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This is a list of equipment used by the Post Superportal Collapse City 17 Resistance.

Infantry weapons edit

Pistols
Makarov PM     Soviet Union Semi-automatic pistol Many thousands in service, most common service pistol. Large amounts recovered from Soviet era stocks.
Tokarev TT-33     Soviet Union Semi-automatic pistol Seen in use during the City 17 Uprising.
Stechkin APS     Soviet Union Machine pistol Small numbers in service. Used by Rebel security guards.
M9     United States Semi-automatic pistol Tens of thousands found in Combine storage facilities. Most examples in service were laser etched for distribution by the Combine.
Glock 17     Austria Semi-automatic pistol Limited number in service. Taken from Combine storage.
Name Image Origin Type Information
Rifles
M4     United States Carbine Several hundred captured from Combine deep storage facilities.
M16     United States Assault rifle Several thousand in A2 and A4 configurations captured from Combine deep storage. Some smuggled from City 12.
Steyr AUG     Austria Assault rifle Several captured from Combine deep storage facilities.
AKM     Soviet Union Assault rifle Thousands recovered from Soviet bunker complexes. Hundreds more smuggled from City 12 and 14.
Zastava M70     Yugoslavia Assault rifle Several noted to be in service by a Rebel armorer.
AK-74     Soviet Union Assault rifle Hundreds recovered from Soviet bunker complexes. More captured from Combine deep storage warehouses.
AKS-74U     Soviet Union Carbine Unknown number in service, taken from Soviet bunkers.
Samopal vz. 58     Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Assault rifle Known to be in use by units operating out of the Balkan Wastes.
SKS     Soviet Union Semi-automatic rifle Commonly used by Rebel scouts, many thousands acquired through smuggling or from Soviet facilities.
Heckler & Koch G3     West Germany Battle rifle Many examples captured from Combine deep storage. Also smuggled from City 12.
FN-FAL     West Germany Battle rifle Many examples captured from Combine deep storage.
M14 rifle     United States Battle rifle Many examples captured from Combine deep storage.
Submachine guns
Heckler & Koch MP5SD     West Germany   Pakistan Submachine gun Unknown number in service. Probably a copy made in Pakistan.[1]
PM-63 RAK     Polish People's Republic Submachine gun
Škorpion     Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Submachine gun
MP-40     Nazi Germany Submachine gun
Shotguns
M500     United States Pump-action shotgun
Sniper rifles
M40     United States Sniper rifle Small number in service with Rebel snipers.
SVD     Soviet Union Designated marksman rifle Standard issue marksman rifle for Rebel snipers, looted from Soviet stocks. Chinese Type 85 variants also used.
PSL     Socialist Republic of Romania Designated marksman rifle Unknown number in service, likely acquired via smuggling routes in the Balkan Wastes.
Machine guns
M249 SAW     United States Light machine gun Hundreds captured from Combine deep storage. Several more smuggled from City 12.
M2 Browning     United States Heavy machine gun Small number in service, usually mounted on technicals or static defenses.
M134 Minigun     United States Rotary medium machine gun Unknown, likely no more than a dozen.
DShK     Soviet Union Heavy machine gun Standard heavy machine gun. Most acquired from abandoned Soviet stocks, others found in Combine deep storage.
KPV     Soviet Union Heavy machine gun Unknown number, most are from captured equipment in Afghan Soviet war.[2]
RPK     Soviet Union Light machine gun
Zastava M72     Yugoslavia Light machine gun
Zastava M84     Yugoslavia General-purpose machine gun
PK     Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun Unknown number, most are from captured equipment in Afghan Soviet war.[3]
Grenade launchers
M203     United States Grenade launcher At least 1,394 M203 grenade launchers were captured from former Afghan National Army.[4]
GP-25     Soviet Union Grenade launcher Unknown number, most are from captured equipment in Afghan Soviet war.[4]
Sage Control GL6 Rotary Launcher   United States Grenade launcher Unknown number in service, possibly captured from former Afghan National Army.[5][6]
Mk 19     United States Automatic grenade launcher Unknown number in service, possibly captured from former Afghan National Army.[7]
AGS-17     Soviet Union Automatic Grenade Launcher

Anti-tank edit

Name Photo Type Origin Caliber Quantity Notes
M136 (AT4)[6]   Disposable recoilless gun   United States 84mm N/A
RPG-7[8]   Rocket-propelled grenade   Soviet Union 40mm N/A
RPG-16 Rocket-propelled grenade   Soviet Union 58mm N/A
B-10[8]   Recoilless rifle   Soviet Union 82mm N/A Some Chinese copies.[citation needed]
SPG-9[8]   Recoilless gun   Soviet Union 73mm N/A

