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War Noir @war_noir

Independent Weapons and Conflicts researcher | Mostly focuses on Armaments and Weapons Including Illicit Sales | Co-Founder : @MilitantWire ✍️ Joined December 2019
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War Noir @war_noir

2 hours ago

#Syria 🇸🇾: New photos posted by the "Katibat al-Ghuraba al-Turkistan" (#Uzbek, #Tajik, #Uyghur militants affiliated with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham). The militants display a 'T-72' Tank with 125mm 2A46M cannon that captured recently from Syrian Arab Army (#SAA) in #Aleppo.

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3 hours ago

#Russia / #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: New photos posted by the "Siberian Battalion" —formed by #Russian fighters as a part of #Ukrainian Forces. The group can be seen with a rare Heckler & Koch MG5 machine gun (from #Germany 🇩🇪) and CZ BREN-2 rifles (from #Czechia 🇨🇿). #UkraineRussiaWar

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War Noir @war_noir

4 hours ago

#Yemen / #USA / #Palestine / #Israel 🇾🇪🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱: Ansar Allah (#Houthis) shot down an MQ-9 Reaper UCAV which was noteably armed with modern AGM-179 JAGM missile. The UCAV was seemingly shot down with a possible #Iran-made 🇮🇷 'Taer-1' / 'Barq-1/2' surface-to-air missile (SAM).

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War Noir @war_noir

6 hours ago

#Myanmar (#Burma) 🇲🇲: People's Defense Forces (#PDF) shot and killed a Police officer in #Dawei, #Tanintharyi Region. Fighters seem to be armed with 5.56x45mm #NATO M16A1 rifle (Colt 603), M4-pattern carbine and 7.62x39mm #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 56-1 rifle. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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War Noir @war_noir

7 hours ago

#Iraq 🇮🇶: A drone attack targeted the Khor Mor Gas field in #Sulaymaniyah, #Kurdistan Reg Gov that resulted in the death of 4 workers. The attack was carried out with a #Iran-designed 🇮🇷 'Murad-5' ('Shahed-101') drone which is frequently used by 'Islamic Resistance in Iraq'.

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War Noir @war_noir

13 hours ago

#Syria 🇸🇾: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (#HTS) militants captured a tank from the 46th Regiment of Syrian Arab Army (#SAA) in Western country side of #Aleppo. The captured tank seems to be a possible T-72 Main Battle Tank with 125mm 2A46M smoothbore cannon.

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War Noir @war_noir

14 hours ago

#Philippines 🇵🇭: #AFP killed 11 militants and leader of the 'Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters' (#BIFF) Karialan Faction in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, #Mindanao. As a result rare GA M4A1 carbine, M16A1 rifles (Colt 603/613P), M16A1 carbines (Colt 653/653P), M14 rifles were captured.

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War Noir @war_noir

21 hours ago

#Iraq / #Palestine / #Israel 🇮🇶🇵🇸🇮🇱: "Islamic Resistance in Iraq" reportedly carried out a drone attack against the city of #Haifa. The alleged attack was carried out with a rather common #Iran-designed 🇮🇷 'Murad-5' ('Shahed-101') loitering munition.

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War Noir @war_noir

22 hours ago

#Brazil 🇧🇷: Security Forces conducted large scale operations against "Comando Vermelho" (#CV 🚩) in #Penha and #Alemão, #RiodeJaneiro. A select-fire 5.56x45mm #NATO M4-pattern carbine, .50 Cal ammo, fake AK/AR rifles, improvised hand grenades, drugs etc... were captured from CV.

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War Noir @war_noir

a day ago

#Russia / #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: #Ukrainian Forces arrested illegal arms dealers and captured various weapons in #Zhytomyr. AK-12 & AK-74M rifles (trophy from #Russian Forces), RPO-A Shmel thermobaric rocket launcher, RPG-22 rocket launcher, OF37 grenade (from #France 🇫🇷), F-1/RGD-5…

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Matt Schroeder @MSchroeder77

a day ago

Our report on illicit proliferation of MANPADS in the Middle East and North Africa is out! TONS of data and imagery on, inter alia, the increasing prevalence of illicit Chinese-designed MANPADS in the region and Iran's role in this proliferation smallarmssurvey.org/resource/persi…

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War Noir @war_noir

a day ago

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #ISWAP (#ISIS - West Africa) militants killed a "militia member" affiliated with Nigerian Army in #Borno State. The militant appears to be carrying an uncommon #Serbia-made 🇷🇸 Zastava M21S assault rifle (5.56x45mm #NATO) which was smuggled from #Cameroon 🇨🇲.

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War Noir @war_noir

a day ago

#Lebanon / #Palestine / #Israel 🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱: #Hezbollah carried out attacks against #IDF convoy and military site in the Kafr Shuba hills. The group used #Russia-made 🇷🇺 9M133-1 'Kornet-E' / #Iran-made 🇮🇷 'Dehlavieh' missiles along with possible 107mm Fadjr-1 / Type 63-2 HE rockets.

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War Noir @war_noir

a day ago

#Myanmar (#Burma) 🇲🇲: People's Defense Forces (#PDF) shot a former military officer in the village of Kyai Pi, Myaungmya District, #Ayeyarwady Region. A fighter of the group was seemingly carried out the attack with a possible Glock 19 pattern pistol. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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War Noir @war_noir

a day ago

#India (#Bharat) 🇮🇳: #Meitei militias reportedly carried out an attack on #Kuki militias in city of #Manipur. Militias used a rare Indian 40mm Multi Grenade Launcher (MGL), INSAS 1B1 assault rifle and SLR 1A1 rifle. The weapons seem to be obtained from domestic (Indian) stocks.

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War Noir @war_noir

2 days ago

#Somalia 🇸🇴: Al-Shabaab (part of #AlQaeda) carried out an attack on Somalian soldiers in the city of Baidoga in Bay Region. Militants were armed with common #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 56-1 assault rifles. Additionally Type 3 AK-47 rifle and AKM rifle were captured by the militants.

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War Noir @war_noir

2 days ago

#Mozambique 🇲🇿: #ISIS militants raided a village located in #CaboDelgado Province. Militants were seemingly armed with common #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 56-1 assault rifles, AKM assault rifles and PK-pattern machine guns.

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War Noir @war_noir

2 days ago

#Iraq / #Israel 🇮🇶🇮🇱: "Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada" (part of Islamic Resistance in Iraq) released a new video of their training. Group uses 5.45mm #Russia-made 🇷🇺 "AKS20U" (АКС20У) carbines, #USA-made 🇺🇸 M136 AT4 anti-tank weapon, #Iran-made 🇮🇷 AM-50 "Sayyad" anti-materiel rifle.

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War Noir @war_noir

2 days ago

#Syria 🇸🇾: A new photo posted by a #Chechen militant of Ajnad al-Kavkaz (affiliated with #HTS) in #Idlib. The militant displays an early 5.56x45mm #NATO Steyr AUG A1 rifle, an AK-104 carbine, AKS-74U carbines and an AK-103-2 rifle (from #Libya 🇱🇾).

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War Noir @war_noir

3 days ago

#Lebanon / #Palestine / #Israel 🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱: #Hezbollah carried out a missile strike on an #IDF 'Merkava' Tank in town of #Metula. The group used a #Russia-made 🇷🇺 9M133-1 'Kornet-E' / #Iran-made 🇮🇷 'Dehlavieh' Anti-Tank missile —noteably with multiple thermal cameras.

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