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List of weapons of the Rhodesian Bush War

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The Rhodesian Bush War, also referred to as the Rhodesian Civil War, Zimbabwe Independence War or Zimbabwean War of Liberation, as well as the Second {{lang|sn|Chimurenga}}, was a military conflict staged during the Decolonisation of Africa that pitted the military and police forces loyal to the Rhodesian white minority-led government of Prime-minister Ian Smith (later the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian government of Bishop Abel Muzorewa) against the guerrilla forces of the African nationalist Liberation movements in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia), between 1965 and 1979. Main combatants comprised:

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  • Other belligerents involved in the War:
  • The South African Police (SAP), which deployed 12 Counter-Insurgency companies (SAPCOIN or SA PATU) to Rhodesia between 1967 and 1975 in support of the Rhodesian Security Forces, providing security to sectors of the Country's northern border.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), pp. 11–12; 37; 42.Pitta, Fannell & McCouaig, South African Special Forces (1993), pp. 52; 57; 61.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), p. 11.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 74–75. In addition, the South African Air Force (SAAF) and the South African Defence Force's (SADF) Paratrooper and Special Forces units operated covertly in Rhodesia from 1967 to 1980 in close cooperation with the Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS).Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 91.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), pp. 116–117.
  • The South African African National Congress (ANC) party (1912 – present), and its military wing the uMkhonto we Sizwe ("Spear of the Nation"; abbreviated MK), which operated in Rhodesia between 1966 and 1968, received support from Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Tanzania, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. The ANC/MK was closely allied with ZIPRA and in August 1967 they organised a failed joint expedition into Rhodesia by crossing the Zambezi River from Zambia, which was countered by Operation Nickel, launched by the Rhodesian Security Forces with clandestine military assistance from South Africa.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 11.Thomas, The Diplomacy of Liberation: The Foreign Relations of the ANC Since 1960 (1995), pp. 200–202.Moorcraft & Chitiyo, Mugabe's War Machine: Saving or Savaging Zimbabwe? (2011), pp. 46–59.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 64.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), pp. 116–117.
  • The Liberation Front of Mozambique ({{langx|pt|Frente de Libertação de Moçambique}} – FRELIMO) party (1962 – present), and its military wing the Popular Forces for the Liberation of Mozambique ({{langx|pt|Forças Populares de Libertação de Moçambique}} – FPLM), which received support from the Soviet Union, East Germany, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, SFR Yugoslavia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Cuba, the People's Republic of China, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 45.Abbott, Ribeiro Rodrigues and Volstad, Modern African Wars (2): Angola and Mozambique 1961–74 (1988), pp. 13–15.
  • The Mozambican National Resistance ({{langx|pt|Resistência Nacional Moçambicana}} – RENAMO) Mozambican anti-communist guerrilla movement (1977 – present), made of political dissidents opposed to Mozambique's ruling FRELIMO party. They were recruited, organized, trained and supported by the Rhodesian Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and the Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) in 1976, who often used them for external reconnaissance missions in Mozambique between 1977 and 1980.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 13.Hall & Young, Confronting Leviathan: Mozambique since independence (1997), pp. 117–120.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), p. 65.Wessels, A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia (2015), pp. 133–142.

An eclectic variety of weapons was used by all sides in the Rhodesian Bush War. The Rhodesian Security Forces were equipped with a mix of Western-made weapon systems from World War II and more modern military equipment, mainly British in origin, but also included Portuguese, Spanish, French, Belgian, West German, American, Brazilian and South African military hardware. Following the Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence in 1965, and the institution by the United Nations of mandatory trade sanctions between December 1966 and April 1968, which required member states to cease all trade and economic links with Rhodesia, severely restricted purchases of military hardware suitable for Counter-insurgency operations. While South Africa and Portugal (until 1974) gave economic, military and limited political support to the post-UDI government,Wood, A matter of weeks rather than months: The Impasse between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith: Sanctions, Aborted Settlements and War 1965–1969 (2008), p. 6.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 17. Rhodesia was also heavily reliant on international smuggling operations, commonly referred to as "sanction-busting", in which other armaments and non-lethal military supplies were secretly purchased (often with a third country acting as broker) from West Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Israel, Brazil, Iran (until 1979), the Philippines, South Vietnam (until 1975), Taiwan, Japan, Bermuda and Grenada,Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 4; 6.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), pp. 84–87. and smuggled to Rhodesia via clandestine air freighting through Oman, Iran, Gabon and the Comoros.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 4.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), pp. 120–121. Such illegally-purchased weaponry was complemented by the use of captured enemy arms and munitions late in the war, seized in the course of the Rhodesian Security Forces' own cross-border covert raids ("externals") against ZIPRA and ZANLA guerrilla bases in the neighbouring countries.

Unexpectedly, the UN sanctions provided the impetus for a shift towards the establishment of a domestic arms industry in Rhodesia. With South African technical assistance, the Rhodesians developed in coordination with the private sector their own military manufacturing capacity and began producing substitutes for items which could not be easily imported or were unaffordable in the international Black market. By the late 1970s, Rhodesia was producing an impressive array of military hardware, including automatic firearms, anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines, bombs, mortars and a wide range of unique Mine and Ambush Protected (MAP) vehicles, which used commercial running gear to meet the specific requirements of the warfare being waged.

During the early phase of the War, the African nationalist guerrilla movements were largely equipped with WWII-vintage Western and Eastern arms and munitions, though as the war went on, more modern Soviet, Eastern Bloc and Chinese weaponry began to play a major role, particularly after 1972. The African host countries that provided sanctuary to ZIPRA and ZANLA, mainly Tanzania, Zambia, Angola and Mozambique, served as conduits for arms shipments coming from the sponsor countries, although the guerrillas themselves made use of captured enemy stocks (which included small-arms and land mines) and they were able to manufacture some of their own anti-personnel mines, anti-vehicle roadside bombs and other home-made explosive devices.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 12.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 5; 75–76; 135–136.

Rhodesian Security Forces equipment

=Revolvers=

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=Pistols=

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  • Browning Hi-Power: Standard service pistol of the Rhodesian Army.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 100.Cocks, Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (2009), p. 140.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 21.{{cite web |url=http://www.handgunsmag.com/2010/09/24/featured_handguns_browning_hi_power/ |title=Classic Handguns of the 20th Century: The Browning HI-Power |author=Arnold, David W. |publisher=Handguns Magazine |date=2010-09-24 |access-date=2010-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229173704/http://www.handgunsmag.com/2010/09/24/featured_handguns_browning_hi_power/ |archive-date=2012-02-29 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.armadainternational.com/09-6/article-full_09_6_Combat_Pistols.pdf |title=There are Two Types of Men in this World... |author=Valpolini, Paolo |date=June 2009 |publisher=Armada International (Online) |access-date=2010-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313041809/http://armadainternational.com/09-6/article-full_09_6_combat_pistols.pdf |archive-date=March 13, 2016 }}
  • Colt.45 M1911A1Hogg, Jane's Infantry Weapons 1989–90, 15th Edition (1989), pp. 826–836.
  • Mamba: locally-produced semi-automatic pistol introduced late in the War; not very reliable.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 108–109.
  • Star Model 1920, 1921, and 1922 pistolsCocks, Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (2009), pp. 31–141.
  • Star Model BM: used by the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI).Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), pp. 22; 60–61.
  • Walther P1: Standard service pistol of the BSAP.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 145.
  • Walther PPK: Captured.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 236.
  • Tokarev TT-33: Captured.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 101.
  • CZ 52: Captured.
  • CZ 75: Captured.

