date=13 May 2013 }} – The Firearm Blog, 22 August 2012] | 150x150px | 7.92×33mm Kurz | Assault rifle | {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Nazi Germany | On 8 August 2012, the FSA captured around 5,000 from a Syrian Arab Army storage container. |
AK-47 | 150px | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | {{USSR}} | Isn't the most common gun in the war, but is used. The AKS-47 variant is also used.[{{cite AV media |date=11 November 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7i-HZS0x0Q |title=حلب {{!}}{{!}} حي الاشرفية 2013/11/11 {{!}}{{!}} احد الثوار المرابطين على جبهة الاشرفية |publisher=القناة الرديفة للجبهة الوطنية للتحرير |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021}}] |
AKM | 150x150px | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | {{USSR}} | One of the most common weapons used by Syrian rebels. The AKMS version is more often seen than the AKM. |
Type 56 | 150px 150x150px | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | {{PRC}} | Chinese variant of the Russian AK-47 and AKM. The Type-56 has been seen in use by various rebel groups. The Type-56-1 and Type-56-2 are also seen. |
Zastava M70[{{cite web|url=https://armamentresearch.com/analysing-the-online-arms-trade-in-opposition-controlled-syria-july-2021-update/|title=Analysing the Online Arms Trade in Opposition-controlled Syria: July 2021 update|date= September 2, 2021|publisher= Armament Research Services|last1=Shanley|first1=Jack|last2=F.|first2=Mick}}] | 150x150px | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | {{YUG}} | Yugoslavian variant of the Russian AK-47 and AKM. |
PM md. 63 | 150px | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | {{flagicon|Romania|1965}} Socialist Republic of Romania | Used commonly in the early part of the war. Isn't seen too commonly now. |
AMD 65[{{Cite web |url=http://archive.arabic.cnn.com/2012/syria.2011/2/4/syria.homs/index.html |title=المجلس الوطني: 260 قتيلاً بقصف على أحياء حمص |access-date=10 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410135019/http://archive.arabic.cnn.com/2012/syria.2011/2/4/syria.homs/index.html |archive-date=10 April 2018 |url-status=live }}] | 150x150px | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | {{flagicon|Hungary|1949}} Hungarian People's Republic | Has seen occasional use in both the beginning and the end of the fall of the Assad regieme. |
vz. 58[{{cite AV media |date=25 October 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtZcuUoogpA |title=الجيش الحر يُدرب عناصر الجدد في معسكرات مغلقة بريف حماة الشمالي |publisher=محمود الحموي |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226023436/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtZcuUoogpA |archive-date=26 February 2017 |url-status=live}}] | 150x150px | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | {{CSR}} | In 2016, the Czech Republic donated 6,600 vz. 58 assault rifles to Iraqi and Kurdish regional governments to aid in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syira.[{{cite news |date=5 February 2016 |title=Czech Republic To Donate vz. 58s To Iraq, Kurdistan, To Fight ISIS |url=https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/02/05/czech-republic-donate-vz-58s-iraq-kurdistan-fight-isis/amp/ |work=TheFireArmsBlog.com}}] |
AK-74 AKS-74[{{Cite web|url=https://www.calibreobscura.com/idlibi-innovation-bullpup-kalashnikovs-of-syria/|title=Idlibi Innovation: Bullpup Kalashnikovs of the Syrian Conflict|date=1 April 2019|website=www.calibreobscura.com}}] | 150px 150px | 5.45×39mm | Assault rifle | {{USSR}} | Mostly used by opposition special forces and elite units. Isn't too common elsewhere. |
AK-74M | 150px | 5.45×39mm | Assault rifle | {{RUS}} | Unknown quantity, captured during the Syrian Civil War. |
AK-103 | 150px | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | {{RUS}} | Unknown quantity, captured during the Syrian Civil War. |
AK-105
|150x150px
|5.45×39mm
|Assault rifle
|{{RUS}}
|Seen in a video of Al-Jazeera where former members of the Syrian regieme were surrendering their weapons. |
MPi KM-72[{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CViJgLznBwg&t=57s |title=New Syria struggles against remnants of Assad's regime |date=2024-12-27 |last=TRT World |access-date=2025-01-05 |via=YouTube}}]
|150x150px
|7.62×39mm
|Assault rifle
|{{DDR}}
|Possibly weapons from the PLO[{{Cite book |last=Herf |first=Jeffrey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5C7xCwAAQBAJ |title=Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left, 1967–1989 |date=2016-05-03 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-08986-0 |language=en}}] |
