weapons the Taliban captured or procured
Taliban total
(343) old M16s
(95) M4s
(1) new M16s
(500) {its a guess} interesting foreign assault rifles
(57) pistols
(1) newer ak type rifles pistols
(2) very old smgs
(1) Old bolt action rifles
() new smgs
(134) Old or very common AK rifles or pistols
(46) military-grade helicopters (I'm guessing they at least repaired 1 at this point)
(30) Spare black hawk helicopter or M7 helicopter parts
(219) APCs or other armored vehicles
(51) tanks {that I haven't identified yet}
(6) Ambulances
(43) mortars
(38) Artillery pieces non-mobile
(4) mobile MRL
() Immobile rocket launcher systems
(7) RPGS unguided or bazookas
(39) RPG rockets or bazooka rounds
() Grenade launchers
(10) Grenade launcher grenades
(2) unarmed hand grenades
(11) Light machine guns
(8) Heavy machine guns
(2) longer range missiles
(7) medium range missiles
(7) drones
(3) New foreign sniper rifles
(270) civilian cars
(141) transport trucks
(17) Planes
I think I got a good portion of the Taliban gear because that seems like enough weapons to fight a war and at least keep a country from invading you. Over 1,000 rifles are enough to facilitate an operation. Because the US in its current less world police stage has about a couple hundred to a couple thousand active duty troops in each conflict country. Also, the Taliban probably have more I estimated one truckload of rifles to be 500 completely an estimate. There is also about 4,000 something sig sawyer pistols given to Afghani forces by the US in 2017 (most of those should've been surrendered to the Taliban I'm guessing that half were. The rest were sold on the black market and given to anti-Taliban forces) and there are 150,000 recorded assault rifles sent to the country. Taliban has their work cut out for them for reclaiming all of Afghanistan's weapons. I believe they have most of the vehicles and heavy heavy weapons that being said. Also, there is a lot more counting to do on my part.
2017-2019 Afghan forces were given unknown if the Taliban have them yet
(20,040) Hand grenades {let again assume Taliban got half}
(1,394) grenade launchers
(4,702) Humvees I bet most of those are scraped destroyed or sold on the black market being they have spent 4 years in Afghanistan
February 24 2024
Seized from bad guys except the taliban are badguys so…
(3) AK-47s
(1) Makrov
(6) AK mags
(2) Makrov mags
(2) unarmed hand grenades
(10) grenade launcher grenades
(9) Mortars
(5) packages of 440 7.62x39 bullets
26 held as weapons seized in different provinces | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Исламский Эмират Афганистан. (alemarahenglish.af)
December 10th 2023
(30) Spare aircraft parts for Black Hawk helicopters and M7 aircraft
Al-Badr Corps seizes several aircraft parts in Kandahar | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Исламский Эмират Афганистан. (alemarahenglish.af)
November 21st 2023
(1) PM md. 63 rifle
(1) M16
(7) Klashnikov AK-47 rifles
(3) AKS 47s
(1) AKS 74
(1) Short magazine Lee–Enfield Mk II
(1) RPG-7
Weapons discovered, seized in Baghlan | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Исламский Эмират Афганистан. (alemarahenglish.af)
2023 October 18 Taliban forces picture one of the guys looks European There are plenty of white-looking Middle Easterners but if they have foreign soldiers in their ranks training them that would be a bit concerning
(4) M4 recent models with attachments
(4) four helmets with night vision slot, radio, tactical gear at least 3 mags on each of them
https://x.com/Zubair0700/status/1714829440784777401?s=20
October 14th captured supposedly from a group of thieves and fraudsters who killed someone
(1) ak pattern pistol
https://x.com/Alemarahenglish/status/1713129233290055929?s=20
October 9th 2023
(1) Mi-17V5 helicopter with mounted PK machine guns
On October 7th 2023 weapons smuggler arrested
(48) Unknown pistols
(2) Kalashnikovs
Weapons discovered, seized in Paktia - Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Исламский Эмират Афганистан. | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Исламский Эмират Афганистан. (alemarahenglish.af)
2023 Oct 1st Oh shit is that man writing haters say it's staged
