Palestinian domestic weapons production

Even before the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, various militant Palestinian (Palestinian resistance) groups built domestically-produced weapons for attacks against Israel.^{[citation needed]} Most of the effort has been in the production of unguided artillery rockets, though Hamas has built its own versions of anti-tank missiles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). Though usually smuggled across the Egyptian border into the Gaza Strip and to a lesser extent Jordanian border into the West Bank, various small arms are believed to be produced in the Palestinian territories.

On 14 August 2008 the Popular Resistance Committees showed off the missile, an upgraded version of the existing .^[1]

Known equipment

Aircraft

Ababeel1

Rockets

Multiple Rocket Launcher

al Quds-3 MRL (Hamas & Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement)

Short Range Artillery Rockets

Qassam Type 1, 2, 3, & 4 (Hamas)^[2]^[3]^[4]
al Quds Type 101 & 2 (Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement)^[3]
(Popular Resistance Committees)^[5]
(Popular Resistance Committees)
(Tanzim)
(Fatah)^[5]
(Fatah)
Type 1 & 2 (Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade)
(Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade)
Al-Samoud (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine)^[5]

Anti-Tank Missiles

Yasin RPG (Hamas)^[6]
al Bana RPG (Hamas developed, in use by other factions)
al Batar RPG (Hamas developed, in use by other factions)^[5]^[4]

Mortars

(Fatah & Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine)

Small arms

Carlo (submachine gun)^[7]

References

^ Ha'aretz 15 August 2008 PRC: Our new rocket can reach as far as Ashdod
^ "Gaza's rocket threat to Israel". 21 January 2008.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b https://web.archive.org/web/20060523183117/http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss/balance/Pa.pdf
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Website of 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades - Hamas' Military Wing - Details Weapons Manufactured in Gaza to be Used Against Israel, Including Suicide Belts, Anti-Tank Mines, Rockets and Mortars, and Others".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Palestinian Weapons Production and Smuggling: Missiles, Rockets & Mortars". Archived from the original on 2020-03-16.
^ "Yassin RPG – the Underground RPG of Gaza". 14 November 2017.
^ "Say hello to 'Carlo,' the cheap, lethal go-to gun for terrorists".

Bibliography

Horowitz, Adam; Ratner, Lizzy; Weiss, Philip (2011). The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict. Bold Type Books. ISBN 978-1568586410.

[1] Ha'aretz 15 August 2008 PRC: Our new rocket can reach as far as Ashdod

[2] "Gaza's rocket threat to Israel". 21 January 2008.

[PalestinianWeapons-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b https://web.archive.org/web/20060523183117/http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss/balance/Pa.pdf

[MEMRIWMG-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Website of 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades - Hamas' Military Wing - Details Weapons Manufactured in Gaza to be Used Against Israel, Including Suicide Belts, Anti-Tank Mines, Rockets and Mortars, and Others".

[PWP-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Palestinian Weapons Production and Smuggling: Missiles, Rockets & Mortars". Archived from the original on 2020-03-16.

[6] "Yassin RPG – the Underground RPG of Gaza". 14 November 2017.

[7] "Say hello to 'Carlo,' the cheap, lethal go-to gun for terrorists".

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