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commercial Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged commercial.

6 weapon systems

DJI Matrice 600 weaponized quadcopter, Commercial hexacopter UAV, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsDJI Matrice 600 weaponized quadcopterCommercial hexacopter UAVSide: HamasBuilt: DJI / ChinaThe DJI Matrice 600 is a six-rotor commercial UAV platform designed for aerial imaging, payload carriage, and industrial work. In the Israel-Hamas War, reporting tied Hamas's use of Matrice 600-class airframes to improvised strike missions against Israeli surveillance towers, illustrating how an off-the-shelf drone can be adapted for attack use.

Chinese commercial UAVs, Commercial quadcopter UAV, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsChinese commercial UAVsCommercial quadcopter UAVSide: State Administration Council and allied forces / People's Defense Forces and ethnic armed organizationsBuilt: Various Chinese commercial drone manufacturers / ChinaChinese commercial UAVs are civilian quadcopter and multirotor drones from Chinese manufacturers such as DJI and Autel that have been adapted for wartime reconnaissance and strike missions. In the Myanmar Civil War, Reuters and ACLED reported that both the junta and resistance forces used Chinese-made commercial drones, with the junta procuring and modifying them for armed attacks.

DJI Matrice 300 RTK, Commercial quadcopter UAV, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsDJI Matrice 300 RTKCommercial quadcopter UAVSide: Ukraine / IsraelBuilt: DJI / ChinaThe DJI Matrice 300 RTK is a Chinese commercial enterprise quadcopter built around long-endurance inspection, mapping, and public-safety payloads. In the Russia-Ukraine War it appears as an off-the-shelf UAV in Ukrainian service, where donor-funded sets have been supplied for reconnaissance, observation, and front-line support tasks rather than as a purpose-built military aircraft.

DJI Mavic series, Commercial quadcopter UAV, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsDJI Mavic seriesCommercial quadcopter UAVSide: Ukraine / Russia / IsraelBuilt: DJI / ChinaThe DJI Mavic series is a family of Chinese commercial folding quadcopters that became a mass battlefield UAV in the Russia-Ukraine War and has also been documented in Gaza. Although designed for civilian imaging, models such as the Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Enterprise have been used for short-range ISR, artillery correction, situational awareness, target acquisition, and improvised attack roles.

DJI commercial UAVs, Commercial UAV family, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsDJI commercial UAVsCommercial UAV familySide: State Administration Council and allied forces / People's Defense Forces and ethnic armed organizationsBuilt: DJI / ChinaDJI commercial UAVs are Chinese off-the-shelf drones sold for civilian, professional, and enterprise use, but in Myanmar they became a contested battlefield tool for both the junta and anti-junta forces. The catalog entry covers DJI-branded commercial UAVs used for reconnaissance and improvised strike tasks rather than a single model family.

Drone-dropped fragmentation grenade, Improvised drone-delivered grenade, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsDrone-dropped fragmentation grenadeImprovised drone-delivered grenadeSide: Hamas / IsraelBuilt: Various manufacturers / VariousDrone-dropped fragmentation grenade is a field-adapted tactic that uses commercial quadcopters or similar small UAVs to release grenades onto exposed targets. In the Israel-Hamas War, open-source reporting documents Hamas using the method during the October 7, 2023 attack and Israeli forces using commercial drones to drop grenades in Gaza in 2025, making it a low-cost, short-range improvised strike method rather than a standardized grenade model.