Conflict side archive

Taliban and allied militants Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment cataloged with Taliban and allied militants as the conflict side.

4 weapon systems

Landmine, Explosive ground mine, Infantry Weapons

Kurdish-Turkish Conflict, Mali War +2 moreLandmineExplosive ground mineBuilt: Various manufacturers / MultipleLandmines are explosive munitions emplaced under, on, or near the ground so a person or vehicle triggers the blast by presence, proximity, or contact. This entry covers the broad weapon class where sources document conflict use or fielded mine contamination rather than a single factory model.

AK-47/AKM rifle family, Selective-fire assault rifle family, Infantry Weapons

Colombian FARC Dissident Conflict, Haitian Gang Conflict +11 moreAK-47/AKM rifle familySelective-fire assault rifle familyBuilt: Various manufacturers / Soviet Union / Russia / China / multiple countriesAK-47/AKM-family rifles are Kalashnikov-pattern small arms derived from the Soviet AK-47 and 1959 AKM modernization, usually chambered in 7.62 x 39 mm. In the post-2015 archive they appear with FARC dissidents in Colombia, gangs in Haiti, PKK fighters, GNA scouts in Libya, insurgents in Mali, Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria, militants in Sinai, RSF units in Sudan, Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, and Houthi-linked supply chains in Yemen.

Improvised explosive device, Improvised explosive device, Munitions

Yemen Civil War, 2019 India-Pakistan Border Skirmishes +12 moreImprovised explosive deviceImprovised explosive deviceBuilt: Local fabrication by armed groups / VariousImprovised explosive devices are nonstandard bombs assembled from commercial, homemade, or military explosive components and triggers; this entry covers Houthi roadside and repurposed-ordnance IED use in Yemen, the Pulwama vehicle-borne suicide car bomb, Maute group booby traps in Marawi, and Boko Haram IED and mine-style attacks in the Lake Chad basin.

Type 63 107 mm rocket, Unguided 107 mm artillery rocket, Munitions

War in AfghanistanType 63 107 mm rocketUnguided 107 mm artillery rocketBuilt: State Factory 847 / Norinco and licensed or copied producers / ChinaThe Type 63 107 mm rocket is a Chinese-origin, spin-stabilized unguided artillery rocket fired from Type 63-family launchers and improvised launch arrangements. Its light weight, short range, and simple electrical initiation have made the family common in irregular indirect-fire attacks; in the War in Afghanistan, U.S. military reporting documented Taliban forces firing a Type 63 107 mm rocket at Camp Dahlke in 2018.