Ukrainian arms turned up on both the Muslim and Croat sides, including 20 C-300 anti-missile batteries.
Leaders in the Syrian armed opposition told al-Akhbar Daily that they received a large quantity of Ukrainian weapons purchased by Saudi Arabia and transported through Lebanon. In this context, a defect officer said that “they finally received anti-tank missiles and defensive weapons
Western officials and Syrian rebels say, Sudan’s government sold Sudanese- and Chinese-made arms to Qatar, which arranged delivery through Turkey to the rebels., reported the NY Times. The shipments included antiaircraft missiles and newly manufactured small-arms cartridges
According to initial statements published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (MoD), both helicopters were shot down by man-portable air-defence systems. [...] Although little information is available on the MANPADS used, they are likely to have been an Igla, either the earlier 9K310 Igla-1 (SA-16 'Gimlet'), or the later 9K38 Igla (SA-18 'Grouse')
As the Ukrainian army continues to battle pro-Kremlin separatists in the east of the country, it faces an emerging threat of heavily armed militants that are using sophisticated weaponry traditionally only available to Russian Special Force Operatives: MANPADS
on July 2, paratroopers seized from the rebels an armored KamAZ truck of the latest modification
Also, on July 2, paratroopers seized from the rebels an armored KamAZ truck of the latest modification. Some 33 boxes of 20-mm mines, four Russian-made 2C-12 mortar systems, a Shmel man-portable rocket launcher, an AGS 17 automatic grenade launcher, two MANPADS and dozens of machine guns were found in its trailer.
Ammunition for small arms (caliber 5.45 and 7.62 mm)
Зокрема, близько 100 ящиків боєприпасів для стрілецької зброї (калібр 5,45 та 7,62 мм), декілька ручних протитанкових гранатометів (РПГ-18), один з яких у зведеному стані. Велика кількість переносних зенітно-ракетних комплексів (ПЗРК) та нічні приціли. Різного характеру обмундирування з шевронами російських «казаків» та нацистських формувань СС. Найбільша знахідка — понад 60 протитанкових керованих ракет (ПТРК) розсипом та у ящиках, які знайдено у підвальному приміщенні міської ради міста Слов’янськ. Варто зазначити, що дві одиниці РПГ-18, один з яких був приведений у готовність до застосування, вилучені у терориста, який намагався здійснити постріл в бік мерії Слов’янська, де працювали військовослужбовці та керівництво
In particular, the ATO forces seized four armored vehicles, three tanks, three Grad multiple rocket launchers and mortars, an IMR combat engineering vehicle, 31 MANPADS (man-portable air-defense systems), 26 anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), 101 small arms and nearly 300,000 rounds of ammunition for them, as well as 27 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines.
Grad multiple rocket launcher  and mortar
Available information indicates Moscow has recently transferred some Soviet-era tanks and artillery to the separatists and that over the weekend several military vehicles crossed the border.
Social media videos of separatist military convoys suggest Russia in the past week alone has probably supplied the militants with at least two-dozen additional armored vehicles and artillery pieces and about as many military trucks.
Publicly available videos posted on July 14 of a Luhansk convoy on the road to Donetsk revealed at least five T-64 tanks, four BMP-2 armored personnel carriers (APC), BM-21 multiple rocket launchers, three towed antitank guns, two ZU 23-2 antiaircraft guns, and probably a 2B16 mortar.
A video of Krasnodon, near the Izvaryne border crossing, on 11 July showed two BTR armored personnel carriers, two antitank guns, and various trucks on a road heading in a westerly direction towards Donetsk.
Ukrainian officials discovered caches of weapons that they assert came from Russia, including MANPADS, mines, grenades, MREs, vehicles, and a pontoon bridge.
People’s militia fighters in the southeast of Ukraine have armed themselves with tanks, warplanes, multiple rocket launcher systems and artillery. According to the self-defense forces of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the armaments have been taken in combat with the Ukrainian security forces.
People’s militia fighters previously said that they managed to start an exhibition sample of a WW2 tank that was removed from a military memorial pedestal.
Units of people’s militia on Tuesday shelled a Grad rocket mortar battery in the base camp of the Ukrainian security forces in the Amvrosiyevka settlement.
[The militia fighters] also said they captured the crew if a downed Ukrainian Antonov An-26 plane.
During one day they have downed two Ukrainian Air Force planes: a strike fighter in the area of Lisichansk and transport planes in the area of the Izvarino checkpoint.
Lysenko said the supply of light arms and ammunition being used by the separatists to fight against Ukrainian troops is “enormous.” The tanks, armored personnel carriers and anti-aircraft weapons, including Buk and MANPADS, were substantial, he said.
According to initial statements published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (MoD), both helicopters were shot down by man-portable air-defence systems. Although little information is available on the MANPADS used, they are likely to have been an Igla, either the earlier 9K310 Igla-1 (SA-16 'Gimlet'), or the later 9K38 Igla (SA-18 'Grouse')
On the last day of May, a surface-to-air rocket was signed out of a military base near Moscow where it had been stored for more than 20 years.
a separatist leader said that Russia may have supplied the separatists with BUK rockets, which were used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
On June 14, for instance, separatists shot down a Ukrainian IL-76 military transport jet coming in to land near the eastern city of Luhansk. [...] The weapon used that day, according to separatists who later spoke about the attack, was an Igla rocket launcher
seized weapons caches include Russian-made light and heavy weapons as well as rocket propelled grenades and anti-tank weapons, their technical documentation links them to arms factories in Russia.
Armoured personnel carriers and tanks carrying Russian flags also are an indication of Russia's involvement
Light machine guns have been documented with great frequency, primarily the Kalashnikov-based RPK-74
Belt-fed machine guns, whilst observed less often than during Russian operations in Crimea, have also been documented on both sides, and include PK and PKM GPMGs, as well as RPD light machine guns.
At least two Russian-produced PKP ‘Pecheneg’ light machine guns have also been observed
As in other internal conflicts, those without access to military weapons sometimes make use of sporting guns, including a wide variety of shotguns from aging break-open designs to modern semiautomatic models such as the Russian Saiga 12 or Turkish Akkar Altay types
An Armscor Model 30 pump-action shotgun, produced in the Philippines, was also documented in service with pro-Russian separatists
Bolt-action sporting rifles in calibres from .308 Winchester down to .22 LR have also been observed,
Bolt-action sporting rifles in calibres from .308 Winchester down to .22 LR have also been observed, alongside vintage military rifles including models of the Mosin and Mauser types, which are chambered for 7.62 x 54R mm and 7.92 x 57 mm, respectively
a pro-Russian separatist fighter claimed that the ‘sawn-off’ double-barrelled, break-action percussion shotgun he posed with had been in his family “for 100 years”.
These vary greatly, from traditional break-action piston guns to more modern types like the Chinese Norinco B3-1, an example of which was captured in Mykolayiv in April 2014.
He was wearing military-style clothing and appeared to the casual observer to be armed with a German Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun
whilst separatist forces have been documented with RGD-5, F1, RG-41, and RGN fragmentation grenades
A variety of anti-personnel and anti-vehicle landmines have been recovered from pro-Russian separatist groups. Anti-personnel landmines have included the MON-50, MON-90, and MON-100 directional anti-personnel mines,
A proRussian separatist combatant, associated with the ‘Zarya Battalion’, has been documented emplacing another munition, the PMN-4 anti-personnel mine
One example of the OZM-72 was documented fuzed with an MUV type or similar pull fuze, designed to be initiated by a tripwire. According to a pro-Russian separatist interviewed by a correspondent in eastern Ukraine, the fuzed OZM-72 was recovered from Iloviask School. Ukrainian government forces were based there during operations in the area26.
The army haul included T-56 assault rifles with 425 rounds of ammunition and 15 magazines, one pistol with 24 rounds of ammunition and three magazines, 4 anti personnel mines, 10 hand grenades, 30 detonators, two remote control devices used to detonate claymore mines with a 30m long wire, 8 pouches used in suicide jackets, one communication equipment and 12 pen torch batteries.
"SPLM–N captured 60 mm and 81 mm mortar rounds with Farsi markings from SAF. The 60 mm rounds are hybrid systems fitted with Chinese-made MP-5B pointdetonating fuzes." "120 mm mortar tube reportedly captured from SAF in September 2011."
Captured from SAF. Have Farsi markings, suggesting Iranian production. The mines are contained in crates intended for M-6 fuzes with markings from the Yarmouk Industrial Complex, which indicates that the mines were most probably repackaged by Sudanese 29 state forces." "Identical landmines (roughly a dozen pieces) that the SPLM–N reportedly captured from SAF during the civil war"
Three launchers captured from SAF documented in the two states, same producer (‘9656’) with close serial numbers, suggesting part of a single consignment from China. The Small Arms Survey later documented a QLZ 87 crate that the SPLM–N had seized during the battle of al Hamra; it contained markings indicating that China’s Xinshidai Company sold a total of 500 QLZ 87 sets to Sudan’s Yarmouk Industrial Complex in 2008. Ammunition was only observed in South Kordofan.
Two captured from SAF. First time this advanced and expensive weapon is documented in Sudan. One manufactured in 2009, shipped as part of a total order of 100; the other manufactured in 2011 and shipped as part of a total order of 350.
82 mm mortar rounds seized from SAF in battle. Identical to 82 mm rounds observed with the SSLM/A; ranged in manufacture date from 2006 to 2011.
60 mm, 82 mm, and 120 mm mortar tubes among weapons that the SPLM–N seized from SAF.
Youths armed by George Athor. Documented by a UN mission observer
Seen returning from Pibor county, where an attack took place in December 2011.
[CQ Assault Rifle] Among Lou Nuer forces that attacked Murle villages in Pibor in April and July 2013. Loaded with Chinese Factory 71 5.56 x 45 mm ammunition. May have originated with Yau Yau or the SPLA troops, who captured some CQs during counter-insurgency operations in Murle areas.
[CQ Assault Rifle] Observed during their attack on Lou Nuer, possibly associated with SSDM/A–Yau Yau.
Captured by the SPLA and documented by the UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (UNSC, 2011b, p. 89).21 Matched lot numbers observed with Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) forces in their attack on Ethiopia in 2010.
Seen among the weapons of Peter Kuol Chol Awan, an Athor commander who surrendered with his men in February 2012. Matched lot numbers observed with ONLF forces in their attack on Ethiopia in 2010.
Seen among the weapons of Peter Kuol Chol Awan, an Athor commander who surrendered with his men in February 2012.
Present with Olony’s forces, which accepted amnesty.
‘Khawad’ (12.7 x 108 mm) and ‘Mokhtar’ (7.62 x 54 mm) machine guns
Khawad captured from SAF in battle over Jaw in February 2012.
120 mm mortar rounds captured from SAF in 2009.
82 mm mortar rounds seized from SAF in battle.
The Small Arms Survey obtained photographic evidence of this weapon, which was seized by SAF.
The Small Arms Survey received documentation in March 2011. Later in 2011, investigators documented additional weapons that the SPLA captured from Athor’s men. Another distinct RPG-7-pattern launcher had identical marks on the trigger assembly and matched the launcher featured on the MIC website.
Received documentation of PG-7s with the RPG-7- pattern launcher noted above
Lodi stressed that SPLM-N forces destroyed two Land Cruiser vehicles, saying the government militia fled the battlefield leaving several dead bodies. He added their forces seized 2 Dushka cannons, one Garanov machine gun, 2 RPG 7 and 9 Kalashnikov rifles, saying that one of the SPLM-N soldiers was wounded in the clashes.
It is possible, however, to state that the Sudan Liberation Army faction led by Abdulwahid Mohammed Nour has obtained a 107-mm multiple-launch rocket system that, when the Panel visited northern Jebel Marra in December 2012, was based with a Sudan Liberation Army detachment in the village of Dibule, close to the UNAMID team site at Sortony
The batch numbers and other markings on this specimen from within Darfur bear a remarkable resemblance to similar shells reportedly seized from the Sudanese armed forces by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and JEM during their joint takeover of Heglig
SLA/MM claims that its attacks on Labado and Muhajeria on 6 April 2013 resulted in the capture of more than 243 AK-type 7.62 mm assault rifles, 14 DShK-type 12.7 mm medium machine guns and a smaller number of mortars and anti-tank weapons.Although these data are from a single source,13 there is no reason to disbelieve the claim based on the level of detail provided.
SLA/MM claims that its attacks on Labado and Muhajeria on 6 April 2013 resulted in the capture of more than 243 AK-type 7.62 mm assault rifles, 14 DShK-type 12.7 mm medium machine guns and a smaller number of mortars and anti-tank weapons.Although these data are from a single source,13 there is no reason to disbelieve the claim based on the level of detail provided. (See also Annex IV: 82 mm and 10 120 mm Mortar)
the Sudan Liberation Army faction led by Ali Karbino (SLA/AK) claims that its attack on a national armed forces patrol at Um Hashaba on 10 September 2013 resulted in the capture of eight light vehicles and an undisclosed number of small arms and light weapons. Third, a similar attack against the national armed forces at Um Sa’ouna on 13 October 2013 by SLA/AK resulted in the deaths of 19 armed forces personnel and the capture of 13 light vehicles
Annex IV - Summary of reported weapons and vehicles captured by AOG (01 January 2013 – 17 January 2014 13) This list is primarily based on open source information and should therefore be viewed with some caution.
Troops confirmed the cache consisted of 61 x 120mm High Explosive Mortar bombs, 715 x T-56 ammunition, 19 x improvised 'jumping' mine timing fuses, 150 x 12.7 live rounds, 3 Ω meters of detonating cord, 16 x 82mm mortar fuses, 1800 x live rounds of MPMG ammunition and 19 x 60mm mortar cartridges.
The 6th Vijaybahu Infantry Regiment also recovered a huge cache of arms abandoned by the LTTE terrorists from SAMPUR area last Thursday (20) which consisted of 315 x 82 mm Mortar Bombs, 11 x Anti Tank mines, and 50 Anti Personnel mines.
The retreating LTTE cadres left behind a huge cache of arms, including two partially damaged 152 mm heavy artillery guns, in Vaharai in Eastern Sri Lanka last week.
Other arms and ammo captured by the Army in Vaharai included two damaged 122 mm medium artillery guns; 867 Anti-Personnel Mines; Seven Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers; 60 RPG bombs; 50 kg of TNT; Ninety three 60 mm mortar bombs; 25 Claymore Mines; 3 Anti-Tank Mines; Two 12.7 anti-aircraft machine guns, one 40 mm grenade launcher; 2 "Bangalore Torpedoes" (to clear minefields) and 2 suicide bomber jackets.
The recovery included 02 claymore mines, 01 suicide jacket, 04 hand grenades, 04 T-56 magazines, 100 T-56 rounds , 04 detonators and a remote control device.
These arms, ammunitions and other warlike items were properly dumped by the LTTE terrorists before they fled their last stronghold in the East, Thoppigala.
Sri Lanka recovered hundreds of mortars, anti-personnel mines and grenade  launchers from a key northern coastal territory captured over the weekend from the Tamil rebels, the military said Tuesday.
According to defence sources in the East, troops have found 53 rifles (T-56) with 64,900 rounds of ammunition and 680 mortar bombs (82mm) along with 1,260 chargers and 540 fuses.
Mr. Ilanthirayan provided details of the arms and ammunition seized by the Tigers:
Special Task Force personnel arrested the LTTE’s Batticaloa area leader ‘Kannan’ yesterday and uncovered a large stock of military materiel in Kaluvanchikudi, Batticaloa.
Days after the military found war items from a Vel chariot in Jaffna, more weapons were recovered from two more such Vel chariots in Valikamam on Tuesday. The army headquarters said war items were found from the two Chariots (Ther) in two different Hindu Kovils in Sandilipay, Valikamam area
The cache included 03 claymore bombs, 02 T56 fire-arms, and 300 live bullets, 03 magazines and a roll of wire.
ARMY TROOPS conducting search operations in VISUAMADU area found one RPG (Rocket Propeller Gun) bomb, one thousand (1000) anti personnel mine fuses, twenty-three T-56 magazines, twenty hand grenades, two hundred and seventy (270) 120 mm mortar bombs, three claymore bombs of 12.5kg, 5 kg and 7.5 kg, 18 kg of C-4 explosives, nine hundred (900) rounds of T-56 ammunition, seventy-six 81mm mortar shells, three Arul type bombs, two 60 mm mortar bombs, one TNT bomb, five radio set pairs, eight 81mm mortar bombs, one 120 mm mortar IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) twenty-eight anti personnel mines, one lathe machine, two LTTE uniforms, one pressure mine, five hundred rounds (500) of MPMG (Multi Purpose Machine Gun) ammunition and fifteen detonator cords Saturday (28)
Meanwhile, 59 Division troops in the southwest of MULLAYAVALAI found one LTTE dead body, one T-56 weapon..
According to battlefront reports received, 7 T-56 assault riffles, 2 I-com sets and a mortar gun(6omm mortar) were among the items recovered subsequent to a confrontation with terrorists in the area.
The Sri Lankan military said on Sunday troops engaged in clearing operations in the North had recovered a large haul of weapons left behind by LTTE cadre retreating into the No Fire Zone (NFZ).
There were 2,700 improvised explosive devices, 6,300 hand grenades and 4,000 bombs, in addition to antiaircraft guns, artillery guns, mortars, 33 GPS devices and a half-dozen satellite phones. But small arms were the most common find, particularly T-56 assault rifles, a Chinesemade copy of the notorious Russian Kalashnikov AK-47.
Troops recovered 30 padlocks, eight 60mm mortars, three Arul bombs, four T56 magazines, a map of Mullaitivu, nine claymore mines, 15 empty kerosene barrels, a T56 ammunition box, two FNC ammunition boxes, eight T56 assault riffles, an out board mortar (9HP), 53 hand grenades, 47 nail boxes and 150 steel wire rolls.
In general area Puthumathalan, the 10 GR, 14 GR and 9GW troops have found over 350 claymore mines laid by LTTE
Troops engaged in search and clear operations in the general areas of Visuamadu, Iranamadu, Puthukkudiyirippu and Pampaimadu recovered 500 rounds of multi purpose machine guns (MPMG) ammunition, 33 hand grenades, five anti-personnel mines, five rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), one booby trap, one Arul bomb, one mobile phone and some clothes on Saturday (6)
Meanwhile, troops operating in the east recovered one landmine, three claymore mines,
Police recovered 13 RPG weapons, two 60mm mortar weapons, two 12.7mm weapons, three 12.7mm barrels, a 82mm mortar bipod, a 40mm grenade launcher, an MG5 weapon, five LMG weapons, five MPMG barrels, a T-81 LMG, an M16 A1 weapon, three sniper guns, 15 T56 assault rifles, four T81 weapons and five gunny bags filled with number of pouches.
The CID team found 266 T56 assault rifles, 50 T81 guns, 32 SMG bombs, 32 RPG bombs, 17 SLR guns, 22 LMGs, 10 G3A3 guns, an LMG3O3 gun, a 3O3 rifle, a shot gun, 129 T56 guns without damaged butt, 55 T56 with damaged butts, 14 of T81 without butt, 13 of 12.7mm barrels with bodies, eight of 50mm barrels, 40 RPG parts, 11 LMG parts, 41 MPMG barrels with bodies and 21 GPMG barrels.
The army engaged in continuous search and clear operations in the general areas of Visuamadu, Yogapuram, Puthukudiyiruppu, Karayanmullivaikkal and other areas in Northern Sri Lanka yesterday recovered a huge cache of arms, the officials said. They included 62 Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) tripods, 49 81mm mortar bombs, 400 detonators, 150 improvised bombs, 3000 rounds of T-56 ammunition and 338 claymore mines.
They also recovered eight T-56 weapons, 3,122 rounds of T-56 ammunition. Meanwhile, Police Spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera said police in a combined search operation with the Army recovered three dismantled paddle guns in Tharavikulam, Thoppigala on Sunday.
The security forces recovered a 122mm artillery shell together with 308 anti personnel mines during a search operation based on intelligence reports carried out in Killinochchi and Mankulam on Tuesday. One Rocket Propeller Grenade (RPG), 13 anti personnel mines, one electric mine, one radio communication set, one modified battery with case and  one Global Positioning System (GPS) were recovered during another operation conducted on the same day in Periyakulam and Periyathampanei. Meanwhile, de-mining groups also recovered 295 anti personnel mines, one 122 mm artillery shell, two Arul bombs, one 81 mm mortar bomb, one hand grenade and one Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) during de-mining operations in Kovilpuliyankulam, Mahilankulam and Sinnapandivirichchan.
The find included 5,000 detonators, 383 pressure mines, 655 land mines, 92 anti personnel mines, 86 other death traps, 3135 T 56 ammunition, 16 hand grenades, one L.N.G. Weapon, 65 artillery fuses, 49 sixty mm mortar bombs, four 60 mm para, 16 RPG fuses, 30 metres detonator cord, 39 batteries, 31 remote control chargers, two claymore bombs. They also found a LTTE flag and a radio set used by the terrorists.
Meanwhile, de mining groups recovered two hundred and eleven anti personnel mines, two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPG), an 82 mm mortar bomb and eleven other mines from the Navatkulam, Mahilankulam, Periyathampanai, Palampiddi, Sinnapandivirichchan, Periyapandivirichchan and Maruthamadu areas on the same day.
By then depth and sophistication was clear in reported detail of GAM's armory, which even included the M-18A1 Claymore antipersonnel mine (...) GAM held some stocks of fragmentation grenades (ex-SovietBloc and Chinese, South Korean, and Indonesian PINDAD copies)
Five artillery guns that had been buried along the  beach near Vellmullivaikkal were recovered by the Sri Lanka Army today
Troops stumbled on four 152mm artillery barrels and one 130 mm piece believed to have been used by Tiger guerrillas during their last stand in the district of Mullaittivu, army spokesman Ruwan Wanigasooriya said.
There were several ammunition belts with more than 1,000 rounds used in Light Machine Guns, a stock of mortar chargers and 47 hand grenades.
Meanwhile, de-mining groups recovered one thousand rounds of T-56 ammunition, one anti personnel mine and one hand grenade from Muhamalai and Periyamadhu on Saturday (11), army said. Troops in the East recovered one Trinitrotoluene (TNT) Explosive can weighing about 20 Kg from Kattaparichchan on the same day (11). On Friday, troops in the East recovered seven anti personnel mines from Komanthurai area. Last Thursday, troops in the general area of Periyamadu recovered 21 anti personnel mines.
Meanwhile, de-mining groups recovered one thousand rounds of T-56 ammunition, one anti personnel mine and one hand grenade from Muhamalai and Periyamadhu on Saturday (11), army said.
Two months later, Eritrean national television broadcast footage of a “confession” by an Eritrean man, identified as Segid Mohamed Kelifa Mentay Ali, who said he had planted a bomb in Barentu on May 25 that wounded ninety people.
It [EIJM] is blamed for a rash of land-mine incidents, ambushes, and bombings over the past decade, including a May 25, 2004, bombing in the western town of Barentu that injured 90 people
The three Eritreans, who were working for the US charity Mercy Corps, came under attack on Sunday morning when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle using automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), humanitarian sources told IRIN on Tuesday
The opposition Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement (EIJM) claimed on the Internet that the "Mujahidin" were behind the landmine ambush.
The [rebel] front, which calls itself the "mujahidin movement" , and which started its operations by destroying four military vehicles with a land mine, said it killed 10 soldiers and captured nine others along with several weapons in recent fighting
The FARC's armament is mainly composed of AK-47 russian and chinese-made rifles.
They also have, in lesser quantities, R-15 US-made rifles.
They have seized many Galil, M-16, and G-3 rifles from the army.
They also have mortars and grenades that they have made.
During some of their raids they have used Surface-to-Surface missiles, but it is not a very common weapon for them to use.
It is rumored that they own several light planes used by the member of the secretariat.
Lately they have used gas cylinders loaded with dynamite shrapnel during their raids. Even though these cylinders are launched as mortar pieces, they are not for long-range use; however, they can cause a lot of damage.
The ELN arsenal is mostly made up of AK-47, R-15. Galil and G-3 rifles.
They also have M-60 machineguns, and Israeli Rockets and fragmentation grenades.
The arsenal, bought on the black market, is added to the large number of locally made mortars and grenades.
The security organizations believe the ELN has planes and helicopters which are registered to private companies and are used to evacuate the sick and wounded.
Because of the number of combatants the organization has, it is believed it has some 30,000 weapons: glock pistols, shotguns, AUG, GALIL, and M-60 rifles, rockets, grenades, and other assault weapons [ARMAMENTO DE CHOQUE].
A confession by an international weapons trafficker -- who requested special protection for his wife and son -- has allowed the National Police to dismantle a sophisticated factory of R-15 and M-16 rifles, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, silencers, and bombs that are activated by a message via beeper.
The FARC "industry" operated in the very center of the Cali industrial zone and also served as a warehouse for AK-47 rifles, anti-tank rockets, missiles, and ammunition of various caliber brought airfreight from Central America, hidden in a shipment of new compressors.
Taking one of the confiscated RPG7V anti-tank rockets into his hands, Serrano said: "We have managed tosave many lives."
That single drop last October was said by U.S. intelligence officials to have delivered $50 million worth of AK-47s deep inside FARC-held territory. U.S. authorities ultimately apprehended one of the traffickers, the officials said.
Among the weapons being supplied to FARC, intelligence officials said, are rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs) and Russian SA-model shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft weapons similar to the U.S. Stinger missiles.
He said 2,500 guns were delivered in March 1999, a further 2,500 in April that year and another 5,000 in July 1999.
Last week, the National Police seized thirteen wooden crates with 49,884 rounds of various caliber
The subversives carry sophisticated weapons such as Rugers with infrared scope, 7.62 caliber FAL rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers, surface-to-air missiles, and US-style camouflage gear.
According to the document, the United States has irrefutable information that confirms that in the DMZ the FARC have stored at least four Sam-16 surface to air missiles, a weapon developed by the Soviet Union in 1988, with a range of 12 kilometers and the ability to use heat seeking to track its target.
US intelligence has established that this is where homemade mortars are made, and grenades for mortars, rifles and hand grenades. Some of these have been used in recent attacks on Tolima Department populations
We have been able to collect evidence that the shipment of AK-47 rifles ended up in the hands of the FARC. We are certain that 7,500 rifles were smuggled into Colombia by air.
Last November's transfer of some 3,500 AK-47 assault rifles from Nicaraguan government arsenals aboard the freighter Otterloo, now under arrest in Colon, to the AUC came to public attention earlier this year
Meanwhile, it seems that the arms smuggled in the Otterloo were only part of a five-shipment package that brought the AUC more than 13,000 assault rifles, millions of bullets, grenade and rocket launchers, machine guns, explosives and other implements of death and destruction
By 2008 heavier weapons observed with JEM forces or captured from them included 82 mm and 106 mm recoilless rifles 107 mm multiple barrel rocket launchers and rockets with MJ-1 proximity fuzes, HN-5 MANPADS, 122 mm rockets, and ammunition for all of these systems.
TM-62M anti-vehicle mines have been observed in use with MVZ-62, MV-Ch-62, and MVN-62 fuzes (УНИАН, 2014).
UDSh smoke pots, which appear superficially similar to the TM-62 series landmines, have also been observed
In July, ARES noted the recovery of ZRP-2 Tropa (Тропа; ‘Path’) mine clearance explosives from proRussian separatist forces operating in eastern Ukraine
Two varieties of S-8 80 mm air-to-surface rockets were documented. The S-8KOM is is a HEAT rocket with an additional fragmentation sleeve (HEAT-Frag)
Foreign correspondents working in Ukraine also documented 9-VU-285 parachutes associated with the SAB-250-200 and SAB-250T special purpose illumination aircraft bombs.
SAB-250-200 special purpose illumination aircraft bombs
SAB-250T special purpose illumination aircraft bombs
One of the most common amongst these is the 122 mm D-30 howitzer, employed frequently by parties to the conflict
122 mm OF-56 and OF56-1 HE-FRAG projectiles appear to be the most common type employed
Other types of towed artillery documented include the 100 mm BS-3 anti-tank gun and its later replacement the 100 mm MT-12 anti-tank gun, as well as the larger 152 mm 2A65 Msta-B (Мста; named for the Msta River27) howitzer.
152 mm OF45 HE-FRAG projectiles have been documented throughout eastern Ukraine, and appear to be a common type. Rebel forces have also been observed in possession of the ZiS-3 76 mm field gun.
Air defence systems documented in the conflict include the 9K33 Osa (Оса; ‘Wasp’) and the 9K35 Strela-10 (Стрела; ‘Arrow’), first documented by ARES in July 2014 (Karpa, 2014).
Photo 101, below, shows a 95Ya6 first-stage booster rocket from a 57E6 series surface-to-air missile, the primary armament for the 96K6 Pantsir-S1 (Панцирь; ‘Cuirass’) air defence system
Pro-Russian separatists have also been documented in possession of a captured Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-143 Reys
The self­loading rifles used by the separatists include:  Soviet AK­74 Soviet AKS­74U Soviet AR­10 and AR­15 hunting rifles Russian VSS designated marksman rifle
The self­loading rifles used by the separatists include:  Soviet AK­74 Soviet AKS­74U Soviet AR­10 and AR­15 hunting rifles Russian VSS designated marksman rifle
The light machine guns used by the separatists include:  Russian RPK­74 Russian PK and PK GPMGs Russian PKP 'Pecheneg'
The light machine guns used by the separatists include:  Russian RPK­74 Russian PK and PK GPMGs Russian PKP 'Pecheneg'
The shotguns and bolt­action rifles used by the separatists include:   Russian semi­automatic Saiga 12 shotguns Turkish semi­automatic Akkar Altay shotguns Philippino Armscor Model 30 pump­action shotgun Russian infantry Mosin M91 rifle
The shotguns and bolt­action rifles used by the separatists include:   Russian semi­automatic Saiga 12 shotguns Turkish semi­automatic Akkar Altay shotguns Philippino Armscor Model 30 pump­action shotgun Russian infantry Mosin M91 rifle
Philippino Armscor Model 30 pump­action shotgun
The handguns used by the separatists include:  Russian 'Makarov' PM Russian Stechkin APS
The anti­material rifles used by the separatists include:  Soviet PTRS­41 Soviet PTRD Russian ASVK
The heavy machine guns used by the separatists include:   Soviet DShKM Soviet NSV and NSVT Soviet Maxim PM1910
The grenade launchers used by the separatists include:  Soviet GP­25 Soviet AGS­17 AGLs
The portable anti­tank systems used by the separatists include:  Soviet RPG­7 Soviet RPG­22 Soviet RPG­26 Russian RPG­18 Russian RPO­A  Russian MRO­A
The crew­served recoilless guns and mortars used by the separatists include:   Soviet SPG­9 recoilless gun Soviet 82 and 120 mm mortar tubes Soviet 120 mm 2B16 Nona­K
The ATGWs used by the separatists include:  Soviet 9K111 Soviet 9K114 Soviet 9K115 Russian 9K135
The MANPADs used by the separatists include:  Soviet 9K38 Soviet 9K32 Polish PPZR Grom
The anti­aircraft systems used by the separatists include:  Soviet 14.5 x 114 mm ZPU  Soviet ZU­23­2
The artillery systems used by the separatists include:   Soviet 122 mm D­30 howitzer Soviet 100 mm BS­3 anti­tank gun Soviet 100 mm MT­12 anti­tank gun Soviet 152 mm 2A65 Msta­B Soviet 76 mm ZiS­3 field gun
The main battle tanks used by the separatists include: Soviet T­64A, B, BM, and BV models Russian T­72 B Russian T­72BA Russian T­72B3
The IFV and APC systems used by the separatists include:   Soviet BMP­2 Soviet MT­LB Russian BTR­82Am Russian MT­LB 6MA, MT­LBVM, and MT­LBVMK
The self­propelled artillery systems used by the separatists include: Soviet 2S1 Gvozdika Soviet 2S3 Akatsia Soviet 2S5 Giatsint­S Soviet 2S9 Nona­S
The self­propelled rocket artillery systems used by the separatists include: Soviet 9K51 Grad Russian 9K51 Tornado­G
The self­propelled air defense systems used by the separatists include:  Soviet 9K33, 9K35, and 9K37  Russian Pantsir­S1 Russian Buk missile system
The arsenal -- comprised of several used rocket launchers (which were going to be used to fire the missiles), five missiles (four "hechizos" and one conventional), and various steel structures that could be used as ramps -- was found on the second floor or the building, which, according to local resident, is abandoned.
The Metropolitan Police found five surface to-air missiles ready to be activated at any time in a building located on Avenue 26 and Highway 37.
In anther incident 2 shipments of 2000 AK-47s each and 5 million rounds of ammunition came through the Panamanian border and were received by the AUC at the port of tubo in Colombia.
Two Winchester rifles, a communications radio with scanner, 5 field knapsacks, 6 pairs of boots, and a ton of food were seized in these seven  FARC and People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) camps, which housed between 20 and 50  insurgents.
Another camp, belonging to the FARC and the Army of National Liberation (ELN) and used to manufacture bombs, was found in the rural area of  Coloso Municipality; 16 conical-shaped explosive devices, three booby traps, 169  kg of R-1 explosives, 50 kg of ammonium nitrate fuel oil, ANFO, 25 kg of  gunpowder, as well as other bomb making supplies, were seized.
El Colombiano reports on 14 April that DAS (Administrative Department of Security) agents found a cache of 4,000 cartridges for R 15, G-3 and AK-47 rifles and four  grenades.
Troops confiscated two AK-47 7.62-mm  rifles, a G-3 A4 7.62-mm rifle, 12 metal clips, 231 7.62-mm cartridges, and a  hand grenade.
The two adults and two minors possessed three AK-47 rifles, an M-16 rifle, more than 5,000 cartridges,  a hand grenade, quartermaster supplies, and campaign backpacks.
Also, according to the Ministry of Defense, more than 700 militants, 8 Grad rocket systems, including 4 of 6 involved in the shelling of Mariupol, several vehicles with ammunition and 7 armored vehicles have been eliminated recently.
From Russia, ARES identified exotic killing tools like the VSS suppressed marksman rifle, heavy armor like the T-72B3 main battle tank, and newer thermobaric rocket launchers like the MRO-A that have not been seen outside the Federation’s borders.
PPZR Grom man-portable air defense missile system
The lone Polish flag item was the PPZR Grom man-portable air defense missile system, which ARES spotted in a YouTube video released by the Ukrainian military
Fighters on both sides carried older Kalashnikov AK-47 type assault rifles as well as relatively newer AK-74 variants of the AK-74 line first introduced by the Red Army 40 years ago.
There is a large number of reports and photographs of MON-series directional fragmentation mines and OZM-72 mines being sighted, seized, or recovered in eastern Ukraine.
On November 17, 2014, a media report highlighted that Ukrainian security forces seized equipment purportedly in possession of a rebel sabotage group operating in governmentcontrolled territory in the Kharkov region.6 This equipment included MON-50 and OZM-72 mines along with mechanical pull MUV fuzes, tripwire assemblies, and electrical initiation devices.
A video produced by a Russian media outlet on September 14, 2014, shows rebel forces engaged in the clearance of explosive remnants of war shows at least six unfuzed OZM-72 mines, a MON-50 mine with an MUV-4 mechanical pull fuze attached, unfuzed MON-100 mines, and a type of smoke mine called UDSh (similar in external appearance to an antivehicle mine).
Photos and information released on July 9, 2014 by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense show two truckloads of crated weapons including MON-50 and MON-90 mines that it claimed were seized from the former headquarters of Russian-backed rebels in Sloviansk, Donetsk province.
There have been unconfirmed references to the use of POM-2 antipersonnel mines on the night of August 8-9, 2014, including a variant designated POM-2R, at a checkpoint near the village of Melovoe in Luhansk province, near the Russian border.
Photos and information released on July 9, 2014 by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense show TM-62M anti-vehicle mines that it said were seized from the former headquarters of pro-Russian separatists in Sloviansk, Donetsk province.17
A researcher from Human Rights Watch documented that PTM-1G anti-vehicle mines were scattered by Uragan rockets in an attack on the center of the Panteleimonivka, a rebelcontrolled town south of Gorlovka at around 2:30 am on January 23, 2015.
It comprises mostly light infantry forces armed with multiple versions of the AK-47, RPK and PKM machine guns, and RPG-7 anti-tank weapons, as well as 60 mm mortars used in a light support role. Although the army possesses 80 mm, 81 mm, and 120 mm mortars and towed artillery guns, it struggles to use them effectively in the conventional, indirect-fire role.
This is also true for the air defence forces that are equipped with versions of the 23 mm anti-aircraft gun and a limited number of anti-aircraft missiles.
An SPLA spokesperson, while denying that the Faina’s cargo was theirs, confirmed publicly to Jane’s Defence Weekly in late May 2009 that the SPLA had acquired T-72 tanks ‘since last year and some even earlier’
By the following year, heavier weapons observed with JEM forces, or captured from them, included 106 mm recoilless rifles, 107 mm multiple-barrel rocket launchers, MANPADS surface-to-air missiles, and 122 mm rockets
According to a UN source, a senior JEM official reported to UN investigators in 2007 that an aircraft controlled by another JEM official had been used to move arms for JEM, including more than 3,000 AK-type weapons and anti-aircraft guns, from Eritrea to Chad in early 2007.
For example, crates of 7.62 x 51 mm ammunition (production date 2004) reportedly captured by JEM from SAF stocks in western Darfur in May 2009 matched markings on a crate of 12.7 x 108 mm ammunition (production date 2002 or 2003) amongst weapons given up by a former Murle SSDF militia in Jonglei in 2007
Materiel seized included an M-6 rifle, a Winchester carbine, revolvers, ammunition, a National Police uniform, and other camouflage gear.
DAS Director Emilio Vence reported that Carlos Ortiz is suspected of planning the attack and Haner de la Rosa of activating the bomb that exploded as the candidates motorcade passed by.
It apparently belonged to the Colombian United Self-Defense Groups (AUC) and included hand grenades, Indugel dynamite (manufactured by the State Military Industry Enterprise, Indumil), homemade cannons, camouflage gear, and 110 AUC armbands.
Twenty people, including five Colombian Petroleum Enterprise, Ecopetrol, employees were rapidly rescued from a FARC group, which also mined the area and placed explosives on several vehicles.
At the time of his arrest, marines seized a Galil rifle with three clips and 69 7.62-mm cartridges, a Pietro Beretta 9-mm pistol, two clips and 29 cartridges, an electric primer, two pairs of boots, and a camouflage uniform.
The FARC threatened and obliged a civilian employee of the military base to drive a car loaded with 5 kg of R-1  explosives to the base.
The report states that insurgents from the FARC's 14th and 15th Fronts launched explosive devices at a 40-policemen convoy in the rural sector of La Esmeralda, Puerto Rico Municipality (Caqueta) killing four agents and wounding 13 others.
In the same area a total of 660 kg of explosives have been found, which, according to the Navy, were set by guerrillas from the FARC's 35th Front.
The military bulletin states that the guerrilla was the head of a group of nine militiamen and that a 9-mm pistol, two hand grenades, a clip and ammunition were recovered from the dead combatant.
Three bombs exploded at branches of three different banks (Colmena, AV Villas, and Caja Social). A fourth was found and defused at a Megabanco office. Police said that the FARC militias were behind the attacks.
Pena was a member of the FARC's Jacobo Arenas Mobile Column. At the time of his death he was armed with an M-16 rifle and wearing a police uniform.
He defends the use of booby-traps by saying that the FARC does not have highly technological weapons or funds to buy them.
The Army seized one 9-mm pistol, three rifles, two shotguns, seven clips, 530 cartridges, four sets of fatigues, five field packs, three chain saws, and a wooden skiff.
El Mundo has information that Army explosive experts are defusing antipersonnel mines by day, while FARC guerrillas plant more of them at night.
Medellin El Colombiano reports on 23 April that 13th Brigade troops, attached to the Fifth Division, found 70 kg of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) in a hamlet in Viota municipality (Cundinamarca). In the cache, discovered in Alto Palmar, troops also found 13 kg of gunpowder, as well as duplex cable, detonating cord, a mortar, a grenade launcher, 11 mortar grenades and 105 bullets.
At the time of his arrest, Velez Ibmeth possessed a shotgun with 18 cartridges, a Llama Martial .38-caliber revolver with six cartridges, and a bulletproof vest.
War materiel, explosive devices, food supplies and documents of interest to military intelligence were confiscated.
Elite Six troops cleared 12 booby traps but a soldier was injured when he accidentally detonated one of the explosive devices. Troops seized an AK-47 rifle with 100 7.62-mm cartridges and clip, 30 meters of detonating cable, homemade backpacks and camouflage uniforms.
Troops seized an AK-47 rifle with nine clips and 1,000 cartridges, two meters of detonating cord, an antipersonnel device, four camouflage backpacks and 12 T-shirts and armbands with the AUC logo.
In the operation soldiers confiscated one kg of explosives, detonating cord, and seven primers.
Bogota El Tiempo reports on 28 April that patrolling troops of the Rincon Quinonez Mechanized Group discovered a minefield in the hamlet of El Zumbe consisting of five kg of R-1 explosive sown by the FARC.
Bogota El Tiempo reports on 28 April that two charges consisting of 50 kg of dynamite were disarmed before they could damage the bridge over the Tame River, in Arauca. Guerrillas of the 45th FARC Front hid the explosives on the main road.
A vehicle loaded with 10 kg of pentolite was detected by police agents minutes before it entered the military garrison.
The presumed rebel possessed a 9-mm Uzi submachine gun, a 12-gauge shotgun with eight cartridges, a .32-caliber revolver, and a 7.65-mm caliber pistol with eight cartridges.
Barranquilla El Heraldo reports on 28 April that agents found a homemade mortar, a grenade launcher with a grenade, various components of bombs, three Chinese-hat-type  explosive devices, uniforms, and some ammunition, accompanied by a black and red armband and scarf with ELN logos.
Jeronimo' was carrying a G-3 rifle and 106 7.62-mm cartridges, a 9-mm Pietro Beretta pistol with two clips and 12 cartridges, and two Galil rifle grenades
The rebels possessed a Galil 7.62-mm rifle with five clips and 119 cartridges and an AK-47 rifle with three clips and 114 cartridges.
Troops found an AK-47 rifle with two clips and 30 cartridges as well as an automatic shotgun next to the rebels' bodies.
Bogota El Tiempo reports that two bombs exploded in the Colombian city of Medellin.
Three bombs were detonated almost simultaneously in different parts of the city on Thursday 20 May as police and military convoys passed by. A fourth bomb was defused near a police station in downtown Cali. The bombs were attributed to the FARC.
The public forces prevented a tragedy in Cali yesterday by defusing a powerful bomb containing 50 kg of homemade explosives and loaded with shrapnel and shot.[...] Authorities are blaming FARC militiamen for the attacks.
Neiva Diario del Huila reports on 20 May that yesterday at 2015 hours, two presumed FARC militiamen on motorcycle hurled IM-26 fragmentation grenades at a police post located in a Neiva neighborhood.
FARC Insurgents Launch Mortar Grenades at Genova High Mountain Battalion in Quindio
One of them said that gang members didn't see any future with the guerrillas or the government program and so they decided to go independent, selling their FARC-issued rifles to finance their business
Cisneros Battalion troops found two tons of food supplies and a cache containing two fragmentation grenades, three homemade shotguns, two 40-lb gas cylinders loaded with explosives, 21 Indugel dynamite sticks made by Indumil (State Military Industry Enterprise), two homemade revolvers, five camouflage uniforms, FARC armbands, and documents of interest to military intelligence.
The military seized an AK-47 rifle and 50 7.62-mm cartridges.
The trap was constructed with four shrapnel-filled 40-lb gas cylinders, a fragmentation grenade, a 12 v battery, and 200 m of duplex cable.
The troops seized two rifles, a pistol, radio equipment, assault gear, seven military uniforms, eight grenades and 300 missiles, the agency added.
WWW-text reports on 23 May that at least seven people were killed and another 80 wounded in the explosion of a briefcase bomb in a crowded nightspot in Apartado (Antioquia Department). The explosion took place at 2200 local time at a popular nightclub that was packed with patrons. Most of the wounded have been treated and released; 26 remain hospitalized. The attack was attributed to the FARC
Pechilin, a small corregimiento in Sucre Department, turned into a ghost town when its inhabitants fled after FARC tried to carry out a terrorist attack on infantry troops. The subversives converted two homes into house bombs. There were 140 kg of explosives in the two houses.
Nacional WWW-text reports on 22 May that a large detachment of some 400 FARC guerrillas attempted to take over the town on Friday 21 May, attacking with rifle fire and grenades.
The authorities seized more than 100 kg of pentolite and captured two rebels.
FARC Insurgent Dies in Clash with 11th Brigade Troops in Caceres, Antioquia Department [...] An unidentified insurgent was killed and troops recovered a rifle, three clips, 95 7.62-mm cartridges and a camouflage uniform.
Medellin El Mundo reports on 23 May that the Police Counterterrorist Elite Commando apprehended four FARC urban militiamen, ages 19 to 23, and found four stockpiles of explosives and components of bombs, equipment, and quartermaster supplies (30 kg of R-1 explosives, 18 electric detonators, three meters of safety cord, a medium intensity PVC pipe bomb, electronic circuitry, four communication radios, 600 meters of camouflage cloth, armband cloth, and subversive propaganda) in Medellin's northeastern sector.
The rebel possessed a 7.65-mm firearm and two hand grenades.
Soldiers seized a Galil 7.62-mm rifle with 214 cartridges and vest with five clips and two AP65 rifle grenades; an AK-47 7.62-mm rifle with 114 cartridges and a vest with four clips.
In the rush to escape, those present abandoned two AK-47 rifles, ammunition and a .38 caliber revolver.
The Army asserted it was a ball bomb hurled by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, but the victims' father reported the bomb fell when the military forces were conducting an air operation in the area.
Cartagena El Universal reports on 25 May that inside the three dwellings Marine Infantry troops found eight soccer ball-bombs containing six kg of R-1 explosive each and shrapnel rigged with eight electric detonators, 15 meters of detonating cord, and 600 meters of duplex cable. The FARC have been fingered as responsible for setting the traps
Neiva La Nacion reports on 25 May that a military source informed that heavy clashes are occurring in La Pradera, Planadas Municipality (Tolima) between troops of the Los Panches Counterinsurgency Battalion and insurgents from the FARC's Heroes de Marquetalia Column. Two soldiers are seriously wounded. Three guerrilla camps that could shelter 80 rebels were destroyed and soldiers recovered ammunition and FARC propaganda.
The weapons included 21 launching platforms for cylinder bombs, 79 bags of pentolite explosive, six antipersonnel mines, ammunitions, rifles, pistols and propaganda.
FARC planned an attack on the lines that supply power to eastern Antioquia Department but it was successfully foiled when soldiers discovered and disarmed two bombs, consisting of 30 kg of explosives on a pylon located in the hamlet of El Chilco.
FARC, guerrillas blew up an energy substation in Plato and left at least 180,000 people without electricity.
Bogota RCN Television WWW-text reports on 26 May that soldiers from the Sucre Battalion (Army 1st Brigade) found one ton of explosives hidden in the jungle in Pajarito (Boyaca). A total of 875 kg of super ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil), 63 kg of Indugel (explosive made by State Military Industry Enterprise, Indumil), 75 kg of TNT and 1,000 7.62-mm bullets were found in containers hidden among the rocks andtrees.
The military seized two rifles with four clips, two rifle grenades, three 25-lb sacks of foodstuffs and documents useful for military intelligence.
Elsewhere, in the rural sector of El Paraiso, Cordoba Municipality(Quindio), "Cisneros" Battalion troops found a 50th Front FARC cache containing five dynamite sticks, along with detonators, fuse line, detonating cord, shrapnel, and FARC pamphlets
Policemen found six firearms, ingredients of explosives, three fragmentation grenades, a rifle clip, communication radios, and FARC propaganda.
Another guerrilla group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, dynamited a trailer along the road from El Carmen de Bolivar to Plato, Magdalena.
Rifles, ammunition, clips, and tents were found along the bodies of the guerrillas.
Then, the guerrillas would install two charges of 50-kg of pentolite in two strategic locations, leave the compound, and attract to those two locations as many officers and soldiers as possible.
Soldiers seized eight AK-47 rifles with 36 clips, a Galil rifle with clip, a 12-gauge shotgun and eight documents of interest to military intelligence.
Agents seized 12 lb of R-1 explosive, a low-intensity explosive device in a glass jar, 31 .22-caliber and .27-caliber cartridges, two communication radios, and recruitment materials such as flyers.
The rebel possessed a rifle with five clips and 70 cartridges, three antipersonnel mines, four fragmentation grenades, two campaign backpacks, and a communications radio.
Troops confiscated four rifles (two 7.62-mm Galil with 121 cartridges and six clips, one AK-47 with 254 cartridges and eight clips, and one M-16, with 106 5.56-mm cartridges). They also seized a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, three hand grenades, a mortar grenade, two antipersonnel mines, and 200 meters of duplex cable.
Bogota El Tiempo reports on 29 May that the Cundinamarca Police disarmed three cylinder bombs, each containing four kg of explosives, found on a roadside.
The law enforcement officers seized 19 missiles of 122mm caliber, two missiles for D-30 122mm howitzer, and a unified fuse for hand grenade modernized for instant response.
unified fuse for hand grenade modernized for instant response
It is noted that the hideout, arranged in an abandoned building near one of the recreation centers, held an anti-tank mounted grenade launcher with 21 grenades, three Kalashnikov rifles, two automatic grenade launchers with 200 grenades, a heavy machine gun, another Kalashnikov machine gun, eight portable anti-tank grenade launchers, 16 hand grenades, two land mines, two optical sights for grenade launchers, about 5,000 cartridges of various calibers and other military equipment.
In particular, 16 tanks at the base outside the village of Solntsevo were spotted, as well as four Ural trucks for munitions transportation, and five D-30 howitzers near the village of Bohdanivka.
But even before the letter was supposedly written, the group had received hundreds of vehicles and large quantities of arms of the types mentioned in the letter, as well as some SAM-7 missiles.
In its 2009 report, the UN Panel of Experts on the Sudan published a ‘letter from [UFR chairman] Timan Erdimi to the director of the [Sudanese] Security Services’, probably General Salah Abdallah Gosh, dated 15 April 2009, outlining the requirement of 2,000 vehicles, 12,000 rounds of SPG-9 recoilless rifle ammunition, 30,000 rounds of 37 mm ammunition, 10,000 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rockets, 20,000 Goronov machine guns, 4,800 107 mm shells, and 3,000 Doshka machine guns (UN, 2009, pp. 93–94).
JEM had more than 400 vehicles, most of which were armed with anti-aircraft guns (ZPU-2 or Chinese Type 58 and 14.5 mm), 106 mm recoilless rifles, and Doshka machine guns.
It easily seized Kornoy garrison, 60 km from the border, and captured arms from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), including OF-843B 120 mm mortar shells.
The LRA has been known to possess and use a range of small arms and light weapons, including AK-47s, Type81/RPK light machine guns, PKM light machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), B10s, and anti-aircraft weapons (…).
Table 2 Selected transfers to the SPLA, 2005–09
Table 2 Selected transfers to the SPLA, 2005–10
Table 2 Selected transfers to the SPLA, 2005–11
Table 2 Selected transfers to the SPLA, 2005–12
Table 2 Selected transfers to the SPLA, 2005–13
Table 2 Selected transfers to the SPLA, 2005–14
Table 2 Selected transfers to the SPLA, 2005–15
It thus appears that by 2008 the holdings of the best-armed groups in Darfur exceeded those of the best-armed southern Sudanese armed groups during the NCP–SPLM/A civil war, whose arms included MANPADS, mortars up to 120 mm, and 107 mm MBRLs.
Lysenko specified that 15 tanks and seven trucks with ammunition had been delivered to Luhansk.
It is noted that militiamen withdrew from the stash of 50,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibre, 100 grenades with fuses, 448 grenade for grenades launcher, 40 anti-tank mines with detonators, 12 grenade launchers, almost 20,5 kg of TNT.
The VSS Vintorez in the Service of Russian Gangs in Donbas
In July, after the liberation of the city of Slovyansk by the Ukrainian army, in a video by Channel 5 among the various ammunition seized from the 'Girkin's band' the capping of SP-6 cartridges 9*39 mm caliber used for Val or Vinterez rifles, was displayed.
9*39 mm caliber used for Val or Vinterez rifles
La Stampa reports that the Calabrian network, which dominates Europe’s drug trade, works with the Camorra in Naples to buy Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers smuggled out of Ukraine and Moldova by the Russian mafia. The armaments are then traded in return for ancient Roman and Greek statues that Isis fighters have dug up illegally in Libya
In total the SPLA-IO handed over 138 weapons to MONUSCO, mostly AK-pattern rifles, but also including at least one M16 rifle, two PKM machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenades, and several pistols.
In December 2012, for instance, SPLM–N forces in South Kordofan captured SAF second-generation HJ-8 anti-tank mis- siles, which had been packed in China in April 2011 and had thus been deliv- ered since that date.
Bogota RCN Television adds the information that 3rd Brigade soldiers also captured two guerrillas on the Tumaco-Ipiales road in possession of pentolite explosive, assorted small arms and grenades, and a half gallon of coca leaf solution.
The guerrillas have carried out several terrorist attacks in the area, dynamiting 12 stretches of the Transandino Pipeline and a bridge that links the department with Ecuador.
Two irregular combatants were killed and their rifles and ammunition seized.
The attack, which occurred in the hamlet of Sucre, was attributed to the FARC. In the search for other explosive devices, the Police found a car bomb on the Florencia-Suaza road on 19 June which blocked the road, injured some policemen and delayed the repair work on the pylons.
The bombs contained 72 kg of R-1 explosive linked with 160 meters of detonating cord.
Nine fragmentation grenades, 721 7.62-mm bullets, a communication radio, an AK-47 assault rifle, a pistol and a .22-caliber revolver were seized from the rebels.
In a press agency bulletin datelined Bogota, ACAN-EFE reports on 22 June that the police seized some 40,000 AK-47 cartridges from FARC guerrillas in a jungle village near the eastern border with Venezuela.
The materiel included 39 rifles, four mortars, four machine guns, 9,500 ammunition cartridges, a solar panel, and an electric generator, all believed stored by the paramilitaries.
Soldiers seized 23 kilos (some 50 pounds) of coca paste -- from which cocaine is produced -- as well as explosives, makeshift land mines, government-issued uniforms, communications equipment and firearms.
In the context of Plan Patriota, troops discovered a complex capable of housing hundreds of individuals, as well as a warehouse containing grenades, mortars, explosives, and other battle supplies.
ELN was likely responsible for a bomb that exploded at a Medellin bookstore. The bomb contained between three and five kg of explosives and shrapnel.
Troops found 400,000 rifle cartridges, the largest amount ever seized from the FARC.
Bogota Caracol Television reports that approximately 600 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, guerrillas launched simultaneous attacks on four towns in Narino Department using gas cylinders bombs and other armament.
Authorities also reported the use of cyanide-laced bullets.
Bucaramanga La Vanguardia Liberal reports on 8 July that a utility vehicle loaded with 20 kg of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) was found by soldiers from the 49th Heroes de Taraza Counterinsurgency Battalion and destroyed.
There, they confiscated 120 camouflage uniforms, 1,320 electric detonators, close to 1,000 assorted cartridges, four kg of explosives, 20 meters of slow-burning fuse, six pieces of welding equipment, a pickup truck and a motorcycle.
During the past month, 18th Brigade troops have located and destroyed four other car bombs and house bomb.
Troops seized rifles, 102 rifle clips, primers, 9,720 cartridges, 25 kg of ANFO and 100 kg of C-4 explosive, among other items.
Bogota RCN Television WWW-text reports on 8 July that one house bomb and five car bombs have been disarmed in recent days. General Luis Fabio Garcia Chavez attributed the bombs to the Army of National Liberation, ELN.
Neiva La Nacion reports on 8 July that sappers from the Arpon Task Force, Army Ninth Brigade, destroyed a eye-level bomb placed by insurgents from the Teofilo Forero Mobile Column.
Elsewhere in the inspection, a soldier was injured by a booby-trap planted by FARC rebels.
A total of 220 kg of explosives were found, of which 200 kg were ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil).
Elsewhere, Army Fifth Brigade units found a cache hiding ten grenades, 2,424 5.56-mm cartridges, 468 7.62-mm cartridges, six rifle clips, and 30 rifle cleaning kits in La Rochela, Simacota Municipality.
There, Cordova Battalion members also deactivated a mine field.
After the combat the guerrillas fled, leaving behind a 22-caliber carbine with 18 cartridges, and three homemade grenades.
Lieutenant Colonel Hector Fernando Garcia Montoya, commander of the Santander Battalion, has issued a press release reporting that an alleged FARC member was killed in Altagracia, Teorama, and that weapons, ammunition, and a Vertex radio were seized from the rebel.
Troops seized a 60-mm mortar and a 60-mm grenade, five AK-47 rifles, 150 cartridges of assorted caliber, clips, two hand grenades and five multipurpose vests.
The unidentified guerrilla possessed a 9-mm pistol with a clip and six cartridges, two ELN training manuals and three landmines.
The two insurgents had an AK-47 rifle with four clips and 227 assorted caliber cartridges, four primers, seven backpacks, five complete camouflage uniforms, and an antipersonnel mine.
The use of antipersonnel mines is also part of the guerrillas' strategy.
Medellin El Colombiano on 18 July prints a Colprensa report that says that Army troops from Infantry Battalion No. 39 Sumapaz and the Quinones Mechanized Group have defused a 20 lb tank bomb that was loaded with anfo (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) and shrapnel.
Elsewhere, in San Juan Nepomuceno and El Carmen de Bolivar municipalities (Bolivar), marines from the 3rd Marine Infantry Riflemen Battalion destroyed two mine fields planted by the FARC Front 37, which contained a total of 166 kg of explosives
Ibague El Nuevo Dia reports on 18 July that soldiers from the 37th Presidential Guard Infantry Battalion, Army 13th Brigade, have confiscated 22 kg of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) found in a cache that also contained two shotguns, ammunition, duplex cable, and quartermaster supplies
The detainees were caught in possession of a mini Uzi machinegun, a shotgun, a 38 revolver, a clip, and 41 shells of different calibers.
In the locale of Pitala Baja, Las Vegas, jurisdiction of El Carmen de Chucuri municipality, soldiers from the Del'Huyar Battalion have discovered a 60-mm mortar, 17 rifle clips, hand grenades, ammunition, primers, mortar grenades, camouflage uniforms, backpacks, hammocks, and motorcycles.
A 9-mm Beretta pistol with clips and ammunition, two hand grenades, and two communications radios were seized.
Four rifles, a submachine gun, a revolver, a carbine, 32 rifle clips, over 1,000 assorted caliber cartridges, three fragmentation grenades, eight camouflage uniforms, and 19 backpacks were confiscated.
Those accused include Carlos Arturo Montano who hurled a grenade at a restaurant in Bogota in November 2003.
"Arley" possessed a 9-mm Prieto Beretta pistol with two clips and 15 cartridges, an M-26 fragmentation grenade, and a communications radio when he was captured in the rural sector of Sierra del Gramal
It consisted of two plastic pails containing more than 50 kg of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) connected by 80 m of duplex cable
Bogota El Tiempo reports on 25 July that the FARC exploded a cylinder bomb installed in a jeep to stop the military advance in the area.
Following the explosion about 100 guerrillas armed with M-60 machine guns and grenade launchers confronted Army troops without causing any casualties.
The dead rebels possessed an R-15 rifle, two pistols, and ammunition.
The guerrillas possessed 80 launching charges for mortar grenades, 15 mortar grenades, a revolver, and two shotguns.
Troops dismantled an ELN camp and seized two 16-gauge shotguns, a .38-caliber Colt revolver, a 40-mm grenade, ammunition and clips for an AK-47 rifle, and ten antipersonnel mines.
Neiva Diario del Huila reports on 28 July that presumed militiamen from the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) Teofilo Forero Mobile Column hurled a hand grenade at a police patrol in the presence of dozens of Algeciras residents. Fortunately, the device did not explode. Minutes later, a second grenade exploded but there were no casualties.
Neiva Diario del Huila reports on 28 July that Cacique Pigoanza Battalion soldiers found a cache that contained 920 7.62-mm cartridges for an AK-47 rifle, two hand grenades, a rifle grenade, and seven clips.
Authorities confiscated 41 bars of Indugel dynamite (made by the State Military Industrial Enterprise, Indumil), four antipersonnel mines, a bomb composed of 21 sticks of dynamite, 11 kg of materials used to make R-1 explosive, five kg of shrapnel, and two uniforms of the Medellin Public Enterprises, EPM, among other items.
Weapons, antipersonnel mines and materials used in bomb-making, and quartermaster supplies were confiscated from the insurgents.
In Caldas Department, the Police confiscated 39 bars of indugel (made by the State Military Industry Enterprise, Indumil) dynamite, 300 m of slow-burning fuse, and 99 primers, which presumably were going to be used to attack electrical infrastructure and government institutions. Meanwhile, the Judicial and Investigative Police Directorate, Dijin, conducted seven raids in southern Bogota and seized 750 kg of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil).
The cache was the property of the AUC's Ramon Danilo Front, of the Middle Magdalena Bloc, and contained 1,034 7.62-mm cartridges, 352 5.56-mm cartridges, clips, hand and smoke grenades, and quartermaster supplies.
A group from the "Sword Battalion" are outside Ilovaisk, east of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, testing a weapon just given to them by the self-proclaimed separatist Donetsk People's Republic. There is just one problem -- their "new" anti-tank gun actually dates back to World War II.
The rebels have also brought with them a tank dating from the 1970s seized from Ukrainian government forces in August.
Howitzers and other artillery and antiaircraft systems were said to have crossed the border. “These items cannot be bought in a market in Donetsk or the Russian Federation,” Mr. Yatsenyuk said. “They can only come from the stock of the Russian Defense Ministry.”
Separatist forces have been relying on a steady flow of Russian supplies, including heavy weapons such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery, and advanced anti-aircraft systems, including the Buk surface-to-air missile system (NATO designator SA-11/17) that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July 2014.26
Separatist forces have been relying on a steady flow of Russian supplies, including heavy weapons such as tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery, and advanced anti-aircraft systems, including the Buk surface-to-air missile system (NATO designator SA-11/17) that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July 2014
An AK-47 rifle, three clips, and 44 cartridges were seized.
The war materiel was found in a rural area called Caracoles, in Fortul municipality and included 25 100-lb gas cylinder bombs; 1,800 kg of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil); 43 antipersonnel mines; two loaded 40-lb cylinders; four loaded 20-lb cylinders; five soccer ball bombs; 12 mortar grenades; 23 devices used in mining; six sticks of dynamite; 50 kg of black powder; seven electric detonators; two scales; 450 bullets; four military uniforms.
They possessed four 40-mm grenades and pencil sketches of the facades of the (Casa de Narino) presidential palace, the Capitol, City Hall, and the Guardia Presidencial Battalion.
On 1 August, Cali El Pais adds the information that Police Gaula (Unified Action Groups to Rescue Kidnap Victims) captured two subversives who hid explosives in a shoe shop in Ciudad Bolivar, a district of Bogota. Nelson Enrique Rodriguez Velazco, 28, and Optimo Molina Pinzon, 18, are thought to be members of the FARC's Antonio Narino Urban Network.
Cartagena El Universal reports on 2 August that the three military from the Rafael Uribe Uribe Counterinsurgency Battalion died in the explosion of an area mined by insurgents from the FARC's 38th Front in Santa Rita de Ituango Corregimiento.
The insurgents ambushed them there with a bomb that killed seven of the eight policemen.
On 3 August, Bogota Radio Cadena Nacional WWW-text adds the information that the two modern aircraft were a Super King-300 and a Leader-Jet (as published).
Bogota RCN Television WWW-text reports on 4 August that Meta Police captured an alleged member of the FARC's 26th Front with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher in El Castillo.
General Luis Fabio Garcia Chavez, commander of the Army's 2nd Division, added that troops found two pistols, dynamite, and detonating cord in their possession.
After 10 days of raids, troops have seized eight armed car bombs, detonating one, and have destroyed 1,800 kg of explosives belonging to the FARC's 10th Front.
It contained an AK-47 rifle, a .38-caliber pistol, a homemade mortar, one rifle grenade and four 60-mm mortar grenades, 795 7.62-mm cartridges, and quartermaster supplies in quantities that suggested that a uniform maker is operating in the area.
ELN guerrillas fired a 20 kg gas cylinder bomb loaded with ANFO into the patio of a school in Arauquita[...].
Following the clash three AK-47 rifles, 11 clips, two field packs and communications items were seized.
Also, as part of operation "Yopal," units from the Tenerife Battalion found a cache containing dynamite, ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil), four 40-mm grenades, revolvers, ammunition, and communications equipment in Neiva's Las Palmas II neighborhood.
Troops captured five "terrorists from the illegal self-defense" forces and seized four rifles and a variety of other weapons and ammunition.
Commander Gen Justo Eliseo Pena reported confiscation of 18 rifles (1 Galil, 15 AK-47s, and 2 R-15s), two grenade launchers, a Magnum pistol, 11,858 cartridges, 74 magazines, and 29 grenades [.]
The first was found in Rioblanco (Tolima) and contained one mortar, 1,950 bullets, and communications equipment. A second, with 12 kg of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil), was uncovered in Une (Cundinamarca). Finally in Pereira (Risaralda) two handguns, five communication radios, ammunition and FARC propaganda was seized in operation "Condor."
The four unidentified paramilitary members possessed two R-15 rifles, an M-16 rifle, a 9-mm Mini-Uzi submachine gun, a rifle grenade, ammunition and clips.
The dead guerrillas possessed a Fall 7.62-mm rifle, a 9-mm Pietro Beretta pistol and five campaign backpacks.
The Navy's Marine Infantry First Brigade located and destroyed a cache containing 77 electric primers, a non-electric detonator, a hand grenade and a rifle grenade in Bayunca Corregimiento, Cartagena Municipality (Bolivar).
The dead rebels were planting landmines on trails and roads and possessed magnum .357-calibre revolver and a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, ammunition, two hand grenades, four homemade landmines, two kg of Pentolite, three electric primers, 100 meters of duplex cable and a scanner communications radio.
Cali El Pais adds to the above report the information that the grenades were 60-mm mortar grenades.
Alias "Candado" possessed a 9-mm Taurus pistol with six cartridges.
Medellin El Colombiano reports on 28 September that marines of the 1st Marine Infantry Brigade destroyed three FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) camps belonging to the 35th Front. Operation "Omega" took place in Carmen de Bolivar and resulted in the seizure of six explosive devices, 42 kg of explosives, two 60-mm grenades, 14 backpacks. Nearby troops also found a weapons cache that contained 40 kg of R-1 explosive, a cylinder bomb, and 10 meters of detonating cord.
A total of 207 rifles, a submachine gun, 40,000 cartridges, and 88 antipersonnel mines have been confiscated by troops
Marines seized 300 kg of food supplies, ammunition for AK-47 rifles, 10 kg of R-1 explosive, primers and 20 kg of precursors for the manufacture of explosives.
In the operations, authorities confiscated 1,469 60-mm mortar grenades and 134 40-mm grenades, gas-cylinder bombs, an undetermined number of long and short-range weapons that belonged to the FARC.
Army's Bilop Confiscates 31,500 Grams of Pentolite from ELN in Cajibio, Cauca
Army troops also found 263 5.56-mm and 295 .30 cartridges in the hiding place.
Experts from the Administrative Department of Security, DAS, and the Army detonated 85 explosive-filled gas cylinders.
A total of 267 rifles, three machine guns, nine short-range weapons, 138 fragmentation grenades, almost 60,000 cartridges of assorted caliber, 510 rifle clips, two grenade launchers, a submachine gun with silencer, a mortar and 1.5 tons of explosives.
Hours before the attack, police had captured two FARC militiamen armed with automatic pistols and impounded their Yamaha motorcycle.
The dead rebels possessed two short-range weapons, a landmine, a scanner communications radio, fatigues and documents currently being analyzed by military intelligence.
Bucaramanga La Vanguardia Liberal reports on 5 October that policemen found 2,000 5.56-mm cartridges, 12 IM-26 fragmentation grenades, and an IM-3 pineapple grenade hidden near La Guama Creek, in rural sector of Lechales, along the borders of Sucre and Jesus Maria Municipalities. The war materiel was the property of the FARC's 23rd "Policarpa Salavarrieta" Front.
The two unidentified fatalities possessed a Browning 9-mm pistol, a Colt .38, ammunition for both weapons, ten antipersonnel mines, two kg of Pentolite, and materiel to manufacture explosive devices.
In addition, 60 AK-47 clips, 159 7.62-mm and 31 .38-caliber cartridges, were recovered at the site.
The military seized two 7.62-mm AK-47 rifles, five clips and ammunition, three multipurpose vests and three campaign backpacks.
In one of the raids, police agents found three pistols, six clips, ammunition, pepper gas canisters, primers, detonators and a motorcycle.
Soldiers confiscated a 12.-gauge Mossberg shotgun, three Yugoslavian rifle grenades, seven IM-26 hand grenades, a US-made hand grenade, 194 .30 cartridges, quartermaster supplies and three communication radios, Yaesu FT-2600, Kenwood and Ascom.
After the clash, soldiers seized a 5.56 caliber rifle with four clips and 110 cartridges, an M-26 fragmentation grenade and a communications radio.
Neiva La Nacion reports that during operation "Libertad II" in the rural areas of La Copa and Zaragoza, troops from the 28th Counterinsurgency Battalion found a cache that contained 29 40-mm grenades; seven rifle grenades; six 60-mm grenades; 144 22-caliber cartridges; 34 7.62-mm cartridges, a revolver and 400 of cable. According to Army sources this war materiel was hidden by fleeing members of the FARC's 66th "Joselo Losada" Front.
It contained a rifle, a shotgun, mortars, grenade launchers, clips for a Galil rifle, cartridges, grenades, Claymore mines, light traps, bulletproof vests, among other items.
The clashes took place in Alto Las Aguilas, in Vegachi municipality (Antioquia) and resulted in the seizure of two Fall rifles, three AK-47 rifles, clips, and ammunition among other items.
Soldiers confiscated an AK-47 rifle, clip, 40 cartridges, a multipurpose vest and a backpack.
Elsewhere, in La Salabrina, San Francisco Municipality, near the Medellin-Bogota Highway, after a clash with rebels, Fourth Brigade sappers destroyed three areas mined by FARC rebels each one with five explosive devices.
Army units seized a Galil rifle, and AK-47, eight clips, two grenades, a communications radio and quartermaster supplies.
Alias "Primo" possessed a Taurus 9-mm pistol, clip and ammunition, a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun with 65 cartridges, a Rugger 20-gauge double barrel shotgun with 17 cartridges, an IM-26 grenade, a 40-mm grenade and communications equipment.
Among the many items found by soldiers there were 845 7.62-mm cartridges, 80 AK-47 7.62-mm cartridges and two clips, 12 backpacks, 11 camouflage uniforms, eleven black T-shirts with the ELN's logo, 25 non-electric caps, four electric detonators, slow-burning wick and detonating cord.
During operations to capture "Jean Carlos," troops dismantled a 20-rebel FARC camp in Naranjal Corregimiento where an Uzi submachine gun, ammunition, uniforms, explosives and 300 kg of food supplies were found.
Ojeda was captured in possession of an AK-47, an R-15, a Browning pistol, a Sig-sauer sidearm, two rifle clips, three pistol clips, 632 cartridges, and photographic, communication and other supplies.
The rebels possessed antipersonnel landmines, 9-mm ammunition, backpacks and documents currently under analysis by military intelligence.
[...] soldiers from the Fifth "General Jose Maria Cordova' Mechanized Infantry Battalion found underground caches containing 41 rifles, 400 grenades, five revolvers, four pistols, a homemade grenade launcher and ammunition in the rural sector of Rio de Piedra, Aracataca Municipality. The caches belonged to the FARC's 19th Front.
The guerrilla possessed a rifle, three clips, 990 blasting caps and assorted caliber ammunition.
Included were 400 mortar grenades, 54 rifles, more than 4,500 bullets, and 30 handguns.
[...] after a clash with rebels from the FARC's, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, 19th Front in Rios Piedras, Aracataca Municipality (Magdalena) included 54 rifles (Galil, AK-47, R-15 and Fall), 400 60-mm and 81-mm mortar grenades, 17 shotguns, five carbines, nine short-range weapons, 4,500 rifle cartridges and materiel to manufacture landmines.
Several sightings of the Dozor armored reconnaissance and communications vehicles have also been collected from both sources supporting the separatists and from videos uploaded by locals. Several of the sightings can be geolocated to the Luhansk area
The distinctive-looking Pantsir-S1 close range air defense system has been captured on pictures and video in early 2015 by local residents in Luhansk as well as Makiivka, east of Donetsk.
A YouTube account supporting the separatists posted a video in January 2015, showing several Grad systems firing a volley of rockets.[...] The video can be reliably geolocated to the Kirovskyi district in Donetsk, using the buildings, landmarks, and visible signs.
Policemen detained Ender Jose Contreras Hernandez, 22, illegally armed with a 9-mm Smith & Wesson pistol
Medellin El Colombiano reports on 22 October that a cache of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) explosives was found in Cajamarca (Tolima Department). According to the Army it belonged to the 50th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC.
The self-defense members possessed a 9-mm pistol, clip and ammunition.
Police Seize 65 Dynamite Sticks from FARC in Cucuta, Norte de Santander
Soldiers found a .38 caliber revolver, a .765-mm pistol with clip and detained a presumed "para."
Troops confiscated two AK-47 rifles with two clips, 345 7.62-mm cartridges and a Kenwood base radio with battery.
Three rifles, a shotgun, ammunition, field equipment, $12,000, and 15 million pesos were recovered.
Troops from the 16th Brigade confiscated 60 rifle grenades, 122 fragmentation grenades, 15 mortars, 85 mines, over 13,000 rounds of ammunition, and communication equipment.
The military seized seven AK-47 rifles, 1,054 5.56-mm cartridges, 759 7.62-mm cartridges, 15 5.56-mm metal clips, eight 7.62-mm clips, and seven multipurpose vests.
[...] where they found rifle spare parts for AK-47, G3, M-16 and Galil, 200 meters of detonating cord, 50 kilos of R-1 explosive, detonators, quartermaster supplies, 30 wooden beds and 1,100 kg of food supplies.
A presumed rebel, Jose Andres Garzon Cruz, was captured and two AK-47 rifles with five clips and 251 7.62-mm cartridges were confiscated.
The cache included five .50-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, 11 M-60 machine guns, 17 submachine guns, mortars, grenade launchers, more than 10,000 cartridges, mortar grenades, pistols and revolvers, 300 uniforms, ammunition and other war materiel, which was still being recovered and inventoried at the close of the edition.
Half a million rounds of rifle ammunition were discovered in a secret subterranean vault covered by thick vegetation in the jungles of southern Colombia. Soldiers also found grenades and other explosives there.
Army troops from Infantry Battalion No. 39 Sumapaz and the Quinones Mechanized Group have defused a 20 lb tank bomb that was loaded with anfo (ammonium nitrate fuel oil) and shrapnel.
By the mid-1980s, the LTTE had established an independent arms procurement programme, which even included the production of basic landmines, grenades, and mortars.
Cambodia became a major source of weapons in the mid-1990s, including surface-to-air missiles, probably SAM-7s
the LTTE attacked the TNA and captured significant amounts of light weapons, including general-purpose machine guns (GPMG), light machine guns (LMG), handguns, Indian assault rifles, 81mm and 60mm mortars, and ammunition, though how much is unknown.
Security officials reported that several hand grenades, homemade bombs and firearms were found at the scene, and said small-scale mining operations nearby were being used to raise money.
The PRC claims the ETIM stockpiled weapons to use in the rebellion. (..) It includes a single submachine gun, a single rifle, 11 handguns, 117 bullets, homemade explosives, daggers, long swords, axes, and rusty tin cans.
The attackers' truck reportedly contained 10 more homemade explosives, which resembled explosives the PRC had captured in a raid on an EITM camp in 2007.
By September 2002, the Chinese police forces had confiscated from ETIM members 98 guns of various types, 4500 antitank grenades, and a large amount of knives, explosive devices and raw materials and equipment for making explosives.
Chinese authorities arrested several cell members and seized a large number of explosives, detonators and other explosive devices
The raids recovered nearly 3,000 kgs of explosives, 4,000 sticks of dynamite, 600 guns and ammunition, as well as other supplies.
During raids by Coalition Forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan, over 4,500 hand grenades, 98 guns and a huge cache of swords, knives, detonators and explosives were seized.
Large-caliber sniper gun of 23mm caliber
Large-caliber sniper gun of 23mm caliber was created in the DPR.
On the first day, the self-defense forces look to pull back 96 pieces of heavy weapons from the line of contact with Ukraine’s armed forces.
D-30 artillery weapons are being pulled back  in Debaltsevo, Gorlovka, Donetsk and in the south on the region.
Today in the afternoon, the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) People’s police started pulling back the rocket artillery in the area of Debaltsevo, said Vitaly Kiselev, Deputy Commander of the LPR People’s Police
Please note that in January of 2015 the InformNapalm team already performed a video analysis and registered the transit of the Russian 9K332 ‘Tor-M2’ complex in Shakhtarsk (Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine), controlled by the Russian-terrorist forces.
According to him, heavy weapons were absent in five of the depots; and in fact in one of the depots the monitors were told that 11 Grad [multiple rocket launchers] had been moved and were on their way to Donetsk
The U.S. and Afghan forces have reovered videos and photos of ETIM members armed with AK-47 Assault rifles, automatic rifles, machine guns, dynamite,...
In the first video shot in North Waziristan, the children are shown firing handguns, AK-47 assault rifles, and a machine gun. At one point, Uyghur children are seen firing AK-47s.
The second video shows a group of burqa-clad women training with pistols, assault and sniper rifles, machine guns, and grenade launchers
Yesterday the Army and the Colombian Air Force, FAC, presented the weapons seized from the FARC in Putumayo -- 2,000 mortar grenades, 105 hand grenades, five 80-mm mortars, seven rockets, 26 rifles, three M-60 machineguns, four multiple grenade launchers, MGL, and 16 pistols
Soldiers confiscated three AK-47 rifles with ten clips, 1,000 rounds of assorted ammunition, an IM-26 hand grenade, 12 AUC armbands, 13 camouflage uniforms and six 25-lb sacks with fresh food supplies.
Elsewhere in the rural sector of Buenos Aires (Tame), soldiers from the same battalion found an M-16 rifle with telescopic sight, clips and ammunition in a cache belonging to the AUC.
He possessed a Smith & Wesson 38-long caliber revolver with six cartridges and a communications radio.
The guerrilla possessed a 9-mm pistol, a clip and 15 cartridges, and a Veltex communications radio.
Troops confiscated 322 60-mm grenades, 32 81-mm grenades, 121 mortar tubes, 34 aluminum tubes, 36 fuses for hand grenades, and other fuses and materiel.
Next to the three dead rebels, troops found 17 explosive devices containing more than 10 kg of dynamite, seven electric detonators, eight meters of detonating cord, two .38-caliber revolvers, a 9-mm pistol with three clips, and 200 assorted caliber cartridges.
After the clash the Army troops confiscated two R-15 5.56-mm rifles and ammunition, a 9-mm pistol and a Yaesu base communications radio.
The materials discovered include 220 electric primers, 100 shells, a shotgun, cartridges, and 550 m of detonator cable. Elsewhere, in the locale of Las Flores of the municipality of Agustin Codazzi (Cesar), soldiers from the "La Popa" Artillery Battalion No. 2 discovered four AK-47 rifles, three shotguns, one submachinegun, a tank filled with explosives, a ramp, and 17 combat kits. The material had belonged to members of FARC Front 41.
Soldiers seized a rifle with clips and 138 cartridges, a revolver, 11 backpacks and communications equipment.
On the other hand, 4th Division units brought down two insurgents from the FARC's 56th Front and seized two rifles, clips, 175 cartridges and quartermaster supplies in Aguazul Municipality (Casanare).
Likewise, as part of operation "Furia" troops from the Counternarcotics Brigade, in a clash, killed a rebel armed with a shot gun and 173 cartridges from the FARC's 27th Front in the rural sector of Matabambu, Puerto Lopez Municipality (Meta).
The rebels possessed a shotgun, two revolvers and 12 kg of coca paste.
The young rebel possessed an AK-47 rifle with three clips and 94 cartridges and a FARC armband with the colors of the Colombian flag.
The guerrillas fled back to Meta Department abandoning ten 120-mm mortar grenades, five 81-mm mortar grenades, a CZ 9-mm pistol with clip and 37 cartridges, 32 kg of Pentolite, 610 meters of detonating cord, 295 5.56-mm rifle cartridges, 15 7.62-mm rifle cartridges and nine backpacks, three of them containing women's clothes.
Troops recovered a 7.62-mm rifle, 133 cartridges, 21 electric detonators and communication radios.
Also in Tolima Department, but this time in the rural sector of Las Perlas, Ataco Municipality, a rebel from the FARC's "Heroes de Marquetalia" Mobile Column, armed with a loaded .38-caliber, was taken into custody by 5th Division soldiers.
