Tag Archives: MANPADS

9K310 MANPADS captured from rebels in South Sudan

February 1, 2014 · by · in Ammunition & Ordnance, Arms & Munitions ID, Small Arms & Light Weapons · Leave a comment

  This post originally appeared at The Hoplite, the ARES company blog.  Seen at the bottom centre in the photo above is a 9K310 Igla-1 (NATO designation: SA-16 Gimlet) man-portable air defence system (MANPADS). The weapons pictured were purportedly captured by soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) stationed in South Sudan to protect key […]

9K338 Igla-S and other MANPADS in Syria

May 31, 2013 · by · in Arms & Munitions ID, Syria · 1 Comment

The image above, a screenshot from a recently uploaded video, appears to show a fully assembled 9K338 Igla-S (NATO reporting name: SA-24 Grinch) in the hands of rebel forces in Syria. The fighters, from the Alasala Watanmia Front, exhibit four different man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) in the video uploaded on May 30, 2013. From left […]

MUJAO fighters with 9K32 or 9K32M MANPADS in Mali

March 22, 2013 · by · in Arms & Munitions ID, Mali, Small Arms & Light Weapons · 2 Comments

This screenshot, a frame taken from the YouTube video seen below, shows a fighter of the Mouvement pour le Tawhîd et du Jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest (MUJAO) in Mali holding a 9K32 or 9K32M Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPADS). From the blurry video it is difficult to determine whether this is a 9K32 (NATO reproting […]

Anza Mk-II MANPADS in Libya

January 27, 2013 · by · in Arms & Munitions ID, Libya, Small Arms & Light Weapons · 3 Comments

Anza Mk-II Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS) have been observed in Libya. A source working with an NGO in Libya, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent me the images featured in this piece. These images were taken in 2011 at arms depots wrested from government control by rebel forces. The Anza Mk-II, developed at the […]