Vehicles and equipment captured and operated by the Islamic State inside Syria

By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans

This list only includes captured vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment captured by the Islamic State may be higher than recorded here.

Although some of the tanks and artillery fielded by the Islamic State in recent offensives such as Kobanê were captured from Brigade 93 and Regiment 121 respectively, a great deal of effort has been put into avoiding double listings.

As almost all of the trucks captured at the various bases in Northern and Central Syria were already derelict years before their capture, they're not included in the list.

A list showing vehicles and equipment captured and operated by the Islamic State in Iraq can be found here.

Last updated on 31-3-2015.

Tanks (117)

• 81 T-55: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) (7, 8 and 9) (10 and 11) (12 and 13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26, 27 and 28) (29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34) (35, 36 and 37) (38) (39) (40 and 41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (55) (56) (57) (58) (59) (60) (61) (62) (63) (64) (65) (66) (67) (68) (69) (70) (71) (72) (73) (74) (75) (76) (77) (78) (79) (80, modernised by the addition of new mud guards, side skirts and improvised armour) (81, used as VBIED) 
• 6 T-62 Obr. 1967: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
• 9 T-62 Obr. 1972: (1 and 2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
• 14 T-72 Ural: (1) (2) (3) (4, 5, 6 and 7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
• 7 T-72AV: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7, later modernised by the addition of new mud guards, side skirts and different ERA layout)

 

Armoured fighting vehicles (9)

• 6 BRDM-2: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
• 2 MT-LB: (1) (2, both captured in Iraq)
• 1 AMB-S: (1)

 

Infantry fighting vehicles (25)

• 26 BMP-1: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15 and 16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22, modernised by the addition of a DshK) (23, modernised by the addition of a ZU-23 and slat armour) (24, used as VBIED) (25, used as VBIED) (26)

 

Military engineering vehicles (4)

• 4 VT-55KS: (1 and 2) (3) (4)

 

Trucks (16)

• 3 MAZ-6317: (1) (2) (3)
• 1 KrAZ-6322: (1, captured in Iraq)
• 5 M35: (1, 2, 3 and 4) (5, all captured in Iraq)
• 3 MTVR: (1, 2 and 3, all captured in Iraq)
• 4 Navistar International 7000 series: (1) (2) (3) (4, all captured in Iraq)

 

Jeeps (38)

• 1 UAZ-469: (1, captured in Iraq)
• 36 M-1114: (1, 2 and 3) (4, 5, 6 and 7) (8 and 9) (10 and 11) (12 and 13) (14 and 15)
• (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26 and 27) (28) (29) (30 and 31) (32) (33) (34) (35 and 36, all captured in Iraq)
• 1 M-1152: (1, captured in Iraq)

 

Recoilless rifles (5)

• 1 73mm SPG-9: (1)
• 3 82mm B-10: (1) (2) (3)
• 1 105mm M40: (1)

 

Anti-tank missiles (40)

• 1 9M14M Malyutka-M: (1)
• 2 9M111M Faktoriya: (1 and 2)
• 5 9M113 Konkurs: (1) (2) (3 and 4) (5)
• 6 9M113M Konkurs-M: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)
• 10 9K115-2 Metis-M: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) (9 and 10)
• 6 9M133 Kornet: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6, last two transferred to Iraq)
• 1 HJ-8: (1, transferred to Iraq)
• 3 I-RAAD: (1 and 2) (3)
• 1 BGM-71 TOW: (1)
• 4 HOT: (1, 2, 3 and 4, associated launch platforms not captured)

Towed artillery (61)

• 1 85mm (D-44) anti-tank gun: (1)
• 2 122 mm (M-30) howitzer M-1938: (1) (2)
• 1 122mm (D-74) Field Gun: (1, captured in Iraq)
• 20 122mm (D-30) howitzer 2A18: (1, 2 and 3) (4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (At least two transferred to Iraq: (1) (2))
• 34 130mm (M-46) field gun M-1954: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) (7, 8 and 9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17, 18 and 19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33 and 34)
• 3 155mm M198 Howitzer: (1, 2 and 3, all captured in Iraq)