The AUC deserter possessed three revolvers and a 7.65-caliber pistol with 22 cartridges.
Both hiding places contained seven homemade landmines and 17 60-mm grenades. Then, conducting operation "Insigne" Army soldiers found eight kg of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil), two kg of black powder, and three meters of detonating cord in the municipality of Viani (Cundinamarca).
The paramilitaries turned in 1,254 rifles, 526 grenades, 80 support weapons, 13 rockets, a fairly large quantity of assorted caliber ammunition and two helicopters fitted with .50-mm machineguns.
Army Gaula (Unified Action Groups to Rescue Kidnap Victims) units seized 17,150 cartridges, 20 5.56-mm rifles, 48 clips belonging to demobilized AUC (Colombian United Self-Defense Groups) in La Aurora in rural la Aurora, Hato Corozal Municipality (Casanare).
Another confiscation (3,888 cartridges, 184 clips, a rifle and 94 grenades) was made by police on a road between the municipalities of Granada and San Juan de Arama (Meta). The war materiel had been hidden inside the fuel tank of a truck and belonged to the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia).
After the clashes, troops seized two AK-47 5.56-mm rifles with ten clips, two AK-45 5.56-mm rifles with 12 clips, 1,661 5.56-mm cartridges and 16 40-mm grenades.
DAS (Administrative Department of Security) detectives and intelligence units from the "Ayacucho" Infantry Battalion, Army's 8th Brigade, intercepted the shipment of 25 AK-47 rifles, 7.62-mm ammunition, 16 clips, an M-60 machine gun, M-79 grenade launchers and seven 40-mm grenades, belonging to the ELN's (Army of National Liberation), near the hamlet of Perillo, in Aguadas Municipality.
Soldiers confiscated six AK-47 rifles, 22 clips, 780 cartridges, 716 meters of detonating cord, 85 detonators, 50 meters of duplex cable and six backpacks.
Inside the shelters, soldiers confiscated 1,100 7.62-mm cartridges, a 40-mm grenade, 16 antipersonnel landmines, several kg of explosives and a ton of food supplies.
The Prosecutor General's Office confirmed that they had found military equipment including four 60-millimeter mortars, a mortar case, a telescopic rifle sight, a compass, a silencer, ammunition, three detonators, radio equipment, and batteries, as well as tents, sleeping bags, documents, maps, and guerrilla tactics manuals.
Guerrillas of the FARC's 8 th Squad had been hiding five antipersonnel mines, 37 kilos of ANFO (ammonium nitrate fuel oil), 49 cartridges, one fragmentation grenade, 50 multi-outlet power strips, 25 encoders, and 30 meters of slow fuse, among other items.
The other cache, belonging to the FARC's "Gabriel Galviz" Mobile Column, was uncovered by the 3 rd Brigade's "Coronel Agustin Codazzi" Engineers Battalion, which found 10 antipersonnel mines, a cylinder loaded with explosives, 10 81-mm grenades, 15 60-mm grenades, and Military Forces uniforms, among other things.
A police officer and four others were killed Sunday when a homemade mortar was launched on a police truck in the Pacific port city of Buenaventura, authorities said. Paez attributed the attack to Latin America's oldest and most potent leftist insurgency, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
The dead rebel was armed with a rifle, two clips and 51 cartridges.
Rifles, clips and ammunition were confiscated
The dead guerrillas possessed weapons, ammunition, explosives, communication radios and quartermaster supplies.
Army Gaula (Unified Action Groups to Rescue Kidnap Victims) units found a cache containing 1,339 rifle cartridges, two fragmentation grenades and six electric detonators in rural Potosi, Paz de Ariporo Municipality. The cache belonged to the FARC's 28th Front.
Bogota El Tiempo reports on 9 August that Jaime Gregorio Marzan Calle and Jorge Alexander Mutis Valles were arrested by DAS detectives in possession of 30 RPG grenades and 25 fragmentation grenades in the southern sector of Bogota.
Aerial surveillance imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence on 23 August of six MLRS in "DPR"-controlled Chystiakove (formerly Torez, 62km east of Donetsk) and two MRLS together with 31 tanks, 36 towed howitzers/mortars, 117 armoured vehicles, 93 military-type trucks in "LPR"-controlled Buhaivka (37km south-west of Luhansk) .
In "DPR"-controlled areas beyond the respective withdrawal line the SMM saw: six multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS; BM-21 Grad, 122mm); six self-propelled howitzers (2S1Gvozdika, 122mm); 13 towed howitzers (D-20, 152mm) and three mortars (PM-38, 120mm).
Aerial surveillance imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of seven armoured vehicles near "DPR"-controlled Prymorske (39km north-east of Mariupol) on 19 August; one armoured vehicle near "DPR"-controlled Styla
On 22 August, while the SMM was driving through the north-westernmost checkpoint in "DPR"-controlled Horlivka (39km north-east of Donetsk) toward north-west it observed that one of armed men standing on the side of road was pointing a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at the SMM vehicles.
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines the SMM observed seven tanks (T-72) in 'LPR'-controlled Luhansk city. Beyond the withdrawal lines but outside storage sites, the SMM observed: 30 tanks at a known training range in 'LPR'-controlled Uspenka (23km south-west of Luhansk) on 9 April and - on 10 April at the same site - 50 tanks, 45 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) (BMPs), 110 trucks, three armoured engineering vehicles (IMR) and six command or communications trucks.
Beyond the withdrawal lines but outside storage sites, the SMM observed: 30 tanks at a known training range in 'LPR'-controlled Uspenka (23km south-west of Luhansk) on 9 April and - on 10 April at the same site - 50 tanks, 45 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) (BMPs), 110 trucks, three armoured engineering vehicles (IMR) and six command or communications trucks.
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines the SMM observed the following in 'LPR'-controlled Luhansk city: seven multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS; BM-21 Grad, 122mm), ten towed howitzers (five D-30, 122mm and five 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm) and seven self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm). Near 'LPR'-controlled Heorhiivka (16km south of Luhansk) the SMM observed three MLRS (BM-21 Grad, 122mm).
in 'DPR'-controlled Shakhtarsk (50km east of Donetsk), a convoy of 29 IFV (18 BMP-1, 11 BMP-2), one armoured personnel carrier (BTR-70), and two armoured tracked vehicles (MT-LB) accompanied by a van and a truck marked 'military traffic police' in Russian, moving west.
A Member State reported that more than 19,000 such devices had been disabled by Russian forces after the recapture of Tadmur (Palmyra), Syrian Arab Republic.
The SMM also observed one BTR-80 stationary near a 'DPR' checkpoint 11km west of Donetsk; one BMP camouflaged with tree branches in 'DPR'-controlled Debaltseve (58km north-east of Donetsk); one anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23) near 'DPR'-controlled Lukove
The mounted part started at 0628 gmt. It was headed by the jeep of the commander of the Komsomolske tactical group Col Hennadiy Alyabev. It was described as being made up of equipment "seized in battle with Ukrainian occupiers and restored at Donbass factories". (Due to tight camera angles it was not always possible to identify how many items were present.) - Vintage WWII vehicles: restored T-34 tank, BM-13 "Katyusha" multiple rocket launcher, ZiS-5 truck towing 76-mm cannon; - BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers; - BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles; - Tanks (models not identified; the commentator said that the DPR armed forces have T-72 and T-64 tanks); - Strela-10 anti-aircraft systems; - Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers of the Kolchuha tactical group; - Grad multiple launch rocket systems; - Towed 120-mm mortars; - Towed D-30 122-mm howitzers; - Towed Rapira 100-mm antitank guns; - Towed Msta-B 152-mm howitzers; - Truck-mounted ZU-23-2 twin-barrelled anti-aircraft gun.
BM-13 "Katyusha" multiple rocket launcher
It was described as being made up of equipment "seized in battle with Ukrainian occupiers and restored at Donbass factories". (Due to tight camera angles it was not always possible to identify how many items were present.) - Vintage WWII vehicles: restored T-34 tank, BM-13 "Katyusha" multiple rocket launcher, ZiS-5 truck towing 76-mm cannon; - BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers; - BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles; - Tanks (models not identified; the commentator said that the DPR armed forces have T-72 and T-64 tanks); - Strela-10 anti-aircraft systems; - Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers of the Kolchuha tactical group; - Grad multiple launch rocket systems; - Towed 120-mm mortars; - Towed D-30 122-mm howitzers; - Towed Rapira 100-mm antitank guns; - Towed Msta-B 152-mm howitzers; - Truck-mounted ZU-23-2 twin-barrelled anti-aircraft gun.
Truck-mounted ZU-23-2 twin-barrelled anti-aircraft gun
The vehicles in the parade convoy included a Soviet ZIS-5 lorry and a BM-13 (Katyusha) rocket system.  Those were followed by three modern BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers (APC). The commander of the separate reconnaissance battalion, Lt-Col Arseniy Pavlov, aka Motorola, was shown saluting from the turret of the lead APC. Also shown were BMP-1, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles (four in total) and T-72, T-64 tanks (six in total) of a separate battalion. Battalion commander Maj Petro (Petr) Ruchyov was shown saluting from the turret of the lead tank. Then three self-propelled 9A34 Strela-10 air-defence systems, two ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns mounted on lorries, three 122-mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzers, three Grad multiple-launch rocket systems, three towed 120-mm M-120 regiment mortars, three towed 100-mm MT-12 Rapira anti-tank guns, three towed 122-mm T-30 howitzers and three towed 152-mm Msta-B howitzers passed by the dais.
self-propelled 9A34 Strela-10 air-defence systems
towed 100-mm MT-12 Rapira anti-tank guns
Combined troops of the Colombian navy and air force seized in the province of Vichada on the Venezuelan border some 10,000 bullets for AK-47 assault rifles belonging to the FARC, authorities announced Monday.
The ELN's Carlos Alirio Buitrago unit was storing "1,800 kilos of homemade R-1 explosives, two makeshift mortars, 200 mortar rounds, 108 parts for making mortars, 400 parts for manufacturing antipersonnel landmines and 2,000 spare parts for rifle grenades" at the site, the army.
The rebels had stored some 3,000 rounds of ammunition, 20 grenades, four launchers for gas bombs and 104 bombs, including a dozen landmines, at the site. Army troops also found three bombs made from gas cylinders, 12 kilos of explosives, detonating cord and other materials for making bombs.
Colombia said over the weekend that its military had found the weapons in a captured rebel arms cache and that Sweden had recently confirmed that they had originally been sold to Venezuela’s military. [...] The bazooka-like AT-4 single-use rocket launchers, manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics, lack the precision and range of surface-to-air weapons. There is also no evidence that FARC rebels have used the launchers in combat.
During the raid some 60 kg of explosives, 19 anti-personnel mines and lots of raw materials for making bombs were seized.
Soldiers found 24 surface-to-air missiles, 531 grenades, detonating cord, assault rifles, a .50-caliber machine gun, a Remington shotgun, a Winchester shotgun, landmines and ammunition at the camp.
According to the official report on development of military operations carried out by members of the Twenty Ninth Brigade in the department of Cauca, were seized 37 improvised explosive devices tatuco type, 33 jars with black powder cartridges links 40, 14 grenades craft, a ramp launch a mortar and 450 vanillas.
This fact was seized two handguns, ammunition and immobilized with a Yamaha motorcycle
Among the seized material is a Galil rifle, two pistols, ammunition suppliers for, 861 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, two hand grenades, detonators, 50 meters of cable, uniforms of exclusive use by the Armed Forces.
With Colombia's largest rebel army increasingly relying on hit-and-run tactics, they have demonstrated cunning methods of orchestrating bombings, using trees and animals to mask explosive devices.
There they found 240 kilos of ANFO explosive
Troops belonging to the Sixth Division of the Army in the last hours neutralized three IED improvised explosive devices during offensive operations in the department of CaquetÃ.
In the search conducted by the military, found 19 40mm grenades, two mortar rounds and five improvised explosive devices.
Altogether, the police and the army seized 200 grenades, 150 mortars, 250 kilos and 500 kilos of R1 shrapnel, among others
In the search conducted by the military, were found 800 cartridges of different caliber, 31 hand grenades, 3500 meters of detonating cord, 450 electric detonators, 10 kilos of pentolite, 70 improvised explosive devices, three pistols, 14 vendors, four radios communications, quartermaster abundant material and 800 kilos of food.
the find included war material and explosives, among whom were 50 hand grenades IM-26, 14 60 mm grenades, two mortar craft and 10 pentolite bars, explosive attack with which the security forces on the road to the sea.
Colombia's police intelligence branch Dijin discovered a van in the city of Cali containing some 160 rifles -- including AK-47s and M16s --, four grenade launchers, 25 handguns and over 6,000 rounds of ammunition, among other weapons and communications equipment.
Where soldiers of the Third Brigade and thanks to information provided by people located 36 hidden 40 mm grenades, 523 cartridges and 7 suppliers of 5.56 mm and 11 cartridges and 1 provider of 7.62 mm.
According to the report, members of the Task Force Vulcano discovered a stash in El Tarra, Norte de Santander, where they found cartridges, ammunition, clothing, mosquito nets, hammocks and three military uniforms. Security officials said that supplies belonged to the Aruturo Ruiz column of the FARC.
A weapons cache containing four grenades and two revolvers with ammunition was found by soldiers of the Ninth Brigade in Gigante, a town in the southwestern Huila department. The army suspects the supplies belonged to the Teofilo Forero Castro column of the FARC.
In the rural area of Mallama, in the department of Nariño, located along the Ecuadorian border, members of Task Force Pegasus found a stockpile of explosives which they say belonged to the Mariscal Antonio Jose de Sucre column of the FARC.
Authorities confirmed that at the time of capture, Ruben was found carrying a gun, six 38mm caliber cartridges, three grenades and communication devices.
Addition of 1,250 kilos of explosives, illegal immigrants brought with them 800 meters of detonating cord and the type double, two mortar shells and "war material and uniforms," the military agency.
According to authorities, the coves belong to Alirio Torres mobile column of the FARC. They had 90 kilos of ANFO, 365 jars with black powder, twelve grenades homemade mortar, five 40 mm caliber grenades, four rifle grenades for Galil 5.56, a landmine, 4510 5.56 caliber cartridges, 47 cartridges 7.62,
In the room of a humble dwelling, with walls block Meta Police caught a child under 16 years handling a grenade IM-26. To seize the furniture where the boy kept his clothes, they found another of these devices wrapped in a striped shirt, green.
"At 10 and 40 of the night, two men on a motorcycle threw a device from the premises and as a result two people were injured by shrapnel," says a police report. The victims were identified as Dumar Jeison Rodriguez and Garcia.
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines the SMM observed seven tanks (T-72) in "LPR"-controlled Luhansk city on 23 and as many on 24 April.
Beyond the withdrawal lines but outside storage sites, the SMM saw 11 stationary tanks (T-64) near a training ground in "LPR"-controlled Myrne (41km south-west of Luhansk) on 24 April.
In "DPR"-controlled areas beyond the respective withdrawal lines, the SMM revisited such locations and observed: nine MLRS (BM-21 Grad, 122mm); two anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm); and two self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm).
On 23 April, the SMM observed an infantry fighting vehicle (BMP-1) and an anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23) mounted on a military-type truck stationary near an "LPR" checkpoint across the bridge south of government-controlled Shchastia (20km north of Luhansk).
In a "DPR"-controlled area south-east of Donetsk the SMM saw three main battle tanks. Moreover, the SMM UAVs spotted a mortar team operating north of Berdianske, and a probable anti-aircraft gun mounted on a truck east of Oktyabr.
Outside the security zone, aerial surveillance imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence on 31 March of 171 armoured vehicles and 173 military-type trucks at the four aforementioned "LPR" training areas outside the security zone: 82 armoured vehicles and 76 military-type trucks near Buhaivka; nine military-type trucks near Kruhlyk; 12 armoured vehicles and 30 military-type trucks near Shymshynivka; and 77 armoured vehicles and 58 military-type trucks near Uspenka.
At the junction between the highways M04 and H20, the SMM saw more than ten tailfins of 120mm mortar rounds lying on the asphalt road with corresponding splash marks or craters in proximity of "DPR" positions, which it had not observed the day before. The demining team found a complete warhead of a rocket-propelled grenade (PG-7L) round and small-arms bullets on highway H20.
On 2 April, at the northern edge of "DPR"-controlled Sakhanka (24km north-east of Mariupol), a civilian vehicle approached the SMM, and three passengers in military-style clothes shouted loudly, after opening a window about 50m from the SMM. Then the driver put the rifle through the open window, and fired two shots into the air, without stopping the car, and proceeding north.
In "DPR"-controlled areas, the SMM saw 11 MLRS (BM-21) and three anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) on 25 December and noted as absent five anti-tank guns (MT-12) for the first time the same day. At a "DPR" heavy weapons storage site on 25 December, armed "DPR" members initially denied the SMM access and told the SMM that it should provide written permission. The SMM informed the JCCC and after five minutes, the SMM was granted access. On 26 December, the SMM observed six self-propelled howitzers (2S1) and six MLRS (BM-21).
The SMM observed the removal of anti-tank mines at Shchastia bridge. On 26 December, the SMM observed "LPR" members removing anti-tank mines on the east side of the road located south of the bridge in Shchastia.
The SMM observed the presence of other hardware in the security zone: in the vicinity of "DPR"-controlled Yasynuvata the SMM saw a UAV circling overhead that arrived from the west and flew off to the north-east; a tarp-covered BMP-1 in the yard of a school in a "DPR"-controlled part of Zaitseve (50km north-east of Donetsk);
In "DPR"-controlled areas beyond the respective withdrawal lines, the SMM revisited one such location and observed eight self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm), six towed howitzers (2A65 Msta-B, 152mm) and six MLRS (BM-21 Grad, 122mm).
In violation of respective withdrawal lines, on 12 March, the SMM observed one tank (T-64) near government-controlled Berezove (31km south-west of Donetsk), as well as, what it assessed to be parts of 82mm mortars, which were covered with tree branches near "DPR"-controlled Oleksandrivka (20km south-west of Donetsk).
Beyond the respective withdrawal lines but outside storage sites, the SMM observed: on 12 March, approximately 23 tanks (T-72) in the vicinity of a training ground near "DPR"-controlled Ternove (57km east of Donetsk); on 13 March, one tank near "DPR"-controlled Shakhtarsk (50km east of Donetsk).
In violation of respective withdrawal lines, on 12 March, the SMM observed one self-propelled howitzer (2S3 Akatsiya, 152mm) in the vicinity of "DPR"-controlled Ternove.
On 8 March, aerial surveillance imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence of two armoured vehicles near "DPR"-controlled Donetsk airport (8km north-west of Donetsk city centre) and four armoured vehicles near Yasynuvata. On 9 March, it also revealed the presence of seven armoured vehicles in the areas of government-controlled Krasnohorivka and "DPR"-controlled Staromykhailivka (21 and 16km west of Donetsk, respectively), and four armoured vehicles near "DPR"-controlled Petrovskyi district (20km south-west of Donetsk city centre).
On 12 March, in "DPR-controlled Ternove (57km east of Donetsk), armed men denied the SMM access to a military-type compound containing 23 tanks (T-72) and demanded to leave the area immediately.
Aerial imagery available to the SMM, recorded on 4 January, revealed in violation of the withdrawal lines the following weapons in areas not controlled by the Government: 21 towed howitzers (D-30 Lyagushka, 122mm; and probably 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm) and more than 200 fresh weapons impacts from artillery and smaller-calibre weaponry at a training area near Buhaivka (37km south-west of Luhansk) as well as 15 multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) and 33 probable MLRS at a training area near Miusynsk (62km south-west of Luhansk).
The imagery also revealed the following weapons beyond withdrawal lines but outside of assigned sites: 33 tanks at the training area near Buhaivka; 11 tanks, 18 towed howitzers or mortars, nine probable self-propelled howitzers or mortars and vehicle tracks in the snow indicating recent movement at the training area near Miusynsk; and about 55 tanks as well as tracks in the snow indicating recent movement at a compound near "DPR"-controlled Manuilivka (65km east of Donetsk).
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines the SMM saw seven multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS; BM-21 Grad, 122mm), seven self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm), and ten towed howitzers (five 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm, and five D-30 Lyagushka, 122mm) in Luhansk city.
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines the SMM observed seven tanks (T-72) in "LPR"-controlled Luhansk city.
On 17 April the SMM observed 21 tanks near "LPR"-controlled Kruhlyk (31km south-west of Luhansk).
In "DPR"-controlled areas beyond the respective withdrawal lines, the SMM revisited such locations and saw six self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm).
On 16 April in non-government-controlled areas the SMM saw: one stationary ACV (BTR-70) near the Oktiabr mine ("DPR"-controlled, 9km north-west of Donetsk); on 17 April - one anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23) and one ACV (BMP-1) at an "LPR"-controlled checkpoint near Shchastia (20km north of Luhansk) and two ACVs (BMP-1) in "LPR"-controlled Vesela Hora (16km north of Luhansk) near an "LPR"-controlled checkpoint.
In violation of the withdrawal lines, shortly before the SMM lost all contact with it, an SMM long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted a surface-to-air missile system (9K35 Strela-10, 120mm) mounted on top of a multi-purpose tracked vehicle (MTLB) near "DPR"-controlled Horlivka.
FARC using .50 Cal AR-15 rifles ?!?!? This rifle was among weapons seized by Columbian Military Police from FARC guerrillas
They found between the bags 17 AK 47 rifles, caliber 7.62 mm and 5.56 German and Russian manufacture.
US authorities accuse Pombo's network of smuggling some 500 rifles into Colombia for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, reported El Tiempo.
During the search operation the troops seized 25 grenades, 129 rounds of ammunition and a pistol.
On July 12, local newspaper El Liberal published a statement from the guerrillas, which said that the plane had been bought down by our anti-aircraft fire and not, as they cynically try to claim, a technical or human error.
The material found by the anti-explosive experts was 10 cylinders armed with explosives 100 pounds, 40 kilos of R1, 2 ramps for tatucos and cylinders, 32 tatucos without explosives, 293 tubes for the preparation of tatucos, 118 cartridges caliber 7.62 mm AK 47, 13 metal pipes of 2 inches and 2 feet long, 287 tubes cut to the development of fuses, two welding machines (1 electric, 1 autologous), 1 spool of copper welding of 1000 meters, 17 covers gas cylinder valves, 2 compressors, and tools to build explosive devices.
In the creek, according to authorities, was found ten mortar shells handmade type with an activation system for percussion and explosive compound basis by R-1.
Police said in the same place also found 60 kilos of R-1 on two plastic jars with a load system and directed aneléctrico type "Chinese hat" which in some cases is used to tear down pylons.
Among the spoils were 11 kilos of high explosives, black powder and four kilos of ammonium nitrate.
In a separate operation, the army found a handmade 81mm calibre mortar, also believed to have belonged to the same FARC column.
Initially Battalion Mountaineering N. 3 Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo at kilometer 35 of the municipality of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, when troops conducted patrols, they found a mine activation system by photo cell, consisting of four pounds of plastic pentolite and black, and it was planted by members Libardo Garcia gang FARC. Meanwhile, in the town of Lejanías, Meta, soldiers from the Seventh Brigade, reported the location of an explosive device, which belonged to members of the gang 26 of the FARC, which was abandoned in the village of orange groves.
Following a July 2008 raid on a FARC camp, soldiers recovered three Swedish-made AT-4 anti-tank rocket launchers that had been sold by Sweden to the Venezuelan military.
It is worth noting that the Colombian military, for the first	time	ever, captured	a SAM-7 from	the FARC	in Cauca province in late November 2012.
in "LPR"-controlled areas, seven multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS; BM-21 Grad, 122mm), seven self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) and ten towed howitzers (five 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm, and five D-30 Lyagushka, 122mm), and seven surface-to-air missile systems (9K35 Strela-10, 120mm) in Luhansk city. On 2 May, an SMM long-range UAV spotted: one anti-tank missile mounted on an APC in government-controlled Luhanske; four self-propelled howitzers in government-controlled Kostiantynivka (58km north of Donetsk); and six self-propelled howitzers in "DPR"-controlled Novoselivka (30km north-east of Donetsk).
in "LPR"-controlled areas: seven APCs (BTR-80) and seven IFVs (BMP-2) in Luhansk city; one multi-purpose light-armoured towing vehicle (MT-LB) near Stakhanov (50km west of Luhansk). On 1 May, an SMM long-range UAV spotted five APCs near government-controlled Marinka (23km south-west of Donetsk) and four APCs near government-controlled Slavne (26km south-west of Donetsk). On 2 May, an SMM long-range UAV spotted: one APC near government-controlled Dacha (49km north-west of Donetsk); 26 APCs in areas between government-controlled Luhanske and "DPR"-controlled Lozove (54km north-east of Donetsk); 27 APCs in "DPR"-controlled Debaltseve (59km north-east of Donetsk)
In areas not controlled by the Government the Mission observed a tank or a self-propelled mortar (2S9 Nona-S, 120mm) in "LPR"-controlled Stare (formerly Chervonyi Prapor, 58km west of Luhansk). Aerial imagery revealed the presence of two tanks in violation of withdrawal lines near "DPR"-controlled Makiivka (12km north-east of Donetsk).
Beyond withdrawal lines but outside storage sites, aerial imagery revealed the presence of seven tanks near "LPR"-controlled Buhaivka (37km south-west of Luhansk).
In "DPR"-controlled areas beyond the withdrawal lines, the SMM saw eight towed howitzers (six 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm and two D-30) and noted that two self-propelled howitzers (2S1) and six anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) were missing.
Aerial imagery revealed the presence of six armoured vehicles near government-controlled Lopaskyne (23km north-west of Luhansk) and two armoured vehicles near "DPR"-controlled Makiivka on 9 March.
Abu Mustafa said his main source of ammunition had been a sympathetic local tank commander in the regular army who secretly funneled boxes of bullets every few days to the rebels.
“It’s a good one, isn’t it?” he smiles, brandishing the German-made H&K Model G3 rifle. “Not too used, almost like new.”
Shoulder-fired SA-16 antiaircraft surface-to-air missile
Rebels say they seized dozens of such shoulder-fired missile systems in late November when fighters overran a sprawling government garrison outside the city of Aleppo known as Base 46, after a two-month siege.
The takeover of Base 46 yielded "the largest seizure of weapons that we have seen to date," including shoulder-fired missiles and traditional weapons, said Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director for Human Rights Watch, who closely monitors arms proliferation.
In addition to SA-16s and SA-7s, the haul from Base 46 included an unspecified number of the even more advanced SA-24, though that model was not seen fully assembled, making its utility hard to assess, Bouckaert said.
The weapon with the cone-shaped missile that Abu Omeir brandishes in the video is indeed an SA-16, or a non-Russian-made "variant," said Matt Schroeder, senior analyst with the Federation of American Scientists and consultant for the Small Arms Survey, a Geneva-based research group.
The weapons, which according to the rebels are being supplied by private sponsors, include thousands of shells, hundreds of sniper rifles, as well as anti-armor missiles.
"They brought it down as it was taking off from the airport using 14.5 millimeter anti-aircraft machineguns," said Abu Majad, a spokesman from the rebel Ahrar al-Sham (Free Men of Syria) brigade.
In my city we have received at least 10,000 rockets and 100 sniper rifles
Newly armed with mortars, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades smuggled across borders by truck and donkey, Syria's rebels are now ready to step up their fight against President Bashar al-Assad.
Jabhat al-Nusra does count Syrian veterans of the Iraq war among its numbers, men who bring expertise ó especially the manufacture of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) ó to the front in Syria.
It seems the FSA have started to go beyond the machine guns, AK-47s, and RPGs that make up the majority of their equipment and have begun to acquire greater quantities of weapons, and a greater variety.
local commander told me that they have bought more than 1,500 new shells for RPGs in Idlib,very effective because tanks are very old #Syria
It also appears that more recently the FSA have been capturing heavier weapons.  These two videos show the Ansar Battalion using large 120mm mortars
The same group has also been using a B-10 Recoilless Rifle
This video from Jisr ash-Shugur, Idlib shows a PG-7VR warhead loaded into the RPG launcher on the right hand side of the video, capable of penetrating the armour on most, if not all, of Assad's armoured vehicles
This video from Deir ez-Zor shows a group in possession of a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun to the left, and a truck mounted heavy machine gun to the right
This video from a Damascus FSA battalion apparently shows one destroyed armoured vehicles, along with a Shilka and BMP which were apparently captured
This news report also shows more captured vehicles, including at least one fully operational tank
this video from Latamiyah, Hama, shows a cargo of RPG launchers and ammo captured by FSA fighters
This video shows more captured equipment, most notably a captured anti-aircraft gun, which were often mounted to trucks in the Libyan Civil War
Other vehicle modifications have also been made to assist the FSA, including a number of armoured cars.
They are not alone. Guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have also laid landmines in the area.
The Leftist FARC guerrilla group have in their arsenal of surface-to-air missiles capable of shooting down aircraft, according to video footage released on Thursday.
Other footage found on the seized computer also shows a group of FARC fighters launching grenades and other explosives that explode in the air which could be used to attack helicopters.
In November 2012, authorities seized a homemade missile from the FARC in the municipality of Morales, in Cauca Department.
Police also "found two mortars, four machine guns (and) grenades, among other weapons," as part of the operation carried out in the town of Pororio in the department.
The army also said that during the operation its forces also seized from the dead rebels an M-60 machinegun, eight rifles and a large quantity of war materiel and supplies.
In the operation, troops also seized three combat rifles, a two-way radio, three grenades and ammunition.
The confiscated materials consisted of 5,000 sticks of dynamite, 16 55-gallon containers filled with explosives, 12 packages weighing 50 kg (110 pounds) each of potassium chloride and four homemade mortars.
Twenty-five rifles, explosives and other war materials and information were found in the camp, said the communique.
The source said that a rifle, a laptop, a hardisk, 8 USB memories, 43 uniforms of the security forces, and 478 cartridges of different caliber were seized at the operation.
The incident occurred in the village municipality of Lomitas Quilichao Santander , where the guerrillas had hidden 200 kilos of ANFO type explosives and 30 meters of detonating cord.
Two weeks ago, Torres escaped from an operation and the police only found a rifle and a motorcycle that he had left behind.
Colombian Navy announced on Saturday that it foiled a bomb attack to be conducted by the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), after the institution seized 20 grenades in a rural area of the country's southwestern Narino department, where most of the rebel attacks are carried out.
Four rifles, communication gear and explosive materials were also seized in the operations, according to authorities.
Authorities also seized eight rifles, one machine gun, 749 bullets of different calibers and four hand grenades, and some communication devices, including two laptops, two cellphones and seven USB flash memory disks.
Army troops conducting an operation in a rural area in Huila, a province in southwestern Colombia, found more than 200 kilos (440 pounds) of explosives, 800 landmines, munitions and grenades in a rural area in Huila, a province in southwestern Colombia, military spokesmen said.
Soldiers also found 1,374 rounds of ammunition and 33 grenades, which were destroyed in controlled blasts.
While arresting the suspects, the military found more than 50 grenades and mortars, army helmets and $2,500 worth of Colombian bills.
In the operating capture the seizure of two bodies of 22 mm caliber revolvers was achieved; 38 mm caliber revolver; a pistol caliber 25 mm; four cartridges .38 caliber cartridges and three 22 mm.
Reports that heavy anti-tank weapons had been smuggled into Syria this week were denied by FSA sources who said that the rebels were still armed only with RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenades.
More than a month ago, they did succeed in shelling Menagh with one of their captured tanks, but the move has never been repeated due to a lack of ammunition.
What they've managed to gather, mostly basic rifles and machine guns from defected government troops, is little match for the Army’s air force and tanks.
An FSA unit in Aleppo has turned to one of its members to make grenades.
The seized weapons include 15 Russian rifles, 13 pump-action and 3 M16 guns, 4 RPG, advanced snipers, explosives and different ammunitions.
The weapons are different machine guns, one of them an Israeli made, rifles, pump-action guns, RPGs and hand-made bombs. Competent authorizes in Daraa also dismantled two hand-made explosives, prepared to be bombed on Nawa-Tseil highway.
Since a couple of days, journalists and arms researchers collaborated to provide more details on an ammunition box the BBC had found in a rebel base in the city of Aleppo.
More material has been collected in Syria by journalists: Serial numbers of Belgian-made FAL rifles that appear not to come primarily from Syria itself.
The spoils of a recent raid are laid out before them ó a collection of T-55 tanks and the BMP series of infantry fighting vehicles.
BMP series of infantry fighting vehicles
The rebels have wielded heavy machine guns to the truck beds ó constructing an impromptu mechanised unit with which to wage war against President Bashar Assadís army.
Truck-mounted weapons are one of the mainstays of this conflict, with rebels employing DShK heavy machine guns, KPV heavy machines guns and ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft cannons for this purpose.
chinese Type 63 multiple rocket launcher,
The most common is the Type 63 multiple rocket launcher, a Chinese-made weapon that fires 107mm rockets with a range of up to five miles, making it one of the longest-range weapons available to the insurgents.
Other, more unusual instances of truck-mounted rocket launchers include this example of a rocket pod, normally used by aircraft, firing S-5 rockets.
VBIEDs (Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device)
VBIEDs (Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device), otherwise known as car or truck bombs, are one of the most controversial weapons in the rebelsí arsenal.
One of the most effective DIY weapons used by the Syrian opposition is the IED, which has allowed the Syrian opposition to take on armoured vehicles and effectively turn certain areas into no-go zones for troops in unarmoured vehicles
Syrian insurgents have also began to use a variety of DIY weapons, the most common being pipe bombs.
The production of rifle grenades ó a grenade that can be attached to, and launched from, the end of a rifle barrel ó demonstrates Syrian rebelsí ability to produce more sophisticated weapons.
DIY rockets appear to have become one of the main long-range weapons used by the insurgents.
There are also a number of weapons that appear to be one-offs ó for example, an air-powered Molotov cocktail launcher. Other examples included a prototype of a grenade launcher, a shotgun based pipe-bomb launcher, a DIY recoilless gun, and a multi-calibre pipe gun.
In one report, a Syrian military defector described building more than 100 of these bombs, which an analyst described as doing roughly the same damage as a 1,000-pound bomb.
Each man carried little more than a rifle and several dozen cartridges.
Although a few old SA-7 antiaircraft missiles have been spotted in rebel videos, these sightings have been rare, and the missiles have yet to be a significant factor in the conflict.
The few heavier weapons visible — including a BMP armored vehicle, a Russian-made 14.5-millimeter machine gun and two mortar tubes — were all captured from government forces or purchased from corrupt army units, Mr. Marouf and two of his subcommanders said.
Targeting arms depots and military installations and salvaging the leftovers of battles, the FSA has seized surface-to-air missiles (also known as MANPADS), rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), machine guns, armored vehicles, tanks, etc.
Unrest in neighbouring syria has sent demand for weapons soaring, doubling prices for Kalashnikov assault rifles and other weapons and helping supply the increasingly well armed insurrection challenging President Bashar al-Assad.
The authorities confiscated the terrorists’ weapons which include assault rifles, machineguns, handguns, RPG rounds and large amounts of ammo, in addition to advanced communication devices, military uniforms, satchels and medical equipment. Six stolen private and government-owned cars were also recovered from the terrorists. A PKC machinegun was found in one of the stolen cars.
The authorities seized weapons from the terrorists, including dozens of assault rifles, 5 RPG launchers and 10 rounds, automatic weapons including an Israeli-made Uzi sub-machinegun, 17 pump-action shotguns, handguns, 12 blocks of TNT, detonators, and materials used for making explosives, in addition to ammo, magazines, satchels, military uniforms, 6 wireless and satellite communication devices, and 8 laptops.
"Our RPGs are Russian-made and mostly come in from Iraq, but four out of five rounds are a dud,"
"We use Molotov cocktails, homemade grenades and roadside ambushes," he said.
Qaddah said there are thousands of rebels willing to fight in a suburb of the capital, Damascus — an allegation that is impossible to confirm — but there are only 750 machine guns.
Sharrouf said that a man called Mohammad al-Tabak asked his cousin to provide him with weapons, so they sold him 12 pump-action shotguns with 18 boxes or rounds, and 11 PKC machineguns with its ammo.
The Institute for Defense Analysis, which conducts research for the U.S. government, reported that 236 improvised explosive devices were discovered or detonated in Syria this year.
­The material, including anti-tank weapons, is mostly bought on the black market from corrupt Syrian military and in neighboring countries.
Corrupt MIlitary or neighbouring countries
The real score, though, was in confiscated materiel: Rebels made off with tanks, armored vehicles, Type-63 multiple rocket launchers, artillery shells, howitzers, mortars, and even SA-16 surface-to-air missiles.
Little more than a week ago, the rebels seized tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery, 120-mm mortars and rocket launchers when they took the government forces' sprawling Base 46, about 12 kilometres (eight miles) west of Aleppo.
Seventy soldiers were killed or captured, and the rebels seized six 23-mm cannons, rocket batteries and other weapons and ammunition, they added.
SYRIAN rebels under increasing attack from regime warplanes have obtained 50 Stinger shoulder-launched missiles, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Amman on Tuesday after talks with a top dissident.
The first inkling that the rebels had access to shoulder-launched weapons came in July when US broadcaster NBC News reported that the FSA had obtained two dozen Stingers, also known as MANPADS, delivered via Turkey.
To supply his men with weapons, Abu Suleiman buys Kalashnikov assault rifles from mostly Lebanese arms traffickers, but for the explosives needed to blow up the roads and strike army tanks, his group turned to the Internet.
The seizure consisted of 59 gas cylinders that rebel groups like the FARC and ELN use to attack security forces or oil infrastructure targets
One other guerrilla was captured and eight rifles were seized along with three pistols, three hand grenades, 50 cartridges, four unused landmines, two computers, two hard drives, communication equipment and instruction material.
Authorities seized seven rifles, six pistols, 70 landmines, nine hand grenades, 32 suppliers and four communication radios in the operation, EFE reported.
The weapons, found in the city of Vista Hermosa, included 16 rifles, 39 grenades and other gear, the armed forces said in a statement.
The FARC have used Russian AK-47 rifles, as well as their Hungarian AKM and former East German MPIKM versions. The Swiss FAL rifle, models M63 and M61T1 are also commonly used by the group. Other weapons seized from the FARC are American semi-automatic Ruger Mini-14 and COLT AR-15, M-16, and Match Target rifles. Although the FARC mainly use caliber 7.62 ammunition, they have a smaller supply of armament that uses caliber 5.56 ammunition in their arsenal.
In the case of the ELN, the most used weapons are FAL rifle and the AK-47 in its AKM and MPIKM versions. This group uses caliber 7.62 ammunition.
Thus, of the 1,982 rifles seized in 2005, 63.4% correspond to the FARC.
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines the SMM observed, in "DPR"-controlled areas, three howitzers (D-30, 122mm) towed by three of a convoy of five military-type trucks south of Khartsyzk (26km north-east of Donetsk), heading west; and two anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) towed by military-type trucks near Kolosnykove (20km north-east of Donetsk), heading west.
In "DPR"-controlled areas, the SMM observed ten mortars (PM-38, 120mm), including one observed for the first time, and 13 towed howitzers (D-30, 122mm), four of which observed for the first time.
Aerial surveillance available to the SMM revealed the presence of two armoured vehicles (undetermined type) near Svitlodarsk, and four armoured vehicles near "DPR"-controlled Debaltseve (58km north-east of Donetsk), both on 6 July.
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines in areas not under government control, the SMM saw two anti-tank guided missile systems (9K111 Fagot, 120mm) mounted on stationary infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs; BMP-1) 100m west of Vyshnevyi Dil (13km east of Luhansk), and two stationary tanks (T-64) 2.5km north-west of Lomuvatka (57km west of Luhansk). The SMM also observed tracks assessed to be those of multiple self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) west of Kadiivka.
In non-government-controlled areas, the SMM saw: three static IFVs (BMP-1), two static armoured personnel carriers (APCs; MT-LB) and a possible command and communications vehicle near Vyshnevyi Dil; one static IFV (BMP-1) near Lyman (12km north-west of Luhansk); an anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23, 23mm) mounted on a truck heading east near Zhovte (17km north-west of Luhansk); two static IFVs (BMP-1) near Luhansk city; four military-type trucks heading west near Yurivka (27km west of Luhansk); and one stationary APC (probably BRDM-2D) near Styla (34km south of Donetsk). Near Styla the SMM also observed fresh tracks of several IFVs heading north-west. An SMM unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted two stationary IFVs (BMP-1) near Lobacheve (13km east of Luhansk).
West of "DPR"-controlled Nova Marivka (64km south of Donetsk) the SMM observed two 82mm mortar rounds embedded in a dirt road about 50m from a house. In Zolote-4, the SMM observed a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG-7) sticking out of the ground, about 150m from the nearest house, and assessed that it had been fired from a northerly direction. The SMM again saw four anti-tank mines in "LPR"-controlled areas south of Shchastia (see SMM Daily Report 27 February 2017).
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines the SMM observed seven tanks (T-72) in "LPR"-controlled Luhansk city; a tank near "DPR"-controlled Michurine (63km south-east of Donetsk); and an engineering tank (T-64), without a barrel, near government-controlled Voitove (30km north-west of Luhansk).
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines, the SMM saw seven multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS; BM-21 Grad, 122mm), seven self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm), and ten towed howitzers (five 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm, and five D-30 Lyagushka, 122mm) in "LPR"-controlled Luhansk city; five surface-to-air missile systems (9K35 Strela-10, 120mm) at a military-type compound in "DPR"-controlled Donetsk city*
The SMM observed the presence of armoured combat vehicles in the security zone. In areas not controlled by the Government the SMM saw an infantry fighting vehicle (BMP-1), a combat engineer vehicle (IMR-2), and two armoured personnel carriers (APC; BTR-type and MT-LB) in a compound near the railroad station in "DPR"-controlled Debaltseve (58km north-east of Donetsk);* and, an armoured reconnaissance vehicle (BRDM-2) near "DPR"-controlled Obilne (20km south of Donetsk of Donetsk).
In areas not controlled by the Government, the SMM observed: a stationary tank (T-64, 125mm) near Zhovte (17km north-west of Luhansk); a stationary tank (T-64) in Lyman (12km north-west of Luhansk); four stationary tanks (T-64) and two anti-tank guided missile systems (9K111 Fagot, 120mm) mounted on stationary IFVs (BMP-1) in Vyshnevyi Dil (13km east of Luhansk); a camouflaged tank (type unknown) in Pikuzy (formerly Kominternove, 23km north-east of Mariupol); and a self-propelled howitzer (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) in a warehouse between the Kirovskyi and Petrovskyi districts of Donetsk city, with other heavy weapons inside that could not be identified because armed "DPR" members prevented the SMM from accessing the site.* (The SMM assessed two sets of tracks leading to the warehouse as those of a self-propelled howitzer (2S1) and either a tank or self-propelled howitzer (2S3 Akatsiya, 152mm).)
The SMM observed fresh tracks that it assessed to be from at least four vehicles towing an unknown number of howitzers (2A65) near Irmino and tank tracks near Lobacheve (13km east of Luhansk).
On 11 February, seven armed "LPR" members stopped the SMM on a road north of Lobacheve (13km east of Luhansk) and told it to leave the area immediately. The SMM observed tank tracks leading to the area, as well as antennas of two military-type vehicles.
The seized weapons included several kinds of machineguns, German sniper rifles, RPGs and anti-tank launchers, mines, night vision goggles, protective masks, handmade explosive devices with their detonators, pistols and pistol suppressors.
The besieging force — rebels of the Free Syrian Army, backed by groups of Islamist militants — are armed with little more than assault rifles and Soviet-era Dushka heavy machine guns mounted on four-wheel drive vehicles.
The confiscated weapons include 2 RPG launchers with 6 rounds, 8 rifles, 5 pump-action shotgun, a large amount of ammo, a PKC machinegun with 600 rounds, and 3 satchels
The authorities found big amounts of electronic devices, machine-guns, bombs, explosive devices and Molotov bombs used by the armed groups in committing their criminal acts which target the security of the homeland.
The Syrian army chased terrorists in Satin al-Razi district in southern Damascus, and seized 82 mortar-launchers, rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), and hand-made bombs from terrorists there.
Improvised bombs have steadily become the most punishing weapon in the otherwise underequipped rebels’ arsenal, repeatedly destroying Syria’s main battle tanks, halting army convoys and inflicting heavy casualties on government ground operations in areas where armed resistance is strong, Western analysts and rebel field commanders and fighters said.
Dozens became scores became hundreds, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), homemade hand grenades and IEDs (improvised explosive devices).
Several videos posted by anti-regime activists online last week show the missiles. In one video, an SA-7 launcher has been set on a rock to display it. Another shows a fighter in Aleppo firing one at a passing fighter jet, with the curly smoke trail of the rocket visible.
Other videos indicate that rebels have a growing number of heavy-caliber anti-aircraft guns, many mounted on pickup trucks for easy movement, as well as mortars and different kinds of homemade rockets.
Rebel fighters and activists say the "barrel bomb" is used nearly every day.
Armoured Vehicle mounted with a 7.62 mm machinegun
The fully-enclosed vehicle made from light steel is about four meters (approximately 13 feet) in length and two meters across, mounted with a 7.62 mm machinegun controlled from inside the cabin.
In Damascus, the dayís violence began in the morning when two mortar rounds struck the Information Ministry in Mezzeh, while opposition sources said the upscale neighborhood of Abu Rummaneh had been struck by a mortar round in the evening, causing an undetermined number of casualties.
The fighters have taken three artillery pieces and have entered most of the base.
A rebel source said the fighters had taken large stocks of explosives from the site and would withdraw quickly to avoid the retaliatory airstrikes that have blunted their advance.
The rebels carted off tanks, armored vehicles and truck-loads of munitions from the base housing the 46th regiment, west of Aleppo, which was taken Sunday.
Reporters from the Associated Press saw scores of rebels unloading trucks full of rockets, mortars, artillery shells and rifles taken from the base into a rebel headquarters near the Turkish border.
Government forces seized rocket launchers, sniper rifles, machineguns and a huge amount of ammunition, it said.
re recently, what we're seeing, is increased numbers of multi-barrel rocket launchers being sighted.
This has meant they've relied on artillery attacks and more recently air power to do the damage.
One of the most popular weapons I've seen is simple pipe bombs.
According to the IDI, Hamas possibly possesses a few Rockets with ranges over 40 km -- perhaps as far as 60-70 km, or within range of Tel Aviv. In addition, the IDI believes Hamas possesses quality AT systems such as the Kornet PG-29 and quality anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA). These Weapons join an already potent arsenal including Grad Rockets with ranges up to 40 km, ammonium perchlorate (APC) oxidizer for indigenous Rocket production, hundreds of 120, 80 and 60 mm MBs, dozens of Mortars, C5 K air-to-surface Rockets, PG-7 AT Rockets and launchers, SA-7 MANPADS, PKS AAA MGs and thousands of rounds of ammunition, and quality AT, such as Sagger Missiles and launchers, and light anti-Tank Weapon (LAW) Rockets.
A source at the governorate told SANA reporter that 12.5 mm and 13.5 mm machine guns , quantities of ammunition and military uniforms were also seized.
in Aleppo, an armed terrorist group detonated an explosive device in east al-Ansari area causing the injury of law-enforcement members and civilians..Two citizens were injured when an explosive device, planted by an armed terrorist group, went off in a Police car in al-zahira al-Jadida area east of al-Meidan quarter in Damascus.Two citizens were injured when an explosive device, planted by an armed terrorist group, went off in a Police car in al-zahira al-Jadida area east of al-Meidan quarter in Damascus.Two civilians were injured as an explosive device went off at al-Adawi Highway in Damascus.
The car contained 18 assault rifles, 5 PKC machineguns, 5 belt-fed machineguns, and RPG launcher with five rounds, 7 pump action shotguns, 11 hand grenades, 5 radio communicators, pouches, stolen license plates and a large amounts of ammo of various calibers.
Machine shops operated by rebel sympathizers now are turning out dozens of rockets that rebel forces use to pummel Syrian government positions from a distance ñ a capability that until recently belonged only to forces loyal to President Bashar Assad.
In the past few months, rebels have gained access to heavy weapons that they previously could only dream of ñ rockets, mortars, cannons and tanks, even portable surface-to-air missiles that in recent days they used to down Syrian aircraft.
Considering the amount of long-ranged weapons now being used by the rebels, including artillery and howitzers as well as multiple-barrel rocket launchers, mortars and rockets, itís hard to imagine that their use in urban areas wonít result in an increase in civilian casualties,î said Elliot Higgins, who writes about the weaponry used in Syria at Brown Moses Blog.
The rebels even have found benefit in the Syrian governmentís increasing use of cluster munitions, a weapon whose use soared across Syria in October, according to Nadim Houry, the deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa division for the advocacy group Human Rights Watch.
In areas outside government control the SMM observed one anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23) mounted on a stationary military-type truck near "LPR"-controlled Kalynove-Borshchuvate (61km west of Luhansk) on 31 December.
On 26 December the SMM had observed "LPR" members remove anti-tank mines from the road and had received papers with general information on demining (see SMM Daily Report, 27 December 2016).
In relation to the implementation of the Addendum to the Package of measures, beyond withdrawal lines but outside storage sites, the SMM observed at a training range in "LPR"-controlled Myrne (28km south-west of Luhansk), 15 stationary tanks (T-64).
In violation of respective withdrawal lines the SMM observed in "DPR"-controlled Kuibyshevskyi district of Donetsk city, the above mentioned four surface-to-air missile systems (9K35 Strela-10, 120mm).
In "DPR"-controlled areas beyond respective withdrawal lines, the SMM revisited such locations and observed nine MLRS (BM-21 Grad, 122mm), eight towed anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm), and five self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm).The SMM noted as missing: two MLRS (BM-21 Grad, 122mm), first observed missing on 5 April 2015, four towed anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm; two observed missing on 12 August 2015, the third on 8 November 2015 and the fourth on 22 December 2015). The SMM observed one additional self-propelled howitzer (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm).
In "DPR"-controlled areas the SMM observed six multi-purpose light-armoured towing vehicles (MTLB) in the vicinity of a shell-damaged building and a school in Kuibyshevskyi district of Donetsk city.
In "DPR"-controlled areas beyond the respective withdrawal lines the SMM observed on 13 and 14 August: 15 MLRS (BM-21 Grad, 122mm); six towed howitzers (D-30, 122mm); 12 anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm); 12 self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) and two mortars (2B11 Sani, 120mm).
Beyond the withdrawal lines but outside storage sites, the SMM saw approximately 30 tanks near "DPR"-controlled Ternove (57km east of Donetsk).
In violation of the respective withdrawal lines, the SMM saw seven multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS; BM-21 Grad, 122mm), seven self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm), and ten towed howitzers (five 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm, and five D-30 Lyagushka, 122mm) in Luhansk city. At a military-type compound in Leninskyi district of "DPR"-controlled Donetsk city, the SMM observed five surface-to-air missile systems (9K35 Strela-10, 120mm). The SMM observed one surface-to-air missile system (9K33 Osa, 120mm) in an area east of Avdiivka. The SMM also observed six self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) near government-controlled Marinka (23km south-west of Donetsk).
In "DPR"-controlled areas beyond the respective withdrawal lines, the SMM revisited such locations and saw six towed artillery pieces (D-30 Lyagushka, 122mm), four anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm), and two mortars (PM-38, 120mm).
In areas not controlled by the Government the SMM saw four armoured personnel carriers (APC: MT-LB) in the Leninskyi district of "DPR"-controlled Donetsk city, and an APC (BTR-70) near "LPR"-controlled Khriashchuvate (9km south-east of Luhansk).
The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels had captured some soldiers, including a colonel, and seized machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
large Russian OSV-96 12.7x108mm anti-material rifle
Syrian rebels have gotten their hands on the large Russian OSV-96 12.7x108mm anti-material rifle and have wasted no time in parading the gun in front of cameras.
Aside from increased sightings and the apparent use of SA-7 surface to air missiles by the armed opposition, as reported by CJ Chivers in the New York Times At War Blog, there's also been a sudden increase in videos showing two other kinds of weapons being used.
In recent weeks a number of videos have been posted from locations across Syria, including Hama, Rastan, Idlib, and Lattakia, showing truck mounted Type 63 multiple rocket launchers being used by the armed opposition.
The 9K115-2 Metis-M (NATO reporting name AT-13 Saxhorn-2) is a Russian anti-tank missile system, with a 2km and SACLOS wire guided targeting system. While the system has been spotted on very rare occasion before in Syria, notably an air base attack in March 2012, it appears in the last two weeks there's been a sudden increase in videos showing the systems, for example this video and this video from Idlib, and the below example from Hama, showing the missile being fired, and apparently hitting it's target
In "DPR"-controlled areas the SMM noted six multiple-launch rockets systems (MLRS; BM-21 Grad, 122mm), 15 towed howitzers (seven 2A65 MSTA-B, 152mm; and eight D-30, 122mm), four anti-tank guns (MT-12, Rapira, 100mm), 14 self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm), and two mortars (120mm).
The report then says the following exchanged Weapons for peace in the Tenasserim Military Command region: eight KNU members, bringing in one carbine, one M-16 automatic Rifle, one AK-47 assault Rifle, one hand grenade, one antipersonnel mine, and 82 rounds of ammunition; one ABSDF member bringing in one antipersonnel mine and one American-made hand grenade; and five BCP [Burma Communist Party] members bringing in one .22 Rifle, two hand grenades, and 10 rounds of ammunition
In "DPR"-controlled areas on 23 September the SMM saw: two IFVs (BMP) stationary on the main road and one APC (BRM-1K) stationary behind a house in Petrivske, where the SMM also saw at least ten armed "DPR" members walking up and down the road; two APCs (MTLB), and one APC (BTR-60) between Makiivka and Khartsyzk (12 and 26km north-east of Donetsk, respectively), heading east; one IFV (BMP-1) stationary between two houses in a main street in Novolaspa (50km south of Donetsk), where the SMM noted several severely damaged buildings; on 25 September, the SMM saw three IFVs (two BMP-1 and one BMD-2) 10km south-east of Donetsk, and five IFVs (BMP) in Boikivske. In "LPR"-controlled areas the SMM observed, on 24 September: two APCs (MTLB) parked behind a school in Pervomaisk (58km west of Luhansk), which was occupied by armed "LPR" members.
The SMM saw UXO (120mm mortar and RPG-7) at the parking lot near the "LPR" checkpoint south of the Stanytsia Luhanska bridge both on 24 and 25 September, as reported previously.
Beyond the withdrawal lines but outside storage sites, the SMM observed the following Addendum-regulated weapons: 33 tanks (T-64 and T-72), five mortars (120mm) at a shooting range in "DPR"-controlled Ternove (57km east of Donetsk). In an "LPR" training area near Shymshynivka (27km south-west of Luhansk) the SMM saw six tanks.
The SMM observed the presence of other hardware within the security zone. Aerial surveillance imagery available to the SMM revealed the presence on 10 April of two armoured vehicles near government-controlled Slavne (27km south-east of Donetsk) and two armoured vehicles near "DPR"-controlled Olenivka (23km south-west of Donetsk).
two APCs near "DPR"-controlled Panteleymonivka (26km north-east of Donetsk), four APCs near "DPR"-controlled Bila Kamianka (52km south of Donetsk).
In "DPR"-controlled areas beyond the respective withdrawal lines, the SMM revisited such locations and observed: eight towed howitzers (D-30, 122mm), nine mortars (PM-38, 120mm), nine multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS; BM-21 Grad, 122mm), eight anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm), 11 self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm), and for the first time one additional self-propelled howitzer (2S1 Gvozdika,122mm) and five additional towed howitzers (D-30, 122mm).
In "LPR"-controlled Luhansk city the SMM observed two tank transporter trucks (MAZ537), each carrying an IFV (MT-LB). In addition, the SMM long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spotted in government-controlled areas: two APCs near Nevelske (18km north-west of Donetsk), one APC near Krasnohorivka (21km north-west of Donetsk), four APCs and one anti-aircraft gun near Dyliivka (47km north-east of Donetsk), eight APCs near Pershe Travnia (50km north-east of Donetsk), six in Kodema (54km north-east of Donetsk) on 19 May; seven APCs near Novoluhanske (55km north-east of Donetsk), one APC near Semyhiria (56km north-east of Donetsk) on 21 May, one APC near Avdiivka, nine APCs in areas between government-controlled Luhanske and "DPR"-controlled Lozove (57 and 54km north-east of Donetsk) on 22 May; in "DPR-controlled areas the UAV spotted one APC near Olenivka (23km south-west of Donetsk) on 19 May.
An SMM mini-UAV spotted 19 tanks (T-72) in a training area near Manuilivka (65km east of Donetsk)
An SMM mini-UAV spotted: an IFV (BMP-1) near Sentianivka and an APC (BTR-80) and a trench digger (PMZ-3) near Khoroshe (36km west of Luhansk).
An SMM mid-range UAV spotted an anti-tank gun (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm), a probable anti-tank gun (MT-12) and two mortars (probable120mm) in a field near Shyroka Balka (34km north-east of Donetsk). An SMM mini-UAV spotted a mortar (2B11 Sani, 120mm) near Sentianivka (formerly Frunze, 44km west of Luhansk), as well as at least 40 ammunition crates next to the mortar.
In violation of respective withdrawal lines, the SMM observed three towed anti-tank guns (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm) at a shooting range in "DPR"-controlled Ternove (57km east of Donetsk).
The SMM monitored the presence of other hardware. It observed, at a shooting range in Ternove 30 armoured vehicles (BTR), 32 military-type trucks and about 200 armed men in military-type clothing. The SMM saw three multi-purpose light-armoured towing vehicles (MTLB) and three military-type trucks in the area of Mykolaivka ("DPR"-controlled, 34km east of Donetsk). In the vicinity of Torez ("DPR"-controlled, 60km east of Donetsk) the SMM observed one military-type truck (Ural) and two BTRs being towed by two military-type trucks (Kamaz). In Trudovskyi district of Donetsk city ("DPR"-controlled, 20km south-west of Donetsk), the SMM saw one MTLB with a ZU-23/2 anti-aircraft gun mounted, moving towards the city centre. Close to Zuhres ("DPR"-controlled, 35km east of Donetsk) the SMM observed four modified military-type trucks (with added improvised armour and spray-painted windows) with one towing an MTLB. Near Shakhtarsk ("DPR"-controlled, 50km east of Donetsk) the SMM observed three military-type trucks towing two BTRs heavily camouflaged with tree branches. In Donetsk, the SMM observed a convoy consisting of four BTRs, three military-type trucks and towed excavators. At the southern entrance of Komsomolske ("DPR"-controlled, 42km south-east of Donetsk), the SMM observed 11 armed men in military-type clothing marching north towards the village.
The SMM monitored the presence of other hardware. It observed, at a shooting range in Ternove 30 armoured vehicles (BTR), 32 military-type trucks and about 200 armed men in military-type clothing. The SMM saw three multi-purpose light-armoured towing vehicles (MTLB) and three military-type trucks in the area of Mykolaivka ("DPR"-controlled, 34km east of Donetsk). In the vicinity of Torez ("DPR"-controlled, 60km east of Donetsk) the SMM observed one military-type truck (Ural) and two BTRs being towed by two military-type trucks (Kamaz). In Trudovskyi district of Donetsk city ("DPR"-controlled, 20km south-west of Donetsk), the SMM saw one MTLB with a ZU-23/2 anti-aircraft gun mounted, moving towards the city centre. Close to Zuhres ("DPR"-controlled, 35km east of Donetsk) the SMM observed four modified military-type trucks (with added improvised armour and spray-painted windows) with one towing an MTLB. Near Shakhtarsk ("DPR"-controlled, 50km east of Donetsk) the SMM observed three military-type trucks towing two BTRs heavily camouflaged with tree branches. In Donetsk, the SMM observed a convoy consisting of four BTRs, three military-type trucks and towed excavators.
In one Al Jazeera report from Homs, it is possible to spot an FN FAL, AK-47 style assault rifles, a Dragunov style sniper rifle, an M4, PKMs, and a shotgun. That's five types of ammunition used by just one cut off unit.
The antiquated but numerous Soviet-supplied BMPs armored personnel carriers and T-55 tanks (it's the most prevalent tank available to the Syrians) often seen rolling through the streets of Syrian cities provide fodder for small RPG teams.
In the current fighting, rebel held Kornet-E missiles have made their presence known.
An official source told SANA reporter that the seized arms included Nato sniper rifles, machineguns, hunting rifles, explosive devices of various weights, devices for remote control detonation and an amount of batteries and electrical wires.
SANA reporter quoted a source in the province as saying that one of the explosive devices weighed 40 kg, which was planted near Namer Bridge, while the other weighed 15 kg and was located near the town of Khirbet Ghazaleh.
A source in Homs province told SANA reporter that the authorities destroyed a 4WD vehicle equipped with a Doshka machinegun for the terrorists.
Men from the unit I was embedded with were vetted and called up by Turkish intelligence in the last few days and large consignments of AK-47s are being delivered by the Turkish military to the Syrian-Turkish border.
“They” were the army forces who for two days had been attempting to break out of their stronghold in the center of the town, and the “gift” was a truck laden with what the rebels said was 660 pounds of a homemade explosive.
They laid out their wares on the floor: 10 old Kalashnikovs, two rusty RPGs, six rockets for the RPG and one medium machine gun.
In al-Masafi and Jisr Srehin area, the authorities shot dead a number of terrorists and arrested others, confiscating their weapons which included grenade, assault rifles, pump-action shotguns and handguns, in addition to large amounts of ammo, communication devices, stolen and fake license plates, military uniforms and around 3,000 narcotic pills.
In al-Zahiriye area, the authorities arrested a large number of terrorists and uncovered a hideout concealed beneath the floor of a house, in which a large weapons cache was found. The weapons include 5 RPG launchers and rounds, Energa grenades, offensive and defeinsive grenades, assault rifles, PKC machineguns, a sniper rifles and night-vision scopes.
SANA reporter in Daraa was informed that over 40 explosive devices weighing from 5 kilograms to 20 kilograms.
SANA reporter in al-Hasaka reported an official source as saying that the weapons seized in the two cars included 106 rifles, machine guns and 3 RPG launchers, two sniper rifles and large amounts of ammunition coming from Iraq.
The source added that the authorities seized another  car  loaded with 26 rifles coming from Turkey.
The confiscated weapons included six RPG launchers, 50 varied RPG rounds, 20 automatic rifles, bump action guns, mortars, variety of rounds, 8 hand grenades, bombs and explosive belts, a large quantity of ammunition and a machine gun.
The weapons included 6 RPGs, five mortars, six bombs, 12 rifles, pistols, computer and communication sets.
Indeed, the limited amount of MANPADS in the hands of the Islamic State (even including North Korean examples) have so far only managed to damage or down Iraqi Air Force helicopters.
The capture of a fully operational S125 battery in between Hama and Aleppo did not help the Islamic State in any way, as it was not only incapable of operating these sophisticated systems, but unable to transport these systems to Raqqa in the first place.
Using the S75 missiles captured back in 2014 was complicated by the fact that none of the systems captured were operational or in a state that could easily be made operational, not to mention the fact that they lack the expertise to use them. The usage of one 2P25 launch system, part of the 2K12 Kub SAM complex, captured in Deir ezZor was foiled by the lack of any missiles and significant damage on the launcher itself.
The capture of Tabqa airbase on the 24th of August 2014 did provide the Islamic State with at least ten R3S and four R13M airtoair missiles originally intended to be used on the resident 12th squadron and another unknown squadron flying MiG21bis and MiG21MFs.
When the fighters of the Islamic State overran the airbase, it not only encountered dozens of R40 airtoair missiles but also large numbers of Kh28 antiradiation missiles, likely intended to be used on Su22s and Su24s stationed at T4 but never transported to this airbase.
In December 2014, the so-called armed forces of the LPR [self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic] held manoeuvres close to the front line. According to available videos, around 10 BPM-97 KamAZ-43269 Vystrel/Dozor IFVs took part.
In the past few years, Vodnik and Vystrel vehicles have been gradually retired from Russian military service. This is how they ended up with the LPR.
Russian serviceman Petr Sergeyevich Khokhlov, born 1995, stated during interrogation that his military unit was transferring military equipment and munitions to LPR and DPR terrorist organizations, in particular BM-21 Grad multiple-launch systems, BMP-2s, and BTR-80s.
In Severodonetsk [Luhansk Region], the Security Service of Ukraine [SBU] has discovered a cache with arms, including 28 hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers of the Mukha type and two anti-tank rockets.
hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers (Mukha)
The Luhansk regional military-civil administration's official website publishes inaccurate information about artillery shelling carried out by the armed units of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), journalist Oleksiy Svyetikov wrote on Segodnya v Severodonetske, the online supplement of the Tretiy Sektor newspaper. In particular, the website reported that on 1 June the "Russian-occupation troops" five times fired "120-mm mortars, infantry fighting vehicles, automatic grenade launchers, large-calibre machine guns and small arms" in the direction of Krymske village.
Qatar then transferred the FN-6s, via Turkey, to opposition groups affiliated with the Free Syrian Army.
The Sudanese government is also thought to have sold Chinese-made anti-materiel sniper rifles and anti-tank missiles to Syrian opposition groups. In addition, Sudanese-made 7.62×39-millimeter ammunition has been used by Soquor al-Sham, a group that recognises the Syrian National Coalition’s military command.
In 2012, Saudi Arabia is thought to have financed the purchase of thousands of rifles and hundreds of machine guns, rocket and grenade launchers, and ammunition for opposition fighters from a Croatian-controlled stockpile of former Yugoslav weapons.
In April 2014, Syrian opposition groups supported by the West said they received about a dozen BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles, which were produced by the Hughes Aircraft Company (now part of General Motors).
The following military units and military educational institutions were represented, in order of appearance: - separate military commandant's office regiment headed by Col Serhiy Hrachov (Sergey Grachev); - 2nd guards motor-rifle brigade headed by brigade commander Col Yan Leshchenko;
The following hardware was demonstrated, in order of appearance: - Five T-72 tanks of the 6th separate guards Cossack motor-rifle regiment named after Ataman Platov;
- Five BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles of the 2nd guards motor-rifle brigade headed by the commander of the 1st motor-rifle company Guards Capt Oleh Serheyev (Oleg Sergeyev);
Five BTR-80 armoured personnel carriers of the reconaissance battalion headed by reconnaissance company commander Lt Ivan Zelenin;
- Five 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers of the 2nd guards motor-rifle brigade headed by battery commander Capt Volodymyr (Vladimir) Dibrov;
- Five D-30 towed howitzers of the 4th separate motor-rifle brigade headed by battery commander Capt Ivan Serheyev (Sergeyev);
- Five D-20 152-mm howitzers of the separate artillery brigade headed by battery commander Lt Viktor Mikhaylovskyy;
- Five Grad multiple launch rocket systems of the 4th separate guards motor-rifle brigade headed by battery commander Capt Roman Hrytsenyuk (Grytsenyuk);
- Five Strela-10 SAM systems of the 2nd separate guards motor-rifle brigade headed by battery commander Guards Capt Oleh Rahulin (Oleg Ragulin).
"Supplied with a military uniform with LPR insignia, a Russian-produced bulletproof vest, a helmet and a Kalashnikov assault rifle, the criminal directly participated in military confrontations with the servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces until his activity was exposed during counter-terrorist operations on the line of contact near the village of Luhanske by the Ukrainian Security Service, together with servicemen," the press service stated.
"In the course of operational measures aimed at exposing and blocking the illegal circulation of arms, ammunition and explosives, an arms cache was discovered in woodland near the village of Bobrykove. It contained: one Fagot antitank missile complex; four 9M113 antitank guided missiles; 96 F-1 grenades," the MGB said, suggesting that the weapons had been left behind by Ukrainian troops in 2014.
A 35-year-old local resident participated in the hostilities involving the LPR terrorist groups against the servicemen of Ukraine's Armed Forces in the region of Starobesheve and Dokuchayevsk of Donetsk Region. The law enforcers seized pistols and cartridges during the investigative operation in the detainee's garage, which you have just seen in the video.
According to media reports, the Russian interventionists have been launching production of Grad-P man-portable rocket systems [the letter P in the designation of this single-tube modification stands for "Partizan", guerrilla in Russian] in the occupied Ukrainian territories.
In the area of Donetsk the fire was opened against Pisky around 1900 [1700 gmt]. The terrorists opened fire against Avdiyivka with a self-propelled mount at 2010 [1810 gmt] and with a tank at 2030 [1830 gmt]. The fire was opened with grenade launchers against the village of Opytne at 2020 [1820 gmt].
We would like the LPR [self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic] leaders to invite the OSCE representatives and show them this territory because, according to some reports, 36 items of heavy artillery are located there, including the 152-mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, the 152-mm and 122-mm D-20 and D-30 gun-howitzers and the 120-mm Sani mortars.
The OSCE's international monitors have observed military training by the LPR armed gangs, which used 10 tanks, 30 armoured personnel carriers and lorries in Uspenka village of the occupied part of Luhansk Region," the ATO spokesman said.
In addition, according to Lysenko, the monitors noticed during their visit to the so-called Donetsk People's Republic that four 152-mm cannons were missing from a storage facility for withdrawn weapons. Also, the spokesman noted that the OSCE monitors had spotted two T-72 tanks near Hirne village in the occupied area.
"Two soldiers hit tripwires yesterday. One was wounded near the village of Bolotene while on a patrol mission. The second was wounded near the town of Popasna. He hit a tripwire (RGD-5) set up on the trunk of a tree as he was pursuing three members of a sabotage and reconnaissance group belonging to the illegal armed formation LPR [self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic].
"In particular, from 2030 to 2200 [1830 gmt to 2000 gmt], terrorists fired mortars (52 shots) on the strongpoint of the 24th brigade in Novoaydar District from the direction of Smile village (controlled by the so-called LPR). No casualties or damage were reported. Also, at about 1340, militants fired automatic grenade launchers on the 'new bridge' area in Stanytsya Luhanska from the direction of the Prince Ihor monument (controlled by the so-called LPR). With small arms, terrorists fired on the strongpoint in Bolotene village of Stanytsya Luhanska District," the administration said.
The ELN and EPL are planting landmines in rural areas of Catatumbo, according to local residents, human rights officials, and several humanitarian organizations operating in the area
Explosives experts from the 15th "General Francisco de Paula Santander" Infantry Battalion, Army's 30th Brigade, located and safely destroyed two 60-lbs gas-cylinder bombs that members of the "Elistenio Torres Villalba" Company, EPL [People's Liberation Army] Los Pelusos, had placed in a wooded area near a road in the rural area of Brisas del Tarra, Abrego Municipality.
He was in possession of a Pietro Beretta 9-mm pistol with ammunition clip and 16 ammunition cartridges.
Troops from the 1st "Rapid Deployment Force," "Omega" Jint Task Force found 26 cylindrical IEDs containing explosives and shrapnel belonging to dissidents from the FARC's 40th "Jacobo Arenas" Front in the rural sector of San Carlos, Uribe Municipality, Bogota National Army website reported on 18 April.
The FARC dissidents were wearing camouflage uniforms and were armed with five AK-47 rifles, four pistols and a 40-mm Multiple Grenade Launcher, MGL.
Alias Chirito was armed with an M-4 5.56-mm rifle with ammunition clip and 66 ammunition cartridges.
Troops from the 32nd Marine Infantry Battalion, Eastern Specific Command, "Omega" Joint Task Force, found a 40-mm Multiple Grenade Launcher, MGL, three 5.56-mm ammunition clips for Galil rifle, two ammunition clips for M-16 rifle and 1,440 5.56-mm ammunition cartridges that dissidents from the FARC's 7th "Jacobo Prias Alape" Front were hiding in the rural sector of El Naranjo near the Guayavero River, San Jose del Guaviare Municipality.
Dissidents from the FARC's 40th "Jacobo Arenas" Front under Alexander Diaz Mendoza, alias Calarca, activated an explosive device as patrols from the Mobile Police Basic Unit, UBICAR, were passing over a bridge in rural El Diviso
The three dissidents quickly abandoned the van and the two hostages leaving behind two Taurus 9-mm pistols with clips and ammunition.
An explosive set by dissidents the FARC's (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) First Front killed two peasant farmers in the rural area of Calamar (Guaviare)
Authorities found 14 rifles, 381 assorted calibre ammunition clips, 48,452 assorted calibre ammunition cartridges, five high-precision armour-piercing 7.62-mm bullets, 21 drums containing 764.5 kilogrammes of pentolite, 55 hand fragmentation grenades, 85 40-mm grenades, 54 pineapple-type grenades, 60 land mines, 18 IEDs [improvised explosive devices],
Authorities confiscated two pistols, an assault 5.56-mm rifle, 277 assorted calibre ammunition cartridges, six assorted calibre ammunition clips, two fragmentation grenades, quartermaster supplies and 40 SIM cards for cellular telephones.
Land troops confiscated five rifles, pistols, grenade launchers, 100-lbs gas-cylinders, communication radios and GPS devices.
He was in possession of a 9-mm pistol with ammunition.
CTI [Technical Investigation Corps, of the office of the Prosecutor General] personnel found 748 7.62-mm ammunition cartridges
They were in possession of two AK-47 rifles, two 9-mm pistols, a 38-mm revolver, ammunition clips, assorted calibre ammunition cartridges and communication radios.
Alias "Guacho" left behind a custom-made rifle, communication radios, cellular telephones and two laptop computers with valuable information regarding the names of foreign narco-trafficking contacts.
Units from the 70th Land Operations Battalion, "Omega" Joint Task Force, found 4,000 kilogrammes of R-1 explosive, 14 antipersonnel landmines, 12 electric detonators and a 16-gauge shotgun that rebel dissidents from the FARC's 7th "Jacobo Prias Alape" Front were hiding in the rural sector of Monserrate, San Jose del Guaviare Municipality, the National Army website reported on 13 April.
The National Army website reported on 21 February that troops from the 2nd Rapid Deployment Battalion, 1st Rapid Deployment Force, "Omega" Joint Task Force, found a PKM NN467 machinegun
The National Army website reported on 21 February that with information from members of the Cooperators' Network, units from the Army's 12th Brigade Caqueta Gaula [Unified Action Groups to Rescue Kidnap Victims] found 15 Pietro Beretta pistols with ammunition clips, three antipersonnel landmines,
The National Army website reported on 21 February that soldier Jeffrey Alexander Garcia Moreno from the 30th "Batalla de Cucuta" Artillery Battalion, "Vulcano" Task Force, was killed in an explosion in an minefield planted by EPL [People's Liberation Army] Los Pelusos in a rural sector of Hacari Municipality.
The terrorists kept a grenade launcher, an antitank rifle, cartridges, optical sights and explosives buried in the ground.
Rebels have used a Grad multiple launch rocket system in Luhansk Region, the head of the Luhansk civil-military administration, Heorhiy Tuka, posted on Facebook on 2 April (tinyurl.com/zqxcqvc). "Fire attacks in Popasna District: 82-mm [mortars], mounted grenade launchers, an anti-aircraft gun and a Grad. There are no casualties," he said.
Also, police seized 50 pieces of firearms, 32 hand grenades, 12 portable grenade launchers, four landmines and more than three kilogrammes of explosives, Slukhayenko said, noting that now there are 11,300 legal owners of registered firearms in Luhansk Region.
They have removed more than 12,000 explosive objects, including large-caliber mortar mines, artillery shells, as well as anti-tank mines and anti-personnel landmines, from the terrorists' cache."
Three of the ISIL vehicles were fully loaded with different kinds of ammunition and weapons.
The cargo listed in the document included AK-47 rifles, PKM general-purpose machine guns, DShK heavy machine guns, RPG-7 rocket launchers, and 9K111M Faktoria anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) systems.
9K111M Faktoria anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) systems
Following the cityís fall, Amaq claimed that the Islamic State seized upward of 20 tanks, a handful of armored personnel carriers, howitzers and antitank guided missiles.
Images taken by the Islamic State show abandoned artillery pieces, machine guns and, in the background of one of the photos, the outline of what looks like an S-125 surface-to-air missile system and its associated targeting and tracking radar.
The group has also used shoulder-mounted surface-to-air-missiles, known as MANPADS, notably taking down an Iraqi helicopter in 2014 with a Chinese variant of the weapon.
Four missiles and two tracked, mobile SA-6 launchers were captured by the group, the officials said, adding that it is uncertain whether the associated fire control radar and other equipment needed to fire the missiles were captured.
IS fighters are now equipped with large stocks of mainly AK variant rifles, but also US military issue M16, Chinese CQ, German Heckler & Koch G3 and Belgian FN Herstal FAL type rifles. In addition, IS has captured more sophisticated equipment, such as guided anti-tank missiles (Russian Kornet and Metis systems, Chinese HJ-8, and European MILAN and HOT missiles), and surface-to-air missiles (Chinese FN-6s).
Russian Kornetas guided anti-tank missiles
It is estimated that ISIS has about 30 T55 tanks, although it is unknown how well the organization can maintain and operate them.
ISIS has an estimated 15 T62 model tanks.
The militants have an estimated five to 10 T72 tanks, although it is unknown whether they will be able to keep the vehicles in working order.
The jihadists have captured an estimated six of these armored vehicles.
ISIS is believed to have two BRDM2s, both of which were captured in Iraq.
ISIS is believed to have 20 such infantry fighting vehicles in its arsenal.
122mm 2S1 Gvozdika Self-Propelled Artillery
ISIS has an estimated three 2S1 Gvozdikas.
ISIS acquired  a fleet of USbuilt Humvees when it stormed Mosul.
It is believed that ISIS only has one M40 recoilless rifle.
ISIS does not have a weapon of choice, the AK47 has become the group’s standard assault rifle because of its low cost, durability, availability, and ease of use.
Investigative journalist Elliot Higgins believes that these weapons originated in Croatia before being smuggled to Syrian rebels by Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia smuggled Croatian RBG6 launchers into Syria, according to Brown Moses.
Iraq is awash with RPG7s, with the Iraqi Security Forces, the Kurdish peshmerga, and ISIS all using rocket propelled grenades.
Photographs distributed by ISIS supporters and media show the group having access  to three varieties of multiple rocket launchers: the 57mm UB16, the 107mm Type 63, and the 122mm BM21.
ISIS most likely captured howitzers from Iraqi Army troops after they fled their bases.
Both the Syrian and Iraqi militaries made use of the Type 591 field gun, providing numerous source points from which ISIS might have acquired this weapon.
ISIS has also captured small numbers of 14.5mm KPV, 14.5mm ZPU2, 23mm ZU23, 37mm Type 65, and 57mm AZP S60 antiaircraft guns from the Syrian and Iraqi militaries.
23mm ZSU-23-4 Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns
ISIS likely captured the ZSU’s in their inventory from the Syrian military.
It is believed ISIS looted  FIM92s from Iraqi military bases.
Russianmade SA16 antiaircraft missile systems
On Aug. 24, ISIS reportedly  plundered several Russianmade SA16 antiaircraft missile systems from the Taqaba airbase in eastern Syria, payoff from a battle in which over 500 people were killed.
Both Iraq and Syria were operators of the Strela2. As such, ISIS could have seized the weapon from either military during its conquest of enemy military bases.
ISIS has also incorporated 9M14m MalyutkaM, 9M111M Faktoriya, 9M113 Konkurs, 9K1153 MetisM, 9M133 Kornet, and IRAAD antitank missiles into their inventory.
Nevertheless, ISIS fighters posed in front of Russianmade MiG21B
Separately, Security Forces recovered arms and ammunitions dumped in a field at Mastorai and Kas villages of Maidan tehsil (revenue unit) in Lower Dir District. Briefing reporters Colonel Zulfiqar Bhatti, operational commander in Maidan, said SFs searched fields at Mastorai and Kas villages the other day after they got information from locals about dumping of arms and ammunitions in the fields. The recovery includes one 12.7MM anti-aircraft gun, a machine gun along with 183 rounds and two hand grenades.
In Kiev, protesters took over the building of the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food. Report showed cartridges, Kalashnikov automatic rifles and pistols confiscated from organizers of so-called "Euro-Maidan" protests in Kiev. Protesters possess a large amount of fire-arms, correspondent said. According to forensic experts, two radical protesters who were killed in Kiev were killed by bullets from a hunting rifle, not by police.
Video shows people in camouflage who remain "in full control" of central Kiev, footage of clashes, people with guns, "well-known Banderite Sashko Bilyy" with an automatic rifle. "It is no secret where the weapons came from," the correspondent says. "Several military units were raided in Lviv, he explains. There were portable surface-to-air-missiles too, he says, suggesting that now they are in illegal circulation.
A photographer shows his photos from the Kiev conservatory, which showed people with AK-47 assault rifles on the roof of the building, which was held by the demonstrators.
The Maidan fighters were armed with bats and shields
Young men were igniting flares and throwing smoke grenades.
Bashing, attacks on the police, arson, Molotov cocktails, explosives - this is terrible, it violates all the European code of conduct!
They showed the attempt to repeat Odessa in Mariupol and how the so-called "hundreds of Maidan" and the national guard formed of radical extremists were used during preparations for referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions, using heavy machinery and grenade launchers against unarmed nationals and how peaceful civilians were shot.