=Submachine guns=

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  • Sten Mk II: used early in the War.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 92.{{Citation |title=Small Arms |year=2012 |type=Museum exhibit |publisher=South African National Museum of Military History |location=Saxonwold, Johannesburg}}
  • Austen "Machine Carbine" Mk I: used early in the War.
  • Owen gun: used early in the War.{{Cite web|title=The Owen Gun|url=http://www.nazarian.no/wep.asp?id=594&group_id=4&country_id=268&lang=0|url-status=live|website=Nazarian's Gun Recognition Guide|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922092517/http://www.nazarian.no/wep.asp?id=594&group_id=4&country_id=268&lang=0|archive-date=September 22, 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Diamond|first=Jon|title=Australia's Owen Gun|url=https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2019/01/12/australias-owen-gun/|url-status=live|website=Warfare History Network|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523041958/https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2019/01/12/australias-owen-gun/|archive-date=May 23, 2022}}
  • Sterling submachine gun: Issued to the BSAP's Police Support Unit (PSU).MacDonald, Soldiers of Fortune – The Twentieth Century Mercenary (1986), p. 125.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 104.Cocks, Rhodesian Fire Force 1966-80 (2015), p. 12.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), p. 121.{{cite web|title= Sterling L2A3 |url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/19/sterling-l2a3|website=SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification|ref={{harvid|BICC}}|author=Bonn International Center for Conversion|author-link=Bonn International Center for Conversion}}
  • Uzi: manufactured under license; issued to the BSAP's Urban Emergency Unit (SWAT) and Rhodesian Air Force helicopter crews.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 39.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 26.{{Cite web |url=http://www.military-today.com/firearms/uzi.htm |title=IMI Uzi Submachine gun |quote=It was license-produced in ... Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). |publisher=ARG |access-date=2011-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510155823if_/http://www.military-today.com/firearms/uzi.htm |archive-date=2012-05-10 |url-status=usurped}}
  • American-180: used by the Rhodesian SAS.Steyn and Söderlund, Iron Fist From The Sea: South Africa's Seaborne Raiders 1978-1988 (2015), pp. 96; 102.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/07/11/stille-vuurkrag-documented-combat-usage-american-180-sadfrhodesian-sas/ |title= Stille Vuurkrag:-Documented Combat Usage of the American-180 by SADF/Rhodesian SAS|date= 11 July 2017|access-date= 2017-07-11|publisher = TheFirearmBlog|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320000448/https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/07/11/stille-vuurkrag-documented-combat-usage-american-180-sadfrhodesian-sas/|archive-date= March 20, 2023}}
  • Walther MPK
  • Sa 25: Captured.
  • GM15/GM16: locally-produced, slightly modified copy of the Czechoslovakian Sa 25 in 9×19mm Parabellum; used by the INTAF and civilians late in the War. Manufacture was later transferred to South Africa where it was briefly marketed as the Sanna 77 in semi-automatic fire only.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 104–105.
  • Cobra Mk1: locally-produced 9mm pistol-carbine; used by civilians late in the War.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 103–104.
  • Scorpion: locally-produced 9mm light pistol-carbine derived from the Cobra Mk1; used by civilians late in the War.
  • LDP/Kommando (nicknamed "Land Defence Pistol" and "Rhuzi"): locally-produced pistol-carbine; widely used by civilians late in the War. Later manufactured in South Africa as the Paramax.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 107–108.
  • Northwood R-76/R-77: locally-produced submachine gun/carbine; used by civilians late in the War.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 109–110.

=Bolt-action rifles=

  • Lee–Enfield SMLE Mk III: Issued only to reservists or second echelon troops; also used for training and ceremonial purposes.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 42.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 24.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 14.{{cite web|author=Xande Anderer |url=http://vvaveteran.org/32-2/32-2_rhodesia.html |title=War Continued... Vietnam Veterans in the Rhodesian Bush War |publisher=vvaveteran.org |date=2012-04-01 |access-date=2017-08-15}}
  • Lee–Enfield Rifle No. 4: Issued only to reservists or second echelon troops; also used for training and ceremonial purposes.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 129.{{cite web|author=Xande Anderer |url=http://vvaveteran.org/32-2/32-2_rhodesia.html |title=War Continued... Vietnam Veterans in the Rhodesian Bush War |publisher=vvaveteran.org |date=2012-04-01 |access-date=2017-08-15}}
  • Mauser Karabiner 98k: used late in the War; some were re-chambered to the 7.62mm NATO cartridge.

=Semi-automatic rifles=

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  • Ruger Mini-14{{Cite web|url=https://www.sofmag.com/a-british-merc-soldier-of-fortune-and-a-firefight-part-one/|title=A BRITISH MERC, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, AND A FIREFIGHT, Part One|date=30 December 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722223848/https://www.sofmag.com/a-british-merc-soldier-of-fortune-and-a-firefight-part-one/|archive-date= July 22, 2015}}
  • SKS: Captured.MacDonald, Soldiers of Fortune – The Twentieth Century Mercenary (1986), p. 126.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 72; 97; 99; 108.

=Battle rifles=

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  • L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle: Standard service rifle of the Rhodesian Army, adopted in the early 1960s; seconded to reserve status in 1966, being subsequently replaced by the FN FAL and G3 assault rifles.Cocks, Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (2009), pp. 139–141.Cashner, The FN FAL Battle Rifle (2013), pp. 15; 40.
  • FN FAL: variants used comprised the Belgium-built standard FAL (50.00 model) and its folding stock version (50.61 model), the Brazilian IMBEL M964 and the South African Vektor R1, mostly provided by Portugal and South Africa; issued to all the branches of the Rhodesian Security Forces from 1966 to 1979.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 15.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 99.Wood, A matter of weeks rather than months: The Impasse between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith: Sanctions, Aborted Settlements and War 1965–1969 (2008), p. 191.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), p. 76.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 51; 127Cashner, The FN FAL Battle Rifle (2013), p. 43.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), p. 145.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), pp. 132–133, note 24.
  • Heckler & Koch G3: licensed-produced m/961 and m/963 G3 versions of the HK G3A3 and G3A4 provided by Portugal;{{cite web |last1=Buckles |first1=Vincent |title=The African Rifles: The HK G3 and FN FAL |url=http://www.firearmsnews.com/historical/the-african-rifles-the-hk-g3-and-fn-fal/ |website=Firearms News |access-date=27 September 2018 |date=11 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044506/http://www.firearmsnews.com/historical/the-african-rifles-the-hk-g3-and-fn-fal/ |archive-date=28 September 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+rifle+cartridges+of+Rhodesia+Zimbabwe%3A+from+Cecil+Rhodes...-a0234316416|title=The military rifle cartridges of Rhodesia Zimbabwe: from Cecil Rhodes to Robert Mugabe.|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113191848/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+military+rifle+cartridges+of+Rhodesia+Zimbabwe%3A+from+Cecil+Rhodes...-a0234316416|archive-date=13 November 2014|url-status=live}} issued to all the branches of the Rhodesian Security Forces from 1966 to 1979.Cocks, Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (2009), p. 139.Thompson, The G3 Battle Rifle (2019), pp. 32–34.

=Assault rifles=

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  • M16A1: Received in limited numbers very late in the War; used by the Rhodesian SAS.
  • AK-47 and AKS: Captured in large numbers; re-issued late in the War to the SFAs.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 47.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 128.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), pp. 100–101.Wells, Part-Time War: Recollections of the Terrorist War in Rhodesia 1975-78 (2011), p. 155.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 99; 108.
  • AKM and AKMS: Captured in large numbers; re-issued primarily to helicopter crews.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rhodesia.nl/quartz.htm|title=Operation Quartz – Rhodesia 1980|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407234736/http://www.rhodesia.nl/quartz.htm|archive-date= April 7, 2023}}
  • Type 56 and Type 56-1: Captured in large numbers; re-issued late in the War to the SFAs and helicopter crews.
  • AMD-65: Captured.{{Cite web |url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=572 |title=FEG AMD-65 Assault Rifle - Hungary |access-date=2018-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064259/https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=572 |archive-date=2018-02-03 |url-status=live }}

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=Light machine guns=

  • Bren Mark 3: used early in the War, later replaced by the FN MAG. Also found twin-mounted on Rhodesian SAS Sabre Land Rovers and armoured vehicles.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 29–30.Mortimer, Morshead & Rodriguez, SAS Combat Vehicles 1942–91 (2021), pp. 40–44.
  • Bren L4A4: used early in the War, later replaced by the FN MAG. Also found twin-mounted on Rhodesian SAS Sabre Land Rovers and armoured vehicles.
  • FN FAL 50.41 Heavy Barrel (HB)
  • Degtyaryov DP-27/DP-28: Captured.{{Cite web |url=http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1605/32591727ik7.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 May 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714121212/http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1605/32591727ik7.jpg |url-status=dead }}
  • RPD: Captured; used by the Selous Scouts, Rhodesian SAS and Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) on "externals" and Fireforce missions.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), p. 32.Wessels, A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia (2015), pp. 161; 164; 169; 171; 198–200; 229; 249.
  • RPK: Captured; used by the Rhodesian SAS on "externals" and Fireforce missions.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), p. 32.

=General-purpose machine guns=

  • FN MAG: standard squad- and platoon-level weapon in infantry formations; also found pintle-mounted on Unimog 416 light trucks and twin-mounted on armoured vehicles.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), pp. 4–5; 13; 15; 36; 39.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 29–30; 90.Cocks, Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (2009), p. 102.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 126.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), pp. 21–22.Touchard, Guerre dans le bush! Les blindés de l'Armée rhodésienne au combat (1964-1979), p. 71.McNab, The FN MAG Machine Gun: M240, L7 and other variants (2018), pp. 42; 70.
  • PK machine gun: Captured late in the War.

