Vehicles And Equipment Captured By The Islamic State Inside Syria Until November 2014

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 most the trucks captured at the various bases in Northern Syria were already derelict years before their capture, they're not included in the list. does not include complete wrecks or gate guards and derilict MiG-17s captured at Kshesh/Jirah airbase. 

Be sure to check out Lost Armour for more recent updates on armour losses inside Syria.

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

(Click on the numbers to get a picture of each individual captured or destroyed vehicle)

Tanks (100)

• 67 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)
• 5 T-62 Obr. 1967: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
• 10 T-62 Obr. 1972: (1 and 2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
• 12 T-72 Ural: (1) (2) (3) (4, 5, 6 and 7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
• 6 T-72AV: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6, later modernized 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 (21)

•   21 BMP-1: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15 and 16) (17) (18) (19) (21) (22, modernized by the addition of a DshK HMG) 

 

Military engineering vehicles (4)

• 4 VT-55KS: (1 and 2) (3) (4)

 

Trucks (15)

• 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)
• 3 Navistar International 7000 series: (1) (2) (3, all captured in Iraq)

 

Jeeps (36)

• 1 UAZ-469: (1, captured in Iraq)
• 34 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, all captured in Iraq)
• 1 M-1152: (1, captured in Iraq)

 

Recoilless rifles (4)

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

 

Anti-tank missiles (24)

• 1 9M14M Malyutka-M: (1)
• 2 9M111M Faktoriya: (1 and 2)
• 2 9M113 Konkurs: (1) (2)
• 8 9K115-2 Metis-M: (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)
• 1 9M133 Kornet: (1)
• 3 HJ-73D: (1 and 2) (3)
• 4 HOT: (1, 2, 3 and 4, associated launch platforms not captured)

Towed artillery (54)

• 1 122 mm (M-30) howitzer M-1938: (1)
• 1 122mm (D-74) Field Gun: (1, captured in Iraq)
• 18 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)
• 31 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)
• 3 155mm M198 Howitzer: (1, 2 and 3, all captured in Iraq)

 

Self-propelled artillery (3)

• 3 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika: (1) (2) (3)

Multiple rocket launchers (28)

• 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)
• 2 107mm Type 63: (1) (2)
• 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 R-17 ''Scud-B'': (1, not operational)
   

Anti-aircraft guns (100)

• 29 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)
• 1 14.5mm ZPU-1: (1)
• 5 14.5mm ZPU-2: (1) (2) (3) (4 and 5)
• 46 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)
• 1 37mm Type 65: (1)
• 18 57mm AZP S-60: (1 and 2) (3 and 4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18, mounted on a Navistar International 7000 series captured in Iraq)

 

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (2)

• 2 23mm ZSU-23-4: (1) (2)

 

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 HT-16PGJ: (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 (11)

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

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (1)

• 1 Phantom FC40: (1)

Aircraft (20)

• 3 L-39ZA Albatros: (1, a total of three reported) 
• 1 MiG-21M: (1, not operational)
• 8 MiG-21MF: (1, operational) (2, not operational) (3, not operational) (4, not operational) (5, 6 and 7, not operational) (8, 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)

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)

 

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