(1) M16 A3
https://x.com/Zubair0700/status/1708512054997598289?s=20
From September 22 to December 12th 2023 Taliban repaired
(12) Armored personnel carriers
(1) Battle tank
(6) Ambulances
Around 20 tanks, military vehicles repaired by 205th Al-Badr Corps | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Исламский Эмират Афганистан. (alemarahenglish.af)
September 21 2023 Iron smuggler thieves weapons confiscated
(1) Romanian PMD-63 aka the classic md-63 with its classic forgrip but wood stock
(1) a Russian AKS or Chinese model 56-1 aka the Chinese AKS under folding stock
(1) Russian AKM
(1) RPG
(2) RPG7V anti-tank rockets
(2) OG7V rockets
(27) mags (2) boxes of ammo
Also theres this random pistol not allowing me to id the aks
Weapons seized, 13 held on various charges - Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Исламский Эмират Афганистан. | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Исламский Эмират Афганистан. (alemarahenglish.af)
2023 5/27/23
(1) M240 machine gun
(6) AK type rifles
(1) RPG w rocket
https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1662558634180583425?s=46&t=zlMPYMuKwwuwLah2HB1-vw
2023 5/27/23
(1) Colt Model 933 (M4 Commando) pattern carbine with ~11.5" barrel
https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1662508595240370182?s=46&t=zlMPYMuKwwuwLah2HB1-vw
Criminal arrests after these guns are processed for evidence (assuming taliban controlled Afghanistan does that) the guns could definitely be utilized by their military if they run low on arms
I can't find the Toyota homing missile numbers but from memory, I could say there were about 7. I remember now the post said 7. I said 5 before but I was wrong.
2023
(1) PPSh 41
(1) AKS pistol {I think}
(2) Makorov pistol's
(1) AK-74
(12) Kalashnikov rifles
(3) PKM machine guns
(2) RPG's
(12) RPG rockets
(4) beretta 9 mm
(1) 1911
A bunch of knives
(2) M240's
(1) m16A2 I think
April 4th 2023 captured from isis K
(1) M16A2 rifle
(1) Romanian PM md. 65
(3) AKM's
8th of December 2022 captured by Taliban
(8) KPV and KPVT Heavy machine guns
https://x.com/CalibreObscura/status/1607787717936431105?s=2
2022
3 Pika machine guns, 12 Kalashnikovs, an RPG 18 rockets, hundreds of rounds and other high-voltage equipment were seized by the Ministry of Fisheries and Water in the third district of Kabul.
Sources https://twitter.com/talibanprd?s=21
Taliban 12/19/2022
(2) DPMS Panther LRT-SASS rifles,
(1) M24 SWS rifle
(90) M4 A1 carbines
2021 captures
(270) Ford Ranger light trucks
(141) Navistar International 7000 medium trucks
(8) Armored Navistar 7000 trucks
(151) M1151's
(27) 27 fifteen-ton M1117 armored cars armed with machineguns and Mark 19 automatic grenade launchers.
(21) Oshkosh ATV mine resistant armor protected vehicles
(13) or (35) {oryx number's} 122mm D-30 Howitzers
(13) shorter range mortars total
(2) yugoslav 82 mm M69 mortars
(19) unknown mortars
(3) 76 mm divisional M1942 gun's
(2) T-55 or T-62 tanks
(68) Soviet Ak-47's
(1) RPK
(1) Unknown sub machine gun MP40?
(3) PKM's
(1) M240
(4) RPG's
Numbers were originally by Oryx https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/ but the page got taken down Forbes posted it again without some of the listed items I tried to do my best to try to find them again
2021 I got this source later when I looked at older pictures of the Taliban take over of Afganistan
2021 during their victory over Afghanistan
Wayyy to many to count I estimated
(340) M16A2 rifles
A truck load of ASF rifles
Another photo
(3) Ak's
(1) PKM
(1) RPG
Afghan border patrol received 2006
(22,500) Smith & Wesson SW9VE self-loading pistols in 2006.
all of those ^ numbers are from Armament research
https://armamentresearch.com/arms-captured-by-the-taliban-during-their-conquest-of-afghanistan/
https://armamentresearch.com/arms-captured-by-the-taliban-during-their-conquest-of-afghanistan/<br>
Taliban fighter shows off pistol from Isis-k March 25, 2022
(1) M9 pistol
https://x.com/CalibreObscura/status/1507498109353566208?s=20
Taliban captured from isis-K March 3rd, 2022
(1) Type 56-1 AK with slab mag
https://x.com/CalibreObscura/status/1499547758457405441?s=20