Syrian Rebels Use Homemade Weapons Against Assad's Forces


Some groups of rebels in Syria are using home-made weapons in their fight against President Bashar al-Assad's forces.


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A fighter from the Tawhid Brigade turns domestic gas canisters into homemade rockets for use against the 80th Brigade base in AleppoReuters



Mortar shells are turned on lathes in factories and fired using a variety of improvised launchers. Homemade grenades are launched from giant catapults. Some enterprising rebel groups ahve even built their own armoured vehicles.



Sham II, a home-made armoured vehicle made by the rebels' Al-Ansar brigade, near Aleppo

Sham II, a home-made armoured vehicle made by the rebels' Al-Ansar brigade, near AleppoAFP



A Syrian rebel uses a PlayStation controller to navigate Sham II using screens showing the view of the homemade armoured vehicle's cameras

A Syrian rebel uses a PlayStation controller to navigate Sham II using screens showing the view of the homemade armoured vehicle's camerasAFP




The rebels do have an arsenal of conventional munitions – either captured from the Syrian army or supplied by sympathetic foreign countries. But there is also a thriving cottage industry making additional weapons out of whatever is available.


In this gallery we look at some of the homemade munitions used by the Free Syrian Army.



A Free Syrian Army fighter displays homemade bombs made from ornamental Christmas balls in Aleppo

A Free Syrian Army fighter displays homemade bombs made from ornamental Christmas balls in AleppoReuters



Free Syrian Army fighters prepare an improvised mortar launcher in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha district

Free Syrian Army fighters prepare an improvised mortar launcher in Aleppo's Bustan al-Basha districtReuters



A mortar attached to a car

A mortar attached to a carReuters



A Free Syrian Army fighter lights a homemade grenade before launching it on a catapult in the direction of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district

A Free Syrian Army fighter lights a homemade grenade before launching it on a catapult in the direction of forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal districtReuters



A member of the Free Syrian Army takes aim in Deir al-Zor

A member of the Free Syrian Army takes aim in Deir al-ZorReuters



Rebel fighters fire rockets from a handmade weapon launcher

Rebel fighters fire rockets from a handmade weapon launcherReuters



An improvised mortar shell made on an ordinary workshop lathe

An improvised mortar shell made on an ordinary workshop latheAFP



A rebel fighter prepares improvised mortar shells at his Aleppo workshop

A rebel fighter prepares improvised mortar shells at his Aleppo workshopAFP



A Free Syrian Army fighter makes improvised mortar shells

A Free Syrian Army fighter makes improvised mortar shellsReuters



A rebel fighter loads a rocket onto a rickety home-made launcher in the eastern Syrian town of Deir Ezzor

A rebel fighter loads a rocket onto a rickety home-made launcher in the eastern Syrian town of Deir EzzorAFP



Free Syrian Army fighters improvise a very basic rocket launcher

Free Syrian Army fighters improvise a very basic rocket launcherReuters



A member of the Free Syrian Army writes the name of a fellow fighter on a homemade rocket in Deir al-Zor

A member of the Free Syrian Army writes the name of a fellow fighter on a homemade rocket in Deir al-ZorReuters



Free Syrian Army fighters build an improvised military cannon, in Binnish in Idlib province

Free Syrian Army fighters build an improvised military cannon, in Binnish in Idlib provinceReuters



Fighters from the Amjad al-Islam brigades stand by an improvised artillery weapon in eastern al-Ghouta

Fighters from the Amjad al-Islam brigades stand by an improvised artillery weapon in eastern al-GhoutaReuters



Homemade grenades on a table

Homemade grenades on a tableReuters



Fighters from the Free Syrian Army's Tahrir al Sham brigade use a shotgun to fire an improvised grenade

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army's Tahrir al Sham brigade use a shotgun to fire an improvised grenadeReuters






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