MPi KMs-72[{{Cite web |last=Harmouch |first=Sara |date=2024-12-02 |title=What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? And how did the Islamist group evolve into a key player in Syria's civil war? |url=https://theconversation.com/what-is-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-and-how-did-the-islamist-group-evolve-into-a-key-player-in-syrias-civil-war-245017 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}]
|150x150px
|7.62×39mm
|Assault rifle
|{{DDR}}
|Possibly weapons from the PLO |
AK-9 | 150px | 9×39mm | Assault rifle | {{RUS}} | Unknown quantity, captured during the Syrian Civil War. |
FB Tantal | 150px | 5.45×39mm | Assault rifle | {{POL}} | Unknown quantity, captured during the Syrian Civil War. |
M16A1 M16A2[{{Cite web|url=https://silahreport.com/2019/09/13/syrian-war-trophies-of-russian-armed-forces/|title=Syrian War Trophies of the Russian Armed Forces|date=12 September 2019}}] | 150px 150px | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | {{USA}} | Used by Division 30, the New Syrian Army, Al-Moutasem Brigade and Euphrates Shield rebels. The M16A1 was used commonly as a marksman rifle in the early parts of the war. |
M4[{{Cite web|url=https://www.military.com/video/guns/machine-guns/syrian-rebel-sports-a-nice-m4/1653045833001|title=Syrian Rebel Sports a Nice M4|date=23 May 2012|website=Military.com}}] | 150px | 5.56×45mm NATO | Carbine | {{USA}} | Really, really rare. Used in the late stages of the Civil War. |
Norinco CQ[{{Cite web|url=https://asiatimes.com/2019/10/more-chinese-weaponry-turning-up-in-mideast/|title=More Chinese weaponry turning up in Mideast|first=Dave|last=Makichuk|date=23 October 2019|website=Asia Times}}] | 150px | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | {{PRC}} | "Where they are coming from is not certain. Iran is known to have purchased CQ rifles and produce it under license, but rifles similar to those seen in the Middle East have been seen and manufactured under license in Sudan, the National Interest report said." said by the Asia times. |
FAMAS[{{cite AV media |date=18 January 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9cO5vzcnEk |title=القنيطرة بيرعجم : أسر الرائد ومساعد في كمين للجيش الحر |publisher=Golan Heights |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320232943/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9cO5vzcnEk |archive-date=20 March 2020 |url-status=live}}][{{cite AV media |date=18 January 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brTsRkE06RQ |title=القنيطرة:اسر ضباط وجنود في اقتحام فصيلة الزبيدة |publisher=Golan Heights |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726095241/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brTsRkE06RQ |archive-date=26 July 2020 |url-status=live}}] | 150px | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | {{FRA}} | Seen once in 2013, possibly smuggled out of Lebanon. |
Steyr AUG[{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/09/syria-bashar-al-assad |work=The Guardian |title=Is Syria's balance of firepower close to a tipping point? |date=9 August 2012 |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202141355/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/09/syria-bashar-al-assad |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=live }}][{{cite web |date=3 December 2014 |title=Photo of Syrian rebel with Kral Av Canas |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/12/3/7321229/isis-john-cantlie-photo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225203826/http://www.vox.com/2014/12/3/7321229/isis-john-cantlie-photo |archive-date=25 December 2014 |access-date=14 January 2015}}] | 150px | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | {{AUT}} | Origin unclear; serial numbers removed. Used by Syrian Opposition special forces.[{{cite web | url=http://damspleet.com/post/45610668171/austrian-steyr-aug-a1-no-serial-numbers-could-be | title=Austrian Steyr AUG A1. No serial numbers could be documented. | date=17 March 2013 | access-date=21 January 2015 | author=Spleeters, Damien | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121153622/http://damspleet.com/post/45610668171/austrian-steyr-aug-a1-no-serial-numbers-could-be | archive-date=21 January 2015 }}][{{cite AV media |date=22 March 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRFAWarvQ6s |title=OGN - Russian force of Muslims in Syria |publisher=OGN TV |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201215932/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRFAWarvQ6s |archive-date=1 February 2021 |url-status=live}}] Sometimes used by Syrian rebels as a marksman rifle.[{{cite AV media |date=7 December 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VCX5iNfEOA |title=حلب {{!}}{{!}} الخالدية 2013/12/7{{!}}{{!}} لحظة اشتباك مجاهدي شهداء بدر لقوات حزب اللات . |publisher=القناة الرديفة للجبهة الوطنية للتحرير |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021}}] |
