The Lebanese Civil War was a multi-sided military conflict that pitted a variety of local irregular militias, both Muslim and Christian, against each other between 1975 and 1990. A wide variety of weapons were used by the different armies and factions operating in the Lebanese Civil War. Combatants included:
- the leftist-Muslim militias of the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) coalition (1975âÂÂ1982):
- the Sunni Muslim Independent Nasserite Movement's Al-Mourabitoun militia (1975âÂÂ1988)
- the Sunni Muslim Popular Nasserist Organization's National Liberation Army (NLA) militia (1975âÂÂ1991)
- the Sunni Muslim Toilers League's Zafer el-Khatib Forces (ZKF) militia (1974âÂÂ1991)
- the Druze Progressive Socialist Party's People's Liberation Army (Druze PLA) militia (1975âÂÂ1991)
- the Sixth of February Movement militia (1975âÂÂ1986)
- the Union of Working People's Forces's (UWPF) Victory Divisions militia (1965âÂÂ1990)
- the Union of Working People's Forces-Corrective Movement's (UWPF-CM) Nasser's Forces militia (1975âÂÂ1990)
- the Communist Action Organization in Lebanon (OCAL) militia (1975âÂÂ1991)
- the Lebanese Communist Party's Popular Guard militia (1970âÂÂ2000)
- the Arab Socialist Action Party â Lebanon (ASAPâÂÂL) militia (1975âÂÂ1991)
- the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party's Assad Battalion militia (1950âÂÂpresent)
- the Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party (SALVP) militia (1966âÂÂpresent)
- the Syrian Social Nationalist Party's (SSNP) Eagles of the Whirlwind militia (1932âÂÂpresent)
- the Najjadeh Party militia (1936âÂÂpresent)
- the Shia Muslim Knights of Ali militia (1967âÂÂ1976)
- the Muslim Lebanese Arab Army (LAA), dissident faction of the Lebanese Army (1976âÂÂ1977)
- the rightist-Christian militias of the Lebanese Front coalition (1976âÂÂ1980):
- the Christian Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) militia (1961âÂÂ1980)
- the Christian Al-Tanzim militia (1969âÂÂ1990)
- the Christian Guardians of the Cedars (GoC) militia (1974âÂÂ2000)
- the Christian Tigers Militia (a.k.a. Al-Noumour, Noumour Al-Ahrar, Noumours, NLP Tigers) militia (1968âÂÂ1991)
- the Christian Zgharta Liberation Army (ZLA, a.k.a. Al-Marada, Marada Brigade, Mardaite Brigade) militia (1967âÂÂ1991)
- the Christian Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC, a.k.a. "Tyous" for short, also translated as the "Stubborn Ones" or "Les Têtus", "Les Obstinés") militia (1975âÂÂ1985)
- the Christian Lebanese Youth Movement (LYM, a.k.a. Maroun Khoury Group â MKG) militia (1969âÂÂ1977)
- the Christian Young Men militia (1978âÂÂ1986)
- the Christian Zahliote Group (ZG, a.k.a. Groupement Zahliote â GZ) militia (1975âÂÂ1981)
- the Christian Shuraya Party's Assyrian Battalion militia (1978âÂÂ1981)
- the Christian Maronite Monks militia (1975âÂÂ1980)
- the Christian Maronite League militia (1952âÂÂpresent)
- the Christian Army of Free Lebanon (AFL), dissident faction of the Lebanese Army (1976âÂÂ1978)
- the Druze Vanguard of the Maani Army (Movement of the Druze Jihad) (VMAâÂÂMDJ) militia (1976âÂÂ1978)
- the Christian Lebanese Forces militia (LF), successor of the Lebanese Front and the KRF militia (1977âÂÂ1994)
- the Christian Lebanese Forces â Executive Command (LFEC) militia, dissident faction of the LF (1985âÂÂ1991)
- the Kurdish Democratic Party â Lebanon (KDP-L) militia (1975âÂÂ1991)
- the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) urban guerrilla group (1975âÂÂ1991)
- the Alawite Arab Democratic Party's Arab Red Knights (ARK) militia (1981âÂÂ1991)
- the Shia Muslim Amal Movement militia (1975âÂÂpresent)
- the Shia Muslim Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) urban guerrilla group (1983âÂÂ1992)
- the Shia Muslim Hezbollah guerrilla group (1985âÂÂpresent)
- the Sunni Muslim Islamic Unification Movement (IUM, a.k.a. Al-Tawheed) militia (1982âÂÂpresent)
- the United Nasserite Organization (UNO) guerrilla group (1986âÂÂ1991)
- the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF) urban guerrilla group (1979âÂÂ1988)
- the Lebanese Liberation Front (LLF) urban guerrilla group (1987âÂÂ1989)
- the Popular Revolutionary Resistance Organization (PRRO) urban guerrilla group (1987âÂÂ1990)
- the Front for the Liberation of Lebanon from Foreigners (FLLF) Israeli-backed urban guerrilla group (1980âÂÂ1983)
- the Liberation Battalion urban guerrilla group (1987âÂÂ1988)
- the Sons of the South (SotS) guerrilla group (1983âÂÂ1995)
- the South Lebanon Army (SLA) militia (1978âÂÂ2000)
- the official Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Internal Security Forces (ISF), led by the Lebanese government
- the mainstream Palestinian guerrilla factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the breakaway Rejectionist Front (present in Lebanon from 1968 to 1983)
- the Palestine Liberation Army (present in Lebanon from 1976 to 1990)
- the Syrian Arab Armed Forces (present in Lebanon from 1976 to 2005)
- the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (present in Lebanon from 1978 to 2000)
- in between, a plethora of irregular Lebanese armed groups that emerged from the wrecks of both the LNM and the Lebanese Front alliances, after their collapse in the early 1980s.
Weapons and equipment
The list below comprises all the weapons and equipment employed by the LNM, Lebanese Front, LAA, AFL, LF, IUM, Hezbollah, Al-Mourabitoun, NLA, Druze PLA, SLA, LAF, ISF, and lesser Lebanese groups (please note: the Syrian Army, PLO, Palestinian PLA and IDF are not included on this list).
Grenade systems
Land mine systems
Anti-tank rocket and grenade launchers
Rocket and missile systems
Armoured vehicles
Vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices
Naval craft
See also
Notes
References
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