=Medium and Heavy machine guns=

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  • Browning M1919A4 .30 Cal medium machine gun: standard platoon-level weapon in infantry formations; twin Browning Mk 2 models, re-chambered in the British .303 cartridge were mounted on Rhodesian Air Force Alouette III helicopter gunships (nicknamed "G-Cars" and "K-Cars"), as well as modified variants fitted with FN MAG bipods, pistol grips and stocks for ground use. Also found pintle-mounted on Land Rover, Mazda and Peugeot light pickups, Unimog 416 light trucks and armoured vehicles.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 112; 116.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), p. 17.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), pp. 24–26.
  • Browning M2HB .50 Cal heavy machine gun: available in limited numbers; used on vehicles only, pintle-mounted on Unimog 416 light trucks and armoured vehicles.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), pp. 74; 76.
  • DShKM 12.7mm Heavy machine gun: Captured; pintle-mounted on Unimog 416 light trucks and armoured vehicles.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 117.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), pp. 104; 160.
  • KPV 14.5mm Heavy machine gun: Captured.

=Grenade systems=

=Land mine systems=

  • Box Mine: locally-produced wood box anti-personnel blast mine based on the German World War II Schü-mine 42; used early in the War.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 134.
  • Shrapnel Mine No.2: South African copy of the US M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mine; used in small numbers.
  • Mine Shrapnel HE Anti-Personnel Claymore: locally-produced anti-personnel blast mine based on the South African Shrapnel Mine No.2, but smaller in size; trip-wired as a static mine in the border minefields (CORSAN).Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 8; 134.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), pp. 22–23.
  • No. 5 (Mark I) anti-personnel mine
  • Mine Shrapnel HE Anti-Personnel Plough Disc (nicknamed "Ploughshare Mine"): locally-produced anti-personnel blast mine; trip-wired as a static mine in the border minefields (CORSAN).Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 134–135.
  • Mine Pressure HE Anti-Personnel Carrot or RAP No.1 (nicknamed "Carrot Mine"): locally-produced pressure mine, made of brown plastic tubing 7-8 inches long, with a pointed end at the bottom.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 135.
  • RAP No.2 (nicknamed "Adams Grenade"): locally-produced fragmentation grenade/mine based closely on the Soviet POMZ-type stake mounted anti-personnel mine; trip-wired as a static Booby trap for protecting military camps and rural homesteads.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 133.
  • Mine Pressure HE AP Non-detectable: locally-produced anti-personnel round convex pressure mine, moulded in Green plastic.
  • "The Cutter": locally-produced anti-personnel blast mine, based on captured guerrilla's home-made Disc Mines. It was made of two plough discs lightly welded together, packed with all-weather Semtex and an inserted 4-second delay fuse; used by the BSAP's Special Branch.
  • M/969 anti-personnel mine: Portuguese copy of the Belgian NR 409 plastic cased AP blast mine.
  • Shrapnel No.2 R2M1/2: South African-produced anti-personnel blast mine.
  • Mk 5 anti-tank mine
  • Mine Pressure HE Anti-Vehicle: locally-produced round convex pressure mine, moulded in Drab Green plastic and fitted with an anti-lift device.
  • TM-46 blast anti-tank mine: Captured.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 8.
  • TMN-46 blast anti-tank mine: Captured.

=Bombs and explosive devices=

  • "Golf" and "Mini Golf" General-purpose bombs: locally-produced 460 kg pressure bombs used by the Rhodesian Air Force on Fireforce missions.Ashley, Sewell and Greer, Hawker Hunter in action (1992), p. 39.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 106.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|title=RhAF The Armament Story · 1951 – 1980 |publisher=ourstory.com/orafs |access-date=11 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801084342/http://ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|archive-date= August 1, 2009}}
  • 20 lb Fragmentation Bomb Mk 1: locally-produced bomb used by the Rhodesian Air Force; not very reliable, retired in 1974.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 19–21.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|title=RhAF The Armament Story · 1951 – 1980 |publisher=ourstory.com/orafs |access-date=11 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801084342/http://ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|archive-date= August 1, 2009}}
  • Mk 1/2 Fragmentation Bomb (nicknamed "Alpha"): locally-produced blast and shrapnel 450 lb (200 kg) Cluster-type bomb used by the Rhodesian Air Force.Petter-Bowyer, Winds of Destruction: The Autobiography of a Rhodesian Combat Pilot (2005), p. 284.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 19–21.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|title=RhAF The Armament Story · 1951 – 1980 |publisher=ourstory.com/orafs |access-date=11 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801084342/http://ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|archive-date= August 1, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/weapons/33/alpha-bomb|title=Air Force Weapons: Alpha Bomb|publisher=Dean Wingrin | access-date=11 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412155235/https://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/weapons/33/alpha-bomb|archive-date= April 12, 2023}}
  • 17 gall and 50 gall "Frantans" (acronym for "frangible tanks"): locally-produced Napalm-filled drop tanks used by the Rhodesian Air Force on Fireforce missions.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 42.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|title=RhAF The Armament Story · 1951 – 1980 |publisher=ourstory.com/orafs |access-date=11 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801084342/http://ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|archive-date= August 1, 2009}}
  • Bunker bomb: locally-produced explosive device, consisting of a length of plastic pipe or old grenade packing tubes filled with explosive and fitted with a grenade fuse at one end; used by the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) during external "camp attack" operations to clear enemy bunkers.
  • Tin bunker bomb: locally-produced explosive device, consisting of 1 kg of explosive packed into a cylindrical tin, used for taking the roof off bunkers and buildings; not very reliable.
  • "The Hulk": locally-produced bunker bomb, consisting of a 5 kg explosive charge with a 20 second fuse designed to blow holes in the walls of buildings under attack; not very reliable.
  • Charge Demolition Special No 1: locally-produced demolition charge.
  • Charge Demolition Special No 3 (Hayrick): locally-produced demolition charge.
  • Shape-charge Beehive: locally-produced demolition charge.
  • Firing Mechanism Demolition 4 (Pull): locally-produced demolition charge.
  • Pipe bomb: locally-produced shotgun-like explosive device, made of steel piping of 100mm with one end plugged, packed with explosives and shrapnel; used by the BSAP's Special Branch in targeted assassinations within Rhodesia.
  • Car bomb: Semtex-rigged civilian cars were used by the Selous Scouts and the BSAP's Special Branch to assassinate enemy VIPs in Zambia.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 136.
  • Suitcase bomb: four captured (and modified) Soviet-made suitcase bombs were used by the Selous Scouts to attack ZIPRA's HQ in Francistown, Botswana.
  • Radio bomb: portable commercial transistor radio receiver or record player fitted by the Selous Scouts with explosives and a switch that detonated after three or so on/offs; they could also be remotely triggered by transmitters carried in Rhodesian Air Force's "Trojan" Signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft flying overhead.

=Rocket systems=

  • SNEB 68mm rocket projectile: used by the Rhodesian Air Force on Fireforce missions and on "externals" in Zambia and Mozambique.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 17–19.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|title=RhAF The Armament Story · 1951 – 1980 |publisher=ourstory.com/orafs |access-date=11 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801084342/http://ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|archive-date= August 1, 2009}}
  • Modified SNEB 37mm HE rocket: used by the Rhodesian Air Force on Fireforce missions and on "externals" in Zambia and Mozambique.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 17–19.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|title=RhAF The Armament Story · 1951 – 1980 |publisher=ourstory.com/orafs |access-date=11 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801084342/http://ourstory.com/thread.html?t=308200|archive-date= August 1, 2009}}
  • Mini-"Stalin Organ" (nicknamed "SNEB"): one locally-built, six-tube Multiple rocket launcher which shot home-made 37mm armour-piercing rockets was mounted on a Unimog 416 light truck used by the Selous Scouts on "externals" in Mozambique.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 116.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), p. 67.
  • DKB Grad-P 122mm Light portable rocket system: Captured very late in the War.
  • SA-7b Grail surface-to-air missile: Captured very late in the War.Wessels and Scheepers, We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia (2018), p. 70.