IMI Galil | 150px | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | {{ISR}} | Limited usage. |
colspan="6" | Sniper rifles and anti-material rifles |
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Steyr SSG 69[{{Cite web|url=http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3762/100014x.jpg|title=Picture showing an FSA member using a Steyr SSG 69.}}{{dead link|date=June 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}] | 150px | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sniper rifle | {{AUT}} | Is a common bolt-action rifle used by Syrian rebels. |
Dragunov SVD | 150px | 7.62×54mmR | Designated marksman rifle | {{USSR}} | The most common sniper rifle in the war. |
Zastava M91 | 150px | 7.62×54mmR | Designated marksman rifle | {{YUG}} | |
PSL | 150px | 7.62×54mmR 7.62×51mm NATO | Designated marksman rifle | {{flagicon|Romania|1965}} Socialist Republic of Romania | |
OSV-96[{{cite web|url=http://brown-moses.blogspot.be/2013/04/anti-material-rifles-in-syria.html|title=Video footage of rebels using OSV-96|author=Brown Moses|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041544/http://brown-moses.blogspot.be/2013/04/anti-material-rifles-in-syria.html|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}] | 150px | 12.7×108mm | Anti-materiel rifle | {{RUS}} | |
M99[{{cite web|url=http://stateoftactical.com/more-chinese-m99-12-7mm-anti-material-rifles-in-syria/|title=More Chinese M99 12.7mm Anti-Material Rifles In Syria|work=State Of Tactical|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231844/http://stateoftactical.com/more-chinese-m99-12-7mm-anti-material-rifles-in-syria/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}] | N/A | 12.7×108mm | Anti-materiel rifle | {{PRC}} | Supplied by Qatar.[{{cite web|url=http://www.thebangswitch.com/the-chinese-m99-50-caliber-anti-material-rifle/|title=The Chinese M99 50-caliber Anti-material Rifle|author=Timothy Yan|publisher=The Bangswitch|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722132021/http://www.thebangswitch.com/the-chinese-m99-50-caliber-anti-material-rifle/|archive-date=22 July 2014|url-status=dead}}] Is one of the most common anti-material rifles used by Syrian rebels. |
Sayad-2 | 150px | .50 BMG | Anti-materiel rifle | {{AUT}} {{IRN}} | Unlicensed Iranian produced copy of the Steyr HS .50. Captured from the Syrian Army.[{{cite web|url=http://spioenkop.blogspot.be/2013/04/syria-and-her-hs50s.html|title=Syria's HS.50s|work=Oryx Blog|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228070335/http://spioenkop.blogspot.be/2013/04/syria-and-her-hs50s.html|archive-date=28 December 2014|url-status=dead}}] |
PTRS-41[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nJMA5XvUbE|title= YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}] | 150px | 14.5×114mm | Anti-tank rifle | {{USSR}} | Used by rebels as an anti-material rifle . Has seen very limited use. |
colspan="6" | Submachine guns |
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Sterling submachine gun[{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/iwantedagunpagesoimadeone/photos/a.247049835659364.1073741831.245858932445121/503550510009294/?type=3&theater|title=Facebook|website=www.facebook.com}}]
|150px
|9×19mm Parabellum
|Submachine gun
|{{UK}}
|Rare. Unknown how it got there. |
Sten[{{cite AV media |date=12 May 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycm6y2120dE |title=Footage of weapons which were handed over by rebels to the Syrian Arab Army in Southern Damascus |publisher=SyrianCivilWarMap |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501155616/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycm6y2120dE&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=1 May 2020 |url-status=live}}]
|150px
|9×19mm Parabellum
|Submachine gun
|{{UK}}
|Possibly leftover from the 1948 arab-israeli war |
