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Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War. RPD: Light machine gun Soviet Union: Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War. M2 Browning: Heavy machine gun United States: Provided by the United States. M134 Minigun: Rotary medium machine gun United States: Provided by the United States. DShK: 12.7x99mm heavy machine gun Soviet Union
United States: Pump-action shotgun: Captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] Sniper rifles; M24 Sniper Weapon System United States: Sniper rifle: Captured from the former Afghan National Army. [2] PSL: Romania: Designated marksman rifle: Unknown number in service captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] Machine guns; M249 ...
Weapons of Afghanistan ... List of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force; List of military equipment used by the mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War
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Battle: A group of roughly 75 Taliban militants mounted a frontal assault on a United States-led coalition base Battle of Garmsir: April 2008: 8 September 2008: Garmsir in the Helmand Province: Counterinsurgency: A Major US Marine offensive on the Taliban-held town killing more than 400 insurgents. Taliban forces withdrew from the town as a ...
provided by the KGB to Afghan units tasked with rescuing Adolph Dubs. [18] [19] 6b2 and ZHZL-74 body armor used by Sarandoy special purpose units. Ushanka Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan: Fur cap: Usually worn without an insignia [citation needed]
This list shows military equipment used by the mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War.The Mujahideen obtained weapons from many sources, mostly supplied by foreign sources, such as the Central Intelligence Agency’s Operation Cyclone, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the United Kingdom, and channeled through Pakistan.
This twenty-year armed conflict (2001–2021) is referred to as the War in Afghanistan [95] in order to distinguish it from Afghanistan's various other wars, [96] notably the ongoing Afghan conflict of which it was a part, [97] and the Soviet–Afghan War.