=Anti-tank rockets and Grenade launchers=

File:M72 Light Anti-tank Weapon (7414626756).jpg

  • Rocket 37mm Target Indicator: not an offensive weapon; locally-produced, shoulder-fired launcher which shot modified Icarus para-flares out to 1 Km. Used by the Selous Scouts to mark the position of guerrillas sighted from Operations (Ops) for Rhodesian Air Force or Fireforce strikes.Cocks, Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (2009), p. 139.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 43–44.
  • US M20 "Super Bazooka" 3.5 inch: seldom taken to the field, replaced in 1978 by captured RPG-7s.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), pp. 90–96.Rottman, The Bazooka (2012), p. 71.
  • M72 LAW: used very late in the War.{{Citation needed|reason=No source provided, doubt that they had this weapon|date=October 2024}}
  • MILAN: used very late in the War.{{Citation needed|reason=No source provided, doubt that they had this weapon|date=October 2024}}
  • RPG-2 rocket-propelled grenade launcher: Captured.Trethowan, Delta Scout: Ground Coverage operator (2008), p. 185.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 8.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=RPG-2|url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/41|access-date=|website=SALW Guide}}
  • RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher: Captured.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 23.{{cite web|title= RPG 7 |url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/42/rpg-7|website=SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification|ref={{harvid|BICC}}|author=Bonn International Center for Conversion|author-link=Bonn International Center for Conversion}}

=Recoilless rifles=

  • US M40A1 105 mm: fitted on Unimog 416 light trucks (nicknamed "106 carriers").Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 94.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 102.
  • B-10 82 mm: Captured late in the War; re-mounted on Willys CJ-3B jeeps and used by the Selous Scouts on "externals" in Mozambique.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), p. 127.
  • B-11 107 mm: Captured late in the War.{{cite web|url=http://www.rhodesianservices.org/user/image/publication05-2012v3.pdf |title=Operation Aztec: 28 May 1977 |author=Gerry van Tonder |publisher=rhodesianservices.org |date=1 May 2012 |access-date=11 May 2016 |quote=Weaponry included 81mm mortars and a Russian B19[sic] recoilless rifle.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421072337/https://rhodesianservices.org/user/image/publication05-2012v3.pdf|archive-date=April 21, 2022 }}

=Mortars=

  • Kew Engineering 60mm Commando Mortar: locally-produced hand-held lightweight mortar.
  • ADF 2-inch mortar: locally-produced lightweight mortar; manufactured in small numbers late in the War for the INTAF.
  • Denel M4 Patmor 60mm hand-held lightweight Commando Mortar (nicknamed "patrol mortar"): provided by South Africa.
  • L16 81mm mortar
  • L1A1 81 mm mortar: Version of the French-produced Hotchkiss-Brandt TDA MO-81-61-L "light long" mortar.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 68–69.

=Howitzers=

  • Ordnance QF Mk III 25-pounder Field gun/Howitzer (nicknamed "88mm gun/howitzer"): 16 to 24 guns in service with the 1st Field Regiment, Rhodesian Artillery.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 22.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 139; 145.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), pp. 131–132.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 51.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), p. 121.{{cite web|first=Ian F. W.|last=Beckett|title=The Rhodesian Army: Counter-Insurgency, 1972-1979|url=http://selousscouts.tripod.com/rhodesian%20army%20coin%2072_79%20part2.htm|date=2007|website=selousscouts.tripod.com|access-date=2017-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209042437/http://selousscouts.tripod.com/rhodesian%20army%20coin%2072_79%20part2.htm|archive-date=2016-12-09|url-status=live}}
  • BL 5.5-inch medium gun (nicknamed "140mm gun"): eight guns loaned by the South African Defence Force (SADF) in service with the 1st Field Regiment, Rhodesian Artillery.
  • M101A1 105 mm Howitzer: unknown number of guns in service with the 1st Field Regiment, Rhodesian Artillery.Keegan, World Armies (1983), p. 589.
  • OTO Melara Mod 56 105 mm Pack Howitzer: nine guns in service with the 1st Field Regiment, Rhodesian Artillery.{{cite web|url=https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/disp_pdf.cfm?DACH_RECNO=376|title=105/14 Model 56 105 mm Pack Howitzer|website=forecastinternational.com|access-date=23 January 2020}}

=Anti-aircraft guns and Autocannons=

  • 37 mm gun M1 anti-aircraft autocannon
  • Matra MG 151/20 20mm autocannon: fitted to Alouette III helicopter gunships ("K-Cars").Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 7.Petter-Bowyer, Winds of Destruction: The Autobiography of a Rhodesian Combat Pilot (2005), pp. 278–279.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 16–17.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), pp. 111–112.
  • British Hispano Mk.V 20 mm autocannon: taken from decommissioned Rhodesian Air Force De Havilland Vampire FB Mk9 single-seater fighter jets and re-mounted on two UR-416 Armoured cars and on the two "Hot Lips" armoured cars deployed by the Selous Scouts and the Rhodesian SAS on "externals" in Mozambique. Also used on ground mounts by the Rhodesian SAS and the Selous Scouts.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 17; 28; 60–69; 93; 117; 143.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), p. 76.
  • ZPU-1 14.5mm AA autocannon: Captured during "externals" in Mozambique; some fitted on Unimog 416 light trucks.
  • ZU-23-2 twin-barrelled AA autocannon: 12 guns captured during "externals" in Mozambique.
  • Zastava M55 A2 20mm triple-barrelled automatic anti-aircraft gun: Captured during "externals" in Mozambique.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), p. 137.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210729094915/https://rhodesian.tripod.com/rrd.html Photos of a Zastava M55 autocannon captured by the Rhodesian Security Forces in Mozambique, September 1979.]
  • ZPU-4 14.5mm Quadruple-barrelled AA autocannon: Captured during "externals" in Mozambique.

=Armoured and mine-protected vehicles=

File:Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car Mk III (9685391849).jpg Marmon-Herrington MkIII armoured cars in the Zimbabwe Military Museum, Gweru.]]

File:Rhodesian Eland901.jpg parked at the Inkomo weapons range, 1979.]]

File:Rhodesian T-55LD.jpg parked at the Inkomo weapons range, 1979.]]

File:LeopardVehicleIWMN.jpg, mine-protected vehicle, designed and built in Rhodesia during the late 1970s and based on a Volkswagen Kombi engine. This example is displayed in the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, UK.]]

