Nearly two years after the start of Syria's popular
uprising, the conflict has evolved into a slow-moving, brutal civil war
with many players and no clear end in sight. Multiple rebel groups
across the country continue to fight President Bashar al-Assad's forces,
using any weapons they can get their hands on. While the rebels are
using many modern weapons, they've also come up with their own makeshift
solutions. In these weapons workshops, anti-aircraft guns are welded to
pickup trucks and armor shields are attached to machine guns and cars.
Mortar shell nose cones are turned on lathes and explosives are mixed by
hand. Homemade grenades are launched by jury-rigged shotguns or giant
slingshots in the urban battlefields of Aleppo and Damascus. Gathered
here are a few examples of the hand-built munitions of the Syrian
rebels. [38 photos]
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Syrian rebels prepare to launch a bomb using a homemade slingshot in
the northern city of Aleppo, on October 16, 2012. Lightly-armed Syrian
rebels who face the warplanes, artillery and tanks of loyalists have
turned to making their own weapons, even rigging a video game controller
to fire mortar rounds. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian rebels prepare missiles for launch near the Abu Baker brigade in Albab, 30 kilometers from Aleppo, on January 16, 2013. (Edouard Elias/AFP/Getty Images) #
A man works on an improvised mortar shell for the Free Syrian Army
inside a factory which previously manufactured steel and iron in Aleppo,
on February 18, 2013. (Reuters/Hamid Khatib)
A Free Syrian Army member smokes a cigarette inside a factory producing
improvised mortar shells, in Aleppo, on February 18, 2013. (Reuters/Hamid Khatib) #
Free Syrian Army fighters battle with regime loyalist soldiers, using
heavy machine gun, to dislodge a sniper from his position overlooking
the two main roads in the neighborhood of Askar, in Aleppo, on October
24, 2012. (Javier Manzano/AFP/Getty Images) #
A rebel fighter prepares to throw a homemade grenade toward Syrian
troops loyal to President Bashar Assad who are hiding in a nearby
building as they attempt to gain ground against rebel lines during heavy
clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, on November 04, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras) #
A Free Syrian Army fighter uses a catapult to fire a homemade grenade
at Syrian Army soldiers during a fight in the Arabeen neighborhood of
Damascus, on January 24, 2013. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic) #
A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft machine gun against a
Syrian Army jet in the Saif Al Dula district in Aleppo, on September
19, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) #
Syrian rebel fighters stand around a cache of homemade missiles in
Aleppo, on August 21, 2012. The rebels say they get explosive materials
from government shells which failed to explode. (Reuters/Youssef Boudlal) #
A young man works on the production of hand made missiles in a secret
factory in Al-Bab, 30 kilometers from Aleppo, on January 19, 2013.
Unexploded bombs are collected after government shelling, and their
components are recycled by rebel groups. Each day, nearly 50 missiles
are assembled for the Abu baker Brigade. (Edouard Elias/AFP/Getty Images) #
Syrian brothers who used to be musicians make homemade explosives for
the Free Syrian Army in the Ma'ar Shamarine village near Idlib, on
January 15, 2013. (Reuters/Ghaith Taha) #
Rebel fighters prepare to fight against Syrian regime forces in the
village of Kurnaz, close to the western city of Hama, on January 27,
2013. More than a dozen rebel fighters took up defensive positions in
Kurnaz with light weapons against Syrian army tanks roughly four
kilometers distant which were firing shells around them. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images) #
Members of the Free Syrian Army use a catapult to launch a homemade
bomb during clashes with pro-government soldiers in the city of Aleppo,
on October 15, 2012. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih) #
A Syrian rebel uses a videogame controller to activate the machine gun
of Sham 2, a homemade armored vehicle made by the rebels' Al-Ansar
brigade, in Bishqatin, 4 km west of Aleppo, on December 8, 2012. (Herve Bar/AFP/Getty Images) #
A Syrian rebel walks past Sham 2, a homemade armored vehicle, in
Bishqatin, Syria, on December 8, 2012. From a distance it looks rather
like a big rusty metal box but closer inspection reveals a homemade
armored vehicle waiting to be deployed. Sham II, named after ancient
Syria, is built from the chassis of a car and touted by rebels as "100
percent made in Syria." (Herve Bar/AFP/Getty Images) #
Free Syrian Army fighters prepare a homemade missile before they launch
it towards the military airport in north Aleppo, on December 23, 2012. (Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah) #
A member of the Free Syrian Army lies down on a bed next to weapons
inside a house in Aleppo's Saif al-Dawla district, on August 29, 2012. (Reuters/Zain Karam) #
A rebel fighter fires a truck-mounted gun toward a building where
Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad are hiding during heavy
clashes in the Jedida district of Aleppo, on November 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras) #
A fighter from the Free Syrian Army's Tahrir al Sham brigade looks at
an improvised shotgun, which is used to fire improvised grenades, in the
Arabeen neighborhood of Damascus, on February 9, 2013. (Reuters/Mohammed Abdullah) #
Fighters from the Free Syrian Army's Tahrir al Sham brigade light the
fuse of an improvised grenade, ready to launch it from a modified
shotgun, toward Syrian Army soldiers in the Arabeen neighborhood of
Damascus, on February 9, 2013. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic) #
A bomb maker from Abu Suleiman's group of rebel fighters wires pipe
bombs, which are detonated in specific areas to cut access to their
mountainous stronghold in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, on
March 20, 2012. Abu Suleiman, who finances the weapons for the unit
which carries his name, has assembled one of the multitude of armed
groups fighting the regime. (Frederic Lafargue/AFP/Getty Images) #
A Free Syrian Army fighter holds the head of a mannequin up to a hole
in a wall of a Syrian Army base to attract and locate a sniper during
heavy fighting in the Arabeen neighborhood of Damascus, on February 3,
2013. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic) #
Free Syrian Army fighters stand beside a locally made anti-aircraft
weapon near the Menagh military airport in Aleppo's countryside, on
February 17, 2013. (Reuters/Mahmoud Hassano) #
Free Syrian Army fighters use the electronic compass of a smartphone to
help them aim a locally made anti-aircraft weapon near the Menagh
military airport in Aleppo's countryside, on February 17, 2013. (Reuters/Mahmoud Hassano) #
A Free Syrian Army Fighter, on a vehicle mounted with an anti-aircraft
artillery weapon, speaks with his comrade before heading to Wadi
al-Deif, where clashes with forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar
al-Assad is taking place in Idlib, on February 6, 2013. (Reuters/Raed Al-Fares/Shaam News Network) #
Rebel arms maker Abu al-Fadhel shows off a row of homemade weapons
including a hand-grenade, a portable rocket-launcher, and various
rockets with explosive warheads at a location in Aleppo province, on
October 17, 2012. Lightly-armed Syrian rebels who face the warplanes,
artillery and tanks of President Bashar al-Assad's forces have turned to
making their own weapons to fill major gaps in their armories. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images) #
A rebel fighter carries an improvised explosive device as they try to
repel a coordinated attack using mortar, tank and aerial artillery fire
carried out by loyalists to President Bashar Assad in the Jedida
district of Aleppo, on November 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras) #
Free Syrian Army fighters fire a rocket towards a castle where
pro-government forces are based, in Harem town, Idlib Governorate, on
October 28, 2012. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih) #
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