Alias El Tigre turned in a rifle with four ammunition clips, 100 ammunition cartridges and material of interest to military intelligence
The National Army website reported on 21 February that with information from members of the Cooperators' Network, explosives experts from the 3rd Energy and Road Special Plan Battalion, of the Army's 10th Brigade, found and safely defused a mined field that ELN rebels prepared with 17 IEDs and installed in the rural sector of Cuero Tendido, La Gloria Municipality.
The Colombian Army's 16th Brigade Gaula [Unified Action Groups to Rescue Kidnap Victims] and Police Gaula units located and safely neutralised two IEDs, each weighing five kilogrammes and containing gunpowder, ammonal and shrapnel that rebels from the ELN's "Adonay Ardila Pinilla" Front had installed in the rural sector of La Veremos, Hato Corozal Municipality, the National Army website reported on 13 April.
Soldiers confiscated three shotguns, 30 assorted calibre ammunition cartridges, a pair of binoculars, eight Motorola communication radios, three cellular telephones and 13 kilogrammes of cocaine. An individual, who was guarding the laboratory and was armed with a .38-calibre revolver, was taken into custody.
Army Lieutenant Juan David Campo Guacheta died in the explosion of an antipersonnel landmine in the rural sector of Casas Viejas, Tumaco Municipality.
With military intelligence information troops from the 3rd "Coronel Agustin Codazzi" Engineers Battalion, Army's 3rd Brigade, found 244 assorted calibre ammunition cartridges, 60 antipersonnel landmines, seven metallic ammunition clips, a 30-gallon can containing ANFO [ammonium nitrate fuel oil] mixed with Pentolite, a camouflage uniform, two multipurpose vests, a pair of rubber boots and 36 syringes that members of the EPL [People's Liberation Army] Los Pelusos gang were hiding in the rural sector of Canas Arriba, Floridablanca Municipality, Colombia's National Army website reported on 20 October.
With information from members of the Cooperators' Network, troops from the 19th "General Julian Trujillo Largacha" Energy and Road Special Plan Battalion, Army's 12th Brigade, found 31 improvised explosive devices that dissidents from the FARC dissident "Teofilo Forero Castro" Mobile Column were hiding in the rural sector of El Tesoro, Puerto Rico Municipality, Colombia's National Army website reported on 21 October.
With information from local inhabitants, troops from the 7th "General Jose Hilario Lopez" Infantry Battalion, Army's 29th Brigade, found a submachine gun, a 9-mm pistol, a 25-cartridges 9-mm ammunition clip and 9-mm ammunition cartridges the dissidents from the FARC's 3rd "Oswaldo Patino" Front were hiding in the rural sector of Socorro Alto, Morales Municipality, Colombia's National Army website reported on 21 October.
Jamundi Municipality, troops from the 8th "Batalla de Pichincha" Infantry Battalion, Army's 3rd Brigade, found abandoned 39 packages of cocaine, a shotgun and two motorcycles, the National Army website reported on 26 April.
With information from local inhabitants, units from the 24th "General Luis Carlos Camacho Leyva" Jungle Battalion, Army's 22nd Jungle Brigade, "Omega" Joint Task Force, found and safely destroyed a 40-lbs gas-cylinder bomb that dissidents from the FARC's 1st "Armando Rios" Front had installed roadside on a rural road of La Esmeralda, Calamar Municipality, the National Army's website reported on 11 August.
With information from members of the Cooperators' Network, troops from the 19th "General Julian Trujillo Largacha" Energy and Road Special Plan Battalion found 108 antipersonnel landmines, 35 metres of detonating cord, 40 metres of duplex cable, three 5.56-mm metallic ammunition clips and 45 linked 7.62-mm ammunition cartridges that dissidents from the FARC's "Teofilo Forero Castro" Mobile Column were hiding inside two black bags and three white sacks in the rural sector of Riecito, Puerto Rico Municipality, the National Army's website reported on 10.
They were transporting three assorted calibre pistols with ammunition clips, 66 assorted calibre ammunition cartridges, and a fragmentation grenade.
Troops from the 21st "Batalla Pantano de Vargas" Infantry Battalion, Army's 7th Brigade, found 20 improvised explosive devices, nine communication radios and an amplifier that dissidents from the FARC's 40th "Jacobo Arenas" Front were hiding in the rural sector of La Argentina, Mesetas Municipality. Bogota National Army website reported on 2 June.
With explosive devices presumed dissidents from the 48th "Pedro Martinez" Front under alias 'Darwin' damaged the metallic structure of a bridge in the rural sector of Peneya, Puerto Asis Municipality, RCN Radio Online reported on 18 December.
Suspected guerrillas killed four police officers with grenades and gunfire in an ambush on a rural highway Saturday, police said.
Troops from the 29th "General German Ocampo Herrera" Infantry Battalion, Army's 7th Brigade, found ten land mines and a fragmentation grenade that dissidents from the FARC's 40th "Jacobo Arenas" Front were hiding near a horse trail in the rural sector of El Mirador in Mesetas municipality in Meta department, the National Army website reported on 20 June.
The guerrillas left behind a vehicle charged with explosives, which army soldiers tried to deactivate, General Martin Orlando Carreno, commander of the 5th Brigade, stated.
Units from the "Omega" Joint Task Force found 25 antipersonnel land mines, 14 mortar grenades, three long-range weapons, a machine gun spare cannon, 10 metres of slow-burning wick, 17 7.62-mm ammunition cartridges, seven ammunition clips and a backpack belonging to dissidents from the FARC's 40th "Jacobo Arenas" Front in the rural sector of Yavia, Uribe municipality, Bogota National Army website reported on 13 February.
Finally, soldiers from the Army's 5th Division found an 81-mm mortar belonging to dissidents from the FARC's 21st "Tulio Varon" Front in the rural sector of El Progreso, Planadas municipality (Tolima).
Army neutralises 100 FARC dissident antipersonnel landmines in Calamar (Guaviare)
Intelligence sources have reported that the MRTA's arsenal in the central jungle region includes: 60 AKM rifles; 15 FAL rifles; two MAG machine guns; two RPG submachine guns; 12 UZI machine guns; eight Instalaza grenade-launcher rockets; 12 submachine guns; 16 breech- loaders; an undetermined number of pistols, revolvers, and grenades; and 21 pieces of radio transmitter equipment.
The Police document reveals that the MRTA rebels "are equipped with long-range weapons, grenades, rifles, (long-range) RPG's, and explosives
A woman was arrested at this location and Police seized mortars, bazookas, 10,000 7.62-mm bullets, ammunition for AK-47/AKM assault rifles, and 6,000 AK-47/AKM assault rifle shell casings.
Following is the list of the arms that were seized:  five FAL rifles, nine AKM rifles, a PKM machine gun, three RPG rockets, five Matzen submachine guns, three UZI submachine-guns, and three air guns [pistolas de aire], as well as 15,000 cartridges of various calibers, accessories, and explosives.
Three RPG [anti-tank grenade launchers], one PKT machine gun, one PKT cannon, three 9 mm UZI sub-machineguns, two Instalaza rifle grenades, three propellents, one Instalaza grenade body, two boxes of explosives, eight rolls of fuse, radio antennas, et cetera.
In the aftermath of Monday's clash in Pucayacu-Tamshi, in the Monzon district of Huamalies Province, officials seized 13 rifles (FAL, AKM, M16), 29 ammunition cartridges, and a rifle-projectable grenade.
In this center they conduct target practices with handguns and rifles and assault operations against police and military units.
The suspected rebels had 7.62 mm ammunition for FAL rifles, three hand grenades, a Motorola radio, guerrilla training materials, medicines and other equipment.
The group became notorious for some of its innovations, such as blowing apart with dynamite the bodies of community service workers its members killed, or hanging stray canines from lampposts as warnings to “capitalist dogs.
The security forces seized 27 57-mm rockets, two chests of PKT machine gun ammunition, 4 Galil fusil ammunition bags and 24 TNT explosives, according to the report. The weapons seized also include improvised explosive devices made with Nitramon, a kind of fertilizer, shooting cables, detonators, Molotov cocktail-style explosives and grenades, it added.
While most of the weapons on display are assault rifles -- AK-47s and FALs -- robbed from the Peruvian police and army, a rocket propelled grenade launcher (RPG), two rifle grenade launchers, and two heavy machine guns are prominently displayed as well.
AN RPG-7 and automatic weapons were fired at the US Embassy by the MRTA
A car bomb exploded in the parking lot at the jorge chavez International Airport, killing to persons and injuring ten others
The MRTA hurled bombs over the wall of theUS/Peruvian Bi-National Center in Miraflores. It also dynamited a bust if President Kennedy [...] and planted an explosive charge outside an italian embassy
The MRTA fired three mortar rounds at the US Embassy's commissary
A Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant was totally destroyed in a bombing
MRTA sprayed the US Ambassador's residence with automatic weapons fire
MRTA used explosives and machine guns to attack the Peruvian security company
MRTA bombed three Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants simultaneously
A recruiting video of the North Waziristan-based German jehadis, which was produced by the IMU's propaganda wing and posted on several jehadi websites in March 2012, showed how white men from the West are joining insurgents fighting in Pakistani tribal areas. The video showed many German-speaking gunmen, armed with AK-47s, light machine guns and mortars, taking on the Pakistani security forces in North Waziristan.
"During the operation, insurgents fired on the combined security force. The force returned fire, killing Makhdum and several other IMU insurgents. Two more insurgents were seized along with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, multiple rockets, several AK-47s and grenades," the ISAF report said.
A statement released on several jehadi websites by the IMU spokesman Yahya Hikmati says that the target of the Quetta suicide bombing was IG Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera. While the IG had a narrow escape, ten people were killed including three policemen, two Frontier Corps (FC) [paramilitary force] personnel and three civilians. Around 1500 to 2000kg explosive material was used in the massive bombing that produced a shockwave which was felt across Quetta.
Two Kalashnikov assault rifles, one Makarov pistol, one F-1 grenade, over 200 catridges as well as other ammunition were found during a search in the house where IMU members were hiding.
"The cache contained one grenade-launcher with ammunition, two mortars, one F-1 hand grenade, two sacks of army gear, medicines and a night vision device," he said.
Moreover, nearly 1,500 kg of explosives and weapons were seized from a hiding place of the armed group in Jirgatol District
The page included photographs of 10 black-turbaned fighters wearing green tunics and white trainers while carrying assault rifles, in what appeared to be a snowy mountainous region.
Troops surrounded a house outside the city of Jalal-Abad on Monday trying to arrest a groups of fighters believed to belong to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the ministry said. The forces met stiff resistance from the fighters who were armed with machine guns and explosives, it said.
A spokesman for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Zubar ibi Abdurakhim, told BBC radio his fighters had attacked the border post. The guerrillas are said to be armed with sniper rifles, night-vision goggles and grenade launchers.
He said the men were proven to be members of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and found guilty of creating an illegal group, inciting ethnic and religious hatred, illegal arms procession and polygamy. The men were arrested between September and October last year and found in possession of satellite communication equipment, banned audio and video tapes, one Kalashnikov machine gun, one pistol and 70 military sleeping bags, Urunov said.
In the course of detaining the suspects, security personnel seized an explosive device, 17 kilogrammes (40 pounds) of explosive material, two pistols and other bomb-making material, the spokesman added.
Officials described a chaotic scene during the operation, in which they said the insurgents employed automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades to repel approaching government forces.
Correspondent over video of tanks and servicemen in mountainous terrain Militants of the former Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan made two incursions into Kyrgyzstan in 1999 and 2000.
Ten Kalashnikov assault rifles, 15 landmines, explosives and sensitive documents were sized from the terrorists, the official said.
A search of the car in which the four men had been riding found Kalashnikov assault rifle bullets, grenades, religious fundamentalist literature, fake passports and a map of Uzbekistan with the word "Jihad" written over various towns and cities, officials said.
Police raided the apartment where the three suspects stayed the previous night and found guns, grenades, communication equipment and handcrafted bombs, the spokesman said.
During the operation, IMU militants put resistance by using machine guns, hand grenades and other types of explosives.
Ziyoyev did not resist the arrest, although a Makarov pistol with 35 bullets, an RGD-5 hand grenade were seized from him. He had communications and military equipment," Asadulloyev said.
Ulughbek Mahmudov is a fighter from that group, he is 22. He says that he fought for religion and wanted to establish an Islamic state. Before going to the mountains Mahmudov killed a soldier and took his assault rifle.
Correspondent Mahmudov was one of the closest people to the leader of the so-called Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Namangoniy. Asked who sponsors and provides the militants with arms, Mahmudov said the following: Mahmudov The Tajik opposition, Tajik opposition, they provided us with arms, money. We received running shoes a word indistinct and Russian camouflage from Afghanistan. We were supplied with various cars, vehicles, lorries and cartridges.
During a search of their house, several Kalashnikov assault rifles, grenades and Makarov pistols were found.
A combined force called in an airstrike that killed several insurgents during an operation to detain an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator in the Argo district of Badakhshan province. The security force recovered five AK-47 rifles, three RPG launchers, several RPG rounds and multiple grenades.
In the Baghlan-e Jadid district of Baghlan province, an Afghan and coalition force detained two suspects while searching for an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator. The facilitator moves weapons, roadside bombs and personnel throughout Takhar, Konduz and Baghlan provinces.
A combined force in Kunduz province arrested a senior Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator suspected of having organized the purchase and storage of rifles, machine guns, ammunition, mortar systems and fertilizer used in making explosives. The security force also seized grenades and assault-style rifles with large quantities of ammunition.
A combined force killed an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan terrorist group leader who directed attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, along with another insurgent, in the Rustaq district of Takhar province. The security force also seized weapons and grenades
In late May, two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan female fighters, armed with assault rifles and pistols, fired at a combined security force in Takhar province. The security force returned fire, killing the insurgents.
Violent clashes erupted as protesters used  stone, fireworks, and petrol bombs to resist the police.
Seven firearms have been seized from them - two Kalashnikov rifles, four guns, one short rifle and 800 units of ammunition as well as baseball bats and masks.
"Police seized RGD-5 shell, six AKM machine guns, two Makarov guns, rocket propelled grenades, two rifles, radio stations, jewelry, two items resembling guns, 16-caliber ammunition, sawed-off gun, pneumatic gun, boxes with Molotov cocktail and a box with gas masks at Maidan territory, from tents around Maidan and from a Mercedes bus, which was in the city center," police said.
Other analysts have said the rebels with the leftist Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) -- with grenade launchers and anti-tank missiles in their arsenal -- know any violence against the remaining hostages could mean brutal reprisals for their jailed comrades whose release they are demanding.
According to 'Expreso', the MRTA commandos inside and outside the diplomatic mission reportedly have 30 AKM rifles, 10 FAL rifles, five G-3A3 rifles, two RPG grenade launchers, 30 Instalazas [rifle grenades], one machine gun, 12 pistols and 10 revolvers.
A woman was arrested at the location and police seized mortars, bazookas, 10,000 7.62-mm bullets, ammunition for AK-47/AKM assault rifles, and 6,000 AK-47/AKM assault rifle shell casings.
The MRTA said in a communique delivered to EFE that it had fired seven 60-mm mortar rounds in the military area of Lima airport, causing ''considerable damage'' to the aircraft, from which Fujimori had disembarked 10 minutes previously after arriving from a visit to south-east Asia and the USA.
Tupac Amaru rebels have always been well-armed, often more so than the police, with an arsenal that has included rocket propelled grenades and mortars.
At this time, Sendero Luminoso consisted only of a few armed cells and possessed only crude weapons including, revolvers, a few shotguns, and a small amount of dynamite stolen from local mining companies.
The U.S. Embassy reported that the insurgency posed a threat to government stability and confirmed that the insurgents were arming themselves with small arms and machineguns purchased in Peru or stolen from police and military posts.
This event signaled a renewed burst of activity from Sendero, mostly in the UHV, including bombings of a hydroelectric plant, mortar attacks, and 30 United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Terrorism Review(9 April 1987), p. 6. 54 assassinations.
The security forces scored a key victory when they captured and destroyed a large quantity of war material and explosives in the San Jose Crespo Castillo District.31
Nor does it purchase arms on the international black market; instead, its militants assassinate policemen or soldiers and take their rifles. Dynamite, which is plentiful in rural mining areas, is one of the Sendero's principal weapons.
Sendero guerrilla columns usually consist of 10 to 15 personnel armed with AK-47s, Uzis, and occasionally RPG-7s.
However, in the Upper Huallaga Valley, Sendero columns are often of company-size, numbering 60 to 120 insurgents; deals with drug lords have provided them with M-60 machine guns, 81mm mortars, and grenade launchers.
In July 1992 residents of Lima's plush Milaflores district were stunned by the explosion of a car bomb loaded with more than 1300 pounds of dynamite. The blast-which killed 25 people, demolished two apartment buildings, and left 500 homeless-signaled a new urban offensive against Lima's middle and upper classes.
More bombs exploded around the city, and Sendero commandos rained machine gun fire on police stations as an armed strike was called to paralyze Lima.
Until recently, the army was reluctant to arm the militias with sophisticated weapons, so that civilian patrols were forced to go up against guerrilla machine guns with only a few shotguns and hand grenades.
The US embassy reports that members arm themselves with small arms and machineguns purchased in Peru or stolen from police and military stations. Explosives are stolen from mines and construction sites.
In 1985 the guerrillas continued to lack arms, their weapons consisting of  dynamite, knives and machetes
In certain scenes of the new video, convoys of around 12 pick-up trucks converted to carry heavy machine guns parade through what seems to be rural and semi-urban areas of North Sinai.
To fulfill a portion of the contract, Purple Shovelís subcontractors turned to an unnamed Bulgarian company to purchase 12,640 PG-7VM high explosive anti-tank rockets, according to the report.
Syrian security sources disclosed that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group is using the state-of-the-art weapons which are only manufactured by the US, adding that the largest such cargo has been dispatched to the terrorists just recently. He noted that the advanced weapons included anti-armor missiles as well as light and semi-heavy weaponry.
According to reports, the army had seized a cache of weapons, including Israeli-made LAV missiles, during an operation near the capital.Reports said that the army had found the hideout with the help of people and their reports and seized large quantities of homemade bombs, RPG rockets, mortars, roadside bombs, rocket launchers, and maps.
Islamist fighters struck the Syrian capital with at least 38 rockets Sunday, killing seven people, a monitoring group said, in one of heaviest attacks on Damascus in over a year.
The content of the vehicle, the source added, included shoulder-fired missiles, RPG launchers, mortar shells, light weapons and amounts of ammunition.
On Friday, it reported that the Jihadists also seized 35 tanks and 20 armoured personnel carriers ìstuffed with ammunitionî.
A militant was shown firing a Chinese-made FN6 shoulder-mounted surface-to-air missile, with a later image suggesting it had brought down an Iraqi army helicopter.
While the Stinger has never been documented in Islamic State hands, both the SA-16 and SA-18 have been sighted, albeit in limited quantities, with armed groups in Syria according to a report released by Small Arms Survey in August.
In another incident, the security forces recovered a cache of Arms and ammunition, including 10 kg of Explosives, two .9 mm Pistols, 66 detonators, two wireless sets and some AK 47 Rifle ammunition from Sadiya in the Sonitpur-Lakhimpur border in northeast Assam.
Several mortar rounds struck close to the cease-fire line as the combatants exchanged rocket, mortar and tank fire near the Qunaitra crossing, which the rebels seized last week, a correspondent reported.
Stanislav Shuliak, former commander of the Interior Troops, said during the trial of former president Yanukovych accused of high treason that Euromaidan activists were ready to use armoured vehicles for an attack on the Mezhyhiria residence in Kyiv region in the early hours of February 22, 2014.
The protesters started throwing smoke grenades and sprayed tear gas at them
However, Pentagon officials confirmed a second one had gone off course and ended up in enemy hands. A YouTube video uploaded on Tuesday appeared to show an ISIS militant going through an array of boxes, at least two of which contained grenades.
ISIS has a large arsenal of weapons, most of them plundered from the Syrian and Iraqi armies. They include light arms, various types of rockets and mortars, and anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles. In addition ISIS possesses heavy arms and the advanced technologies usually found only in regular national armies: artillery, tanks and armored vehicles, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and drones. It has used mustard gas a number of times in Syria and Iraq and may have other types of chemical weapons, such as chlorine gas. Chemical weapons were used to attack the Kurdish militias in Ayn al-Arab (QobanÍ) in northern Syria and against the Iraqi security forces. ISIS also has at least one Scud missile (technically flawed, in ITIC assessment) and a number of planes (operating from an ISIS-controlled airport).
22mm BM-21 multiple rocket launchers mounted on trucks
Alvis Saladin armored car with 76mm L5-A1 gun
7.62mm Heckler and Koch G-3 assault rifles
37mm Type 55-1 automatic anti-aircraft gun
40mm Armscor 176L-6 shot grenade launcher
7.62mm ammunition for Type 56 (AK-47/AKM) assault rifles
7.62mm ammunition for Type 53 light machine gun
30mm grenades for AGS-17 grenade launcher
37mm HE-T high-explosive shells for Type 55 anti-aircraft gun
40mm M893 1A1 red phosphorus smoke grenade
57mm OR-281 for S-60, SZ-60/Type 59 anti-aircraft gun
73mm HE/HEAT projectiles for SPG-9 recoilless gun
76mm HEAT L45-A1 and HEAT L40-A1 ammunition
82mm HE fragmentation projectiles O-881A
Several large arms caches were seized, including more than 30 anti-tank rockets, a few anti-aircraft rockets, a mortar, more than 30 rifles, 300 grenades, and 9,000 bullets.
Last week, they exploded a huge car bomb at a police station in a shanty town, injuring at least eight officers.
In an agricultural area located in front of the police institution in Puente Piedra, two rockets that the SL members intended to fire at the college went off last night. Source: Notimex news agency, Mexico City, in Spanish 1749 gmt 6 Jan 98At the scene, the authorities found four similar rockets and a steel mortar almost 2 m long, which experts of the Bomb Disposal Squad (Udex) of the Peruvian police defused.
Salazar said the rebels were carrying new weapons, including lightweight Israeli-made assault rifles, heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.
The army captured assault rifles, grenades, mortars and rockets from the guerrillas.
they arrive in the communities armed with machine guns with drum ammunition clips and fingers on the trigger, as well as with AKM, Gallil, FAL, and G-3 rifles and shotguns.
The Shining Path drug traffickers threw a landmine at them as they were driving.
After the murders they fled the area, taking with them two HK model rifles with their respective cartridges and a Pietro Beretta pistol, which belonged to the murdered police officers
About 180 well-armed subversives took part in the brutal killing using rifles, grenades and rockets
Thanks to Moran's tip, the police were able to find the caves and seize two carbines, one rifle, fuses, 22-mm ammunition, slow-burning fuses, assorted clothes and tapes containing songs and speeches alluding to the Shining Path.
The television said police intercepted a vehicle in which four individuals "armed with grenades and explosives used by the Shining Path" were travelling, killing all four.
A Shining Path guerrilla was killed and two other wounded during a mortar attack on an army base late Wednesday, as a three -day armed strike called by the rebels drew to a close with little public following.
Following the explosion, three ''Shining Path subversives'' armed with machine-guns attacked policemen in a nearby patrol car.
Their weapons are those seized from the police forces: shotguns, dynamite, revolvers and some rifles.
One man and two women, all approximately 30 years old and each carrying a revolver, explained that they had no violent intentions.
The assailants, who were traveling from the jungle into the Andes, fired submachine guns at the officers after one of them asked the driver for documentation. The men then rolled the officers' patrol truck into a 260-foot (78-meter) ravine after grabbing their two rifles and revolvers, officials said.
It added that the attackers had used sophisticated automatic weapons such as grenade launchers and mortars.
Guerrillas launched three bombs with homemade mortars at the hotel.
A group of 30 terrorists from the Shining Path movement, armed with sub-machine-guns, on 11th March occupied the town of Soraya in Apurimac Department, south-east of Lima, and killed 10 people, including the mayor
"The terrorists strike at any time of the day in groups of 15 or 18 and are armed with machine guns and revolvers," a peasant said.
Television Peruana (Lima) reported on 13th April that about 200 Shining Path members had raided the town of Coracora in Ayacucho department, attacking police and guard posts with dynamite and revolvers.
Upwards of 80 American-made TOW anti-tank missiles reportedly were captured by Al-Qaed-linked fighters in Syria after Western-supported opposition groups were overrun or defected to Al-Nusra Front
We seized 15 Land Cruisers, mounted with Dushka machineguns, and various tanks, as well as RPG's, shotguns, and Kalashnikovs."
"We seized six Land Cruisers loaded with cannons, and destroyed ten other vehicles, among them an armoured vehicle.
JEM’s main external supporter, following its expulsion from Chad, was Libya, which, according to officials in Khartoum, rearmed the movement with B-10 recoilless rifles and anti-aircraft guns, and supplied vehicles and fuel.
In mid-2010, before a government offensive that led to heavy casualties on both sides, JEM was estimated to have more than 5,000 men armed with mounted anti-aircraft guns, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns, AK-47s, several hundred vehicles (possibly as many as 1,000, according to one informed source), and at least two tanks, seized from the government.
Ukrspecexport exported 830 KM-7.62 machine guns to the Ministry of Defence and Veterans’ Affairs of the Republic of South Sudan
AK47, G3, pistols, grenades, Mark 4, sub-machine guns (SMGs) and the general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) were associated with rebel groups and government security officers.
SLM/A claims […] to have captured two heavy trucks and two technicails - Toyota land crusiers mounted with guns and ammunition
SLM/A claims […] to have seized key artillery positions. Minawi claimed SLM/A […] seized four tanks in clashes around Kutum.
[…] capturing 25 vehicles and weapons including rocket launchers and heavy machine guns.
The SLM/A […] also capturing 14 military vehicles[.]
[…] seizing two tanks and destroying five others and two helicopters
It is no wonder that tens of thousands of recruits that swarmed its ranks and file were armed with ease as a result of the military assistance from the socialist block countries including Libya. That marked the beginning of large-scale influx of small arms and light weapons mainly AKM, PKM, RPD, RP 46, RPG, ZU 23, ZU 37, anti-personnel land mines and UXO into south Sudan in addition to G 3, Ramington and others used by the Sudanese Armed forces and the police.
Each contingent of the SPLA moving into the war zone from its training centres carried a number of rifles, mainly SK or other nonautomatic rifles, which were exchanges for food or delivered as gifts to the chiefs and other traditional leaders with whom the SPLA established working relations
The civil population only accepted AKM rifles and ammunition instead of money in exchange for food or other SPLA requirements
The government army and its militias, the LRA, and even the SPLA planted thousands of anti-personnel landmines to the effect that undetermined numbers of unexploded landmines pose serious threat to humans and livestock in the east bank Equatoria.
Depending on rank, each SPLA officer was given a number of automatic and semi-automatic rifles, mainly G3, AKM or Ramington rifles.
The longer the SPLA stayed in a location the more resources (bulls, sorghum, etc.) they consumed. Thus to avoid the depletion of their resources the people gave in their rifles.
The assault riffle and allied equipment carried by each Janjaweed militia – such as Kalashnikovs, ‘Bazuka’, Belgique, G-3s, and long-range vision equipment – as well as communication gadgets – such as walkie-talkies and satellite phones – are commonly believed to be provided by the state, as they are either illegal or too expensive to carry under normal circumstances.
SPLA claims that it had captured large quantities of Sudanese government arms in southern Sudan in early 1997, including tanks and artillery, have been confirmed by the eyewitness accounts of independent journalists who toured SPLA-controlled areas shortly after the March 1997 fighting188 and by a Human Rights Watch visit to the same areas three months later. SAF leaders also claimed to have captured substantial quantities of light and medium arms and some Soviet-model T-54 tanks in battles with government forces in the east and northeastern fronts in April 1997.
Human Rights Watch confirmed the use of Uganda as a transshipment route for arms intended for the SPLA on several occasions, observing in July 1997 more than one hundred wooden crates of ammunition in Morobo, Sudan (between Kaya and Yei) with shipping instructions clearly marked “To Uganda, via Tanzania” that SPLA officials identified as SPLA equipment that was not to be photographed. Similarly labeled stores of ammunition were observed at other sites, which Human Rights Watch was not permitted to photograph or to approach closely. During that same visit, Human Rights Watch saw crates, at least one of which contained rocket-propelled grenades, that were marked: “MOD Uganda J4951208WMH,” and underneath: “DAR ES SALAAM ITEM(B) NOS.250,” indicating the crates had arrived via Tanzania and Uganda.
In September 1997, South African press reports stated that SPLA troops had been seen with South African-made armored vehicles, ammunition and anti-aircraft missiles, supplied to the rebels by or through Uganda.
A Sudanese government official subsequently charged that the SPLA has South African-made Mamba armored vehicles that were sold to Uganda and then passed on to the rebels. This official also claimed that South African ex-soldiers have worked as mercenaries with the SPLA: “They are not engaging in combat but are training SPLA guerrillas and handle some of their missiles. We have seen them in the back of the battlefield,” he told Human Rights Watch.
The same official also claimed that government forces had recovered an Indian-made Milan wire-guided antitank weapon during fighting in the south with the SPLA and that Indian officials, when confronted with this, said that a foreigner who worked with a gold-mining company in southern Sudan had obtained the antitank weapons independently.
40mm Armscor MGL six-shot grenade launcher
In May 1998, a Human Rights Watch researcher photographed a 40mm Armscor MGL six-shot grenade launcher and corresponding ammunition during a visit to the Nuba mountains, which the SPLA claimed were captured from Sudanese government forces in Delami in the Nuba mountains on August 8, 1997.
We can confirm ISIL [IS] has limited anti-aircraft artillery capability, mostly used in a ground combat role.
Kurdish fighters seized six buildings used by ISIS close to council offices in the north of the town and took a large quantity of rocket-propelled grenade launchers, guns and machine gun ammunition,
A twin bomb attack targeting a school in Homs, Syria on October 1 reportedly killed dozens of children and several adults. On April 29, two mortar shells also struck the Badr el-Din Hussaini educational complex in the al-Shaghour neighborhood of Damascus, a pro-government area, killing 17 children and at least two parents and injuring 50 others.
But they have also fired mortar shells into populated areas, killing and maiming civilians, and used car bomb attacks across the country that have killed hundreds of people and likely amount to crimes against humanity.
The commandos also seized an MK-16 Rifle, an AK-81 Rifle, Pistol, grenade launcher, magazines, eight hand grenades, and 332 rounds of ammunition of various calibres, two cell phones with several SIM cards and incriminating documents from the encounter site
They recovered five high-powered IED Explosive bombs, one two-inch Mortar, two Pistols, a China-made carbine and a large quantity of ammunition
The weapons, most of which are moving to non-Islamist Syrian rebels via Jordan, include a variety of small arms, as well as some more powerful weapons, such as anti-tank rockets, according to Reuters.
Rebels said back in June of 2013 they had received Russian-made “Konkurs” anti-tank missiles supplied by Saudi Arabia. Other reports said that the Central Intelligence Agency had begun moving weapons to Jordan
Des antitank rockets dating back to the Yugoslav war, delivered in 2013 by Saudi Arabia to the Free Syrian Army (FSA), were found in the hands of the rebels of the Islamic State (EI).
Remote controlled sniper rifles have also been used among FSA units.
In 2013, videos emerged online of an FSA produced remote controlled machine gun.
ISIS has captured hundreds of US supplied upgraded Humvees, pickup trucks, tanks and armored vehicles, artillery pieces and even reportedly a number of helicopters, not to mention huge stocks of ammunition and artillery shells. From the sheer quantity of captured equipment, Knights notes "ISIS has probably three sets of captured M16 rifles and body armour for every one of its fighters."
On Tuesday, the army raided the depot in Darayya farms in the Damascus countryside and captured a large quantity of mortar launchers, machineguns, rifles, night vision goggles, and explosive devices, the official SANA news agency reported.
On  January  1,  seven  mortar  shells  fired  by  the  militants slammed into residential areas in the al­Qasa’a neighborhood of the capital, leaving two people dead.
Chinese FN-6 man-portable air-defense system
Image grabs from video footage have surfaced, showing a militant with a Chinese FN-6 man-portable air-defense system and what appears to be an Mi-17 Iraqi helicopter.
A 2013 New York Times article wrote, ìAt least several dozens (and perhaps many more) portable anti-aircraft missiles are known to have found their way to rebel possession
The weapons sent to the terror organization by the U.S., which include modern sniper guns with a range of 4 kilometers along with AT-5 spandrels and advanced anti-tank (TOW) missiles, have been positioned along the Turkish-Syrian border.
Additionally, the U.S. army delivered MANPADS (Man-portable air-defense systems), anti-aircraft missiles, to PKK terrorists to use against Turkish forces.
Multibarrel rocket launchers and missile ramps, 80mm and 120mm mortars, MK19 bomb launchers, M4 Cabrine and M16 infantry rifles, U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles, Humwee type military vehicles, Cougar-type armored personnel carriers, unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles, and FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles, which the U.S. has repeatedly refused to sell to Turkey, are among the weapons and vehicles provided to the PYD terrorists
IAG Guardered Armored Personnel Carriers
After providing the PYD with 200 IAG Guardered Armored Personnel Carriers, lately, on February 2017, the YPG was seen with javelins (..)
According to the Pentagon, the U.S. military aid to several armed groups in Syria, including the PKK/PYD, comprises of 12,000 Kalashnikovs, 6,000 machine guns, 3,500 heavy machine guns, 3,000 RPG-7s, 1,000 American AT-4 or Russian SPG-9 anti-tanks, 235 mortar guns of different calibers, 100 sniper rifles, 450 PV-7 night vision binoculars and 150 binoculars with infrared laser illuminator.
The free part of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia covers about two fifths of the total Cazin Krajina area. In comparison with the other parts of B&H the center of the AP of Western Bosnia, Velika Kladusa, seems unreal. The headquarters of Fikret Abdic is located in the settlement of Polje, 4 kms south-east from Velika Kladusa in the Medical Center of Agrokomerc. The two soldiers escorting us to the headquarters are dressed in new American M65 fatigues bought in Croatia and are armed with brand new M70 rifles of Yugoslav make.
Rebel Serbs in Croatia's Krajina province have moved four tanks into a demilitarized zone of separation and another three to the Bosnian border, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.
Fifth Corps troops wearing the insignia of Abdic's so-called ''Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia'' then sealed off the town and launched mock attacks against key buildings using blank and live ammunition, Dudakovic said.
'We set off old shells and explosives.''
Abdic's paramilitary formations increasingly frequently receive aid in arms and ammunition from the region of the so-called Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina. The last few contingents have supplied Abdic's rebels with automatic and semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, Zolja and Osa portable rocket launchers, and mortars. Abdic's rebels are receiving ammunition in unopened crates with cyrillic labels belonging to the Yugoslav Army.
Clashes between Izetbegovic's army and Fikret Abdic's forces were resumed today, Muslim Radio Sarajevo has reported thus confirming this morning's reports broadcast by Velkaton Radio in Velika Kladusa [Abdic's stronghold]. According to the same source, the fiercest clashes are taking place in the Trzac area where both sides are using artillery and mortars in addition to infantry weapons .
Clashes between Izetbegovic's army and Fikret Abdic's forces were resumed today, Muslim Radio Sarajevo has reported thus confirming this morning's reports broadcast by Velkaton Radio in Velika Kladusa [Abdic's stronghold]. According to the same source, the fiercest clashes are taking place in the Trzac area where both sides are using artillery and mortars in addition to infantry weapons.
In the middle of the Bihac pocket, militiamen loyal to Bosnian Muslim industrialist Fikret Abdic defend what Abdic declared on Sept. 27, 1993, his self-styled autonomous province of western Bosnia-Herzegovina. Troops there exchanged a small number of artillery and mortar rounds and heavy machine-gun fire along the 30-mile (50 km) confrontation line with Bosnian government soldiers Tuesday night, Chaperon said.
A mortar and howitzer barrage directed at all our forces'lines has been going on since this morning. While the heroic defenders of the Fifth Corps continue to bleed, the para-army of the so-called Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia has continued its treacherous and cowardly attacks since this morning.
Radio Bosnia-Hercegovina, Sarajevo, in Serbo-Croat 1800 gmt 18 Nov 93Two B-1 hill guns and two 82mm mortars as well as large quantities of infantry arms and ammunition have been seized.
According to well informed sources Abdic's military headquarters have purchased fresh amounts of military equipment and a large amount of ammunition from the Chetniks in so-called Krajina
Mujagic was fighting for the Army of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, a region that had seceded from the central government. Court documents said a surviving prisoner of the 1995 battle and other soldiers on the scene told investigators that Mujagic and some of his men kicked prisoners and beat them with rifle stocks as they demanded information. The documents said Mujagic asked Ekrem Baltic the name of his commander, and when Baltic said he didn't know, Mujagic allegedly fired a fatal burst from his AK-47 into the prisoner's chest.
Picture -> Angehörige der 4. Garde-Brigade HVO in einer von Serben erbeuteten mobilen 122-mm-Panzerhaubitze (russische 2S1 „Gvozdika“)
Picture -> Zwei T-55-Panzer der 2. Garde-Brigade HVO im Gefecht (Glamoč)
Picture -> Angehörige der 2. Garde-Brigade HVO beim Abfeuern des 12,7-mm-MGs eines T-55-Panzers (Glamoč)
Picture -> Abschuss einer 122-mm-Haubitze (D-30J) durch einen HVO-Angehörigen (Manöver).
When shelling starts, most people barely look up, but you can hear them mutter "82 incoming" or "62 outgoing," depending on whether it's an 82mm shell coming into the city or a 62mm projectile headed out to the Orthodox Christian Serb positions.
The HVO is unlike any army we're used to here in the States. Men serve on  the line for 10 days, go home for 20, then repeat the cycle. The pay is low -  about $ 50 a month. The uniforms come from other countries. The weapons I saw  include three 76mm cannons captured from the Serbs - and made in Russia in  1942.
Weapons used on these occasions: mortar weapons, various guns infantry weapons. The Yugoslav Army and Serbian irregulars also opened fire from tanks, howitzers, multiple rocket launchers, anti-aircraft weapons and recoilless cannons, machine-guns, anti-tank and infantry weapons.
infrared guided anti-tank Javelin missiles
The United States, which maintains its ties with the terrorist organization PYD [Democratic Union Party] despite Turkey's protests, equipped the YPG, the organization's military wing, with infrared guided anti-tank Javelin missiles and surface-to-air Stinger missiles as well as tactical armoured vehicles.
US made weapons were seized in terrorist operations in Nusaybin, Mardin. During the operation in which the terrorists' so-called commander for Mardin was killed US-made M-16s and Israeli-made Uzi weapons were seized. A statement issued by the governor's office noted that searches had discovered Kalashnikov assault rifles, one sub machine gun, one pistol, eight IEDs, two hand grenades as well as a large quantity of ammunition for these weapons and organisation documents.
12.7-14.5mm [Dyagtarov DShk, Dochka] anti-aircraft guns
Planes belonging to the United States dropped 12.7-14.5mm [Dyagtarov DShk, Dochka] anti-aircraft guns, hand grenades and a large quantity of munitions onto the organization's positions.
Syrian opposition fighters have recently seized Russian-made SA-18 anti-aircraft missiles after raiding positions of the PYD terrorists in Jarablus and Tal Rifat.
Additionally the report claims Pres. Bashar Al Assad equipped the PYD near Deir Ez Zor with five Russian-manufactured Tanks and 10 Artillery guns. If true, the Weapons could give the Kurdish brigade the means to strengthen control over parts of northeastern Syria—and to deter any potential Turkish intervention in the war.
The U.N. troops are supposed to collect all heavy weaponry -- including cannons, mortars, missiles, and anti-aircraft batteries -- deployed within a 30-kilometer (20-mile) radius of the airport.
The same day, Yugoslav Army (JNA) forces and Serbian irregulars launched a tank and infantry attack north of Zadar
Meanwhile, the Bosnian Interior Ministry accused Serbian irregulars of seizing a truckload of explosives on a road 80 kilometers (50 miles) outside Sarajevo.
"The days were long and the nights even longer," said Pero, 62. He told of Serbian irregulars stealing his hunting rifles and ammunition, and demanding food and drink.
In Croatia, buildings were set ablaze and small-arms fire was heard in Zadar and Crno in attacks by Serbian irregulars, Croatian Radio English language service reported on the 22nd.
Serbian irregulars pounded the Bosnian capital with multiple rocket launchers for the first time. "The city suffered more destruction in a night than in two months of war," a resident said. The street where the Bosnian presidency building is located and the downtown avenue where 16 people were killed and 144 wounded in a Serbian mortar attack on Wednesday were almost totally ruined, Sarejevo radio said.
At 25 tons apiece, the Warriors forming the main escort for relief supplies are big, but less unwieldy than the big trucks they will be escorting. Modern and well-protected, they carry an infantry section of seven plus three crew, but are probably a match for the T-55 tanks used by Croatian and Serbian irregulars.
'We are being hit, hard, with 155mm howitzers,'' said a resident of the Dobrinja complex, built for the 1984 Olympic Games and entirely cut off by Serbian irregulars from the rest of the city.
The Serbia-based Tanjug news agency quoted military sources as saying that Croatian forces, with tanks and armored personel carriers in cooperation with local Croat and Muslim militias, attacked positions of the federal army and Serbian irregulars in Bosanski Brod late Friday evening. Both sides ''made massive use of tanks, artillery and rockets,'' Tanjug said quoting witnesses of the clashes around Bosanski Brod, 100 miles north of Sarajevo.
Yugoslav army-backed Serbian irregulars battered Sarajevo with machine-gun and mortar assaults Tuesday in what local officials said was an attempt to partition the capital of war-torn Bosnia-Hercegovina.
By midday Friday, the shooting had begun. Over the next 12 hours, the houses in this village were attacked by infantrymen with heavy weapons, including anti-tank guns.
Croatian radio said the army and Serbian irregulars rained more than 500 mortar and tank shells on Vukovar, a Danube town in northeastern Croatia under army siege for two months.
As he spoke, Serbian irregulars, their faces blackened, launched three 128mm rockets at an alleged snipers' nest on the outskirts of the town, while half a dozen army cannon, tucked into a ravine, pummelled the surrounding hills.
Yugoslav army troops and Serbian irregulars launched fresh mortar and artillery barrages on Mostar where a Finnish UN military monitor was wounded on Wednesday night.
Under intense international pressure, the self-styled "Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina" (SRBH), which claims authority over the 65 percent of the former Yugoslav Republic with majority Serb populations, had -- at that time at least -- ordered its heavy guns to hold fire.
U.N. officials complained to the leaders of the self-proclaimed "Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina," which succeeded in finding and returning only two of the six stolen trucks.
Serbian forces surrounding Sarajevo said they placed their siege guns under U.N. supervision today but made clear they could still be fired in self-defence.
The warfare diminished to sporadic heavy weapons fire Friday night around the capital, and the night passed in the relative quiet of scattered mortar and small-arms fire.
one t-55 tank of the serb forces was destroyed by the nato airstrike.
CLOUDS of dust billowed over the Muslim heart of Sarajevo Wednesday as high explosives crashed into the centuries-old warren of tiny carpet and filigree shops, coffee houses, homes, and religious shrines.
"Madness!" exclaimed Muslim Asija Skenderic as she watched the bombardment by Serbian guerrillas manning mortars and howitzers on ridges high above Bosnia-Herzgovina's defenseless capital. "It makes no sense."
Civil and media sources, requesting anonymity, told SANA on September 22 that SDF militants had received 175 truckloads of weapons and munitions dispatched by the United States, irrespective of condemnation by Damascus of the "criminal and repressive" actions of the force
SDF hit Turkish border town with mortar shells
The Syrian Democratic Forces reportedly captured hundreds of assault rifles, a Metis ATGM launcher, missiles, and ammunition that were all left behind by the Islamic State this week.
Beside downing the drone, NSA militants captured a Humvee armored vehicle from the SDF around Ras al-Ayn. The vehicle was likely supplied to the Kurdish group by the U.S.-led coalition. A Grad 122 mm rocket launcher mounted on a truck was also captured by NSA militants near the town of Ain Isaa in northern Raqqa.
An SDF tank shoots its cannon at an ISIS position outside Manbij
The weapons and equipment seized by anti-terror units of SDF were as the following: 10 pistols 4 silencers 8 pistols’ devices 26 hand grenades 25 kg of mines 6 explosive belts 5 explosive unready belts 9 Small mines 28 Safety Valves + Lightning & Cortex 4 fistfuls 29 Mine batteries 275 pistol bullets / 7 / mm 173 Kalashnikov bullets 250 pistol bullets / 9 / mm 65 pistol bullet / 8.5 / mm
the Defense Department notified Congress that it had determined that supplies purchased for the Iraqi military would instead go to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to Al-Monitor. The equipment included nearly 50 Humvees, 20 mine-resistant vehicles, 40 enhanced armament carriers and nearly 700 light anti-tank weapons, along with more than 2,400 mortar rounds, 25 mine rollers and dozens of charges used to destroy mines and other explosives, the Defense Dept. letters indicate
The United States has just sent 300 trucks filled with weapons and armoured vehicles to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is mostly comprised of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), pro-government Milliyet newspaper reported, citing SDF sources.
The statement added that the SDF fighters seized different kinds of arms, including 45 AK-47 rifles and 13 RPG-7 portable anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launchers, as well as ammunition, while a military vehicle belonging to the terror organization's fighters was destroyed
Despite a Pentagon statement that only small-caliber arms were being delivered to the "Kurdish elements of the SDF," there are reports that armoured vehicles, TOW anti-tank missiles and 120 mm mortars have also been delivered to SDF units.
In a separate report on 2 January, ANHA quoted "a military source" as saying that SDF fighters seized large quantities of IS weapons and artillery in an area between Hajin and Al-Shafaa, containing tens of thousands of bullets, hundreds of rocket-propelled grenades and DShK and BKC (PKM) machine-guns.
It added that seized weapons included 45 Kalashnikov rifles, 2 PK machine guns, one anti-materiel rifle, one sniper rifle, eight boxes of bullets for 14.5mm machine guns, four RPG weapons and hunting rifles.
The Kurdish-led SDF further found a large volume of ammunition, Arms, communication devices, RPG Missiles and grenades.
In 2008, the SPLA reportedly allocated an arsenal to the 10th Division that included a dozen T-55-type battle tanks, four 130 mm cannon, an undetermined quantity of 23 mm anti-aircraft twin-barrelled cannon, 14.5 mm KPV heavy machine-guns, 12.7 mm DShK machine guns, and 7.62 mm PKM machine guns, in addition to large stockpiles—6,000–7,000 units—of AK-type assault rifles
truck-mounted BM-21 Grad 122 mm multiple-rocket launcher
These show additional equipment captured by SPLM-N troops, including half a dozen RPG launchers, one B-10 82 mm anti-tank recoilless gun, 120 mm mortar rounds, two dozen assault rifles (AK-47 and Type 56-1), several boxes of ammunition (mainly 7.62 × 39 mm), 30 mm VOG-17M grenades for AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers, and two trucks (type MAN and Ural).
30mm VOG-17M grenades for AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers
Military hardware seized included three Land Cruisers mounted with machine guns, two machine guns, three RPG-7 rocket launchers, and 23 assault rifles
Small Arms Survey tracing reports in April and July 2013 described weapons from Yau Yau’s militia:60 Chinese Type 56 and Type 56-1 assault rifles with ammunition, Chinese CQ (M16-pattern) assault rifles with Chinese 5.56 × 45 mm ammunition, Sudanese RPG-7 pattern rocket launchers manufactured at the A30 Yarmouk Industrial Complex in Khartoum, Chinese Type 80 7.62 × 54R mm general-purpose machine guns with ammunition, including Sudanese 7.62 x 54R mm ammunition.
Building on existing ethnic tensions and a raider culture, the government armed the Janjaweed to supplement the army ... travellers to the region relate that most Janjaweed are armed with either AK-47s or G-3 rifles and ride camels or horses provided by the government.
It does not, however, lack for military supplies, and observers have seen JEM fighters with heavy weapons such as rockets and anti-aircraft guns.
In Yida refugee camp in Unity state, JEM rebels with armoured vehicles, weapons and ammunition passing through the refugee camp on their way to Pariang. Survivors told Sudan Safari that the JEM rebels have loaded three trucks with medicines, two quad cannons, four mortars and dual cannons, three tankers of fuel and captivated [as published] 19 people from the Nuer tribe.
Along with the armoured vehicle, rebels seized trucks and cars as well as equipment, weapons and ammunition, JEM said in a statement.
The official spokesman said the armed forces managed to destroy 28 and seize five vehicles belonging to JEM during the battle as well as three tanks and a rocket launcher.
The sources further affirmed that the JEM had received 60 tanks on 14 February. The sources further revealed that 173 tanks and armoured vehicles were delivered to the JEM yesterday and added that additional 60 tanks would be delivered to JEM at a later time to help it wrestle control of the areas which it had previously captured in order to strengthen its negotiating position in Doha.
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement [JEM] said it captured two tanks of the Sudanese army following fighting in West Darfur area of Jabal Marra, a military spokesperson said
Harun added the vehicles were equipped with anti-aircraft weapons.
In a press statement (to Suna), the spokesman, while responding to allegations by the JEM that its forces in Kordofan [central Sudan] have launched attacks on three military bases along the Majlad and Mayrem, and that it captured four machine guns and assortment of weapons, he said these allegations come in the framework of hostilities which the rebel remnants are carrying out on the small military areas.
The rebels handed over more than 200 pieces of weapons and ammunitions as well as Eight vehicles, in the presence of the governor of Northern Darfur State, Uthman Yusuf Kibir, and commander of the western military area.
The Sudanese army did not comment on the claim, but al-Aghbash accused the Chadian government of providing JEM with anti-aircraft missiles and said the rebels were "backed by Chadian troops and armored vehicles."
They were pursued by a large number of rebels armed with heavy weapons and armoured vehicles.
They said they captured one armoured vehicle and destroyed others, while seizing trucks and cars as well as equipment, weapons and ammunition.
Out of 30 armoured vehicles involved in the attack, 27 were captured by JEM, said Al-Wafi, who also claimed that Minawi lost his last forces in the attack.
He said the armed forces captured two Land Cruiser vehicles and destroyed another four. It also captured a large number of automatic rockets and ammunition.
NDA forces numbered about 1,200 men and were equipped with light and medium size weapons (anti-tank rocket launchers, machine guns, mortars, anti-aircraft missiles).
Our forces captured two T-55 tanks and destroyed another one. They also captured two Hino trucks, one [word indistinct] truck, two Land Cruiser vehicles in good condition.
The following military equipment was captured in good condition: Twenty 12.7 mm DShK machine guns, 19 anti-tank RPG-7 [rocket-propelled grenade], 36 PKM automatic machine gun, one 107 mm 12 barrel-rocket launcher, 24 60 mm mortars, 14 82 mm mortars, two 81 mm mortars, nine anti-tank 57 mm mortars, one anti-tank B-10 [as heard], one 14.5 mm four-barrelled, five MG-42 machine guns, two anti-tank 156 mm machine guns, one Howitzer machine, three long-range field transmitters, seven anti-tank HPG-9 and electricity generators.
In communique No. 92, Lt-Gen Abd al-Rahman Sa'id Abd al-Rahman said the NDA forces repulsed the attack and destroyed two tanks, and captured two other tanks in good condition and a Land Cruiser vehicle mounted with a 12.7 mm machine gun.
The communique also said the NDA forces had captured a lorry, a DshK machine gun, an anti-tank machine gun, a 60 mm mortar and a 82 mm mortar.
Moreover, our forces captured three DshK [12.7-mm] machine guns, two 82-mm mortars, one 60.75-mm mortar, one 100-mm machine gun, five Goryunov machine guns, four (?42)-mm machine guns, four RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] missile launchers, one G-3 assault rifle, 25 Kalashnikov assault rifles and a large quantity of ammunition and military equipment which is now being counted.
and the following items were captured: one [word indistinct] in good condition; three 120 [mm] mortars; two 82 [mm] mortars; five DShK [12.7 mm machine gun]; two [word indistinct] mortars; one RPG-2 [rocket-propelled grenade] launcher; two RPG-7 launchers; 16 Kalashnikov [AK-47 assault] rifles; eight [words indistinct]; 50 120 [mm] mortar bombs; 17 boxes of ammunition for 180 [mm] mortars; 50 RPG rockets; a large quantity of DShK belt ammunition and ammunition for small arms
ULA forces captured the following weapons: 12 AK-47 rifles, two 2-mm mortar guns, two RPG-7 [rocket propelled grenades] and a large assortment of light and support weapons.
government troops also seized four firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, 12 magazines, five home-made bombs and GSA documents
The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) will again surrender 210 firearms and ammunition of various types to the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) in three districts on Friday.
Troops also seized five AK-7s, one M-16, one standard GLM, 516 AK bullets, 10 M-16 bullets, five AK magazines, one M-16 magazine, one satellite mobile phone and two motorboats.
Troops seized one  AK-47, one AK-45, one M-16, hundreds of bullets and seven magazines. However, Media Indonesia and Serambi claimed that this incident occurred on Tuesday 13  July
He said 200 people had been killed, including the rebels' leader, six heavy guns and sixteen armoured vehicles had been destroyed, while four vehicles mounted with guns had been seized.
In its victory, the NRF has gained substantial amount of weapons, ammunitions, anti-aircraft missiles and military vehicles.
He said police seized 15 firearms from the suspects, including a grenade launcher, three AK-56 assault rifles and 11 M-16 assault rifles. Police also recovered four grenades and 64 ammunition magazines for the assault rifles.
Iskandar said police had seized 27 guns, several rounds of ammunition and six live explosives in a series of operations held from Feb. 21 through Sunday. They have also detained three people for illegal possession of the firearms.
Most observers (estimated that GAM had) between 1000 and 1500 modern firearms.. a few grenade launchers, even fewer rocket-propelled grenade lauchers, and perhaps one or two 60 mm mortars
Since 2002, TNI_POLRI reported seizing previously unseen GAM rockets, such as the Skykornikon and the french-made wasp.
Several Indonesia sources reported patrol seizures of large rocket launcher of unknown designation, such as a long 150mm rocket tube, a Vietnamese-style detached rocket artillery piece..
Malaysia's Penang State Chief Minister said police seized an M-16 rifle, 51 rounds of ammunition and 19 knives from a group of 44 Indonesians, the latest to land in Malaysia from Aceh (Reuters, 06/12/91).
The home-made weapons include bombs made out of commercial explosives used for fishing or matériel stolen from the Lhokseumawe industrial com- plex, which, according to the TNI, includes several thousand sticks of TNT and 750 detonators.6
The Free Aceh Movement (Gam) surrendered 78 automatic rifles and grenade launchers to independent monitors from the EU and south-east Asia.
Six of the weapons recovered from the dead rebels after the firefight were AK rifles and the other was a homemade pistol. Troops also seized hundreds of rounds of ammunition and some other GAM equipment.
Besides arresting a GAM member, the TNI troops seized several items of evidence belonging to GAM, including an AK-56 rifle with 114 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, three magazines, 1 kg of gold, and a number of other items. TNI troops also seized a grenade launcher (RPG), a colt pistol, 7,330 rounds of M-16 ammunition, 80 rounds of AK ammunition, one round of pistol ammunition, three magazines, and a number of items of clothing.
An AK rifle and 50 rounds of ammunition were seized by TNI.
During this incident security personnel also seized an AK-56, 60 rounds of ammunition and two magazines.The previous day Team-4 and Team-7 from Pasopati Company, 412/Raider Infantry Battalion, captured an unidentified GAM member and seized an M-16 and 30 rounds of ammunition during a shootout in the Meureudu subdistrict of Pidie.
Military spokesperson Ari Mulya Asnawi, in Lhokseumawe on Sunday, said that evidence seized as a result of the gun battles included two rifles and four pistols.
Evidence seized included two AK-56s, one P-1 Pindad pistol, three AK magazines, one pistol magazine, nine AK bullets, seven pistol bullets and three backpacks.
Soldiers found two rifles, seven home-made handguns, a home-made grenade launcher, two air rifles, equipment for making guns, ammunition and uniforms at Nisam in North Aceh on Sunday, said provincial military spokesman Ahmad Yani Basuki.
Some 988 firearms of various types and calibres were on show. The most common weapon was the Russian-made 7.6 calibre AK-56 rifle. Other seized weapons were also displayed, including AK-47s, M-16s and various types of grenade launcher.
Acting on information, a joint team of personnel from the Duma Pos and Brimob unit under the command of Lt Sali located a bomb planted by GAM and primed to explode at the village of Moen Mata, Krueng Sabe in Aceh Jaya on Wednesday.
troops recovered one home-made rifle, a box containing five pistols and another containing 250 kg of explosives.
No casualties were reported but seven home-made pistols, 20 grenade launcher barrels and a few other GAM bits and pieces were recovered
"TNI (Indonesian armed forces) troops also seized four weapons of the GAM," Wahab said, adding that they included two AK47 automatic rifles and a grenade launcher.
The ammunition seized included thirty six AK 47 bullets, one hundred and seventy one F-16 bullets, sixty one FN pistol bullets, and four GLM rounds. Also seized were seven rifles and two TNI Indonesian Armed Forces standard issue FN pistols.
TNI Indonesian Armed Forces standard issue FN pistols.
One group visited by AFP Sunday in Bireuen district carried an assortment of semi-automatic rifles made in China, Russia, the United States and elsewhere. They also had a machine gun and two rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
Basuki said troops on Sunday found 10 home-made bombs, five mortars, two kilograms of sulphur, a set of diving equipment, binoculars and six radios stashed by GAM at Meunasah Tingkeum in East Aceh.On Saturday, troops found two Chinese-made heavy machine guns and a Kalashnikov rifle in the same place. A bomb weighing 60 kilograms (132 pounds) was found at Meurah Mulia in North Aceh on Sunday, Basuki said.
The rebels were taken by surprise in the raid but managed to escape into the jungle and the troops seized two homemade rifles, one grenade launcher, 42 hand grenades, four mortar shells and various items of military clothing.
A total of 30 hand-made handguns, two home-made bombs, one hand grenade, 400 GAM flags and equipment to produce firearms were confiscated, Muttaqin said,
A sweep of the abandoned base netted four locally-made rocket propelled grenade launchers, large numbers of pistols and rifles and communications equipment including mobile phones, before the troops pursued the fleeing rebels, the police spokesman said.
The 30 firearms supplied by the suspect since Apr 2003 were five M-16 rifles, in Aug 2003 three FN guns and five M-16 rifles and at the end of Dec 2003 11 AK 56 and six FN guns. However, before the firearms were used the suspects were arrested by North Sumatra Police
"They admitted to having smuggled hundreds of AK-47's, M-16 machine-guns and mostly from Hat Yai in southern Thailand to northern Sumatra and Aceh by using a fishing boat," he said. "They sold the weapons to rebels in Aceh.
He said all the rebel casualties were buried on the spot by the troops, who had also captured four grenade launchers, two AK rifles and a quantity of ammunition from the house.
They also handed in nine firearms, including five homemade rifles, four homemade pistols, two active grenades, 254 mixed rounds of ammunition, dozens of traditional weapons and a number of OPM documents, according to a press release from the TNI Information Centre received by detikcom on Thursday (4 December).
At least ten people believed to be Free Papua Movement (OPM) rebels staged the attack in the highland town of Wamena and stole about 15 rifles, said district military chief Lieutenant Colonel Masrumsyah.
ElShinta radio said the rebels handed over 234 guns of various types, 1,684 rounds of ammunition, 56 hand grenades, 11 home-made bombs and other explosives.
FARC weaponry consists basically of Russian- and Chinese-made AK-47 assault rifles, as well as US-made R-15 rifles. In several attacks on police and military bases the FARC has used surface-to-surface rockets and M-60 machine guns. They also use grenades and mortars that they make themselves, as well as gas cylinders to replace the mortar shells as a homemade weapons used in attacks against Colombian citizens.
Chief-prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo accuses the Sudanese Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs (!) Mohamed Ahmed Harun of having supplied the Janjaweed-Militia with G3 assault rifles.
They have vehicles with machineguns on top and they’re Janjaweed.
Yet Hamdan spoke near a Toyota Land Cruiser, mounted with a heavy machinegun, and his fighters were armed with mortars, anti-aircraft guns and Kalashnikov rifles.
Machine guns, anti-aircraft missiles and RPGs - all weapons ready to be used on the battlefield.
In the ambush, about 200 gunmen on horseback and in SUVs mounted with anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons exchanged gunfire for more than two hours with the peacekeeping force, which included 61 soldiers from Rwanda, the U.N. said.
He said the militiamen travelled in off-road vehicles, armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles.
recalling their assault rifles, rocket-launchers and grenades.
The militias, known as Janjaweed, were accompanied by government soldiers in three Land Cruisers, armed with anti-aircraft artillery
The government continues to arm the Janjaweed, which have upgraded their weapons from "horses, camels and AK-47's to land cruisers, pickup trucks and RPGs," or rocket-propelled grenades, the report said.
It said witnesses identified the attackers as Arabs riding on horseback, wearing green camouflage military uniforms and armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.
Residents say about 1,800 villagers were killed when gunmen on horses, camels and motorcycles tore through the village, firing guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
An international aid worker said the assailants were janjaweed members of an Arab tribal militia and that they attacked the convoy with rocket-propelled grenades, then executed survivors.
Mounted on camels and horses and wielding assault rifles
Suspected Janjaweed fighters, standoffish in a machine gun-mounted pickup truck
one of the men grabbed her and hit her with the butt-end of a rifle
The attackers reportedly used 30 vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and artillery
Ansar al-Shari’a ghters make extensive use of shoulder-red rocket launchers, including the Yugoslavian M 79 Osa and the Jordanian RPG-32.
the statement said, adding that guns, rocket-propelled grenades and land mines had also been seized in their hideouts.
The UAE showed CAR a similar Russian-made Kornet reportedly captured from the Houthis in Taizz on November 29, 2015.
The spokesman of a reconciliation committee between the Houthi and the Hajja tribes had affirmed Houthi fighters planted some 3,000 landmines in Ahem.
and seized machineguns, rockets, and rocket propelled grenades, the source said
there is now strong evidence, presented publicly this week, that a July bus bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israeli tourists was the work of Hezbollah
Explosives along with grenades, automatic rifles and pistols were seized inside the house," the tribal source added.
The al-Qaida militants frequently use improvised explosive devices, roadside bombs
an al-Qaida suicide attacker slammed his explosives- packed vehicle into a post
Lot numbers from anti-tank weapons found aboard one of the dhows matched the production run of similar weapons said by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to have been captured from Houthis
Al-Qaeda has acquired sophisticated surface-to-air missiles, The Independent has learned, which were used to shoot down an Emirati fighter jet in a dangerous escalation of the civil war raging in Yemen.
We found landmines, car bombs, SIM cards, mortar shells, ammunition, and mobiles used for remotely detonating bombs
Islamist militias are fighting artillery and heavy machine gun duels with the Houthis in civilian neighborhoods there.
Al-Qaida's Yemen branch routed government forces from a large weapons depot in the country's east on Friday, seizing dozens of tanks, Katyusha rocket launchers
The Houthi groups were moving missiles within civilians' houses
The rebels, aligned with Iran, are now said to control the Yemeni military’s arms bases, giving them effective control of US-provided weaponry, including artillery and tanks
An M72 light anti-tank weapon was used in the attack
The Defence Ministry said in text messages that the army had captured seven suicide belts, 10 explosives devices and nearly 3,000 rounds of ammunition in al-Mahfad.
Residents said fighting intensified on Tuesday with warplanes bombing two sites held by the Islamist fighters 10 km (6.2 miles) west of Lawdar, destroying at least one of the tanks the group had seized.
the Houthi militia and Saleh loyalists, with the direct assistance of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, are planting Iranian-made camouflage mines in the area around the Port of Hodeidah.
The report said that Houthi rebels are importing weapons from Iran; anti-tank guided missiles Houthis possess are manufactured in Iran.
In May 2011, he armed more than 1,000 youths with 1,500 Kalashnikov-pattern assault rifles, 27 PKM-type machine guns, and about 90,000 rounds of ammunition
Their statements are supported by evidence of their use of 2010-manufactured Sudanese assault rifle ammunition, 2010-manufactured mortar shells and new-condition Chinese-manufactured Type 56-1 assault rifles.
The uniformity of the weaponry found in use - such as the single type of new Kalashnikov ammunition identified in SSLA rifles
landmines laid by the group remain a serious threat.
Factory 11 / 41 12.7 x 108 mm ammunition
the UWSA recently acquired a "large number" of the passive infrared FN-6 systems.
which in recent years have been bolstered by new Mil Mi-35 'Hind' gunships purchased from Russia, and K-8 Karakorum light-attack jets purchased from China. Since 2012 both types of aircraft have been deployed against the insurgent Kachin Independence Army, which holds territory along the Chinese border to the north of the Wa 'special region', but is not known to field MANPADS.
Some 73 troops and soldiers were injured in the attacks, the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported. Soldiers found 13 bodies of rebels and seized 98 small weapons and ammunition near Laukkai.
Launched by the Arakan Army (AA), three rocket attacks struck the tugboat on Saturday at 3:45 am local time, killing three soldiers and damaging the rear of the tugboat. Following the incident, Myanmar armed forces conducted a security operation around the area where the AA group was positioned to fire the rockets, finding one type-63 mm rocket, two batteries and wires used for firing the rockets.
The Myanmar Army, also called the Tatmadaw, did not state the total number of its own casualties in the statement, but specifically mentioned that army soldiers killed four AA fighters and seized two M-22 assault rifles.
Troops recovered from the encampment cache of weapons and ammunition and related equipment including one 107mm launcher made by KIA with one live shell, one 60mm mortar, four 60mm artillery shells and four M-22 assault rifles, among others, according to a statement released on Wednesday [4 December].
According to the video clip, the AA also has Barrett MRAD sniper rifles which have a unit price of over $10,000 on the black market at the Thailand-Myanmar borde
the AA has in its arsenal US-made M60 machine guns whose unit price is around $10,000 on the black market.
Arakan Army (AA) attacked an army column in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State using rocket-propelled grenades on December 6 and a child was killed in the fighting, said Brig-Gen Zaw Min Tun, secretary of Tatmadaw True News Information Team.
Returning fire to the insurgent group, the navy combed the area where the attacks were launched, finding three 107mm types 63 shells connected with the battery. The shells were defused. On June 22, the AA group also launched three rocket attacks on a tug boat, anchored near the mouth of Hsantyoe creek, east of the state's capital Sittway, killing three soldiers and damaging the rear part of the tugboat.
Since mid-2018, the Arakan Army has been publishing photographs of antipersonnel landmines, and other weapons, which it claims to have captured from the Tatmadaw.
Details of Saturday night’s attack were also included in a leaked local police “Combat Report,” which said nine officers were killed and two slightly injured, and that 12 weapons, including 10 BA-63 assault rifles, were taken away by the attackers
They entered the embassy armed with three AK-47 assault rifles, one M-16 automatic rifle, two pistols, and four hand grenades
The video footage of ARSA training sessions showed they have very few weapons. Their firearms mostly comprise a few M-16 rifles, AK-47, G3 and G4 assault rifles. Very few ARSA troops were carrying firearms during the October 2016 and the August 2017 attacks. The October attack on the Myanmar Border Guard Police outpost gave them access to a huge cache of weapons – 61 assault rifles and 2,200 rounds of ammunition.
One BA-94 automatic rifle, one bullet cartridge and one revolver were seized yesterday morning at Adula Kane’s house in Myin Lut Ywar Thit village, Maungtaw Township, Rakhine State.
Officers seized an automatic pistol, 15 bullets and six improvised explosive devices (IED) during operations that led to the suspects’ arrests.
In April, a police truck carrying security personnel in the north of Maungdaw Township was attacked using an improvised explosive device (IED), injuring a lance corporal. Days later, footage of the attack circulated on Facebook showed eight rifle gunners in face masks and ARSA outfits firing on the truck at close range as the roadside IED detonated.
It has posted photos of the basic weapons seized from people fighting under the ARSA banner, including petrol bombs and improvised explosive devices and has said its forces have been ambushed by groups of up to 150 at a time.
He said the MNDAA seized weapons of the dead and wounded soldiers, adding, "We got 3 pistols and one 120 mm mortar, we even got 50 machine guns normally carried by the army."
Soldiers from the Kokang MNDAA reportedly seized 56 automatic rifles, mostly M-16s, from the Burmese police, according to Aung Kyaw Zaw, an analyst on the Sino-Burmese border.
During an exchange of mortar fire on Thursday between Burmese troops and the ethnic insurgents, one civilian was reportedly killed and three were injured.
While government troops seized the bodies of two Kokang soldiers, along with weapons including rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
The Gaddafi regime has also been accused of arming the Darfur rebel group Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) with rifles, anti-aircraft guns, satellites phones, vehicles, and fuel.
He announced that, in its recovery operation of the Sirba area, the armed forces seized: 615 Kalashnikov rifles, four Belgian-manufactured guns that are not used by the Sudanese Army: 12 Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs); eight Doshka cannons; 35 barrels of fuel; two mortar cannons; two Land Cruiser vehicles, of which one had Chadian license tags; six small armed vehicles;
The rebel group released today a picture of a tank claiming it captured during the recent fighting in Darfur. The tank is one of two tanks captured after a battle against the Sudanese troops near Adeela Mountains near Muhajiriyah, south Darfur.
Jok's statement said the SPLA captured two T-55 tanks, 12 mortars of calibres ranging from 120 mm to 60 mm, eight heavy machine-guns, two grenade launchers, four 82 mm recoilless guns, large quantities of light weapons and various types of ammunition.
Three T-55 tanks in Haladed garrison; one 127mm 12-barrel machine gun mounted on a Land Cruiser vehicle in Haladed garrison; one machine gun in Shallalob garrison, bringing the total to two; a 120mm mortar in Haladed garrison; three machine guns in Shallalob garrisons, bringing the total to four; one 106mm anti-aircraft gun in Shallalob garrison…
The ULA captured the following arms: four AK-47 [assault] rifles, a two-mm [as heard: presumably two-inch] mortar, a 42-mm field gun, two RPG-7 [rocket-propelled grenade] and a large quantity of small arms and support [as heard] ammunition.
The SPLA fighters seized from government troops three T-55 tanks, including a damaged one, seven trucks, artillery pieces, mortars, machine guns, rifles, radio and large ammounts of ammunition and shells, the statement said.
The NDA forces managed to capture the following weapons and equipment: three T-55 tanks in good condition; seven 107 BM-12 barrel -(?mortars); 15 Toyota pick-up Land Cruiser vehicles; and a large quantity of small arms and automatic weapons.
15 T-55 tanks, 16 122-mm Howitzer guns, three launchers with 40 barrels and 15 launchers with 12 barrels.
Nine anti-tank rockets; 11 Kalashnikov rifles, one G3 rifle
He said the NDA had killed 1,260 government soldiers and seized a large quantity of weapons, ammunition and other military gear including 12 tanks, eight howitzers and hundreds of small-arms.
Voice of Sudan, Voice of the National Democratic Alliance, in Arabic 1600 gmt 10 Jun 98Our forces inflicted on them heavy casulties in lives and materiel words indistinct dead. A T-55 tank was captured in good condition
The attack was checked after two hours of fighting, the group claimed, saying an NDA counterattack forced the government troops to retreat, leaving behind one intact Russian-made T-62 tank
Interviewed by AFP in Cairo, he added that rebel forces captured 13 tanks and more than half a dozen pieces of artillery, including one Katyusha rocket and Howitzers.
In the last offensive which we launched in March of this year, we have captured since then not less than 25 T-55 tanks, not less than 40 pieces of howitzer 122-mm guns.
They did this by blowing up some important locations by placing time bombs and highly explosive substances in various strategic and important locations like hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry, petroleum depots and other locations in the capital, Khartoum.
The NDA forces also managed to shoot down an armed helicopter, besides capturing nine lorries and a number of heavy weapons and a great quantity of materiel and bombs.
The Sudanese government has blamed the Bejah Congress, a faction of the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA), for Sunday's time-bomb attack on the pipeline about 150 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Port Sudan.
Seven medium guns, five G-3 rifles, three Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles and two 9-mm pistols were captured.
More than seven officers, including the commander of the second mobile force, Shams al-Din Salim Ahmad, were (?taken prisoner) and large amounts of equipment and ammunition, including a T-55 tank, were captured and its crew, including 2nd Lt Abdullah Awad Ali, taken prisoner
On Wednesday the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) said it had taken control of Oulou, killed 72 government troops and captured tanks, mortars, rifles and ammunition.
They also took (?108) prisoners, among them an officer with the rank of major, and captured a large number of tanks and words indistinct and a variety of weapons, vehicles and supplies.
Seized military equipment included a tank, heavy machine guns, rifles, radios and ammunition, the SPLA said, adding that its forces also took eight prisoners of war during the fighting. fighting. fightin
One Land Cruiser, model 98, with the plate number KM 6304 and loaded with a DShK machine-gun was captured.
He added that 150 government troops had been killed and nine trucks in good condition, two 107-mm guns and one 120-mm gun had been captured in the clash.
The police arrested five officers and 70 individuals and seized 5 heavy guns.
The SSLA forces captured 23 SPLA soldiers, burned down five T-55 tanks, three RPGs, five PKMs, three 14.5 and two 12.5 machine guns.
—Bulgarian PG-7M (see Photos 1 and 2), PG-7L, PG-7PM expelling charges, and PG-9 ammunition were recently discovered in the stockpiles of the SSLM/A in South Sudan and in SAF stockpiles captured by the SPLM–N in South Kordofan (Gramizzi and Tubiana, 2013, p. 36).
He indicated that the armed forces captured a white-colour vehicle with a plate number 3162-Cairo, a number of machine guns and ammunition, documents and stamps belonging to Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and fuel for the vehicle.
The SLM/A said "government forces fled in disarray leaving 56 bodies behind them," and that it had captured two heavy trucks, two Toyota Land Cruisers mounted with guns and ammunition.
Spokesman Waleed Mohammed Abkar said in a statement they also wounded at least 134 government forces, and seized weapons including RPGs and rifles, along with large amounts of ammunition.
captured 12 Toyota Land Cruisers, 120 AK-47s (machine guns), two RPG-9 (rockets), 20 12.5mm (machine guns); five 14.5mm and 15mm PKM (machine guns); and to have killed 120 SPLA troops.
According to the official papers, the Israel government rendered tanks, armoured vehicles, ammunition and anti aircraft missiles estimated at US 100m dollars to enable the Sudanese rebels to advance and occupy more towns following the Israeli tactics.
Yesterday the SRF was able to seize a military tank, and two vehicles loaded with ammunition and an artillery shell.
The Sixth Infantry Division [of the Sudan Armed Forces] in North Darfur State announced this morning that it succeeded in killing two rebels and injuring another besides capturing two four-wheel-drive Land Cruiser vehicles, a rocket launcher and 29 rockets from forces of the [rebel Sudan] Revolutionary Front [SRF] in Hilat al-Shaykh area, 14 kilometres south west of Al-Fashir town.
Col Al-Sawarmi said that the rebels carried out an attack with large forces supported with eight tanks with the aim of capturing locations at the front lines to enable them to shell Kadugli/Kaduqli town [state capital] and target its innocent civilians
On December 24 last year his forces announced they had retaken the town, capturing heavy machineguns, mortars, vehicles and other military equipment.
anti-aircraft dual machine guns (14.5mm)
South Sudan's main armed opposition, SPLM/A-IO, under the leadership of former First Vice President Riek Machar has acquired new shoulder surface-to-air missiles capable of destroying high altitude fighter jets, a senior SPLA-IO officer said Friday.
According to Lodi, SPLA-N captured seven tanks, five of them in good conditions, from government forces which fled the area leaving 27 dead bodies on the ground.
"Prior to and just after Southern independence, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) sent thousands of ethnic Northern SPLA soldiers to South Kordofan fully armed with small arms, heavy weapons, and tanks, providing a significant source of fighters and weapons for the rebellion.
"Witnesses said they heard anti-aircraft fire and a muffled explosion and a flash in the sky around 10.30 p.m. (1930 gmt). Northern Yemeni forces have periodically fired Soviet-made Luna missiles at Aden during the night, but most of them have been downed by southern anti-aircraft batteries
On the Abyan axis, eight enemy tanks were destroyed, while two others were captured. On the Tawr al-Bahah-Khattabiyyah axis, 10 enemy tanks were destroyed, with three other tanks captured. Four BNB [phonetic] armoured cars and two Katyusha rocket launching vehicles were also destroyed. On the Kharaz-Mandab axis, five enemy tanks were captured and three others captured.
five tanks, four Katyusha launching vehicles and three crews captured;
Videos showing Hadi's forces on Aden streets carrying machine guns and cheering to prove they were in full control were circulated online. Hadi's fighters chanted "God is great, and we are all with legitimacy, we are all Abed Rabbou." In some of the videos, gunshots could be heard in the background and vehicle-mounted weapons could be seen
AQAP employs person and vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (including suicide attacks), small arms and rocket-propelled grenades against Yemeni and foreign government interests.
Asiri is in the spotlight after two bombs containing his trademark explosive PETN, or pentaerythritol trinitrate, were discovered in parcels -- on cargo planes in Dubai and Britain -- addressed to Jewish institutions in Chicago.
AQAP also attacked state institutions in the province, shelling Sana'a airport with mortars on 5 Nov in retaliation for US drone strikes in Yemen.
Eleven more such attacks were carried out in neighbouring Shabwa province, including a rocket strike on the Yemen LNG company in Belhaf on 18 Dec.
On 27 Sept, less than a week following the Houthi seizure of Sana'a, AQAP claimed to have launched a "Lu-type" rocket at the US Embassy in Sana'a, allegedly wounding some guards on the scene. Exactly two months later, on 27 Nov, AQAP claimed yet another attack on the embassy, this time detonating two improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
A third IED attack, which targeted US Ambassador Matthew H. Tueller as he left a meeting at the residence of Yemeni president Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, failed when the explosives planted outside Hadi's residence were allegedly discovered minutes before Tueller left the meeting.
On 3 Dec, AQAP claimed credit for a vehicle-borne explosive device (VBIED) attack at the residence of the Iranian ambassador to Yemen in the Hadda district of Sana'a. AQAP indicated that the attack came as a response to Iranian support for the Houthis.
The militants said they seized a tank, anti-aircraft weapons, a rocket launcher, rockets and 11 Kalashnikov assault rifles, as well as three military vehicles and "a large amount of ammunition."
"The blast took place after (the militants) sneaked into the base and planted an explosive device in the plane," it said.
Witnesses had said the gunmen arrived on motorbikes and immediately launched simultaneous attacks on the two headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and grenades.
"The most serious issue here is that Al-Qa'idah was able to manufacture a flying object that is remotely controlled and can fly a distance of up to 500 meters while loaded with explosives.
A bomb attack aimed at the British embassy in Sanaa causes material damage but no one is killed.
The French tanker Limburg is damaged by a bomb-laden skiff in the southeast port of Ash-Shir, killing a Bulgarian sailor.
Eight Spanish tourists and two local drivers are killed and nine wounded by a car bomb at a historic site in Maareb in northeast Yemen.
A policeman and a student are killed and 20 wounded in an attempted bombing of the US embassy in Sanaa.
Saudi Arabia says it arrested 44 people in an Al-Qaeda cell linked to AQAP and seized 70 machine-guns, 376 electronic detonators and more than 31,000 rounds of ammunition in three caches.
The haul comprised 281 Kalashnikov assault rifles, 250 magazines and 35 cases containing 41,250 rounds of ammunition.
Eight of the soldiers were killed when a rocket-propelled grenade hit their armoured vehicle, Loder regional security chief Yahya al-Barkani said. A security source said the armed men involved in the firefight may belong to Al-Qaeda, while another local official said the gunmen may have links with a southern separatist movement.
But a soldier who survived told News Yemen website the assailants arrived on three motorbikes and two minibuses and used machine guns, grenades and rocket-propelled grenades in the attack.
Another AQAP claim said the group had targeted with mortar rounds an IS position in "Jurf al-Aghar", allegedly prompting IS members to flee the site.
An army search of homes where the militants were barricaded found a large stash of weapons, including rockets and anti-tank weapons, the interior ministry said.
In January 2015 gunmen stormed the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo with assault rifles and other weapons, killing 12 people in an attack claimed by AQAP.
The ministry said the two men, along with a third, their driver who was captured after the gunfight, had snuck into the country from Yemen and were carrying RDX explosives, Kalashnikov assault rifles, grenades, pistols, and four suicide vests in their car when they were intercepted.
They took "30 tanks, 90 military vehicles, 25 armoured vehicles and 28 artillery pieces," a military official told AFP.
A spokesperson for the popular committee, Ali Aeeda, said AQAP militants attacked popular committee checkpoints with guns and the fighting ensued after committee men shot back
A Dushka heavy machine gun and two tanks from the brigade were also seized in the fighting, according to local sources, one of which was used to shell the brigade's base.
A building housing the intelligence services in the Al-Tawahi district near the port came under fire at 0440 GMT, by a group of men armed with rocket-propelled grenades, grenades and machine guns, local officials told AFP.