File:Rhodesian Pookie mine detecting vehicle 1979.JPG

  • T-34/85 medium tank: some captured during "externals" in Mozambique.
  • T-55LD Main battle tank (MBT): eight tanks provided late in the War by South Africa; never deployed operationally.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 97.Dunstan, Panhard Armoured Car: 1961 Onwards (AML 60, AML 90, Eland), Enthusiasts' Manual (2019), p. 142.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rhodesia.nl/quartz.htm|title=Operation Quartz – Rhodesia 1980|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407234736/http://www.rhodesia.nl/quartz.htm|archive-date= April 7, 2023}}
  • BRDM-2 reconnaissance armoured car: Captured during "externals" in Mozambique.
  • Staghound Mk I armoured car: 20 in service, used early in the War by the Support Commando Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI); retired in 1969.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 21.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 100.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 40.Touchard, Guerre dans le bush! Les blindés de l'Armée rhodésienne au combat (1964-1979), pp. 65; 71.Dunstan, Panhard Armoured Car: 1961 Onwards (AML 60, AML 90, Eland), Enthusiasts' Manual (2019), p. 140.
  • Marmon-Herrington Mk III armoured car: four in service, used early in the War by the BSAP's Police Reserve Recce unit; retired in 1972.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 98.[http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Marmon_Herrington.pdf Surviving South African Marmon-Herrington Armoured Cars.] http://the.shadock.free.fr
  • Shorland armoured car: unlicensed variant; two were built and deployed by the Selous Scouts on an attempted external operation to abduct a group of ZIPRA leaders' at a meeting held in Francistown, Botswana in 1979.
  • Ferret Mk 2 Scout Car (nicknamed "George"): 20 in service, used on road convoy escort duties; occasionally deployed on "externals" in Mozambique.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 96.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), pp. 103; 158.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 137.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 9.Dunstan, Panhard Armoured Car: 1961 Onwards (AML 60, AML 90, Eland), Enthusiasts' Manual (2019), pp. 140–141.
  • Eland-90 Mk 5/Mk 6 armoured car: South African-produced versions of the French Panhard AML-90; 60 loaned by South Africa and deployed on "externals" in Mozambique.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), pp. 102; 158.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), p. 131.Dunstan, Panhard Armoured Car: 1961 Onwards (AML 60, AML 90, Eland), Enthusiasts' Manual (2019), pp. 140–144.
  • Eland-60 Mk 4 armoured car: South African-produced version of the French Panhard AML-HE60-7; 10 loaned by South Africa and used by the Rhodesian Air Force Regiment for Forward Air Field (FAF) defence and aviation fuel convoy escort duties.Salt, A Pride of Eagles: History of the Rhodesian Air Force (2013), pp. 477–479.Dunstan, Panhard Armoured Car: 1961 Onwards (AML 60, AML 90, Eland), Enthusiasts' Manual (2019), p. 143.
  • Carrier, Universal, T16, Mark I: one modified vehicle, fitted locally with a tall armoured superstructure featuring one twin-FN MAG and one twin-Bren mountings and radio equipment, was used by the Rhodesian Air Force Regiment for airfield defence and convoy escort on rough terrain.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 90.
  • Mine Protected Land Rover (MPLR): locally-built, mine-protected version of the Land Rover Series III LWB.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 64–67.
  • Armadillo: locally-built ambush-protected version of the MPLR.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 17; 19; 32–33; 65.
  • Leopard security vehicle: locally-built monocoque mine-protected vehicle used by the BSAP.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 24.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 50–53.
  • Hippo APC: mine-protected vehicle provided early in the war by South Africa; used by the Rhodesian Army and the BSAP.Nelson, Zimbabwe: A Country Study (1983), pp. 237–317.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 99.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 104.Camp & Heitman, Surviving the Ride – A Pictorial History of South African-Manufactured Armoured Vehicles (2014), pp. 41–45.
  • Moon Hyena APC: mine-protected vehicle provided early in the war by South Africa; 146 in service with the BSAP, refurbished later in the War and reallocated as command vehicles to the Police Support Unit (PSU).Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 10; 99.Camp & Heitman, Surviving the Ride – A Pictorial History of South African-Manufactured Armoured Vehicles (2014), pp. 22–29.
  • Rhino/Moon Buggy APC: locally-built mine-protected vehicle used by the Rhodesian Army, the BSAP and departmental units.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 81–85.
  • Tusker Tourer APC: locally-built mine-protected civilian version of the Rhino/Moon Buggy.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 86–89.
  • Cougar APC: locally-built mine-protected vehicle used by the Rhodesian Army, the Rhodesian Air Force Regiment and the INTAF.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 38–42.
  • Kudu APC: locally-built mine-protected vehicle used by the BSAP on road convoy escort duties.Perrett & Hadler, Mechanised Infantry (1984), pp. 36–37.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 36; 46–49.
  • Puma APC: locally-built mine-protected troop-carrying vehicle used by the Rhodesian Army and the BSAP; deployed on Fireforce missions and also used by the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) on "externals" in Mozambique.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 78–80.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), pp. 109–110.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 24.
  • Anti-Ambush Mine Protected Vehicle (AAMPV): locally-built mine-protected, medium-sized troop-carrying vehicle; used by Civil Defence-run area defence militias.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 33–34.
  • Batmobile TCV: locally-built mine-protected heavy troop-carrying vehicle; used by a private mining company and by Civil Defence-run area defence militias.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 35–36.
  • Bullet TCV: locally-built mine-protected troop-carrying vehicle; prototype only, used as a training vehicle very late in the war by the Rhodesian Armoured Corps.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 60.
  • Buffel APC: mine-protected troop-carrying vehicle provided very late in the war by South Africa.Pretty, Jane's Weapon Systems, 1986–87 (1986 ed.), p. 1021.
  • UR-416 Armoured car: two vehicles deployed by the Selous Scouts on "externals" in Mozambique; nicknamed "Pigs" by the Rhodesians, they were actually unlicensed (and modified) copies of the original West German design.Stiff & Reid-Daly, Selous Scouts Top Secret War (1983), p. 425.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 17; 60–69; 93; 143Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), pp. 64–65; 70; 132–133.Touchard, Guerre dans le bush! Les blindés de l'Armée rhodésienne au combat (1964-1979), p. 72.
  • "Hot Lips": two locally-built armoured cars, based on a heavily modified design of the UR-416, were deployed by the Rhodesian SAS on "externals" in Mozambique.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 92–93.
  • Crocodile armoured personnel carrier: locally-built mine-protected troop-carrying vehicle used on road convoy escort duties by the BSAP and the SFAs; also deployed on Fireforce missions and "externals" in Zambia and Mozambique.Perrett & Hadler, Mechanised Infantry (1984), pp. 26; 36–37.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 43–45.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), pp. 24–25; 56–57.Touchard, Guerre dans le bush! Les blindés de l'Armée rhodésienne au combat (1964-1979), pp. 65; 73.
  • MAP45 armoured personnel carrier: locally-built mine-protected troop-carrying vehicle used on Fireforce missions; also deployed on "externals" in Zambia and Mozambique.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 58.Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), pp. 109; 130; 138.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), pp. 24–25.
  • MAP75 armoured personnel carrier: locally-built mine-protected troop-carrying vehicle used on Fireforce missions; also deployed on "externals" in Zambia and Mozambique.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 55–58.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), pp. 24-25
  • BTR-152 Armoured Personnel Carrier: some captured during "externals" in Mozambique.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 146.
  • Mine Protected Combat Vehicle (MPCV, nicknamed the "Spook"): locally-built mine-protected troop-carrying vehicle based on a heavily modified Unimog 416 light truck chassis introduced very late in the war; never deployed operationally.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 17; 60–69; 143.
  • Pookie mine detecting vehicle: locally-built light mine-protected vehicle used to detect anti-tank mines laid by guerrillas on Rhodesian roads.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 22–23; 74–76.{{cite news |title=The Pookie: a History of the World's first successful Landmine Detector Carrier |last=Wood |first=J.R.T. |url=http://www.jrtwood.com/article_pookie.asp |location=Durban |year=1995 |access-date=19 October 2011}}
  • Mine Protected Mortar Carrier (MPMC, nicknamed the "Scorpion"): locally-built light mine-protected vehicle based on a Unimog 416 light truck chassis modified to accept a base mount for either an L16 81mm mortar or a L1A1 81 mm mortar; deployed on "externals" in Zambia and Mozambique.
  • MAP 6×6 Artillery Tractor (nicknamed "5.5 Gun Tractor"): locally-built mine-protected artillery tractor based on a Mercedes-Benz L2624 6×6 medium-duty truck chassis, used to tow BL 5.5-inch medium guns; eight in service with the 1st Field Regiment, Rhodesian Artillery.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 59.

=Escort, transport and recovery vehicles=

=Rail vehicles=

  • Rhino rail-mounted MAP vehicle: adapted to run on rails by the Rhodesian Railways; employed in reconnaissance for ambushes and spotting (or safely detonating) any anti-tank mines that were laid on the rail tracks, travelling ahead of civilian trains.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 27–28; 84.
  • Tusker rail-mounted MAP vehicle: adapted to run on rails by the Rhodesian Railways; employed in reconnaissance for ambushes and spotting (or safely detonating) any anti-tank mines that were laid on the rail tracks, travelling ahead of civilian trains.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 27–28; 89.
  • Kudu rail-mounted MAP vehicle: adapted to run on rails by the Rhodesian Railways; employed in reconnaissance for ambushes and spotting (or safely detonating) any anti-tank mines that were laid on the rail tracks, travelling ahead of civilian trains.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 27–28; 49.
  • Cougar rail-mounted MAP vehicle: adapted to run on rails by the Rhodesian Railways; employed in reconnaissance for ambushes and spotting (or safely detonating) any anti-tank mines that were laid on the rail tracks, travelling ahead of civilian trains.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 40–41.

=Helicopters=

File:RhodesianAlouette.jpg SE 3160 Alouette III helicopter lifting a short wheelbase Mini Moke, August 1962. The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) later used these helicopters for its Fireforce operations.]]

  • Aérospatiale SE-3130 Alouette II light helicopter: six on loan from the South African Air Force (SAAF); employed early in the War on paramilitary and aerial reconnaissance operations, aerial supply, casualty evacuation, communications relays, and troop-transport by the Rhodesian Army, Rhodesian Air Force and the BSAP.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 105.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 74.Cocks, Rhodesian Fire Force 1966-80 (2015), pp. 18–22.
  • Aérospatiale SE-3160 Alouette III light helicopter (nicknamed "Banda" by the guerrillas): 43 in service with the Rhodesian Air Force, including 27 on loan from the South African Air Force (SAAF) and an undisclosed number provided by France, plus additional two "liberated" from Mozambique; deployed in the utility and gunship ("G-Car" and "K-Car") roles on Fireforce missions and "externals" in Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 34.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), pp. 106–107; 113.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 16–17.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 74; 92.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), pp. 111–113; 122.Cocks, Rhodesian Fire Force 1966-80 (2015), p. 32.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), pp. 95–96.
  • Agusta-Bell 205A Utility helicopter (nicknamed "Cheetah"): 12 dilapidated helicopters provided by Israel via Oman; deployed very late in the War in the utility and gunship roles on Fireforce missions and "externals" in Zambia and Mozambique.Cocks, Rhodesian Fire Force 1966-80 (2015), p. 26.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), p. 94.{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/12/15/rhodesia-admits-us-helicopters-used-in-war-against-guerrillas/bff13e67-e843-48d4-8944-7705ad934d37/ |title = Rhodesia Admits U.S. Helicopters Used in War Against Guerrillas |date = 15 December 1978 |newspaper = The Washington Post |access-date = 29 December 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305061425/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/12/15/rhodesia-admits-us-helicopters-used-in-war-against-guerrillas/bff13e67-e843-48d4-8944-7705ad934d37/ |archive-date = 5 March 2016 |url-status = live}}{{cite web |url = https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/international/story/19790131-mystery-surrounding-us-made-huey-helicopters-smuggled-into-ian-smiths-rhodesia-solved-821818-2014-12-26 |title = Mystery surrounding US-made Huey helicopters smuggled into Ian Smith's Rhodesia solved |first = Chhotu |last = Karadia |date = 31 January 1979}}{{cite web |url = http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-africa/zim/af/types/ab205.htm |title = Zimbabwe – Air Force – Aircraft Types |publisher = Aeroflight |access-date = 20 May 2009 |archive-date = 1 March 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100301162342/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-africa/zim/af/types/ab205.htm |url-status = dead }}{{cite web |url = https://sofrep.com/news/fire-force-rhodesias-coin-killing-machine-part-3/ |title = Fire Force: Rhodesia's COIN Killing Machine (Part 3) |publisher = sofrep.com |first = Dan |last = Tharp |date = 16 June 2012}}

=Aircraft=

File:'4220' DH.115 Vampire T.11 (2406) (8643525896).jpg De Havilland Vampire T.11 (DH.115) fighter jet at the Zimbabwe Military Museum, Gweru.]]

