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Licensed Producers Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 3 weapon systems built or assembled in Licensed Producers, including infantry weapons and tanks, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

3 weapon systems

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Category Mix

Infantry Weapons2 Tanks1

Builder Links

Various manufacturers3 Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant2 Uralvagonzavod1

Conflict Coverage

2011 Syrian Civil War32014 Russia-Ukraine War32014 Yemen Civil War21980 Iran-Iraq War11990 Gulf War11994 First Chechen War12001 War in Afghanistan12003 Iraq War1

AKM, 7.62x39mm assault rifle, Infantry Weapons

2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War +5 moreAKM7.62x39mm assault rifleBuilt by: Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant / Various manufacturersThe AKM is the stamped-receiver modernization of the Soviet Kalashnikov assault rifle, chambered for 7.62x39mm and built around a long-stroke gas piston and rotating bolt. Adopted in 1959, it reduced production burden compared with earlier milled-receiver AK rifles and became a widely licensed baseline for later 7.62mm Kalashnikov-pattern weapons. CAR and ARES field documentation continues to place AKM and AKM-pattern rifles in modern conflict stocks, from Islamic State recoveries in Iraq and Syria to Taliban captures in Afghanistan.

AKMS, Folding-stock 7.62x39mm assault rifle, Infantry Weapons

2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil WarAKMSFolding-stock 7.62x39mm assault rifleBuilt by: Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant / Various manufacturersThe AKMS is the under-folding-stock member of the Soviet AKM assault-rifle family, retaining the stamped receiver, long-stroke gas system, select-fire controls, and 7.62x39mm chambering while shortening the rifle for airborne troops, vehicle crews, and compact carry. Conflict Armament Research and ARES documentation places AKMS-family rifles in Islamic State stocks around Kobane and in a 2022 Ukrainian police seizure from an alleged Russian saboteur, showing how older Kalashnikov-pattern rifles remain visible in modern war.

2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +7 moreT-72Main battle tankBuilt by: Uralvagonzavod / Various manufacturersThe T-72 is a Soviet main battle tank family built around a three-person crew, an autoloaded 125 mm gun, and a compact tracked chassis that entered Soviet service in 1974. Its long production run, licensed derivatives, and post-Soviet stockpiles made it a recurring armored vehicle in Iraq, Chechnya, Georgia, Syria, Yemen, Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Russia-Ukraine War.