He said he assisted in the preparation of the group's English propaganda publication, Inspire magazine. Reading from a statement he prepared with his defense attorneys, Pham said he also agreed in 2011 to receive military training from the organization, and he carried and used an automatic assault rifle.
A source from AQAP, who has previously fought with the group and lives in Qaifa, said "the tribes and Ansar Al-Sharia [AQAP] withdrew to the mountains of Qaifa after they took armoured vehicles and military hardware which they had acquired during previous fights."
It added that the forces dismantled land mines and captured vehicles used by al-Qaida militants, as well as arrested a number of suspected fighters
In August, 44 people, all but one of them Saudis, were arrested, and about 70 machine-guns, 31,000 rounds of ammunition and 376 electronic detonation devices unearthed from caches in Riyadh and in the desert north of the capital.
An AQAP statement published by the SITE Intelligence Group named the suicide bomber as Abu Salih, and said Al-Qaeda members had mortared the same position two days previously.
During the raid, 40 Al-Shabaab fighters were confirmed neutralized, 30 AK 47 Rifles captured including 1 Doshika and 1 PKM,"
Chirchir said the key base of insurgents blamed for a series of grenade and Landmine attacks on the east African nation was completely destroyed and the Al-Shabaab members who escaped towards Bibi are being pursued.
Terrified shoppers huddled in back hallways and prayed they would not be found by the Islamic extremist gunmen lobbing grenades and firing assault Rifles inside Nairobi’s top mall Saturday.
Al-Shabaab launches a series of low-grade terrorist strikes in Nairobi. Attacks aimed at civilian targets. Attack at Mwaura’s pub, leaves two dead, 20 wounded. Attacker hurled grenade before fleeing.
Each one had two Rifles, small bags on their backs and many other types of equipment we have never seen before,” he said.
They robbed the officer of his loaded G3 Rifle.
The suspects handed over an AK 47 Rifle and sixteen rounds of ammunition to Toiwandent Administration Police officers who later gave them to the military personnel who are in charge of the operation
Al-Shabaab members have in the past carried out deadly attacks in Kenya using grenades and homemade bombs
An improvised device that had been planted on the road in Garissa exploded injuring three police officers 10 days ago.
He was convicted and jailed for 59 years after he was found with four suicide vests, 12 grenades, four IEDs, four AK-47 assault Rifles and 480 bullets.
e explains that when policemen knocked on the door of the house; two grenades were thrown at them as the occupants of the house opened fire.
In the past year, there have been over 30 attacks involving grenades or Explosive devices in Kenya, leaving at least 76 people dead and around 220 people injured.
Police in Malindi have said a ballistic analysis has confirmed that slain Al Shabaab suspect Ali Mohamed Delawa, killed counter-terrorism agent Ahmed Abdalla Bakhshwein on January 28 this year using a stolen US Rifle.
Police also found six Explosive cylinders weighing 60 kg in suspects' car.
Police further seized six hand grenades, an AK-47 Rifle, 270 rounds of ammunition, five detonators, and a cell phone.
Another Muslim cleric, Sheikh Mohat Omar, and his wife were arrested by the police for allegedly supplying grenades to Al-Shabaab terrorists that have been terrorizing residents of Nairobi and Mombasa.
Obonyo said the military had seized Weapons including 13 AK-47 Rifles, five Rocket-propelled grenades and eight grenades.
The haul included seven Rocket-propelled grenades, 3 AK47 Rifles, 227 bullets, hand grenades, five IED timers, four magazines and mobile phones.
On Sunday, police arrested six al Shabaab fighters with two Pistols, seven grenades, 20 rounds of ammunition and 15 magazines in Garissa Ndogo trading centre.
The officers seized three AK-47 Rifles, 92 rounds of ammunitions, seven magazines, eight magazine pouches, four first aid kits, six mobile phones and over 200 mobile phone motherboards believed to be used in making improvised Explosive devices (IEDs).
A Rocket-propelled grenade, four AK-47 assault Rifles, an improvised Explosive device and two hand grenades were found, said Kenya Defence Forces spokesman David Obonyo.
Police also seized 17 rounds of ammunition, three liquid Explosives, four plastic Explosives and four bomb detonators.
KDF soldiers on Friday killed four al Shabaab militants in Hulugho, Garissa county and seized nine AK-47 Rifles, 15 magazines and three grenades.
Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) spokesman Col. Paul Njuguna said that during the dawn operation, eight AK 47 Rifles and ammunition were captured as well as Al-Shabaab flags, magazines, improvised Explosive devices and two bombs.
Three AK-47 assault Rifles, 11 magazines, a satellite phone and 290 rounds of ammunition belonging to the terrorists were seized.
The rebels carted away one caliber .45 Pistol, one M16 Armalite Rifle, one KG-9, caliber 380 and live ammunitions, 23rd IB report said.
Police who intercepted the vehicle bearing the Explosives in March last year found six grenades, an AK-47 assault Rifle, 270 bullets, six cylindrical bombs weighing 10kg each, five magazines, six detonators, a Nokia cell phone and six electronic cables.
The KNLA produces some explosives, especially landmines; h
They also seized at the camp a Colt AR-15 automatic rifle with 38 bullets, a Baikal rifle with seven shotgun cartridges and a homemade rifle
More than 300 Mon rebels surrendered to the Burmese forces near the Thai border in Prachuab Khiri Khan and handed over some 1,700 pieces of arms and ammunition yesterday, a Mon rebel source said.
They took with them more than 20 weapons including rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, M-16s automatic rifles, M-79 grenade launchers, AK-47 assault rifles and grenades, a DKBA officer said.
A motley collection of weapons and kit belonging to the gunmen was also laid out for reporters to see, including a collection of M-16 and AK47 guns, grenades, webbing, and bomb making equipment.
Police also displayed hammocks, battered fatigues, some teargas, at least one landmine and seven pairs of boots.
On Monday, as his mother was signing in to get a sore throat examined, 10 men carrying assault rifles and pistols burst in, Decha said.
Ten people were caught and six Kalashnikov rifles, 1,000 bullets and several knives were seized.
They're carrying M16s and grenades and the claim is that they have wired parts of the building with explosives.
Government troops seized a 40mm rocket launcher, an M-21 rifle and ammunition.
When the fighting was over and KIA pushed back government troops left them behind six of the new Weapons in their arsenal - and it proved to be an M-3, one of the recent export models of the Carl Gustaf, a Swedish 84 mm Mortar
However, during the NDA regime in India, counter-espionage authorities at the behest of the Defence Minister George Fernandes had ham-handedly and without suitable precautions supplied some quantity of infantry and Artillery Weapons to the Tatmadaw. The outcome was evident recently, when, some of these Weapons having `batch numbers` from the lot exported by Sweden to India, fell into the hands of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), leading to adverse international publicity and consequent embarrassment for New Delhi.
The Chinese-built Type 81 assault Rifle has proven surprisingly popular with various warlord groups in Myanmar, according to the China Youth Daily. The Kachin Independence Army was the first of competing groups in Myanmar to receive the bootleg version of the assault Rifle, which loads the same M43 bullet as the commonly used AK-47.
The KIO reportedly seized two 60-mm weapons, two MG 42 machine guns, one MA4 rocket launcher, three MA3, five MA1, nine rocket propelled grenade launchers, four 9-mm pistols, nine landmines, seven limpet mines, seven 79-mm grenades and various ammunition.
In the attack, the Burmese army seized a 120-mm mortar, a 60-mm mortar, 270 hand grenades, 52 landmines, 4,000 bullets and 13 other weapons, the reports said, stressing that the hill was being used by the KIA to launch attacks on government forces.
On February 25, 10 remote-controlled mines, made from TNT gunpowder, were discovered outside the customs office in Loi Je Township in Bhamo District in Kachin State.
Along with the soldiers, KIA sources said they seized a 60mm motor, a two-inch motor, a MG47 machine gun and other MA rifles.
Seized from the insurgents were a total of 555 assorted weapons including one 82-mm mortar; three 75-mm recoilless rifles; eight 60-mm mortars; a .5 [as heard] machine gun; a 3.5 launcher [as heard]; one 57-mm recoilless rifle; and one anti-aircraft gun 7,898 rounds of ammunition for heavy weapons, 101,242 rounds of small arms ammunition, 363 assort ed mines, 991 assorted magazines, 2,071 grenades, 218 pieces of assorted [word indistinct], 15,405 detonators, 11 communications sets, five walkie-talkies, seven radio sets, eight transceivers,
The armed forces also seized a total of 29 assorted weapons including one anti-aircraft gun, one 57-mm recoilless rifle, and one 60-mm mortar over 5,000 rounds of ammunition, 85 assorted mines and 150 grenades.
Captured from the enemy were 12 assorted weapons, one sub-machine gun, one 2-inch mortar, one 3-inch mortar, 140 rounds of 3-inch mortar shells, over 3,500 rounds of assorted ammunition, one power generator and a large quantity of other war materiel, including maps
One pistol, five carbines, five G-3s, four G-4s, nine G-2s, two sub-machineguns, one 90 mm bazooka, one M-79 collapsible mortar, one mortar, one signal gun . . . 27 landmines, three detonating mines, 44 assorted mortar shells, 34 grenades, nine crates of bazooka shells, more than 10,000 rounds of assorted ammunition, one telegraph transmitter and other war materiel were captured
A total of 7,790 KNPP members returned to the legal fold today. They brought with them 8,934 weapons which included 23 60-mm mortars, six 81-mm mortars, five 82-mm mortars, 10 82-mm recoilless rifles, 10 107-mm recoilless rifles, three 120-mm mortars, three 75-mm recoilless rifles, three 57-mm recoilless rifles, four 62-mm launchers, and three .5 machine guns…
Pte Aye Min..., Pte Thein Win… and Pte Hlaing Myint… from the SLORC State Law and Order Restoration Council Defence Services' Light Infantry Regiment No 102 defected on 2nd September to the Karenni National Progressive Party KNPP -controlled Kauk Kauk regional camp, with two BA-63 automatic rifles and one BA-64 automatic rifle.
The Weapons, including 15 SAM-7 Surface-to-air Missiles, 1,005 Rifles, Rocket-propelled grenade launchers and a homemade 105 mm Mortar, were given to Maj-Gen Tin Htut, commander of the Eastern Force.
They brought in one M-22 Pistol, one .45 Pistol, three .38 Revolvers, one 9-mm Pistol, three Chinese Pistols, two .32 Pistols, four AK-47 automatic Rifles, six M-22 automatic Rifles, two .22 long barrel guns, 254 rounds of ammunition, and 15 magazines.
A total of 74 remnant MTA Mong Tai Army rebels led by Company Commander U Shaung Yin exchanged a total of 22 weapons - one pistol, one carbine, one M-2 rifle, two M-16 automatic rifles, 13 M-22 automatic rifles, one M-23 rifle, two rocket launchers, and one 82 mm mortar; 1,198 rounds of assorted ammunition, 16 assorted magazines, 114 assorted rockets and projectiles, and 76 plastic mines for peace at the Mong Htaw Garrison in the Triangle Region Military Command area on the evening of 22nd February.
Twenty-three members of the MTA [Mong Tai Army] Lwe Maw armed group brought in one 9 mm pistol, four carbines, 10 M16 automatic rifles, one M21 automatic rifle, eight M22 automatic rifles, 24 cartridges and 237 rounds of ammunition…
In the period between July 2015 and March 2016, around 130 mortars, shells, explosive devices and rockets had hit the Saudi territories every day.
Capt. Olivier Hamuli, the Congolese army (FARDC) eastern operations Spokesman told The New Times on phone that four rebels were killed early in the day, 35 AK-47 rifles seized and a total of 494 rebels also surrendered to the joint operation in the past two days.
Beginning in late February 2011, however, the Rwandan government has been arresting a number of people it claims are involved in grenade smuggling for the purpose of conducting terror attacks and committing other crimes. One of the men arrested operated out of Burundi. The common element in all of the arrests (about three dozen so far) has been the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia.
Her husband tried to protect her, but some of the fighters started beating the 60-year-old man with their Rifles
ecruits who managed to escape told Human Rights Watch that they were given military uniforms and taught how to use a Rifle and other basic military tactics.
His family saw him in Rutshuru on July 25 in military uniform with a Rifle, fighting alongside the M23 against the Congolese army.
According to several M23 soldiers, RDF troops provided the rebels with heavy Weapons such as 12.7 mm Machine guns, 60 mm, 91 mm and 120 mm Mortars, as well as anti-Tank and anti-Aircraft launchers ahead of the attack,
The letter included a photo of 120mm Mortars said to come from Makenga's private stock.
We carried out investigations and the suspect led us to other suspects whom we found with eight SMGs in Muhoza Sector. The suspects are linked to the FDLR and we handed them to the prosecution,” Hitayezu said.
Fifteen people, including three women, accused of being behind a spate of grenade attacks in Musanze District and having links with FDLR were also arrested and handed over to prosecution in March and are currently on trial.
The key question is whether, as the report suggests, the Missile launcher was seized by rebels from a militia backed by Mr. Kagame’s army, the RPF.
A Senegalese army officer who wished to remain anonymous claimed the mine was laid by rebels with the Movement of Democratic Forces for Casamance (MFDC), to protest the Senegalese army reinforcing its position in the area.
Major General Ahmad Hassan Mohammad Asiri, the former spokesperson of the Saudi-led operation in Yemen and defense ministry of Saudi Arabia reported that since the inception of the Saudi-led operation, Houthis rebel have targeted Saudi Arabia with 48 ballistic missiles and a total number of 138 missiles have targeted either Saudi territory or its forces
American officials, hitherto dismissive of Yemeni accusations of Iranian support for the Houthis, started to acknowledge that Iran was probably providing very limited assistance, including small numbers of automatic rifles and grenade launchers, bomb-making material and several million dollars in cash.
To aid the economy-of-force efort, all defensive positions are covered by chaotically laid harassment minefields and trip wires, and any lost ground will be hastily booby-trapped before evacuation, even civilian homes, farms, and schools. In defense of a trench complex, a single fighter will be expected to move from position to position, firing a machine-gun in one, a sniper rifle in another, and a B-10 recoilless rifle, medium mortar, or even an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) in a third.
Burkan 2-H medium-range ballistic missile
The clearest example of this is the Burkan 2-H medium-range ballistic missile, which the Houthis have used since May 2017 to strike Riyadh and Yanbu, around 600 miles distant from launch points in northern Yemen
Iranian components were also integrated into repurposed Yemeni SA-2 surface-to-air missiles to produce the Qaher series of surface-to-surface free-flight rockets, which were used to strike targets up to 155 miles inside Saudi Arabia on over 60 occasions between 2015 and 2017
Since 2015, Ansar Allah has attacked shipping with naval mines and anti-ship missiles that were already in the Yemeni arsenal,ag to which it has added the use of boat-mounted ATGMs
The most significant technological development undertaken by the Houthis in coastal defense was the conversion (with Iranian supportaj) of coast guard speedboats into the self-guiding Shark-33 explosive drone boat, which can be programmed to follow a course or home in on a target using electro-optical television guidance.
One is Ansar Allah’s Qasef-1 unmanned aerial vehicle, which the United Nations stated was “virtually identical in design, dimensions and capability to that of the Ababil-T, manufactured by the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries.”
As with strategic missile systems, the Houthis took control of Yemen’s coastal missile batteries and then integrated them into an Iranian-supported salvage and modernization program
By March 2018, the Houthi movement had also fought a long-running deadly ‘cat-and-mouse’ game of rocket launches under Gulf coalition aerial surveillance, launching 66,195 short-range rockets into Saudi Arabia, killing 102 civilians, wounding 843, and depopulating several hundred small villages
As the Houthi movement seized power in Sana’a, it inherited as many as six operational 9M117M launchers and 33 R-17E Elbrus (NATO name SS-1C Scud-B) short-range ballistic missiles, a system with a range of 310 miles
R-17E Elbrus short-range ballistic missiles
In addition to the absorption of entire brigade sets of tanks, artillery, and anti-aircraft weapons
Yemen’s minister of information and military commanders said that government forces wrested complete control of the Red Sea city and explosives experts were defusing thousands of landmines planted by the defeated militants.
To slow the government forces’ advances, retreating Houthi militants have left behind thousands of landmines
In July 2019, the Houthis publicly displayed cruise missiles and UAVs in their arsenal and, according to one analysis, the Houthis are “revealing capabilities that Iran has been developing secretly for years.”
Since June, the Houthis have launched multiple UAV and missile attacks against regional airports in Saudi Arabia (Jizan, Najran, and Abha), forcing the suspension of flights, damaging runways, and killing several civilians.
The day after their arrival, the group was taken to two Arms showrooms, displaying a full spread of hardware ranging from semi-automatic Rifles modeled after the AK-47 and M16, small Pistols, mounted heavy-caliber Machine guns, even Rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
The consignment included 82mm, 60mm and 120mm Mortars as well as 14.5mm ZPU heavy machine-guns, and an anti-Aircraft Weapons system.
Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Tuesday, Sai Sheng Murng, the deputy spokesman of the rival Shan State Army-South (SSA) said, “For more than one year now, the UWSA has been manufacturing AK-47 Rifles similar to those made in China.”
All the weapons surrendered by the seven ULFA cadres, had specific marks of the manufacturers, which clearly indicated the involvement of UWSA. The ULFA cadres laid down 3 AK-81(MQ) assault rifles, 1 AK 56 assault rifle, 2 Heckler & Koch assault rifles, 6 AK 81 magazines, 5 AK 56 magazines, 6 HK magazines, 1 Chinese hand grenade; 326 numbers of 7.62 mm ammunition; 232 numbers of 5.56 mm ammunition and 59 numbers of 9 mm ammunition.
Societ Strela-2 (SA-7) man portable air defense systems
the UWSA has acquired more sophisticated weapons, including anti-aircraft systems. In or around 2000, the WA added to their small arsenal of Societ Strela-2 (SA-7) man portable air defense systems when they acquire HN-5N systems (..) The same soure also stated that the UWSA has acquired 12.7 and 14.5 mm antiaircraft guns and 60mm, 82 mm, and 120 mm mortars (...) The UWSA's artillery regiment has been equipped with 130 mm field guns and 122 mm howitzers (...)
Notable in the march-past were what appeared to be twin-barrelled 14.5 mm ZU-2-based towed anti-aircraft guns, as well as third-generation FN-6 manportable air defence systems (MANPADSs), which have replaced the obsolete HN-5A systems previously in UWSA inventory.
twin-barrelled 14.5 mm ZU-2-based towed anti-aircraft guns
Other modern Chinese infantry weapon systems included 5.56 mm QBZ-97 assault rifles that are gradually replacing the Chinese-designed 7.62 mm Type 81 assault rifles manufactured by the UWSA itself; Type 56 series 7.62 mm assault rifles; 7.62 mm Type 79 semi-automatic sniper rifles; truck-mounted 12.7 mm QJZ89 heavy machine guns; and Type 69 rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
7.62 mm Type 79 semi-automatic sniper rifles
truck-mounted 12.7 mm QJZ89 heavy machine guns
The UWSA seized 13 mobile phones, five pistols, one M79 grenade launcher, one M16A1 assault rifle, two Ma rifles and two AK-47 assault rifles as well as 40,000 methamphetamine pills from the captured suspects.
For example, the United Wa State Army (UWSA) in Myanmar reportedly acquired 100 HN-5 MANPADS in the 2012, although the source is not known
China’s willingness to supply MANPADS to the UWSA, East Asia’s largest military non-state actor, reflects two different facets of the situation in northeast Myanmar.
weapons acquired by the UWSA include howitzers, field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery and surface to air missiles, such as HN-5 MANPADS.
The Bangkok Post quoted an army spokesman as saying the Myanmar-based United Wa State Army (UWSA) had been buying up SAM-7 missiles from arms traffickers operating near the border.
The agency also said police found the pills at the scene along with an AK-47 assault rifle, three pistols and Myanmar army uniforms.
Speaking to The Irrawaddy, one resident who asked for anonymity said he witnessed three 120mm mortar launchers and 10 armoured cars going to southern Shan State, where UWSA units are based.
After the shooting, authorities confiscated 1.5m tablets of methamphetamines, with a street value of 80-120m baht, along with two automatic rifles and two grenades.
During the operation some armed villagers responded by small arms fire and fled the scene leaving behind 192.2 kilos of opium, seven assorted weapons, 11 land mines, two hand grenades and 12 mules.
Afterwards, the TNLA raided the militia in Mongpan Village at 6:30 am and found eight M 22 long rifles, one carbine, one pistol and a number of illicit drugs, according to the information department of PSLF/TNLA (Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta'ang National Liberation Army).
The soldiers seized three high-powered fireArms, including an M16 armalite Rifle, M14 armalite Rifle, and one US Garand.
Philippine National Police, aided by units of the Philippine armed forces, arrested Hailil who was found carrying a .45-caliber Pistol, bullets and a grenade.
Seized were four M16 Rifles, an AK47 Rifle, an M4 Rifle, a BAR Rifle, three M14 Rifles, assorted magazines, assorted ammunition and several bandoleers.
Recovered were an M4 Rifle with attached M203, a .9mm Pistol and a caliber .45 Pistol.
Troops recovered an M16-A1 assault Rifle, a Rifle grenade, a .45 caliber Pistol from Mijal.
Recovered from site were empty shells 57mm recoilless Rifle shells; M-60 light Machine guns; M-203 grenade launchers; M-14 Rifles; and, M-16 automatic Weapons.
During the arrest, two of Dela Cruz’s companions ran away. The policemen gave chase and arrested the suspects who were found in possessions of a bag, three hand grenades, detonating cord, time fuse, two non-electric blasting caps and sling bag containing a hand grenade.
Seized from the duo were one pound of TNT, detonating cord and time fuse.
Seized from the them three hand grenades, a caliber .45 Pistol and four magazines loaded with bullets; and three rolls of time fuse, two blasting caps and at least a dozen cell phone batteries and two motorcycle.
Troops seized an M-16 Rifle, an M-203 grenade launcher and an improvised Explosive.
Authorities believe the ASG has splintered into small groups to evade soldiers, and have been planting improvised Explosives to delay movements of government troops.
He said the Weapons they captured are one 90RR, a shoulder-fired anti-Tank arm; four Armalite; two baby M203 Rifle; one long M203; one Bushmaster; and one Barrett M60 Machine gun.
Galib dela Cruz, a member of the MILF 105th Base Command, was arrested by combined Army and police troops who conducted raid at his house and seized a Barret 50 caliber sniper Rifle, two Rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers, two RPG propellers, two RPG fillers and 13 rounds of 50 caliber bullets.
In the bloody Mamasapano clash, for example, he said, the MILF and the BIFF seized modern and heavy armaments including 90RRs and M-60 Machine guns with night vision scopes from the fallen SAF commandos.
Besides the submarine, the MILF also bought 10,000 M-16 Rifles, 200 assault Machine guns, 81 grenades and spare parts
The Philippines military last week declassified captured rebel documents which it said showed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had made payments for Machine guns, Explosives, grenades and other munitions worthnearly two million dollars in 1999.
The MILF had received 1,190 automatic Rifles and hundreds of thousands of  ammunition rounds in two Shipments that arrived on July 24 in Palembang town,  Sultan Kudarat province and Kapatagan town in Lanao del Sur province, a senior  defense official said.
Ponce said the troops recovered a cache of ammunition, a Rocket-propelled grenade Rifle and two live Mortar shells left behind by the fleeing Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas
Troops have seized at least 59 bombs in Mindanao in the past few weeks, the military said yesterday.
Among the fireArms seized from the suspect were one M60 light machinegun, one spare M60 barrel, one lower receiver of M60; three M16 Rifles with one pack loaded with spare parts, 7 M16 Rifle butts, five M16 Rifle hand guards; 16 Rifle buffer springs, four Rifle bolts, five carry handles, 12 M16 Rifle guides, 4 M16 rear sights, 2 M16 flash suppressors, 2 M16 gas cylinders; one M4 air gun with magazine; one M203 grenade launcher, a .45 caliber Pistol and several barrels for M16 Rifle.
Among the fireArms that the MILF had bought, according to Iqbal, were M60 Machine guns worth P450,000 each and M16 Rifles at P60,000 per piece.
Recovered from the suspects were three .50 caliber sniper Rifles, one M60 Machine gun, three Rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds and propellants, a hand grenade, a .45 caliber Pistol, and sixteen rounds of caliber 7.62 ammunition.
The Arms buyer also said Russian-made Rocket propelled grenades (RPG) used to be in demand until the MILF began making its own grenade launchers and RPGs.
THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front yesterday returned 16 high-powered fireArms seized by its fighters from police commandos they engaged in a day-long gun battle last month in Maguindanao.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) appears not inclined to meet the demand for the return of 40 fireArms seized from slain Special Action Force (SAF) policemen during the tragic Mamasapano massacre last Jan. 25 that legislators and even President Aquino consider as a test of sincerity of the rebel group amid debates on the proposed creation of the Bangsamoro substate.
Chief Insp. Melgar Debaras, CIDG deputy chief for northern Mindanao, said authorities counted 8,000 bullets for 60 caliber Machine guns and four M203 grenade launchers.
She said a "decommissioning body" was to be appointed by both sides to determine what happens to MILF's Weapons, which include Machine guns, assault Rifles, Rocket propelled grenades, small fireArms and anti-Tank Weapons and Mortars.
He said the factory could manufacture an average of 194 RPG-2s each month and boasted the MILF now has about 1,500 RPG-2s in its armory.
He said the factory also made cal. 45 automatic Pistols, 60 mm Mortars and RPGs
Gonzales said that as National Security Adviser, he has been” asking for the  actual measure of Arms in the hands of rebels" and based on estimates, the Moro  Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) may have from 10,000 to 15, 000; the Moro  National Liberation Front (MNLF) may have "5, 6, 7, 8,000fireArms."
But the MNLF rebels have continued to engage in heavy sporadic fighting, using snipers and Mortar fire to slow the advance.
They were bodily searched to include personal belongings which resulted to the confiscation of two short fireArms, caliber.38 Revolver bearing serial number 85001 loaded with six live ammos and serial no 311483 loaded with five live ammos found tucked at the waist of Perfecto Cresencio and Dione M Eran and two hunting knife from camouflage bag of their companion.
Found in Ali’s possession were shabu with a street value of P300,000, six assault Rifles and a .60 cal. Machine gun.
Aside from several big sachets of shabu, the raiders seized five M-16 Rifles, an AK-47 Kalashnikov Rifle and an M-60 machinegun.
The seized fireArms included a loaded M60 Machine gun, a Barrett Rifle, an M14 Rifle, an M1 Garand Rifle, an M16 Bushmaster, and several handguns
Pastrana said the fireArms seized included an M-60 Machine gun, a Barret sniper’s Rifle with scope, a Garand Rifle, an improvised Recoilless Propelled grenade, a Rifle grenade, and at least five handguns.
The soldiers seized a Machine gun, assorted Rifles, a Rocket-propelled grenade launcher and ammunition from the group
The commander of the Fourth Military Region pointed out that there are other weapons of a different kind and source, including anti-tank weapons, various Russian arms, and new sniper weapons of a 12.7 calibre.
The army has so far dismantled 10,000 landmines and explosive devices planted by the rebels in Baqam, said the report.
"They are using schools as war positions and stores for weapons including heavy equipment they looted from military camps and compounds including tanks, armoured vehicles, anti-aircraft guns," it said.
Two people are said to have been killed when a landmine planted by the Houthi rebels exploded in northern Yeme
Al-Masdar Online news website quoted field sources as saying that the blast took place on 31 October, when the ambulance forces were travelling and passed over the landmine which had been planted by the Houthi rebels on a dirt road in the Duraihimi district south of Hudaydah.
The website added that over the past week, two children, a farmer and two soldiers had been killed and five others injured due to landmines planted by the Houthi rebels in the coastal areas of Hudaydah and Taiz.
The Houthis are reported to have used landmines as a form of defence on various fronts across Yemen. Rights groups have warned that the explosives could continue to kill and injure civilians for decades to come before they can all be removed.
The Houthis said they fired Katyusha rockets and mortars on the Saudi cities of Jazan and Najran on Monday, after the Saudis hit Saada and Hajah provinces with more than 150 rockets.
A couple and their child were killed by a landmine planted by the Houthi rebels in their farm in a village on Yemen's Red Sea coast, pro-southern Aden al-Ghad news website reported on 3 February.
The incident was the result of one of the "thousands" of landmines planted by the Houthis on roads and in villages on the coast which had resulted in "hundreds" of civilian deaths, according to the source.
Local sources told Yemen Fox that militias of the Huthi in Sa'adah province situated two tanks and a number of armoured vehicles and anti-aircraft weapons, that were looted from the army, on mountains overlooking Damaj area.
The huge cache of weapons found aboard included 20 anti-aircraft missiles and 18 Katyusha rockets, all made in Iran, besides 100 RPG launchers, high and powerful explosives of RDX, C4 and Sorbitol, small arms ammunition, ground-to-ground rockets, explosives, Iranian-and Russian-made military-grade binoculars, missile tubes and battery units along with other weapons and military equipment.
Three tanks of the militants were destroyed in the battles that occurred in the Qalou'ah district, they said.
Houthi militants with support from forces loyal to ex-president Saleh continued to shell populated areas with mortars and civilian casualties were reported today, they added.
Eyewitness confirmed that Huthis seized control of the village following violent overnight clashes with armed tribesmen in which the Huthis used artillery fire and rockets.
A woman has been killed and 12 other civilians wounded when a mortar shell fired by the Houthi rebels hit a residential neighbourhood in the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz, privately-owned news websites reported.
On Tuesday morning, a war plane destroyed a tank owned by the Houthis. Lately, the Houthi fighters have been sustaining a great loss," added Al-Obadi.
The channel quoted a military source as saying that the air force had carried out the attack with a "Qasef K2" drone, adding that it had killed and injured Saudi troops.
These comprised six sites used for gathering boats, rigging them with explosives and launching them remotely, al-Maliki said.
The Yemeni army downed a Houthi explosive drone over the northwestern province of Hajjah on 3 May, Aden al-Ghad news website reported.
The state-run Saba reported that the military police managed to discover an explosive device planted it in military police headquarter supposed to be set off by criminals affiliated to Houthi group as it bears the motto of the group.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi rebels in Yemen has said its forces have destroyed a boat rigged with explosives and launched by the Houthis into the southern part of the Red Sea.
Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki was quoted by Saudi state news agency SPA as saying that the military alliance's naval forces had intercepted and destroyed two boats laden with explosives on the morning of 17 March.
At least one Houthi tank was destroyed and another taken over by Hadi's loyalists, they said.
The Saudi-coalition has said it intercepted two drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels from Sanaa towards Khamis Mushait, a city in south-western Saudi Arabia.
The Ansarallah group (Huthis) has said that it seized a US Embassy armoured vehicle when US Marines onboard opened fire at one of the popular committees' checkpoints (Huthis) near the US Embassy.
Houthi militants attacked Yemen's state TV with rockets and clashed with guards of the TV's building in north of the capital city of Sanaa, media reports said.
Fighting erupted on 29 November when, according to the GPC, Houthi forces stormed the Al-Saleh mosque in Sanaa and launched RPGs and hand grenades.
Tens of tanks and armoured personnel carriers carrying Houthi fighters had crossed into al-Dhalie and Aden governorates, Al Jazeera correspondents said.
It also reported that mortar shelling launched by rebel forces in the town of Midi in the northern Yemeni province of Hajjah had destroyed military equipment and killed a "mercenary" in the town.
Houthi fighters and their allies positioned on the border have launched numerous missile and mortar attacks into Saudi territory.
Reuters quoted a resident as saying "we are hearing the sound of machineguns and mortars everywhere," .
Three Saudi soldiers were killed by Houthi mortar shells in the border area of Najran on Saturday, a military spokesman said.
The Saudi-led coalition, which has led an aerial campaign in Yemen since 2015, said on 10 March that the Houthis had carried out 41 violations in the city during the previous 24 hours, using light arms, rockets and mortars.
The newspaper quoted local sources from Amran province controlled by Houthi militants as saying "they transferred military vehicles, heavy weapons and dozens of Houthi fellows left Amran city heading towards the capital Sanaa"
Clashes between Houthis and Salafis escalated on Wednesday in Damaj and other areas after Houthi fighters sniped dead a son of the Salafi Movement leader Yahya al-Hajori on Tuesday.
On Friday, warplanes attacked Houthi positions in Hamdan and allegedly destroyed a tank captured by the rebels. Another tank was reportedly destroyed by pro-government forces positioned on Dhain mountain.
Three civilians have been killed and others injured when a mortar fired by Houthi rebel fighters landed in a residential area of the city of Taiz in southwestern Yemen on the morning of 17 July, Al-Masdar Online news website reported.
Launch of a mortar shell at the (Raqabat Almanarah) in Najran sector (2).
Fall of two (Katyusha) projectiles and firing of 4 shots by snipers of from the elements of (Al-Huthi terrorist group) behind Tower of (Abu Alradeef), in front of the border marker No. (95), in Jazan sector (1).
Launch of a mortar shell near the site of the artillery unit in (Aakfah Centre) in Najran sector (2).
(Raqabat a'laib) in front of the border mark (264) came under (3-4) mortar shells and Katyusha rockets mortar shells in Najran sector (2).
(Raqabat Alhathlah) came under one mortar shell in Najran sector (2).
In the province of Dali: the use of artillery and Katyusha rockets and tanks towards the city and houses at random, and clashes are continuing until now.
In the province of Aden: the bombing of (Salahuddin) and (Albriqa) with artillery and Katyusha rockets, and trying to advancing in the direction of (Arish) and (Alsolban) and movements of troops and military equipment towards (Arish) and (Alsolban).
In Taiz province: the bombing of the city (Alsainiah) and houses of citizens with artillery and tanks and killing of a large number of children and women.
During an earlier infiltration attempt, a number of mortar and RPG missiles targeted the area surrounding the Saudi military sites in Jazan, while a number of Katyusha rockets were fired on Jazan, targeting residential areas in the centre of the city.
The armed group engaged the troops in a 20-minute gunfight but withdrew, leaving one M16, three M14 rifles, two M1 garand, one M203 grenade launcher, assorted magazines and rounds of ammunition. Sobejana said the troops later recovered 12 more high-powered firearms while checking the encounter site. Seized were six M14 rifles, two M16A1 5.56mm rifles, two M1 garand rifles, one M203 grenade launcher, one M79 grenade launcher and hundreds of ammunition. Pursuing troops also recovered two high-powered firearms, including one M16, one M203 grenade launcher, 646 rounds of cartridge caliber .50 ammunition and six rounds of 60mm mortars in Barangay Lablab.
The military said they have already seized a total of 61 firearms, including a heavy machine gun since Wednesday after capturing its leader Saudi Hamja in Barangay Capual, an island village off Omar town.
The military said they have already seized a total of 61 firearms, including a heavy machine gun since Wednesdayafter capturing its leader Saudi Hamja in Barangay Capual, an island village off Omar town.
Recovered were an M-16 “Baby Armalite” rifle, a caliber .45 pistol and a motorboat when joint military and police forces raided the hideout of an alleged Abu Sayyaf coddler around 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Tainga Bakkao village, Banguingui.
The women were arrested in raids on houses in southern Zamboanga city where authorities seized two grenades, a bag of suspected ammonium nitrate and electrical parts that can be used in making bombs, police officials said.
According to AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] spy, shots of smuggled weapons were taken and they included computerized anti-aircraft missiles that the Abu Sayyaf could use in against attacks by government forces.
Among the recovered items were four light machine guns, four M-14 rifles, five M203 grenade launchers, two rocket-propelled grenades, five M-16 rifles (two of them fitted with scopes), a "Baby Armalite" with an M203 grenade launcher, five Minimi squad automatic weapons and five cellular phones, Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Arnulfo Burgos Jr said.
Included in its smuggled shipment are 84 anti-tank weapons and 90 and 57 mm recoilless rifles.
A military chief in the southern Philippines was quoted in local newspapers as saying the Abu Sayyaf had received a shipment of arms from overseas, including surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft guns.
The rebels were also armed with several anti-tank rockets, and at one time stopped at a riverside village to buy food and fuel, the intelligence source said.
The weapons taken from the group were a Belgian FN rifle, two M-203 grenade launchers and a Squad Automatic Weapon rifle.
Authorities seized small amounts of suspected drugs, a rifle, two pistols, four grenades, ammunition and several kilograms (pounds) of ammonium nitrate - a fertilizer ingredient that could be turned into explosives, the officials said.
Troops recovered firearms, mortar shells, a recoilless rifle and a night vision thermal imager.
They used the cash to acquire M-203 rocket-propelled grenades and 57-mm and 90-mm recoilless rifles that can knock out some armored vehicles, Aleo said.
Yemeni air defence forces have reportedly thwarted a Houthi drone attack on a town in the southern province of Abyan.
Witnesses said heavy machine-gun fire could be heard as mortars fell around the presidential palace.
Yemeni Tribal sources said that Houthi militants are still transferring the military equipments including tanks, armoured vehicles and weapons seized at the garrison of 310 Armoured Brigade, to Sa'adah province, while other military equipments have been transferred to sites seized by the militants at the security cordon of the capital Sanaa.
Houthi loyalists available at the scene fired at the military vehicle, leaving the eight soldiers dead, freeing the captured woman and stealing away the vehicle,"
Last week, Houthis armed with assault rifles paraded through Amran along with vehicles fitted with rocket launchers, demanding the sacking of the "corrupt government".
The air strikes targeted bases of Houthi leaders across Saada and Hajja provinces, said Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, as well as hitting tanks and other military vehicles.
Most Houthis in military uniform remain distinguishable from military personnel with their visibly stickered slogans on their rifles or on their uniforms.
Terrible as it was, what happened to the tourists pales in comparison with what the movement - now calling itself the Armed People for the Liberation of Rwanda - has done to the villagers of north-west Rwanda: massacres of schoolchildren, raids on refugee camps, grenade attacks on popular drinking spots.
The military sources said that from October 6-11, in Bushiru alone, the Rwandan army killed 101 Hutu rebels, and captured 16 assault rifles. It also captured a military commander identified as Second Lieutenant Juvenal Ndayambaje, code-named "Magara".
The FDLR is thought to possess some heavy weapons including rockets, mortars, anti-aircraft and machine guns.
FDLR could either purchase the guns or exchange minerals with guns," said former FDLR combatant Fabien Wabarinda.
He added that FDLR and FARDC have an ad hoc revenue-sharing arrangement and that sometimes FDLR receives AK-47s, hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades, from both MONUC and FARDC.
The Rwandan government is also accusing them of committing terrorist acts by placing grenades in Rwandan towns.
It issued a report on the multiple attacks as follow: seven FDLR rebels were killed in the operations on Sunday [13 December] in the Lwibo and Lukweti Sector between Masisi and Walikale, four others were captured and equipment seized, including AK4 rifles
The 38 year old, returned Friday [31 December] with a support weapon commonly known as the Katyusha one barrel (107 Millimetre gun) and an AK-47.
Katyusha one barrel (107 Millimetre gun)
Seven FDLR [Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda] combatants were killed and seven others have returned, including a captain, and three AK40 rifles were seized during Tuesday's fighting [15 December] in Nord-Kivu according to a report made by the communication unit of Kimia 2.
The national police spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Theos Badege, explained that the two grenade blasts in Nyabugogo near the butcher market, were organized by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda [FDLR] militia.
Ngirarubanda is said to be one of the group's coordinators in Burundi where he was staying and keeping some of the grenades procured by FDLR, before being ferried into Rwanda for subversive activities.
Addressing a news briefing in Kigali on ties between the FDLR and PS-Imberakuri, Vincent Munyeshyaka recalled that the FDLR has been reputed over the last few years for grenade attacks in Rwandan towns.
The officer in charge of military operations against the FDLR said an AK47 rifle, a generator and a jerry can of petrol were seized.
Several guns and heavy ammunitions were also recovered from them during this military operation.
According to accounts by some of the suspects currently in custody over a spate of grenade attacks in the country, which are said to have been perpetrated by the FDLR, those who brought the grenades into the country claim they passed through Burundi.
It was also reported that a child soldier of DRCongo nationality, former fighter of FDLR Rudi militia surrendered to the Monusco's base in Kiwanja [Rutshuru territory] 72 km north of Goma, with an AK47 rifle, an RPG and a machine gun.
This is what the minister of foreign affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo, said yesterday evening [14 September], a day after the twin grenade attacks which killed two people. By this network, she meant the dissidents, who live in exile in South Africa, in alliance with the FDLR Hutu rebel movement that is based in eastern DRCongo who were accused of the attacks that were launched on Rwanda recently.
Security forces have in the past blamed attacks on the FDLR, a Rwandan Hutu rebel group based in neighbouring DR Congo, as well as former security officials in exile.
The last grenade attack in Kigali was in March 2011, and injured seven people.
Two people were killed in a previous attack in January and seven were injured, two fatally, in a blast after presidential elections in August 2010.
Ngarame, 40, is a hefty looking man in full combat fatigues and a pistol on his belt. He acknowledges that some of his men may have been taken part in the Rwandan genocide.
Speaking to the parliamentary inquiry into France's role in events before and after the genocide, former cooperation minister Bernard Debre said he was "certain" the rebel RPF had fired the missiles that downed the plane.
The regular forces seized 11 rifles, several grenades, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, bayonettes, machetes and medical stores in the clashes, the official radio reported.
The Zairean government had accused the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) of being behind the raid late Tuesday in which gunmen attacked the Birawa camp in eastern Zaire with automatic weapons and grenades late Tuesday after killing two Zaireans and wounding five others on an island in nearby Lake Kivu.
The army and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front were firing rockets and mortar shells at each other near the airport and battled in neighborhoods of Kigali, said U.N. spokesman Moctar Gueye in a telephone interview.
The capital is largely surrounded by Rwandan Patriotic Front rebels who for weeks have laid siege with mortars, rockets and artillery.
However, straightaway all the suspicions were channelled towards the Rwandan Patriotic Front [RPF] , the armed opposition to the regime of Gen Juvenal Habyarimana which is based in Uganda.
The government has shifted blame for February's grenade attacks to two former top army officers, including Kayumba. The two were members of Kagame's then rebel group, Rwandan Patriotic Front, which ended the genocide and is now in power in Kigali.
That night was rive with mortar shelling by the RPF [Rwandan Patriotic Front], but mainly by Kalashnikov fire and grenades from the Zairean soldiers.
He added: "The first time, they fired ten anti-aircraft shells and the second time five."
In Kigali, the Rwandan Patriotic Front rebels struck with concentrated barrages of rocket, mortar and artillery fire that began at dusk Tuesday and lasted until dawn. Sporadic shelling continued throughout the day Wednesday and intensified as darkness fell.
RPF fighters are firing mortars and machine guns, launching grenades and abducting innocent civilians.
Rebels continued their artillery and mortar assault overnight on Camp Kimihurura, a government stronghold in east Kigali that the rebels have tried to cut off from downtown.
Yesterday, 5th September 1992, the RPF used heavy artillery - that is, mortars and machine-guns - to pound positions Rwandan armed forces' positions.
Sixteen people were injured Thursday in two near-simultaneous grenade blasts in Kigali, less than a month after two others were killed in the capital city by multiple grenade explosions.
Several others have been massacred in Kabuye [phonetic] by RPF fighters who, according to the same sources, put them together in groups of 10 before massacring them with machine-guns or grenades.
The aggressors were equipped with heavy and sophisticated weapons, including among others armoured vehicles, cars equipped with machine-guns, mortars and recoilless guns.
Relief workers said Banyamulenge rebels were advancing on Kahnindo and the nearby Katale camp, farther north, from both north and south, and firing mortars at Zairean troops.
The grenade was thrown as soldiers of the governing Rwandan Patriotic Front's (RPF) army tried to arrest a suspect Tuesday in the Cyangugu region, the sources said.
Kigali, 18th April: Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebels kept up the pressure on government forces in Kigali overnight, with fierce mortar and cannon-fire exchanges aimed to weaken the army's resolve, a military spokesman said.
The Tutsi-led rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front then swept south into Kigali, where it has been battling the army ever since with mortars, artillery and automatic weapons.
Sporadic mortar blasts and small arms' fire rocked the blood-sodden capital [on] Wednesday as guerrillas of the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) fought government soldiers.
Police found six grenades, including a rifle-fired grenade, beside what appeared to be a homemade bomb wrapped in a detonating cord with about a kilogram of suspected explosive chemical powder, concealed in a locker in one of the rooms, he said.
Manila is also investigating pilferage at military armories, Ermita said, adding it was "possible" US-made rifles in Abu Sayyaf hands were either stolen from the military or sold to them by rogue soldiers.
Baluyot said police, who escaped injury, were examining documents found in a bag recovered along with two M-16 rifles, two M-203 grenade launchers and handguns
Among the weapons recovered were a shoulder-fired 90RR recoilless rocket launcher, a bazooka, an M16 rifle, an AK-47 assault rifle and an MI Garand rifle.
The clashes occurred after two US troopers and a Filipino Marine were killed after their convoy hit a landmine allegedly planted by Abu Sayyaf extremists in Indanan last Tuesday.
Recovered from the fight scene were three rifles (M14, M16 and R4), a handguard with more than 40 rounds of ammunition and six magazines for rifles, food items, a cellular phone, and explosive materials.
Two rifles and some grenades, along with a huge motorboat with five powerful engines, were seized in the raids, Detoyato added.
Pama said the troops seized several improvised explosive devices (IED), ammonium nitrate, grenades and rifle grenades fashioned into bombs, battery packs, tripwires, and training manuals for bomb making and demolition.
anti-aircraft, we have mortars and RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] and anti-tanks [as heard]. We have RPG 2 and RPG 7, different types and versions of anti-tanks. We have also these machine guns, from 50-calibre and other types of machine guns and those [preceding word in Tagalog] small arms (?such as) M-14 rifles, M-16s, Garrands, and all these small American-made firearms, and outside here [preceding phrase in Tagalog], outside, the same thing is also going on there. If you have the money, you can buy anywhere outside.
Jaafar said the MILF had embarked on a self-reliance program, including the manufacture of M-79 grenade launchers and .45-caliber pistols, as well as the conversion of World War II-vintage M-1 rifles into automatic weapon
He said the MILF was now near its objective of building a regular force of six divisions, or 120,000 fighters, armed with assault rifles, mortars and anti-tank weapons.
Witnesses said the MILF raiders were mostly young men armed with high-powered AK-47 assault rifles, grenade launchers and anti-tank weapons.
Geslani said the IEDs used in the first two attacks were fashioned from live 60 mm and B-40 anti-tank rockets. A B-40 anti-tank rocket was among the three IEDs that bomb experts properly defused off Saturday.
Ponce said rogue members of the MILF have set off more than 30 IEDs this year in Maguindanao where a massive manhunt against renegade leader Umbra Kato was on going
Armed men thought to belong to the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) exploded dynamite at the town hall and a tourist camping ground in the village of Thionck Essyl in the north-west of Casamance, at about 4 a.m.
Seperatist rebels in Senegal's Casamance region have acquired new weaponry, including rocket launchers and mortars, a military source said on Tuesday after an attack in which seven soldiers were killed.
It has been discovered that the guerrillas are using heavy artillery and are shelling in the same way as the army," the newspaper said.
Sar said the attackers fired anti-tank rocket-propelled grenades at a military vehicle which had become stuck before fleeing south to the Guinea-Bissau border.
The landmines have been laid over several years by rebels of the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC), who have been fighting for the independence of the province since 1982, Senegalese officials say.
Although the armed forces have destroyed many of their bases over the past few weeks, the MFDC rebels have again resumed their activities with explosions of anti-tank and anti-personnel mines as well as attacks on peaceful travellers.
Armed separatists fired four grenades in the southern Senegalese province of Casamance Sunday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to disturb voting in the first round of presidential elections.
They said several 82 mm mortar shells fell on the Tilene market, slightly injuring two people,
Residents have begun fleeing towards the city center despite fears that the MFDC rebels can now strike the area with recently acquired Chinese-made mortars.
Another soldier was injured, added the source, who said the mine had been laid on a main road by rebels of the fragmented Casamance Front of Democratic Forces (MFDC).
(ME/0794 B/3 - Excerpts) Dakar, 20th June Separatists in southern Senegal's Casamance province wounded nine people, six seriously, in a night-time raid with machine-guns and hand grenades, state radio reported Wednesday [20th June] . Guerrillas of the banned Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) attacked security forces monitoring traffic in Boutout village, two kilometres (about a mile) from Ziguinchor, the provincial capital, early Wednesday.
They also found automatic weapons and unused grenades.
A heavy firefight broke out Sunday when rebels of the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC) used rocket-propelled grenades to attack a military unit taking supplies from Nyassa garrison to an army forward post.
Around a hundred rebels launched rockets and fired machine guns on the main city of Senegal's troubled southern province overnight, killing one person and injuring two others, military sources in Dakar said Friday.
The rebels, equipped with machine-guns and grenade launchers, also pillaged several shops, the statement said.
MFDC elements, armed with mortars, launched an attack at dawn, targeting the airport and the Nama II area of Zinguinchor, an area where the military camp is located.
Based on the little information arriving from the area of Sao Domingos, isolated from the rest of Guinea Bissau by the fighting and anti-personnel landmines planted by the MFDC rebels, around 3,000 of the displaced have stayed within Guinea-Bissau's borders and an additional 2,500 have sought refuge across the border in Senegal.
"It is certain that they (rebels) have new equipment which they did not before, such as rocket launchers, mortars and machine guns," a Senegalese military official told AFP.
Four grenades were fired in Casamance's Nyassia region near the provincial capital Ziguinchor, but no casualties or damage were reported.
On Sunday morning, an exchange of mortar fire between rebel and army positions on the edge of Ziguinchor was heard, although voting was not interrupted.
The army said that several of its positions had come under fire Thursday morning from 82-millimetre mortars on the outskirts of Ziguinchor, the provincial capital.
After nearly a year of relative calm, heavy fighting broke out in Casamance at the end of April, when rebels carried out a mortar attack on Ziguinchor, killing two civilians and injuring a dozen others.
The rocket, which seems to have been launched by rebels of the MFDC, hit a Senegalese army camp.
It was here in Sao Domingos that 35 men armed with bazookas and mortars, and identified as rebels from the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), attacked the local police station.
Indeed, this is the second time in a month that the rebels have demonstrated their fire power by using 82mm-mortar weapons they did not possess a few months ago.
In fact, according to military sources, the rebels used so-called GDS [expansion untraced] weapons which can reach targets 10 km away. According to the same sources, the rebels also have 82-mm guns, which are all weapons generally used by regular armies.
The Weapons sized composed of 40 Kalashnikov Rifles, 4 heavy sub-machine- guns, 260mm- Mortars and related ammunitions, grenades, anti-personnel mines and other Explosives, Mr Anatole Bacanamwo, FNL Spokesperson for the joint mechanism of verification and follow-up (MCVS) of the ceasefire agreement, told PANA.
The Governor also says 8 Kalashnikov Rifles, 8 grenades, a Rocket, 4 Rockets, 1 Machine gun and cartridges as well as a bag containing 500 rounds of various types of Rifles were seized.
Among the array of Weaponry was a recoilless Rifle, captured from an M23 position during fighting last year.
The attack was carried out at dawn yesterday by 1,000 men armed with machetes, hand grenades, and Machine guns.
Noteworthy here is that two Maoist couriers Babulal Sharma and Tarak Kundu, Naxal couriers were held with Explosives and other items from the posh Shankar Nagar area on July 26 last year. The accused were held near narrow gauge railway line in a Bolero.
Police have recovered 233 rounds of AK-47 Rifle along with live rounds of INSAS ( Indian Small Arms System) and 303 guns. Apart from bullets 20 pieces each of detonators and gelatine rods were also found under their custody.
A South African employee of the GMR group of companies, registered in South Africa, offered a consignment of assault rifles, anti-tank mines and grenades of Somali origin first to the Burundi government, but later to the rebels, around September last year. On about September 11 the weapons were delivered to CNDD representatives at the southern Tanzanian port of Mtwara.
According to a former member of FROLINA, which had a base in the Kigoma region, in that area the group exchanged cattle stolen in Burundi for arms. The arms obtained in Tanzania were mainly Kalashnikovs; however, machine guns and grenades could also be found.
The BIFF bandits, led by Samad Simpal, Kadaffy Abdulatip and a certain Bungos, first fired assault rifles and anti-tank rockets on the roadside detachment of the Army's 45th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Meta in Datu Saudi, and at nearby military installations, provoking firefights. Another group had also shelled thrice with shoulder-fire grenades the old provincial capitol compound at Shariff Aguak town, which is being used as a command base of the 1st Mechanized Brigade.
Bansil and his men surrendered four high-powered firearms, including a .50-calibre sniper rifle, two M1 Garand rifles and a 40mm M79 grenade launcher.
The raiding team recovered materials for improvised explosive devices, an M14 rifle, an M16 rifle, a rocket-propelled grenade and two .45 caliber pistols. Lt-Col Gerry Besana of the Army's 6th Civil-Military Operations Battalion said on Monday that residents told soldiers the location of Ladtugan's hideout.
Five Army soldiers were wounded during the attack by BIFF bandits who used 40-millimeter M203 grenade launchers around 7 p.m
The wounded soldiers of the 45th Infantry Battalion were on a hill along the Cotabato-Gen. Santos City Highway in Barangay Maitumaig when two 60mm mortar shells landed near them and exploded, according to Col. Dickson Hermoso, spokesman for the Army's 6th Infantry Division.
Police defused a bomb made from a 60 mm mortar round that was carried by the two suspects along with a pistol and a cellphone, which was to be used to remotely detonate the explosive, Sobejana said.
Tulunan police commander Inspector Rolando Dillera said hostilities started when the BIFF fired assault rifles and 40 mm shoulder-fired grenades at the security guards of the banana plantation.
Several fireArms and improvised bombs were also seized from the enemy.
“They will not return until we will finish serving the warrants of arrest and this resistance of the BIFF because there are a lot of Landmines that were also left by the BIFF,
Upon a thorough check, they found out it contained an IED fashioned from an 81 mm Mortar with a mobile phone as the trigger mechanism.
Authorities were able to seized from the rebels five M16 Rifles, one hand grenade, a radio antenna for Icom, combat packs with personal belongings and clothes with BIFF insignia.
ARMM CIDG chief Police Supt. Cholijun Caduyac shows an M-79 grenade launcher and other high-powered fireArms and ammunition seized by authorities from suspected BIFF member Sadad Salik Akob at his residence in Bgry. Tanuel, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on Friday, January 30. Also recovered from the suspect are a Moro-made Barret 50 cal. sniper Rifle, M2 Carbine, .45 cal. Pistol, and a 380 Rifle grenade
He said the BIFF had taken 10 Rifles—a baby Armalite, four M-16, a Bushmaster, two baby Armalites with M203 grenade launchers, an M-16 with M203 grenade launcher and a 90mm recoilless Rifle during the 11-hour firefight, Mama claime
baby Armalites with M203 grenade launchers
Members of the Army’s 1st Mechanized Brigade found two M16 assault Rifles, a shotgun, a B-40 anti-Tank Rocket a 9-millimeter machine Pistol and a .45 caliber handgun neatly piled in the bunker owned by the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
The BIFF admitted taking 10 fireArms from the SAF.
Seized were a Springfield Carbine Rifle, a Garand Rifle, an M79 and two homemade shotguns.
Capt. John Arvin Encinas, spokesman for the 6th infantry Division, said the soldiers conficated one M16 Rifle, two M203 grenade launchers, one Carbine, one 12-gauge shotgun and assorted magazines at the house of Tunga Pindilang, an alleged supporter of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, a terrorist group operating mainly in southern Mindanao.
Seized Weapons included two cal. 50 Barret Sniper Rifle, 1 M60 Machine gun, 1 RPG, 1 M14 Rifle, and 1 M16 Rifle.
The AFP said at least 64 explosions of improvised Explosive devices have been recorded since February, including 20 incidents wherein rebels caused injuries and deaths on the government side.
Capt. Jo-Ann Petinglay, spokesperson of the Philippine Army’s 6th infantry Division, said about 300 kilograms of 81mm and 60mm high Explosives and cartridges would be disposed of by burning in a military facility in Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
BIFF is thought to have access to a relatively large armory composed of pistols, M-60 machine guns, modified long-arm sniper rifles, .50 caliber heavy weapons, mortars, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), landmines and various types of automatic assault weapons
Lt. Col. Edwin R. Alburo, 57IB commander, said the troops found eight improvised hand grenades, roadside improvised bombs, eight live hand grenades, bomb-making components such as black powder, cut nails, cut metals, switchboard, electrical wiring, ammonium nitrate and documents at the BIFF hideout.
He said during the clearing operation, troops recovered 12 improvised explosives placed by said terrorists in the area.
The surrenderers, Nash and Mods, were members of the BIFF faction under Karialan faction. They brought with them one Noveske N4 carbine, one M79 grenade launcher with magazine and ammunition.
He added that troops found a pistol and an IED inside a paper bag from these two people, who were believed to be members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)
The two also surrendered their homemade calibre 50 rifle and a 7.62mm M14 rifle, both with ammunitions.
Besides the two M16 rifles and an M14, personnel of the Army’s 34th Infantry Battalion also found communication equipment, ammunition of assorted calibers and components for improvised explosive devices in one of the makeshift shelters in the BIFF enclave in Barangay Nabalawag in Midsayap, North Cotabato.
They also turned over a Barret rifle, an M16 rifle, a rocket-propelled grenade, an improvised explosive device, and pieces of ammunition.
Several M16s, pistols, ammunition, hand grenades and others were seized during the operations.
The surrenderers also yielded a homemade .50-caliber sniper rifle, an M79 grenade launcher, a 40-mm. grenade explosive, and a homemade 9-mm. machinegun.
Army troops afterwards recovered the bodies of two of the militants, along with a Garand rifle, a caliber 45 pistol, magazines, and ammunition.
The rebels surrendered on February 1, bringing with them their high-powered firearms composed of 50 caliber Barret rifle, ultimax 5.56mm rifle, M14 rifle and 45 caliber pistol with assorted magazines and ammunitions
The surrendered weapons include M14 rifle with one magazine; one M1 Garand Rifle; and five rounds of 7.62mm, five rounds Caliber .30, and two rounds 81mm UXO ammunition
Sobejana said the three have yielded an M-14 and Garand rifles with ammunition and two rounds of 81-millimeter mortar ammunition when they surrendered around 10 a.m
Recovered from him were a hand grenade, a caliber-.45 pistol, and a magazine that contains four ammunition.
The five surrenderors, who are residents of Barangay Gadungan, Talitay, Maguindanao and members of the Karialan Faction, turned over two Garand Rifles with 15 rounds of ammunition and a bandolier; a Caliber .45 Pistol with an empty magazine; a Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher with ammunition; and a 60mm mortar with ammunition
Limpahan and Baes were coming out from a Catholic church in the center of Datu Piang's town proper when bandits shot them dead with 9mm pistols.
Mamangcua, who belonged to the 33rd Infantry Battalion, was attacked from behind by gunmen armed with .45 caliber pistols.
Tan said the troops found an improvised Explosive device made of an 81-mm Mortar attached to two other pipe bombs, and triggering devices inside the Tamaraw vehicle.
Troops seized bomb-making materials, a subMachine gun and a Pistol from them, they said
Seized during the operaiton were a cal .45 Pistol with a defaced serial number, chamber loaded with an ammunition; one cal .38 Pistol with serial number: 12899593; six rounds, ammo for cal .45; five rounds ammo for cal .38; one piece of magazine assembly for cal .45; a handheld radio with charger; five boxes of ammo for 5.56mm firearm; three pieces of 60mm Mortar improvised Explosive devices; one piece of 105mm howitzer improvised Explosive device, and a hand grenade.
105mm howitzer improvised Explosive device
60mm Mortar improvised Explosive devices
Troops recovered one Rocket Propelled grenade launcher, several RPGs, and a chainsaw after the incident.
seized inside the vehicles were Explosive tools and four grenades
Police said they seized an M16 Rifle, pieces of magazine assembly for M14 Rifle, two Rifle grenades, several ammunitions and four sachets of suspected shabu.
The Joint Task Force ZamPeLan seized three high-powered fireArms, a Pistol, improvised Explosive devices and drug paraphernalia.
Troops found homemade bombs, grenades, combat uniforms and passports of suspected Indonesian militants in the camp.
The group was found to be in the possession of one M14 Rifle, two Rifle grenades, two smoke grenades, two improvised Rocket-propelled grenades, 7 M1F magazine assembly, 136 rounds of M14 live ammunition, and one scope.
Another charged Maute member, former Marawi City mayor Fajad Salic, was found carrying 4 units of M203 grenades, one loaded M16 armalite Rifle, and 3 loaded long magazines.
an MK2 fragmentation grenade, two Rifle grenades with canister, a 40mm cartridge, 30 rounds of 5.56 live ammunition, six metal tubes believed to be non-electric blasting cap, a customized electronic switch, a pilot valve attached to a jack connector, a nine-volt battery, and two packs of gray powder.
Murillo said recovered submerged were the following: one caliber 50 machine gun; three M-60 machine guns; 12 M-14 rifles; four caliber .50 sniper rifles; two AK-47 rifles; two carbine rifles; three FAL rifles; one M-79 grenade launcher; and, two M-16 Armalite rifles
Captured alongside a range of commercial and military AR type self-loading rifles, the Pindad rifle stands out as it is uncommon outside of Indonesian service, and has seen only limited use in other countries.
Pindad SS1-V1 5.56 x 45 mm self-loading rifle
Seized from the two were two assault rifles, a handgun, and 12,893 rounds of live ammunition for M-60 light machine guns
"Just look at how they use anti-tank weapons against a tank or (armoured army trucks). They are using 90-RR (M67 recoilless rifle) and they are also using a mortar and these are strong weapons," Herrera said.
Col. Roseller Murillo, commander of the Army's 103rd Brigade, stressed that the Maute group posed a major security problem, even to civilians. For one, he said, it has extensive stocks of bombs, or improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 15 of which had been retrieved by soldiers under the 51st Infantry Battalion.
The troops recovered three "booby traps", a suicide bomb suit with IED; two Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launchers; an RPG rocket and a tripod for a 50-calibre machine gun. They also recovered the black flag used by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The eight Maute group members were arrested on August 22 after soldiers manning a checkpoint found improvised bombs and pistols in the van they were driving.
They overwhelmed the guards, forcing them to their knees and taking two rifles before freeing the inmates.
Government troops have recovered more than 2,000 pieces of unexploded bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Marawi City while working to restore basic services in the war-devastated city
"These are all high-value targets, so you can say this is a major operation," she said, adding the estimated 15 suspects were armed with high-powered rifles.
homemade caliber 9mm Pistolized sub-Machine gun
Both also surrendered fireArms: one Springfield caliber 30 Rifle, and one homemade caliber 9mm Pistolized sub-Machine gun or "baby uzi".
The raiders seized a Machine gun, an M203 grenade launcher, seven automatic Rifles and nine hand guns from the police arsenal before escaping towards Zamboanga del Sur province.
That raid resulted in the capture by the NPA rebels of seven M-16 high-powered Rifles and two 9mm Pistols.
Col. Norman Flores, Army 1002 Brigade Commander said that the NPA rebels have been using Landmines in direct violation of international laws, while the Philippine military adhere to the ban on the use of Landmines.
The rebels took one M-14 automatic Rifle, four M-16 Rifles, and one shotgun before escaping towards the direction of Barangays Siringan and Bliss, both of Kitcharao town, Agusan Del Norte.
Two rebels were killed in the incident while an AK-47 automatic Rifle was captured
The firefight lasted about two hours until the NPA gunmen fled, leaving behind their dead comrades and seven high-powered fireArms – three M16 Rifles and four AK47 assault Rifles.
Government forces found three M16 Rifles, one of them with an M203 grenade launcher, from the encounter site. The four injured soldiers were brought to the Panacan Station Hospital for medical treatment.
Authorities recovered five /M-16 Rifles/, an /M-14 Rifle/, a /.22 caliber Pistol/, two sacks of Explosives, and subversive documents.
The rebels seized six assault Rifles and three shotguns, police said.
About 30 New People's Army guerrillas disguised as soldiers raided the Davao Prison and Penal Farm in southern Davao del Norte province on Sunday and carted away 50 M-16 and carbine Rifles, 46 shotguns and seven Pistols from the prison armoury after disarming four guards, police said
The rebels carted away six short fireArms and two long fireArms, Kison said in a phone interview.
Maj. Rico also said the gunbattle also resulted to the recovery of two Garand Rifles, one M16 Rifle, assorted live ammunitions, subversive documents and jungle packs containing personal belongings.
The firefight resulted to the recovery of one Garand Rifle, one homemade caliber 45 Thompson subMachine gun, assorted ammunitions, backpacks with subversive documents and personal belongings
The troops conducted follow-up operations and yielded NPA armed cache containing one M14 Rifle, two Garand Rifles, magazines and two plastic gallons full of M16 ammunitions 100 meters away from the encounter site.
the Arms included 14 M-16 Rifles, one M-14 Rifle, a Garand Rifle, a two-way radio, a bolt for M-16, two Rifle grenades, 1,179 rounds of ammunition for M-16, 114 rounds for Garand, 26 short and long magazines for M-16 and assorted bandoleers, according to Col. Jose Mabanta, commander of the 703rd infantry Brigade.
The soldiers accounted an M16 Rifle, one M14 Rifle, one M653 (Baby Armalite) and one AK47, one improvised Landmine, and seven packs containing subversive documents.
A 10-minute firefight ensued after which the NPA rebels fled towards the northwest direction leaving behind them five M16 Rifles and one cal.30 M1 Garand Rifle.
The fireArms recovered were an M-14 Rifle, two M-16 Rifles and an M-203 grenade launcher.
Lieutenant Colonel Cesar Molina, chief of the Army's 25th infantry Battalion, in a text message, said they recovered an M16 Rifle, a caliber .30 carbine Rifle, two IEDs, a hand grenade, a switch, wires, batteries and other personal belongings of the NPA after a clash with rebels at around 10:40 a.m.
Initially, the troops captured eight NPA members and recovered three caliber 45, four hand grenades, and one shot gun including subversive documents and paramedic medical instruments. This led to a follow-up operation later that day which resulted in the capture of three more rebels and the recovery of two M-14 carbines and three M-16 Rifles.
Senior Superintendent Joel Orduna said police seized five Rifles, a shotgun and three Pistols from the rebels of the New People’s Army in Dona Trinidad town.
Soldiers also seized three high-powered fireArms, improvised Explosives, two grenade launchers, and alleged subversive documents from the rebels.
They also recovered three M-16 Rifles, two caliber .45 Pistols, one Rifle grenade, eight ammunition for AK- 47, two backpacks containing subversive documents of high intelligence value, and personal belongings from the two suspected rebels.
Kakilala said the troops also seized three M16 Rifles, a Baby Armalite, an M14 Rifle, a .45 caliber Pistol, and several pieces of improvised Explosive device.
Mortela said a wounded male rebel was also captured and four assault Rifles and an improvised Landmine were recovered at the site of encounter.
Pinamihagan, Lagonoy, Camarines Sur, led to the seizure of an M14 Rifle, 2,200 pieces of ammunition for Armalite Rifle and cal. 7.62mm Rifle, a blasting cap, a cable wire, a detonator and a directional compass.
Madrigal said rebel forces seized seven M16 automatic Rifles and several ammunition vests, two nine-millimeter Pistols, one .45-caliber Pistol, and a radio communication set from the police headquarters
Lt. Col. Medel Aguilar, 9th infantry Division spokesman, said Pura surendered and yielded an M653 baby armalite Rifle. The military also seized a cal. 45 Pistol, two improvised Explosive devices, a hand grenade, a laptop, and backpacks containing personal belongings
The NPA rebels seized an M16 Rifle, an M79 grenade launcher, two back packs and other military equipment from the soldiers.
The NPA employed a command-detonated Explosive before the firing started.
Recovered from the rebels were five M-16 Rifles, one (M-653) baby Armalite Rifle, one M-14 Rifle, and three AK-47 Rifles.
In addition, five M-16 Rifles, three AK-47, one M-653 Rifle, and one M-14 Rifle, three improvised claymore mines, one fuze switch, two rolls of detonating cord, one hand grenade, four bolos, assorted medicine, 14 backpacks containing personal belongings documents, 10 pairs rain boots, three cellular phones, and three bandoleers were seized
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said she created a five-member panel to investigate the disappearance of the 1,000 AK-47 Rifles believed to the have been sold to the NPA to determine the criminal and administrative liabilities of the PNP officers.
He said among the seized fireArms are three M-60 Machine guns, seven M-14 Rifles, 13 M-16 Rifles, nine Garand Rifles, three baby Armalites, a carbine, two Bushmaster Rifles, an Ultimax light Machine gun, an M-16 with M203 grenade launcher, a Rocket-propelled grenade, a Galil machine Pistol, an AK-200 assault Rifle, 11 shotguns, two 9-mm Pistols, eight .45-cal. Pistols, a .38-cal. Pistol and nine KG-9 subMachine guns.
The NPA seized a K3 light Machine gun, an M203 grenade launcher, two ammo vests, three Machine gun ammo links, 12 40mm ammunitions and two military packs, it said.
Seized were one M-16 Rifle, six Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), 60 pieces blasting caps, 900 meters of danger Explosive, detonating cord, eight pieces IED molders, one-half kilo sulfur powder, one lower receiver of cal. 45 Pistols, subversive documents and an NPA rebel flag.
Soldiers also recovered eight M16 Rifles, four AK47 Rifles, seven improvised grenades a handheld radio, medical paraphernalia and rebel documents
Estrella said they also burned several bunk houses and recovered 18 fireArms, including M-16 and M-14 Rifles, a M-79 grenade launcher, Ingram sub-Machine gun, .45 caliber Pistols, 357 Revolver and several homemade guns, as well as assorted ammunition, military uniforms, personal belongings, among others.
The Army had announced the recovery of a big cache of armaments and ammunition at the encounter site, consisting of two M-14 Rifles, two M-16 Rifles, an M203 grenade launcher, an improvised Explosive device (IED), two bandoliers for M-16 ammunition with eight magazines, two bandoliers for M-14 ammunition with 16 magazines, bandolier for M203 with 11 grenade-ammunition, ICOM radio, detonating switch, wires, Rifle grenade, hand-grenade and four backpacks.
Seized fireArms included 13 shotguns, two caliber .45 Pistols, eight caliber .38 Pistols, and 9 UHF radio.
Sanchez said their comrades also hit the reinforcement troops of the Task Force (TF) Davao with command detonated Explosives near Barangay Tigatto around 5 a.m., while a company-sized NPA unit struck the Macondray Plastic Plant in Bunawan about 2 a.m. and seized two shotguns and two Pistols from its secur
Seized fireArms included 13 shotguns, two caliber .45 Pistols, eight caliber .38 Pistols and 9 UHF radios. Red fighters also hit the reinforcement troops of Task Force Davao with command-detonated Explosives in the nearby Brgy. Tigatto at around 5 am,” he said.
One hour later, the rebels raided the ranch and plantation and seized one caliber .30 sniper Rifle, two M16 Rifles, six shotguns, three caliber .22 Rifles with scope, vests and magazines, ammunition and military radio. They suffered two casualties in a clash with the company’s security personnel.
It may also be recalled that in the early morning of March 5, 2012, the 8th ID troops seized forty-four (44) improvised Landmines and production paraphernalia in an NPA Explosive factory in the hinterlands of the Municipality of Paranas, Samar.
Naval forces affiliated with the formerly communist Cambodian People's Party (CPP) exchanged rifle, mortar and rocket-propelled grenade fire with forces affiliated with the royalist FUNCINPEC party at the Preak Taten naval base about 25 kilometers (15 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh, the sources said.
Security officials said some 40 NPA guerrillas, clad in military uniforms with the insignia of the Davao City-based anti-terrorist Task Force Davao, disarmed the prison guards then emptied the facility's armoury of four M16 rifles, 45 carbines, five caliber .38 revolvers, 46 shotguns and ammunition
Inside were "42 plastic containers of superdyne dynamite explosives that could produce about 250 pieces of eight-kilogram landmines (and) 18 pieces of claymore mines," the army statement said.
Rifles, a rocket propelled grenade launcher, anti-tank weapon base plates, an ammunition reloading machine and detonating wires were also seized, the army said
Some 100 containers of dynamite explosives were also buried around the cave, it said.
It claims to only target the security forces, but civilians have also been victims of grenade attacks
The Resistance for the Rule of Law in Burundi (RED-Tabara) targets those who collaborate with the regime: assassinations, grenade attacks, ambushes
In an unusual move, both FOREBU and RED-Tabara claimed responsibility for two attacks in Cibitoke and Musaga neighborhoods on February 6.
RED-Tabara is suspected of being behind recent grenade and mortar attacks against police, Imbonerakure, and government targets in the capital.
"14 criminals were killed and 11 guns they were carrying seized," it added.
Ces groupes n'ont pas, pour l'heure, les moyens de renverser le régime en place par la force, mais ils éliminent des leaders de la majorité, des policiers, des agents du renseignement et des collaborateurs du régime à coups de grenades, d'assassinats ciblés, de guet-apens. // These groups currently do not have the means to overthrow the existing regime by force, but they use grenades to eliminate majority leaders, the police, intelligence agents and collaborators of the regime, targeted assassinations, ambushes.
Security forces recovered a Kalashnikov rifle and a grenade during the attack, said the national defence force (FDN) spokesman, Commandant Adolphe Manirakiza.
The alleged dissident was in the company of 17 other armed men in possession of two machine guns, four Kalachnikov FMs and four rockets.
Eleven [rebel] Palipehutu-FNL fighters carrying two rifles and 200 rounds of ammunition yesterday surrendered to security forces in Kivomo.
Seventeen combatants were killed [RFI said on 1 March that the army had killed about 20 rebels], seven guns and four grenades seized from Palipehutu-FNL [Party for Liberation of Hutu People-National Liberation Forces] [words indistinct] six others injured on the FDN [National Defence Force] side, a civilian killed and two others seriously injured, after fighting on Saturday night between FNL combatants and FDN soldiers in Gatumba Zone [west, about 15 km from capital, near DRCongo border], Mutimbuzi Commune.
Bubanza, 9 October: A grenade, ammunition for a 60 mm mortar and a machine-gun were surrendered by six Palipehutu-FNL [Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People - National Liberation Forces] deserters from the DRCongo.
The toll of the clash: Three rebels killed, two rifles and one grenade recovered by the FDN.
The spokesman of the FDN, Maj Adolphe Manirakiza, said the government troops seized one gun from Palipehutu-FNL.
According to the army spokesman, Maj Adolphe Manirakiza, a lot of gunfire and grenade explosions were heard in Kinama zone where houses and shops were systematically looted by Palipehutu-FNL elements.
They were armed with a Kalashnikov rifle with four rounds ammunition and each had a hand-grenade.
Bubanza, 11 August: A member of Palipehutu-FNL [Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People - National Liberation Forces] was killed, another captured, and a Kalashnikov rifle seized when Palipehutu-FNL rebels attacked the Kirengane area in Rugazi Commune [northwest] at around 2200 [local time] on Thursday [10 August].
Since 17 April, the rebels have carried out grenade and bomb attacks in several parts of the country, especially in Bujumbura rural's Amasha, Butanuka and Gihanga in Bubanza Province and Matongo in Kayanza Province.
Bujumbura, 6 September: Elements from Agathon Rwasa's [rebel] Palipehutu-FNL [Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People-National Liberation Forces] from the DRCongo last night at around 2030 [local time] launched six 60 mortar bombs into the Gatumba locality, Mutimbuzi Commune in Bujumbura Rural (western Burundi).
Agathon Rwasa's rebels also attacked on Sunday [3 September] night a fourth village in the Gihanga locality, in Bubanza Province [northwestern Burundi] during which they killed one person and injured two others with a grenade.
In his statement, the spokesman said the Pierre Nkurunziza-led faction of the CNDD-FDD pro-Hutu National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy , in collaboration with Agathon Rwasa's wing of the Palipehutu-FNL pro-Hutu Party for the Liberation of Hutu People-National Liberation Forces , launched grenade attacks from the Musumba hills, east of the Mboza headland in Bujumbura Rural Province, northwestern Burundi .
Also a night-watchman of a residence in the Gihosha district was killed by a mortar shell launched by rebels from foothills near Bujumbura.
It is still difficult to know the number of casualties following the fighting but the commander of the 3rd Military Region said nine Palipehutu-FNL fighters were killed, four rifles seized by the FDN and a civilian killed by a stray bullet.
Bujumbura, 6 July: Two vehicles on Wednesday [5 July] night fell into an ambush set by evil-doers armed with guns on the Gatumba-Bujumbura road (western Burundi), a military source said.
According to the National Defence Forces spokesman, Lt-Col Adolphe Manirakiza, a sac of medicine and one Kalashnikov rifle were recovered.
Four rebels of Agathon Rwasa's Palipehutu-FNL [Party for Liberation of Hutu People-National Liberation Forces] were killed, two guns and two grenades seized on Wednesday by the National Defence Force [FDN] following a rebel attacks in the urban communes of Kamenge and Kinama, Bujumbura,(western Burundi), military sources said.
Bubanza, 24 February: A Palipehutu-FNL [Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People-National Liberation Forces] rebel was killed and his rifle recovered by the National Defence Forces during clashes on Thursday evening at Rutiritiri in Musigati Zone, Bubanza Province, northwestern Burundi, military sources report.
Two Burundi guards at the home of the US military attache were slightly injured by mortar shells fired on Bujumbura on the night of Sunday 9 November to Monday 10 November by the Palipehutu-FNL rebel movement National Liberation Forces-Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People, led by Agathon Rwasa .
He further said that some 39 guns, 47 grenades and explosives as well as a large quantity of medicine were also seized and that some of the captured or who surrendered were leading members of rebel companies, squads and sections.
Bubanza [northwestern Burundi], 6 June: An element of the Palipehutu-FNL [rebel Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People-National Liberation Forces; Palipehutu-FNL negotiators are currently taking part in peace talks in Dar es Salaam] was killed and government soldiers wounded on Bitare Hill, Muyebe Zone, Musigati Commune, Bubanza Province, during an attack by the Palipehutu-FNL on the Kanyegeshi military position on Bitare hill, at around 1930 [local time], where they launched five 60-mm mortar shells, according to a military source
Two Kalashnikov rifles and two grenades were also seized.
The army's spokesman, Lt-Col Adolphe Manirakiza, clarified that in the attack, Agathon Rwasa's rebels were using 60mm mortars followed by sustained gunfire from some 800 metres from the military position.
While army authorities have previously blamed poor accounting practices for the losses, an investigation by The Star has found that on one occasion at least 50 missing SANDF [South African National Defence Force] mortar bombs - out of 80 bombs stolen using an army-owned Land Rover - were found in an FNL Palipehutu rebel group camp in Kiriri, Burundi.
This means that the number of seven [guns] is complete. As for the group which passed through Butezi, all its arms have been seized.
More than 30 rebels were killed and a number of guns seized, they said.
Security services informed us today that weapons had been discovered in the Kinama district of the Muramvya area [in Bujumbura], including a powerful RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] launcher and its ammunition, four grenades, one of them made in China which does not resemble the others, flags of the Palipehutu [Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People] party and other items such as medicines and pamphlets.
The Ngara district commissioner, Ndugu Sylvester Hamad, said the militiamen, who have been identified as Faustino Nuruwabahungu and Bahati Aldof [names phonetic], were arrested with three hand-grenades and 80 rounds of ammunition in their possession.
The Frolina elements this time targeted innocent people, shooting and using grenades.
Military sources indicated that the grenade went off in the hands of one of the victims who mishandled it.
However, 22 Kalashnikovs, a double-barrelled rifle, several grenades and knifes were recovered.
The ex-combatants had five Kalachnikov rifles and ten grenades.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Command said Monday that the Islamist rebel group, led by MNLF Chief Border Command Guimaludin Gulam, turned over 21 M16 rifles, three M14 rifles, an Ultimax 100 machine gun, two M4A1 carbines, two M1 Garand carbines, an M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, three .45-caliber pistols, an M203 grenade launcher, an M79 grenade launcher, a Springfield rifle, and a carbine.
Malik's group gave up two anti-tank grenade launchers, four rifle grenades and 11 automatic rifles.
The AFP SOuthern Command reportedly recovered from the government complex occupied by thr MNLF five improvised antiperonnel mines, 10 antivehicle mines, and 200 kios of improvised explosives. among other items
On the rebel side, the FDD yesterday called for talks to negotiate the final stop to the war and explained their shelling the capital as a way of putting pressure on the government
Thirteen mortars and numerous shots from automatic weapons were fired at Cankuzo town centre.
Last week national television showed an arsenal of seized weapons, which included about 100 anti-tank mines, 100 anti-personnel mines, mortars, explosives to blow up bridges, anti-tank rockets, grenades, guns and ammunition.
The army launched the offensive Wednesday after the guerrillas lobbed three 82mm mortar shells into the capital on Tuesday and put on a display of automatic rifle fire-power in the hills in what a rebel spokesman said was a warning that they could attack Bujumbura any time they wanted.
Burundi police seized four Kalashnikov assault rifles and a grenade when they searched the home of an opposition leader and member of parliament, officials on both sides said Wednesday.