File:ZIMBABWE AIR FORCE ENGLISH ELECTRIC CANBERRA B2 AT THE DATANGSHAN AVIATION MUSEUM BEIJING CHINA OCT 2012 (8344782689).jpg English Electric Canberra B.2 at the Datangshan Aviation Museum, Beijing, 2012.]]

  • De Havilland Vampire FB Mk9 single-seater fighter jet: 8 Vampire FB Mk9s in service, plus 13 Vampire FB.52s on loan from the South African Air Force (SAAF) used as fighter-bombers, occasionally employed on air attacks upon guerrilla bases in Mozambique.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 33.Thomas, "'Booms' Over the 'Bush': De Havilland Vampires in Rhodesian Service" (2005), pp. 30; 32-35; 36-37; 39.Petter-Bowyer, Winds of Destruction: The Autobiography of a Rhodesian Combat Pilot (2005), p. 52.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 27; 36.{{cite web|last=Goebel|first=Greg| title=[2.0] Vampire In Foreign Service|url=http://www.airvectors.net/avvamp_2.html|website=Air Vectors|date=1 February 2020 |edition=v1.0.8 }}
  • Hawker Hunter FGA.9 single-seater fighter jet: 12 in service; used as a fighter-bomber, occasionally employed on air attacks upon guerrilla bases in Zambia and Mozambique.Various, "Fireforce Exposed: the Rhodesian Security Forces and their Role in Defending White Supremacy" (1979), p. 51.Jackson, Hawker Hunter (1982), p. 68.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), pp. 24; 33–34.Ashley, Sewell and Greer, Hawker Hunter in action (1992), pp. 39; 41.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 26; 36.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), pp. 95; 122.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/12/flying-history-zimbabwes-proud-aircraft.html|title=Flying History: Zimbabwe's Proud Aircraft Tradition|access-date= 3 December 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221203145000/https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/12/flying-history-zimbabwes-proud-aircraft.html|archive-date= 3 December 2022|url-status= live}}
  • English Electric Canberra B.2 Medium bomber jet: 8 in service; employed on air attacks upon guerrilla bases in Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique.Moorcroft, A Short Thousand Years: The End of Rhodesia's Rebellion (1979), page unknown.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), pp. 13; 24.Petter-Bowyer, Winds of Destruction: The Autobiography of a Rhodesian Combat Pilot (2005), pp. 52; 284.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), pp. 105; 116.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), p. 20.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), pp. 96; 122.
  • De Havilland Vampire T.11 (DH.115) jet trainer: 8 in service.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), p. 123.
  • English Electric Canberra T.4 jet trainer: two in service.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), p. 122.
  • Marchetti SF.260C trainer aircraft (nicknamed "Genet"): 17 in service.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), p. 94.
  • North American AT-6 Harvard trainer aircraft: used early in the War; later sold to South Africa.
  • Percival Provost Mk 52 trainer aircraft: 13 in service; used in the light attack role until replaced by the Reims-Cessna FTB 337G.Cooper et al., African MiGs, Volume 2: Madagascar to Zimbabwe (2011), p. 210.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 16–17.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 49; 54; 98; 201.
  • Reims-Cessna FTB 337G "Push and Pull" light attack aircraft (nicknamed "Lynx"): 21 low-altitude surveillance aircraft in service, modified for precision ground attacks and used on Fireforce missions and occasionally on "externals" in Mozambique.Brent, Rhodesian Air Force – A Brief History 1947–1980 (1988), pp. 13–23.Cocks, Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (2009), p. 33.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 19; 45.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), pp. 111–112; 116; 123.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), p. 43.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), pp. 94–95.
  • Marchetti SF.260W light attack aircraft (nicknamed "Warrior"): 14 in service; used for light ground attack duties and escort of road convoys.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 27.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), p. 94.
  • Cessna 421A Golden Eagle light transport aircraft: one in service.Andrade, Latin-American Military Aviation (1982), p. 346.
  • Percival Pembroke C.1 light transport aircraft: two in service.
  • Douglas C-47A Dakota military transport aircraft (nicknamed "DC-3 Dakota" or "Paradak"): 13 in service; used on Fireforce missions and "externals" in Zambia and Mozambique.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), pp. 19; 33–34.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 113.Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980 (2014), p. 111.Grant & Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80 (2015), pp. 26–27.
  • Canadair DC-4M Argonaut passenger and cargo transport
  • Douglas DC-7CF transport aircraft/airliner: one operated privately by the Rhodesian maverick aviator, gun-runner and agent for hire Jack Malloch in his clandestine "sanction-buster" freighting operations on behalf of the Rhodesian Air Force; used in October 1979 to insert a Rhodesian SAS free-fall pathfinder unit on an external operation to blow up a rail bridge over the Chambeshi River in Zambia.Moorcraft & McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History (2008), p. 149.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), p. 51.
  • Britten-Norman BN-A Islander Utility aircraft/airliner: six ex-Portuguese aircraft clandestinely purchased from Mozambique in 1975-76.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), p. 19.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), p. 96.
  • Beechcraft Baron 95 C-55 Utility aircraft: one in service.Wheeler, Flight International, August 4, 1979, p. 386.
  • Aermacchi AL-60-B2L/AL-60F-5 Utility aircraft (nicknamed "Trojan" or "Trog"): 10 in service; used for light ground attack duties and Signals intelligence (SIGINT) missions.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 16–17.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 49; 98.
  • Cessna 185 Skywagon Light Utility aircraft: two civil aircraft impressed into service, about 17 aircraft on loan from the South African Air Force (SAAF).Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 74; 95; 98.

=Watercraft=

  • Double-ended ferry: one small armoured ferry boat named Ubique, armed with captured DShKM 12.7mm Heavy machine guns and other weapons, was operated by the Rhodesian Army's Corps of Engineers' Boat Squadron on Lake Kariba.Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), pp. 22–23.
  • Patrol launch: a number of patrol launches was operated by the BSAP's Boat Squadron on Lake Kariba and the Zambezi River.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 229; 243.
  • Zodiac rubber inflatable boat: used by the Rhodesian SAS on "externals" in Zambia.Wessels and Scheepers, We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia (2018), pp. 22–27.
  • Klepper-type canoe: used by the Rhodesian SAS on "externals" in Zambia.Wessels and Scheepers, We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia (2018), p. 69.

Patriotic Front equipment

=Pistols=

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File:9-мм пистолет Макарова с патронами.jpg

  • Walther PPK: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 236.
  • Luger P08 pistol: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 21.{{cite web |last=Stewart |first=Major Michael P. |title=Art of War Papers |url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/ArtOfWar_RhodesianAfricanRifles.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302074435/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/ArtOfWar_RhodesianAfricanRifles.pdf |archive-date=2013-03-02 |access-date=12 March 2015}}
  • Tokarev TT-33Abbott, Botham & Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80 (1986), p. 10.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 21; 136.
  • Type 54 pistol (Chinese copy of the Soviet Tokarev TT-33)
  • Makarov PMWood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 131.
  • CZ 27Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 127.
  • CZ 52
  • CZ 75

=Submachine guns=

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File:PPS-43 Soviet 7.62 mm submachine gun.jpg

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File:Submachine gun vz61.jpg

