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This list shows military equipment used by the mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War.The Mujahideen obtained weapons from many sources, mostly supplied by foreign sources, such as the Central Intelligence Agency’s Operation Cyclone, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the United Kingdom, and channeled through Pakistan.
6B4 (Zh-85) Ballistic vest. Issued between 1985 and 1986, the Zh-85t and Zh-85k provided chest protection against bullets in the front and spinal protection against fragments in the back. [ 3]: 42. 6B5 "Ulej" (Zh-86) Ballistic vest. Issued in 1988, it replaced the Zh-85t and Zh-85k vests. The Zh-86 covers a larger body area, and its ...
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign fighters.
Only used by Afghan National Army Commandos and Special Forces. M4s sold as part of a 2006 Foreign Military Sales package. Additional M4s sold as a 2008 Foreign Military Sales package. FB Beryl. Poland. Assault rifle. Used by regular units. Colt Canada C7. Canada.
The U.S. offered two packages of economic assistance and military sales to support Pakistan's role in the war against the Soviet troops in Afghanistan. The first six-year assistance package (1981–1987) amounted to US$3.2 billion, equally divided between economic assistance and military sales.
Soviet Union: Assault rifle [4] Type 56 China: Assault rifle: Captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] AKM Soviet Union: Assault rifle [4] AK-74 Soviet Union: Assault rifle [4] ASh-78: Albania: Assault rifle [5] AMD-65 [4] Hungary: Assault rifle: Unknown number captured from former Afghan police. [6] Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 ...
The Afghan mujahideen ( Pashto: افغان مجاهدين; Dari: مجاهدین افغان) were Islamist resistance groups that fought against the Republic of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War and the subsequent First Afghan Civil War . The term mujahid (from Arabic: مجاهدين) is used in a religious context ...
Throughout the Soviet–Afghan War, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) supported the Soviet military campaign as well as the communist government of Afghanistan. [ 35 ] [ 32 ] East Germany was one of the first and only nations to publicly endorse the Soviet invasion in 1979. [ 116 ]