Anti-Tank Missile edit

Name Photo Type Origin Caliber Quantity Notes
9M14 Malyutka   Anti-tank missile   Soviet Union 125mm N/A
9K111 Fagot   Anti-tank missile   Soviet Union 120mm N/A

Surface-to-air missile edit

Name Photo Type Origin Caliber Quantity Notes
9K32 Strela-2   Man-portable air-defense system   Soviet Union 72mm N/A
9K34 Strela-3   Man-portable air-defense system   Soviet Union 72mm N/A

Uniform edit

Name Image Origin Type Information
Military uniform
FAST Helmet     United States Combat helmet Unknown number in service, captured from former Afghan National Army.[9]
Advanced Combat Helmet     United States Combat helmet Unknown number in service, captured from former Afghan National Army.[10]
Spec4ce Camouflage     United States Combat uniform Unknown number in service, captured from former Afghan National Army. Woodland, Urban, Desert and Metro patterns in use.[11]
Universal Camouflage Pattern     United States Combat uniform Unknown number in service, captured from the United States Army during the War in Afghanistan. Used in unconventional warfare to attack government targets.[12]
MTV     United States Ballistic vest Unknown number in service, captured from former Afghan National Army.[13]
Army Combat Boot     United States Combat boot Unknown number in service, captured from former Afghan National Army.[13]
Traditional Afghan Sandal Sandal Unknown number in service, standard issue footwear.[13]

Armored fighting vehicles edit

Name Image Origin Type Number Notes
Tanks
T-54/T-55     Soviet Union Main battle tank 7+[2]
T-62     Soviet Union Main battle tank 5+[2]
Armoured fighting vehicles
Humvee     United States Military light utility vehicle 13000[14] - 22000[citation needed] ( At least 500 seen in active service, M1151 and M1152 variants)[15]
International MaxxPro     United States Infantry mobility vehicle 141[14]- 150[citation needed] (At least 70 in service)[15]
M1117     United States Internal security vehicle 630[citation needed] (At least 100 in service, in various configurations)[16]
M113     United States Armoured personnel carrier 150[citation needed]
BTR-60     Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier N/A
BTR-80     Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier N/A
BRDM-2     Soviet Union Scout car N/A
BMP-1     Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle 40
BMP-2[17]     Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle <100
L3/35[18]     Kingdom of Italy Tankette 1 At least 1 (not for combat)

Unarmored vehicles edit

Name Image Origin Type Number
Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck     United States Military truck at least 2[19]
Navistar 7000[citation needed]     United States Military truck 323
Ford F-350     United States Pickup truck Large numbers in service.[citation needed]
Ford Ranger     United States Pickup truck 900[20]
Toyota Hilux     Japan Pickup truck Unknown[21]
Toyota Land Cruiser     Japan Pickup truck Unknown[21]
Ford Cargo

 

  United States Truck 8[2]
M915     United States Military tractor unit 8[2]
GAZ-66     Soviet Union Military truck Unknown
UAZ-469     Soviet Union LUV Unknown
Ural-375[22]     Soviet Union Military truck Several thousand.[citation needed]

Artillery edit

Name Image Origin Type Number
Mortars
M1938     Soviet Union Mortar Unknown
PM-43     Soviet Union Mortar Unknown
M69     Yugoslavia Mortar Unknown[2]
Towed artillery
M114     United States Howitzer 12+
122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)     Soviet Union Howitzer 85 (some in operation, others for spare parts)[2]
Multiple rocket launcher
Type 63 multiple rocket launcher[23]     China Multiple rocket launchers
BM-14[24]     Soviet Union Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher At Least 1
BM-21 Grad[22]     Soviet Union Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher Unknown
Anti-aircraft
ZU-23-2     Soviet Union Anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon Unknown[2]
ZPU     Soviet Union Anti-aircraft heavy machine gun Unknown
ZSU-23-4 Shilka     Soviet Union Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 10