  • MP 40: used early in the War.
  • Sten Mk II: used early in the War.
  • Lanchester Mk. 1: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 130.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), p. 111.
  • Thompson M1A1: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 134.Ellert and Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia (2020), p. 111.
  • MAT-49: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 21; 134.{{Cite thesis |url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/ArtOfWar_RhodesianAfricanRifles.pdf |title=The Rhodesian African Rifles ~ The Growth and Adaptation of a Multicultural Regiment through the Rhodesian Bush War, 1965-1980 |first=Michael P. |last=Stewart |date=2012 |pages=41–42 |type=MA |publisher=Command and General Staff College |location=Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |access-date=2013-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821222415/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/ArtOfWar_RhodesianAfricanRifles.pdf |quote=The Armageddon group, like the other ZANU terrorists sent into Rhodesia, was armed with a mixture of semi-automatic Soviet SKS 7.62mm rifles, French MAT-49 9mm submachine guns, German Luger 9mm pistols, Soviet F1 and RGD5 grenades...}} Quoting {{cite book |last=Wood |first=J. R. T. |date=2009 |title=Counterstrike From the Sky: The Rhodesian All-Arms Fireforce in the War in the Bush 1974-1980 |location=South Africa |publisher=30 Degrees South Publishers |isbn=978-1-92014-333-6}}
  • Uzi: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 111; 136.
  • PPSh-41: used early in the War.Raeburn, We Are Everywhere: Narratives from Rhodesian Guerillas (1978), pp. 1–209.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 110; 115; 133.
  • PPS-43: used early in the War.
  • Sa 25Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 65; 110; 115; 127.
  • Škorpion vz. 61{{cite book | title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, Issues 1722-1732 | publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service | year=1977}}
  • Stechkin APS

=Bolt-action rifles=

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  • Lee–Enfield SMLE Mk III: Captured.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 219.
  • Mauser Karabiner 98k: used early in the War.Storkmann, Geheime Solidarität: Militärbeziehungen und Militärhilfen der DDR in die "Dritte Welt" (2012), p. 246.
  • M24 rifle: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 120.
  • M1943 Czech carbine: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 253.
  • Steyr Mannlicher M95/30 rifle: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 130; 253.
  • MAS-36 rifle: used early in the War.
  • Type 53 carbine (Chinese copy of the Soviet Mosin–Nagant M1944 carbine)Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 132.

=Semi-automatic rifles=

File:SKS Flickr.jpg semi-automatic rifles were used by the guerrillas before the full introduction of AK-47 and AKM assault rifles.]]

{{cite web|title= MAS 49/56|url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/10/mas-49-56|website=SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification|ref={{harvid|BICC}}|author=Bonn International Center for Conversion|author-link=Bonn International Center for Conversion}}

  • MAS-49 rifle{{cite web|title= MAS 49|url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/9/mas-49|website=SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification|ref={{harvid|BICC}}|author=Bonn International Center for Conversion|author-link=Bonn International Center for Conversion}}
  • SKSWood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 21; 58; 65; 115; 135.
  • Type 56 semi-automatic rifle: Chinese copy of the Soviet SKS.
  • vz. 52 rifle

=Battle rifles=

  • FN FAL: Captured.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 90.
  • Heckler & Koch G3: Captured Portuguese-produced m/961 and m/963 G3 versions provided to ZANLA by Mozambique after 1975.
  • L1A1 Self-Loading RifleWood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), p. 59.

=Assault rifles=

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File:AK 47.JPG assault rifle, widely used by the African guerrilla movements.]]

=Sniper rifles=

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File:SVD Dragunov.jpg

=Light machine guns=

  • Bren Mark 3: some captured and re-issued by the ZIPRA early in the War.Wood, A matter of weeks rather than months: The Impasse between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith: Sanctions, Aborted Settlements and War 1965–1969 (2008), p. 411.
  • Degtyaryov DP-27/DP-28: used early in the War.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 128.
  • RPD machine gunWood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 58; 133.
  • Type 56 light machine gun (Chinese copy of the RPD)
  • RPKWessels and Scheepers, We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia (2018), p. 97.

=General-purpose machine guns=

=Medium and Heavy machine guns=

=Grenade systems=

=Land mine systems=

=Bombs and explosive devices=

  • Molotov cocktail (a.k.a. Petrol bomb): used during riots and disturbances at urban areas (Petrol bombings).
  • Letter bomb: explosive device sent via the postal service, designed with the intention to injure or kill the recipient when opened.
  • Suitcase bomb: concealed explosive device made from a TMN-46 anti-tank mine used in bomb attacks at urban areas, such as the August 1977 Salisbury Woolworths bombing.
  • Radio time bomb: portable commercial transistor radio receiver fitted by the guerrillas with explosives and a timing device that detonated after being activated, used in bomb attacks at urban areas.
  • Seven- and 14-ounce Soviet TNT explosive slabs
  • 200-gram and 400-gram TNT explosive blocksWood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 99; 115–116.
  • Trotyl explosive chargeWood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 227.
  • Gelignite (blasting gelatin)Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 227.

=Rocket systems=

=Anti-tank rockets and Grenade launchers=

  • RPG-2 rocket-propelled grenade launcherWood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 99; 116; 132.
  • RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcherBaxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (2011), p. 132.{{cite web|title= RPG 7 |url=https://salw-guide.bicc.de/en/weapon/view/42/rpg-7|website=SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification|ref={{harvid|BICC}}|author=Bonn International Center for Conversion|author-link=Bonn International Center for Conversion}}
  • Type 69 RPG (Chinese version of the Soviet RPG-7)

=Recoilless rifles=

  • Type 56 75 mm: Chinese copy of the US M20 recoilless rifle, used on occasions against military camps and INTAF Keeps.
  • B-10 82 mm: used mainly in the defence of guerrilla staging-bases and training camps.
  • B-11 107 mm: used mainly in the defence of guerrilla staging-bases and training camps.

=Mortars=

=Anti-aircraft guns and autocannons=

  • ZPU-1 14.5mm AA autocannon: employed in both air defence and direct fire supporting roles, usually placed close to guerrilla staging-bases and training camps.
  • ZU-23-2 twin-barrelled AA autocannon: employed in both air defence and direct fire supporting roles, usually placed close to guerrilla staging-bases and training camps.
  • ZPU-4 14.5mm Quadruple-barrelled AA autocannon: employed in both air defence and direct fire supporting roles, usually placed close to guerrilla staging-bases and training camps.
  • Zastava M55 A2 20mm triple-barrelled automatic anti-aircraft gun: employed in both air defence and direct fire supporting roles, usually placed close to guerrilla staging-bases and training camps.
  • Type 65 37 mm twin-barrelled anti-aircraft gun: employed in the air defence role, usually placed close to guerrilla staging-bases and training camps.Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (2011), pp. 44–45.

=Armoured vehicles=

File:T-34 tank (9685397307).jpg medium tank at the Zimbabwe Military Museum, Gweru.]]

  • BRDM-2 reconnaissance armoured car: limited use late in the War by ZIPRA.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), p. 147.Touchard, Guerre dans le bush! Les blindés de l'Armée rhodésienne au combat (1964-1979), p. 70.
  • T-34/85 medium tank: limited use late in the War by ZIPRA.Locke & Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80 (1995), pp. 146–147.
  • BTR-152 Armoured Personnel Carrier: limited use late in the War by ZIPRA and ZANLA.
  • MTU-55 Armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB): limited use late in the War by ZIPRA.

=transport vehicles=

=Aircraft=

=Watercraft=

  • Dugout canoeWood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), pp. 22; 102.
  • Klepper-type canoe: used early in the War by ZIPRA.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 160.
  • German "Pouch" canoe: 18-foot, four-man canvas folding canoe, used early in the War by ZIPRA.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 229.
  • Flat-bottomed boat: used early in the War by ZIPRA.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 102.
  • Steel boat: capable of carrying four men; used early in the War by ZANLA.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 59.
  • Soviet inflatable rubber dinghy: used early in the War by ZIPRA.Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations (2012), p. 94.
  • Inflatable raft: used early in the War by ZIPRA.