Oumarou said that about 40 rebels loaded into six all-terrain vehicles fired mortars and rockets toward a police headquarters and two military camps but did not manage to hit either target.
Both sides fired mortar shells during four hours and the troops eventually withdrew to a position 15 kilometres away…
Its spokesman, Mamane Atar Djarama [phonetic], has called from Nigeria for federalism and a great deal of autonomy for the whole of eastern Niger. We are able to face up to the army, he says, we have assault rifles and a few rocket launchers.
The radio quoted survivors as saying an undetermined number of assailants arrived on camel back and attacked the village with rockets and automatic weapons.
Un rebelle et deux civils ont ete blesses lors de cette attaque lancee par environ 80 Touaregs du Front de liberation de l'Air et Azaouak (FLAA) armes de fusils, de grenades et de roquettes contre Iferouane, a 1300 km au nord-est de Niamey. // A rebel and two civilians were injured in this attack by approximately 80 Tuaregs of the Air Liberation Front and Azaouak (FLAA) rifles, grenades and rockets against Iferouane, 1,300 km northeast of Niamey.
Official sources say the MNJ has killed at least 49 soldiers, mainly with land mines, since taking up arms 10 months ago.
Two civilians were killed in the nearly simultaneous anti-tank mine explosions which occurred between 9pm and 11pm on 10 December.
An armed MNJ unit recently made off with light arms and at least one mortar shell in an attack on the airport in the town of Agadez
The MNJ [Niger Movement for Justice] rebels and the Nigerien army are blaming each another for planting the landmines.
Soldiers recovered rockets, machine guns, anti-tank mines, ammunition, a satellite telephone and $20,000 in cash, the statement said.
The Niger armed forces and the rebel Tuares movement MNJ have accused each other of placing landmines in the northern regions.
On the assailants' side, one was killed, but they also left a vehicle behind aboard which various arms were seized by the security and defence forces: rocket launchers, assault rifles, munitions, 20,000 dollars and antitank mines all of which were left behind by the bandits.
The Movement of Niger People for Justice (MNJ) rebels attacked the village of Takoukou on Wednesday "with three 4X4 vehicles fitted with 12.7 mm machine guns", Niger's Voix du Sahel public radio station said.
The army announced the death of three other soldiers on July 20 in a mine explosion and blamed the attack on Tuareg rebels associated with the Movement of Niger People for Justice (MNJ).
They then pursued the three other vehicles and after an exchange of fire they also recovered some weapons - a machine gun, a rocket launcher, five Kalashnikovs and a four-wheel vehicle without number plates with three individuals inside without any form of identification also.
The assailants were aboard a Toyota pickup and were heavily armed because they had rockets, as well as [word indistinct] and other heavy weapons.
UFRA, which groups three Tuareg movements, abrogated the peace accord earlier this month, mounting a rocket attack on a village in the northeast of the country.
No further details were disclosed, but observers noted that the visit comes shortly after Saturday's three-hour mortar and gunfire attack on the post in Madama, in which five soldiers were killed and three wounded.
But the men, looking tired and subdued, still carried their assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars when they left the city for the town of Panubigan, where the MNLF maintains a camp.
More than 40 Rockets and Missiles carried by elements of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) were seized by the Algerian army in the province of Illizi, 1,850 km south of Algiers, near the Libyan border, according to Algerian newspapers Thursday.
The Weapons include small Arms, anti-Tank mines, Rocket-propelled grenade launchers, light Machine guns, crates of ammunition and Rockets, truck-mounted heavy Machine guns, anti-Aircraft Artillery and Russian-made Strela anti-Aircraft Missiles.
The police officer said among the weapons seized were automatic guns, tear gas bombs, bladed weapons and ammunitions. The weapons were brought into the country via its eastern borders with Algeria.
The hiding place of Weapons contained a significant quantity of ammunition, Kalashnikov Rifles, some 30 Rockets, automatic guns, more than 30 detonators and about 100 home-made bombs, said El Watan, which is well-informed on security matters.
In a statement released on social media, the group attributed the attack to its al-Nasser Brigade, saying the attackers had used grad rockets and proclaiming they had carried out the operation successfully despite tight security measures at the mine.
For example, in mid-February, Algerian authorities seized 15 SA-24 and 28 SA-7 Russian-made MANPADS at a location in the southern desert called In Amenas.
The 26-page document in Arabic, recovered by The Associated Press in a building that had been occupied by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Timbuktu, strongly suggests the group now possesses the SA-7 surface-to-air missile, known to the Pentagon as the Grail, according to terrorism specialists.
Three of the terrorists, including Sidi Ould Sidna, managed to escape, taking Kalashnikovs, a PK machine gun, and grenades with them. After the shooting, the police searched thehouse and found explosives and detonators whose technical features suggested that a sizeable operation was imminent.
A number of items were found in the house after the arrests: police uniforms and bullet-proof vests; binoculars; small arms (two type-56 Chinese rifles, and 4 AKM and AKMS Kalashnikovs, probably Russian70); gas canisters; and explosives belts.
In northern Algeria, attacks using explosives (improvised explosive devices at the roadside and booby-trapped vehicles) and attacks with automatic weapons are the most frequent methods of operation.2
AQIM also has automatic rifles and grenade launchers (Jane’s, 2009f). Its recruits are trained in the use of explosives and mines, as was demonstrated in
They (AQIM) are now equipped with enormous amounts of Libyan weapons and I mean sophisticated weapons such as 20,000 [shoulder-mounted] SA-24 missiles, heavy mortars, heavy artillery and thousands of anti-tank mines … The UN has demanded they be handed over. Well, good luck with that."
Oueslati said that the militants used rocket-propelled grenade launchers and machine guns against the soldiers who were performing paving work in the area.
He added that a suitcase of explosives belonging to the militants was seized by the army and that at least two militants were wounded.
Police dismantled the 27-member cell earlier this month, discovering three weapons caches containing 30 Kalashnikov rifles and two rocket-propelled grenades.
The arms seized in the raid included 17 heavy weapons, such as mortars and rocket-launchers, and more than 200 automatic rifles and pistols, APS reported.
In addition, the same sources stated that the major batch of weapons recovered from the arrested terrorists was made up of 14 Kalashnikov sub-machine guns; one semi-automatic rifle; 38 cartridge clips; eight small blades, three explosive devices, eight grenades, 1,850 cartons of munitions; in addition, 21 cell phones, 33 Subscriber Identity Module [SIM] cards, two pairs of binoculars, three bottles of mercury, two photovoltaic plates, medicines, and the sum of 126,995 Algerian dinars [DA] were confiscated.
Involved were one Rocket-Propelled Grenade [RPG]-2 rocket launcher; four rockets; one Dictariov with a cartridge slip; one Kalashnikov sub-machine gun, one Hristal [as published]-type [FN/]-FAL with a cartridge clip; one repeater rifle; one MAT-49 with a cartridge slip; seven explosive devices; 81 detonators; 5.5 meters of detonator line; 70 kilograms of ammonium nitrate; 40 kilograms of chemical products entering in the manufacture of bombs; 2,000 shells of various calibers; three radio sets; and a pair of binoculars
This group gave itself up to the authorities with seven shotguns, one Kalashnikov, a home-made bomb, a semi-automatic rifle, a Mat 49 rifle and a Seminov pump-action shotgun.
Three days after this surrender in Bouira, 11 other elements of the GSPC gave themselves up in the same town with one Kalashnikov, two Seminovs and four shotguns.
Sixteen weapons (three Kalashnikovs, three Bereta pistols, five Siminov guns, three shotguns and two old Mat 49 rifles) and other ammunitions were recovered…
Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad
"Among the enemy there were 57 terrorists killed, a Toyota pick-up recovered along with a 60 mm Mortar, two RPG 7s (Rocket propelled grenade launchers), five Machine guns, 20 AK-47s and a lot of ammunition," the statement said. The report could not be independently confirmed.
Weapons seized from the rebels include Machine guns, spears, clubs, bullets, bombs and more
Colonel Usman further stated that the troops captured two AK-47 Rifles, two Hand Grenades, one Improvised Explosive Device, five Jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit and nine motorcycles.
“The recovered ammunition include 3 sealed boxes of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition, 3 jerry cans containing various calibres of ammunition, 2 sacks containing 5,998 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition and 1, 760 rounds of 5.56mm SS109 calibre of ammunitions.
The European Union’s (EU) counter-terrorism coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove stated in August 2011 that AQIM had “gained access to weapons, either small arms or machine-guns, or certain surface-to-air missiles,” reports AFP.
Asari-Dokubo, for example, stated in 2004 that he owned 67 boats, each armed with two light machine guns and more than 3000 assault rifles.
"We have the GPMG, the SLR, AK-47 Kalashnikovs, MG and several others
During the operation the troops killed 4 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered 2 AK-47 rifles[.] The troops also recovered 29 rounds of 7.62 (Specia) ammunition, 1 dane gun[.]
Items recovered include: one general purpose machine gun and two dane guns, 150 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO), six boxes of 7.62mm (NATO) and three cutlasses.
The group has since then ramped up violent attacks on diverse government and civilian targets, including a suicide bombing attack on the United Nations building, Abuja, on 26 August 2011.
Terrorist groups like AQIM acquired heavy weapons such as SAM-7 anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles, transporting them back to the Sahel region.
The sect’s access to RPGs and other high calibre arms is generating concern within security establishments
The Baga attack that killed at least 185 people in April 2013 showed Boko Haram’s substantial fire power, including machine guns, large numbers of RPGs and pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns.
pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns
According to the Mauritanian defence HQ, AQMI also used anti-tank and ground-to-air weapons brought in from Libya. (p 5; 500 words)
The gang's behaviour, untypical of profession criminals, used weapons of war such as rocket-launchers and Kalashnikov-type assault rifles in a recent series of attempted armed robberies in which a Roubaix motorist was killed and a policeman wounded.
They are charged with organising the supply of a total of some 100 assault rifles, more than 30 machine pistols, eight pump guns, 20 repeater rifles, 15 handguns, munitions and explosives. One of the accused was said to have procured at least 10 kilogrammes (22 pounds) of explosive at the beginning of 1995.
The terrorists, who were armed with sawn-off shotguns, reportedly belonged to the AIS [Islamic Salvation Army, the armed wing of the [banned] FIS, Islamic Salvation Front] which has been observing the truce [since 1st October 1997].
the house - loaded with explosives, grenades and assault weapons - was just down the street from the fundamentalist Archimede Mosque.
Just after the attack, army helicopters bombarded the neighborhood for 20 minutes, said Farida Slimani, a 22-year-old medical student whose house was destroyed in the militants' rocket attack.
Many residents of Blida, a garrison town 30 miles south of Algiers, fled their homes Friday night after assailants attacked with homemade rockets and bombs, killing 10 people and injuring 20, hospital sources and witnesses said.
He said that in a raid by a hooded commando of elite police at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, south of Paris, Tuesday, 12 assault rifles, three shotguns, two automatic pistols and grenades were seized. Pasqua added that police also found detonators and chemicals which could be used to make explosives.
Aziz Hamdiken and Lounes Tidadini, both 32, were jailed for four years, one year suspended, after they were found in possession of shotguns, a hunting rifle, grenades and explosives including gunpowder and sodium chlorate.
Security forces also recovered two Kalashnikov assault rifles, around 15 pistols and a number of grenades.
The rebels, some posted on high ground, began firing homemade mortars and automatic weapons, leaving six soldiers dead.
Earlier this week an Armed Islamic Group (GIA) commando fired two home-made mortars at the garrison town of Blida, south of Algiers, killing five and wounding about 40 other people.
They lobbed explosives into the house, killing four troops and then opened fire on those trying to flee, slaying two others and wounding an unspecified number of people.
The Algerian, resident in France and identified only as "G.N.", 25, was arrested Saturday in possession of three automatic rifles and ammunition, a hand grenade, explosives and a detonator, a police statement said.
The operation started late afternoon Monday with a rocket and machine gun attack on the first-floor apartment near the suburb of Bab Ezzouar.
A few days afterwards several arms caches were discovered in the Blida and Medea regions south of Algiers, including a heavy machine-gun, assault rifles, rocket launchers and explosives, along with gold and cash.
They said 60 weapons were seized, including rifles and handguns, 15,000 cartridges and gunpowder.
Security forces, who were reportedly pursuing their crackdown on Thursday, also seized an arsenal including four assault rifles, eight hunting guns, hand grenades and ammunition, as well as communications equipment.
The seized Weapons included 30 Kalashnikov assault Rifles, two Rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and ammunition, he said
The Polisario's only heavy weapons were some Algerian-supplied  T-55s, BMP-1s, 20-30 EE-9 Cascavals, captured Moroccan AML-90s and Eland AFVs, captured Ratel 20s, captured Panhard APCs, M-1931 and M-1937 122mm howitzers, a few captured Steyr SK-105 105mm self propelled anti-tank weapons, some 122mm multiple rocket launcers, 120mm and 160mm mortars, AT-4 anti-tank guided missiles, and SA-7 surface to air missiles.
Steyr SK-105 105mm self propelled anti-tank weapon
Over the past few years LIbya has supplied Polisatrio bases in Algeria with SA-9 Launchers, three to four SA-6 launchers. about 40 T-54/55 tanks, BMP armored vehicles, and RM-70 rocket launchers. Other items have included Soviet-made field artillery pieces, Zu-23 anti-aircraft guns, and Toyota trucks fitted with heavy machineguns and anti-tank guns
Toyota trucks fitted with heavy machineguns and anti-tank guns
By 1978, the Polisario forces were equipped with all-terrain vehicles equipped with machine guns, rocket launchers, recoil-less canon. 122 mm Rockets, mortars, SPG-9 anti-tank missiles, Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rit1es and SAM-7 missiles
The town remained in Polisario hands for more than a year during which time the Reguibat population was evacuated to Tindouf and Morocco's large number of weapons including 37 T-54 tanks were abandoned.
In the year 1979, Polisario was able to field as many as 3000-5000 men at a time with sophisticated equipments including 'stalin barrel organs' (multiple rocket lauchen with a 20-km. range), and for the first time Moroccan towns and major bases were assaulted and their defenses successfully breached.
Morocco's efforts to counter-attack from the air was hampered by the man-portable SA-7 missiles used by the Polisario guerillas.
The Polisario had used thousands of landmines during the conflict, he added. It had not imported the weapons but relied mainly on a stock of 6,000 landmines stolen from the Moroccan army.
Rabat, 10th May: The Moroccan newspaper, 'Al-Mithaq al-Watani', the Voice of the Liberals national grouping, writes that Moroccan political and military quarters expect the Polisario mercenaries to launch new large scale attacks in the Moroccan Sahara after receiving a massive quantity of modern arms which include tanks, heavy artillery and ground to ground missiles of Soviet make
These arms come in addition to the weapons already in use by the mercenaries which include 554/1 armoured vehicles and SAM-6 missiles which they had received from Libya.
On Tuesday, some 8,000 rebels, armed with AK-47 assault rifles, staged a marching procession in this dusty outpost to mark the 35th anniversary of the organization, which was founded to fight for the independence of the Western Sahara.
Hundreds of [Polisario] fighters and tens of military vehicles equipped with offensive weapons, artillery, machine-guns, anti-aircraft defence and logistics, took part in these manoeuvres which lasted for four hours.
They included several Pistols and AK-47 assault Rifles, ammunition and police body armour, seized after Tuesday`s shootout.
Boko Haram has killed hundreds of people in bomb and gun attacks since launching an uprising in 2009, mainly in the majority-Muslim north of the country. The security crisis has at times dominated Goodluck Jonathan`s presidency.
The latest violence began when militants blew up a local branch of Unity Bank in the remote town of Tudunwada with a homemade bomb, then ransacked the armoury of the local police station, Abba said.
vehicle-borne improvised Explosive devices (VBIEDs)
The attacks, which reportedly included the employment of at least two suicide vehicle-borne improvised Explosive devices (VBIEDs), targeted a series of police facilities in Kano.
The group carried out a second wave of attacks in Bauchi state on Jan. 22, bombing two unoccupied churches in the Bauchi metropolitan area and attacking a police station in the Tafawa Balewa local government area.
In a third attack, Boko Haram militants attacked a police sub-station in Kano on Jan. 24 with small Arms and improvised hand grenades
By late 2010, Boko Haram had added Molotov cocktails and simple improvised Explosive devices (IEDs) to its tactical repertoire.
In addition to the devices the group employed in the attacks, the police reportedly seized some 300 improvised grenades and 10 VBIEDs.
It also appears Boko Haram has access to large quantities of commercial Explosives, rather than being forced to rely on less reliable and less stable improvised Explosive mixtures.
Two survivors of the bomb blast that rocked the office of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Suleja, Niger State, on the eve of the April 16, 2011, presidential election, Kayode Olatunji and Musa Audu, Tuesday, narrated before a Federal High Court in Abuja, how the assailants left them almost dead.
"Fifty-nine persons were arrested during the operation for interrogation," he also said, and a cache of Arms, ammunition and Explosive devices were recovered.
“When we reinforced and return to the scene, the terrorists came out with heavy firepower including RPGs (Rocket propelled grenades), which usually has a conflagration effect,” Edokpaye said. Speaking with journalists yesterday, the Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Chris Kolade, also claimed that 25 Boko Haram members and a soldier were killed during the attack.
In another incident, security operatives stormed a newly-rented apartment owned by a Chadian member of the group, and found Improvised Explosive Devices neatly tucked in food coolers that were hidden in the ceiling.
Soldiers found anti-Aircraft and anti-Tank guns mounted on vehicles in the Boko Haram camp, according to the army spokesperson.
Gen. Abba, who made this known after raiding a high-calibre bomb-making factory at the Gunduwawa area of the state, told of how the insurgents have resorted to using primed Explosive pack, which they carry on their backs to launch attacks.
The JTF, commander while displaying the items recovered from the Kano bomb factories, said they include assault Rifles, two AK58 Rifle magazines with 193 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition, one AK-47 Rifle magazine with 107 rounds of7.62mm special ammunition as well as bows and arrows.
Other item are three primed cylinders of improvised Explosive devices (IEDs), one primed Explosive suicide back pack, 18 empty IED cylinders, 24 detonators, small bags of fertilizer, IED timers, cortex wires and three remote control gadgets.
He is reported to have displayed a cache of Arms, comprising AK 47 guns, ammunitions, RPGs and other Weapons in the video.
The DSS said that 42-year-old Yakub Abdullahi, who allegedly took part in Boko Haram's uprising in 2009, was "the arrowhead and mastermind" of the killing and procured the two AK-47 assault Rifles used.
The survivors who spoke anonymously said the attackers “took advantage of a collapsed bridge that was recently bombed by the Boko Haram at a flashpoint called Firgi village along the Bama-Gwoza highway to launch their deadly attack
The attackers were said to have invaded the town through a suburb called Fori and advanced to the Giwa barracks which is the headquarters of the 21 Armoured Brigade where they forced their way using heavy Explosives and guns.
He added that the gunmen were caring sophisticated Weapons like IEDs and AA (anti-Aircraft) Rifles and that “some of them were putting on military fatigue”.
The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram militant Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for a bombing in Nigeria’s capital that killed at least 75 people, in a video message obtained by AFP on Saturday.
“I swear to almighty Allah, you will not see them again until you release our brothers that you have captured,” the leader of the Boko Haram terrorist network threatened, an assault Rifle slung across his chest.
They also collected 2 Hilux vehicles and an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) while some of the attackers were captured alive.”
But as it is now, according to them the Boko Haram has more sophisticated fire Arms, Rocket and Missile launchers that can fire from a distance at our soldiers and our soldiers can’t return.
The defence authorities also said that the soldiers also captured 15 Rifles, 11 Machine guns, hundreds of ammunition from the insurgents.
According to the statement, 18 Rifles, five general purpose Machine guns, 25 hand grenades and materials for making Improvised Explosive devices were recovered in the second attack.
We’re talking AK-47s, a few Rocket-propelled grenades, and bomb-making materials.
In February, dozens of its fighters descended on a remote military outpost in the Gwoza hills in northeastern Borno state, looting 200 Mortar bombs, 50 Rocket-propelled grenades and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
In dozens of attacks in the past year Nigerian soldiers were swept aside by militants driving trucks, motor bikes and sometimes even stolen armored vehicles, firing Rocket-propelled grenades.
He disclosed that during the operation, several of the attackers were captured as well as Weapons and ammunition including improvised Explosive devices.
Seddon estimated that 55 to 110 pounds of Explosives were used
"God has given us victories of recent and we give thanks to Him. We were the ones that detonated bomb in Abuja, that filthy city; we were responsible for the bomb in Kano, in Plateau. We were the ones that sent a female bomber to the refinery in Lagos," Shekau said.
In the 10- minute footage, Shekau is seen sitting around a huge cache of Weapons and ammunition, including several captured military vehicles.
The video ends with Shekau shooting in the air with his AK 47.
Boko Haram acquires numerous army Tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers, APC's and all forms of Weapons, rounds of ammunition and Rockets from the nation's army.
The Boko Haram insurgents had on Wednesday, August 21, 2014 attacked the Police Academy, Gwoza, Borno State, and seized not less than 200 assault Rifles from the riot policemen on training.
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a number of deadly gun and bomb attacks in various parts of Nigeria since 2009.
One fabricated Artillery gun, two anti-Aircraft gun, an Armoured vehicle and assorted types of ammunition were captured in the process.
During the second round of fighting at Konduga, the insurgents lost 13 AK-47 Rifles, five Rocket Propelled Gun (RPGs) tubes, two General Purpose Machine guns (GPMGs), one Anti-Aircraft Gun and two Ford Ranger pick-up vehicles.
Similarly, during the first operation at Konduga, the insurgents also lost three Hilux and one Buffalo vehicles with mounted Anti-Aircraft guns, three General Purpose Machine guns, over 30 AK-47 Rifles
He said the military retrieved five buffalo vehicle mounted with anti-Aircraft guns and a Shelcar sophisticated gun. Abbas said that with the latest successes of the military, the people of Maiduguri can have a deep sleep.
Details of the number of casualty was not yet clear at the time of filing this report, but sources said the insurgents went to the centre of the market before they brandished their assault Rifles.
Two bomb blasts in Jos, the Plateau State capital yesterday evening killed at least 32 people.
An Armoured personnel carrier used by the terrorists was destroyed, general purpose Machine guns, Rocket propelled grenades, IED, Rifles, ammunition as well as, bows, arrows, locally made Pistols and guns captured from them have been taken into custody.
During the encounter, the troops also captured a Hilux vehicle earlier stolen by the terrorists from the Borno State Ministry of Education, which they had repainted and mounted with an ant-Aircraft gun.
A total of four General Purpose Machine guns, three Rifles and two Rocket Propelled grenade Launchers were captured from the terrorists during the encounter.
After capturing a key military base in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, members of the feared armed group used crude bombs to level entire towns, according to local authorities.
District head Baba Abba Hassan said most victims are children, women and elderly people who could not run fast enough when insurgents drove into Baga, firing Rocket-propelled grenades and assault Rifles on residents.
Boko Haram, in contrast, has been seen with advanced Weapons, including Rocket-propelled grenades, heavy Machine guns and even a Tank.
On 11 January this year, two suspected 10-year-old girls “with plaited hair” walked into a market in Potiskum, Northeast Nigeria, and detonated Explosives.
Boko Haram has both targeted and used children to perpetrate violence in the past. During one of the deadliest recent attacks, where at least 142 people were killed in Benisheikh, witnesses saw children carrying AK47 Rifles
The use of children, especially girls in hijabs, for the perpetration of improvised Explosive device (IED) attacks increases the sense of fear and threat in communities such as those struck by the attacks at the weekend.
Boko Haram has overrun many police stations and military bases in Nigeria, giving it a huge arsenal – including Armoured personnel carriers, pickup trucks, Rocket-propelled grenades and assault Rifles.
However, most of Boko Haram’s bombs are relatively crude, made from local materials that are easy and cheap to obtain, the ICG says.
But despite the valour of the Nigerian troops, the terrorists are yet striking, this time resorting to more of suicide bombings as Potiskum, for the second time in a month, witnessed another suicide bombing when a female suicide bomber attacked the Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) market in Yobe State’s biggest commercial town, leaving five dead and 46 others injured.
In their forward base in the town of Gambaru on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, Chadian soldiers displayed dozens of guns seized from Boko Haram and a burnt-out Armoured vehicle painted with black and white Arabic script.
On Saturday, at least 51 people were killed and more than 100 injured in three bombings at markets and a bus station in the northeastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri.
It said it had also captured a number of Armoured vehicles and anti-Aircraft guns.
The Chairman Christians Association of Nigeria, CAN, Tafawa Balewa local government area, Reverend Isaac Istifanus , disclosed this at the official submission and handing over of anti- Aircraft gun STF Commander, Major General DD Enetie in Tafawa Balewa town, Tuesday saying , the gallant youth of Zaar has captured the anti- air craft gun from the deadly Boko Haram terrorists when the blessed town of Tafawa Balewa was attacked on the 30th March 2015 immediately after the general elections.
According to him, this is not the first time of handing over Weapons to the military personnel , two Rifles ,one AK47, and a soldier was killed and disarmed of Machine gun by the Boko Haram terrorists, the same Zaar youth pursued the terrorists, recaptured and returned the Machine gun to the military base.
“The ambush party supported by a Quick Response Group (QRG), captured a Hilux vehicle containing 8 jerry cans of petroleum, oil and lubricants, large quantity of 7.62mm ammunitions, 127mm ammunitions and 4 AK-47 Rifles, as well as 5 hand grenades.
Motorcycles Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (MCBIED)
The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, in a statement yesterday, said the terrorists came with Motorcycles Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (MCBIED), anti-Aircraft guns, and other Weapons.
He said one of the terrorists’ suicide bombers detonated the Explosives strapped on him at a gun truck, killing the driver and the gunner.
He said the troops also recovered a General Purpose Machine-gun, Rocket Propelled grenade, ammunitions, and captured two of the terrorists alive.
In a related development, he said the troops have also discovered and safely detonated two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted along Gomboru-Rann road.
Anegbode revealed that dangerous Weapons such as AK-47 Rifles, 270 rounds of live ammunition, a single-barrel gun, 3 locally-made single barrel-gun, two locally-made Revolver Pistols, 5 rounds of 7.66 live ammunition, 500 rounds of 7.66 mm live ammunition, 21 live cartridges were recovered from their enclave in Fadama Mada in Bauchi metropolis.
"Twenty-six brand new AK-47 Rifles, 11 boxes of live ammunition and 68 magazines were recovered by the police acting on a tip-off on Thursday," a senior police officer told AFP.
"Two AK-47 Rifles, one pump action Rifle, one G3 Rifle and a locally made Pistol were surrendered by the militants," a police official told AFP.
The command also recovered some dangerous Weapons such as heavy Rocket launcher, AK47 Rifle, grenades, thousands of live ammunition and lethal Explosives for the construction of bombs.
The source said the seized items included 10 crates of improvised Explosive devices (IEDs),1000 rounds of ammunition and three Pistols.
General Carter Ham said there are indications that Boko Haram, al Shabaab and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb - groups that he labeled as the continent's most violent - are sharing money and Explosive materials while training fighters together.
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State yesterday announced its recovery of nine Rocket Propelled grenade (RPG) launchers from a hideout of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in Maiduguri. Also seized were four AK47 Rifles, one General Purpose Machine gun ( GPMG), 11 chargers, 1,032 rounds of ammunition, three AK47 Magazines and three Wooden Butts.
Officers had also found a car loaded with ammunition, two Rocket launchers and Explosive materials, he added.
In its bowels, hidden under the heaps of palm leaves, were eight Rocket-propelled launchers, 10 Rocket bombs, 10 Rocket chargers and two AK-47 Rifles. Also found in the vehicle were 13 magazines with six rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and a Bank PHB ATM card.
Arms experts say the Kalashnikovs were the choice of the Niger Delta militants and also preferred by the Boko Haram insurgents who have also added improvised Explosive device, IEDs, to their arsena
``The raid was carried out on Monday and three AK 47 Rifles and other incriminating items were recovered from the residence,’’ Sagir added. Other items recovered included, a 306 x 7.62 mm Special Ammunition, 39 Primed Improvised Explosive Device cans, six empty magazines and one HP laptop computer containing précis on preparation of IED and chemical Weapons.
They recovered a submachinegun, seven AK-47s, 1 568 rounds of ammunition, 12 empty shells and 19 homemade bombs, he said.
LESS than 24 hours after the Joint Task Force, JTF, uncovered a bomb factory and arrested no fewer than 156 suspected Boko Haram members, the force said it had uncovered and confiscated a cache of improvised Explosive devices, IEDs, Arms, ammunition and other dangerous Weapons from another bomb factory in Mubi, Adamawa State, yesterday.
Also arrested were 156 persons, four of whom are believed to be top unit commanders of the sect involved in the recent bombings of telecommunications facilities about a month ago.
Also discovered and destroyed were two bomb factories of the sect, including over 300 improvised Explosive devices already primed for attacks. In addition, the security agents seized 25 assorted brands of Rifles, mostly brand new AK47 Rifles, over 2,000 daggers, swords, bows and poisoned arrows.
“At about 9am Mon 26 Nov 2012, men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on cordon and search operation in Kandahar area of Damaturu the Yobe State Capital recovered five thousand two hundred and seven (5,207) rounds of ammunition, one (1) Rifle, two (2) Pistols, three (3) grenades and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from a suspected Boko Haram Terrorists arm store.”
“The campaign of violence by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, including attacks on churches and suicide bombings in the first three weeks of 2012 that killed more than 253 people, is an indefensible attack on human life,” said Corinne Dufka, HRW’s West Africa researcher.
The troops recovered nine (9) Fabric Nationale (FN) Rifle and two Riot Guns, making the total number to eleven Rifles recovered.”
Spokesman of JTF in Borno state, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, in a statement yesterday in Maiduguri disclosed that the killed commander of the Islamist group, who allegedly came from Kano, was behind the recent bomb blasts and attacks on JTF patrol vehicles at the Post Office Areas and Gambouru wards of Maiduguri, where several people, soldiers and policemen were either killed or injured.
Musa in the statement also said that the recovered Arms and ammunitions include three each of AK 47 Rifles and magazines, two Dane guns, 36 rounds of ammunitions, two bows and 18 arrows, including assorted materials for making Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
The alleged recovery of three anti-Aircraft guns, two technical vehicles mounted with anti-Aircraft stands and 10 Rocket propelled grenades, in a cache of Arms, in Maiduguri, on Friday, lent credence to the claim of the plot to attack the president’s plane.
technical vehicles mounted with anti-Aircraft stands
Besides the anti-Aircraft guns and Rocket propelled grenades, the massive Arms the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, the day the president left the state capital after the visit, include 17 AK Rifles, general purpose Machine guns, three G3 Rifles, 20 RPG bombs, 12 RPG chargers, 1 x 36 ,hand held grenades, one tear gas Rifle, 33 AK 47 magazines, 11 FN magazines, three G 3 magazines and 11,068 assorted ammunitions.
The soldiers found AK-47 Rifles, bomb, cartridges, daggers etc hidden in the apartment. Below is how Punch is reporting it:
The soldiers, after ransacking the building at Aromire Street where one of the arrested persons, Ibrahim Musa, occupies five rooms, recovered a bomb kept in a cooler and hidden inside the ceiling of one of the rooms
Other items found were AK-47 riffles, live cartridges and daggers.
The items recovered from the car include: AK 47 Rifle; assault Rifle; 238 live ammunition of various calibers; Rocket launcher; AK 47 magazines; seven Turkey Oil cans —stuffed with remote-control bombs; two cylinders with remote-control devices; 14 hand grenades; four rolls of wire connector; and 12 power source.
The statement also revealed that three AK47 Rifles, five Rifles magazines and 72 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunitions were recovered from the insurgents.
An army statement said three Rocket-propelled grenade launchers had been recovered, along with bomb-making material.
The previous most deadly incident of the three-year Boko Haram uprising came last year when at least 160 people were killed in co-ordinated bomb attacks in the northern city of Kano.
Dangerous Weapons were also found during the raid include AK 47 Rifles, 46 Explosives of different calibres as well as bomb making materials.
A spokesman for Defence Headquarters also said the military had seized stockpiles of Weapons including Rocket-propelled grenades, guns and ammunition from areas around Maiduguri, the main city in the northeast.
He added that in the Gamburu ward of Maiduguri, the biggest city in the northeast and the place where the Boko Haram uprising began, “a total of 10 suspected terrorists were confirmed dead while Weapons such as Rocket Propelled grenade launchers, assorted ammunition and Rifle magazines were recovered”.
According to the Reuters, the recent Bama attack showed Boko Haram sect’s substantial fire power, including Machine guns, large numbers of Rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) and pick-up trucks mounted with anti-Aircraft guns.
Brig. Issa Abba further described into detail the nature of the Weapons as 11 anti-Tank Weapons, four anti-Tank mines, a Rocket-propelled grenade and 21 RPG Missiles, 17 AK-47s, two sub-Machine guns and 76 grenades.
Weapons found in their possession included AK-47 Rifles, single-barrel shotgun, double-hand shotgun and various calibres of Arms.
Other items recovered from the group included seven packs of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), two Rocket-propelled gun chargers, two machetes, bomb detonators, camouflage and other military uniforms
Security forces searching the house in the northern city of Kano found a cooler buried under a wardrobe containing five Pistols, ammunition, 36 grenade caps, fuses, two Explosive devices and other Weapons, Kano Joint Task Force spokesman Ikedichi Iweha said in a statement yesterday.
Items recovered from the military operations included 40 air-to-surface Missiles, 50 cluster bombs, 103 packs of Slap TNT dynamites (with each pack containing 16 pieces) used in preparing Explosives, 76 military hand grenades, 200 Rocket-propelled launchers, 44 AK-47 Rifles, 200 military hand grenades, 11, 433 rounds of 7.62mm Special and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ammunition, 16 RPG charges, one RGP tube, nine Pistols, one sub-Machine gun, two sub-Machine gun magazines, and certain other military hardware that could be deployed to destroy Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs).
Other items recovered from the terrorists include AK47 riffle, three RPG chargers, one riot gun and 485 rounds of ammunition, said the spokesman.
We also found three ... IEDs (improvised Explosive devices), one primed Explosive suicide backpack and 18 empty IED cylinders," he said. They also found 24 detonators, fertilizer, remote controls, automatic Weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
The items recovered after the raid Wednesday included an assault Rifle, two AK 58 Rifle magazines with 193 rounds of 5.5 mm ammunition, an AK 47 Rifle with 107 rounds of 7.62 mm (special) ammunition, bow and arrows.
They were alleged to have in their possession three packets of Explosive construction pipes, 15 detonators, and 11 AK47 Rifles with 30 rounds of live ammunitions. Other items also alleged to have been found in their possession include 200 rounds of 7.6 mm live ammunition, two suit cases containing Explosives, and a water container filled with Explosives.
The insurgents also bombed the mini barracks, the Police Area Command, Damaturu, the CID, the Mobile Police Base and an office in charge of environment along Guija Road, Damaturu.
The military further revealed that the insurgents had planned to detonate a large cache of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in some Borno towns and villages before the attacks.
Sources said during the attacks on the Air force Base and other targets, including the Maiduguri International Airport, several people were killed as the terrorists, numbering over 300 planted Explosives in targeted areas in the state capital.
Again, they were suspected of Boko Haram links after 19 hunting Rifles were found.
The Boko Haram in this area have lots of vehicles mounting heavy (12.7mm and 14.5mm) machine-guns, apparently bought in Cameroon by black market Weapons dealers.
“These people have guns – AK47, RPGs and so on; they can come and attack anybody and kill, including women and children, they kill everybody that can see them.”
He said, “We were in a sober mood over the incident in Maiduguri when we started hearing gunshots and thereafter, they went ahead, hurling Explosives on houses. This (Sunday) morning, we counted 39 bodies.
Also, the Special Forces were said to have seized two Toyota Hilux jeeps, three motorcycles and arrested two of the insurgents suspected to have planted the twin bombs that rocked Maiduguri on Saturday.
The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade who disclosed the capture of the “human butcher’ in a statement yesterday added that over 50 assorted brands of grenades and11 AK 47 Rifles were recovered from the fleeing terrorists.
He said that the Weapons, which had been recovered by Nigerian troops, included Anti- Aircraft guns, Rocket propelled guns as well as General Purpose and other brands of Machine guns.
He said that three of the four cars laden with Improvised Explosive Devices exploded when soldiers fired at them.
An SSS source said that each of the Tavor Rifle seized by the suspects, could carry as much as 90 rounds of live ammunition, which if well handled by a marksman, could do great damage to targets.
Officials earlier said two separate blasts had ripped through the terminal, but later said the damage may have been caused by just one bomb.
“More than 16 Rifles and a substantial number of assorted calibres of ammunitions, Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) materials, SIM Cards and electronic items have so far been recovered.
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday revealed that the masterminds of the two deadly bomb blasts that rocked Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory have been arrested and are currently helping the security agencies in their efforts to unmask their financiers.
Weapons found in their possession included two Rifles, three locally fabricated Pistols and 61 rounds of special ammunition.
The report said police in September discovered 10,000 rounds of assault Rifle ammunition in an IRA Arms dump "of a type not previously found in Northern Ireland and manufactured since the Belfast agreement." These bullets, it said, "may have been only part of a larger consignment."
Security sources estimated these included four tonnes of Semtex Explosive, 1,270 AKM assault Rifles, 60 light Machine guns, 25 heavy machineguns, 300 Revolvers, 460 grenades, other handguns, bazookas, flame-throwers, hundreds of boxes of ammunition and parts of SAM 7 Missiles
On board was around 10 tons of Weapons including AK47vRifles, Brazilian-manufactured Tuarus automatic Pistols andBulgarian-manufactured RPG Rockets.
The Casamara sailed back to Tunis this time under a new name, the Kula and returned on October 2 with between 10 and 14 tons of weapons. On board this time, along with more Rifles and Pistols, were the huge, Second World War heavy Machine guns known as Dushkas which the IRA hoped to use against British Army helicopters in south Armagh.
There were between 80 and 90 tons of Weapons on board including a further 10 SAMs, over 1,000 AK47s, medium Machine guns, and more semtex.
The Kula's second run also brought the IRA the first Shipment of a total of six tons of the Explosive semtex, which was to revolutionise its terrorist campaign.
An investigation was under way last night into the source of 125 kilograms of commercial Explosive found in a Real IRA hideout in north Galway.
In a nearby farmhouse, gardai recovered one handgun and three shotguns.
Harris said police seized plastic Explosives — including suspected Semtex, several tons of which Libya supplied to the IRA in the mid-1980s — detonators, timer-power units for homemade bombs, parts for armor-piercing Rockets, and four Kalashnikov assault Rifles with ammunition.
It is believed the building had been under surveillance for some time by the SAS - three AK47 assault Rifles were found nearby afterwards.
Northern Ireland police say they have seized five pipe bombs and ammunition belonging to an Irish Republican Army splinter group that was supposed to have disarmed in support of the region's peace process
The bulk of the IRA's Weaponry was Libyan supplied. It included Machine guns, Rifles, handguns, ammunition, Semtex plastic Explosives, Surface-to-air Missiles and Rocket launchers. Security services have estimated the IRA has held about 1,000 Rifles, thought to be mostly AK-47 assault Rifles, perhaps two tonnes of Semtex, and large quantities of ammunition for the various fireArms.
The IRA was also known to hold a handful of highly accurate Barrett Light 50 sniper Rifles, a Weapon used to kill British soldiers in the border area of south Armagh.
In terms of heavy Weaponry, the IRA is thought to have held Russian-made Machine guns used to target helicopters in ambushes, successfully bringing one down in 1988
Latest estimates are that the IRA holds enough high velocity assault Rifles to equip two army battalions - 1,200 men - over a dozen Duska half-inch heavy machineguns capable of shooting down helicopters, numerous 7.62 mm general purpose machineguns, up to a dozen Sam 7 surface- to-air Missiles and a significant supply of RPG 7 anti-armour Rockets
Their armoury - thought to be supplied by Libyan leader Colonel al-Qadhdhafi - also includes snipers' Rifles,  flamethrowers, a multitude of sub-Machine guns and small Arms and masses of ammunition.
The IRA is believed to have a minimum of close on three tonnes of Semtex which if used in small one-kilo quantities as a booster to home-made Explosives
The discovery of 16 Mortars -- previously used by the IRA to attack police stations and army barracks in Ulster - - suggests a possible planned change in IRA tactics after the bombs at Manchester, Hammersmith Bridge and Canary Wharf.
The haul is said to include Semtex and home-made Explosives and a range of bomb-making equipment including timers and batteries.
At the same time, ballistics experts in Dublin examined two anti-Aircraft guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition found near Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan.
A high powered AK47 Rifle, handgun and ammunition were also seized and the suspects were taken to Castlereagh holding centre in east Belfast for questioning.
A general purpose Machine gun and several hundred rounds of ammunition, including some for Kalashnikov assault Rifles, were also recovered.
The IRA is believed to own 40 Rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 650 AK-47 automatic Rifles, hundreds of handguns and 32 machineguns, as well as at least two tonnes of plastic Explosive, tonnes of ammunition and grenades.
Military sources also believe at least one SAM-7 shoulder-launchedSurface-to-air Weapon is part of its arsenal.
Soon they were Shipping 30 Rifles, 25 Pistols, 10 blocks of C-4 plastic Explosive and 2,500 rounds of ammunition to Ireland under the false floor of a Dodge van.
The hoard comprised 163 assault Rifles, 71,000 rounds of ammunition, a ton of military Explosives, and a dozen bullet­proof vests.
Boko Haram is conducting its campaign of terror in the northeast corner of Nigeria and neighboring Cameroon on the cheap, making mayhem with a makeshift collection of small Arms, automatic Weapons, Rifles, Rocket- propelled grenades and Mortars, experts on the turbulent region say.
The Real IRA has access to a huge arsenal of Weapons and Explosives -including Rocket launchers - which they seized from secret Arms bunkers before splitting with the mainstream republican leaderShip.
But not before he and other republican dissidents got their hands on consignments of Semtex Explosives, Russian RPG7 Rocket launchers, Mortars, ground to air Missiles and the sort of device which was fired st the London HQ of M16 last night.
The haul included RPG18 Rocket launchers, plastic Explosive,detonators and automatic Weapons.
The 40 mm caliber Luchaire grenades, which can be fired a distance of 360 metres (1180 feet), can penetrate the types of armored vehicles used by the outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA
He said that the IRA has used anti-tank weapons against the security forces.
They were arrested this week after police found a Kalashnikov assault Rifle, two subMachine guns, three handguns, two grenades and over six kilogrammes (13 pounds) of gelatin dynamite at their Athens apartment.
During the raid, police seized Kalashnikov Rifles, hand grenades, Pistols, and various Explosives.
Soldiers found seven M-16 Rifles, 14 hand grenades, 4 kilograms of A-4 type plastic Explosives, ammunition for Rocket launchers, backpacks and other equipment on the men.
The Turkish security forces found an anti-Aircraft gun, a BKC Machine gun, four kalashnikov long-range Rifles and many equipment related to these Weapons, it added.
The military said in its statement that soldiers and support teams in the region fired back after the PKK militants fired Mortar shells.
The Chinese citizens were employed at a thermal plant located in the Silopi district. Militants staged an attack against the plant with Rocket-propelled grenades and long barreled Rifles late Aug. 24, before abducting the Chinese workers while they were buying food at a grocery store.
Among these Weapons there are RPG-7 Missile launchers, Kannas brand assassination Weapons, Kalashnikov Rifles, G-3, G-1 and M-16 long-barreled infantry Rifles, Bixi heavy Machine guns, hand grenades and land mines.
Sources told A.A correspondent that gendarmery forces found and confiscated 2.5 kilograms of C-4 Explosives belonging to the terrorist organization in a cave in the rural area around Ercis.
The sources said that gendarmery forces also found five hand grenades, three AK-47 assault Rifles (Kalashnikov), and 280 bullets dug under the soil in the cave, adding that operations were under way in the region.
According to the disclosure, 3 Kalashnikov Rifles, 1.1 kg of C-4 Explosives, 10 electrical detonators, timers, a 3-meter cable, 451 rounds of ammunition for Kalashnikov Rifles, 12 Kalashnikov magazines, four Russian-made hand grenades, 1 wireless receiver, 1 compass, 1 set of binoculars, 2 mobile phones, and a large quantity of survival equipment were found either in the possession of the terrorists or in the areas where they revealed to the security forces.
On Thursday, Turkish security forces discovered a Weapons cache and seized 2,141 Kalashnikov cartridges, 9 hand-grenades, a Missile launcher, 2 kg of TNT, 0.5 kg of C-4 plastic Explosives, and 182 electrical fuses.
Since the start of the fight against PKK terrorism, Turkish security forces have seized 11,297 Kalashnikovs, manufactured in Russia (71 percent), China (14.7 percent), Hungary (3.6 percent) and Bulgaria (3 percent).
Of 1,610 Rocket-launchers, 85.3 percent were Russian, 5.4 percent Iraqi and 2.5 percent Chinese. Of 2,885 Machine guns, 21.9 percent were Czech, 20.2 percent Spanish and 19.8 percent were Italian
Of 16,131 land mines seized during operations before they were laid, 60.6 percent were Italian, 28.3 percent Russian and 6.2 percent German. Of 3,490 hand grenades, 82 percent were Russian, 19.8 percent American and 8 percent German.
Of 2,885 Machine guns, 21.9 percent were Czech, 20.2 percent Spanish and 19.8 percent were Italian.
Of 5,713 Weapons of Kanas, BKC, Arbiki, G-3,G-1, and M-16 make, 45.2 are Russian, 13.2 percent are British and 9.4 percent are of US-origin.
In May and June, 29 land mines laid by the PKK were rendered ineffective while 105 kilograms of C4 Explosives and 125 other various Explosives were seized
More than 500 kilograms of C3, C4, TNT, RDX and A4 Explosives have been seized in the operations conducted by the security forces in the last three years.
In operations staged by Maroon Berets, Gendarmerie Special Forces (JÖH), Police Special Forces (PÖH) and commando units, 400 Kalashnikov, M-16 and Kanas long-barreled Rifles and 800 hand grenades were confiscated.
In operations, 300 kilograms of plastic Explosives and TNT and two tons, 900 kilos worth of hand-made Explosives have been confiscated.
The Turkish military has seized large numbers of Weapons and other various types of equipment belonging to the PKK during the operations; 326 kilograms of C-4 plastic Explosives, over three tons of hand-made Explosives, 880 hand grenades and 470 Kalashnikovs have been seized in the operations
Several IED bombs planted on the roads as well as materials and chemicals used in their fabrication were seized during the air and land operations, according to AA.
“In addition, five Russian-made DShK anti-Aircraft guns, 39 heavy Weapons and 10,000 rounds of ammunition were seized,” it said.
Following the operation, seven RPG-7 Rocket launchers, one long-range armor-piercing Weapon, one sniper Rifle, two Bixis, five Kalashnikovs, seven grenades and one MP5 Machine gun were confiscated together with hundreds of cartridges and other equipment.
“Sources added that 30 grenades, 12 long-barreled Weapons and a Machine gun were seized during a search of the premises,”
The armaments included four Rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), 35 anti-Tank Rocket heads, 13 anti-personnel Rocket heads, five hand grenades, 21 AK-47s, 51 AK-47 magazines and 4,568 AK-47 cartridges.
The statement added that during a search at the scene and of the vehicle, police teams found two M-16s, three Kalashnikovs, one Pistol, four hand grenades, 18 ammunition clips and three pairs of binoculars.
Meanwhile, another operation in Hakkari's Yüksekova district - situated on the border with Iran - saw the military seize 30 grenades, two Dragunov sniper Rifles and a Machine gun.
A total of 26 improvised Explosive devices and 19 shelters used by PKK terrorists were destroyed.
Monday’s statement said 25 Weapons, including 18 fireArms, 30 hand grenades and just over 32 tons of ammonium nitrate (used for making Explosives) were seized.
ammonium nitrate (used for making Explosives)
Five PKK attacks were foiled, while 44 heavy Weapons, including 78 guns and 87 hand grenades, were seized, the ministry said.
In addition, 31 improvised Explosives were neutralized in 221 operations led by Gendarmerie special forces and commando units, the ministry sai
Security forces also destroyed seven shelters used by terrorists and 34 roadside bombs planted by terrorists.A total of 129 hand grenades, 65 Rifles (including 59 long-barreled Rifles), and 2,906 kilograms of materials used for making Explosives were seized in operations
7.62 mm. Kannas (Dragunov) AntiPersonnel Sniper Rifle
AMSR (Zagros) anti-material sniper rifle (14.5x115 Soviet made)
Metis-M1 portable anti-tank missile system
MILAN portable, medium-range anti-tank missile system
In the ongoing operations in Turkey's Cukurca district and Haftanin region in northern Iraq, the Turkish military seized and destroyed three binoculars two of which are of night vision, two grenades, five detonators, two 60-mm mortar rounds, 287 dochka bullets and others, according to the statement.
In operations carried out by the security forces in Hakkari, Mardin, Batman and Sirnak Provinces during the past week, the following weapons and ammunition were seized in shelters belonging to the PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party]: 40 Kalashnikovs, 12 rifles, five RPG/7 rocket launchers, two light anti-tank weapons, 27 hand grenades, one mortar, three pistols, 11 mines and 2,500 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition.
It has been found out that the 400 or so PKK militants were armed with anti-aircraft artillery, and heavy anti-tank weapons like the Dochka [Dyagtarov DShK 12.7 mm heavy machine gun].
Soylu said 116 Kalashnikov rifles, a DShK heavy machine gun, five infantry rifles, three anti-tank guided missile munitions, 13 PK machine guns, five RPG-7, seven designated marksman rifles, and over 400 grenades were seized in the Ikiyaka Mountains and the Duztepe neighbourhood
This included rocket launchers, AK-series assault rifles, pistols, grenades, and ammunition
The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) said its members attacked the Justice Ministry and offices of the ruling AK Party with hand grenades and a shoulder-fired missile in the capital Ankara late on Tuesday
Inside the tunnel were found and seized: "RPG" anti-tank rocket launcher with metal tripod, Disposable anti-tank, Kalashnikov type rifle with wooden handle and pistol grip, Two grenade launchers, Four pistols with customized metallic magazines, Non-magazine pistol and (56) cartridges, 12 metal pistol magazines and Metal war rifle magazine
When they searched the seven-meter boat security forces found two anti-tank mortar bombs, four hand grenades, two pistols, 200 rounds of ammunition and a large quantity of armed IEDs.
The arsenal included two rockets, three rocket launchers, a machine gun, hand grenades, a variety of explosives and fake documents.
Istanbul police chief Kazim Abanoz said Tuesday it was the first time they had seen 9k111Fagot anti-tank missiles discovered in the cache, Anatolia news agency reported.
eastern-made anti-tank weapon armed with a 64mm M80 shell
the weaponry, which was hidden in a secret compartment in the apartment's kitchen, included an eastern-made anti-tank weapon armed with a 64mm M80 shell, a Kalashnikov submachine gun with four rounds, a Scorpion submachine gun, an AK machine gun, an older model machine gun, ammunition of various diameters, 14 hand grenade detonators, six hand grenades, two anti-personnel mines and five kilos of explosive material.
Among the weapons and explosives seized at the DHKP-C's cell in Athens were one Kalashnikov, three magazines, three pistols, one Skorpion machine pistol, one mini-Uzi machine pistol, lots of rounds, 5kg of gelatin dynamite, two F1 type grenades, computers, maps of Athens and Dedeagac (western Thrace) and Turkey, DHKP-C emblems, flags and photographs.
Two dead male terrorists, one Kalashnikov infantry rifle, three magazines, three hand bombs and a handmade explosive device were seized in the scene," it said.
In addition, 2,500 kilograms of ammonium nitrate used for making explosives, 38 hand grenades, two anti-tank rounds and over 118,000 packets of contraband cigarettes were also found.
Police seized 39 weapons, 11 hand grenades and 250 kilos of explosives in the raids on TKP-ML hideouts in Istanbul, the western cities of Manisa and Aydin, the central city of Kayseri, the southern cities of Antalya and Mersin and Malatya in the southeas
In fact, the leader of NDPVF, Alhaji M.A. Dokubo, and his comrades have in the past made public appearances in full gear, complete with AK 47s, pistols and ammunition
Asari claims that his NDPVF has more than 3,000 guns in its arsenal, including many assault rifles.102
In mid 2004, Asari claimed that he had sufficient access to the small arms trade to supply up to 2000 men with assault rifles, RPGs, and other armes groups[.]
The raid on the property reportedly produced a hand grenade, one sniper-Rifle with a telescope, four magazines, and more than 500 rounds of ammunition.
Another senior police officer said, subsequently, that a cache of hand grenades was discovered and a metal detector had picked up sounds in one of the offices on the compound.
It was not immediately clear whether the NDPVF, which has given up hundreds of assault rifles and machine guns since signing the peace deal, was in a position to carry out Horsefall's threat.
A section of the media had reported yesterday that the police acting on tip-off from one Prince Wisdom Amachree, recovered 26 brand new AK 47 rifles and other arms and ammunition allegedly imported by Dokubo and subsequently arrested some leaders of NDPVF.
Udah disclosed that the militants submitted 34 AK-47 assault rifles, 9,154 brand new rounds of ammunition and other lethal weapons.
Since then the guerrilla force has given up several of its secret bases in the creeks and surrendered thousands of assault rifles and machine guns.
Boatloads of Nigerian guerrilla fighters armed with rifles, machetes and dynamite launched a drive to hijack oil installations in the waterways of the Niger Delta on Thursday, after a judge jailed their leader.
The attackers, armed with rocket launchers, approached the plant near Port Harcourt by boat and overpowered Nigerian soldiers and policemen who were guarding the site.
Men armed with AK-47s, M14s and Rocket-propelled grenade launchers have attacked their village, burning huts, raping women and throwing babies into the fire.
The janjaweed are armed with Kalashnikovs, M14s and G3s - a semi-automatic Rifle used by the Sudanese military.
Al-Qaeda's offshoot in North Africa has snatched Surface-to-air Missiles from an arsenal in Libya during the civil strife there, Chad's president said in an interview to be published Monday.
Enyahooma El is wanted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on three charges, including conspiracy and possession of 60 AK-47 rifles, 10 Mac-10 machine guns and 10 silencers, between 2000 and 2001.
A high-powered rifle, a hand grenade, walkie talkies and 700 rounds of ammunition were seized.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Thursday [4 May] night announced that the man held in the raid in the continuing search for 30 AK-47 rifles and five pistols stolen from its Georgetown headquarters, had identified himself as Mustafa Abdullah Muhammad, also known as Edmund De Freitas.
suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED)
These include the killing of at least 65 people in two separate suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attacks in Ankara in February and March and a June 7 attack by a 24-year-old female suicide bomber that claimed the lives of 11 people, including six police ofcers, in the Vezneciler neighborhood of Istanbul.
An explosion on a minibus that was carrying touristsin Aydın’s Kusadası district and a bomb left in a trash can in Izmir’s Çesme district a week later injures 34, while killing five tourists and a police ofcer. September 20, 2011: Three people are killed and 34 injured when a bomb explodes in Ankara’s Kızılay.
A member of the cleaning staf at Sabiha Gökcen airport in Istanbul is killed as the result of a long-distance mortar attack.
February 17, 2016: 29 people are killed after a suicide bombing with VBIED that is directed at a military shuttle service on Ankara’s Merasim Street.March 13, 2016: 37 are killed and 125 injured as the result of a suicide bombing with VBIED in Ankara’s Güvenpark. April 27, 2016: A female suicide bomber kills herself
Police said the bomb a hand grenade linked to a detonator by cell phone was similar to one that injured 15 people in the nearby city of Mersin four days earlier.
A radical armed Kurdish group, calling itself the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), has claimed responsibility for 12 bomb attacks in urban centres across the country this year, in which six people were killed and more than 100 others injured
Arriving in over one hundred trucks at 2:23 AM, the assailants were armed with DShK “Dushka” 12.7 mm heavy machine guns and ZPU-4 quadruple barrel anti-aircraft weapons systems, using 14.5 mm KPV heavy machine guns.
ZPU-4 quadruple barrel anti-aircraft weapons systems
Several assault rifles, rocket launchers and rounds of ammunition were recovered during mopping-up operations.
In total, 14 vehicles equipped with heavy weapons were taken by the army, according to the spokesman for the armed forces general staff, Col Azem Bermendoa Agouna.
About 100 vehicles, some of them equipped with 14.5mm and 12.7mm machine guns, were used in the attack, the military source said.
Rebels carried off an arsenal of light and heavy arms including mortars and hundreds of rifles following a bloody attack on a border garrison which left 31 dead, official Radio Chad said Monday.
The rebels used around around 416 light weapons, mostly Kalachnikov rifles and rocket launchers, seized in their initial offensive on army stores before attacking other depots.
Rebel technicals equipped with anti-tank and artillery lined the streets to prevent a breakthrough per defense. The first encounter took place at the township building, a large two-story compound. Close to 90 rebel fighters prevented any government assault by using RPGs and heavy weaponry.
With names like Rally for Democracy and United Front for Democratic Change, each says it will use its rifles and rockets to bring freedom and development to Chad, an oil-rich nation that is nonetheless one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.
In 2006, members of armed opposition group, the United Front for Democratic Change, were photographed carrying Chinese-made QLZ87 35mm automatic grenade launchers outside the town of El Geneina in western Darfur, near the Chadian border
The forces of the United Front for Democratic Change [FUCD] have shot down a warplane with a surface-to-air missile over the city of Abeche during violent clashes against the tribal army throughout all the localities of the west and south of the region.
It had been supplied with T-54 and T-55 tanks, armored personnel carriers, and EE-9 armored cars.
Seventy Islamic Legion ''mercenaries'' had been killed and 47 captured, the communique said; ammunition and Toyota vehicles armed with rocket-launchers were also seized.
vehicles equiped with ground-to-ground missiles
a communique broadcast by the chadian radio, said that the chadian national armed forces killed 92 men of the islamic legion during the fighting and seized an important batch of war materials, incluidng 2 vehicles toyota equiped with ground-toground missiles.
The communique noted that in the attack on Inossoro the ''Islamic side'' had suffered 253 deaths; 62 taken prisoner; and various vehicles and equipment captured, including 21 rocket launchers and 500 individual weapons.
On the Islamic Legion's side 600 killed, including Adoum Haggar and Mahamat Deleo; 187 wounded; 17 new SPG guns captured; four Toyota vehicles equipped with 14.5 mm guns captured; seven Toyota personnel carriers captured; three heavy duty vehicles including a water tanker captured; 60 PG-7 rocket-launchers captured; a large quantity of individual weapons captured; a large quantity of ammunition of all calibres captured; four transmitter-receiver radios captured; a powerful electric generator captured; a large consignment of medicine captured; a large mill captured. In addition, eight Toyota vehicles, of which one was equipped with 14.5 mm guns, were destroyed. We must recall that this result is provisional, and that the search is continuing in a particularly rugged zone.
The communique said the government forces captured five surface-to-surface missile batteries, eight 14.5-millimeter cannon, four heavy machine guns and 16 trucks filled with munitions and military supplies.
Chadian troops captured 17 artillery pieces, machine guns, 11 trucks, 60 grenade launchers, radio transmitters and medical supplies, the statement said.
It said troops also captured 40 light pickup trucks, two multiple-rocket launchers, seven single-rocket launchers, 31 artillery pieces, three heavy trucks and numerous small arms, and destroyed a like amount of material.
Government troops reportedly seized 67 vehicles equipped with machine guns.
SEVERAL ARMOURED VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED.
In that fighting, the government reported destroying two rebel bases, killing more than 600 guerrillas and capturing stocks of rocket-launchers, vehicles and small arms.
it said the libyans had withdrawn with 4 toyota trucks and 26 machine-guns abandoned on the battlefield.
The government said the Legion, reportedly equipped with armored vehicles, was repelled after 24 hours of fighting
The Chadian Embassy statement said the troops captured or destroyed large amounts of materiel belonging to rebels during the battle to retake Bahai and Tina, including jeeps armed with 106mm canons and ground-to-ground missiles, troop transport vehicules, and supply trucks.
They include SAM 7 anti-aircraft missiles (capable of shooting down of an aircraft at an altitude of 5,000 meters), 12.7 mm (anti-aircraft gun capable of hitting its target at an altitude of 1,600 meters) or the GSP 9 (anti-tank) weapon.
Also on display in the square, for three days according to officials, were Milan anti-tank missiles, mounted 105mm and 106mm cannons, heavy machine-guns and assault rifles of Chinese and Russian manufacture.
UFR spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah told AFP in Ndjamena that they had killed about 15 government soldiers in the clashes and destroyed two vehicles with rocket-propelled grenades.
What is certain is that Sudan switched support from the FUCD to the UFDD in late 2006, Sudan transferring important amounts of weapons and materiel, such as RPG missiles, rocket batteries and anti-tank weapons as well as uniforms and supporting materiel.
For example, in late 2008 Mahamat Nouri’s UFDD received 12.7 mm machine guns, 106 mm recoilless rifles, and rockets for 107 mm and 122 mm multiple rocket launchers. Shortly after receiving the equipment, Chadian rebels were trained in surface-to-air missile and guided anti-tank missile use at training sites in West Darfur, in the presence of Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service personnel (UN, 2009, pp. 28–29)
rockets for 107 mm and 122 mm multiple rocket launchers
The new coalition received RPG rocket launchers, anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, as well as SAM-7 missiles (Correau, 2007)
Gen Abdarahim Bahar Itno and Allanga Hemchi ran away, abandoning their command vehicle and their documents; 23 vehicles destroyed including eight with back up weapons; 49 intact vehicles collected by the UFDD forces with nine 14.5 mm antiaircraft double tube guns and six multiple launch rockets system MLRS 107 (Stalin organs); 19 satellite telephones; a large quantity of light weapons and ammunitions of various calibers.
I did not see it but it seemed like a helicopter [words indistinct]. We are going to stay under the trees for shelter and then we are going to get our anti-aircraft weapons out to attack it.
Maj Vertu descends from his vehicle and removes a SAM 7 missile from a case and adjusts it on the shoulder but the helicopters are out of range and disappear immediately.
He added that it appeared the French plane "had not fired, but the guys thought the plane had fired, so they fired" the missile, the head of the Union for the Forces of Democracy and Development (UFDD) told RFI.
"We have working anti-aircraft capabilities to shoot at aircraft," he told AFP by satellite phone from the Gabonese capital Libreville.
Piles of weapons - 32 rifles, 304 hand grenades, 199 landmines, 53 mortar shells, 53 rocket launchers and 4,800 rounds of ammunition - were also seized from the Mong Tai Army (MTA) forces, the television said.
They brought along one 9-mm pistol, one .32 pistol, one .38 revolver, one .30 carbine, five M-16s, three M-22s, two M-2s, six AK-47s, 19 assorted magazines and 680 rounds of assorted ammunition.
On 5th March 1997, 42 MTA remnants led by company commander Pyar Yaw returned to the legal fold at the regional battalion in Tachilek along with four weapons - three carbines and one M-22 automatic rifle - two walkie-talkies, rockets, and assorted mines and ammunition…
The authorities confiscated one M-20 pistol, seven rounds of ammunition, three Thai hand-made single-barrel shotguns, 14 rounds of ammunition, five (Kuming-made) hand grenades and extortion letters with MTA emblems found buried under the residential compound belonging to Sai Kye Se alias Walin Tan Ohn.
It has been learned that a total of 11,739 MTA members led by U Khun Sa have returned to the legal fold, surrendering 7,122 assorted weapons to the Defence Services, since 5th January.
These groups today have all kinds of small Arms - M16s, Israeli-made Uzi sub-machine-guns, Russian-made AKM (Automat Kalashnikov Modernzikovanny) assault Rifles and Chinese-made AK-47s, to name a few.
Russian-made AKM (Automat Kalashnikov Modernzikovanny) assault Rifles
ive enemy bodies were recovered and one RPG [rocket propelled grenade] and four light weapons were seized and one of our soldiers laid down his life for the country and two were wounded during the clash.
Weapons and ammunition including one AK-47 with its 20 live rounds, one 9MM pistol with its 14 live rounds have been recovered from the possession of the members of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang).
He said the rebels took 43 government soldiers prisoner, and seized 40 jeeps and trucks and two tanks.
The SSA-S claimed no injuries or casualties on their side, and could not comment on losses on the Burma Army side, but claimed to have seized six rucksacks and several Landmines, grenades and bullets from the Burma Army.
The PA seized a total of 64 assorted weapons - three 2-inch mortars, four mortars with folding stocks, 12 carbines, three pistols, 38 G2s, G3s and G4s, two submachineguns, one 90mm launcher and one signal gun - one 81 mm casing and supporting props, one machinegun barrel, 13 mines, four sets of military maps, three telegraphic transmitters three manual generating motors, 164 artillery shells, over 200,000 rounds of assorted ammunition, over 100 haversacks, six horses and a large amount of other military supplies.
The 848 men from a breakaway faction of the Shan State Army relinquished over 800 guns, 55 hand grenades, 63 mines and communication equipment at a ceremony Thursday in the northeastern Shan States, said the Myanma Ahlin newspaper.
Police who searched the two during the arrest found grenades, more firebombs, and a letter in Arabic claiming responsibility for an attack on Elon Moreh in the name of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorist group.
They included 50 M16 assault Rifles, dozens of handguns and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
The level of expertise was demonstrated earlier this year when Hamas fired a Kornet anti-Tank Missile at a school bus near Nahal Oz, which killed 16-year-old Daniel Viflic.
Today, Hamas is armed with relatively sophisticated Iranian Fajr-5 Rockets, firing them at Israel’s largest city, and tweeting that the Rockets are causing havoc in Tel Avi
Not to be outdone, Hamas has also taken to social media to publicize its Rocket and Mortar attacks, which it is calling “Operation Shale Stones.”
[Hamas] has two categories of Rockets: Rockets that they produce themselves, the so-called Qassam Rockets, which are based on primitive technology -- they are actually metal pipes produced in small workshops.
Now, the other category is military standard Rockets, which are produced by real military industries and smuggled into the Gaza Strip.
Hamas claimed firing four Missiles at Jerusalem
Analysts said Hamas had a clear aim: to drag Israel into a ground war hoping to inflict heavy casualties on its troops who would likely come under fire from anti-Tank Missiles and Explosive devices
A commander in Hamas's armed wing told Reuters that before Jaabari rose to a higher military echelon in 1996, the group had only a small number of AK-47 Rifles and a single Rocket-propelled grenade
Hamas gauged the range of its first homemade Rocket, the Qassam, by firing it out to sea before listening to Israeli news alerts and receiving reports from Palestinian spotters inside Israel, Hamas sources told Reuters.
The MDD troops, who counted eight dead and five others wounded, seized 11 bazookas, two machine guns, and some light weapons during the fighting, the spokesman disclosed.
Under the accord areas mined by MDJT rebels will also be cleared of all explosive devices.
Both parties used mines: the MDJT recycled those placed by state or Libyan forces when they occupied an area
When it commenced its operations in Tibesti the MDJT had only 13 fighters equipped with five firearms. They were soon reinforced with 34 men recruited in Kufra, Libya, each with a firearm, who infiltrated Tibesti from Libyan territory.
More than 1,200 government troops had been killed, 3,000 had ''rallied to the rebellion'', a large quantity of equipment, including two presidential vehicles, armoured cars and tanks had been captured and Chadian President Hissein Habre ''had to flee virtually on foot and rebel fighters are currently combing the region for him'', the MPS claimed.
In 1999 UNITA claimed to have captured from the government T-55 and T-62 Tanks, 122mm D-30 Artillery and 122mm BM-21 and BM-24 multiple Rocket launcher systems, as well as 75mm232 and 76mm field guns, 82mm and 120mm Mortars, ZU-23 mm antiAircraft guns and fuel and ammunition.
122mm BM-21 multiple rocket launcher systems
122mm BM-24 multiple rocket launcher systems
In the 1980s and in the 1993-1994 war UNITA was able to field several armored and mechanized unitswith T-54/55 Tanks it had captured from the government.70 However most of UNITA's forces were light infantry backed up by Artillery, air defense, and antiTank units.
U.S.-made 106mm recoilless Rifles mounted on four-wheel-drive vehicles have been popular with UNITA. Shoulder-fired light antiTank Weapons (LAWs), as well as RPG-7 Rocket launchers have provided additional firepower. UNITA has also utilized captured air defense Artillery and shoulder-fired Surface-to-air-Missiles (SAMs), including SA-7s.
Shoulder-fired light antiTank Weapons (LAWs)
The Angolan government claims to have captured the following new Weapons from UNITA in the fighting since December 1998: BMP-2s, 122mm D-30 Artillery, T-64s, BM-21 (MRLs), Zu-23 anti-Aircraft guns, and Russian SaM-16s.74
It also has claimed that UNITA has BM-21 truck-mounted Rocket launchers and BNP-1 armored vehicles.75 Moreover, the government has reported that in addition to 122mm D-30 Artillery, UNITA has G5 155mm howitzers and 106mm field guns, U.S.-made M-60 grenade launchers, RPG-7 Rocket launchers, PKM Machine guns, AKM Rifles, and German G3 Rifles.76 Defence Minister Kundi Paihama briefed the National Assembly on May 7, 1999 and said that UNITA had BMP-2 combat vehicles, T-62 and T-64 Tanks, Orkan Surface-to-surface multiple Rocket launcher systems, SAM-8s, Crotale Surface-to-air Missiles and 122mm self-propelled Artillery pieces.
Orkan surface-to-surface multiple rocket launcher systems
He claims that UNITA recently obtained six Russian-made MiG-23 fighter Aircraft, six MI-25 combat helicopters, fifty Tanks and seventy armored troop carriers.
unguided ground-to-ground mini-scud Missiles (FROGs)
Cornwall has also claimed that the rebels have recently obtained more than twenty Russian-built unguided ground-to-ground mini-scud Missiles, knownas FROGs, from North Korea and three Fox 7 surface to air Missiles.
ATO flew three loads of Rifles and Pistols to UNITA directly from Pretoria in 1994
According to a diplomatic source quoted by the paper, the Shipments included AK-47s and 60mm and 120mm Mortars, as well as Rocket-propelled grenades and launchers
He also claimed that UNITA may have obtained a couple of Alouette helicopters and two Mi-8 helicopters but that he did not believe the reports that UNITA had MiG-23s.
Cuito residents panicked last night after UNITA guerrilla rebels fired a Mortar at the city's center.
During this confrontation the FAA killed 24 UNITA soldiers and captured war materiel, namely 60mm Mortars, AKM and PKM automatic Rifles, and one RPG-7 launch Missile.
An attack on the capital is under preparation, it was disclosed by the rebel leaders to a group of Western journalists who observed that the guerrilla fighters are well-armed, including heavy artillery, namely, 106 mm guns mounted on trucks, anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, and three armored cars captured from General Doe's troops.
Hamas terror funds amounting to over 600,000 shekels (about $170,000) were confiscated and Weapons including 54 guns, 6 handguns and 7 RPGs were seized.
During the course of the investigation more than 30 terror suspects were arrested and a large cache of Weapons seized by security forces, including two M-16 Rifles, ammunition and bomb-making material.
Stinger MANPAD Surface-to-air Missile systems
GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily on March 28, 2002, noted: "GIS sources confirmed that HAMAS and other Palestinian groups, and possibly HizbAllah (Shi’ite, Lebanese, and Syrian- and Iranian-backed) now had several US-made General Dynamics Stinger MANPAD Surface-to-air Missile systems, and were likely to use them against Israeli Aircraft at any time from this point.
It has managed to transport from the Sinai to the hands of HAMAS hundreds of tons of Explosives, thousands of Kalashnikov Rifles, Missiles, and ammunition, which helped the terrorist organization manufacture Grad Missiles and Mortar shells.
He is accused of having smuggled 700 kg of Explosives for HAMAS in the Gaza Strip, as well as 15 Missiles.
Hezbollah's air defenses have previously been limited to anti-Aircraft Artillery and SA-7 shoulder-fired Missiles. While there have been some reports in the past that Hezbollah has received the SA-14 (an improved version of the SA-7), there have been no confirmed firings of this Missile in south Lebanon.
Three RPG Rockets, a MAG 7.62 Machine gun, ammunition belts and shoes were found in the bag of Weapons.
About 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of Explosives were smuggled in. The Shin Bet says security forces also seized assault Weapons, a Machine gun and other Weapons.
Backing up these claims is a report last month in the Wall Street Journal claiming that Hezbollah has successfully smuggled and disbursed more than 100,000 Rockets, advanced anti-Aircraft, anti-Ship, and surface to surface Missiles into Lebanon.
Hezbollah has some 60,000 Rockets and Missiles - 10 times what it had in the 2006 Second Lebanon War, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Naveh said at a Zichron Yaakov convention.
Hezbollah, while developing drones for offensive purposes, has already received sea-to-air and Surface-to-air Missiles, as well as Explosives and camouflage equipment.
However it was Ahmed Jibril’s PFLP-GC [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command] militant group (pro-Syrian) which was credited with an action on April 9, 2002, in which three 107mm Rockets (7km range) fired from south Lebanon in the Shebaa fArms theater of operations to strike around Israel’s northern-most kibbutz settlement of Kiryat Shmona.
Lebanese sources said on April 9, 2002, that HizbAllah had used SA-7 Strela/Grail MANPAD systems on April 8, 2002, for the first time in 22 months.
The PIJ [Palestine Islamic Jihad] often carries out suicide bombings that target civilians and military personnel, although the frequency of attacks inside Israeli territory has decreased since the construction of security barriers around Gaza. Council on Foreign Relations, April 10, 2008
The Israeli army confirmed the strike, saying the air force had targeted Islamic Jihad militants who had fired a Mortar round at troops.
The Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad was said to have maintained an arsenal of 5,500 Rockets, with a range of up to 80 kilometers.
Islamic Jihad claimed its militants fired a Fajr 5 which crashed into the sea off Tel Aviv on Thursday, in the first such attack on the heart of Israel since Saddam Hussin's Iraqi regime fired Scud Missiles during the 1991 Gulf war.
The Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad, backed by smaller militant groups, began firing dozens of Rockets into southern Israel late Wednesday, after Israel killed three of its fighters, saying they fired a Mortar at Israeli force
The PRC is largely associated with its extensive use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), roadside bombs, mortars and overall proficiency with explosive weaponry. However, the group is also known to possess antitank rockets and light weapons, including machine guns and other small arms.
Gaza militants fired twelve rockets at Israel on Friday, none causing casualties or damage. The Popular Resistance Committees assumed responsibility for five of them
Flanking Abu Abir at the news conference were dozens of gunmen from the Popular Resistance Committees brandishing guns, grenades and anti-tank rockets.
The attack was claimed by the PFLP's armed wing which issued a statement saying its militants had fired two anti-tank rockets at Israeli troops.
Pro-Syrian Palestinian organizations, such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command and Fatah-the Uprising, kept all their heavy and light weapons. It was later discovered that these were very heavy weapons - tanks, heavy artillery and rocket launchers - and they were massed on the Syrian-Lebanese borders under the slogan "the liberation of Palestine."
In central Gaza, three Palestinian gunmen armed with grenades and other weapons broke into the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom under cover of mortar and anti-tank fire, and were killed in exchanges of fire with Israeli troops, the army said. A Thai worker was also killed in the fighting.
The group has a large weaponry arsenal that includes homemade rockets, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, land mines, heavy machine guns and a bevy of automatic rifles.
The Brigades claimed responsibility for targeting Israeli cities with 15 missiles and M120 mortar shells, Eshkol with four 107 missiles, tanks in eastern Shujaiyya, tanks in eastern Khan Younis with seven M120 mortar shells, and tanks in Beit Hanoun with four M80 mortar shells.
The sources told the Fatah-affiliated Palestine Press News Agency that Hamas confiscated 100 rockets and 500 "combat units" when Fatah tried to move them from one location to another in the Gaza Strip
"Fatah regulars, now constituting the bulk of the Palestine army, have been re-equipped with brand new Kalashnikov rifles, Energa anti-armor and antipersonnel rifle grenades, and RPG-7s (rocket-propelled grenade) as personal weapons,
"ZSU 23-4 anti-aircraft guns, 81 and 120mm mortars, 106mm recoilless rifles, 107mm multiple rocket launchers and SAM-7 Strella heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles are the heavy weapons.
The IDF Spokesman reports that three targets were attacked today: A terrorist base in Mazbud, 10 kms north-east of Sidon - this base served as a training camp of the Fatah and it included dozens of terrorists as well as anti-aircraft cannons, trucks, jeeps, buildings and tents.
Fatah Islam gunmen have shown great resilience, hitting army posts with mortar and grenades.
"Hamas, for instance, has apparently already fired more than 3,200 rockets into Israel during the current conflict."
Israel says Hamas now possesses rockets that can strike much of Israel, as well as advanced anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons.
Gabi Siboni, an Israeli military analyst, said Hamas "has a variety of advanced, precise, and effective weaponry "..."
Soldiers searching his family home found assault rifles, grenades, explosive devices and anti-tank missile launchers, the army said. Troops later blew up the house.
Since seizing Gaza, Hamas has sought to build up its military capabilities, including acquiring mortars, anti-tank missiles, roadside bombs and longer-range rockets, according to Israel's Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, a research body thought to be close to the Israeli military.
Hamas has fired at least 5,500 rockets since seizing Gaza in 2007, killing four Israelis before the air campaign was launched, according to the Israeli military
Automatic weapons, machine-guns, ammunition, hand-grenades, landmines, different kinds of explosives, Grad rockets, LAW [light anti-tank weapon] for use against installations and cars, and Katyusha rockets, some of which are Iranian-made
The gunmen displayed assault rifles, grenades, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and homemade anti-tank missiles on a table before them.
Hamas is believed to have a significant number of shoulder-launched antitank missiles and 9M113 Konkurs, which have a range of 4 kilometres and are capable of penetrating heavy armour. In addition, Hamas is believed to have today a few thousand rockets, including several hundred with a range of 40 kilometres and several dozen with a range of between 60 and 80 km. Intelligence assessments are that Hamas smuggled the missiles into the Gaza Strip through tunnels, possibly in several components. Iran already supplies Hamas with 122mm Katyusha rockets that are smuggled into Gaza in several pieces and then assembled by Hamas engineers.
It says the group now has rockets capable of striking deep into Israel, anti-aircraft missiles and sophisticated anti-tank weapons like the laser-guided missile that hit the bus on Thursd
As in 2012, they include Iranian-made Fajr-5 missiles with a range of 75 kilometres (46 miles) and Gaza-built M75 rockets with a range of 80 kilometres -- both of which can reach Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. But Hamas has since acquired Syrian M-302 rockets which have a range of up to 160 kilometres.
Israeli forces entering Gaza would face likely attack by Hamas anti-tank weapons, including Kornet missiles used by Hezbollah in the 2006 Lebanon war, and improvised explosive devices, analysts said.
Hamas says it captured thousands of M-16 and Kalashnikov rifles and large supplies of ammunition during its week-long conquest of Gaza. Hamas is also believed to have acquired weapons capable of penetrating armour and stockpiles of rocket-propelled grenades.
A senior Hamas official said Sunday that his movement had smuggled hundreds of rockets and mortars and tons of explosives into the Gaza Strip from Egypt in the past few months.
At one building that had been the site of fierce fighting, Hamas fighters left carrying a cache of rocket-propelled grenades, bags of explosives and AK-47 rifles.
Landmines known to be used by Hezbollah include the M15 mine and the M18 Claymore mine.
Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, are also a common element in Hezbollah's repertoire. In the past, Hezbollah members have buried hundreds of kilos of explosives in large pits to take out Israeli tanks
IDF intelligence estimated that Hezbollah had at least hundreds of thousands of rifles.
Hezbollah reportedly used 500 to over one thousand ATGMs in the 2006 war[213] and has thousands in total.
In addition, Hezbollah captured a single working Israeli Spike-MR "Gill" ATGM and launcher in the 2006 war.
Shahab Thaqeb Surface-to-air missile system
In the FAA offensive in the southern part of Bie, they captured 15 81-mm Mortars, 10 60-mm Mortars, a large quantity of Weapons and ammunition and killed several UNITA soldiers, including Gen Kaluto Teim who it is suspected died later.
More than 1,000 Weapons and ammunition -- including RPG-7 Rocket launchers and Mortars -- were found by the Angolan police in three caches in the municipality of Milunga (Uige), the Angolan press reported.
Police found the cache after reports from several residents, and it included 7,000 rounds of ammunition, several types of antipersonnel landmines, and 19 grenades for 76-mm guns, among other Weapons.
The presented war materiel include 47 Machine guns of various types, 66 antipersonnel mines, seven 60-mm Mortars, 3,000 rounds of ammunition.
Some 60 Tanks, which were purchased from Ukraine, are manned by Ukrainian crews. The rebels also have BMP-1 armored vehicles and Grad Missile systems, Beaver claims further.
Arms, mostly AK-47 assault Rifles, are being exchanged for radios, mealie meal, cooking oil and other food normally smuggled into Angola by Namibian villagers, among them former South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) soldiers.