Aircraft edit

Fixed wing edit

Name Image Origin Type Number
Combat aircraft
A-29     Brazil Counter-insurgency aircraft 29+
Cessna 208 Caravan     United States Attack aircraft/Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance 38[25]
Transport aircraft
C-130 Hercules     United States Military transport aircraft 4[citation needed]
Antonov An-26     Soviet Union Military transport aircraft At least 2[25]
Antonov An-32     Soviet Union Military transport aircraft At least 3[25]
Cessna 208 Caravan     United States Military transport aircraft Unknown[25]
Pilatus PC-12     Switzerland Military transport aircraft/Special mission aircraft 1, 1 other rendered disabled by the United States forces.[25]
Trainer aircraft
Aero L-39 Albatros     Czechoslovakia Attack/Jet trainer 3 in process of restoration.[26]
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle     United States Unmanned aerial vehicle Unknown, captured from former Afghan National Army.[2]
Blowfish drone   China Unmanned aerial vehicle Unknown number on order from China.[27]
Various homemade drones[28]   Afghanistan Unmanned aerial vehicle Unknown

Helicopters edit

Name Image Origin Type Number
Military helicopters
UH-60 Black Hawk     United States Utility helicopter 44[29][30]
MD-530     United States Utility helicopter Unknown[30][29]
HAL Cheetak     France
  India 		Utility helicopter 2+[31][32]
Mil Mi-17     Soviet Union
  Russia 		Utility helicopter Unknown[30][29]
Mil Mi-24     Soviet Union Attack helicopter Unknown[29]
  1. ^ War Noir
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Disaster At Hand: Documenting Afghan Military Equipment Losses Since June 2021 until August 14, 2021". Oryx Blog.
  3. ^ Toi Staff. "As Taliban parades captured weapons, US still trying to gauge scope of damage". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Military Times was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Aftab Kochi (13 September 2022). "Taliban using rotary grenade launchers?". Twitter. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b Afghanistan Ministry of National Defence (21 September 2022). "Talibans with AT4s and GL6 Grenade Launchers". Twitter. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ^ Hilal Ghaznawi (11 September 2022). "Mk 19 Grenade Launcher in Taliban hands". Twitter. Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "How The Taliban Captured Billions Of Dollars Worth Of Weapons". greydynamics. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  9. ^ Forrest, Brett (2 September 2021). "Taliban seeking to expand capabilities with US weaponry". FoxNews. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  10. ^ Victorious Force 2
  11. ^ Iyabu, Ahmad (9 September 2021). "Taliban Troops Have Western-educated Military Characteristics, Are There Defective Afghan Soldiers?". VOI. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  12. ^ Cox, Matthew (30 May 2018). "Militants Killed in Kabul Attack Were Wearing US Army Uniforms". Military. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  13. ^ a b c Gannon, Kathy; Knott, Matthew (31 August 2021). "After 20 years, last US troops leave Afghanistan, Taliban declares 'enjoyable' victory". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  14. ^ a b Roblin, Sebastien. "One Month, 700 Trucks: Afghanistan's U.S. Military Vehicles Fall Into Taliban Hands". Forbes. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Taliban parade captured US military equipment in Kandahar". The Guardian. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  16. ^ Pandey, Vikas; Nazmi, Shadab (29 August 2021). "Afghanistan: Black Hawks and Humvees - military kit now with the Taliban". BBC. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Taliban Army Reinstates Armour Operations In Afghanistan #Shorts". Oryx. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  18. ^ "The Fiat-Ansaldo CV-35 in the Taliban victory parade". warfareblog. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Far From Finished: The Islamic Emirate Air Force". Oryx. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  20. ^ Elms, Victoria; Taylor, Jack; Parker, Adam (3 September 2021). "Afghanistan: The weapons left behind to the Taliban and what it means for the country's future". SkyNews. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Even Toyota seemed to know that the Taliban would take Kabul". Quartz. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Unusual Grad rocket launcher spotted in Afghanistan". VPK. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  23. ^ "Chinese-Made 107mm Rockets Are the Workhorses of Insurgencies (and Goons)". VICE. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  24. ^ "taliban's chief of staff visits border lines amid tensions with pakistan". Tehran Times. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  25. ^ a b c d e "The Taliban Air Force - An Inventory Assessment". Oryx Blog. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  26. ^ "The Taliban Air Force Commences Jet Operations". Oryx Blog. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  27. ^ "https://www.firstpost.com/world/afghanistan-taliban-to-buy-blowfish-drones-from-china-for-war-against-islamic-state-12043862.html". Firstpost. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023. {{cite news}}: External link in |title= (help)
  28. ^ "The work of a drone unit, reported in detail here for the first time, shows how the Taliban were able to win the war against the U.S.-backed forces in Afghanistan". News Line magazine. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  29. ^ a b c d "S/2022/419". United Nations Security Council. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  30. ^ a b c "MoD Repairs Two Military Helicopters". TOLOnews. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  31. ^ "Indian Cheetal helicopters in Afghanistan". militarizm. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  32. ^ "MoD Repairs Indian Cheetal Helicopters".
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