Sa vz. 23[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qRP4g5mfRs&t=12m35s|title= YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}] | 150px | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Submachine gun | {{CSR}} | |
MAB 38[{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Steve |url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/08/10/nifty-beretta-model-1938-in-syria/ |title=Nifty Beretta Model 1938 in Syria |publisher=The Firearm Blog |date=10 August 2012 |access-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202085130/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/08/10/nifty-beretta-model-1938-in-syria/ |archive-date=2 February 2017 |url-status=live }}] | 150px | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} | Only one has been seen in the war. As of 2017. |
MP-40[{{cite web|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/04/06/mp40-sub-machine-gun-syria/|title=MP40 seen in the hands of Syrian rebel fighters|work=The Firearm Blog|date=6 April 2017 |access-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407073523/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/04/06/mp40-sub-machine-gun-syria/|archive-date=7 April 2017|url-status=live}}] | 150px | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | "Few MP-40s have been seen during the Syrian civil war, and of those that have, they appeared a year or two into the conflict.” “The Saudi-Croatian deal is one possibility” “as is Libya, which had bought some WWII-vintage MP-40s from Yugoslavia in the 1980s."{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} |
Beretta M12 | 150px | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | {{ITA}} | |
colspan="6" | Machine guns |
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RPD[{{cite AV media |date=13 January 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVmkB416goM |title=حلب - بستان الباشا {{!}}{{!}} 13 1 2015 {{!}}{{!}}مقطع من بعض الاشتباكات التي دارت بين المجاهدين وكلاب الاسد . |publisher=القناة الرديفة للجبهة الوطنية للتحرير |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021}}][{{cite AV media |date=10 March 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--wUGmoeaCc |title=حلب - الخالدية ll2015 310ll ال ب ك س يعزف اجمل الالحان بسحق قوات النظام وسحقهم . |publisher=القناة الرديفة للجبهة الوطنية للتحرير |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902112746/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--wUGmoeaCc |archive-date=2 September 2020 |url-status=live}}] | 150px | 7.62×39mm | Light machine gun | {{USSR}} | Uncommon usage by the 16th Division. |
RPK[{{Cite web|url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-syrian-rebels-from-the-katiba-al-wahad-unit-of-the-lewah-al-wad-53286213.html|title=A Syrian rebels from the Katiba Al Wahad unit of the Lewah Al Wad Brigade of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) poses with his rifle, a Russian RPK light machine gun, after a firefight in Aleppo, Syria, 25 January 2013. Photo: THOMAS RASSLOFF Stock Photo - Alamy|first=Alamy|last=Limited|website=www.alamy.com}}] | 150px | 5.45×39mm | Light machine gun | {{USSR}} | Common usage. |
PKM | 150px | 7.62×54mmR | General-purpose machine gun | {{USSR}} | |
PKP Pecheneg | 150px | 7.62×54mmR | General-purpose machine gun | {{RUS}} | Unknown quantity, captured during the Syrian Civil War. |
MG-34[{{cite web|url=https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/syrian-civil-war-wwii-weapons-used/|title=Syrian Civil War: WWII weapons used|date=27 June 2017 }}] | 150px | 7.92×57mm Mauser | General-purpose machine gun | {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | Captured from some Syrian stockpiles. Very rare usage but was one of the FSA's first machine guns looted from Syrian army warehouses.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} |
M240B[{{cite AV media |date=4 April 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q3CeLG_Qcs |title=لواء المعتصم {{!}} شاهد الإشتباكات العنيفة أثناء تحرير قرية طاط حمص من تنظيم داعش |publisher=فرقة المعتصم |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102000032/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q3CeLG_Qcs |archive-date=2 January 2021 |url-status=live}}] | 150px | 7.62×51mm NATO | General-purpose machine gun | {{USA}} | Used by the SNA and Al-Moutasem Brigade and Euphrates Shield forces. |