Angolan diplomats said the Angolan army, FAA, has estimated that Unita has at least 60 Tanks. The T55a Tanks were bought from the Ukraine and are being operated by Ukrainian mercenaries, whose presence in Unita territory has been confirmed by defence and risk analysts.
The FAA has identified some of the equipment on the battlefields of Kuito: D30 medium-range howitzers, a standard Soviet system; G5 155mm howitzers, 106mm field guns, ZU23 anti- Aircraft guns, which use high-Explosive shells. It also has BM-21 truck-mounted multiple Rocket launchers called "The Grad" - in use on every battlefield in the southern hemisphere. BNP1 Armoured vehicles carry Unita troops.
BM-21 truck-mounted multiple Rocket launchers
"Since the beginning of 1996 Arms tarted to turn up here, I mean Arms like AK-47s, RPGs, Mortars, coming here from Zaire.
"We're engaged in putting down the UNITA rebellion," Nguto said on state television, which showed pictures of long-range Artillery, heavy machine-guns, gas masks and protective suits against chemical Weapons from the cache reported at Andulo, which fell late last year.
The Arms Watson sold to Unita leader Jonas Savimbi included Mortar bombs, anti-Tank and anti-Aircraft Weapons, grenades, small Arms and ammunition. Most came from Eastern Europe.
Watson also procured medicines for Unita. In 1994, he arranged for foreign instructors to train Unita soldiers on the use of the SAM16 Missile system.
Most of UNITA's Weapons, including Mortars and AK-47 assault Rifles, currently come from Ukraine and are Shipped through other African countries that are not encumbered by an embargo, Pinto said, even though the ultimate purchaser is UNITA.
For this price, the Angolans reportedly received anti-Aircraft Weapons, Artillery pieces, anti-Tank projectiles, Surface-to-air Missile systems and some 20,000 rounds of Mortar ammunition.
Each military region was provided with units consisting of dispersed guerrilla formations (15 to 50 troops each), 150-man guerrilla companies and 500-man strong semi-regular infantry battalions, reinforced with artillery (mortars, rocket launchers or small-calibre field guns) for attacking fixed FAPLA positions.
It received anti-tank weapons from South Africa as well as captured 82mm B-10 recoilless guns mounted on Unimog trucks for its anti-tank units in the same year – essential for countering FAPLA’s deployment of its new T-54/44 tanks.
82mm B-10 recoilless guns mounted on Unimog trucks
Meanwhile, as Soviet and Cuban support of an increasingly overt Marxist MPLA became evident to a conservative Reagan administration, the United States Senate voted to repeal the Clark Amendment in 1985 and UNITA soon received Stinger shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile, TOW anti-tank missiles, 106mm anti-tank recoilless rifles, ammunition and fuel.
An example is the capture of a platoon of T-54/55 tanks, which was used to reinforce its forces in December 1987 in its effort to capture Munhango
UNITA procured most of its weapons during 1993 to 1994 in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria and Ukraine), including mortar bombs, antitank weapons, anti-aircraft weapons, grenades, various types of ammunition and a variety of small arms and light weapons
This point was illustrated by Colonel Kallias, a former UNITA soldier, who testified to the Fowler Commission that UNITA purchased only five T-64 tanks and that the rest of the tanks in its arsenal were captured from the government.5
According to unconfirmed information, UNITA has acquired 10 FROG 3/7 surface-to-surface missiles from North Korea, and although there were supposed to have been delivered in April 1999, they have not been used. It is known that UNITA acquired a number of Konkurs anti-tank guided missile systems from Belarus in order to counter the FAA mechanised offensive.61 Anti-air, anti-tank and a small number of surface-to-surface missiles as well as a number of armoured personnel carriers and some artillery pieces were flown into UNITA controlled areas since the middle of 1998. It was also reported that UNITA has obtained MiG-23 fighter aircraft and Mi-24 attack helicopters from the Ukraine through an European intermediary.62 However, the aircraft have not been seen in Angola and other information indicated that the MiG23 aircraft were based at Ndola airport in Zambia as part of the Zambian Air Force to patrol the UNITA logistical lines and the ownership was undetermined.63 The extravagant claims of the Angolan intelligence services that UNITA has acquired large quantities of tanks and even MiG fighters are doubted.
Konkurs anti-tank guided missile systems
Smart Chata was sent to Zaïre to buy weapons and ammunition and he returned with ten 7,62mm FN FAL rifles and some ammunition.
After a few clashes between Portuguese patrols and UNITA’s raw recruits, the Portuguese started issuing First World War vintage Mauser rifles6 to village chiefs to “protect themselves against the bandits”7.
Equipped with armoured fighting vehicles, long-range artillery and the latest guided anti-tank missiles,
The armed group left several (?60)-mm mortar pieces in the field after attacking the Lucola River water catchment station and destroying a Radio Commercial parabolic antenna.
Tussen dos Santos "Chines" was speaking at an event at which some guns and two "Flec Renovada" (Cabinda separatist group) officers captured during a Faa military raid were presented, following the capture of the rebel group's main strongholds.
It was this splinter group that 'machine-gunned the team like dogs' according to Togolese striker Thomas Dossevi.
The vehicle was attacked with RPG-7 rocket launchers.
The FLEC-FAC, one of the movements fighting for the independence of the territory which belongs to Angola, has claimed responsibility for the mortar attack on the oil installations at Malongo in the Cabinda enclave.
They occupied a police command post, seizing four AKM weapons, military uniforms and office equipment.
In the meantime, according to the Radio Nacional de Angola, elements of the FLEC-FAC appear to have attacked and set on fire on Friday [21st August] , in Cabinda, a truck loaded with wood, and fired their guns into the air several times.
FLEC-FAC (Cabinda Enclave Liberation Front-Armed Forces of Cabinda) released a statement in Brazzaville claiming to have killed 74 government soldiers since February and to have captured a number of heavy weapons, including three long-range artillery pieces and more than 100 rocket-launchers.
30 kilometers (19 miles) away on the same day, the guerillas' parent movement FLEC-FAC hit a government outpost with a pre-dawn mortar barrage, the army said, without giving casualty figures.
A B-3 canon, AKM and G-3 light arms, landmines and other explosive material were discovered by government forces during a mopping-up operation in Cabinda's northern and southern areas, aimed at maintaining security and peace in the region.
Included among the captured weapons were about 50 anti-tank and anti-personnel land mines, 20 AKM rifles, 13 RPK machine guns, two grenade launchers, one 82-mm mortar, one rocket launcher and large supplies of dynamite, AKM munitions and shells, the report said.
Additionally, UNITA has obtained a large number of tanks and armored fighting vehicles and, with the help of South African mercenary instructors, has reportedly developed some prowess in conventional maneuver warfare. UNITA has also acquired a substantial air force of its own, including MiG-23 fighter bombers and Mi-24 attack helicopters, reportedly from Ukraine through a European intermediary. The aircraft reportedly come with Ukrainian mercenary pilots.
But reports indicate that UNITA now has a substantial number of surface to air missiles, which it has already successfully used several times, and this should blunt the government's air campaign.
The first reason relates to UNITA's acquisitin of sophisticated conventional weapons such as 6 Russian MI-25 combat helicopters, 6 MiG-23 aircraft, 50 tanks, 75 armoured troop carrers, major mobile artillery[.]
Confirming the attack, Namibian military officials said Thursday that UNITA rebels fired 60mm and 81mm mortars as well as PK machine guns and AK-47s.
"We only heard bombs. Most of the people got out and started running into trenches near the river", she said.
The army recovered fewer than 300 weapons, which included rocket-propelled grenade launchers, the radio said.
FRUD raids, punitive army operations and landmines laid by both sides have claimed numerous lives, but no accurate toll is available.
"[...] and FRUD forces employed Italian and Russian mines."
Concerning Arms trafficking, the minister said an Arms cache recently discovered in Suchitepequez with 22 AK-47 Rifles in perfect condition proves the URNG [National Guatemalan Revolutionary Unity] does not lack Arms but, rather, militant members.
Former Copaz President Hector ROsada is certain that the URNG did not surrender its new Weapons, but only the broken or run-down Rifles and Machine guns.
As an example, he mentioned the Weapons seized three years ago in Ciudad San Cristobal, where the authorities seized almost 1,000 AK-47 Rifles.
The URNG also occasionally booby-trapped hand grenades.
Before the war ended in 1996, the Guatemalan military claimed that the URNG guerillas had deployed 35 000 landmines.
The URNG made relatively use of crude, homemade mines and imporvised explosives devices during the war.
During the war, the Guatemalan government claims to have never used landmines, but the URNG used IEDs and produced mines from plastic tubing, potassium nitrate and gunpowder
Though the URNG made limited use of landmines, directional mines and close-range weapons were used against the national army
They possessed only small arms, never obtained anti-aircraft weapons, and made minimal use of mines. Their equipment was eclectic, and of variable and generally poor condition. By the 1980s, AK-47 and M-16 rifles of various vintages and origins became the most common equipment, reflecting some increased strength, but by this point, rebel forces were quite small. W
The cache included six rocket launchers, three grenade launchers, 1,000 rifles and machine guns, 100 electronic detonators, five cannons, 22 mortars, an anti-aircraft machine gun and almost a million rounds of various ammunitions , Cesar said.
The arsenal comprised, among other weapons, 696 AK-47 automatic rifles, 23 M-79 grenade launchers, 1,400 grenades, 11 RPG-7 rocket launchers with 300 rockets and approximately 300 hand grenades.
There was a heavy attack on the military post using rifles, grenade launchers and grenades, which practically destroyed the post.
The LURD was found to have Mortar rounds that originally had been supplied by the United Arab Emirates to Guinea which the Guinean Defence Ministry claimed had been destroyed during a barracks fire.
"Stockton Bridge is being contested this morning," Chea said, describing the rebel shelling "pretty heavy".
Where did the rebels get the Mortar rounds? In late June, troops from the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) ran out of ammunition and were forced to abandon an offensive in Monrovia. Three weeks later, resupplied with ammunition, including 81- and 82-millimeter Mortar rounds, LURD attacked again. Their bombardment led to many of the casualties around the U.S. embassy.
Some of Arms which include heavy Machine guns and light Weapons were on Sunday afternoon discovered and seized from the home of a former senior commander of the former LURD warring group, General Philip Kamara, in the Jacob Town, Black Gina Community by the joint security forces assigned in the area.
ECOMOG Tuesday uncovered 124 assault Rifles and arrested 11 ex-combatants of the dissolved National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) faction for burying the Arms cache in central Liberia.
Global Witness research and investigations have shown that LURD rebels in Lofa County have General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMs), sub-machine guns (SMGs), RPGs, as well as BZTs, M-16 rifles and PKM machine guns.
LURD have captured significant quantities of AK-47s[.]
Koffa exclaimed proudly as she clutched a Russian-made AK-47 assault Rifle between her knees. But her boyfriend, she added, had been killed in action.
The first 100 of Geelee’s fighters to be registered by UN peacekeepers at Zwedru handed in 61 AK-47 automatic Rifles, two Rocket-propelled grenades, one light Machine gun, 20 Mortar bombs, two hand grenades and 1,950 rounds of small Arms ammunition.
At several of the sites, remnants of the exploded ammunition were produced, all of which were 81 or 60mm mortar fins.
He said that Guatemalan authorities had been notified of the discovery, which included six rocket launchers, 245 M-16 rifles, 100 detonators, 25,000 rounds of ammunition and documents.
The men had demanded money from a local farmer. The villagers seized the men's backpacks and AK-47 rifles, Pimentel said.
Monrovia, 9th February Five suspects, believed to be members of Prince Johnson's Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia [INPFL] were arrested after the grenade attack right in the centre of Monrovia on Tuesday 4th February, which resulted in the killing of three people and the wounding of about 20 others, the police disclosed today.
ECOMOG information indicated that in September 1992 the NPFL had received large shipments of weapon an equipment, including four tanks, armored personnel carriers, tones(sic!) of artillery pieces, anti-aircraft missiles, small arms[.]
An AFP correspondent said the surrendered arms included AK-47 rifles, M-1s, M-16s, light automatic rifles (LARs), berretas, as well as heavy artillery weapons comprising two 40-barrel guns and a BZT anti-aircraft launcher. Other heavy artillery guns the NPFL surrendered to ECOMOG Saturday were 105 mm, 106mm and 108mm howitzer mortar guns in Sanniquellie, 260 kilometers northeast of Monrovia.
ECOMOG Tuesday uncovered 124 assault rifles and arrested 11 ex-combatants of the dissolved National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) faction for burying the arms cache in central Liberia.
Journalists noted the NPFL soldiers are very well-armed. Most are equipped with individual automatic weapons, mainly AK-47 assault rifles of Soviet manufacture and Italian Beretta submachine guns which they claim to have seized from the enemy.
The NPFL on Friday again launched mortar guns and rocket propelled grenades into the BTC, an everyday tactic employed to flush out the armed Krahn's inside, branded as "terrorists" by Taylor.
"The NPFL will disarm its artillery battalion and turn over to the ECOMOG African peacekeeping force all of its heavy weapons, including 105-mm and 108-mm guns and anti-aircraft weapons," according to the broadcast.
Wonde said that while in Zwedru last week he witnessed clashes 10 kilometres (six miles) west of Zwedru in which two LPC fighters and one civilian were seriously wounded by fragments of a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) bomb allegedly launched by NPFL fighters.
He said two AK-47 rifles captured from NPFL by the LPC were turned over to ECOMOG commander in Zwedru, identified only as Major Dogo.
The ECOMOG [Economic Community of West African States Cease-Fire Monitoring Group] jet bombers have been meeting stiff resistance from NPFL anti-aircraft batteries and missile attacks
The effective workings of the NPFL surface-to-air missile attacks sent hundreds of emotionally-charged and joyous residents into the city centre of Gbarnga in cheerful dance and praises for the artillery unit of the NPFL as one of the planes suffered a devastating blow.
The agency added that ''overseas radio reports monitored in Dakar'' on the 26th said that five ECOMOG soldiers were wounded in the attack, three of them when their armoured car was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.
According to Inienger, NPFL forces also launched a sustained assault on ECOMOG positions at a checkpoint 35 kilometres (22 miles) north-east of Monrovia earlier this week using mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, and said "such relentless action indicates the motive of the NPFL forces to break ECOMOG's defense and encircle its troops in the area."
The Seleka, young men armed with AK-47s and Rocket launchers, swept down from the north, and in March, 2013, they overran Bangui, where they established a despotic rule.
At their checkpoints along the highways, the anti-balaka men flash a menacing arsenal of crude Weapons: old hunting Rifles and Pistols, huge ceremonial swords, and an array of daggers, blades and machetes. Some fighters wield a knife in each hand. But they also have more modern Weapons, including Kalashnikov assault Rifles and hand grenades.
Among the Weapons found there were anti-Tank mines, more than 100 Mortar rounds, plastic Explosive bricks and other ammunitions.
Anti-balaka militias and armed civilians use 12-gauge shotgun rounds manufactured in Spain, Italy and Cameroon, according to the Conflict Armament Research report.
The report also found Chinese-manufactured grenades, originally intended for Nepal, are widely held by Seleka and anti-balaka forces and are common among armed civilians.
He said they also seized a military vehicle mounted with a heavy Machine gun.
A quick post to point out what appears to be a Milkor MGL Mk.1 grenade launcher, seen here in the hands of Séléka fighters near Bangui, in the Central African Republic (CAR).
In the background, we can also see a rather rusty South African R4 rifle
In other photos I’ve seen Type 56-2 assault rifles, M79 type grenade launchers, Type 85 heavy machine guns, MAS 36/51 rifles, and what appears to be a Zastava M21 SBS.
“They have a thousand grenades, loads of Rifles,” HRW’s Peter Bouckaert said.
The fighter at the far right is holding what is likely a Chinese Type 56 assault rifle, whilst his compatriot in yellow is holding a Singaporean SAR 80 rifle.
All around us are armed anti-balaka fighters, some of them kids as young as 12, shorter than their homemade rifles.
His automatic rifle made it clear that he wouldn’t entertain any follow-up questions.
"The influx of weapons from the Sudan, noted since January 2018, has resulted in UPC and FPRC fighters increasingly being seen with pistols and AK-type assault rifles, as well as rocket-propelled grenade launchers and machine guns mounted on their vehicles," said the report to the Security Council.
A cache of Arms and ammunition, including two AK 66 Rifle, a US-made Pistol and Chinese grenades, have been recovered from the slain rebel
The numbers and types of Arms they handed over to the DGP during their surrender are: AK series Rifles 4, SLRs 5, 9 mm carbines 2, Revolvers 2, grenades 3, magazines 21 and cartridges for different Arms 999.
An AK-66 Rifle, two magazines and 26 rounds of live cartridges were recovered from near the dead body.
According to estimates, ATTF, led by Ranjit Debbarma, has a cadre strength of around 300 and Weapons which include 50 AK-56 Rifles, 12 Chinese LMGs, three carbines, ten SLRs, while NLFT, led by Biswa Mohan Debbarma, has a cadre strength of 350 and Arms that include 100 AK-47/AK-56 Rifles and 15 LMGs.
The Arms and ammunition, belonging to ATTF, included anti-Tank Weapons, Mortars and AF series Rifles.
The ammunition, including some 200 anti-Tank Weapons is suspected to be linked to the now-weakened All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF)
Around 100 RAB personnel conducted the raid at the 100-foot hillock and found 184 high explosive anti-tank weapons and 154 chargers inside bunkers dug in deep holes in the hillock.
Most of the weapons, including AK-47 and AK-56 assault rifles, mortars, 40mm rocket launchers, pistols, revolvers and grenades, come via the Arakans -- a mountainous area in Myanmar -- from parts of Thailand and Cambodia.
The insurgents deposited 14 arms, including four AK series rifles, five SLR self-loading rifles , two 9-mm carbines, two Sm revolvers, one country-made gun, three grenades, 21 magazines, and 990 live cartridges.
The ultras deposited four grenades, five rifles and two revolvers.
Police recovered AK-56 rifles and grenades from the dead rebels.
CPI(Maoist) cadre Satyendra Rajvanshi was taken into custody and two carbines, a country-made Pistol, two Rifles, Explosives, besides a diary and Naxal literature were seized from him, Superintendent of Police Ravish Kumar said.
Bhandaria police along with CRPF 172 battalion led by commandant N K Singh have recovered a DBBL gun, two country-made guns, two .315 bore Pistols, one .12 bore Pistol, 21 live cartridges a good number of used cartridges.
Reports even elaborate Maoist have sought "on an urgent basis" large consignment of sophisticated Weapons, including AK Rifles, Rocket launchers, claymore mines and even RDX from KLO.
In the first attack, the Maoists triggered a Landmine blast to target a passenger bus, carrying 12 poll staff, at Ketulnar in Bijapur district and sprayed bullets on it.
The Arms including AK-47 Rifles, detonators, Pistols and live cartridges bore Chinese-made marks, which confirmed that Naxals active in Chhattisgarh had foreign connections, said the minister.
On a tip off, a team of Fatehpur police station raided the village and arrested two CPI (Maoist) activists. One SLR, one carbine, one Rifle and two country made Pistols have been recovered from them.
Around 20 Arms, including 9-mm improvised Pistols and 11 Japanese-make sophisticated Rifles and live bombs,' an officer of the CBI was quoted by a local daily.
Police raided a brick kiln area and recovered 23 live bombs, a Rifle and several rounds of ammunition.
Along with the red top brass, the team seized four carbines, three Rifles, ammunition and cash worth Rs 6 lakh.
They were learnt to be laced with sophisticated Weapons including grenades, Improvised Explosive Devices (IECs), Rocket-launchers and Mortars and ferried to the target in 20 vehicles comprising trucks, mini-trucks, buses and motorcycles.
Police recovered five fireArms, including two 9 mm carbines, one 8mm Pistol, a 7.62mm Rifle and a .303 Rifle, nearly 200 rounds of ammunition, 83 gelatin sticks, wire bundles, 200 detonators and Maoist literature, he said.
In the last one year, police have seized 50 Landmines, 45 claymore mines, 70 can bombs, 5,000 boosters, 500 kg high power gel, 800 gelatine sticks, 200 kg Explosives, 16 Rifles, and 80 Revolvers and Pistols from Maoist hideouts in Ranchi.
The seizure of 40 sacks of ammonium nitrate in two separate incidents from this city and its outskirts is the latest indicator that the Jharkhand capital may be turing into a hub of illegal Explosives meant to reach Maoists.
A US-made Rifle inscribed Colt M-16 and 14 ammunition of 5.56 mm cartridges, a 9-mm Italian- made Pistol alongwith a bullet-proof jacket was also seized, he said.
Meanwhile, a Landmine, 30 kg of Explosives and a musket believed to have been cached by Maoists were recovered from Dharampur, the sources added.
Two 9 mm Pistols, 17 rounds of ammunition and 12 live bombs were seized.
Local media reports said that an AK-47, two INSAS, four SLRs, three 9mm and two 2mm Pistols, one tiffin bomb, 13 magazines and cash worth Rs 10.5 lakh were seized from the possession of the arrested Maoists.
Equipped with automatic Weapons, shoulder Rocket launchers, mines and Explosives, the Maoists want to cripple economic activity.
According to Inspector General (IG) of police, south-west range of Odisha, Yashwant Jethwa, the seized items included eight Landmines, three SBML guns, one 8mm Pistol, 70 detonators, seven bundles of wire used to explode Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), five kg of gun powder, Maoist uniforms and literature.
Later, the forces recovered Vishal’s body and seized one AK-47 Rifle, 150 rounds of ammunition, one grenade, 83 rounds of used cartridges, two mobile phones, one charger, one set of camouflage uniform, groundsheet, bag and blanket from the school. “He sustained three bullet injuries,” said a senior officer
About 15 cartridge were seized from the house of arrested Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sushanta Ghosh whose questioning yielded information about other politicians' role in the alleged killing of seven Trinamool Congress activists in West Midnapore district, West Bengal police claimed Saturday.
LURD and MODEL fighters used selfloading pistols, M72 AB2 automatic rifles, FN FAL rifles, AKM and AK-47 assault rifles, M-16 rifles, SKS rifles, PKM light machine guns, RPK and RPD machine guns, and Chinese M60 type 7.62 mm light machine guns.
Chinese M60 type 7.62 mm light machine gun
The June–July 2003 offensive against Monrovia is a well-documented example of heavy mortar shelling by LURD.
LURD captured FN FAL rifles, AKM assault rifles, RPO-type grenade launchers, and SA-7 surface-to-air missiles from government forces or government-backed armed groups.
Some of the 81 mm mortar rounds LURD combatants used in the June–July 2003 Monrovia attacks were reportedly shipped from Iran to Guinea and then smuggled to LURD
LURD has also allegedly used United Arab Emirates-made mortar ammunition, which is likely to have somehow leaked from Guinean stockpiles.
Their arms are essentially AK-47 assault rifles and some rifles with bayonets.
The LURD claims that most of its heavy weaponry -- essentially comprising Chinese-made machine guns, rockets and anti-aircraft guns -- were seized from government troops.
A rocket-propelled grenade is fired and explodes in a house covered with metal sheeting where LURD forces have established a machine gun position making it impossible to cross the Old Bridge.
It is the country's largest rebel group, Liberians United for Democracy and Reconciliation (LURD) -- whose 1999 uprising against Taylor erupted into the second civil war -- that has been the most reluctant to surrender its AK-47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.
They don't have uniforms and are equipped with light arms like AK-47 assault rifles.
They include two 80 mm mortars, one anti-aircraft gun and a Chinese-made heavy machinegun fabricated in 1957.
On Tuesday, LURD fighters rampaged in Tubmanburg, waving automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades and chanting "No Luseni, no disarmament."
"I still have my 81-mm mortar, but I just came to see whether the UN was giving fighters who disarm something good," said a 19-year-old who identified himself as "Colonel Likeness" of the rebel Liberians United for Reconciliation Democracy (LURD), whose uprising against Taylor in 1999 erupted into war.
The group said that an investigation showed that mortar rounds fired by LURD accounted for many of the casualties.
On the other side of Stockton Creek bridge, the LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) have set up heavy machine gun with which they spray the bridge, pinning down President Charles Taylor's troops.
"I do not carry my arm now, it is at my house, because I am ready for peace," said Padmo Doumah, who at 30 has spent more than 10 years known as "Major Blood-to-blood" and armed with an AK-47 or rocket-propelled grenade.
"LURD fighters responded by opening fire and throwing grenades.
"The rebels are using mortars and machine guns, and we are exercising maximum restraint," the defence minister said, adding: "We are appealing to the international community to exert pressure to rein in the LURD."
Another six people died in the incident when retreating rebels threw hand grenades into a crowded market in another part of Monrovia.
The Ecomog [Economic Community of West African States Cease-Fire Monitoring Group] field commander has disclosed that fighters of the NPFL [National Patriotic Front of Liberia] have for the past three days attacked Ecomog positions at 15th Gate, using mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
Fighters loyal to Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) fired rocket propelled grenades and mortars into the Barclay Training Centre, a barracks housing not only rival faction members but also several thousand civilians.
Citing diplomatic sources in Freetown, AFP reported that on 16th April NPFL Liberian rebels using mortars and heavy weapons were advancing on the important garrison town and airbase at Daru in eastern Sierra Leone.
The ECOMOG soldier said NPFL fighters launched an attack with grenades and automatic rifles while the force was trying to contain another attack at Fendell, 15 kilometres (10 miles) north-east of Monrovia, where the presumed leaders of September 15's coup attempt are being held.
The commander of the African peacekeeping Force known as ECOMOG, Major General Victor Malu, said last month that peacekeepers had removed all landmines laid by former fighters of the NPFL in the plantation, and declared the area "safe."
Meanwhile, ECOMOG says it finds it pertinent again to assert that despite popular and general appeals from the world community, including essentially the Liberian people, that the NPFL fighters should stop attacking the peace-keeping force, the front has relentlessly rained missiles and opened attacks against ECOMOG.
'We are all going to watch the guns. They are my guns'', said NPFL defence spokesman Tom Woewiyu. ''We already have our soldiers encamped and our weapons packed in specific places.
Without (?regard) for humanity, and so without (?any) sense of patriotism, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia [NPFL] (?rained) rockets of missiles into residential areas [words indistinct] and tried desperately to dislodge ECOMOG [Economic Community of West African States Cease-Fire Monitoring Group] , overwhelm the city of Monrovia and areas under the government of the Interim Government of National Unity, spreading death and destruction in (?the pursuit) of personal (?ambitions).
Voix de la Revolution (Conakry) reported on 11th April that a rocket fired by Charles Taylor's troops from Sierra Leonean territory had fallen on Nongoua, a Guinean sub-prefecture 27 km from Gueckedou. No casualties were caused, and border security forces had located and seized the ''anti- tank rocket launcher''.
Oppong said since January 31 a total of 181 weapons had been collected, including 27 rocket launchers and 13 US-made howitzer mortars.
UFDR and CPJP had only a limited number of vehicles and automatic weapons
The military said Sunday that rebels of the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) fired a missile at a vehicle carrying former rebels of the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) and civilians near Bria, the country's main diamond mining hub.
"For the moment, we don't know the toll of this attack led by rebels who arrived on board four 4x4 vehicles, of which two were fitted with heavy machine guns," the source said.
“In Bangui, anti-balaka fighters, armed with AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and grenades attacked numerous Muslim areas, forcing the population to flee,” the HRW statement said.
Aissatou Sahada—mother of eleven, echoed Awa’s sentiment, saying that “we women want peace, but it’s not finished, they want to finish us”, referring to anti-balaka militias whose rifle and grenade attacks on Muslim neighborhoods in Bangui have become a regular occurrence.
We saw for the first time in mid-October heavy weapons used by both anti-balaka and Seleka forces, including morters and ground-to-ground missiles
She said the anti-Balaka used heavy weapons that the U.N. had not seen before, including mortars and grenade launchers.
Last month, grenades killed six Chadian soldiers, including two colonels in an ambush by Anti-Balaka militia.
A senior leader of the Anti-Balaka of the sub-prefecture of Yaloke has handed over to the presidency of the republic light weapons, including 10 Kalashnikovs, one rocket propeller, one A52, one Fall, hand grenades, binoculars and a Walki-Talkie.
And anti-Balaka militias shot using machine guns and ran off towards the PK 12 road at is situated a few kilometres away.
Anti-Balaka militias were over excited. Some had Chinese grenades in their hands, other knives or even Kalashnikovs.
A large cache of arms (guns and grenades) were recovered and eight people were arrested but not Patrice Ngaissona, one of the coordinators of anti-Balaka rebels
"As soon as the UN troops left, a wave of anti-balaka rushed up to the mosque, yelling and brandishing machetes and home-made guns," said the bishop of Bangassou, Juan-Jose Aguirre.
"The anti-Balaka attacked with grenades and automatic weapons starting yesterday and so far at least four civilians have been killed, with many wounded and 27 houses burned," said Joseph Tagbalet.
Their equipment was at first very rudimentary -- bows and arrows, homemade hunting rifles, machetes and amulets for "protection". They were soon joined by forces loyal to ousted president Francois Bozize armed with assault rifles, mortars and rocket-launchers.
They used grenades to kill cattle, fired Kalashnikovs into herds and massacred our families.
"They have a thousand grenades, loads of rifles," HRW's Peter Bouckaert said
Yekatom was wanted in particular for leading an attack in Bangui on December 5, 2013, when his group armed with guns, grenades and machetes, attacked Muslims in Boeing district, killing between six to 13 civilians.
They came from Fatima, from Cattin and from Fode and threw grenades kiling one Muslim.
Several weapons and a large quantity of ammunition, rockets and assorted military equipment were seized during the operation.
On 19 December, they launched a grenade attack against a Chadian contingent of MISCA at Gobongo market during a routine patrol.
A potential cooperation between the ruthless LRA and the UFDR – a well trained group of fighters armed with G3 machine guns and rocket propelled grenades – would be catastrophic for the region and most worryingly for the region’s civilians.
It was also confirmed that the UFDR had gained access to several armored vehicles, including a plane that landed in Birao earlier to bring supplies.
By March 2013 it had ‘technicals’ with a standard camouflage pattern, heavy machineguns, automatic grenade launchers and fairly standardised uniforms, as well as general equipment, satellite telephones and radios.
In addition to semi-automatic weapons, UFDR combatants have military uniforms, RPGs, and heavy machine guns and artillery mounted on vehicles. They are also known to possess anti-aircraft guns[.]
Since January, there has been a growing number of reports of arms-trafficking with former Seleka fighters "increasingly seen carrying pistols and AK-type assault rifles" in CAR's far-flung provinces.
The panel received information in April that the rebels had obtained Sudanese weapons including AK-type assault rifles, machine guns and ammunition and that "new weapons deals were being concluded" with the Sudanese traffickers.
The French troops took no casualties, though they were "very violently assaulted by rather heavily armed groups -- heavy weapons, notably anti-tank missiles -- on pick-up trucks and motorbikes," the military general staff stated in Paris.
Near the airport, an exulting crowd looked on as gunmen lay face down on the ground as French soldiers lined up a booty of rocket-launchers and assault rifles.
These soldiers from the RDOT, Beal and the Support Regiment camps are armed with automatic weapons, rocket propellers and grenades.
Aid workers were all the more watchful after getting alarming news from Paoua, 150 kilometres (90 miles) away, where Seleka forces opened fire with assault rifles and rocket launchers and Christian militias warned of reprisals.
"When we arrived, the Seleka wanted to shell the Christian camp with mortars."
They used of high calibre weapons such as mortars
Some of the SA-7 missiles were recovered in the CAR since the beginning of the year by the soldiers of the French Operation Sangaris and of the MISCA []. Here too, the devices come from Libya, but the investigation, which is not concluded, did not make it possible for determining if they were by the Central African authorities in the 1980s to the 1990s or were brought by the Seleka fighters.
Seleka, which has light weapons and rocket launchers, accuses the French army of bias.
On October 10, the mostly Muslim Seleka forces surrounded the church and opened fire with grenades and rifles on the refugees inside. Nine people were killed, including four children.
The death toll was provisional, the officer said, "in light of the heaviness of the fighting and the weapons used. Some used rocket-launchers.
Five people were killed and 20 injured in an attack with rocket launchers and machine guns in the flashpoint Muslim-majority PK-5 district of Bangui. Officials blamed the violence on a faction of the Muslim ex-Seleka rebellion that overthrew Bozize.
Residents of Bangui said on Wednesday that Seleka fighters wearing civilian clothes threw grenades at the houses of people thought to be Christian, in a northern district of the city.
The rebels fighting to overthrow the Nicaraguan government are receiving 300 to 400 antiaircraft missiles, probably including U.S.-made Redeyes, as part of the final installment of this year`s U.S. aid package, rebel and informed sources here said.
In addition to the missiles, the contras are taking delivery on heavy mortars, machine guns and aircraft to be used to supply troops inside Nicaragua, the sources said.
An undetermined number of those new missiles probably will be the U.S.-made Redeye, more sophisticated and potent than the Soviet-designed SAM- 7s the contras have been using.
Most carried Soviet-designed AK-47 assault rifles, and when they enter Nicaragua they will carry 600 to 800 rounds of ammunition, an extra uniform and food for three weeks, Cmdr. Johnny said. Each squad of 20 men has a light machine gun, one soldier carries a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, and rounds for the weapon are distributed throughout the squad.
The Contras have used their aid to buy the latest in jungle military equipment -- fatigues, dry and rainy season boots, superlight nylon hammocks and ponchos, along with AK-47 assault rifles, Russian and U.S.-made anti-aircraft missiles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
Citing an FSLN spokesman, Radio Sandino (Managua) reported that contras had fired a mortar near the town of Somoto on 15th April.
Approximately 400 people, apparently former contras from Waslala, seized Zapatera Island on Saturday 31st December. Many of the invaders were carrying modern radio communications equipment and were armed with rifles.
The rebels left in a matter of hours and in an orderly fashion, carrying Rifles and ammunition.
Rebels believed to be backed by Rwanda fired Mortars and Machine guns Monday on the outskirts of the provincial capital of Goma, threatening to capture one of the largest cities in eastern Congo in a development that could drag this giant Central African nation back into war.
The new equipment, including the goggles as well as 120 mm Mortars, are being provided by Rwanda, which also sent several battalions of fighters, according to the International Crisis Group.
On Monday, the rebels lofted Mortar shells that landed near U.N. peacekeeping troops at the airport, Dwyer said in an update, adding that "We are not able to confirm fighting in Goma or that the M23 has reached Goma at this stage." He also said the U.N. could not confirm reports of firing from Congo into Rwanda.
“If this is true, this is the first real, solid proof that the RPF had Surface-to-air Missiles, and secondly that this Weapon was from the batch used to down Habyarimana’s airplane,” Prof. Reyntjens said in an interview.
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese government forces and their Angolan allies have destroyed a column of tanks owned by the 'Cocoyes' militiamen of ousted President Pascal Lissouba in the southwestern Niairi region, a military source said in Brazzaville Tuesday.
Traffic was again halted last weekend after another militia, loyal to toppled president Pascal Lissouba and known as Cocoyes, mounted a rocket attack on a train, reportedly damaging the locomotive.
Having 'symbolically' handed over a rusty, 14.5mm heavy machine-gun, Ntumi announced that his fighters would not disarm until a number of conditions were met, including the establishment of a government of national unity and a substantial hike in the quota of Ninjas and Nsiloulous to be integrated into the national armed forces.
In the week leading up to the Mindouli meeting, more than 500 Ninjas handed in weapons ranging from Kalashnikov assault rifles to hunting guns, in the wake of a March 17 peace pact negotiated by Moundele Ngollo.
A freight train was derailed and a number of people injured in the west African state of Congo in a landmine attack by renegade guerrillas known as the Ninjas, railroad officials said Monday.
A second Cocoye cache consisted of three general purpose and heavy machine guns—German G3s and a Chinese copy of an SGM— complete with ammunition, two RPG 7 launchers, and three assault rifles.
A final large cache identified through the survey consisted of 60 Kalashnikovs, 12 RPGs,15 SKS rifles, and 70 grenades
Weapons used by, and collected from, the Cocoye include: Kalashnikov rifles, 12.7mm and 14.5mm HMGs, GPMGs (RPD and RPK), under-barrel grenade launchers (PM Castors), rocket-propelled grenade launchers, SKS rifles, mortars, portable mortars, grenades, and ammunition (from Mbouti, Dolisie, and the centre de formation). Moreover, Bulgarian AKS-47s with effaced serial numbers—the typical weapon obtained by Cobra forces in 1997—were apparently taken from ambushed Angolan soldiers in Niari.
Thes also included one AK-56 Rifle, 231 rounds of 39 mm bullets, two magazines of Kalashnikov Rifle and 20 rounds of US carbine.
Assam police and CRPF men have seized a large quantity of Arms from suspected GNLA militants, which included sophisticated Glock Rifles and night vision binoculars.
East Garo Hills district police recently seized 66 Rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), a single-barrel muzzleloading gun from mobile camp of GNLA
Intelligence sources confirmed that GNLA is buying lightweight assault Rifles and guns as well as ammunition from various agents backed by NSCN rebels. "They are purchasing Heckler & Koch assault Rifles, something not even available for many of our security forces. They are also buying Austria-made Glock guns from the grey markets of Dimapu
BSF seized a 7.65 mm USA-made Pistol, two magazines and 9 RDS from his possession.
The outfit has reportedly procured a cache of HK 53 Rifles and Explosives to augment their arsenal.
Among the items seized were two automatic foreign-made Pistols, a powerful claymore mine, electronic detonators and several documents and letter pads of Ulfa, which jointly operates with the GNLA and has several camps in Garo hills.
A cache of Arms and ammunition, which included IEDs, Rocket and grenades were recovered.
Police found one AK 47 Rifle, one light Machine gun, one Pistol and a magazine from the busted camp.
The consignment, including Rocket launchers, shells and Pistols and barrets were found from Gorchuk area of Guwahati.
Police recovered one AK-74 Rifle and grenade launcher with 25 numbers of live shells, 400 live ammunition, four magazines, one Berreta Topket Pistol with 20 rounds of live ammunition and 500 live ammunition of 9mm.
One sophisticated HK Rifle, two Pistols and two grenades, cache of ammunition were seized from the busted camp.
The cache comprised two AK-47 Rifles, six .22 Pistols, six 9mm Pistols, 12 magazine, one grenade and one wireless set.
The seized Arms and ammunition included two AK 56 Rifles with ten magazines, two shot guns, six .32 bore Revolver with seven magazines, one grenade, a carbine magazine, one wireless set and 254 rounds of live ammunition.
Inspector General of Police (Central Western Range) L.R. Bishnoi said the seized items included one AK 56 Rifle, one magazine, one short-barreled gun, one Rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher, seven RPG shells, 375 rounds of ammunition, four mobile handsets and Rs.50,000 in cash.
One truck (no. AS 18C 1181) One Hyundai i10 (no. ML 08 B 0101) One AK 56 One 303 Rifle One .22 Rifle One shot gun 341 rounds of ammunition of 7.62 SLR 111 rounds of ammunition of AK Rifle 33 rounds of ammunition of shot gun
The recovered Weapons included a magazine of AK Rifles loaded with 60 live rounds, on grenade launcher modified from 0.303 Rifle with four RPGs, three hand grenades with detonators, on sten Machine gun loaded with 10 live rounds, two magazine pouch, one 9 mm magazine and two walky-talky sets, a police source said.
Arms which KCP/Lamphel cadres displayed to the media included 3 AK-47 Rifles, 13 9mm Pistols, 4 point 32 Pistols, 1 lethod gun. 1 SLR, 5 grenades
The security forces also recovered two M-16 Rifles, one carbine, one 9 mm Pistol with 12 live rounds, 20 live rounds of SLR gun, nine detonators, one 36 Indian hand grenade, one lethod shell, one magazine of SLR, six dry cell bateries, two kgs of PEK Explosives, four antenna of wireless sets, and demand letters of the KCP(MC) signed by one Lamyanba Khuman, commandar in chief of the KCP(MC) addressed to ABC Godown at Khoyathong in Imphal demanding Rs.
In another encounter with the Imphal west district police commandos at Pourabi bus parking this evening at around 8.15 pm two suspected militants were killed and a hand grenade and one 9 mm Pistol with three live rounds recovered form the deceased.
The seized Weapons which were displayed in the meet were one AK-56 with magazine, two lathod guns one magazine each of 9 mm Pistol and .32 Pistol, two Kenwood wireless sets, 45 live rounds of AK, two lathod shells, one receipt book of KCP, a Honda Ac
“The rebel was on a scooter and going to attack a private residence. We seized a hand grenade,” the police officer said.
Following interrogation, the joint team arrested another militant, Thingbaijam Somokanta, and seized five China-made hand grenades, several live ammunition of different calibre, seven monetary demand letters signed by Malemnganba of KCP, a scooter and a cell phone from them.
Search operations at the house led to the discovery of one IED pipe bomb, eight batteries, one white-coloured battery, five EW marked batteries, one Panasonic battery, six detonators, three C 4 Explosive cake, circuit board and others.
One Pistol along with a magazine with five rounds of 9 mm were also seized from the possession of Ramananda whose outfit KCP (MC) is observing Suspension of Operations with the state government, said the police release.
On his disclosure, 3 hand grenades, 4 detonators, one .32 Pistol, 2 live rounds and other incriminating articles were also seized from his possession.
Several AK-47 Rifles, over 300 rounds of ammunition and 2,000 detonators, besides Maoist, literature were seized.
A cache of Arms and ammunition, comprising three Pistols, four magazine and three grenades, were recovered from them, along with three mobile handsets.
Police have found a 9mm Pistol, one 7.65mm Pistol, a Revolver and 19 rounds of ammunition from their possession.
Police seized a 9 mm Pistol, three rounds of live ammunition and two motorcycles
The group laid down a huge cache of Arms and ammunition, including two AK-56 series Rifles with two magazines and 300 rounds of ammunition, two 9mm Pistols with two magazines and 17 rounds of ammunition, two Chinese Pistols and two Revolvers. Beside there were 10 Chinese grenades, 50kg of TNT and one pen Pistol with six rounds of ammunition.
Security forces recovered IED bomb, country made carbine, Pistols of different makes along with rounds of ammunition, a hand grenade,12 Explosive gelatine tube, a wired detonator, two live rounds of ammunition for a twelve boor gun, cartridges, flexible wire, a political map of Assam, a half kg iron plate and an NDFB extortion note book were recovered.
Security forces seized six 303 Rifles, one hand grenade, one laford launcher, 55 rounds of live ammunition of AK-47 Rifle, extortion notes, solar flat plate from the burst camp
Police has recovered three AK 56 Rifles, one Chinese hand grenade, 110 live bullets of AK 56 Rifles, three AK 56 empty magazines and a cash of Rs 15,000
According to the police, three AK-56 Rifles, six magazines and 120 live cartridges were recovered from the van
Tezpur police also arrested three suspected NDFB (Songbijit) cadres at Bhomoraguri checkgate and seized three AK-47 Rifles, 120 rounds of ammunition and three magazines from them
One A K 47 Rifle with 21 bullets and one .32 Pistol along with 2 magazines and 11 bullets seized from their possession.
Police also seized 73 fireArms, nine bombs and 68 grenades during the period,
Police have seized an AK-56, few rounds of live bullet, hand grenades, some cash and a motorcycle from the spot.
Lt Col Suneet Newton, Army spokesman said that a huge cache of sophisticated Arms and ammunitions, including one AK-47 assault Rifle, four Pistols, five grenades and ` 5 lakh were recovered from the killed militants
Police had also recovered a huge cache of Arms and ammunition including an AK-47 series Rifle, two 9mm Pistols, two 7.65 Pistols, 10 magazines (two AK-47, four 9mm Pistols, four 7.65 Pistols), five grenades, 226 live rounds of ammunition (163 of AK-47, 14 of 9mm Pistols, 24 of 7.65 Pistols and 25 of 303 Rifles), 10 empty cartridges and `5.5 lakh from the slain militants.
A large consignment of Arms - including M-16 Rifle, five M-16 magazines, 100 rounds of M-16 ammunition, ten grenade shells, one magazine pouch, camouflaged uniform and four mobile handsets - were seized from the vehicles.
A huge cache of Arms and ammunition were recovered from the spot. The superintendent of police, Chirang, Ranjan Bhuyan, said an AK-56 Rifle, one M-16 Rifle, an Insas Rifle, two Pistols, three grenades, over 200 bullets, blankets, army uniforms, pouches, mobiles and documents were recovered from the spot
"The seizure included four AK56, four 9mm and one 7.65 Pistols, .303 and .315 Rifles, three hand grenades, one Chinese grenade and 784 ammunition,
The haul includes two AK-56 Rifles, one HK-33, Rifle, two high Explosive grenades, one M20 Pistol with ammunition, M20 and M16 Rifle ammunition, a 5.56-bore Pistol, magazines of AK-series and HK Rifles, and three ammunition pouches
A huge cache of Arms, including four AK-47 Rifles, one HK-33, one M-16 Rifle and a large consignment of ammunition, were also seized from their possession during their arrest
"As a result of these sustained and surgical intelligence-based operations, 18 terrorists were neutralised, 539 terrorists or overground workers were apprehended, and 175 assorted Weapons, 180 hand grenades and seven IEDs were seized
Besides, more than 20 AK-56 Rifles, around 10 AK-47s, two M-16s, seven Insas Rifles, a large number of grenades, ammunition and Explosives have been seized from the rebels.
Later on, during search of the entire area two bodies of slain militants namely, Lukas Narzary alias Langfa, 30 yrs, s/o Naren Narzary District Chirang and David Islary, 23 yrs, S/o Bineswar Islary, District Chirang were recovered and also 5.56 INSAS Rifle-01 no, 7.65, Pistol-01 no, Chinese hand grenade-0, Live 5.56 mm INSAS ammunition-10 rds, Live 7.65 mm amns-03 rds were found in the area of operation.
"About 15 AK-56 Rifles, 10 AK-47s, two M-16, two HKs, seven Insas Rifles, 495 rounds of ammunition, 21 grenades, 81kg of Explosives, Rs 14 lakh in cash and 12 motorcycles have been seized from militants earlier,"
The militants deposited a huge cache of Arms, including 4 AK-47 Rifles, 20 each of Pistols and Revolvers, two .303 Rifles besides 20 country made guns, 8 grenades and a large quantity of ammunition and Explosives.
During the last surrender the militants bad deposited five AK-56 Rifles, one SLR, one carbine, one .38 Revolver, four Chinese grenade and 50 rounds of live cartridges of AK-56 with four magazines
There also, the police seized from his possession one AK-56 Rifle, three magazines, 108 rounds of live cartridges and currencies of Bangladesh, India and Myanmar.
During a search operation, the TSR team found a bullet- riddled body of an insurgent, two grenades, one AK-47 Rifle with 50 live cartridges and receipt of subscriptions.
Acting on specific information, the Assam Rifles jawans of the 45th battalion seized six AK-series Rifles, three G-3 Rifles and one light Machine gun.
The guerrillas deposited sophisticated Arms including one self-loading Rifle and an AK-series Rifle, six loaded magazines, three China-made grenades and a large cache of ammunition and sharp Weapons
They also recovered a large cache of Arms and ammunition, which included 263 rounds of ammunition for 9mm Pistol, 70 rounds of ammunition for .762 Rifles, 11 hand grenades, 17 rounds of Rocket-launchers, 19 wireless sets, two very high frequency wireless sets, nine G3 magazines, 1,200 detonators, 18 sets of detonator cable, seven magazines of sub-Machine guns, a Pistol and a Revolver
One AK-56 Rifle with one magazine and live 29 round of cartridges, one MK-11 sten-gun with two magazines and 30 live rounds of cartridges and one Pistol with magazine and 6 live rounds of cartridges were seized
The cache included RPG propellers, Mortars and substantial quantities of ammunition
Assam Rifles authority also handed over 87 numbers of detonators, 12 sticks of PEK, one Rifle bolt, three plastic pipes, four pipe rings, 13 PVC wire, six meter of plastic insulated wire and six inches fuse wires recovered from them, the police source said.
Later, they deserted the camp with four sophisticated Rifles, one Pistol and 35 high Explosive grenades.
The ultras fled with two sniper Rifles, one AK-47 Rifle, a semi automatic Rifle, five grenades and a 9 mm Pistol and later sold them to another insurgent outfit in CHT at the cost of Rs 3 lakh, after which they entered Raisyabari in Dhalai district on August 21, they said
The seizure included one AK 56 Rifle, one 303 Rifle, one 0.22 Rifle, one shotgun and close to 500 rounds of live ammunition,”
A huge quantity of live ammunition along with four AK-56 Rifles, two HK-32 Rifles, one MA-MK 4 Rifles and four Pistols were recover
Officials said they have recovered two AK-47 assault Rifles with two magazines and 20 live rounds, two 9mm Pistols with several live bullets, along with other materials in raids at various hideouts.
A Brazil-made 9mm Pistol and 10 bullets were found on the two, who were handed over to police
One Czech Republic made 9mm Pistol, three hand grenades, a compass, two detonators with wire, 17 lathod fire cases, a mobile phone, Indian and Myanmarese currencies and large number of magazines and bullets of different guns and calibers were recovered by the troops, the statement said.
Assam Rifles (AR) troops seized two improvised Explosive devices (IEDs), weighing 8.76 kg, from three overground workers of the proscribed People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Ukhrul district, the paramilitary force said on Wednesday
The arrested operatives revealed some vital information on the basis of which Imphal police raided the house of one Ibai, and seized 5 grenades and 4 detonators from there, he added.
Detailing the Arms and ammunition recovered from the two busted hideouts of the outfit, the DGP said that the cache include four AK-56 Rifles, one M-79 (Lethod Gun), one M-16 UBGL, one 60 mm Mortar, one M-81 UMG, one RPG launcher, 22 Lethod bombs, three RPG shells, five RPG Chargers (Booster), five Mortar bombs, five Chinese made hand grenades, one 36 HE grenade, 4 kgs of RDX, 13 AK magazines, two M-16 magazines, 1200 rounds of AK ammunition, 13 wireless sets, three binoculars and a good number of detonators
he crèche includes four AK series Rifles, 195 live rounds of AK, 81 rounds of 7.62 LMG live ammunitions, eight lathod bombs, 100 live rounds of US Carbine, two China made hand grenades, nine magazines, four magazines of LMG, six carbine magazines, one binocular and two detonators were recovered with the rounding up of four sympathizers and harbourers of the PREPAK, police said.
One 7.55 mm Pistol, two improvised Explosive devices containing 100 gm of plastic Explosives, two bombs, one Chinese made grenade, four 1.2 volt and one 9 volt batteries and other materials were seized from the two
Sources said acting on a tip-off by the rebels; security personnel seized six grenades, two carbines, one 9mm Pistol, six detonators, several rounds of ammunitions of different Weapons and some other underground material from a place at Sagolmang area, near Pange
Md Zameer surrendered to the Border Security Force officers in the district along with a Pistol, two magazines, one grenade and five live rounds of ammunition on November 30, officials said
After the gun-fight, search of the area led to recovery of one M-21 Rifles of the AK series, one magazine loaded with 6 bullets and one 9 mm Pistol loaded with four bullets from the posession of th slain UG suspects.
Andhra Pradesh police sources indicate that in the late 1980s, the People’s war Group (PWG) had reportedly acquired 60 AK-47s and 20 Stenguns from the LTTE
The seizures included a .32 Smith & Wesson Revolver, communication sets, AK-47 assault Rifles, SLRs and LMG ammunition, all of which clearly showed the sophistication of the Arms used by the Naxalites.
There are credible reports that some of the PWG cadres have been trained in using claymore mines, a remotely operated device, by the LTTE.
Police have recovered four kg RDX, three Pistols, three detonators, a remote control device with wireless set and a timer from the terrorists.
On the basis of inputs given by terrorist Pal Singh, we have recovered 15 kg of RDX, three detonators, one Machine gun, one AK-47, 250 live cartridges, three bundles of fuse wire and a battery switch.
Last week, security forces had recovered a huge cache of ammunition, including 5,000 cartridges of Rifles, over 100 grenades and ammunition for big Rocket launchers and Tanks from the jungle.
Security forces have seized an AK-47 assault Rifle, five hand grenades, a modified machine-Pistol (MP), five Pistols and over 450 rounds of ammunition of different calibre from the duo, he said
Police recovered about 33 kg (73 pounds) of Explosives including 25 kg (55 pounds) of RDX, one kg of cyanide, assault Rifles, cartridges, timers, detonators and hand grenades, Dogra told PTI
United National Liberation Front of West South Asia (UNLFW), the nascent North East rebels forum, on Monday released pictures of the Rifles it had seized from Assam Rifles personnel in Nagaland.
A huge cache of Arms and ammunition were reportedly recovered from the encounter site which include one lethode, two lethode bombs, four chinese grenades, two Improvised Explosive Device and 22 empty cases of ammunition et
The seized Arms and ammunition include-1 RPG launcher, 11 Rockets, 13 hand grenades, one M-16 Rifle with 32 rounds, one AK-LMG with 55 rounds, one 9 mm Pistol, one radio set, 38 lethode bombs and many ammunition
One 9 mm Pistol with six rounds of ammunition, four empty cases and one Chinese hand grenade have been seized from the possession of the arrested activists.
Among the war like stores were one AK-47 Rifle, one SLR , one G-3 Rifle, one lathode launcher, one .32 Pistol, one air gun Pistol, two IED mechanisms, one IED electric mechanism, 140 live rounds of AK-47, 60 live rounds of 5.56 (Thailand Army), 37 detonators, 40 CTN, three 9 mm ball, one lathode shell, one Mortar shell, five extortion letters of UNLF and some administrative stores.
One hand grenade, two 9mm Pistols with magazines and several rounds of ammunition were seized from the possession of the three militants, sources said adding the three were handed over to Imphal West district police station for further interrogation and investigation
On the basis of information furnished by them, the combined force could recover two AK 56 Rifles, one 9 mm Pistol, assorted ammunition and Rs 2 lakh in cash. Police have registered a case against them. Police and security forces also recovered bombs at Jiribam in Imphal east district, one each in Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts.
The military hardware included two AK-56 rifles, a light machine gun and an INSAS rifle, 30 pistols, live ammunition, and magazines.
A senior police official said that the arms recovered include an AK 47 with broken trigger assembly, one single barrel muzzle loading gun, two single barrel breach loading rifles, seven pistols, two AK magazines and one .303 LMG magazine and five self loading rifle magazines.
The police also found 46 WT set headphones, four tactical pistol holster, one IED without detonator, and GNLA writing materials
Apart from arms, a cache of ammunition like two INSAS magazines, seven pistol magazines, three mortar shells, one 36 HE hand grenade, 2823 ammunition of various calibers, two remote controls for improvised explosive devices, 11 time bomb circuits, 12 RC bomb circuits, 10 time bomb batteries, besides three walkie-talkie sets, 34 WT battery chargers, 20 WT set adapters, six WT set battery covers were also recovered.
The seized arms and ammunition included two AK 56 rifles with 10 magazines, two shot guns, six pistols with seven magazines, one grenade, a magazine of carbine, one wireless set and 254 rounds of live ammunition.
Two M-16 rifles, a carbine, a rifle, one 9mm pistol, a hand grenade, gelatine sticks, some explosive materials and incriminating documents were found at the sites.
One 9 mm pistol, one grenade, four live rounds of ammunition and one extortion note of Kangleipak Communist Party-Military Council were found from the spot, sources said.
In another development, police arrested a member of the banned terrorist outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (Lamyanba Khuman) and seized one .32 mm pistol with magazine, five live rounds and one Chinese-made hand grenade from his possession on Saturday.
Besides 11 grenades, one pistol, 55 live ammunition of AK-47, a 12 volt battery, electric wire and three radio sets were recovered.
Suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) rebels of the Songbijit faction reportedly snatched seven INSAS rifles from the 135 battalion (territorial army) ecological task force at Khalashi area near Saralbangha river in Kokrajhar district today
Army soldiers recovered an AK-56 rifle, a Chinese-make assault rifle, four grenades, besides a large quantity of explosives and ammunition from the dead militants
One 9 mm pistol and five rounds of ammunition, one country-made pistol, one Chinese grenade, two rounds of 7.62 and five NDFB extortion notes were recovered from them. After interrogation, they were handed over to Bijni police
The arms include 15 grenades of different makes -- one made in Pakistan -- timers, two IEDs, three FM radio receivers, 156 detonators, a US-made auto pistol and three country-made pistols, besides ammunition.
The confiscated arms included explosives amounting to two kg and ammunition for AK-47 rifles.
An Italy-make pistol, two live rounds of ammunition, three fired cases, a grenade, a mobile phone and some incriminating documents, including extortion notes, were found on him.
The ultras surrendered yesterday and deposited two SLR, one AK-47 rifle, one Insus riffle, one G-3 rifle, two grenades, 369 live cartridges and some documents, SP (Police Control) Uttam Bhaumik said.
The NLFT ultras deposited three revolvers, two Chinese grenades, live cartridges and some documents of the outfit.
"As the vehicles carrying the police personnel were passing the area, NLFT rebels exploded a landmine and then strafed the convoy with automatic weapons fire," Tripura police chief Salim Ali told AFP by telephone from Agartala
The ultras took away some arms, including three self-loading rifles, one carbine, 12 magazines, four hand grenades and 240 rounds of ammunitions, CRPF sources said. Senior police and CRPF officials have rushed to the spot.
Around the same period, Nguessou's militia got MiG-21s and SA_7 MANPADS surface-to-air missiles.
1 In addition, Cobra forces received at least two major shipments of heavy and light weapons, armoured vehicles, and ammunition from Angola and Gabon in September 1997.
In the capital, Cobra fighters over the weekend collected 1,400 guns and 13 rocket-launchers.
Before the big guns were heard on Monday, the militias were using heavy mortars and machine-guns, multiple rocket-launchers and individual automatic weapons.
Unusually loud explosions heard from Kinshasa indicated that Lissouba's troops and so-called Zoulou militiamen or Colonel Sassou Nguesso's so-called Cobras had got hold of 120 or 125 mm cannons.
Heavy mortar fire shattered the calm around Brazzaville airport Sunday morning as further cracks began to appear in a fragile cease-fire between the president and his chief rival
I traveled by plane to the rural outpost of Dungu, where in 2008 the LRA launched a brutal campaign of slaughter in which they set down their usual AK-47s and RPGs in favor of machetes and clubs.
Some of us carried grenades. Others carried boxes of ammunition, and bigger people like me carried the ‘Mututu gun,’ a big Machine gun that four of us carried together on a log.”
“After the first time, the FARDC filled it up again, with Arms of all calibres: anti-Aircraft, anti-Tank guns. It’s the government that gave them to me. I would like to say thank you to China, for giving the FARDC all these Weapons.”
Police said they recovered two AK56 rifles, several hand grenades and some rocket-propelled grenades from the dead militants.
Two AK-56 rifles, one M-20 pistol, two Chinese hand grenades, two bombs and some ammunition were recovered from them, they added.
Police spokesman A.R. Reddy told AFP the arrest of outlaw P. Mutyam Rao, of the People's War Group (PWG), led to the seizure of the explosives in addition to 13 landmines, wire bundles, electronic detonators and guns.
Arms and ammunition, including two pistols, three double barrel guns, and a revolver were recovered from the scene, they said.
"We are still trying to catch the rest of the rebels. We collected two rifles, a light machine gun, a grenade launcher and one walkie talkie set from the operation site."
Some 25 members of the People's War Group (PWG) stormed an outlying police station in Andhra Pradesh's Godavari district, killing one officer and injuring another, then escaped with 20 rifles and an AK-47 automatic weapon, police said
Police said the rebels seized 17 self-loading rifles, three carbines, one light machine-gun and a pistol in Friday's firefight.
One 9-mm pistol, one country-made [locally made] carbine, one grenade and some rounds of ammunition were recovered from the spot, sources said.
The extremists, armed with rifles and submachine guns, then took keys to the safe from the manager and a cashier and locked the bank employees in a room, the spokesman said
Up to 1988, Sikh insurgents depended mainly on firearms, especially Ak-47 rifles, which has become their standard weapon. In 1988, IEDs were used in 48 incidents of terorrism. The number increased to 140 in 1990
The army also said it had seized a large cache of weapons including 68 rifles, grenades and mortars in one weekend rebel camp raid
Despite the haul, it expressed concern that the rebels had many sophisticated weapons and explosives including anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank rocket launchers and mortar bombs.
Two AK-47 rifles, one lethod gun and a pistol were found on the slain militants.
They submitted eight weapons, including three AK-series files, one M-16 rifle, one lethod gun and three pistols with ammunition.
However, the UN Group of Experts reported in July 2004 that a "newly manufactured South African R-5 rifle" was discovered in the DRC amongst a weapons cache belonging to a rebel faction of RCD-Goma given support from Rwanda that was "part of an inventory previously supplied to Rwanda by means of a licensed purchase from South Africa."
Arms in the possession of RCD-Goma armed forces include rocket launchers, armoured cars, machine guns, light artillery, mortars and landmines, manufactured in a wide range of countries, including China, North Korea, Russia, USA, Belgium, France, the former Yugoslavia, Germany, Switzerland, and Bulgaria.
About 400 UPLC combatants were armed with AK-pattern rifles, rocketpropelled grenades (RPGs), FN FAL rifles and PKM machine guns
Dressed in civilian clothing with green, red and white bandanas, the insurgents were armed with about 30 AK-47 rifles, rockets, javelins, bows and arrows, and charms.
But in battles with the military, the militia has faced machine gun fire while its fighters are armed with machetes, batons and home-made rifles.
There they laid down old rifles, machetes and good-luck charms at the governor's feet following the surprising victory of Felix Tshisekedi who was elected president after December's elections.
"The soldiers used hoes. When people understood what was happening they started to run away and were shot dead with rifles," the survivor said.
Its troops appeared to be reasonably well armed with assault rifles, light mortars, and a few machine guns and RPGs.
The attackers, who were armed with calibre-12 rifles and bladed weapons, also killed one policeman
Inenge blamed former rebels of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo, which was once active in Equateur province. "They have assault rifles and rocket-launchers."
"We shot down one of these Migs with a surface to air missile," he added, saying that two of the fighter planes were flying at low altitude to attack while the third was above for surveillance.
In terms of larger weapons, CNDP has only handed in seven PMK assault rifles, one MAG machine gun, seven RPG-7, four 60-mm mortars, one 82-mm mortar, six 75-mm recoilless guns, two SPG-9 recoilless guns and four multiple rocket launchers, according to the technical commission on integration.
In particular, the UN Panel noted that UN peacekeepers came under anti-aircraft gun fire in October 2008 from guns which appeared to have been transported by road from Rwanda (they also noted that the CNDP had themselves acquired anti-aircraft guns).
When the CNDP left the military camp on 9 October, after negotiations with MONUC, it removed several heavy weapons, including two multiple rocket launchers. 49 Later in October, foreign photojournalists documented CNDP troops parading their new weapons, including pieces of artillery, mortar launch tubes, small arms and ammunition as well as a truck mounted with guns.
twin barrel 37mm automatic anti-aircraft gun
Fighters from the CNDP man a twin barrel 37mm automatic anti-aircraft gun during a parade on 17 October 2008.
According to the United Nations peacekeeping group in the DRC, the M23 rebels are very well-equipped with 120 mm mortars, and night-vision goggles which are allegedly being provided by Rwanda.
Secondly there are pictures of three AK-47s, an anti-tank round, a 7.62mm tracer round, 75mm canon rounds, a 60mm mortar round and three grenades.
Fresh fighting raged in the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive east for several hours Monday as army helicopters attacked positions of the M23 rebels, who fired mortars in return, both sides said.
"So they opened fire with machine guns," he said.
The rebels crossed over with weapons that included submachine guns, machine guns, 12.5mm, Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers (RPGs) pistols and ammunition.
The soldier was killed when "the M23 directed artillery fire on a United Nations position close to Kibati heights," said a UN statement.
The group, which has a list of grievances against Kabila and his government, seized Goma with little resistance from UN peacekeers and the regular DR Congo army, which abandoned munitions as it fled including rocket launchers with a range of up to 120 kilometres (75 miles).
In May, a 25-tonne arms cache was found on Ntaganda's farm in Masisi, North Kivu, that included mortars, rifles and small arms.
Dwyer said the M23 launched an attack close to Goma airport on Monday afternoon that was accompanied by "heavy mortar fire". "Some of the shells landed near MONUSCO troops in Munigi and Goma airport," he added.
Southern Algeria has been repeatedly targeted by al-Qaeda linked militants based in northern Mali, including the Tamanrasset suicide bombing carried out by the Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO).
An official statement said the seized cargo included 71 Kalashnikov assault Rifles, 38 machineguns, two Rocket-launchers and a large quantity of ammunition.
The newspaper added that three RPGs were seized in addition to five automatic Rifles as well as a substantial amount of ammunition that was in the possession of the terrorist group.
He also said he had information that Al-Qaeda's north African wing, known as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) had acquired from Libya Russian-made shoulder-fired Strela Surface-to-air Missiles known by the NATO designation SAM-7.
The UN statement said that the MUJAO had seized heavy Machine guns, Rocket propelled grenades, Explosives and other military equipment from Mali military arsenals since moving into the country.
Ansar Dine has claimed numerous strikes in Mali against military and U.N. targets, including a suicide and Rocket attack on a U.N. base that killed six peacekeepers in February.
Youths who join Ansar al-Din spend their days patrolling the city in search of crime and sitting on the stoop in front of police headquarters slinging their Kalashnikovs and RPGs, turbans and tagelmousts, striking menacing poses much admired by the boys of Timbuktu.
"His Toyota 4x4 car (carried) almost 1,300 kilograms of Explosives," and "Algerian intelligence did not understand the situation as they should have," he added.
We have seen unconfirmed reports of AQIM fighters possessing MANPADS, and Algerian authorities have seized MANPADS among the Weapons being smuggled into the country from Libya.
"The existence of what apparently constitutes a 'Dummies Guide to MANPADS' is strong circumstantial evidence of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb having the Missiles," said Atlantic Council analyst Peter Pham, a former adviser to the United States' military command in Africa and an instructor to U.S. Special Forces.
Abdallah and his friends say they travel in tight convoys along the ancient Tuareg caravan routes once used to transport salt through Niger or Algeria, moving Kalashnikov assault Rifles, Rocket-propelled grenades and Grad Rockets to the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
The convoy carried several tonnes of materiel, including missiles for use in MANPADS, 23 mm anti-air cannon, ammunition of 7.62 to 23 mm and larger calibres, machine guns, and about 100 anti-tank rockets (Al Jazeera, 2014; Le Mamouth, 2014).
Al-Murabitun said it intended to continue targeting French allies with raids, car bombs, explosive devices and rockets.
The UN barracks in Kidal in northern Mali was hit by 30 rockets in "a carefully coordinated" attack, a spokesperson for the UN force in Mali said in a statement.
The group said that it will "continue targeting with missile bombardment the cities and villages where the armies of the enemies are based " and called on residents in those areas not to cooperate with international forces, Al-Akhbar noted.
In all of the attacks the assailants used assault rifles from the same initial illegal transfer to Al Murabitun.
Following the attack, MINUSMA documented an AKMS-pattern assault rifle used by the assailant who was killed.
The militants, wearing army uniforms, arrive in four-wheel drive vehicles, armed with machine guns, rifles, shotguns, missile launchers, rockets, mortars and grenades.
They are using AKs [Kalashnikovs] and RPGs [rocket-propelled grenades]."
A United Nations police official said earlier this week that officials were trying to determine if the assault rifles used in the attack were pillaged from the stocks of the Malian army or had come from outside the country.
According to a communique issued by the chief of general staff, three mortar shells and shots from automatic weapons were fired at Timbuktu on 21st December.
They include machine guns, assault guns, rifles and mortars of various makes.
The ATNMC became especially unpopular because  of its two main tactics—an unprecedented use of landmines and the taking of prisoners of war, some of whom were themselves Tuareg.
The Lebanese Forces are the nearest thing to a regular army among the irregular groups. Armed mostly by Israel, the estimated 2,500 hard-core rightists are armed with everything up to older U.S.-made Sherman tanks and old Soviet-made T-32s captured from the Palestine Liberation Organization by Israel
Lebanese Forces gunners fired mortars and artillery from the hills of Kfar Houne in the northeast.
The Lebanese Forces, the Christians' main militia, have obtained six surface-to-surface missiles from Iraq capable of hitting the Syrian capital of Damascus, Christian sources report.
Militiamen darted from house to house Wednesday, firing rocket-propelled grenades and armor-piercing shells from 106mm cannons to stop assaults led by the rebel general's tanks.
Aoun's 155mm howitzers also pounded militia strongpoints in Ashrafiyeh and Nabaa at the rate of about five shells a minute, police reported.
Police said at least 14 people were killed and 50 wounded in seven assaults by Aoun's American-made M-48 tanks against the urban lines of Samir Geagea's Lebanese Forces militia.
Geagea's militia captured more than 50,000 155mm howitzer shells when they overran Aoun's depots at the Sarba garrison in Kesrouan early in February, the source said.
The advance stopped at 2 p.m. after the captain commanding the attack was killed, but the two sides maintained a fierce exchange of howitzer and mortar shells at the rate of about 40 rounds a minute, said the spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The International Verification Commission on February 21 released a video of black-masked members of the group presenting to monitors Revolvers, a Rifle, bullets and Explosives.
But the papers said surrendering the cache — including just four guns and 16 kilograms (35 pounds) of Explosives, according to an inventory released by monitors — was a ludicrously small gesture by a group blamed for killing more than 800 people.
The mediators were shown a cache of weapons that were rendered inoperable recently that he said included 36 pounds of explosives, one assault rifle, two anti-tank grenades, three pistols, and 300 rounds of ammunition.
French police have found 70 grenades, 25 cases of Titadyne dynamite, timers, Pistols, 30 assault Rifles, 500 detonators, 44 sub-Machine guns, 36,000 cartridges, 31 grenade launchers and 50,000 euros in cash, Spain's Interior Ministry said.
French police sources said they were SAM-7 Missiles that could be used to bring down helicopters or low-flying Aircraft.
The Missiles, together with stockpiles of assault Weapons, grenade launchers and more than a tonne of Explosives, indicate that ETA had more sophisticated and powerful Weaponry than previously thought.
There were some 115 kilos of chlorate, 25 of ammonium nitrate, 20 of sulphur and 15 of ammonium powder, the sources said. The hiding place also contained three assault Rifles, two machine Pistols, an automatic Pistol and a Rifle grenade, plus 48 electrical detonators and 125 metres of detonator fuse, they added.
The cache contained 200 rounds of Rifle ammunition, eight kilos of Explosive material, a Pistol, a grenade, balaclavas and wigs
Among the material seized were 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of Explosives and chemicals used in making Explosives, a Pistol with ammunition, eight detonators and two cameras.
Lasting for one minute and 30 seconds, it has been uploaded to the web portal naiz.info and shows a table covered with a white sheet with numerous Weapons laid out in an orderly fashion: four guns, two hand grenades, 300 bullets, around 16 kilos of material for manufacturing Explosive devices, a detonating cord, and nine temporisers.
The items found include (?five) fireArms, as many grenades and a quantity of about 30 kilos of dynamite stolen by ETA members in Plevin, Brittany, France on 28th September.
The smaller Arms, such as AK-47s, RPG-2/7s, and PKMs, find their way to the Al Shabaab; heavy Weapons such as Zu-23s and B-10s find their way to Puntland and Somaliland authorities,
KOsar said Somaliland was one of five unrecognized nations to have signed the international land mine ban treaty, adding that the government had destroyed 3,014 anti-personnel mines in its stores in 2003.
In Urrunge, police are said to have found 30 mortars, about 30 machine pistols, 20 assault rifles, 30 handguns, 48 anti-tank rocket launchers and 70,000 bullets. In Saint-Pierre d'Irrube, they discovered 25 kilograms of dynamite and 30 detonators, an anti-tank rocket launcher, about 60 pistols and 20 assault rifles and around 23,000 bullets.
About 30 police found a cache of arms including an anti tank rocket, submachine guns, grenades and detonators in the farm house, along with electronic address books and a seal of the separatist group.
Police also searched four apartments and a house and seized three handguns, 80kg of dynamite, five anti-tank grenades, electronic equipment and fake car license plates, he added.
The cache, found Monday near the town of Saint-Pe-sur-Nivelle, contained 110 pounds of explosives, some dynamite, 12 anti-tank grenades, several Uzi machine pistols and a large supply of 9 mm ammunition.
A police list of the cache showed 336 shotguns, 2,565 cartridges, one rocket launcher, five bazooka grenades, seven rifles, four sub-machine guns, four pistols, four revolvers and 110 pounds of explosives.
A search of a nearby forest after today's ambush yielded a grenade launcher, two anti-tank grenades, a submachine gun and a pistol believed abandoned by the terrorists who fled the scene, the police spokesman said.
They include explosives, mines, hand-propelled grenades, bazookas and anti-tank/aircraft missiles
"I then saw smoke rising to the sky from the battlefied. They were exchanging machinegun fire, RPGs, anti-aircraft rockets for quite sometimes,
Militiamen from the Hizbul Islam fighters load a rocket launcher (RPG) during clashes with Somali authorities in the vicinity of the presidential palace in Mogadishu, on May 14, 2009
The police chief displayed to the press at least 11 heavy machine-guns, three other heavy anti-tank weapons and mortar pieces, but did not indicate from which country they had come
Hundreds of civilians fled under the fire of mortars, anti-aircraft guns and small arms.
Two battle tanks, 11 technicals [armed pick-ups] and 400 militiamen drawn from communities west of Burco were today officially presented to the government of the Republic of Somaliland and subsequently incorporated into the national armed forces.
Northwestern Somalia paid a high price for its uprising. Siad Barre ordered the largest cities razed and both sides seeded the earth with mines.
The report . . . states that the fighters took five soldiers prisoner and captured a large quantity of weapons including assault rifles and anti-tank bazookas.
The rebels seized five armoured vehicles and about a dozen field guns in the attack of Oynabo.
The SNM fighters destroyed several vehicles and captured others as well as] 24 heavy (?Grenov) machine-guns, one RPG-7 bazooka, [and other weapons]
The justice-seeking forces of the SNM also destroyed a vehicle mounted with a Bren gun and captured 14 AK rifles
the Buuro Tiinle base of the 38th battalion of the loyalist Barreh forces, capturing various arms and ammunition, which included two (?field guns), one RPG, many AK assault rifles and vast quantities of ammunition.
The base at Wajale project had been captured, along with two T-34 tanks and other weaponry
The gallant SNM fighters captured 20 assorted rifles and a very large quantity of ammunition.
The rebels seized numerous vehicles such as Toyota Land Cruisers from government forces and subsequently equipped them with light and medium weapons such as 12.7mm and 14.5mm machine guns, 106mm recoilless rifles, and BM-21 rocket launchers. The SNM possessed antitank weapons such as Soviet B-10 tubes and RPG- 7s. For air defense the rebels operated Soviet 30mm and 23mm guns, several dozen Soviet ZU23 2s, and Czech-made twin-mounted 30mm ZU30 2s. The SNM also maintained a small fleet of armed speed boats that operated from Maydh, fifty kilometers northwest of Erigavo, and Xiis, a little west of Maydh. Small arms included 120mm mortars and various assault rifles, such as AK-47s, M-16s, and G-3s.
The arms shipment included assault rifles, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns, which are usually mounted on the back of pickup trucks, witnesses said.
In Saturday's clashes, both sides were using anti-aircraft missiles, rocket propelled grenades and 106mm recoilless guns.
The trucks, belonging to various splinter groups of the United Somali Congress/Somali Salvation Alliance (USC/SSA) faction, were mounted with anti-tank and anti-aircraft rocket launchers and machine guns.
Swieczkowski said that 350 American troops, backed by Egyptian forces, took part in a five-hour arms search operation earlier Saturday near Mogadishu airport in which three anti-tank rockets, two mortar shells, five rifles, two assault rifles and a variety of other weapons were seized.
Soon after the raid, suspected Somali militiamen fired rifle-propelled grenades and mortars into the U.N. headquarters at the heavily-fortified former U.S. embassy.
Snipers fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades at the soldiers during the operation, but none was hurt, he said. No mortars were found in the building, but a Kalashnikov automatic rifle and a grenade were seized.
Eyewitnesses said militia supporters of General Mohamed Farah Aidid and those of his north Mogadishu arch-rival Ali Mahdi Mohamed first exchanged fire early Wednesday with heavy and small machine gun, mortars and anti-aircraft missiles, forcing many civilians to flee their homes in Wardhigley, Bondhere and Shingani districts of the capital
Landrover mounted with a rocket launcher
The spokesman said the USC-SNA forces repelled the attackers, capturing one Landrover mounted with a rocket launcher, 15 automatic rifles and heavy machine-guns and materiel
The witnesses said that militiamen of Mogadishu strongman Musa Sudi Yalahow fired heavy 85mm artillery, 120mm mortars, anti-aircraft guns and heavy machineguns into the Indian Ocean in the exercises with two other local warlords Mohamed Hussein Addow and Bashir Raghe.
Militiamen of General Aidid's Somali National Alliance (SNA) armed with rifle-propelled grenades and Kalashnikovs, stood guard.
The weapons allegedly include rocket-propelled grenade launchers, two heavy artillery pieces, hand grenades, small rifles and anti-aircraft rockets, which can be modified and used against targets on the ground.
A video from October 2014 shows a fighter from the Islamic State firing an FN-6 at an Iraqi military helicopter.
After inspecting the safe house, police officers seized seven Kalashnikov guns, one RPG and rockets, 80 pounds of TNT ready to be used. In another district of Zahedan, the officers confiscated 16 grenades and a number of swords and daggers.
According to sources, a joint team of intelligence agencies and the Special Investigation Unit [SIU] arrested two dangerous terrorists of the Jondollah in Baldia Town and Ittehad Town and seized two Kalashnikovs, two pistols, and about 3 kg of explosives from their possessio
Video also showed submachine guns, large part of cartridges, money, explosives and other ammunitions.
The report said that during the operation four explosive vests and some arms were seized
A suicide bomber carrying explosives tried to enter a police station in the city of Saravan in Sistan-Baluchestan Province on Monday.
Dozens of hand grenades, AK-47 rifles, rockets and over 1,000kg explosives were seized from the house… They had been packed into four big plastic drums and buried underground
Taleb-Jedi was among 200 MEK members the FBI detained and questioned in 2004 after U.S. military forces took over parts of Iraq once controlled by the group, the documents said. U.S. soldiers seized tanks, anti-aircraft weapons, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and more than 420,000 pounds of plastic explosive
But the People's Mujahedeen, also known as the Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MEK), are still occupying some five base camps defended by tanks, artillery and armoured vehicles near the Iranian border, they said.
Rubin said the MEK is thought to have in Iraq approximately a division's worth of heavy equipment tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery to conduct raids, bombings and mortar attacks in Iran.
Following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, the PMOI turned over "2,000 tanks, armoured personnel carriers, and heavy artillery," the State Department said.
The PJAK and PKK terrorists had received a range of weapons, including 120-millimetre mortars, and walkie-talkies from the US consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil.
The man was carrying "a model Kalashnikov rifle, 157 bullets and two hand grenades", Soleimani added.
In 2006 PJAK claimed to have some 1 500 guerrillas along the Iranian border from Azerbaijan to Iraq, armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and AK-47s.
PJAK has also executed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attacks against Iranian security force
Over the past four days border police have seized 11 light guns, two rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), 63,733 litres of smuggled fuel, 12,043 bottles of alcoholic drink, and 1,134,600 cigarettes, the police officer announce
Police seized explosives, bullets, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-regime leaflets from the three men.
On Wednesday, a spokesman in Paris said the French military had provided the rebels with Arms and ammunition, including assault Rifles, Machine guns and Rocket-propelled grenades and launchers, the first Western government to acknowledge having done so
At a deserted desert complex on the southeast outskirts of Sirte, row upon row of unfinished cement rooms contained boxes of machine-guns cartridges, Rocket-propelled-grenades and Grad Rockets, an AFP correspondent taken to the site by the fighters reported.
The group described seeing NTC fighters preparing to move Weapons, including seven SA-24 Surface-to-air Missiles - one of Russia's most advanced - to their base in Misrata.
ASL states its attack was initiated by a “remote-controlled” car bomb
ASL claims responsibility for launching mortar rockets in Benghazi that kill four children
wo suicide bombers drive an explosives-filled car into an army checkpoint in Benghazi, killing seven people. The army holds ASL responsible and launches retaliatory airstrikes later in the day against Islamist targets.
ASL releases a video showcasing captured tanks and heavy weapons it acquired after raiding one of General Khalifa Hafter’s camps on December 26, 2014.
SL overruns the Camp 319 and 36th Battalion bases in Benghazi capturing howitzers, a 2K12 Kub mobile air defense system, Strela-2 MANPADs, ammunition, and military vehicles
The sources usually do not give detailed descriptions of weapons used in these incidents, but the material we have suggests that most of these attacks are carried out with various types of small arms, often supported with sniper rifles and rocket launchers.
ASL reportedly shot down three Libyan fighter jets in January and February 2016, which suggests that the group has acquired sophisticated groundto-air weaponry; analysts have reported that the group has portable missile launchers of the MANPADS type in its possession.