Notes

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See also

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  • Hannes Wessels and Andre Scheepers, We Dared to Win: The SAS in Rhodesia, Casemate Publishers UK, Oxford 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-61200-588-1}}
  • Harold D. Nelson, Zimbabwe: A Country Study (DA PAM 550-171), United States Govt Printing Office, Washington D.C., 2nd edition (January 1, 1983). {{ISBN|978-0160015984}}
  • Henrik Ellert and Dennis Anderson, A Brutal State of Affairs – The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia, Weaver Press, Avondale, Harare (Zimbabwe) 2020. {{ISBN|978-1-77922-375-3}}
  • Ian V. Hogg, Jane's Infantry Weapons, 1988-89, Jane's Information Group, Croydon, London 1988. {{ISBN|978-0-7106-0857-4}}
  • Ian V. Hogg, Jane's Infantry Weapons 1989–90, 15th Edition, Jane's Information Group, Croydon, London 1989. {{ISBN|978-0-7106-0889-5}}
  • Kerrin Cocks, Rhodesian Fire Force 1966-80, Africa@War Volume 20, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull UK 2015. {{ISBN|978-1910777534}}
  • Klaus P. Storkmann, Geheime Solidarität: Militärbeziehungen und Militärhilfen der DDR in die "Dritte Welt", Ch. Links Verlag GmbH. 2012. {{ISBN|978-3-86153-676-5}} (in German)
  • John Andrade, Latin-American Military Aviation, Midland Counties Publications, Leicester UK 1982. {{ISBN|0-904597-31-8}}
  • John Keegan, World Armies (2nd edition), Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke 1983. {{ISBN|978-0333340790}}, 0-333-34079-5
  • John Richard Taylor Wood, A matter of weeks rather than months: The Impasse between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith: Sanctions, Aborted Settlements and War 1965–1969, Trafford Publishing, Victoria (British Columbia) 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-4251-4807-2}}
  • John Richard Taylor Wood, Operation Dingo – Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué, 1977 (revised edition), Africa@War Volume 35, Helion & Company Limited, Warwick UK 2011. {{ISBN|978-1-915113-12-2}}
  • John Richard Taylor Wood, Zambezi Valley Insurgency: Early Rhodesian Bush War Operations, Africa@War Volume 5, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull UK 2012. {{ISBN|9781909384323}}
  • Laurent Touchard, Guerre dans le bush! Les blindés de l'Armée rhodésienne au combat (1964-1979), Batailles & Blindés Magazine No. 72, April–May 2016, Caraktère, Aix-en-Provence, pp. 64–75. {{ISSN|1765-0828}} (in French)
  • Leroy Thompson, The G3 Battle Rifle, Weapon series 68, Osprey Publishing Ltd, Oxford 2019. {{ISBN|9781472828620}}
  • Scott Thomas, The Diplomacy of Liberation: The Foreign Relations of the ANC Since 1960, I.B. Tauris Academic Studies, London 1995. {{ISBN|978-1850439936}}
  • Steve Camp & Helmoed-Römer Heitman, Surviving the Ride – A Pictorial History of South African-Manufactured Armoured Vehicles, 30 Degrees South Publishers, Johannesburg (South Africa) 2014. {{ISBN|978-1-928211-17-4}} – [https://www.30degreessouth.co.za/surviving_the_ride.htm]
  • Steven J. Zaloga, Jim Kinnear and Peter Sarson, T-34-85 Medium Tank 1944-94, New Vanguard series 20, Osprey Publishing Ltd, Oxford 1996. {{ISBN|1 85532 535 7}}
  • Simon Dunstan, Panhard Armoured Car: 1961 Onwards (AML 60, AML 90, Eland), Enthusiasts' Manual, Haynes Publishing UK, Somerset 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-78521-194-2}}
  • Toc Walsh, Mampara: Rhodesia Regiment Moments of Mayhem by a Moronic, Maybe Militant, Madman, 30 Degrees South Publishers, Johannesburg (South Africa) 2014. {{ISBN|978-1-92821-130-3}}
  • Tom Cooper, Peter Weinert, Fabian Hinz and Mark Lepko, African MiGs, Volume 2: Madagascar to Zimbabwe, Harpia Publishing, Houston, Texas 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-9825539-8-5}}
  • Various, Fireforce Exposed: Rhodesian Security Forces and Their Role in Defending White Supremacy, The Anti-Apartheid Movement, London 1979. {{ISBN|978-090006504-0}}
  • Margaret Hall & Thomas Young, Confronting Leviathan: Mozambique since independence, Ohio University Press, Athens 1997. {{ISBN|0-8214-1191-8}}
  • Matthew Preston, Ending civil war: Rhodesia and Lebanon in perspective, I.B. Tauris, London 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-85043-579-2}}
  • Michael Raeburn, We Are Everywhere: Narratives from Rhodesian Guerillas, Random House, New York 1978. {{ISBN|978-0-39450-530-5}}
  • Neil Grant & Peter Dennis, Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961–80, Warrior series 177, Osprey Publishing Ltd, Oxford 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-4728-0962-9}}
  • Paul L. Moorcroft, A Short Thousand Years: The End of Rhodesia's Rebellion, Galaxie Press, Salisbury (Rhodesia) 1979. {{ISBN|978-0-86925-106-5}}
  • Paul L. Moorcraft & Knox Chitiyo, Mugabe's War Machine: Saving or Savaging Zimbabwe?, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Barnsley, South Yorkshire 2011. {{ISBN|978-1848844100}}
  • Paul L. Moorcraft & Peter McLaughlin, The Rhodesian War: A Military History, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, Barnsley, South Yorkshire 1983 (2008 ed.). {{ISBN|978-1-84415-694-8}}
  • Peter Abbott, Manuel Ribeiro Rodrigues and Ron Volstad, Modern African Wars (2): Angola and Mozambique 1961–74, Men-at-Arms series 202, Osprey Publishing Ltd, Oxford 1988. {{ISBN|978-0-85045-843-5}}
  • Peter Abbott, Philip Botham & Mike Chappell, Modern African Wars (1): Rhodesia 1965–80, Men-at-arms series 183, Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1986. {{ISBN|9780850457285}}
  • Peter Baxter, Selous Scouts: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists, Africa@War Volume 4, Helion & Company Limited and South Publishers (Pty) Ltd., Solihull UK 2011. {{ISBN|978-1-907677-38-0}}
  • Peter Baxter, Bush War Rhodesia 1966-1980, Africa@War Volume 17, Helion & Company Limited and South Publishers (Pty) Ltd., Solihull UK 2014. {{ISBN|978-1-910294-86-4}}
  • Peter Baxter, Hugh Bomford & Gerry van Tonder (eds.), Rhodesia Regiment 1899–1981, 30 Degrees South Publishers, Johannesburg (South Africa) 2014. {{ISBN|978-1-92014-389-3}}
  • Peter Gerard Locke & Peter David Farquharson Cooke, Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia 1965-80, P&P Publishing, Wellington (New Zealand) 1995. {{ISBN|0-473-02413-6}}
  • Peter Stiff, Taming the Landmine, Galago Publishing (Pty) Ltd., Alberton (South Africa) 1986. {{ISBN|9780947020040}}
  • Peter Stiff & Ron Reid-Daly, Selous Scouts Top Secret War, Galago Publishing (Pty) Ltd., Alberton (South Africa) 1983. {{ISBN|978-0620066747}}
  • Peter MacDonald, Soldiers of Fortune – The Twentieth Century Mercenary, Gallery Books and Multimedia Publications (UK) Ltd, New York 1986. {{ISBN|0 8317 8884 4}}
  • Peter J. H. Petter-Bowyer, Winds of Destruction: The Autobiography of a Rhodesian Combat Pilot, 30 Degrees South Publishers, Johannesburg (South Africa) 2005. {{ISBN|0-9584890-3-3}}. – [https://books.google.com/books?id=akwPLOZMZYIC&pg=PA52]
  • Robert K. Brown, The Black Devils, Soldier of Fortune Magazine, January 1979, Omega Group Ltd., Boulder, Colorado.
  • Robert Pitta, Jeff Fannell & Simon McCouaig, South African Special Forces, Elite series 47, Osprey Publishing Ltd, London 1993. {{ISBN|185532 295 1}}
  • Robert Jackson, Hawker Hunter, Modern Combat Aircraft 15, Ian Allan Ltd., Shepperton, Surrey UK 1982. {{ISBN|0-7110-1216-4}}
  • Rod Wells, Part-Time War: Recollections of the Terrorist War in Rhodesia 1975-78, Fern House, 2011. {{ISBN|978-1-902702-25-4}}
  • Ronald Pretty, Jane's Weapon Systems, 1986–87 (1986 ed.), Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0710608321}}
  • W. A. Brent, Rhodesian Air Force – A Brief History 1947–1980, Freeworld Publications, 1988. {{ISBN|0620118059}}

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External links

  • [http://www.rhodesia.nl/ Rhodesian and South African Military History]: An extensive collection of histories and analysis of Rhodesian and South African military operations, to the early 1980s.
  • [http://www.baragwanath.co.za/leopard/ The bush war Leopard]: Leopard, Rhodesian Bush War landmine resisting vehicle.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080918204929/http://www.mazoe.com/echoesarmouredvehicles.html/ Photos and captions of Rhodesian military vehicles in 1978-79.]
  • [http://weaponsman.com/?p=27146/ Rhodesian Mine Ambush Protected Vehicles 1975-80.]
  • [http://selousscouts.tripod.com/rhodesian_armoured_corps_.htm/ Photos of the Crocodile in service with the RhACR in 1979.]
  • [https://rhodesianforces.org/rhodesianforces.org/BSAPvehicles.html/ British South Africa Police (BSAP) vehicles.]
  • [http://archives.the-monitor.org/index.php/publications/display?url=lm/1999/zimbabwe.html#fn301/ Types of landmines employed during the Rhodesian Bush War.]
  • [https://aquellasarmasdeguerra.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/armas-utilizadas-en-la-guerra-de-rhodesia1964-1979/ Armas utilizadas en la guerra de Rhodesia 1964-1979] [Weapons used in the war of Rhodesia 1964–1979] (in Spanish)

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