 

Self-propelled artillery (4)

• 4 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika: (1) (2) (3) (4, used as VBIED)

Multiple rocket launchers (29)

• 15 57mm UB-16: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12) (13 and 14) (15, associated launch platforms not in use, could be mounted on pickup trucks instead)
• 3 107mm Type 63: (1) (2) (3)
• 11 122mm BM-21: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7 and 8) (9) (10) (11, 122mm launcher mounted on a Navistar International 7000 series captured in Iraq)

 

Ballistic Missiles (1)

• 1 Scud-B: (1, not operational)
   

Anti-aircraft guns (119)

• 35 14.5mm KPV: (1) (2) (3 and 4) (5) (6) (7) (8, 9, 10 and 11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21, 22 and 23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35)
• 3 14.5mm ZPU-1: (1) (2) (3)
• 6 14.5mm ZPU-2: (1) (2) (3) (4 and 5) (6)
• 1 14.5mm ZPU-4: (1)
• 52 23mm ZU-23: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5 and 6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21, 22 and 23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (38 and 39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52)
• 1 37mm Type 65: (1) 
• 20 57mm AZP S-60: (1 and 2) (3 and 4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
• (16) (17) (18) (19) (20, mounted on a Navistar International 7000 series captured in Iraq)

 

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (3)

• 3 23mm ZSU-23-4: (1) (2) (3)

 

MANPADS (7)

• 5 9K32 Strela-2 ''SA-7'': (1) (2) (3) (4) (5, last three transferred to Iraq)
• 1 FN-6: (1, transferred to Iraq)
• 1 Hwaseong-Chong: (1)

  

Static SAM systems (3)

• 3 S-125 Pechora ''SA-3'': (1) (2) (3, all operational when captured. Later abandoned)

 

Self-propelled SAM systems (1)

• 1 2K12 Kub ''SA-6'': (1, not operational. Associated missiles and radar not captured)

 

SAM missiles (14)

• 1 V-750: (1, for the S-75, not operational. Associated launch platform not captured)
• 13 V-600: (1, 2, 3 and 4) (5, 6, 7 and 8) (9, 10, 11 and 12) (13, for the S-125)

 

Radars (17)

• 1 P-12 ''Spoon Rest A'': (1) (2)
• 2 P-14 ''Tall King'': (1) (2)
• 2 P-15 ''Flat Face A'': (1) (2) (3)
• 1 P-15M2 ''Squat Eye'': (1)
• 1 P-35/37 ''Bar Lock'': (1)
• 4 PRV-13 ''Odd Pair'': (1 and 2) (3) (4)
• 1 RSP-7: (1)
• 1 SNR-125 ''Low Blow'': (1)
• 2 JY-27: (1) (2)

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (2)

• 2 Phantom FC40: (1) (2)

Aircraft and Helicopters (25)

• 1 MiG-17: (1, not operational) Around fifty additional inoperational examples along with several inoperational L-29s captured at Kshesh.
• 1 MiG-21M: (1, not operational)
• 9 MiG-21MF: (1, operational) (2, not operational) (3, not operational) (4, not operational) (5, not operational) (6, 7 and 8, not operational) (9, not operational)
• 1 MiG-21bis: (1, operational)
• 7 MiG-21UM: (1, operational) (2, not operational) (3 and 4, not operational) (5, not operational) (6, not operational) (7, not operational)
• 4 L-39ZA Albatros: (1 and 2) (3) (4)
• 2 Mi-17: (1 and 2, not operational)

Air-to-air missiles (14)

• 10 R-3S: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, associated launch platforms not in use)
• 4 R-13M: (1, 2, 3 and 4, associated launch platforms not in use)

(Special thanks to Luftwaffe A.S. and Memlik Pasha)
 
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