The attacks have all been carried out with explosiveladen vehicles that have been rammed into military bases or checkpoints
Pro-government fighters seized the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles, UAE-made Yabhon drones, and Russia-made Kornet anti-tank guided missiles in June
Mine types identified in Libya during 2011 conflict
"Gaddafi has been using all kinds of ammunition including surface-to-surface missiles and air bombardment," he added.
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a militant group based in Sinai that has claimed responsibility for an escalating series of attacks on police and soldiers, said in a statement posted on jihadist websites that it had succeeded in Òdowning a military helicopter with a Surface-to-air Missile and killing its entire crew in the area around the city of Sheikh ZuweidÓ in North Sinai, near the border with Gaza.
The fighters possessed heavy 14.5 mm and 50 caliber Machine guns, RPGs, Mortars, 107 mm Rockets and anti-Aircraft Stinger Missiles that the militants successfully used to down an army helicopter,
“The first group blew up the checkpoint with Rocket-propelled grenades and detonated the camp’s Arms cache,” it said. “The second group stormed the camp with automatic Rifles and Kalashnikovs, eliminating the whole unit,” it added
The military seized automatic Weapons, hand grenades, military uniforms and destroyed 18 houses that were used by the militants, according to the sources.
He said that the raid has been launched at al-Mahdiya town in southern Rafah at the borders with Israel, noting the militants had Machine guns, ammunition and Explosives in their possession.
He added that police and military security forces seized large amounts of Weapons and ammunition including grenades, Mortar shells, Machine guns and Explosives.
He said authorities seized about 50 kilograms of Explosives, as well as Weapons, ammunition, Explosive belts and prepared bombs.
Machine guns, Explosive devices and ammunition belonging to the extremists were seized and two vehicles with Cannons, seven houses and four bikes were destroyed during the security campaigns according to the source.
A machinegun, a Pistol, 22 bombs were found at the apartment, the statement said.
During the operations, “troops from Egypt’s second and third army fields seized five Machine guns, two suicide belts, 12 improvised Explosive devices, six sacks of ammonium nitrate used in producing Explosives,” according to Samir.
The forces also destroyed three vehicles, 13 motorbikes used by militants in terrorist attacks, as well as 16 improvised Explosive devices, said Samir.
The Sunni radical group Jamaat Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis released a video on 26 January showing an operative firing a MANPADS at an Mi-8/17 transport helicopter, which then crashes, but the front end of the system had been deliberately blurred in post-production to make it difficult to identify.
The use of car bombs, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as well as targeted assassinations were frequently reported.
Four automatic Rifles, two Pistols, ammunition, food, water, two motorcycles and fuel jerrycans were seized at the site of the incident.
The Islamic fundamentalist Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya, or Islamic Group, claimed responsibility Sunday for a rifle and grenade attack that killed Egypt's top anti-terrorism officia
Gamal Mahmoud Hussein, a bus driver, told the official Middle East News Agency that one gunman with a pistol stood across from the hotel while three others with automatic rifles opened fire.
Officers seized three machine guns, two semi-automatic rifles and several pistols as they rounded up the militants from the main outlawed fundamentalist group in Egypt, the Jamaa Islamiyya (Islamic Group).
ABM emerged in 2011 when it claimed responsibility for a cross-border attack into southern Israel from the Sinai. Since 2011, ABM has carried out additional cross-border attacks, launched rocket attacks against Israel, and repeatedly bombed the gas pipeline in the Sinai that supplies natural gas to Israel and Jordan
ABM since then has claimed responsibility for several of the highest-profile and sophisticated attacks in Egypt, including an attempted assassination of the Egyptian Minister of the Interior, the downing of an Egyptian military helicopter in the Sinai with a surface-to-air missile, and several deadly vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks against Egyptian security installations
The footage shows gunmen dragging a policeman out of a car at a checkpoint manned by militants wielding machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades
The militant attack "resulted in the death of six policemen, and the injury of two others, the destruction of two police vehicles, the seizure of two Egyptian AK47 guns with their magazines, in addition to two bullet armours," the statement said.
Nine Rockets and 550 ammunitions were seized from their possessions, he claimed.
The cache seized included seven anti-Tank mines, 50 Mortar rounds, 36 recoilless Rifle rounds, 4000 anti-Aircraft rounds and five grenades.
The FC also seized Weapons and Explosives, including four RPG7 Rockets, five Rifles, improvised Explosive devices and 63-kg hashish from their possession
The Weapons, hand grenades and Explosive material were also seized by the Rangers from the hide-out of terrorists.
The operation was conducted on a tip off and security officers seized Pistols and hand grenades during the raid.
A large cache of Weapons and 200kg of Explosives were also recovered, officials had claimed.
The police also recovered a cache of Weapons including Kalashnikovs, hand grenades and Explosives from the terrorists’ hideout.
Two 9mm Pistols were found from them, including the one used by the attacker, identified as Nisar, who unfortunately escaped.
The report prepared by the police said that foreign made M-16 gun was used by TTP terrorists to fire on PIA flight PK-756 when it was about to land at the Peshawar airport.
The recovered weapons included two anti-aircraft guns, two light machine guns (LMGs), two rocket launchers, 50 RPG-7 rockets, 60 hand grenades, 60 locally made bombs,four mini-rockets, two rifles and 825 bullets of different calibers.
The discovered weaponry includes 70 RPG shells and missile launchers, 12 rocket fuses and mortar bombs, five bundles of detonating cords, thousands of rounds of different types and various destructive materials as well. Twenty rockets and 14 fuses were also found at the site.
Security personnel recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, grenades communication equipment and IED material from the hideout.
The forces claimed to have recovered 10 kilograms of explosives, a Kalashnikov rifle (AK-47) and motorbike from the site of arrest.
Quetta: Ten people, including a police constable, were injured on Monday [11 Nov] when Baloch militants hurled a hand grenade at the assistant commissioner's office in Pasni, Gwadar.
Armament-wise, the BLA relies almost exclusively on domestically sourced weapons for which ammunition can be sourced with ease as well as IEDs. The BLA is often pictured using weapons commonon in the area such as AK pattern assault rifles and SVD Dragunov rifles/PSL marksman rifles (ammunition for both of which can be sourced easily from Afghanistan.) M16s have also featured heavily in images of BLA fighters, with many of these weapon systems being captured from Afghan security forces by the Afghan Taliban, and then being sold on.
In the town of Mardan, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Peshawar, a suicide bomber threw a grenade at the district court before detonating his explosives, according to government spokesman Mushtaq Ghani.
A search of the hideout led to the recovery of a sizable quantity of prepared bombs, explosive material, detonators, cords and other materials.
Explosives, assault rifles, hand grenades and maps of some installations were seized at the scene, he said.
"A year ago, the RUF were machete-wielding thugs," Holbrooke said. "They are now acquiring Machine guns, shoulder-fired Surface-to-air Missiles and the means to shoot down Aircraft.
Taylor is also believed to have provided the RUF with 200 fully armed Liberian soldiers, as well as with an artillery piece described as a 40-barrel gun.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), citing Sierra Leone police documents that it obtained and believed to be credible, reported that on 1 June 2000, truckloads of small arms, including rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and AK-47 ammunition, were sent from Liberia for the RUF in Sierra Leone.29
Besides communication gear and two vehicles, the Guineans lost 46 AK-47 rifles, 14 assorted pistols and 15 boxes of 7.62mm ammunition.
armoured vehicles (with a 14.5mm and a 12.7mm machine gun)
The unit was relieved of its weapons, which consisted of three armoured vehicles (each fi tted with a 14.5mm and a 12.7mm machine gun),58 one 75mm self-propelled gun, one anti-tank gun, one anti-tank weapon, 485 AK-47 rifles, ten 82mm mortars, 24 light machine guns, 20 rocket-propelled grenades and 30 pistols.
It also appears that at least one multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) was part of the equipment lost. There is little consensus as to whether the RUF received one or two 40-barrel BM-21 systems from the Guineans.
The RUF seized a total of eight G-3 rifl es, one pistol and several hundred rounds of small arms ammunition.
It is widely believed that the battalion lost some 500 AK-47 rifl es, a few dozen machine guns, assorted mortars, and several tons of small arms ammunition
Kenya lost eight armoured personnel carriers (APCs), each fitted with a 12.7mm machine gun, ten additional machine guns of various calibres, and 33 G-3 rifles.
For example, in July 2000, when UN troops staged a successful operation to free the peacekeepers being detained in Kailahun, they recovered a large quantity of weapons and munitions from the RUF,116  including at least one SAM
They are said to be heavily armed with "Surface-to-surface Missiles," assault Rifles and anti-Tank Weapons.
Taylor is also believed to have provided the RUF with 200 fully armed Liberian soldiers, as well as with Artillery.
In December 1998, the RUF routed ECOMOG at Kono, where the West African force had stationed most of its materiel, capturing all its Weapons, including three Tanks.
The Arms included Rifles, sub-Machine guns and other heavy Weapons. Gen. Sesay also indicated that six additional UNAMSIL Armoured personnel carriers were ready for collection at Kailahun and Lunsar.
The Nicaraguan Police found an "Arms cache" containing a large amount of Weapons, including Rifles, "RPG-7" type Rocket launchers, Explosives, Mortars, and ammunition in a farm southeast of Managua.
Image taken in 1986 in a guerrilla camp located in the department of Usulután. Four young people, almost children, they patrol with their M-16 / A1, the rifle that proliferated the most among the fighters grouped under the FMLN.
Ana Guadalupe provides another powerful detail: in the final stretch of the war, the FMLN was very well supplied with assault rifles: “For the offensive‘ Hasta el cappe ’(November 1989), rare was the guerrilla who did not go with his own rifle ”.
In the war the FMLN bought AK of the GDR (Democratic Republic of Germany), the USSR, North Korea ...
GDR (Democratic Republic of Germany), USSR, North Korea
The Oromia Police said it has put under control a number of mercenaries of OLF along with their 1,124 Arms and 42 handgrenades.
"There have been indications that Eritrea and OLF were behind the explosions. The evidence shows that the Eritrean government, and forces like OLF and other supporters of Shabia were behind the three explosions. in Addis Abeba," Federal police said. The statement issued by the task force also indicated that the grenades that were used in the recent terrorist attacks were smuggled into the country by a terrorist group from Eritrea.
In an interview, General Mario Renan Castillo Fernandez, 7th Military region chief, assured that the seized armament consists of "a Rocket launcher and three Missiles" capable of "destroying vehicles."
Three radio transmitters, boots, backpacks, Rifles, including two AK-47s, and handguns were uncovered in Yalchiptic village near the town of Altamirano, it said.
To date, only three 22-caliber Pistols have been found, but the soldiers are taking advantage of this operation to guard vast German-owned coffee plantations, patrol breaches, and distribute sweets and toys among children, whom they question about the presumed presence of guerrillas in the mountains.
Together with two other persons who fled, they were transporting, in that zone, an RPG-78 Rocket launcher, 10 Missiles, and an equal number of thrusters of Russian manufacture.
They also revealed alleged places in that municipality where the EPR has allegedly buried additional Arms, which the detainees themselves had transported, such as Pistols of different calibers, 12-caliber and 20-caliber shotguns, and AK-47 Machine guns, all with two magazines and abundant ammunition.
In general, these groups are armed with a varied assortment of small arms (nine-millimeter handguns, sub-machineguns, M1-30 carbines and AR-15 and AK-47 assault rifles).
The National Commission for the Fight against the Proliferation and Illicit Circulation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Côte d'Ivoire (ComNat-CI) yesterday organized an arms collection in the courtyard of the Daloa prefecture. Militiamen and ex-auxiliaries of the Republican Forces of Côte d'Ivoire (Frci) deposited a total of 31 weapons of war and 639 ammunition. Namely 20 weapons of war including 7 MAS-36 type, 7 Gervam submachine guns, 6 AK-47 submachine guns and 4 defensive grenades. To this, we must add 7 rifles caliber 12, including 2 of European manufacture and 2 of local manufacture.
Colombia's police said the scheme involved small Arms, Rifles and grenades that were supplied by Venezuela's military and smuggled across the border into Colombia, where the Weapons were redistributed among EPL members throughout the Catatumbo region, as well as among elements of the powerful Urabeños criminal group.
At Dhlakama's house, the police found one AK-47 assault Rifle, 500 bullets for assorted fireArms, 11 uniforms, five pairs of boots, six military belts, two flags, and three communications radios which no longer worked.
The caches belonged to the former Renamo (Mozambique National Resistance) guerrilla movement and consisted of more than 80 Weapons, including AKM's, G-3's, FMG's, FN's, B-10 recoilless guns, 82-mm Mortars, as well as large quantities of rounds of ammunition.
The provincial police command sent a team of experts to the site, where they found four AK-47 assault Rifles, 28 rounds of ammunition and one grenade.
Mozambican police over the weekend arrested seven gunmen of the main political opposition party Renamo who were smuggling AK-47 assault Rifles through the southern province of Inhambane.
Police stopped the cars, which belonged to Matuassanga and Ibraimo, and inspected them after they had crossed into the northern province of Nampula. According to a police spokesperson, they found five AK-47 assault Rifles, five ammunition clips and fifty bullets.
Mozambican police have announced the seizure of 46 AK-47 assault Rifles from a man named only as Carlitos, and believed to be a member of main opposition Renamo movement, APA can report Monday.The spokesperson for the General Command of the Mozambican police, Pedro Cossa said the guns were found in Carlitos’ house in Cheringoma district in the central province of Sofala.
Sixteen AK-47 assault Rifles and three Pistols were seized from the Renamo men, who accompanied Dhlakama from his bush home in the GorongOsa mountain in Sofala.
Eleven 82 mm pieces of ammunition for Mortars and a Mauser-type firearm with ammunition were secured.
The Mozambican police raided the central Maputo headquarters of the rebel movement Renamo, and two houses in the capital belonging to Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama, where they seized a total of 47 guns – 40 AK-47 assault Rifles, and seven Pistols.
They discovered two small Renamo camps in the Nhaunche region, where they seized 95 rounds of ammunition for an AK-47 assault Rifle.
According to Abilio Masilele, of the Inhambane Police Command, the police found two AK-47 Rifles, two military communications radios, two ammunition clips, three [word indistinct], and an unspecified number of radio antennas at Joao's home.
The Arms caches included 30 antipersonnel land mines, 36 bazooka grenades, 40 60-mm Mortar grenades, 10 PPSh Machine guns, three AKM's, and seven boxes of ammunition for MG.
In line with RENAMO’s guerilla strategy, much of this took the form of small arms and light weapons, including significant quantities of Soviet-made AK-47s seized by South African forces during operations in Angola and Namibia
On his visits to RENAMO sites over the years, Albino Forquilha, director of FOMICRES, reports having seen anti-aircraft weapons
He said the Weapons recovered included several 82 mm Mortar pipes and their bombs, light Machine guns, subMachine guns (SMG) assault Rifles, 42 recoilless Mortars and an assortment of live bullets among others.
"The Arms include a Rocket propelled grenade, two bombs, two fuses for the bombs, four sub-machine-guns and other military equipment," Katarinyeba told The New Vision in Kasese yesterday.
Arms recovered on Thursday and Friday during an ongoing operation to root out the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) from bases in southern Sudan, included four Tanks, two Katyusha Rockets and an anti-Aircraft gun, Mbabazi told reporters. Some 120 Machine guns and 231 boxes of ammunition were seized along with vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles at the four rebel camps -- Lara, Lubang-Tek, Bin-Rwot and Orek -- that have so far been captured.
On Friday (1 November) evening, in a merciless attack on Kony's makeshift camp at Kipwayi, 50 miles inside Sudan, the UPDF (Uganda People's Defence Forces) killed 24 LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) rebels and captured 54 sub-Machine guns. According to Fourth Division spokesman Lt Paddy Ankunda, the army also captured a 160mm Mortar. A general purpose Machine gun (GPMG) was also recovered from the rebels.
The army also captured two G3 guns, an Uzi gun, 14 anti-personnel mines, one anti-Tank mine, 15 offensive grenades, eleven 82mm bombs, 15 RPG shells, one radio set, and a Motorola phone.
The army recovered two B10 bombs from the rebels.
The Monitor on Tuesday that the army recovered two Machine guns, one RPG pipe with 11 bombs, two bombs of B-10 gun, three SMGs (submachine guns) with six magazines, one multiple grenade launcher, eight anti-personnel mines and a solar panel. The army also recovered 10 bombs of 60mm Mortar, captured 18 rebels and rescued 20 abductees.
The Weapons shown to journalists in Gulu (northern Uganda) included one SPG-9 (self-propelled anti-Tank) gun, one general purpose Machine gun, two Rockets, a radio call system, 17 tins of bullets packed in a five-litre jerrycan, 14 sub-Machine guns and seven antipersonnel mines
The army had also dug up similar armouries at Awere, Paicho and Acet in Gulu district on 11 October and recovered over 20 antipersonnel mines and other Weapon
"Among the Arms we captured from the rebels are 13 sub-Machine guns, a 12.7mm anti-Aircraft gun and two Machine guns," Magezi said. Other ammunition recovered from the rebels included anti-personnel mines, solar panels and walkie-talkie radios and their accessories.
He said the army recovered 10 anti-Tank mines, a 12.7mm anti-Aircraft, two light Machine guns, two Mortars and 10 60mm Mortar shells. Etyang said three Rocket-propelled guns, two G2 Rifles, three B10 field guns and 65 head of cattle were also recovered.
Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels reportedly used heavy Weapons including anti-Aircraft guns, anti-Tank and anti-Rocket guns to overrun an army detachment
Some 4,632 abductees were rescued from the LRA. The army also claims to have captured several Weapons from the rebels, including 552 subMachine guns, 71 grenades, 72 mines, 397 bombs of varying sizes; as well as 35,212 rounds of ammunition and three boxes of 127mm gun ammunition.
"We recovered three sub-Machine guns, a grenade and nine magazines of sub-Machine guns full with bullets," he said.
He said the army captured five sub-Machine guns with 120 loose rounds of ammunition.
Three guns and 12 magazines of bullets were recovered.
"Our operation forces at Wol also unearthed one 60mm Mortar bomb and one solar panel. A former defector directed the army where the rebels had hidden them," Lomongin said.
16 sub-Machine guns were captured and seven prisoners of war, including the chief bodyguard of Kony and his intelligence officer, are now with our forces in southern Sudan," Museveni said.
He said on 4 September seven rebels were killed, seven SMGs and a silencer Pistol recovered when the UPDF attacked Vincent Otti, Kony's number Two's, hideout in Kilak Hills in Kitgum. Otti's walkie-talkie and a radio used by his signaller were also recovered.
Army spokesperson Maj Shaban Bantariza and the army's northern Uganda spokesperson Lt Paddy Ankunda said the situation in the north was improving.They said Acama surrendered with 37 combatants armed with three sub-machine guns. Ecomog surrendered with six fighters with four Rifles and 12 magazines, while Owino gave himself in with 37 fighters and three guns. Otto surrendered with 31 fighters armed with seven guns. Apire surrendered with three combatants with one gun. Anena turned herself in armed with one gun last Sunday (4 July). Others who have surrendered or were captured included Lt-Col Francis Okwonga, captured with six people with one gun. Maj Okot Ayoli had 76 combatants and 22 guns. Capt Charles Abola had 28 fighters and nine guns. Capt Charles Lukwiya had three combatants and one gun. Capt Vincent Pekorom came with 11 fighters armed with two guns while Lt Christopher Opwonya came with seven others and a gun. Second Lieutenants Vincent Omoya surrendered with a gun, while Patrick Okot, an aide to another LRA boss, had a gun. Second Lieutenant Gilbert Bukenya came with an unnamed colleague. A group of eight unnamed and uncommanded LRA fighters armed with four guns also surrendered.
Arms captured included 1,200 assorted bullets, three Rifles, two RPG bombs and three G3 guns.
He said the army recovered five B-10 bombs, 20 pieces of 82mm Mortar bombs, one 82mm recoilless bomb, and one G3 gun.
"It's a pattern which is unfolding within the LRA as they struggle to survive by trying to bury or hide their heavier Weapons and remain with assault riffles that are easy to run with," Magezi said.
Meanwhile the 37 Battalion attacked LRA rebels along River Ayago killing two rebels and also capturing one with an SMG and 120 rounds of ammunition.
A group of hunters escorted by the UPDF in Awach IDP (Internally Displaced People's) camp in Gulu (northern Uganda), also recovered three SMGs and one G2 Machine gun, which were abandoned by the rebels. Magezi said one LRA rebel surrendered in Acet with his SMG and 116 rounds of ammunition, one Rocket propelled gun pipe.
The northern-based army spokesman, Lt. Chris Magezi, said between May 19 and 21, the UPDF mobile squad recovered 15 guns with 14 loaded magazines, one chain of a G2 Machine gun and four bombs of 82mm Mortar in Padibe and Kitgum district.
But a visit to the LRA assembly point in Ri-Kwangba revealed that the rebels are in possession of brand new Weapons, including heavy Artillery, hidden in the jungle. Some rebel units are reported to have recently acquired BMs (Ballistic Missiles) or Katyushas, which can destroy or cripple Tanks and mambas. All young men at the camp carried gleaming new bazookas, shiny AK-47 assault Rifles, grenades, and Pistols.
"For the most part, the LRA uses assault Rifles and light Machine guns, reserving the use of larger Weapons, such as RPGs, for attacks on light Armoured vehicles," the report states. "Even when the Sudanese government supplied heavier Weapons, the LRA used mainly small Arms because it needed to be highly mobile."
The 3rd Division spokesman, Capt. Henry Obbo, said the army had recovered 18 stick grenades, 2 offensive grenades, 4 anti-Tank bombs and Rocket propelled grenade shells.
The cache included 35 sub-Machine guns, 10 walkie-talkie radios, two Very High Frequency Radios (VHF), two solar panel chargers, and two satellite telephones.
The items include 1,000kgs of sugar, four sub-Machine guns with 60 rounds of ammunition, a radio communication charging system with three batteries, two Codan manpack radios, two frequency military radios, a satellite phone and one Mageran Global Positioning System.
On Sunday, the army recovered a grenade launcher near Camp Swahili. This is the rebel group's main camp. Other items captured at the start of the operation were passports, communication equipment and 30 Machine guns.
We captured one alive and took from them eight subMachine guns, one PK Machine gun and one Rocket propelled grenade.
Police in Uganda say they have seized large amounts of Explosives during raids on suspected al-Shabab militants.
One hundred and two Rifles, RPGs [Rocket propelled grenades], several solar panels and money suspected to belong to the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army] were discovered by hunters in a cave in one of the hills in Omoro Country, Gulu District, recently.
Over 1,000 AK-47 Rifles nine anti-Tank guns with 300 bombs and about 250 anti-Tank and anti-personnel mines have been recovered from the Lord's Resistance Army [LRA] by UPDF [Uganda People's Defence Forces] in the border areas of northern Uganda over the last one year.
Three other members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) waited by the door, armed with AK47 assault Rifles.
Nine al-Shabaab militants wearing military fatigues and carrying guns and grenades died after attacking Mogadishu’s presidential palace with two car bombs on Friday, in an assault Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called a “media spectacular” by a “dying animal.”
After the LRA helped the Sudanese government recapture the Sudanese garrison town of Torit from the SPLM/A in October 2002, arms and ammunition—including anti-tank landmines—flowed again from the Sudanese side to the LRA.
Survivors of the attack that struck a normally quiet corner of north Mozambique described the panic after 20 men armed with guns, machetes and knives stormed Naunde village.
The number of guns recovered from the raiders is now five.
Over the last year, more than 50 people have been killed in gun, grenade and knife assaults in the growing jihadist insurgency, with the militants reportedly seeking to impose Sharia law in the Muslim-majority province.
According to the paper's sources, the raiding party consisted of about ten men, one armed with a machine gun and the others carrying machetes or similar weapons.
Charles-Henri Baker, deputy chairman of the Association of Haitian Industries, told Radio Metropole the chimeres were armed with automatic weapons supplied by Aristide.
Aristide partisans armed with clubs, bottles and pistols, swooped down from pickups to block the marchers who were joined by thousands of anti-government demonstrators shouting "Freedom!" and "Down with Aristide!" as riot police fired shots to keep government partisans awa
The conflict is believed to have stemmed from a misunderstanding between the military and the IGLF members when the latter were trying to defuse an explosive charge which the Ethiopian authorities had concealed in a shipment in a bid to prevent smuggling.
In the engagement, our heroic army captured 4,751 light weapons, 179 medium weapons, 19 mortars, four ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns, one 14.5 [mm] anti-aircraft gun, two tanks, 14 vehicles, one anti- tank (?trailer), 79 assorted radio communications sets, four (?Betimun) anti-tank guns, 58 [word indistinct] weapons.
In the engagement, more than 1,272 light weapons, 94 medium weapons, 11 mortars and 10 radio communications sets were captured.
Also captured were three tanks, two BM-21's, three 122 (?mm) field guns, four anti-tank missiles, seven ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns, 31 mortars, two anti-aircraft guns, 105 pistols, 57 radio communication sets, 223 medium weapons, 4,615 light weapons and 32 vehicles of various types.
In addition, five tanks were captured and nine others were destroyed.
Two BM-21 rockets were captured two others were burnt out. Three 122 mm field guns were captured and six others were destroyed. Five guided anti-tank missiles, 61 mortars, 496 medium weapons, 10638 light weapons and 146 radio communication sets were also captured.
According to the reports we have so far, more than 1,000 light and medium rifles, 40 Bren machine guns, 15 mortars and one vehicle load of mortar shells were captured.
As well as this, 145 light rifles, three Bren machine guns, five RPGs, one 81-mm mortar and one communications radio set and also many bullets and shells were captured.
In addition they captured 10 tanks, three BM rocket launchers, two artillery pieces, one 37mm anti-aircraft gun, more than 3,400 light and heavy weapons, numerous rounds of ammunition and 18 vehicles.
Moreover, the heroic EPRDF popular army captured more than 4,000 light and medium guns. Five tanks were also captured and two were burnt. Two BM launchers were captured and one was destroyed. Three 122 mm launchers, four ZU-23 anti- aircrafts [anti-aircraft guns] were captured and four ZU-23 anti-aircrafts were burnt. Two 37 mm anti-aircrafts were captured while one 37 mm anti-aircraft and one (?BCR) tank were burnt.
The EPRDF has posted guerrillas outside government buildings and at main road junctions, with armoured vehicles and trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns stationed at strategic points on Saturday.
Four BM rocket launchers, five ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns, 17 vehicles of various types and other weapons were captured in the fighting.
It also reported that after taking the town of Bahir Dar on 25th February, the EPRDF had captured ''many tanks, launchers and anti-aircraft [words indistinct] weapons, very many thousands of light and medium weapons'' and a ''huge quantity'' of ammunition and other equipment.
Some 1,900 armed forces soldiers were killed during the fighting and 450 others captured; the EPRDF also seized 15 tanks, among other items of equipment and weaponry, the radio said.
Moreover, three soldiers were killed and three Kalashnikov assault rifles were captured.
"During the fight, the EPRDF troops used bazookas and mortars, while tanks of EPLF's mechanized brigade fired shells which eventually caused the conflagration and subsequent explosion", the statement said.
The losses inflicted on the enemy on this front on 22nd and 23rd December were as follows more than 1410 enemy soldiers were either killed or wounded 422 others were captured one tank was captured two tanks and two Ural [trucks] one of which carried a ZU-3, were captured.
The EPRDF army during its capture of Debre Tabor seized many BMS [as heard] tanks and various types of weapons.
In addition, 45 soldiers were captured. More than 90 Kalashnikovs, 10 RPGS, and more than 40,500 rounds of ammunition were also captured. . .
Grenades strapped to their belts, assault rifles at the ready, the soldiers sprint to a ridge overlooking the scene. "The EPRDF," says Maureen Rogers of Save the Children Fund, "are the bravest people I've ever met."
Moreover, 506 assorted light and medium weapons, 10 assorted heavy weapons and six (?radio communication sets) were captured and made the property of the EPRDF.
Moreover, seven RPGs, one bren sub-machine gun and 99 light weapons were made the property of our revolution.
As regards weapons and equipment, four BM-21 rocket launchers, strategic weapons, Stalin organs, five 107-mm Korean-made rocket launcher heavy weapons, 848 light weapons, 48 medium weapons, 13 82-mm mortars, six 60-mm mortars, 37 different kinds of radio communication sets, and 41 vehicles were seized.
Local people say a rocket was fired into the compound by the soldiers of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) on the opposite hillside
TWO former soldiers of the defunct Uganda National Rescue Front II in Yumbe district have been arrested with four illegal guns and several rounds of ammunition.
The regional UPDF spokesman, Lt. Robert Kamara, said the items included 24 anti-personnel fuses, 12 anti- personnel mines, two anti-tank mines, two motorvehicle mines and four anti-tank fuses, six SMG magazines, three chains for G2 light machine guns and two RPG fuses.
The attack was to be carried out by a former member of the Ugandan National Rescue Front II (UNRF II) whom we arrested with two grenades.
Others were one anti tank mine, one MMG magazine, eight SMG empty magazines, one RPG optic sight, seven grenades and 15 SMG magazines.
nathan katagara, commander of 409 brigade, told the paper that rebels of uganda national rescue front part two (unrf ii) in aringa county of aura district, found no room for them to hide because local residents often reported their trace to the authorities. uganda army had launched two battles in aringa recently, killing 39 rebels, and capturing 109 rifles
"They have machine guns and are shooting in the air. I think more have come from Man," the woman said, before breaking off with a whisper.
Its fighters are often armed with old-fashioned rifles and essentially comprise soldiers and men close to former military ruler General Robert Guei, killed in Abidjan on the first day of the September uprising.
Minister Berthin said in a statement from Abidjan a force of some 40 rebels had attacked a government military position at Blolequin using mortars, heavy machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
The ONLF reportedly is well supplied with radio equipment, AK-47 rifles, ammunition, RPGs, and land mines.
Thirteen automatic rifles, some communication equipment and large quantities of ammunition left behind by fleeing Ethiopian soldiers were also captured.
On Friday, government spokesman Zemedkun Tekle said that the rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front was responsible for the grenade attack in the eastern Ethiopian town of Jijiga, some 700 kilometers (435 miles) east of the capital, Addis Ababa.
Significant amounts of ammunition and over two dozens of rifles as well as communications equipment were captured during the engagements
"A certain individual, who is a member of the ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) threw a hand grenade at the podium," said Bereket, adding Hassan is going to be "OK."
Ethiopia announced Saturday that a top rebel leader in the restive Ogaden region had surrendered, leading to the seizure of some four tonnes of explosive material.
The commandment of the 13th Battalion, Col Tsegaye Gebretensae, explained to reporters in the Southeast Command that his troops surrendered [presumably seized] 101 Kalashnikovs, two machine-guns, four G3s [assault rifles] and one RPG [Rocket-Propelled Grenade] launcher weapons, among the dead.
Ethiopian rebels used an explosive device to attack the home of a family mourning the death of a relative killed in a rebel assault earlier in the week, a government spokesman said Friday.
The supplies included small arms, machine-guns, sophisticated military radios and a large cache of more modern medicines.
Among the arms recovered were kalashnikov rifles, machine guns and hand grenades, Jemiel said.
Eventually, it had 2,000 fighters armed with AK-47s, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, and heavy mortars.
UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said the combatants were all members of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) and they surrendered assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and other weapons.
They include assault rifles, military fatigues, RPG rocket-propelled grenades bombs and several loaded magazines of live ammunition.
In a Slena briefing, the officer in charge of the station, Assistant Superintendent of Police Neli Conteh, said that the surrendered arms and ammunition include 11 field buses of anti-aircraft ammunition and 36 pieces words indistinct ammunition, 200 loaded magazines and a quantity of (?live) ammunition and assault rifles.
Assistant Superintendent Conteh said that 50 pairs of combat fatigues, one anti-aircraft gun, eight F-1 bombs, one word indistinct and two gunboats floating between Yelebuya and Rokai in the Sami Chiefdom and between Kata and name indistinct in the Hegbema Chiefdom are among the surrendered items.
Officials of the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI) showed journalists a working Soviet-made "BMP" armored personnel carrier, which they said pro-government forces had left near the western town of Man in December.
That night, rebel fighters fired machine guns indiscriminately into the common cell holding the prisoners, returning several times to unleash more gunfire.
According to Navy intelligence officials, the leftist Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) and the Insurgent People’s Revolutionary Army (ERPI) have obtained automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades from the illegal arms trade on Mexico’s southern border, reports El Universal.
More recently, in July and September of 2007, the EPR bombed six oil and gas pipelines.
According to Mexico’s Office of the Attorney General (PGR), approximately 1,900 of the stolen 'RXL-788 emulsion explosive' devices are in the hands of two EPR splinter groups, the “Comando Jaramillista Morelense 23 de Mayo,” and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People (FARP)."
After laying a wreath made from plants that "witnessed the cowardly murder" in 1995 and firing their AK-47 and AR-15 rifles into the air 17 times in memory of the murdered campesinos, the EPR disappeared.
After a gunfight, police said they repelled the attackers, who wore masks, military fatigues and carried AK-47 rifles.
EPR forces wear newish looking olive green uniforms and carry AK-47, M-1 and AR-15 rifles, and even Uzi submachine guns
In the town of Tlaxiaco, Security Police Chief Gregorio Barroso said that more than 60 masked rebels armed with machine guns and other large firearms battled police for an hour, leaving at least one person dead.
Two men armed with AK-47 automatic rifles and 9mm pistols were arrested near the capital, three other arrests took place in southern Guerrero and an undetermined number were injured and arrested in Oaxaca, the attorney general's office and the interior ministry said on Thursday.
The military seized 14 AK-47s and a 9 mm pistol.
The EPR said its members had planted explosives on the pipeline.
The official said a man, calling himself Juan Cruz, called police at 10:30 (1630 GMT) claiming that the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) had placed 29 explosive charges throughout the airport.
That explosive device was accompanied by a note signed by the EPR, according to a Veracruz state police official who was not authorized to be quoted by name.
They were allegedly members of the EPR. He said an AK-47 rifle and a .45-calibre pistol were confiscated from these four individuals.
The WSB gang members were armed with AK-47 rifles, RPG launchers, 60mm, 81mm and 120mm mortars and FN sniper rifles. In addition to these weapons, surveillance indicated that the WSB had pick-up trucks with mounted machine guns[.]
Thanks to two four-man SAS patrols that infiltrated the area on foot when the hostage incident began, the British knew the WSB had access to or were armed with: 2 heavy machineguns (HMG), a 60mm and 81mm mortar, rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), AK-47 assault rifles, medium machineguns, grenades, and mines. Just over a kilometer down the river at Magbeni, situated along a road running east-west, were another over 100 WSB and SBU with access to the 1RI captured Land Rovers, including their 12.7mm machinegun, a trunk mounted HMG, 3 “technicals” (named after the Somalian’s pickup trucks which had machineguns bolted to the beds), as well as mortars and a similar assortment of small arms.
By looting the bodies of killed enemies, weaponry rapidly evolved from machetes and small arms to the use of automatic rifles and rocket-launchers.
On Sunday morning, "many young people armed with clubs and rifles" tried to storm the military camp in Vavoua, located in the northern half of the country which had been under rebel control since 2002, said the army.
Friday's attack began at around 7 a.m., when two gunmen armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked just as guards who had worked the night shift were preparing to hand over to a new team.
New Vision quoted Major General Salim Saleh, who is commanding government forces in an offensive against rebels in Uganda's northern districts, as saying the army recovered 11 submachine guns, a 182mm mortar, landmines, rocket-propelled grenades and boxes of ammunition from the insurgents.
The government forces captured landmines, anti-aircraft guns and an assortment of other arms, as well as Sudanese military uniforms, the source added
Some 400 WNBF rebels slipped over the border from Sudan on April 17 and attacked a refugee camp run by the British aid agency Oxfam, abducting nine aid workers and planting landmines.
The rebels, armed with assault rifles and wearing uniforms, took off with radio transmitters, drugs and money.
The disarmament operations in Teso were triggered by the recovery of an assortment of ammunition that included 18 stick grenades, two offensive grenades, four anti-tank bombs and rocket propelled grenades shells from the region.The UPDF [Uganda People's Defence Forces] 3rd Division Spokesman, Capt Henry Obbo, said most of the war materials are suspected to have been used by the defunct Uganda People's Army that operated in Teso in the late 1980s
From May through June 1997, detainee provided small arms training (AK-47s, pistols, RPGs, and anti-tank missiles) and basic self-defense to AIAI members in Gedo, SO.
July 1992: AIAI members targeted the offices of an international relief organization in the city of Marka with a rocket-propelled grenade. (0 killed, 0 wounded)22
May 1995: AIAI conducted a grenade attack on a market in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. (15 killed, unknown wounded)
January 1996: AIAI claimed responsibility for a hotel bombing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (6 killed, 20 wounded)
February 1996: AIAI claimed responsibility for a hotel bombing in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. (1 killed, 3 wounded)26
August 5, 1996: The Wabe Shebelle Hotel in Addis Ababa suffereda bombing attack. The Ethiopian government accused AIAI of perpetrating the bombing. (2 killed, 11 injured)
They captured 138 various types of arms, 89 explosives, one PKM machine gun and huge quantities of ammunition.
OLA forces operating in southern Oromiya continue to score victories against the enemy forces. On 16th August 1999, OLA combatants mounted two attacks lasting two hours on enemy positions in Taki phonetic , Moyale District southern Ethiopia, on border with Kenya , killing 95 soldiers, wounding 87 and capturing 37 AK-47 assault rifles, as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition.
The heroic OLA forces captured 63 assault rifles, 89 grenades and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Twenty-three rifles, one PKM gun and a large quantity of ammunition were also captured.
It also said that 50 light guns, one RPG-7 anti tank grenade launcher , one Bren gun and a good number of ammunition and word indistinct were also captured in the attack.
Police initially reported late Friday that all four men, allegedly members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) using explosives provided by Ethiopia's arch-foe Eritrea, had died but revised the toll downward.
Prior to the incident, some members of the separatist Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) were arrested in the vicinity with hand grenades and other arms, Ethiopian News Agency quoted Oromia state police chief Lieutenant Zerihun Assefa as saying.
Each side is reported to be funding and arming the other's rebels, and the Ethiopian rebel Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) announced on February 4 that it was laying landmines in southern Ethiopia
Ammunition, anti-tank landmines, and 14 fuses used to detonate mines were also recovered in the raids, he added
During an attack on weyane soldiers at Chirecha, units of the OLF forces destroyed one ZU-23 23 mm automatic gun , killed seven soldiers, wounded seven others and captured six AK-47 assault rifles.
Similarly, during a military operation in Gumsa Karani phonetic OLF fighters captured an assortment of arms, including an RPG-7 grenade launcher and 25 AK-47 assault rifles.
Addis Ababa, 15 March: The Oromiya police said it has put under control a number of mercenaries of OLF [Oromo Liberation Front] along with their 1,124 arms and 42 hand grenades.
"The heroic OLF forces on 16 July attacked a military camp at Bobasa, Fedisa District Hararge Zone in eastern Oromiya, eastern Ethiopia. During the attack, the OLF fighters killed 13 government soldiers and wounded 23 others and captured 17 AK-47 guns, over 4,000 various types of ammunition, 23 hand grenades, two communication radios, six mobile phones and other military logistics", the communique said.
In this operation, our freedom fighters captured several automatic guns, hand grenades and ammunitions from the enemy.
In this operation, our freedom fighters captured automatic machine-guns and other military equipment and different confidential documents of the enemy and made [them] the property of the Oromo liberation struggle led by OLF.
In the operations, an assortment of 85 weapons, including three PKM machine guns and two RPGs have been captured, along with thousands of rounds of ammunition and other materiel.
Seven members of the OLF, three of whom were armed with grenades, have been arrested in the western province of Welega, where they were on a sabotage mission, according to the statement.
In fighting that took place on 3rd October, the OLF said its forces captured 51 AK-47 guns and a number of explosives and that the clique's soldiers in the area fled in disarray.
Meanwhile, five people were killed and 10 others injured in a hand grenade attack carried out by special units of the OLF on an entertainment site in Shashemene southern Ethiopia .
The rebels were found guilty of being in possession of two AK-47 rifles, 139 rounds of ammunition and two hand grenades. T
"We've arrested 22 people who are either members of OLF or sympathisers, and they are suspected of participation in the Burayu grenade attack," said the statement, which was carried by the state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation.
OLA forces also captured 894 AK-47 assault rifles, 27 PKM-27 machine-guns, 11 RPGs as well as huge quantities of ammunition and other materiel.
In the concerted search carried out in the last weeks of the month of Hamle [Ethiopian month; first weeks of August] , two machine-guns, two launchers, 17 light and heavy weapons, along with 750 rounds of ammunition have been captured, according to reports reaching us from the area.
The prosecutors have blamed the OLF for grenade attacks carried out on the Blue Tops restaurant and the Tigray hotel in Addis Ababa in April, which killed one person and wounding around 40 people.
The first, in March of 2000, occurred when a truck from Kenya drove over a landmine placed by the OLF, although some say it was probably intended for an Ethiopian target.
The more recent attack involved a small explosive detonated at the Ethiopian Railway Commission in the southeastern town of Dire Dawa. Each attack killed 14 people.
The unit also captured three AK-47 rifles and two hand grenades in the attack.
Reports reaching Voice of Oromo Liberation say that two AK-47 rifles and 125 rounds of ammunition were also captured.
They also captured 17 guns and subsequently converted them into weapons of the Oromo struggle.
In the fighting and actions taken to disarm the enemy puppets, 47 various types of rifles and three pistols were captured for the Oromo struggle.
Addis Ababa, 23 April: Ministry unspecified says the recent grenade blast at a school in Ambo in central Ethiopia was an indicator of the clandestine opposition Oromo Liberation Front's (OLF) terrorist target shift to schools.
After 15 minutes of fighting, the colonial soldiers were reinforced and bitter fighting continued for another 45 minutes, during which time our heroic army killed [words indistinct] and captured six machine-guns and one rifle.
A nine mm Pistol was seized from her possession.
Later police seized a Chinese Rifle, a Pistol, three bombs and four daggers from her house.
Law enforcers in separate drives have arrested eleven alleged criminals and recovered three fireArms, seven bullets and 37 bombs in Meherpur and Chapainawabganj districts.
The remainder of a total of 2,000 rebels will hand in their weapons in phases until February 28. The weapons are mostly Chinese-made AK-47 rifles, mortars and various other guns.
the outfit has firearms like M16 and AK47 assault rifles, .303 rifles, 9 shooters, shotguns, single and double barrel guns, locally made and foreign pistols and revolvers and light guns (LG).
PBCP (ML-Red Flag) cadres possess AK47 rifles, single and double barrel guns, local and foreign pistols and revolvers, LGs and bombs. PBCP (ML mainstream or followers of Mofakkar) has around 50 armed cadres, who use Indian and locally manufactured arms and bombs.
Rab says these outlawed groups possess a huge number of firearms including sophisticated M16 and AK47 rifles, but no-one knows exactly how many weapons they have.
Police also recovered two pistols, a gun, eight rounds of bullets and four machetes from the spot.
An outlawed leftist group hacked three local rivals to death and, in a separate attack, stormed a militia camp injuring one inmate and looting five rifles, newspapers reported Tuesday.
The officers also seized three Rifles and four Pistols, plus three grenades.
At about the same time, a group of gunmen attacked the armoury at the non-combat Narathiwat Rajanakarin Army camp in Joh Airong district, where they shot four soldiers dead before escaping with more than 100 assault Rifles and Pistols
Three of them, armed with M16 and AK47 Rifles, walked towards the crowd and opened fire on them. The attackers then sped away from the scene. Police and soldiers were prevented from reaching the scene by roadspike traps and fake bombs. They found 52 cartridges from AK47s and 30 cartridges from M16 Rifles at the scene.
Television station iTV reported that at least 20 shotguns were stolen while another news report said 17 Weapons, including both shotguns and Pistols, were taken from the outposts in Pattani province alone.
In Yala town, police yesterday stopped a suspicious car and found three men carrying an AK47 assault rifle, two pistols and 60 bullets.
They included about 2,000 rounds from M16 and HK rifles, about 1,000 rounds for an 11mm pistol, and about 20 anti-personnel M26 and M67 grenades.
found in his possession were several explosive devices and ammunitions, namely two operational device-triggered bombs; 21 bullets for Number 12 shotgun; a .38 revolver bullet; a shotgun with Bangkok license number 600143; two 3310 Nokia mobile phones; an ID card of Private Muhamadrosuedee Hasa; and a bag of Speciosa leaves.
The attackers later threw a handmade grenade into the base and followed it with heavy fire but it failed to explode. The insurgents fled with five weapons - one M16 rifle and four AK rifles - and ammunition.
Three civilians were injured when insurgents fired M79 grenades at a police station in Pattani this morning.
Qassim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad Operations Command, said in a statement that his troops confiscated 200 kg of C4 Explosives, 200 kg of TNT, 60 Mortar rounds and some 250 litre of ammonium nitrate which is used for making bombs during the search operations conducted early Tuesday morning.
Locals said that Rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov Rifles were the preferred purchases of the Mahdi. At another Amara market, the journalist heard Mahdi Army fighters boasting about their attacks on British convoys.
A search of the compound revealed multiple AK-47 assault Rifles, hand grenades and other military equipment, which were destroyed to prevent future use. The force detained three suspected militants as a result of the operation.
Two Rocket launchers, 12 bombs, two rounds of Artillery, two boxes of ammos for PK Machine gun and other materials were found in the depots.
"They handed over two Rockets, seven Rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), one Mortar, two machineguns and five Klashnikovs," intelligence officer Eng. Abdul Jabbar told Pajhwok Afghan News.
Last Thursday four Taleban gunmen smuggled Pistols into Kabul’s high-security Serena hotel and shot dead nine people including four foreigners.
Quick-response teams rushed to the area as Rockets and gunfire were unleashed from a nearby building, according to officials.
A resident of Balkh District was arrested with a cache of Explosives
About 50 truckloads of Rockets, Tank and Artillery rounds and small Arms ammunition were destroyed in the explosion in Taleban-held Wardak province late Saturday, they said.
A BAKHTAR correspondent reports that as a result of the activities of Mola Abdollah and [name indistinct], members of the commission for retrieving state Arms and ammunition, 11 light and heavy Weapons, 15 boxes of Kalashnikov ammunition, 300 hand grenades, eight boxes of PK ammunition, an automatic hand [word indistinct], a Goryunov Machine gun, an antipersonnel mine, and 20 Missiles for a BM-12 Rocket launcher that were hidden by elements of sedition and corruption associated with the former administration were discovered and captured.
Armed extremist groups in Wardag Province requested the headquarters of the ''Islamic Party of Afghanistan'' (IPA) [Hezb-e Eslami] to send to them 10 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, 5,000 jet projectiles, one heavy gun, several mortars with ammunition, several Milan anti-tank missile systems, and 10 short-wave radio stations.
The arms cache included a machine-gun, two kalashnikovs, five RPG grenades, five cannon shells and three RPG rockets.
According to reports monitored here [Kabul], these groups have in their possession 1,500 rockets for bombarding the Afghan capital.
Apart from the usual arms they had surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 25 km.
He will supply the following to you: (1) 20 anti-tank rockets; (2) 32 folding Kalashnikovs; (3) 5,000 rounds of Kalashnikov and ZK-1 ammunition; (4) 18 anti- personnel mines; (5) 22 anti-tank mines; (6) 40 mortar bombs. If you have received the aforementioned weapons and equipment, let us know as soon as possible. We will send you in the near future the remaining weapons and equipment.
Besides all these, we received reports that Jonbesh-e Melli Eslami Afghanistan - with 4,000 forces, 30 tanks, six mortars, seven BM21 rockets and 16 anti-aircraft guns - moved into and captured two big villages along with other small villages, after nine hours of fighting.
Afghan police discovered four more Chinese-made rockets aimed at international peacekeepers at the launch site where two missiles were fired at the security force this weekend, a spokesman for the peacekeepers said Monday.
"Iran has helped us in many ways including sending us weapons in by plane," said one soldier from the Shiite Moslem Hezb-i-Wahdat faction, a proud owner of what he admitted was an Iranian-made Kalashnikov rifle
Most recently, HIG spokesman Haroon Zarghoon claimed responsibility for a suicide VBIED attack in Kabul on 7 July 2015 against a NATO convoy. HIG also claimed responsibility for a deadly insider attack in April 2015 in Nangarhar Province in which a US soldier was killed. On 10 February 2014, the group executed an attack which killed at least two US civilians and wounded two other Americans and seven Afghan nationals. HIG was also responsible for a 16 May 2013 suicide VBIED attack in Kabul, which destroyed a US armored SUV and killed two US soldiers, four US civilian contractors, eight Afghans—including two children—and wounded at least 37 others.
They are armed with ''ground-to-ground'' rockets, recoilless guns, mortars, large-calibre machine-guns and firearms.
A convoy with arms, including Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and ammunition for heavy weapons, was sent to those areas from Landi Kotal, Pakistan, on 9th July.
In the period of 1st-10th November alone, some 100 rocket projectiles and mines and more than 70 grenades were used against security posts.
Herat In the course of the clearing operations by our brave armed forces in the Jakan, Pol-e Regin and Gazergah areas, the heroic armed forces seized five Kalashnikovs, four cannon and various types of weapons, including four cases of DShK shells, 39 [word indistinct] for a ZK-1, 21 cases of Kalashnikov bullets, 15 cases of [word indistinct] shells and a large amount of hand-grenades.
Paktia In the last 24 hours, the armed extremists have fired 125 rounds with various arms including long-range weapons and reactive rocket projectiles on the residential areas of Khost city and its surroundings. A woman and a girl were badly injured.
"These helicopters fire rockets and heavy machineguns, and we have only old .303 (Lee Enfield) and Soviet-made AK-47 (Kalashnikov) rifles to defend ourselves from them."
During this operation, a total of 18 heavy weapons, five ZU-23 anti-aircraft installations and four caches of various new types of ammunition were seized from the Taleban today 30th November during the freeing of the three districts in Sar-e Pol Province.
During the attack, the UIFSA forces seized two tanks and some light weapons from the Taleban forces.
In their advance towards Ghorband, the anti-Taleban coalition forces have so far captured 10 tanks, military vehicles, dozens of heavy weapons, artillery and rocket launchers.
According to another report, a military aircraft of the oppressive Taleban was shot down by the anti-aircraft guns of the heroic forces of the UIFSA in Badakhshan Province and its pilot was taken captive by the mojahedin.
Likewise, two tanks, three ZU installations, three [word indistinct], six weapons and a great deal of light arms and ammunition of the enemy were seized
As a result, they seized four KamAZ trucks, five (?Datsuns), three Jeeps, one BM-12, six air defence guns, a good number of horses and several ammunition depots.
Under the compromise, FUNCINPEC will be allowed to keep 126 Pistols, several dozen AK-74 assault Rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition that were seized Monday in the southern port of Sihanoukville, they said.
Pailin Town Governor I Chhien and Co-Defense Minister Tie Banh, presiding over the event, led local officials in torching the pyre to destroy some 5,000 Rifles and some other small guns of various types.
More than 200 mines, rockets and rounds of ammunition were found in Preah Vihearís Sangkom Thmei district on Wednesday about 150 meters from the Prasat Damrei temple, officials said.
Provincial Police Commissioner Brigadier General Si Kiri said the cache was found by residents in Ronak Se commune and included three cases of AK-47 ammunition, 13 rounds of Machine gun ammunition, 80 Rockets and 11 anti-personal mines.
“We cannot touch or count the anti-Tank Weapons that include 120mm Mortars, 82mm Mortars, Rocket-propelled grenades and various anti-Tank mines to avoid an accident that could happen at any time,” he said.
The area near the Preah Vihear temple where a mine was set off by a Thai solder was previously a battle zone and a sanctuary of the Khmer Rouge forces who must have laid many Landmines to protect their position during the war.
"According to police in Kompong Leng District, "the Khmer Rouge attack lasted over an hour, after which Khmer Rouge troops retreated, taking with them a DK gun, an AK Rifle, a B-40, a K-54, and a K-57.
Col. Ruos Samoeun of the General Staff's Operational Department said part of the uncovered armaments, including nine DK-75 recoilless guns, seven 12.7-mm machineguns, a 100-mm Mortar, 120 cases of Mortar shells, and three tons of ammunition for 60-mm and DK-75 guns, had already been moved to depots in Siem Reap town.s
We hold that 10 Tanks and armored personnel carriers used by the extremists in conducting activities against the forces of the Royal Government on 5-6 July 1997 and confiscated by the competent authoritiesshould be examined by the court in accordance with the law.
We hold that three helicopters--a French-made Ecureuil SU015 owned by the state, a Czech-made Mi-17 SU023 owned by the state, and a French-made Dauphin SU009 owned by Norodom Ranariddh--and three state-owned, fixed-wing airplanes--a Chinese-made Y12 SU016, a Chinese-made Y12 SU017, and a French-made TB10 SU005--which the extremists ordered flown from Pochentong airport and hidden in Thmar Puok in an attempt to prepare for an assault to recapture Phnom Penh and to overthrow the Royal Cambodian Government, should also be examined by the court in accordance with the law.
The men were carrying rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and other weapons.
In May, Ranariddh had two tons of pistols, assault rifles and rocket launchers shipped into the port city of Sihanoukville.
Boonthon Yen said small contingents of Hun Sen's troops were attacking resistance forces from several directions along the line, but Ranariddh's forces had been prepared for the assaults and were retaliating with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, artillery and mortars.
During the day, an armored vehicle carrying troops from Ranariddh's forces could be seen passing through the town, from which all but a few civilians have fled.
They appear to have at least one Soviet-built BM21 multi-barrelled rocket launcher, which has a range of about 20 kilometers (12 miles) and has a devastating effect when its shrapnel rips through an enclosed and populated target. They also have Russian-made 122 and 130 millimeter Howitzers which boom out across the hilly region daily. These are backed by heavy and light mortars dug into pits around the town, witnesses said.
Anti-aircraft guns, machine-guns and automatic rifles were seized from the base in Banteay Meanchey province, along with other weapons, it added.
Automatic weapons fire and explosions from grenades and rocket launchers rang out in the central capital as Ranariddh's bodyguards mostly soldiers loyal to his royalist FUNCINPEC party exchanged occasional fire with the besiegers.
He said about 100 royalist troops armed with rocket propelled grenades, mortars and machine guns launched the surprise attack under the command of FUNCINPEC Major General Lae Veera.
Backed by tanks, heavy artillery, and aircraft, the Vietnamese acted in support of a breakaway Khmer Rouge faction led by Heng Samrin and other leaders and cadres who fled to Vietnam for help in bringing down the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol
At the time of its creation, the KPNLAF comprised about 2,000 combatants, and had assorted light weapons such as M-16s, AK-47s, CKs, CKCs eft over from the Cambodian republican regime, or smuggled from the Cambodian interior by escape
According to Gen Prathin, the following were found in those wooden boxes: three M-60 machine guns that can be used as anti-aircraft weapons, 103 M-120 mortar shells, 48 M-62 anti-tank rockets, 10 RPG-2 rocket launchers, 492 M-47 rocket-propelled grenades, 990 M-46 hand grenades, 90 rolls of bomb fuse and 40 cases of M-12.5 ammunition belts. Police seized all the weapons and the lorry.
The guerrillas left behind anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons, mortar, rocket and grenade launchers, AK-47 rifles, bullets, and stockpiles of food, Pol Saroeun said.
According to a report presented at a recent seminar to sum up the 1995-96 dry season military work, during the past dry season the Khmer Rouge used 13 tanks, one BTR expansion unknown , 130mm, 100mm, 85mm and 120mm artillery pieces, anti-aircraft missiles and anti-tank Embarrass name as transliterated weapons on the Khla Ngoap front.
The officer said the two sides fought with rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and artillery in an exchange that could be heard in Thai territory.
Major General Keo Pisit, deputy commander of the 4th Military Region based in Siem Reap Province, who is helping direct the offensive against Anlong Veng, said the Thai military sent three tanks and 40 DCA-37 mm anti-aircraft guns to the Khmer Rouge through a border pass north of Anlong Veng on October 5.
Dien Del said the resistance fighters received at least four shipments between last April and the end of the year that included special B-40 rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank mines. The heaviest weaponry now available to the KPNLF are a few 75mm and 82mm recoilless rifles. It has no howitzers or heavy mortars. The KPNLF also has received assault rifles from Singapore, and some of its officers have been trained at the guerrilla warfare school in Malaysia.
These were two double-barrelled anti-aircraft guns and one 105mm rifle on a tow truck.
. On 26th May in Kompong Cham Province, Khmer Rouge elements from the 785th Division fired eight B-40.5 rockets on the innocent people of Chras Proek village, Batheay commune, Batheay district.
At 0330 on 29th May, Khmer Rouge elements from Division 980 fired 300-400 85mm and 76.2mm shells on the district township of Svay Leu, killing one government soldier and injuring another.
At 1430 on 27th May in Kompong Thom Province, Khmer Rouge troops from Division 802 fired seven mortars of H-107 and 82-mm guns on the district township of Prasat Sambo. At 1000 on 29th May, Khmer Rouge soldiers from the same division fired nine shells with DK and H-107 guns from Rovieng Hill on Kompong Lvea village.
At 0730 on 30th May in Preah Vihear Province, some 250 Khmer Rouge soldiers from Divisions 616, 612, and 719, and Front 1001, backed by two pieces of 85mm cannons, fired 28 shells on the district township of Kulen, which is a centre arranged by the SOC side for troop regroupment. On the same day between 0830 and 0945, Khmer Rouge elements from Front 1001 of Division 612 and from Division 616 fired some 170 shells with 85mm cannons on (?Chitang) area in Choam Khsan district and 18 shells on Sangkum Thmei district.
bout 70 Khmer Rouge guerrillas, armed with B-40 rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s, were detaining the peacekeepers, who themselves were armed with assault rifles, Falt said.
The found ammunition reportedly included 600 82-millimetre mortar rounds, fifty rockets, anti-tank ammunition, mines, 4,000 60-millimetre mortar rounds and 100 120-millimetre mortar rounds.
Last week, as many as 1,000 Khmer Rouge guerrillas with 11 tanks _ mostly Chinese-made T-57s _ pushed back about 800 government soldiers from their post in Treng district on national route 10, 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Battambang.
We seized two T-54 tanks, three armoured carriers, a scout car, two BM [Soviet-manufactured] multiple rocket launchers, a 155-mm cannon, two lorries carrying ammunition, two tankers, a lorry loaded with BM rockets, a Russian-made jeep and 300 assorted armaments.
The estimated 500 guerrillas have seven tanks, 82 millimeter mortars and 75 and 122 millimeter artillery and anti-aircraft guns at their disposal, military officials said.
The inhabitants of Prasat Sambo district, Kompong Thom Province, in cooperation with the local armed forces, recently uncovered two Khmer Rouge arms and ammunition caches containing one DK-82 with 41 shells, two 60-mm mortars with 10 shells, four B-67s with 30 shells, four B-40s with 25 shells, 37 AK rifles with a large quantity of ammunition, 115 Chinese-made SKS rifles, two AR rifles, 40 82-mm mortar shells, two H-107 shells, 28 anti-tank and M-69 mines, 35 quantities of TNT explosive, a crate of K-57 ammunition and a large number of hand grenades.
The Khmer Rouge responded with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and recoilless guns, he said.
The government seized two T-54 tanks, one armored personnel carrier and two pieces of 120 millimeter artillery from the guerrillas, he said.
The largest weapon in the guerrillas' arsenal are 82mm recoilless rifles, Chinese copies of a 1950s vintage Soviet design. The defenders also relied on mortars, heavy machines guns and B-40 rocket-propelled grenades. Individual guerrillas were armed mostly with AK-47 assault rifles.
The combatants cut off the enemy supply route between Mkak and Karkas villages and seized two T-54 tanks, three pieces of 122 mm artillery, three 76.2 mm guns three army trucks, a BTR-60 PD armoured carrier and hundreds of assault rifles.
These weapons consisted of several different types, including as many as 3,000 AK-47 rifles and many 80mm [as heard] mortars.
Ek said heavy artillery pounded rebels in central Kompong Thom province; some 300 soldiers with two T-54 tanks, 85mm artillery, mortars and recoilless guns attacked in Varin district, Siem Reap province; and troops and four tanks hit positions in nearby Srey Snam district.
Soldiers loyal to the FUNCINPEC party fired two B-40 rockets at the building late Thursday, injuring one person, said Por Vannak, a People's Party member and chief of the military police in the northwestern province of Battambang.
Forces of the Northern Alliance: Troops: 12,000-15,000. Small arms: AK assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, recoilless rifles. Armored forces (60-70 vehicles total): T-62, T-54, T-55 main battle tanks, BMP infantry fighting vehicles, BTR troop carriers, BRDM-2 scout cars. Artillery: 107mm, 122mm, 140mm, 220mm multiple-launch rocket systems, 82mm and 120mm mortars, 100mm, 122mm and 152mm towed guns, 76mm mountain guns. Air Defenses: One ZSU-23-4 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, ZU-23-2 truck-mounted automatic cannons, Stinger surface-to-air missiles. Missiles: FROG-7 surface-to-surface missiles, Scud-B short-range ballistic missiles (25-30 missiles at most).Air Force: Eight transport helicopters, 3-4 cargo airplanes.
Forces of the Taliban: Troops: 50,000. Small arms: AK assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, recoilless rifles. Armored forces (650 vehicles total): T-62, T-54, T-55 main battle tanks, BMP infantry fighting vehicles, BTR troop carriers, BRDM-2 scout cars. Artillery: 76mm mountain gun, 122mm and 152mm towed guns, 107mm and 122mm multiple-rocket launch systems, 82mm and 120mm mortars. Air Defenses: 23mm ZU-23-2 automatic cannons, 100mm anti-aircraft guns, possibly U.S.-made Stinger surface-to-air missiles. Air Force: 10 Su-22 fighter-bombers, 5 MiG-21 fighters, 10 transport helicopters, 40 cargo airplanes.
Russia has promised the northern alliance 40 T55 tanks, 80 infantry fighting vehicles, several dozen armored personnel carriers, up to 10 Grad multiple rocket launchers and an unspecified number of anti-aircraft rockets and light arms, a Russian Defense Ministry official told the Interfax Military News agency earlier this month.
Islamabad, 18 August: The super flood has also washed away the ammunition depots and secret dumps of landmines and missiles belonging to the Taleban of South Waziristan, some reaching areas close to Dera Ismail Khan, Tank and further downstream, The News has learnt from officials.
mortar mines, rocket launchers, anti-vehicle mines and two kalashnikovs have been discovered and seized with the cooperation of the people and secuity forces from the cache
The most recent cache discovered included small arms ammunition, 55 high-explosive anti-tank rocket propelled grenades and an 82mm recoilless rifle (anti-tank weapon) with four rounds.
akhtar Information Agency reported that the arms and ammunition, which included one set of BM-2, two sets of BM-1, three BK missiles, 25 missiles of rocket launchers, 35 pieces of flame-throwers, 28 anti-personnel mines, one box of mortar shells, five missiles, two shells of DC artillery, two anti tanks mines, four DShK [machine gun] ammunition cartridge belts, three ammunition cartridge belts of ZK1, a number of PK cartridge belts, [words indistinct], have been captured and handed over to the police department of Kabul.
An ammunition depot has been discovered in [words indistinct]. Bakhtar Information Agency reports that the ammunition included 60 SAKAR missiles, 100 mortar shells, 7,00 medium mortar shells, 3,000 RPG grenades, 2,000 missiles of [word indistinct], 30 boxes of PK and DShK [machine guns] and [words indistinct] were discovered and captured.
Afghan police also captured some Weapons and ammunition like AK- 47s and Mortars from Taliban rebels, he added.
Of these Weapons, 12 were variants of the Kalashnikov assault Rifle, 8 were bolt-action Rifles from World War II or earlier, 4 were variants of the PK Machine gun, and 2 were small semiautomatic Pistols.
First, the numbers: Between Nov. 27, 2010, and Jan. 20, 2011, the battalion captured 43 Rifles, two PK Machine guns, two RPK squad Machine guns, 6 Rocket-propelled grenade launchers, a shotgun, three Pistols and an 82-millimeter Mortar system. Of the Rifles, 37 were Kalashnikov assault Rifles of mixed vintage and varied provenance, five were Lee-Enfield bolt-action Rifles and one was an SKS.
A number of Arms and ammunitions, including 17 Pistols and 19 anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines were also seized, it said.
The forces seized six AK-47 assault Rifles with 11 magazines, one Rocket launcher with 48 Rockets, one PKM Machine gun, two hand grenades, 12kg of Explosive materials, one anti-vehicle mine and five boxes of heavy round fuses, it said.
The Taliban's new acquisitions flew in tons of heavy Artillery and assault Rifles, said the brigadier, a senior military intelligence official who served with the Taliban until he was dismissed in a purge in 2000
Five of the planes sold to the Taliban--all Antonov 12s--became important tools in the covert arming of the movement's forces.
He said he saw heavy Artillery, Kalashnikovs, aerial bombs and Russian BM-21 Hurricane Rocket batteries.
Russian BM-21 Hurricane Rocket batteries
The cache included: 250 Missiles and SAKR-60 Rocket launchers (as heard), large quantities of DC (Desert Combat Artillery) shells, various other kinds of Rockets, anti-personnel mines, Mortars and heavy and light artilleries.
Some 12,000 Mortars, 5,000 Rocket-propelled grenades and 4,000 machinegun rounds as well as guns and Landmines were seized last week in Zabul province some 445 kilometers (280 miles) south of the capital Kabul, defence ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi said at a press briefing.
The cache included Machine guns, Rockets and Explosives, and was found this week in eastern Paktika province's Gomal district, some 40 kilometres from the border, Army General Sami-ul Haq told.
he stockpiles found in Pachir and Candibagh villages contained two Artillery rounds, 37 Rocket propelled grenade rounds, two RPG boosters, 54 bomblets, 300 rounds of 12.77 mm machine-gun ammunition and a bag of powder Explosives.
Hidden in a compound in Tutu village, combined forces discovered a cache containing 14 Rocket propelled grenade rounds, five 82 mm Mortar rounds, grenades, multiple brands of chargers, various types of fuses, and 500 feet of detonation cord.
Eight Kalashnikovs, 14 machine-guns, [words indistinct], hand-grenades and a large quantity of ammunition were appropriated by the Oromo Liberation Front
Seifenebelbal, Addis Ababa, in Amharic 12 Dec 03The OLF army not only routed the government troops but also captured a huge amount of assorted modern weapons including hand grenades and K 48s as published .
The OLF claims that its fighters also seized 50 automatic assault guns, one rocket-propelled granade launcher, a machine gun, ammunition and other military and non-military item
A military communique received from the OLA's southeastern regional command said that the OLA, the muscle and shield of the Oromo people, has heroically and successfully resisted weyane [Ethiopian government] invader forces trying to destroy it, putting more than 95 enemy soldiers out of action, capturing 19 AKM assault rifles, one PKM machine-gun, 25 F1 hand grenades and a large amount of ammunition in the process.
There is a case to be made for cross-border military cooperation between Kenya and its neighbours. This is especially pertinent in the northern part of the country, which is highly susceptible to banditry and insecurity. In the latest incident, 14 Kenyans have lost their lives in a landmine accident believed to have been set up by the Oromo Liberation Front OLF in neighbouring Ethiopia.
Some of the weapons authorities seized that Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo said belong to the Zapatista National Liberation Army: In Yanga, Veracruz:-10 hand grenades -Eight pistols -One Uzi machine-gun -Six grenade launchers -11 plastic bags filled with chemicals for making explosives -22 sausage-shaped explosive devices -Five rockets filled with powder
In Mexico City:-Two 9 mm pistols, which in Mexico are to only be used by the military
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism reported in October 1999 that the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) was "relatively poorly armed with AK-47 assault rifles, M14 and G3 rifles, grenades, rocket launchers and some explosives" (26 Oct. 1999).
The weapons seized from Yanez Munoz include a 9-mm gun and an AK-47 rifle.
"Zapatista troops have finished mining all access routes to rebel territory and anti-aircraft guns are place. "We are ready," the EZLN said.
The authorities there arrested some members of that organization who were in possession of a powerful arsenal: hand grenades, mortars and explosives.
Referring to the group's weapons, Diaz said it had machine guns, shotguns, revolvers and sophisticated weapons that were suited for guerrilla warfare.
Marcos, who arrived here late Saturday, left his M16 rifle and 45 mm pistol with one of his Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) officers, "Major Moses" in La Realidad, a village in Zapatista territory in southern Mexico.
Wearing bulletproof skins, magical amulets and ointments, and armed with shotguns and AK47s, the Kamajors helped reinstate the country’s president, Ahmed Tejan Kabbahand, and drove the rebels out of a large part of southern Sierra Leone.
Many militiamen are armed with nothing more than machetes, although some carry machine guns, rocket launchers or other captured weapons.
The Kamajors mainly used single-barrelled shotguns or home-made guns (Alie 2005: 56/63).
7 Previously, SLA soldiers would, on their own initiative, often “give” their government-issued G-3 rifl es to the Kamajors and other progovernment militia, upon receiving the much-desired AK-47.
An anti-aircraft gun, a [word indistinct] vehicle and other conventional weapons used by Kamajors in the Tonkolili District, have been surrendered to the AFRC [Armed Forces Revolutionary Council] government.
In an interview with the Sierra Leone news agency, Slena, Paramount Chief Baye Sontoba Osara III said the Kamajors promised to surrender more weapons, including automatic rifles, with a view to demonstrating their patriotism for peace and national development.
The Kamajors used rocket propelled grenades and anti-tank weapons, "causing more damage to the environment than to the atttacking forces" said the official, contacted by telephone in Kemema, 240 kilometers east of the capital
The government troops fired back at the rebels, who were armed with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns, Milton added.
Within hours, heavily armed soldiers from the country's various militias the once-disarmed soldiers of the Sierra Leone army, the soldiers of the former junta, the pro-government militia of traditional hunters known as the Kamajors cruised the streets of the capital gripping machine guns.
On Thursday, local journalists watched soldiers uncover an arms cash, including rifles and rocket propelled grenades, at Bangura's house.
Some 500 Kamajors armed with rocket-propelled grenades reportedly attacked troops of the 38th Battalion on three fronts but were initially repelled.
The military claimed to have captured weapons including sub-machine guns, mortar bombs and AK 47 rifles from the Kamajors.
"The Kamajors used modern weapons, including rocket launchers and mortars," said the major, saying the weapons were provided by Nigeria "which wants to have people believe that fighting is continuing in Sierra Leone."
One traveller said many villagers identified their attackers as kamajor militiamen clad in green uniforms and carrying rocket propelled grenades and brand new AK 47 rifles.
"We were given AK-47 rifles after the training before coming to Liberia," Haruna said in the local Mendi language
According to witnesses, the attackers were armed with rocket launchers.
Colonel John Milton said army troops were deployed Sunday to Massingbi, 200 kilometers (130 miles) east of Freetown, after 300 hunter-militiamen known as Kamajors, some armed with AK-47 rifles, others with cutlasses, attacked the town "killing our civilians and burned down five houses." houses." houses."
Milton said Sunday that the Kamajor attackers were "well-armed with G3-type weapons used by the Nigerian contingent in the ECOMOG base in Freetown."
The pro-government Kamajor militia, a rag-tag army carrying US M16 assault rifles and adorned with traditional charms, were also once again out in force.
The hunters, who carry homemade rifles and other crude weapons, have been hired by local leaders to help protect villages against attacks by the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front.
In addition to possessing small arms, JNIM insurgents have also carried out attacks employing RPGs, mortars and rockets. Moreover, JNIM militants appear honed in the crafting of explosives, frequently employing IEDs, including VBIEDs, SVBIEDs and SVESTs.
Notable incidents include a major attack on France's embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 2 March 2018, incorporating a VBIED and armed assault, killing eight Burkinabe security personnel and wounding over 90 people.
JNIM also orchestrated an attack in April 2018 on a French military base and UN mission in Timbuktu, Mali, using mortars, rockets, small arms, and suicide vehicleborne improvised explosive devices to breach the base and injure seven French soldiers.
It also claimed to have targeted another military barracks in the same area using 120 mortar shells.
The group said on 10 May that its militants targeted a UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) military vehicle with an explosive device near Aguelhok in the Kidal region in eastern Mali. It said that three Chadian soldiers were killed, citing official figures.
The group said that its militants used an explosive device on 3 May to target a military tank belonging to the Niger army in Torodi, in south western Niger, allegedly killing eight soldiers and wounding three others.
In another claim, JNIM said its militants hit a military tank in Koro, in the Mopti region in central Mali, with an explosive device on 5 May, but did not specify any casualties.
The Mali-based JNIM said in a statement that its militants detonated a landmine as an army vehicle drove on the highway between Ba and Saye villages in the southern-central Segou district on 28 January.
The al-Qaeda-linked Sahel-based group Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed a mortar attack targeting a UN camp in the northern Mali town of Kidal.
JNIM's media arm al-Zallaqa reported on 12 February that the group's fighters had launched rockets at the Amachach base near Tessalit in the Kidal region in northern Mali, on 8 February.
In the same statement, the group claimed destroying a United Nations peacekeeping vehicle with a landmine in the town of Kidal on 23 October.
In its latest roundup, JNIM claimed targeting forces of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the peacekeeping mission, on 16 April in Menaka in the Mopti region in central Mali, using an improvised explosive device (IED).
The group claimed wounding 12 Malian soldiers in an IED blast targeting a military vehicle on 21 April in Douentza in Mopti.
JNIM said it planted two mines targeting two Malian army vehicles on a road connecting Douentza and Boni on 29 March. It claimed the vehicles were destroyed, and those inside killed.
"...despite the enemies' stringent security preparations to receive the prime minister of the mercenary Mali government in Kidal town, by God's grace and will a unit of Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimin was able on 22 March 2018 to target a camp occupied by French crusaders and their MINUSMA [Mali's UN peacekeeping mission] allies in Kidal with several missiles", JNIM said in the statement on Telegram.
Another statement published on 10 January said militants had fired rockets at a military base run by French and UN forces in the northern Kidal region.
In the first statement, the jihadist group said its militants attacked an armoured vehicle with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), allegedly wounding six French soldiers in Kidal Region in northeastern Mali on 14 May.
The same statement claimed a separate mine attack that targeted a convoy belonging to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (Minusma) on the same day.
The third statement claimed JNIM militants targeted a Mali army vehicle with a mine device on 15 May, adding that the result of the attack is "unknown".
On 1 May, a Mali army vehicle was allegedly attacked with a mine device near Mondoro in Mopti Region.
In the second purported attack, an army vehicle was targeted with a mine device in an area between Hombori and Boni in Mopti on 2 May.
In the last assault, JNIM claimed to have carried out another mine attack targeting an army vehicle in an area between Hombori and Gossi on 4 May.
Thabat's latest video shows two white vehicles from a distance moving along a road in daylight, and then the second one blows up, after hitting what appears to have been a landmine.
Earlier on 7 July, Thabat said in two brief text reports that JNIM had destroyed a Chadian vehicle in an attack targeting a MINUSMA convoy using an improvised explosive device in Kidal, northern Mali.
In terms of war booty, the infographic claimed that during May JNIM seized 24 motorbikes, 19 vehicles, 22 Kalashnikov rifles, two PK machine guns, two rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), three DShK machine guns and a large amount of ammunition.
These purportedly included: two RPG-7's, one DShK machine gun, six Kalashnikovs, three PK machine guns, two cars, 21 motorcycles and a "significant amount" of ammunition.
The al-Qaeda-linked group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) has claimed carrying out two separate landmine attacks that targeted vehicles belonging to the army in Mali.
Militants also captured "nine all-terrain vehicles, over 20 Kalashnikov machine guns, a large arsenal of ammunition and other weapons," according to the statement.
In the north of the country, in areas close to Kidal and Gao, where the United Nations has its MINUSMA [UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali] mission, this type of combined attack (car bomb and rifle assault) by the JNIM jihadist group have been successful.
Ansar Dine has reportedly put together at least one convoy of 100 vehicles carrying soldiers equipped with small arms.[19] There have also been rumors that fighters may have been able to obtain weapons from Libya's weapons depots after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.[20] The Ansar Dine arsenal also includes anti aircraft weapons which can be mounted on pickup trucks
In July 2016, AAD attacked an army base, leaving 17 soldiers dead and six missing, and in the following month the group claimed three attacks: two improvised explosive device attacks on French forces and a rocket or mortar attack on a joint UN-French base near Tessalit.
A complex attack targeted the MINUSMA base in Aguelhok, Kidal, with attack initiated around 14h, it involved a serie of mortar shells fired at the base and IED detonations that struck vehicles deployed to find the mortar launchsite.
A Malian army armored personnel carrier with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun mounted was struck by an IED on the road linking Bambara-Maoudé and Douentza, approximately 15km south of Bambara-Maoudé.
Ansar Dine claimed to have detonated 2 mines/IEDs on 2 French Barkhane vehicles near the village of Abeïbara, Barkhane acknowledged that 6 of their soldiers were injured in the blasts.1
A complex attack targeted the Malian army in Goma-Coura, initiated with IEDs followed by armed attack, reportedly including RPGs, leaving 4 Malian soldiers dead and 7 wounded, Ansar Dine claimed responsibility for the attack attributing the ambush to the Macina Brigade.
Ansar Dine claimed to have detonated an IED on a Barkhane vehicle, part of convoy on search patrol in Ti-n-Demba, 24km east of the Amachach base, this according to statement by Ansar Dine’s media wing Rimaah.1
Ansar Dine claimed IED/mine detonation on a French Barkhane armored vehicle on patrol west of Abeïbara.
Mortar shells were fired around 17h30 at the joint MINUSMA-Barkhane base in Kidal. 6-8 shells landed around the helipad and damaged two Banghladeshi helicopters.
Rumors that a Barkhane vehicle was hit by an IED near Abeïbara in the morning. Ansar Dine later claimed to have destroyed a French Barkhane armored vehicle by detonation of a mine in the area.
The group was a branch of Ansar Dine, which has links to the regional Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) group, he added, saying weapons and ammunition including assault rifles and grenades were destroyed in the raid.
The source said at least five rockets were fired and added that the "provisional death toll" was one peacekeeper, giving his nationality as Senegalese.
Five Togolese peacekeepers were killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in central Mali on May 29, and five Chadians died on May 19 when their vehicle hit a landmine and then came under fire by Islamist group Ansar Dine.
And in the key northern city of Gao, Ansar Dine's Al-Qaeda allies have planted landmines around the city to prevent a counter-offensive by the Tuareg fighters they violently expelled last week.
"The group added that its fighters stormed the gate and took Kalashnikov rifles, two motorcycles and two pistols and burnt the checkpoint down completely before leaving," said the report.
A French soldier deployed in an anti-Islamist force in Mali died overnight from injuries sustained in a mine blast, the defence ministry said Saturday. The jihadist group Ansar Dine, which has ties to Al-Qaeda, claimed the attack on social networks saying it took place some 60 kilometres (40 miles) from the northern town of Kidal.
It is thus heavily armed with, for example, heavy machine guns (14.5 and 23 mm), anti-tank grenade launchers (RPG-7), mortars (60 and 82 mm), conventional (TNT) and home-made explosives, night-vision binoculars and means of communication (mobile and satellite telephones, and VHF radios).
9K32 / 9K32M Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPADS)
This screenshot, a frame taken from the YouTube video seen below, shows a fighter of the Mouvement pour le Tawhîd et du Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (MUJAO) in Mali holding a 9K32 or 9K32M Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPADS).
The rest of the video contains little of interest in terms of materiel, with MUJOA fighters seen armed with a typical assortment of AK-pattern assault rifles (including at least two Chinese Type 56-2 rifles), DShKM heavy machine guns, and so on. The video also shows MUJAO fighters using a handful of Soviet-era armoured vehicles, including a BRDM-2 and a BTR-60, both equipped with 14.5×114 KPVT heavy machine guns
mounted 14.5×114 KPVT heavy machine guns
Rocket-propelled grenade explosions and fire from heavy machine guns and light weapons resounded late into the afternoon before dying down in the evening, when a power cut plunged the city into darkness.
The UN statement said the group had seized heavy machine guns, rocket propelled grenades, explosives and other military equipment from Mali military arsenals since moving into the country.
MUJAO (Movement for Monotheism and Jihad in West Africa) claimed responsibility for laying the landmines that resulted into the death of several civilians on the main road axis going to the north of Mali in the last few days.
MUJAO, one of a triad of Islamist groups that have been driven from their strongholds by a French-led offensive after occupying northern Mali for 10 months, have vowed to "created a new combat zone" by organising suicide bombings, attacking military convoys and placing landmines.
They also clashed, using machine guns, with government and Nigerian security forces in the latest wave of combat.
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) spokesman Abou Walid Sahraoui said the mines were also to prevent military intervention by other west African states.
The troops seized ammunition and Kalashnikov rifles during the operation that lasted nearly three hours in the border area of Tiniaouine.