FN MAG[{{cite AV media |date=12 June 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKbDEkNuA5Y |title=فرقة الحمزة بعد صد عدة محاولات لمليشا النظام على قرية التفريعة |publisher=الفيلق الثاني الفرقة الثانية |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414084232/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKbDEkNuA5Y&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=14 April 2020 |url-status=live}}] | 150px | 7.62×51mm | General-purpose machine gun | {{BEL}} | |
Ksp 58 | 150px | 7.62×51mm | General-purpose machine gun | {{BEL}} {{SWE}} | |
DShK Type 54 HMG{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} | 150px | 12.7×108mm | Heavy machine gun | {{USSR}} {{PRC}} | Often mounted on technicals. Sometimes is planted in holes in walls or on flat surfaces when in lack of a tripod. Chinese copy of DShK. |
NSV[{{cite AV media |date=22 October 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S1FAijnmSs |title=حلب - الاشرفية=تمشيط المباني التي يتحصن بها قوات النظام برشاش دوشكا عند معبر الجزيرة |publisher=القناة الرديفة للجبهة الوطنية للتحرير |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730161619/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S1FAijnmSs |archive-date=30 July 2020 |url-status=live}}] Coyote M02[{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=The Coyote's Trail: A Machine Gun's Path from Serbia to Syria {{!}} OCCRP |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/project/making-a-killing/the-coyotes-trail-a-machine-guns-path-from-serbia-to-syria |access-date=2024-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241114033336/https://www.occrp.org/en/project/making-a-killing/the-coyotes-trail-a-machine-guns-path-from-serbia-to-syria |archive-date=14 November 2024 }}]
| 150px | 12.7×108mm | Heavy machine gun | {{USSR}} | Often seen being used behind cover mounted on a wall, jersey barrier or on some kind of improvised bipod. |
W85[{{cite web|url=http://www.gunsandtech.com/reviews/tyan/these-arent-dshks-youre-looking-part-2-w85-heavy-machine-gun/|title=These Are not the DShKs you're looking for: Part 2, the W85 Heavy Machine Gun – Guns & Tech|date=9 September 2016|access-date=29 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526015615/http://www.gunsandtech.com/reviews/tyan/these-arent-dshks-youre-looking-part-2-w85-heavy-machine-gun/|archive-date=26 May 2017|url-status=live}}] | 150px | 12.7×108mm | Heavy machine gun | {{PRC}} | Used very commonly. Sometimes is planted in holes in walls or on flat surfaces when in lack of a tripod.[{{cite AV media |date=1 December 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3NIUdiGHc |title=حلب - الشيخ مقصود احد الابطال يقوم بضرب عناصر شبيحة الاسد برشاش دوشكا |publisher=القناة الرديفة للجبهة الوطنية للتحرير |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021}}][{{cite AV media |date=24 April 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISNhv0AT74U |title=حلب {{!}}{{!}}الاشرفية 25/ 4 /2014 {{!}}{{!}} احد المجاهدين مستهدفا مدرسة صالح جمال التي حولها النظام لثكنة عسكرية . |publisher=القناة الرديفة للجبهة الوطنية للتحرير |via=YouTube |access-date=5 September 2021}}] |
KPV[{{cite web|url=http://brown-moses.blogspot.de/2012/11/new-videos-show-even-more-heavy-weapons.html|title=Brown Moses Blog|author=Brown Moses|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129142356/http://brown-moses.blogspot.de/2012/11/new-videos-show-even-more-heavy-weapons.html|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}] | 150px | 14.5×114mm | Heavy machine gun | {{USSR}} | Often mounted on technicals. |
M2 Browning[{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp9BxEWm0xE&t=341s|title=Syria War 2016 – FSA in Heavy Intense Firefights Against ISIS in Aleppo Governorate|last=War Clashes|date=30 November 2016|via=YouTube}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZuEMh4HgqA|title=Syria War 2016 – Battle of Aleppo: Heavy Clashes and Intense Urban Fighting|last=War Clashes|date=2 November 2016|via=YouTube|access-date=26 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216143704/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZuEMh4HgqA|archive-date=16 February 2018|url-status=live}}] | 150px | 12.7×99mm NATO | Heavy machine gun | {{USA}} | Used by US-backed FSA groups, including the al-Mu'tasim Brigade and the Hamza Division. |
M1919 Browning | 150px | .30-06 Springfield | Medium machine gun | {{USA}} | Seen at least once in the war. It's possible it was taken off a disabled Israeli vehicle during the Yom Kippur War or the 1980s fighting in Lebanon.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} |
Vickers machine gun | 150px | .303 British | Heavy machine gun | {{flag|British Empire}} | Seen at least once in the war. May or may not be usable. |