List of military equipment used by Syrian Democratic Forces

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List of military equipment used by Syrian Democratic Forces in the Syrian Civil War. This list does not include equipment used by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the Syrian opposition.

Sources[]

The YPG has received weapons and equipment from the United States for the Raqqa offensive.^[1]

Equipment[]

Small arms[]

Name	Country of origin (manufacturer)	Type	Number	Caliber	Notes
Makarov pistol	Soviet Union	Pistol	Thousands	9×18mm
Browning Hi-Power	Belgium	Pistol	Thousands[citation needed]	9×19mm
Glock	Austria	Pistol	?	9×19mm
Beretta M12	Italy	Submachine gun	Thousands[citation needed]	9×19mm
HK MP5	West Germany	Submachine gun	?	9×19mm
M4 carbine	United States  Malaysia	Assault rifle	Thousands[2]	5.56×45mm
M16 rifle	United States	Assault rifle	Thousands[citation needed]	5.56×45mm
	Canada	Carbine	?	5.56x45mm
FN FAL	Belgium	Battle rifle	?	7.62×51mm
Steyr AUG	Austria  Malaysia	Bullpup assault rifle	?	5.56×45mm
Steyr HS .50	Austria	Anti-materiel sniper rifle	?	12.7×99mm
Zagros Rifle[3]	Rojava	Anti-materiel rifle	Hundreds	12.7×108mm	Self made anti-materiel rifle
Zijiang M99	China	Anti-materiel rifle	?	12.7×108mm
AK-47	Soviet Union	Assault rifle	Tens of thousands	7.62×39mm
AKM	Soviet Union	Assault rifle	Tens of thousands	7.62×39mm
AKS-74U	Soviet Union	Carbine	?	5.45×39mm
AK-74	Soviet Union	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm
AK-74M	Russia	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm
AK-103	Russia	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm
AK-104	Russia	Assault rifle	?	7.62×39mm
Type 56	China	Assault rifle	Tens of thousands[citation needed]	7.62×39mm
	North Korea	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm
PM md. 63/65	Socialist Republic of Romania	Assault rifle	Tens of thousands[citation needed]	7.62×39mm
MPi-KM	East Germany	Assault rifle	Tens of thousands[citation needed]	7.62×39mm
AK-63	Hungary	Assault rifle	Tens of thousands[citation needed]	7.62×39mm
AMD 65	Hungary	Assault rifle	Tens of thousands[citation needed]	7.62×39mm
Kbk wz. 1988 Tantal	Poland	Assault rifle	?	5.45×39mm
Blaser R93 Tactical	Germany	Sniper rifle	?	7.62×51mm
Dragunov sniper rifle	Soviet Union	Sniper rifle	?	7.62×54mmR
PSL (rifle)	Socialist Republic of Romania	Sniper rifle	?	7.62×54mmR
Tabuk Sniper Rifle	Iraq	Sniper rifle	?	7.62×39mm
Mosin–Nagant	Soviet Union	Rifle	?	7.62×54mmR
Rheinmetall MG 3	Germany	General-purpose machine gun	Few	7.62×51mm
FN MAG	Belgium	General-purpose machine gun	Few	7.62×51mm
M249	United States	Light machine gun	?	5.56×45mm
RPK	Soviet Union	Light machine gun	?	7.62×39mm
Ultimax 100	Singapore	Light machine gun	?	5.56×45mm
Zastava M72	Yugoslavia	Light machine gun	?	7.62×39mm
PK machine gun	Soviet Union	General-purpose machine gun	Hundreds	7.62×54mmR
Zastava M84	Yugoslavia	General-purpose machine gun	Hundreds	7.62×54mmR
M2 Browning	United States	Heavy machine gun	?	12.7×99mm
M1919 Browning machine gun	United States	Medium machine gun	?	7.62×51mm
DShK	Soviet Union	Heavy machine gun	Hundreds	12.7×108mm
KPV heavy machine gun	Soviet Union	Heavy machine gun	Hundreds	14.5×114mm

Anti-tank[]

Name	Country of origin	Type	Number	Caliber	Notes
RPG-7	Soviet Union	Rocket-propelled grenade	Thousands	40mm	YPG's RPG are supposed to be of this type
Type 69 RPG	China	Rocket-propelled grenade	Thousands	40mm
M79 Osa	Yugoslavia	Anti-tank weapon	Few	90mm
Mk 19	United States	Grenade launcher	?	40×53mm
RBG-6	Croatia	Grenade launcher	?	40×46mm
GP-25	Russia	Grenade launcher	?	40 mm
MILAN	France	Anti-tank missile	?	115mm
BGM-71 TOW	United States	Anti-tank missile	?	152mm
AT-4 Spigot	Soviet Union	Anti-tank missile	?	120mm
AT-5 spandrel	Russia	Anti-tank missile	?	115mm
AT-13 Saxhorn-2	Russia	Anti-tank missile	?	130mm
SPG-9	Soviet Union	Recoilless rifle	?	73mm
IED	Rojava	Improvised explosive device	?	N/a

Artillery[]

Name	Country of origin	Type	Number	Caliber	Notes
82-BM-37	Soviet Union	Mortar	12	82mm	Captured, SAA had 200
M1938 mortar	Soviet Union	Mortar	12	120mm	Captured, SAA had 300
120-PM-43 mortar	Soviet Union	Mortar	12	120mm	Captured, SAA had 400
Improvised mortars	Syria	Improvised mortars	Several	Various	Captured from Syrian Opposition
	Syria	Improvised mortars	Several	Various	Captured from Free Syrian Army

Armored vehicles[]

Photo	Name	Country of origin	Type	# in Afrin	# in East Rojava	Notes
	T-72[4]	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	2	0	At least 1 used in the Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016), 1 destroyed by the Falcons of Mount Zawiya Brigade All lost.
	T-62	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	0	2-4	Captured from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Al-Hasakah Governorate. At least one is operable.
	T-55 with 2*14.5MG[5]	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	0	1	Well designed local variant with twin 14.5MG, used in eastern Syria
	T-55	Soviet Union	Main battle tank	0	6	Captured from the Menagh Military Airbase as well as from various battles with ISIS.
	MT-LB	Soviet Union	Armoured personnel carrier	0	4	Captured from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Originally from Iraq.
	BTR-60	Soviet Union	Armoured personnel carrier	0	1+
	IAG Guardian	United States	Armoured personnel carrier	0	Dozens	Supplied by the Coalition.
	ZSU-23-4 Shilka	Soviet Union	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun	0	1[6]	Captured from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at the Tishrin Damn
	Lenco BearCat	United States	MRAP	0	Dozens	Supplied by the Coalition. Mostly used for internal security.
	International MaxxPro	United States	MRAP	0	Dozens	Supplied by the Coalition.
	ZIL Karatel	Russia	MRAP	?	?
	Humvee	United States	Armoured car	0	Hundreds	20+ received as aid in November 2017. Others captured from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, whom likely captured from Iraqi military forces donated by the United States when they left Iraq.

Utility vehicles[]

All are pickup trucks which were either modified to hold weapons, or are used to transport troops to battlefields.

Name	Country of origin	Type	Number	Notes
Toyota Hilux	Japan	Improvised fighting vehicle, technical	Thousands
Toyota Land Cruiser	Japan	Improvised fighting vehicle, technical	Thousands	Most typically the 70 series ffamily which replaced the 40 series in 1984
Safir	Iran	Technical	Unknown

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