Security sources told El-Khabar that an anti-terrorism military unit, supported by elements of the National Gendarmerie, also seized two 4WD vehicles, four RPG missiles, six Kalashnikovs, a heavy gun and a large quantity of ammunition.
Al Qaeda's North African franchise and its offshoot, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) "have mined the area surrounding Gao," Mossa Ag Attaher, spokesman for the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, said.
They don’t have tanks ; they have 60 and 88 mm mortars, RPG-7’s and Kalashnikovs.
The FMLN progressed from using machetes and small pistols to using grenade launchers and other imported arms.
Additionally, the FMLN surrendered surface-to-air missiles, which played a major role in the last phase of the war, in exchange for a reintegration programme for some 600 mid-level officers known as Plan 600.75
The FMLN announces that it has destroyed its last cache of 1,200 guns but will keep about 55 surface-to-air missiles until the government purges the highest ranking officers named by the Ad Hoc Commission.
In the end, over 11,000 guerillas surrendered more than 10,000 weapons, 74 missiles and 9,000 grenades
Between March 1993 and January 1994 425 minefields were cleared where FMLN claimed to have laid 9,553 of these artifacts [Isacson, 1997 #64].
The agency added that on the 26th, FMLN representatives in San Jose, Costa Rica, had confirmed that the rebel forces had surface-to-air missiles of the SAM-7, SAM-14 and Red Eye type, and that these were being used in the military offensive launched on 20th November.
A communique issued by the FMLN General Command on 1st February and broadcast by the FMLN's Radio Farabundo Marti on 3rd February said that, following negotiations with the Nicaraguan government and the Sandinist People's Army, EPS, the FMLN had decided to return the unused missiles of the original 28 anti-aircraft missiles belonging to the EPS which it held
An explosion in an automotive shop in Managua on May 23 led Nicaraguan authorities to a stockpile of weapons which included surface-to-air missiles, ammunition, military arms and explosives.
The arsenal handed in by the former Popular Liberation Forces (FPL) included about 1,000 rifles including AK-47s and Soviet-made PKM automatic weapons, as well as an unspecified amount of explosives.
Wednesday, the FPL acknowledged as its property another arms cache discovered May 23 when an explosion at a Managua auto shop blew the lid off a stockpile of rifles, missile launchers, scores of passports from more than 20 countries and FPL documents.
'Approximately seven anti- aircraft missiles'', including SA-7s and SA-14s, as well as ''two Redeye missiles'', had been found by the authorities on 21st August at a Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) safe house in southern San Salvador, TCS Television (San Salvador) reported on the 22nd, adding that information leading to the discovery had been ''obtained from an FMLN deserter''.
What was turned over was junk - that is, pieces of rifles, pieces of rocket launchers.
"We regret that the FMLN's continued introduction of sophisticated weapons, including SA-16 surface-to-air missiles, into El Salvador and their failure to agree to a cease-fire by their own May 30 deadline led us to take this step," said State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler.
Referring to the missiles in particular, the army has had false ideas about us. We turned 60mm and home-made mortars into missile-firing weapons.
That is why the report that our ground-to-air missiles were taken indirectly to El Salvador created concern in our country. Furthermore, this operation was an outright violation of the Soviet-Nicaraguan agreement.
He said authorities recovered four Soviet-made SAM 14 missiles, 40 assault rifles, explosives and nearly a million cartridges of ammunition.
Though the rebel group demobilized in December 1992 and destroyed its guns and missiles, caches of FMLN weapons were discovered in Nicaragua last May, triggering suspicion and harsh condemnation from the UN peacekeeping operation here.
A communique issued by the Salvadoran armed forces' high command and broadcast by Radio YSU (San Salvador) on 17th July said that FMLN members had machine-gunned an army captain and his wife as they were driving in San Salvador that morning, killing the captain and injuring his wife.
Military sources reported that rebels attacked a National Guard patrol in northern San Salvador with hand grenades and automatic rifles wounding three, and said at least five rebels were killed Thursday in clashes in eastern El Salvador.
During the operation 25 soldiers of the Tecana battalion had been killed and 27 wounded and materiel had been captured, including 15 rifles and a machine gun.
The captured weapons included three bombs of a B10 gun, seven grenades, two 82mm mortar bombs and one 60mm mortar bomb. Other weapons were 80 sub-machine guns, one anti-tank mine, five anti-personnel mines, 260 bullets for a G2 gun and five empty magazines for G3 guns.
The arms incude, among others, anti-aircraft guns, missiles, mortars, machine guns, anti-tank mines and others.
They included 207 50mm shells, 10 81mm shells, 287 82mm recoilless rifles , eight 82mm mortar shells, 362 40mm RPG rocket-propelled grenade shells, 25 rounds of 44mm MGLs as heard , three anti-aircraft guns, 97 stick grenades, 166 offensive grenades, 21 antitank mines, 177 tins as heard of SM as heard armour, 57 tins of MMG medium machine gun armour, four NGS as heard loaded chains, 70 AGS as heard loose armour, 21 pieces of 82mm recoilless fuses, three antitank rifle grenades, 309 antipersonnel mines, 75 TNT, 18 fuses of antitank mines, 209 fuses of antipersonnel mines, one piece booby-trap mine, 374 SPG-9 self-propelled gun-9 shells, 343 fuses SPG-9, nine SPG-9 guns, six MK-4 as heard guns, six MK-4-11 SAR short assault rifle guns, 110 SMGs sub-machine guns , 10 G-3 guns, four bazookas, one missile and one RR73 as heard .
40mm RPG rocket-propelled grenade shells
According to the report, ADF extremists used assault rifles, mortars, machetes and knives against villagers.
The rebels acquired all sorts of fire arms, hand grenades and land mines.1
Moreover, they were responsible for 43 bombings in Kampala and Jinja (McGregor 2007: 1–2).
Military supplies included grenades, rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, submachine guns, AK 47s, Dusker-12s, 82-mm mortars, and accompanying ammunition for the weapons.
The supplies included sub-machine guns, their bullets, machine guns, mortars and RPGs [rocket-propelled grenades], medical drugs, uniforms and money.”
The arms cache of 78 short machine-guns, four rocket-propelled grenades and seven tortoise hand grenades were discovered on 5th January.
He said the army recovered two SMG rifles with 10 magazines…
"Just when we arrived at Matembo, a rocket came in from the right-hand side of the road and struck our jeep, which was mounted with a heavy weapon," Corporal Paul Safari, a bodyguard of the colonel's, told AFP near the scene.
Arms captured during operations in Hoima, Kibale and Mubende included 36 AK-47 rifles, two RPGs rocket propelled grenades , five RPG shells and nine RPG fuses. Katirima added that the army captured one GPMG general purpose machine gun , 2,573 bullets, 21 magazines, three tortoise hand grenades and 39 empty magazines.
The source said that the boat had on it an assortment of weapons that included AK-47 assault rifles and home-made bombs.
Reporters were shown a list of ADF fighters compiled from documents captured from rebel bases in western Uganda as well as weapons including stick grenades and a home-made bomb assembled with a gasoline-filled bottle, nails and a stick grenade
The Ugandan rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) group has claimed responsibility for a grenade attack in Kampala on Friday, which injured three foreign tourists.
In a 5th January press release, Kavuma said that: "At Karoroma along the Semliki River, the UPDF flushed ADF bandits out of their position on 5th January and recovered from them 75 submachine guns, two semiautomatic rifles, one UZI gun and a lot of ammunition."
I can mention 13 AK47 rifles, two RPG7 rocket launchers.
We recovered 18 submachine guns, five RPG pipes, 10 tins of 7.62mm ammunition, 23 full-loaded magazines and lose ammunition hidden in two big jerry-cans.
On Monday [26 March], according to Tabaro, four armed men were killed, one AK47 rifle and a tin of ammunition recovered.
Last Friday [16 March], another two suspected ADF were killed and one machine gun recovered from another group that had entered two weeks ago.
Both have attacked Uganda in the past in nearly similar fashion; the ADF is blamed for being responsible for a series of grenade attacks on buses and in a number of busy places around Kampala in the late 1990s.
"Forty two assault rifles have been seized, two machine guns and an anti-aircraft gun."
Some 30 rebels, armed with guns and machetes, attacked Hamukungu fishing village on the shores of Lake George in Kasese district, killing six people, including a policeman and his wife, and injuring two others, the reports said.
On the home-made explosive devices found on the ADF-Nalu camps, the group notes that they are less sophisticated and cannot confirm a transfer of skill from other groups like al-Qa'idah or the al-Shabab
Four guns and 12 magazines were also recovered," Lyangombe said.
In a faxed press release to AFP, Butime said that the grenade blasts had been linked to the ADF rebels in western Uganda, and that the government had been "tracking down the perpetrators."
"The attack was launched by about eighty heavily armed rebels with guns and mortars.
[Presenter] Fifteen ADF-NALU [Allied Democratic Forces - National Army for the Liberation of Uganda] have been killed, five AK-47 rifles and at least one RPG-7 rifle have been seized on the battlefield, and an ADF-NALU position has been recaptured by the FARDC.
He said the army recovered a sub-machine gun and several bullets.
Security sources said yesterday four guns, three of AK-47 type, one light machine-gun (LMG) and six hand grenades were also recovered from the rebels.
Security sources told The New Vision' that the rebels, the majority of whom were armed with AK 47 rifles, ambushed two omnibuses Reg. No UAA 068 R and UAB 686 K at Nguse bridge near Karama army detachment in Kabwoya sub-county at around 7.50 a.m. local time .
The army captured the ADF base at Ntabi on June 28, along with 1,591 machine guns, ammunition and mortars, the newspaper said.
He said 18 riffles had been captured, 22 empty magazines, three tins with 2,250 rounds of AK47 ammunition, two hand grenades, a global positioning system, a satellite phone, Koran literature, intelligence documents and life saving jackets.
The army also seized an assortment of weapons, including hand grenades and mortars after its attack Sunday morning on the Allied Democratic Force base in Lume near the Congo border, the newspaper reported, quoting unnamed sources.
The rebel captain, suspected to be an army deserter, was captured with an SMG [sub-machine gun] gun, five magazines and two grenades. Lutalo, whom security sources said confessed to have been the man commanding small pockets of ADF rebels still operating in Bundibugyo, was nabbed after a gunfight between the UPDF and the rebels.
The rebel commander also surrendered his guns and his pistol to the army.
ADF was also accused, among other things, of burning to death students at Kichwamba Technical College and planting grenades in Kampala in the early 2000s.
He was found in possesssion of a loaded pistol, 12 rounds of ammunition and a word indistinct grenade.
Six male terrorist suspects were paraded alongside several guns, home-made bombs, pistols, land mines and assortment of ammunition. Also on show were uniforms
n June 30, Ugandan soldiers and ADF rebels exchanged mortar fire in neighboring Congo after the rebels attempted to retake a base.
The security forces have also seized nearly 11,500 Pistols, 1,027 universal Machine guns, 79 carbines, 219 light Machine guns, 69 general purpose Machine guns, 295 Rifles of .303 make and nearly 400 sniper Rifles over the past 22 years.
The Weapons seized from militants in JK also included 2,262 Rocket projectile guns, 2,830 Rocket boosters, 70,071 AK magazines, 11,055 Pistol magazines, 1321 UMG magazines, 150 LMG magazines, 31 carbine magazines and 32 telescopes, used on Rifles for better aim, the official said.
A massive quantity of ammunition for these Weapons was also recovered during the counter-insurgency operations which included nearly 40 lakh AK rounds, 2.20 lakh Pistol rounds, 1.27 lakh UMG rounds and 1.22 lakh belted ammunition rounds.
The security forces also seized tonnes of Explosives including nearly 13 ton RDX, over 6,000 IEDs, more than 63,000 grenades and nearly 70,000 detonators.
The recoveries effected from the cache included -- two .303 Rifle, one 12 Bore Rifle, one country made Rifle, 4 UBGL grenade, 50 rounds PIKKA belted, 71 rounds of AK 47 Rifle, 2 magazines of AK 47 Rifle and 1 magazine of 7.62 LMG were recovered.
One AK-56 Rifle with 31 rounds, a Chinese Pistol, one hand grenade, and other war like stores were recovered from the hideout.
The recoveries included one Machine gun, one Rifle, 6 AK Rifles, two Pistols, 29 magazines and 3,843 rounds of AK Rifle ammunition, he said. Besides, one wireless set, three antenna, one satellite phone, two IED remote control and three IED detonators were also recovered, the IGP said
The ammunitions discovered by the security personnel included four Chinese Pistols, four magazine Pistol,18 Pistol bullets, 23Under Barrel grenade Launchers, 21 AK 47 Pistols rounds, IED material, HE Rocket with detonators.
Several country-made Rifles, automatic Rifles, a Pistol, grenades, launchers, 5 kg RDX, 60mm Mortar bombs, grenade fuses, binoculars, propaganda books, medicines and radio set antenna have been recovered from the hideout. (IBNS)
Two AK Rifles, five AK magazines, 124 AK rounds, a hand-grenade and a pouch have been found at the encounter site, the police official said.
Among the Arms and ammunition that are still untraced are 21 INSAS Rifles, 12 SLR Rifles, two AK 47 Rifles, one Light Machine gun and three Carbine Machine guns, the official said.
The Harkat-ul-Ansar rebel group, banned last month from entering the United States or raising funds there, had obtained six Russian Strella SA-7 Grail Missiles, official sources told the newspaper.
Police have recovered one AK-47 Rifle, 10 loaded magazines, 10 grenades and two mobile telephones from a house in Sidhra on the disclosures made by the militant, SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) Jammu Mukesh Singh said this evening.
The recoveries included eight handgrenades, one IED detonator, two matrix sheets, two blankets, assorted medicines, 12 kilogram ration, four RPG Rockets, one AK-magazine, 80 rounds of AK ammunition, four rounds of 7.62 SLR ammunition, two rounds of INSAS ammunition and two kilogram of RDX. While 129 Bn of CRPF recovered two handgrenades, one AK magazine and five AK rounds from Kotdhara forests in Rajouri.
The police also seized 10 AK-47 Rifles, 30 kg of Explosives and 11 boxes of 2,000 live catridges. A Tata Sumo vehicle was also seized.
The police then carried out a raid at that address and found a huge cache of Arms and ammunition including 2 AK 56 Rifles, 179 cartridges, 10 hand grenades, nitric acid, urea a timer circuit and other materials used in making bombs.
More than 60 lbs of RDX, the material used for making high-impact bombs, 10 AK-47 Rifles, 40 magazines and 2,000 rounds of live ammunition were recovered.
The recoveries included two AK Rifles with 103 rounds and two magazines, 437 pika rounds, 26 hand grenades, nine ubgl grenades, three dispOsable Rocket launchers, they said.
The hideout was busted after search parties of the Rashtriya Rifle unit and Police carried out concerted search of the area. The recovered Arms and ammunition include one AK 47 Rifle, 460 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, one Chinese Pistol, two magazines of Chinese Pistol, 28 rounds of Chinese Pistol, 8 RPGs, 3 UBGL, 20 UBGL rounds, 8 RPG Boosters, 2 Radio sets and 1 GPS.
A large quantity of arms and ammunition, 500 grams (1.1 pounds) of RDX plastic explosive, 10 grenades, a grenade launcher, four detonators and two mobile phones were recovered from the militants.
The discovery included 35 kg of RDX Explosives, one AK-56 Rifle, a grenade launcher, four pen Pistols, a carbine Machine gun, two 9 mm Pistols, detonators and a huge quantity of ammunition and assorted Weapons.W
An AK-56 Rifle, five live rounds, a Chinese grenade, three electronic detonators and Rs 50,000 in cash were found at the encounter site.
Posing fresh security concerns, it says that the outfit has procured sophisticated Weapons like T-81, Chinese bottle grenade, radio-cont-rolled improvised expl-osive devices (RCIEDs) and Rocket-propelled grenades. An RPG-2 and RPG-7 have also been smuggled inside Assam
radio-cont-rolled improvised expl-osive devices (RCIEDs)
During the operation, security forces retrieved around 5 kgs of Landmines and other Explosive devices, which according to Police might have been carried by the outlawed ULFA to create unrest among the people.
Security forces recovered two 9mm Pistols, one china made Pistol, 14 rounds of live ammunition, 5kg Explosives in possession of them.
According to police records, a total of 163 grenades and 110 IEDs were seized in 2012 compared to 110 grenades and 89 IEDs seized in 2011. Similarly, the number of rounds of ammunition seized went up to 9,320 in 2012 from 5,544 rounds in 2011.
The Arms haul includes eight M-20 Pistols, 15 Austrian-make grenades, 450 rounds of ammunition of AK47 assault Rifles, and 18 M-20 Pistol magazines, besides other Explosives.
An AK-56 Rifle, two magazines, 30 rounds of AK-56 ammunition, two single barrel Rifles, 40 rounds of SLR ammunition, a Pistol and ammunition for .303 Rifles were seized during the operation.
Two M-20 Pistols, four magazines, 200 cartridges of AK-47 Rifles, four and a half kg of RDX, a remote controlled improvised Explosive device (IED), two switches of programmable time devices (PTD), 18 Explosives, grenades, Rs 11,000 in cash and eight extortion notes were seized from the insurgents'possession, he added.
The army has recovered a huge cache of Arms and ammunition from the encounter site, which include one AK-56 Rifle with four magazines, one M-16 Rifle with six magazines, one grenade launcher with four grenades, one country-made gun, one Rifle, one mobile handset, ammunition pouches, CDs and incriminating documents.
“The militants deposited 16 Pistols, 10 Revolvers, a grenade launcher, six guns, a pen Pistol, a carbine, 10 kg of Explosives, and ammunition,” said Maj. Gen. Jatinder Singh, General Officer Commanding of the 2nd Mountain Division.
Police said the militants surrendered AK-56 Rifle, AK-47 Rifle, nine mm Pistols and Revolver, eight kgs of RDX, eight grenades, one kg of TNT, 197 rounds of ammunition of AK series, besides 12 detonators.
The recoveries included over 3000 rounds of various types of ammunition, five hand grenades, one AK 56 Rifle with three magazines, one Revolver and 30 detonators.
The army and police in a joint operation dug out 10 kg of RDX, 80 powerful gelatin sticks and 25 detonators hidden by the ULFA inside the upper Dihing reserve forest in upper Assam's Tinsukia district, they said.
The cache included 15 kg IED, 2 kg gun powder, one 7.62 Rifle, two 9 mm Pistols, one 7.65 Rifle, one AK-47 Rifle, 2.5 mt electric wire, 28 gelatin sticks and a large quantity of ammunition.
No casualties were reported in the crackdown, in which 11 big shoulder-borne rockets, one AK 56 rifle, thousands of medium machine gun ammunition and two communication sets were recovered.The recovery comes close on the heels of the seizure of arms on 8 April in the same area. An AK assault rifle, 96 grenades, explosives suspected to be RDX, two wireless sets and other ammunitions were then recovered and an ULFA militant was killed in the encounter.
The haul, including four packets of RDX, one sophisticated RDX-fitted bomb, a bag of TNT, two anti-personnel landmines, 25 detonators, 30 rounds of 9-mm pistol and eight SLRs, was the in the third major one in the city during the past one year
The army men seized four AK-47 assault rifles, a light machine gun, three .303 rifles, a Chinese assault rifle, a pistol, two revolvers, two grenades and a radio from the hideout.
The militants deposited a huge cache of arms, including 4 AK-47 rifles, 20 each of pistols and revolvers, two .303 rifles besides 20 country made guns, 8 grenades and a large quantity of ammunition and explosives. This is the second batch of militants to surrender in less than a month.
A senior RBA officer told Kuensel that more than 500 AK 47/56 assault rifles and 328 other assorted weapons including rocket launchers and mortars, along with more than 100,000 rounds of ammunition, were found or confiscated. An anti-aircraft gun was also found at the site of the GHQ General Head Quarters of the ULFA United Liberation Front of Assam .
Military faction (forces of Nicolae Ceausescu)
Securitate, which had served as the de facto private army of Ceausescu, numbered about 30 000 in 1989, and had access to advanced military equipment, such as helicopter gunships, armored personnel carriers, and other heavy weapons.
The cache contained 52,000 rounds of ammunition for automatic guns, two Mortars, two grenade launchers, about 100 grenades and other unregistered fireArms.
In caches found 40 Rocket-propelled anti-Tank grenade launchers, "Aglen′" and anti-Tank grenade launchers, the launcher for anti-Tank guided Missiles with Jet 23 Missiles, Rocket infantry flamethrower "Bumblebee", anti-personnel mines, Aluminum powder in the amount of 80 kg, used in mine podryvnom, 22 Kalashnikov, reports apsnipress.
The cache with five sub-Machine guns, eight grenade launchers, eight grenades, a night-vision device, two bulletproof vests and cartridges was found in the village of Dzhokolo of the Pankissi Gorge, the minister told a press conference.
Among others, there were as many as 91 120-mm Mortars, 50 105-mm Cannon and large numbers of grenades for Cannon and for hand-held Rocket launchers, which is ten times more than the officially given figure.
The source said that the officers had found two Kalashnikov machine-guns, four grenade launchers, six Kalashnikov assault Rifles, two Pistols, three hunting Rifles, 20 detonators, 80 shells for a Rifle-attached grenade launcher, 400 g of TNT, two magazines for a sniper Rifle, night vision equipment and over 3,000 cartridges in the hiding place.
shells for a Rifle-attached grenade launcher
The rebels deliberately distributed light Weapons to the local population, among them two dozen submachine-guns, Pistols and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, which were collected later in the month by security forces.
Guerrillas queued up and within three days they had turned in 1,210 Weapons, 627 mines and grenades and 118,212 rounds of ammunition, according to NATO's tally.
On Monday, NATO invited media to see 944 assault Rifles, 194 Machine guns, 69 Mortars and anti-Tank launchers, three air defence systems laid out ready for destruction.
The police found TNT Explosives, hand grenades, various mines, and Mortar rounds.
In the abandoned chromium mine near Lojane, the police uncovered large quantities of Arms, ammunition of different calibers, Explosives, land mines, hand-grenades, anti-Aircraft automatic Rifles, sniper guns, and logistical materials.
Among the Weapons were two Chinese-made anti-Aircraft guns, two Yugoslav-made machineguns, a number of Yugoslav and Chinese-made hand-held Rocket launchers, and Croatian-made Rifles, the statement said. The guards found also a quantity of hand grenades, mines, munitions, and other materiel.
KFOR seized 40 Machine guns, 40,000 rounds of ammunition, Landmines and bazookas.
"The five-month rebellion of the ethnic Albanian guerillas can enter a new and much more dangerous phase by occupying this strategically located town outside the Macedonian capital", said on Sunday a NLA [National Liberation Army, UCK in Albanian] commander for the western media. The commander, who responds to the name "Hoda" [Hoxha?], said in an interview that his "fighters" had brought to Aracinovo Artillery weapon on 120 mm and that they would fire on the refinery, Skopje and its airport if the army did not stop attacking the ethnic Albanian villages where the "rebels" were stationed.
Hoda (36) says that the "rebellion group" which calls itself "National Liberation Army" now has 1,500 members in north-east Macedonia alone, that two days ago it bought anti-Tank Rockets from the Yugoslav Arms dealers and that it also received other Weapon from the mafias in Bulgaria and Macedonia.
The interior ministry says that ONA has around 9,000 automatic Rifles of Chinese and Yugoslav make, 2,000 7.62-mm semi-automatic Rifles of Chinese and Yugoslav make, 800 sniper Rifles, 8,000 guns, 1,500 machine guns, 20,000 hand grenades, and 20,000 anti-Tank mines. According to the Macedonian Interior Ministry information, ONA also has 1,500 anti-armor and anti-Aircraft Machine guns, 900 Mortars, 3,000 Zolja portable Rocket launchers, 300 portable Rocket launchers, 150 Strela Missiles, 150 Osa portable Rocket launchers, 100 anti-Aircraft Stinger Missiles, 10 anti-Aircraft Missiles of German make, 60 hand guns [rucni top], 50 recoilless guns, 10 howitzers, 100 anti-Aircraft guns, and 20,000 pieces of shells for Mortars and other guns of various caliber.
anti-armor and anti-Aircraft Machine guns
Government spokesman Antonio Milososki said the number of Arms "is not less than 60,000, and that within the number among Pistols and Rifles there are also Rockets, grenades and Landmines.
Rifles 5,000 - 8,000 Obsolete Rifles held by individuals 15,000 - 30,000 Handguns (mostly held by individuals) 40,000 - 55,000 Heavy Machine guns2 150 - 250 Sniping Rifles 100 - 2003 Shoulder-launched surface to air Missiles 20 - 50 Shoulder-launched anti-Tank launchers 200 - 3504 Mortars5 100 - 200 Landmines6 5,000+ Hand grenades thousands
Shoulder-launched surface to air Missiles
The supplies with Weaponry and ammunition included: a Mortar of 60 mm of Chinese production, a Mortar system with two optic devices, 52 Mortar shells, a hand Mortar, eight grenades, three anti-Tank mines, ten anti-infantry mines with detonators and accessories, a heavy machine-gun 7,62 mm T3 of Chinese production, 600 pieces of ammunition 7,62 T3, an automatic gun also of Chinese production, 78 pieces of ammunition 7,62 D3, four pieces of TNT Explosive, a Rifle grenade and ten mine detonators.
Later it became known that the OPON forces had captured a tank.
Earlier, he said that government forces with tanks had launched a dawn attack on his house on Thursday, but that his 20 bodyguards had repulsed the attack with grenade-launchers, injuring seven of the attackers.
There are also 177–316 tanks, 256–324 additional fighting vehicles, and 291–322 guns and mortars. Armenia supplies arms and other military necessities to Artsakh.
The armed forces of the de facto Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh otherwise) have seized an Azerbaijani BMP-3 tank and 10 other armored vehicles with military hardware, Armenian Defense Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan said on Sunday.
On June 12, 2007, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ("ICTY") held the former president of the nowdefunct Serbian Republic of Krajina criminally liable for deaths and injuries resulting from cluster munition rocket attacks on Zagreb, Croatia on May 2 and 3, 1995 (the "Marti6 judgment").
Today at 1030 hrs, the Artillery units of the Serbian Army of Krajina fired eight rockets from and [sic] Orkan multiple rocket launcher on the Banski Dvori/Presidential Palace/ [sic], the Ministry of Defence and Pleso airport.2
The Krajina Serbs attacks began on 10 November on Cazin and Bihac itself, but these ones only involved the use of heavy artillery and SA-2 anti-aircraft missiles in the ground-to-ground role.
When the terrorist group attacked a group of fighters of the Serbian Republic of Krajina, members of the UN did not allow a different group of fighters from the Serbian Republic of Krajina to use an armoured vehicle to help the group under the attack.
For example: in June 1992 there were two seperate car bom attacks [...] in Mart 1993 a large bomb was found and defused in the central Tbilisi headquarters od the Georgian National Intelligence Service.
The attackers, who entered the town with three tanks and four APCs, and were armed with heavy machine-guns, grenade launchers and other weapons, opened direct fire on the Senaki Hotel, where the police had their headquarters, the railway station, a bank and the Senaki office of the Information and Intelligence Service.
According to Iprinda, a group of 200-300 armed militants, having captured a tank belonging to the 8th CIS regiment, took over the Tbilisi television and radio centre during Sunday/Monday night [as heard] .
THEY SURRENDERED TO GEORGIAN TROOPS 13 ARMOURED VEHICLES, TWO LONG-RANGE GUNS, SEVERAL SUBMACHINE GUNS, 18 GRENADE LAUNCHERS AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF AMMUNITION IN MINGRELIAN DISTRICTS IN THE RECENT DAYS. ZVIADISTS LOST SUPPORT OF THE POPULATION AFTER VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CONFEDERATION OF CAUCASIAN PEOPLES BEGAN TO OPERATE IN THE GEORGIAN TERRITORY IN THE COMPOSITION OF ZVIADISTS' ARMED UNITS COMMANDED BY LOTI KOBALIA, THE HEAD OF THE PRESS CENTRE SAID.
Some 150 armed men and 50 supporters had remained at the base with five tanks, the defense ministry said.
In addition to the rebels in Samtredia and Goubi, several hundred other so-called 'Zviadists' had advanced on Monday in two groups toward the Georgian capital in 12 tanks and two armoured vehicles, the ministry said.
Thanks to negotiations Mkhedrioni leader Jaba Ioseliani and heads of power ministries have been conducting with the rebels, large quantities of firearms, rocket launchers and armour have been handed over to the authorities.
According to information we received at one of the main departments of the Russian Federation General Staff, during the shelling of Samtredia the Zviadists even made use of an armoured train, which government aircraft unsuccessfully tried to destroy from the air.
According to intelligence reports, these mobile groups are well armed, they have armoured equipment, artillery and rockets.
Interestingly, when a Russian armoured personnel carrier was ambushed by the Zviadists, it managed to put one tank and two armoured cars belonging to the attackers out of action.
Virtually all of the Zviadists'heavy weaponry and artillery installations, as well as a large proportion of their manpower, was now being concentrated along the river, the radio said. In the fighting on the 11th, 11 government soldiers had been wounded, two of them seriously.
Eight rockets were said to have been launched, two of which landed on a farmers' market.
One thousand automatic rifles and 18 units of heavy equipment have been recovered.
The explosion of a car packed with explosives near Ioseliani's home in Tbilisi on 13th June 1992 killed five persons.
However, about 400 Gamsakhurdia supporters threatened the town of Zestafoni, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) from the capital Tbilisi, armed with two tanks, the agency quoted the defence ministry as saying.
IF's [Interfax] correspondent reports that Gamsakhurdia supporters present at the rally met this statement first with shouts and whistles, and then with shots from automatic rifle.
The government troops had destroyed and captured over 10 tanks, APCs and Grad installations.
Originally the insurgents had 17 tanks, but one of them surrendered.
A MUP statement issued today in Belgrade adds that the cache included five automatic Rifles, two RPGs, 20 mines, ten Machine guns, five Pistols, a number of hand grenades and more than 20,000 bullets.
The trophies of the Yugoslavian troops, captured from the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), included 21 heavy machine-guns, 21 light machine-guns, 263 automatic Rifles, 221 semi-automatic Rifles, hand granade-launchers, Chinese- and Turkish-made granades,
Catholic Albanians from the village of Ramoc near Djakovica [western Kosovo] have handed to the [Serbian] police 32 automatic Rifles and several Mortars given to them by the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army, the municipal authorities in Djakovica said today.
One can see in the hands of the OVK (Ushtrimi Climitare e Kosoves, Kosovo Liberation Army) Kalashnikov-system automatic Rifles (Chinese- and Yugoslav-made), Simonov-system semiautomatic Rifles (Chinese-modified), RPG-7 and -8 handheld Missile launchers, and 60 mm-caliber Mortars, all of which are basic and widely available Weapons, but also certain Weapons considered exotic in this region.
The majority of the modern (and new) Weapons come from the Yugoslav black market: domestically produced automatic and semiautomatic Rifles (M-70 and M-56 PAP), M-80 ("Zolja") handheld Missile launchers, and possibly RPG-7 and -8 models as well, M-76 sniper Rifles, hand grenades, ammunition, and so on.
M-80 ("Zolja") handheld Missile launchers
The fact that lately "Heckler und Koch G-3" Rifles, "MBB Armbrust" handheld Missile launchers, and modern telecommunications systems have been turning up in the OVK"s hands indicates that the buyers from the OVK are quickly establishing contact with serious players on the world and European black market for Weapons and military equipment, where purchases are not on the retail scale.
"MBB Armbrust" handheld Missile launchers
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AntiTank Weapons manufactured in the Serbian Krusik plant in Valjevo have reached the fighters of the Liberation Army of Kosovo [UCK] via the Serb Republic [RS], Croatia, and Italy!
The "part" is, of course, Rifles, subMachine guns, Machine guns, and Explosives the bandits from the so-called OVK [UCK in Albanian]-- Kosovo Liberation Army -- have been acquiring and storing all around the southern Serbian province.
In the picture, an UCK fighter in uniform can be seen, holding an Austrian automatic Rifle made by the Steyr company
During the Kosova [Kosovo] Liberation Army's [UCK] successful operation, considerable amounts of armaments have been namely two heavy machineguns, 12,000 pieces of munitions, three M-48 guns, seven automatic guns, five crates with shells, 3,000 liters of gas, a truck with radio transmitting equipment, military maps, and many other pieces of communication and commanding materiel.
Our forces seized two Cannons, two handguns, and 1,250 pieces of munitions of various caliber, which the Serbian troops threw away, while they were running for their lives.
The 24-page NATO report, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, said the Weapons include SA-7 and Stinger anti-Aircraft Missiles, RPG-7 anti-armor Rocket launchers, AK-47 and HK G3 assault Rifles, SSG-69 sniper Rifles, 9mm submachine guns, 82mm and 120mm Mortars, shotguns, handguns, grenade launchers, ammunition, Explosives, detonators and anti-personnel mines.
Arms dealers in Albania, Italy, Switzerland, Cyprus, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro
According to Jane’s Defence Weekly, more than 9,000 rifles, 800 machine guns,300 anti-tank weapons,178 mortars, 27,000 hand grenades,1,200 mortar bombs, over a tonne of explosives and 5.5 million rounds of ammunition were handed in by the KLA as part of the ‘Undertaking of demilitarisation and transformation’, signed by the KLA on 21 June 1999.
In June 2000 British soldiers found a 62-tonne KLA supply of weapons in the Drenica Valley – explosives, anti-tank weapons and ammunition sufficient, according to the spokesman for the brigade, “to sustain an infantry company at high intensity levels for a month. It was enough for an infantry to fight a war for a month without resupplying.
In addition to training to fly, technologies procured by the LTTE include plane kits, mini helicopters, remote control devices, boat designs, and other marine capabilities.
It turns out that they were loaded on to a Ship the Tigers own, the Limasol, according to Mr. Athas, which Dube confirmed.
The deal also included 345 tons of cement, and a single seater sports plane, which was disassembled before being Shipped.
The Explosives were carried to the Tigers aboard the Swene, another Tamil Tiger Ship, this one flying the Honduran flag.
The press conference began with a 20-minute video clipping taken from one of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) which showed footages such as the LTTE's Arms Ship berthed off the coast of Mullitivu before it was destroyed and the movement of several LTTE boats, some going at high speed, close to the Ship and landing on the shore.
It acquired this strength through light Aircrafts smuggled into Sri Lanka by sea. In addition, it also smuggled in Surface-to-air Missiles, Surface-to-surface Missiles, Artillery guns, heavy and medium Mortar, Armoured vehicles and enormous amounts of ammunition and Explosives by sea.
On display at a pair of military bases in Kilinochchi - the rebel's de facto capital they recently abandoned - are impressive displays of Weapons: Artillery guns, Mortars, 4,000 bombs, rows of assault Rifles, more than 6,000 hand grenades, nearly 3,000 improvised Explosive devices, armored vehicles and one Tank.
They used this money to buy [...] and even to buy Ships
During 1998, it appeared that the Tigers had acquired a two-seater fixed wing aircraft and a small helicopter (Athas 1998).
"Conducting special rapid search operations in Rasht group of districts, officers of the State National Security Committee of Tajikistan have discovered three large armed caches where they found 12 grenade launchers, five mines, 3.2 kg of ammonal explosive, 100 g of TNT, 77 detonators, 34 fuses to mines, three bottles with explosive substance, 25 hand-made explosives, four communication devices, 15 explosive charges, seven bundles of wires to explosive devices, 3,000 cartridges to assault rifle, 176 bullets to machine gun, some papers propagating jihad and change of the constitutional order in the country in Rasht District's Halqharf village in Navda community," the TV said.
When a household plot of land belonging to the late father of the detainee was searched a Kalashnikov assault rifle was found. It was used by the suspect while being a member of the gang of Mullo Abdullo.
Four Kalashnikov assault rifles and several hand-made explosives were seized at the place of the armed clash, the Tajik Interior Ministry told Asia-Plus.
After carrying out a personal check, law-enforcers found on him papers containing plans to commit a terror act and the method of preparing explosives, as well as a Kalashnikov assault rifle with two cartridges.
He claimed his forces had destroyed two tanks, two armoured personnel carriers and eight cars serving Khudoberdiyev, who he said was using howitzers and six or seven tanks.
His men called him simply "Colonel Makhmud." In southwest Tajikistan he was the strongman, the local potentate with his brigade of 200 tanks who inspired respect in a country where political influence is measured by force of arms.
Local civilians confirmed that the brigade had headed out toward Uzbekistan, and said the armoured column included about 25 tanks.
A military source in Dushanbe told Interfax that the column consisted only of two tanks, an armoured troop carrier, a mobile anti-aircraft battery and two platoons.
Colonel Sukhrob Kasymov, commander of a government's special forces brigade, confirmed the rebels' retaking of the pass, telling Interfax that they had used tanks, howitzers and Grad rockets. rockets.
Khudoberdiyev's troops have lost one tank and one APC and one multiple rocket-launcher in the fighting, the source said, adding that no reports of casualties have come in so far.
Rebel troops who advanced on the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, last week started returning to their barracks and surrendering their weapons and armoured vehicles in the southern town of Kurgan-Tyube on 5th February, Interfax news agency reported.
After his initial arrest in August 2004, investigators reportedly found automatic rifles, grenade launchers and mortars in his house while a Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile mounted on a four-wheel-drive vehicle was also found at the premises of a company belonging to Mirzoyev (se Tajikistan: 11 August 2004: Military Prosecutor in Tajikistan to Investigate Former Drugs Agency Chief).
Even before the war began, Abkhaz separatists had received over 1,000 automatic rifles, 267 handguns, 50 machine guns and a large amount of ammunition from the 643rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the Russian Defence Ministry. The battalion commander of the 345th Paratroop Regiment, Dolgopolov [as received], handed over six armoured vehicles, nine machine guns and 357 hand grenades to the separatists. The separatists received a large amount of weapons and combat equipment from Russian military units Nos 75547, 10935, 5482 and 3687. In addition, during the fighting they received trainloads of ammunition, shells, tanks, cannons and other military equipment."
Kavkasia-Press has learnt at the office of the [Tbilisi-based] Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia that the Abkhaz side has bought three T-72 tanks which are currently deployed in Ochamchire.
The report began by showing Roman, a reservist battalion chief, who showed off his assault rifle.
On 20 March the president and commander-in-chief of the republic of Abkhazia, Sergey Bagapsh, visited a tank unit.
Abkhazian forces used artillery, tanks, mortars and missile launchers in the attack on Sukhumi, described by Georgian military command as the worst violence in 11 months of fighting in the west Georgian republic, news agencies said.
Batteries of D-30 [howitzers] and 120-milimetre grenade launchers, as well as a BM-21 firing platoon will be used.
Iprinda was told at the press centre of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia that the Abkhaz militants had opened fire from automatic weapons and grenade launchers at the houses of the local population.
Tank battalions are supported by artillery and marines.
Abkhazia's defence ministry announced that the Georgian plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile of the air defence of the republic of Abkhazia, and described Georgia's "ungrounded claim as an attempt to blame the Russian troops stationed in Abkhazia for taking part in the aggression against Georgia".
Abkhazian separatist troops were using artillery and armored cars to repel an armed group of Chechens and Georgians who seized a local village, Abkhazian defense minister Vladimir Mikanba told AFP Thursday.
The first stage of the operation was to carry out missile and bombing strikes. At the same time, subunits of the Abkhaz army advanced and occupied key positions. Abkhaz artillery has now been set up in those positions - including Grad [multiple-launch rocket systems] and mortars - which can fire directly at the positions of the enemy.
He said the Abkhazians had captured 12 tanks and several armoured vehicles, as well as Grad multiple rocket launchers, pieces of heavy artillery, naval vessels, numerous firearms and a large amount of ammunition.
15 tanks: 5 T-55s and 10 T-72s[17]); 24 self-propelled howitzers: 12 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdikas and 12 152mm 2S3 "Akatsiya"s; 6 122mm BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launchers: 12 122mm D-30 howitzers; 4 100mm MT-12 "Rapira" anti-tank guns; 30 mortars; 52 armoured combat vehicles BRDM-2, BMP-1 and BTR-70; 6 9K31 "Strela-1" mobile, short-range, low altitude surface-to-air missile systems; 10 ZU-23-2 short-range air defense cannons; 4 Mi-8 helicopters; Otokar Cobra personnel carrier (captured from Georgia in the August 2008 war[18]): After the 2008 South Ossetia War, some of the tanks captured from Georgia's forces have been transferred to the South Ossetian military. Retired equipment: IS-2 tank - phased out of service since 1995.; IS-3 tank - phased out of service since 1995.; T-10 tank - phased out of service since 1995.; Grom missile- Captured in Russo-Georgian War. Probably no longer in service.[19]
9K31 "Strela-1" mobile, short-range, low altitude surface-to-air missile systems
The army of South Ossetia was equipped with weapons from the old, post-Soviet generation e.g. AK-type rifles, grenade launchers RPG-7, CKM, sniper rifles SWD [Gawęda 2012b: 223-232]. Most of the battalions consisted of 180 to 250 soldiers, for example, the battalion which stationed in Tskhinvali - V BT, counted 180 soldiers equipped had 8 mortars, 2 howitzers, 3 SPG-3 grenade launchers and 2 anti-aircraft guns ZU-23-2. Moreover, Prisi Company was also included in the battalion. It consisted of 150-160 soldiers and had in possession of 5 BMP-1, four 120 mm mortars, 2 82 mm mortars and ZU23-2 antiaircraft gun. The battalion that stationed in Kvaisa consisted of 100 soldiers and had antiaircraft gun ZU-23-2, anti-needle system, grenade SPG-1 and two tanks T-55. Forces of the Republic of South Ossetia, according to the data that come from the Georgian intelligence, the battalion OMON had about 350 officers who were located in three places, e.g. Tskhinvali, Java and Kornisi. This unit was equipped with small arms including TT pistols, AKS-U rifles, SWD sniper rifles, as well as various kinds of grenade launchers. In stock they also had 3 BTRs, one BMP, as well as 66 UAZ and GAZ cars. The battalion consisted probably of staff command and 4 operating companies [Gawęda 2012b: 223-232].
Andrey Laptev, the defence and emergencies minister of the republic of South Ossetia, has commented to a Res agency correspondent in regard to the situation surrounding the discovery of anti-aircraft equipment in Znauri district.
An example of such a transaction, based on eyewitness testimony, consisted of five AKM assault rifles, 90 RGD-5, and 50 RPG-7 grenades, purchased by a joint Mkhedrioni/National Guard unit.
Using its newly-obtained weapons and in particular artillery, Georgian National Guard and Mkhedrioni forces began a siege of Tskhinvali and outlying villages that lasted until mid-1992.
For the period 21 December 1991 to 6 January 1992, GDF records show that the National Guard received 200 AK-74s, 50 RPG-7s, two SVD Dragunov sniper rifles, and 200 Makarov PM pistols under Beppayev’s orders. Moreover, on 10 January 1992, the ‘Chamnabade Battalion’ was created as the National Guard’s main assault force, and equipped from Russian military bases with 150 AKS-U, 3 BMP (armoured personnel carriers), 15 RPG-7, and 150 RPG rockets.
In addition, unregistered weapons, including submachine guns, pistols, grenades and explosives were found in the homes of those arrested, who, the ministry said, were suspected of "embezzling state property, physical abuse of citizens, of intimidation and other unlawful actions" .
Police found more weapons including mortars and grenades Friday during a raid on offices belonging to Iosseliani's bodyguards in the parliament building.
In Tbilisi, Dzaba Ioseliani, the leader of the illegally armed Georgian group Mkhedrioni [words indistinct] ] was arrested and a Makarov pistol and [word indistinct] bullets were confiscated from him
During the arrest, [the militia] confiscated 2 Makarov pistols, and a [word indistinct] pistol that the Mkhedrioni members seized following an attack on the Telavi department of internal affairs on 14tjh October 1990.
As a result of a joint operation by officers from the investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the ministry's department for the fight against organized crime, racketeering, corruption and economic sabotage, the following items were discovered on 29th September in a garage belonging to Besik Chkheidze, the head of the Rustavi south-eastern Georgia branch of the Rescue Corps formerly Mkhedrioni : five machine guns, 15 anti-tank shells, 1,500 cartridges of various types, 20 F-1 hand grenades and 10 new boxes of automatic weapon cartridges.
Justice officials quoted by the Georgian news agency Iprinda said investigators found 28 assault rifles, four revolvers, 150 morphine ampoules and 500 codeine pastilles in an overnight search of the Mkhedrioni offices.
As a result of a joint action carried out by the Imereti regional unit of the Georgian Interior Ministry's department for combating organized crime, corruption, racketeering and economic subversion and the Imereti regional department of the ministry in Samtredia western Georgia , the following weapons and ammunition have been found in the house of the Mkhedrioni paramilitary organization suspected of involvement in recent attempt on Shevardnadze's life members, brothers Revaz and Davit Vashakidze: 36 Kalashnikov sub-machine-guns, two machine guns, 29 grenade launchers, a Mauser pistol, five antitank mines, six hand grenades, two cartridge-feed belts for machine guns (with 235 cartridges), 50 metres of instantaneous detonating fuse, 316 cartridges for Kalashnikov sub-machine-guns and 52 12-calibre cartridges for hunting rifles.
12-calibre cartridges for hunting rifles
Bosnia Croat Irregulars (HOS) with up to 15,000 troops in irregular units with tanks, artillery and mortars in north and central Bosnia and eastern Hercegovina.
The Croatian extremists are armed with rocket-launchers, various types of cannon, anti-aircraft guns and Armbrust, Malutka, Osa and Zolja anti-armour missiles.''
The rally passed without incidents, although a large number of HOS members carrying hand grenades at the waist were seen at the end of the gathering.
They have 18 tanks, 107 armoured personnel carriers, 73 field guns, 46 anti-aircraft installations, and 173 tank destroyer units. The air force is composed of 9 Mi-8T helicopters, 6 Mi-24 helicopters, 2 Mi-2 helicopters, and several fixed-wing aircraft, including, An-2, An-26 and Yak-18 types.
The number of mines in the PMR stockpile is unknown, but likely in the thousands. Types of antipersonnel mines thought to be in their arsenals include: PMN, PMN-2, PMN-4, OZM-72, MON-50, MON-90, MON-100, MON-200, KSF-ls, PFM-ls, and POM-2s.
Moldova, for example, has no tanks of its own, whereas the PMR owns 25 of them, plus a Grad multiple rocket launcher system.
PMR armed forces number some 7,000 people, and include motor-rifle, artillery, anti-aircraft, airforce and airborne units, and 20 tanks, Vershinin said. "All equipment remains from Soviet times", he added.
Artillerists showed their mastery in destroying various targets from mortars, anti-aircraft mounts and artillery guns. Combat shooting from a 82-mm mine-launcher opened the show. A tank crew expertly handled their large-calibre gun shooting at targets on the move.
Among key activities will be driving armoured personnel carriers across difficult terrain, the defence ministry's press service said.
Trans-Dniester, a pro-Russian province which broke away from Moldova after a bloody war in 1992, requires high school children to undergo military training, including shooting rifles and firing mine launchers, a measure left over from the Soviet era.
Regular troops and Cossack units marched through Tiraspol with five of Transnistria's the Dnestr region's six MI-8 combat helicopters flying above thousands of parade onlookers. The Soviet-styled republic also has two MI-2 transport choppers and an AN-26 military transport aircraft.
The Dnestr region also has an 18-unit battalion of tanks, compared with none in the national army of Moldova. The Dnestr military showed 82mm and 85mm cannons, 100mm air-defence mortars, Russian-made Rapira anti-tank weapons, 122mm mortars, eighteen 122mm mortars, seven of a total of 40 Soviet-made APC armoured vehicles. Four years ago, Transnistria began producing Grad rocket launchers similar to the Katyusha.
The EPLF possessed 19 tanks, 31 armored cars, 28 field artillery, 162 mortars, 45 antiaircraft guns, 387 antitank guns and 384 heavy machine guns, as well as the advantage of being deeply dug into mountain trenches.
According to initial reports, the EPLF had seized 26 tanks and burnt out 24 others and had captured a variety of heavy weapons, including anti-tank missiles and five rocket launchers.
As to the military arms losses, the EPLF captured 14 tanks and burnt out 12 other tanks. It also captured 12 military vehicles and burnt out 20 other vehicles, and captured 1,200 medium and light weapons, and two large radio communication sets
As for property, the EPLF captured two tanks, many (?vehicles) and more than 1,000 medium and light weapons.
According to the information received up until yesterday [13th February] , 75 tanks have been appropriated by the EPLF. This brings to 99 the number of tanks lost by the enemy, including the 24 which were burnt out. In addition, 22 122-mm artillery pieces have been captured. Although the details are not yet complete and confirmed, the amount of heavy anti-aircraft (?ammunition) appropriated by the EPLF people's army is immense.
In addition, they had captured a considerable number of weapons, including two rocket launchers, four tanks and three anti-aircraft guns.
More than 700 medium and light weapons, one tank and three BMs [possibly Soviet-built armoured personnel carriers] were also captured.
During the attack, anti-aircraft units of the EPLF people's army shot down an Ethiopian MiG-23 fighter aircraft. We have not yet received details of enemy casualties.
In another development, two enemy military vehicles carrying troops, which detonated land mines planted by the engineering units of the EPLF People's Army, were destroyed.
This attempt was repulsed by our (?combatants) they killed more than 200 soldiers, injured 250, captured 150 light weapons and forced the Dergue army to retreat.
One Dergue vehicle was destroyed when it detonated an explosive planted by EPLF combatants who infiltrated Asmera town [capital of Eritrea] .
The people ran after the EPLF army without any fear, giving them water and other beverages to drink, and food to eat, and climbing on the tanks and other military vehicles.
In addition our people's army captured four tanks and destroyed five others.
The enemy lost 14 soldiers killed; 17 others were wounded and three others captured. The enemy lost a total of 34 soldiers. In addition, our combatants captured two Bren guns, one RPG gun and eight Kalashnikov rifles.
Our compatriots also captured 19 AK rifles, two Bren guns and one RPG.
Our combatants captured one tank and over 120 medium and light weapons.
Similarly, on 25th November, a Dergue military vehicle was burnt out after landmines planted by the heroic combatants of the EPLF engineering units had been detonated.
Our heroic combatants also captured 22 Kalashnikov rifles, one Bren gun and an RPG launcher.
In yesterday's fighting, which started at 0430 [local time] , our heroic combatants had captured 10 tanks and burnt 10 others by midday alone, and they also captured and destroyed many vehicles.
Our people's army unit also captured three Kalashnikov assault rifles.
They also seized 14 Kalashnikov rifles, one RPG and one radio communications set.
After 10 enemy soldiers were killed, 10 others wounded, and seven guns seized, the enemy retreated to its base.
In addition, they seized two guns and eight rounds of ammunition
Although the full details of the great victories scored by the EPLF People's Army in crushing the troops of the Ethiopian colonial government have not been received, in the fighting which took place around Digdigta [phonetic] this morning alone, six tanks were captured and six others burnt out.
In the fighting, three enemy troops were killed and two Kalashnikov rifles and one pistol captured.
The radio said that in the offensive, against the Third and Eighth Divisions, 1,813 government troops were killed, 2,520 others wounded and 1,011 captured; among equipment seized was one tank, one 122-mm field gun and over 2,000 light and medium guns.
During the fighting, 210 government troops had been killed, 120 wounded and 75 others captured, the radio said, adding that 134 Kalashnikov rifles were amongst the items of equipment seized by the rebels.
In addition, our combatants captured seven Kalashnikov rifles and one communictions radio, and returned safely to their base.
Our combatants also seized 15 Bren guns, two RPG and 41 Kalashnikov rifles.
They also captured an RPG, a Bren gun and five Kalashiknov rifles.
Our combatants captured 46 light arms, five Bren machine-guns, one RPG and other useful materials.
The RUF possessed a wide array of weapons including rifles such as AK47 assault rifles of Chinese, Soviet, and eastern European origin, Belgian FN-FALs, German G3s, and British Lee-Enfield no. 4s, and sub-machine guns such as the German Sten and Israeli Uzi.
The RUF possessed Chinese 12.7 mm machine guns, various 60 mm, 82 mm, and 120 mm mortars, and small numbers of anti-tank and surface-toair missiles
Although it has been argued that there is scant reliable information on the exact origins of the RUF’s arsenal,36 it is known that they primarily used AK-type and G-3 rifles, light machineguns and RPG anti-tank rocket launchers.
About 120 rebels, including women, surrendered arms ranging from pistols to mortars, grenades, anti-aircraft guns, mortars, automatic weapons and surface-to-air missiles. Rebel Col. Bai Buieh was the first, handing in a mortar cannon.
Defence sources said that while pro-government forces were running short of ammunition, the RUF held light arms, some armoured personnel carriers, heavy machine guns, mortars and a limited amount of portable anti-aircraft missiles.
Witnesses said the former combattants were surrendering AK-47 assault rifles, mortar bombs, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and several rounds of ammunition.
Among items seized at the paper's offices were two pistols, seven AK-47 rifles, three grenades, 10 anti-aircraft cartridges and 10 pistol magazines, police said.
Foday Sankoh disappeared from this same house nine days earlier, after his Revolutionary United Front fighters opened fire there with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades into thousands of demonstrators, killing 19 people.
The RUF fighters used rocket-propelled grenades at Port Loko and fired from armoured personnel carriers in Newton, Wimhurst said.
Rebels got 13 armored personnel carriers from a 208-member Zambian contingent that was disarmed and detained by the RUF, Eckhard said.
"So if you have rifles, anti-aircraft guns, machetes, daggers or even knives that you were using as weapons, please hand them over to the authorities." Sankoh's call for disarmament came amid speculation by local newspapers and, according to the BBC, intelligence reports, that his RUF forces were planning to launch a new attack on Freetown…
In a written statement released to the press here, Johnny Paul Koroma said some 500 armed men from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) attacked the town of Makeni "with a twin barrel heavy machine gun and armoured cars, wreaking havoc resulting in the loss of lives and properties."
The UN mission deploying 9,000 peacekeepers in the west African nation said the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) attacked UN positions with mortar, light arms and rocket-propelled grenades.
Rebels have also brazenly stolen at least 500 automatic rifles, six heavy artillery pieces, seven anti-aircraft guns, three armored vehicles and five trucks from well-armed Kenyan and Guinean U.N. troops.
The following day, he said, attempts to placate the rebels failed. "They tried to take a Kenyan officer with them but when he refused Brig Kallon pointed his pistol at him and other RUF aimed their guns at him," said the report.
Eleven people were killed and dozens wounded Thursday in Rokupr, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of the capital and close to the Guinean border, when rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) armed with rifles, grenade launchers and machetes attacked the town, local journalists told AFP by telephone.
Jetley said the UN attack on the rebel base recovered three stolen UN vehicles, and found weapons including semi-automatic rifles, machine guns and anti aircraft guns.
On Wednesday, meanwhile, the UN said RUF rebels returned seven UN armoured personnel carriers taken in May.
Indian troops seized one medium machine gun, eight light machine guns, seven rocket launchers and one truckload of ammunition abandoned by the RUF at Pendembu.
"We came under fire from some RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades).
Last year, Ugandan forces captured an Igla-1 anti-aircraft missile launcher from the militants.
Photos out of South Sudan during the last days of 2014 show Sudanese People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) forces with a Chinese-made QW-2 man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS).
Ammunition catalogued at the mosque site consisted of 100 rounds of 7.62 x 39 mm cartridge cases (for AK-pattern assault rifles) and 85 rounds of 7.62 x 54R mm cartridge cases (for generalpurpose machine gun, GPMG).
One Khartoum-funded militia operating in South Sudan, called the South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA), has told the Small Arms Survey their supply line from Sudan includes over 125 assault Rifles, Machine guns, around 10 RPG’s (Rocket-propelled grenades), Mortars and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
“During the battle that lasted three hours, we seized a T-55 Tank and a Ural Cannon. Another T-55 was destroyed.”
The vehicles consist of land cruiser Toyota pick ups and heavy trucks in addition to 2 anti air craft guns, 4 Mortar Cannons and dual Machine guns, fuel and medicine.
He also said another 14 Toyota land cruisers mounted with different types of Artillery pieces and air defence Machine guns were captured, while four more were destroyed.
“To be included in the next press statement are pictures of some of the latest versions of AKM-47 assault Rifles captured in the battles, IDs of Ugandan Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF), 1 female and 1 male Tank Drivers killed in action,” Koang said.
The rebels spokesperson further broke down the losses inflicted on the government troops and captured equipment which include: an estimated 400-500 loyal troops were killed in action; three (3) T-72 battle Tanks and 1 Armoured Personnel Carrier captured in good conditions were later destroyed after the barge that was supposed to ferry them across southern bank of Sobat River could not handle their sheer weight.
He further enumerated that one (1) 120mm captured in good condition; five (5) 82mm captured in good condition; thirty(30) PRGs captured in good condition; fifty (50) PKM light Machine guns captured in good condition; three hundred (300) AKM-47 captured in good condition; fight (8) 12.7 captured in good condition; one store full of shells of different Weaponry and food items was captured; and one store full of ammunitions for different Weaponry was destroyed.
An SPLM-IO member who witnessed the transfer said that there were almost 500 rifles-'lots of guns, good guns'. 'When we were in control of Bentiu', he noted, 'our relations with UNMISS were excellent.
"Major Changkuoth Puok then took over the command of the servicemen and joined the rebellion with their equipment," he said, adding that the mutinied soldiers took with them 16 trucks and land cruisers, some mounted with 12.7, 14.5 and Zoo 23 heavy weapons.
Since there was still a great shortage of weapons, in January 1990 attacks were launched on Soviet Army locations, capturing several hundred sub-machine-guns, pistols, ammunition and even four T-72 tanks.1
Making use of the manpower of Hamidoc's nationalist followers and a few tanks and armored personnel carriers hamidov had acquired, the APF feigned and attack on the presidentiial building[...].
Both Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia and the rebels of the Northern Alliance are believed to have a small supply of the Missiles
In a separate case that Ashcroft described Wednesday, three men are fighting extradition from Hong Kong to face charges stemming from an alleged scheme to use profits from illicit drug sales to finance the purchase of Stinger Missiles for the al-Qaida terrorist network
The former Taliban militia of Afghanistan had SA-7s, and Israeli authorities have found them in intercepted Weapons Shipments bound for the Palestinian territories.
Hezbollah guerrillas based in Lebanon reportedly have tried to hit Israeli planes with SA-7s, and Saudi authorities in June arrested an alleged al-Qaida member suspected of trying to down a U.S. Aircraft with an SA-7 as it took off from a base in Saudi Arabia.
Three months earlier, suspected Al Qaeda operatives fired two Missiles at an Israeli charter flight taking off from Mombasa, Kenya, with 271 people aboard. The Missiles, fired just minutes after a suicide car-bomb attack on an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, were 30-year-old Russian Strelas, which are significantly less sophisticated than the Igla. They missed their target.
Gun control advocates say the president and Congress should be motivated to renew the law by the oft-shown pictures of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden pointing an AK-47 at a target.
infrared-guided, Russian-made SA-18 anti-aircraft Missiles
The U.S. also accuses Iran of supplying the terrorist group Hezbollah with infrared-guided, Russian-made SA-18 antiAircraft Missiles from its stockpile.
In recent months Israel has repeatedly accused Syria of arming Hezbollah with Scud Missiles and other Weaponry, and warned that in the event of a new conflict it will consider Lebanon, rather than just Hezbollah, as its enemy.
The U.S. beefed up screening after discovering two toner cartridges packed with plastic Explosives on board two Aircraft bound for the U.S. in October 2010. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took responsibility for the plot.
Ironically, the most recent use of anti-Tank Missiles against what they are intended for - Tanks - was during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict when Hezbollah fighters used Russian Missiles against Israeli Merkavas.
The firefight lasted for almost 30 minutes and led to the recovery of several war materials including one M653, one AK47 Rifle, two M16 Armalite Rifles and cache of assorted live ammunitions, food stuffs and back packs containing personal belongings, assorted medicines and anti-government documents, the regional Army spokesman said.
6 Al Qaeda is reported to have both first-generation SA-7s and second-generation Stinger missiles
The LeJ and SSP have access to a full range of armaments. Both have access to the AK series of rifles. The LeJ also has rockets, landmines, explosives, and other forms of weaponry available from Afghanistan and China.
The weapon of choice is a Chinese replica of the Russian TT automatic pistol. The MQM also uses an assortment of AK series weapons and a growing number of rocket launchers and Chinese light machine guns. While this inventory may seem menacing, the evidence suggests that the group’s use of rocket-propelled grenade launchers has been inaccurate and ineffective.
As the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria expands across Iraq, images of ISIS fighters wielding everything from 40-year-old Chinese anti-aircraft guns to MANPADS have flooded the Internet.
Firing from a car, he used a SKS semi-automatic rifle, but also had another rifle, two handguns, homemade suppressors, and 562 rounds of ammunition.
Skorpion SA Vz 68 - a rare version of the basic sub-machine gun produced for infantry use, chambered for 9x19 ammunition Škorpion vz. 61.
The GP-30 is a stripped-down model of Russian made grenade launchers, consisting of a very short, 40 mm rifled barrel in front of a basic trigger mechanism with minimal hand grip.
An imitation of a classic wartime weapon. The MG 42 is a 7.9mm general purpose machine gun that [.]
Most likely these are imitations of the Steyr M1912, a semi-automatic pistol and a design developed in 1911 by the Austrian firm Steyr Mannlicher and designed by Karl Krnka, based on the mechanism of the Roth-Steyr M1907.
A rather makeshift CZ75 Czechmate 9mm. T
The INSAS rifle is based on the Kalashnikov AK-47 action with modifications.
Amongst the equipment recovered was an MIB type multi-function munition.
Firearms, rounds of ammunition, self-made explosive devices, and a 'large quantity of substances for making powerful explosives' were seized.
Reports indicate that the PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU, was somehow provided with many high-tech Weapons, including man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) by gaining access to Syria through its local affiliate, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), and its armed People's Protection Units (YPG).
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov on Sunday called for an international mechanism to track down Soviet-made ground-to-air Missiles which have fallen into the hands of Chechen separatists but also represent a global threat.
On Sunday, Ivanov said a Russian Strela system had been used to fire Missiles that just missed an Israeli charter plane after it took off from Mombasa, Kenya, last November with 271 people on board. U.S. officials believe al-Qaida launched the attack.
A total of 14 boxes with cartridges, seven grenade launches and seven cartridges containing Explosives were found in the caches. Besides, a grenade launcher was discovered in the regional centre of Shatoy when federal troops were examining the debris of a former department store.
They removed from the cache 14 zinc cases with 7.62mm cartridges for an assault Rifle and two sacs with documents, including various pre-printed forms, instructions, military maps and specimens of passes.
On 13 January they found a large cache on the outskirts of the village of Geldygen containing 12 projectiles, six mines, 19 hand grenades, about 20 kg of Explosives, electric detonators and batteries, the press center of the Russian Interior Ministry in the North Caucasus said. On the same day (13 January) the police discovered two Shmel grenade launchers with 16 rounds in the village of Gekhi in Urus-Martanovskiy District close to a motorway.
During the same period of time the military confiscated more than 3,000 pieces of small Arms, about a million rounds of ammunition and 4.5 tons of Explosives, said he.
The servicemen found potato, meat, butter, flour, 2,000 cartridges and several Mortar mines at the base.
Six bomb timers were found in Grozny. Other caches contained subMachine guns, Pistols, eight kilograms of TNT, munitions and military equipment. Two handmade bombs were planted on the approaches to an Arms cache in the Shatoi district. The cache contained nothing but three Artillery shells.
The Weapons cache which was found and destroyed in the Shelkovskoi district contained a launcher for an antiTank Missile, two grenade launchers, four Artillery shells and more than 700 rounds of ammunition.
A Kalashnikov subMachine gun, a Degtyarev machinegun, F-1 grenades, and cartridges were found in the house.
Spoksman for the headquarters of the federal forces in the region Colonel Ilya Shabalkin told Tass on Thursday the military had seized 90 kilos of Explosives, 25 assault Rifles, 69 projectiles for an assault Rifle grenade launcher, 16 hand grenades RGD-5, nine grenades F-1, 11 projectiles for a hand grenade launcher and some 7,000 cartridges.
projectiles for an assault Rifle grenade launcher
Federals found in a deserted house in the same village a submachine-gun, eight rounds for a sub-barrel grenade-launcher and 190 rounds of ammunition for automatic Arms. The troops also found Arms cache containing 25 shells on an outskirt of the village of Tangi.
A grenade launcher, ammunition, including eight Artillery shells, three walkie-talkies and uniforms were contained in the caches.
projectiles for VOG-17 grenade launchers
Police have seized 1,000 projectiles for a VOG-17 grenade launcher in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, a source at the Russian Interior Ministry's temporary press center in the North Caucasus told Tass on Monday.
The same source said another, better equipped cache was found during a police raid in a woodland where two assault Rifles, two Pistols, a Landmine, three hollow-charge projectiles, six projectiles for a grenade launcher and 2,600 cartridges had been hidden.
Russian border guards uncovered a cache containing 20 hand grenades, a large amount of fuses and cartridges for small Arms near the village Ushkaloi in the republic's Itum-Kale district, head of the press service of the Stavropol-based North Caucasus Border Troops Headquarters Sergey Livantsov told Tass correspondent Nikolai Styazhkin in Stavropol.
In addition, he informed police about a cache, which contained an electric detonator, ignition transmission line, 390 cartridges of various calibre, an anti-Tank grenade and six Rocket-propelled grenades.
Several caches of Arms, ammunition and Explosives were also found in Chechnya on Thursday, the official said.
ne of them, a resident of the town of Argun, surrendered an anti-Tank grenade launcher at the police office of the Grozny railroad station.
An Igla portable anti-Aircraft Missile system, a Fagot (antiTank guided) Missile system, three home-made Explosive devices, 80 kg of TNT and 65 kg of hexagen were seized, the spokesman said.
A source at the headquarters of the federal forces in the region told Tass on Saturday that from one of the caches uncovered in the republic's Urus-Martan district the military had seized ten projectiles for a grenade launcher, 11 Artillery shells and ammunition for small Arms.
The military and police removed from the hiding place an assault Rifle and two grenade launchers.
From the cache they seized a Borz (Wolf) subMachine gun, five hand grenades, a TNT block and 1,000 cartridges for small Arms.
Eight grenade launchers, several subMachine guns and ammunition were found at the site of the fight.
The military found at the scene two assault Rifles, 1,500 cartridges, 50 electric detonators, two walkie-talkies produced in Japan and several homemade hand grenades.
They had two submachine-guns, a handgun, six hand-grenades and a radio.
A gunman, who has given himself up to the Chechen authorities, has voluntarily turned over to them an assault Rifle and 2.5 kilograms of mercury, intended for staging an act of terrorism against Chechen leaders, Major General Ilya Shabalkin, representative of the regional staff for controlling the counterterrorist operation in the Northern Caucasus, told Itar-Tass on Monday.
"A Kalashnikov assault Rifle, 120 7.62-mm calibre rounds and two grenades were seized from the detained man. He has been handed over to the prosecutor's office," the source said.
The headquarters of the Combined Federal Force in the North Caucasus said that the cache contained a home-made Explosive device, two antiTank Rocket launchers and three rounds for them, three MON-5-mines, 15 kg of TNT and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition and 40 detonators.
A bag containing another Explosive device was found nearby.
Self-made grenades and the Makarov Pistol with five cartridges were seized from them.
"The police forces detected and seized a Rocket launcher with six Rockets, 200 grams of Explosives and several hand grenades in Groznyy, Vedeno, Shelkovo and Nozhay-Yurt districts of Chechnya Monday," reads the press release of the press center.
The cache included 106 Kalashnikov assault Rifles, three Kalashnikov machineguns, eight Rocket launchers with 56 Rockets, 94 grenades, eight Pistols, about 10,500 rounds for small Arms, over 200 detonators, 85 Rifle magazines and 17 Pistol magazines.
An ITAR-TASS correspondent learned at the provisional press center of the Russian Interior Ministry in North Caucasus that the cache contained 11 kg of Explosive materials, a makeshift bomb, as well as 23 RPGs for grenade launchers, over 2,000 rounds of ammunition and a Mortar projectile.
According to the press center, rounds for grenade-launchers, grenades, Explosives and many cartridges were stored there.
Officers seized 17 home-made bombs, 15.2 kilograms of TNT, four kilograms of a plastic Explosive, a Tank gun shell, various land mines, four flamethrowers, grenade launchers, an assault Rifle, hand grenades and grenade launcher shells.
"Two Shali residents, transporting a Kalashnikov assault Rifle, a Makarov Pistol, and a Rocket launcher on a GAZ-3110 car, were arrested in Grozny on Monday.
According to him, a local resident of the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny was arrested on Monday. Law-enforcement officials confiscated two TNT blocks with a total weight of 600 grams, three hand grenades, and two Rocket launcher rounds. "
An assault Rifle, a Pistol, a grenade, and a 400-gram TNT block were confiscated from the Arms cache.
At the scene of the ensuing clash, the military found two assault Rifles, hand grenades, a walkie-talkie, 25 kilos of food and clothes.
In the administrative center of Shali, two residents were detained for carrying an assault Rifle, a grenade launcher and a Pistol in their car.
A resident of Grozny was detained for carrying two TNT sticks, three hand grenades and two projectiles for a grenade launcher.
They removed an assault Rifle, five machineguns, a sniper Rifle and a large amount of cartridges, three grenade launchers with 20 projectiles and 12 primer charges for them, 5.5 kilos of TNT, 1.5 kilos of plastic Explosives and 350 cartridges from one of the caches. The other cache containing three grenade launchers, several projectiles for them and a 82mm Artillery shell was found in the forest near the village of Neftyanka.
Lom-30 (Lion-30) portable sniper grenade launcher
In effect, it is a portable sniper grenade launcher which is capable of firing on enemy troops and light hardware at distances from 14 to 2,000 meters.
Western intelligence sources said Al Qaida-aligned cells have procured the SA-18 anti-Aircraft Missile from the former Soviet Union.
A high-Explosive charge was detected on a railway junction in the village of Samashki in the Achkhoi-Martan district. The Explosive charge comprised an 82-mm Mortar bomb, a plastic bottle with 500 grams of TNT, and a radio station.
It contained 145 grenade launcher rounds, 20 shells, three Mortar mines, 137 rounds of various calibers and 1.6kg of TNT.
The cache contained an RPG-18 grenade launcher, eight Mortar mines, two F-1 grenades and a large amount of Explosives, the source said.
Shaposhnikov and Grachev gave Dudayev a "gift" of 42 Tanks, 36 infantry fighting vehicles, 523 hand-held grenade launchers, 18,832 subMachine guns, and numerous other deadly "toys."
It contained 18 submachineguns, 15,000 rounds of ammunition, a sniper's Rifle, two large-calibre machineguns, seven grenade launchers and six flame throwers.
Grenade launchers, automatic mounted grenade launchers, machine guns and automatic weapons were used in the attack on their place of deployment.
A source at the headquarters of the eastern front of the armed forces of the Caucasus Emirate says that an explosive was blown up on the road of Russian infidels between the villages of Eshelkhatoy and Vedeno on 29 November.
The mojahedin hit the infidels from grenade-launchers and machine guns.
The mojahedin were holding the line, using assault rifles and machine guns.
Several grenades were fired on the checkpoint from under-barrel grenade launchers.
An armoured personnel carrier was blown up and two infidels were killed as a result of the sabotage operation.
It quoted amir Abdul-Malik, commander of the Urus-Martanovskiy sector of the armed forces of the "Caucasus emirate", as saying that on 25 April, rebels set up an ambush on the path of movement of a motor convoy, which consisted of two UAZ vehicles and one Zhiguli car, near the village of Alkhazurovo in Chechnya's Urus-Martanovskiy District and opened massage barrage from assault rifles, machine-guns and grenade-launchers.
The source reported that a mojahedin subversive group led by amir Asad had fired from grenade launchers on infidels' base in Shali.
The source said that the sabotage group of mojahedin blew up an occupier detachment and fired on it from assault-rifles and machine-guns.
In 40 minutes after the explosion, additional forces of kafirs, including mine clearers, came to the site of the incident. In the very moment when a mine clearer was checking the area, another landmine went off. The mine clearer and a dog were killed on the spot.
The "significant" weapons hauls contained landmines, anti-tank missiles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and rockets, mortar and recoilless rifle rounds and numerous boxes and belts of machine gun ammunition.
On Saturday and Sunday a team of US troops combing cave-pocked mountains straddling the border provinces of Paktia and Paktika discovered "tonnes of ammunition" including two US stinger surface-to-air missiles, King said
The seizures were comparable to the massive arms haul by British Marines in a village just north of the eastern city of Khost last month, when they found buildings stuffed with anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons, heavy machine guns, bomb-making equipment and booby-trapped boxes of munitions.
The cache included Chinese-made shoulder-fired anti-tank rockets, 31 artillery shells, 270 mortar shells and 67 boxes containing munition for anti-aircraft guns, Khan said.
The al-Qaida and Taliban forces are armed mainly with mortars, cannons, rocket-propelled grenades, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and AK-47 automatic rifles.
"We caught several hundred of them with RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades) and mortars heading toward the fight. We body-slammed them today and killed hundreds of those guys," said Maj. Gen. Frank L. Hagenbeck, the commander of the operation near Gardez, 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Kabul, the capital.
"We've been able to get into at least one of the cave complexes thus far and we've discovered mortars, rocket-propelled grenade rounds, small arms.
The militants were equipped with heavy artillery, anti-aircraft weapons, mortars, cannons and machine guns.
Afghan and American defense officials said the Taliban and al-Qaida fighters were likely armed with shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles such as Russian SA-7s and possibly American Stingers - as well as mortars, grenades and cannons.
Enemy troops also are heavily armed. They have fired rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars at the American and allied forces in the area.
Several weapons caches were also uncovered and destroyed, including ammunition, sniper-rifle parts, grenades, mines, blasting caps, mortar systems, anti-tank weapons, rocket propelled grenade launchers and improvised explosive device-making materials.
Security officials said al-Qaida and other extremist Islamic groups in Aden obtained more than 55 armored vehicles, 22 tanks, anti-aircraft missiles and large amounts of other weapons during the fighting and hid them underground and in fields.
Journalists transported by the Pakistani army to the siege as fighting raged were shown four dead bodies covered in shrouds, a group of 10 prisoners and a massive cache of anti-tank mines, grenades, rockets and machine guns seized from the al-Qaeda hideout.
The besieged al-Qaeda suspects refused to surrender and instead fought back with grenades and gunfire, Alavi said.
Documents and audio cassettes were discovered among a cache of grenades, AK-47 rifles, anti-tank mines and rocket propelled grenades, a military statement said.
British marines broke into a suspicious village compound and chanced upon one of the largest weapons caches yet uncovered in southeastern Afghanistan - rooms stacked high with hundreds of mortars, rockets and heavy weapons.
Inside, the troops found seven cases of mortar rounds, eight rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank mines, two 107mm rockets and other weapons.
Mortars, AK-41 anti-tank land mines, BM-12 Chinese-made missiles and munition rounds were found when troops searched the compound in Bander district, some 70 kilometers (45 miles) south of Jalalabad, according to Shah.
A booby-trapped pickup truck, explosives and ammunition, two automatic rifles, two pistols and a computer also were seized Thursday, it said.
They collected machine guns, mortar rounds, rocket propelled grenades and aging pistols, hoping to bring order to the scene of waste and destruction.
The compound contained arms and ammunition, including mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and recoilless rifles, military manuals and narcotics. US troops quickly set up their own mortars and returned fire.
Security forces have seized cannons, mortars, rocket launchers, grenades, recoilless rifles, fuses, anti-tank and anti personnel mines as well as a huge quantity of explosives, communication equipment, medicines and food items.
The soldiers also found explosive and ammunition caches that included 200 feet (60.96 meters) of detonation cord, 10 high-explosive charges, 100 firing devices, five hand grenades and mortar rounds.
The arsenal contained "a significant amount" of C-4 explosive, dynamite, 43 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers, 79 RPG grenades, 25 Kalashnikov rifles, an RPK machine-gun, six 60-millimetre mortar tubes, ammunition, 25 fragmentary grenades, 40 82-millimetre mortar fuses, used in the assembly of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and one assembled IED, Aberle said. IEDs, also known as roadside bombs, are a favourite weapon of the insurgents targeting the US-led coalition. Aberle said troops also found "al-Qaeda literature and videotapes" during the raid.
The fortified al-Qaida bunkers returned fire with heavy machine guns and 120mm mortars, for the first time.
The cache comprising 437 missiles, anti-aircraft guns, mortar shells and landmines was recovered when troops mounted a raid on the house of local tribesman Taj Mohmmad in Mohamand district's Khazina Ziarat village, he said.
At one end of the barn, among piles of branches used to hang grapes, was a blue plastic barrel brimming with around 15 automatic weapons and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. A bag contained RPG rounds, grenades, detonation cord and 25 tubes of plastic explosives - each capable of wrecking a vehicle, Spink said.
They recovered dozens of grenades, C-4 plastic explosives, a crate of dynamite, more than 20 rocket propelled grenade rounds, a box of anti-aircraft rounds and hundreds of 7.62 mm and handgun rounds, it said.
They found and searched several caves, discovering mortar, grenades, machine guns and ammunition," he said.
Troops also detained at least eight other people and seized more than 150 Kalashnikov assault rifles, 200 explosive booby traps, a mortar, several cases of hand grenades, rocket launchers, rockets, heavy machine guns and military communications equipment, Lt. Col. Martin Schweitzer, commander of the 82nd Airborne's 3rd Battalion, said Wednesday.
Khadr allegedly received a month of basic training from al-Qaida in June 2002 that included the use of rocket-propelled grenades, rifles, pistols and explosives, according to the charge sheet signed by Susan J. Crawford, the convening authority for the military commissions.
Thousands of US weapons, including assault rifles and grenade launchers, may be in Taliban or Al-Qaeda hands in Afghanistan because of lax controls, congressional auditors warned on Thursday.
Authorities also seized other rockets, grenades, explosives and hundreds of sniper rifle rounds in the arrests at undisclosed locations in Pakistan, Sherpao told a news conference.
The helicopter came under machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire and was forced to make what Franks called a "controlled" crash landing.
He said the attackers were heavily armed with RPGs, rifles and pistols fitted with silencers.
Inside, they found one RPG launcher with three rockets, three AK-47 assault rifles and four sticky bombs usually used to blow up cars
The security agencies recovered three AK-47 assault rifles, two pistols, two satellite phones and other sensitive communication devices, and a quantity of explosives during the raid, it said.
The troops later discovered a huge cache of grenades, AK-47 assault rifles and a truckload of sulphur-based explosives in the possession of the six al-Qaeda suspects.
Then came long bursts of automatic weapons fire and pistols shots.
Troops also found a collection of mortars, rockets and machine gun ammunition in the village of Organi and a stash of grenades, rifles and armor-piercing ammunition near Lwara village in the last days of May, King said.
"We found different sorts of heavy weapons or light weapons: pistols, Kalashnikovs, machineguns, mortars, rocket-launchers," he said.
The munitions included air-to-air rockets, rocket propelled grenades, hand guns, machine guns, and BMG21 surface-to-surface rockets. They also detonated munitions around a mosque adjacent to the airfield.
Military faction (forces of Maldoum Bada Abbas)
After the clashes, weapons were seized from the homes of some dignitaries who were involved in the incidents, notably from the home of Lt-Col Kafine Chadallah, where 36 rocket- launchers and 337 rockets were seized, Col Deby said
Military faction (forces of Godefroid Niyombare)
Witnesses said rival factions of the armed forces, divided between supporters of the coup attempt and the president's loyalists, were exchanging heavy machine gun and rocket fire around the state television and radio complex, which is held by the president's supporters.
What's more, the general says, he has no apologies to make over the recent grenade attacks on the capital Bujumbura, for which he takes full responsibility
The rebellion when a rebel unit within the army opened fire on Patasse's villa with mortars and automatic weapons.
Major weapons systems were seized from the Russian military in 1992, and on the eve of the First Chechen War they included 23 air defense guns, 108 APC/tanks, 24 artillery pieces, 5 MiG-17/15, 2 Mi-8 helicopters, 24 multiple rocket launchers, 17 surface to air missile launchers, 94 L-29 trainer aircraft, 52 L-39 trainer aircraft, 6 An-22 transport aircraft, 5 Tu-134 transport aircraft.
In addition to small arms, the rebel arsenal included truck-mounted multibarrel Grad rocket launchers, a handful of T-72 and T-62 tanks, BTR-70s, some selfpropelled assault guns as well as anti-tank cannon, and some portable anti-aircraft missiles (difficult-to-credit reports suggest that these included U. S.-manufactured Stingers).
Such a squad might include two men with RPG-7 or Mukha (RPG-18) shoulder-fired anti-tank grenade launchers, two with machine guns, and possibly a sniper. Alternatively, it could comprise one man with a machine gun, one with an RPG, and possibly a sniper, backed up by one or more riflemen, automatic riflemen, ammunition bearers, and/or medics/corpsmen.
magazine and 6 live rounds of cartridges
Rounds of multi purpose machine guns ammunition