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National Liberation Army (Libya), the Glossary

The National Liberation Army (جيش التحرير الوطني الليبي jaysh al-taḥrīr al-waṭanī al-lībī), officially the National Liberation Armed Forces of the Free Libyan Republic, formerly known as the Free Libyan Army, was a Libyan military organisation affiliated with the National Transitional Council, which was constituted during the First Libyan Civil War by defected military members and civilian volunteers, in order to engage in battle against both remaining members of the Libyan Armed Forces and paramilitia loyal to the rule of Muammar Gaddafi.^[1]

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Military units and factions of the Libyan civil war (2011)
Rebel groups in Libya

Abdul Fatah Younis

Abdul Fatah Younis Al-Obeidi (عبد الفتاح يونس, sometimes transliterated Fattah Younis or Fattah Younes or Fatah Younes; 1944 – 28 July 2011) was a senior Libyan military officer.

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Abdullah Senussi

Abdullah Senussi is a Libyan national who was the intelligence chief and brother-in-law of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

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Aeryon Labs

Aeryon Labs is a Canadian developer and manufacturer of miniature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.

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AGS-17

The AGS-17 Plamya (Russian: Пламя; Flame) is a Soviet-designed automatic grenade launcher in service worldwide.

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Ajdabiya

Ajdabiya (Aǧdābiyā) is a town in and capital of the Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya.

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AK-103

The AK-103 is an assault rifle designed by Russian small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov.

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AK-47

The AK-47, officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova (also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is an assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge.

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AK-63

The AK-63 (also known in Hungarian military service as the AMM) is a Hungarian variant of the AKM assault rifle manufactured by the Fegyver- és Gépgyár (FÉG) state arms plant in Hungary.

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AK-74

The AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года, tr. Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974') is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974 as a successor to the AKM.

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AKM

The AKM is an assault rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1959.

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AllAfrica

allAfrica is a website that aggregates and produces news primarily on the African continent about all areas of African life, politics, issues and culture.

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Alliance of Yemeni Tribes

The Alliance of Yemeni Tribes, sometimes referred to as the Yemeni Tribes' Alliance, was an alliance of tribes in Yemen opposed to the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Anti-Gaddafi forces

The anti-Gaddafi forces, also known as the Libyan opposition or Libyan rebels, were Libyan groups that opposed and militarily defeated the government of Muammar Gaddafi during the First Libyan Civil War in 2011, killing him in the process. National Liberation Army (Libya) and anti-Gaddafi forces are military units and factions of the Libyan civil war (2011) and rebel groups in Libya.

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Anti-tank warfare

Anti-tank warfare originated during World War I from the desire to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks.

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Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

The Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya consisted of the Libyan Army, Libyan Air Force and the Libyan Navy and other services including the People's Militia. National Liberation Army (Libya) and Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya are military units and factions of the Libyan civil war (2011).

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Armored car (military)

A military armored (also spelled armoured) car is a wheeled armored fighting vehicle, historically employed for reconnaissance, internal security, armed escort, and other subordinate battlefield tasks.

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Armoured personnel carrier

An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones.

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Assault rifle

An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine.

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AT-T

Artilleriyskiy Tyagach Tyazholiy, or AT-T (Артиллерийский Тягач, Тяжёлый (АТ-Т), meaning "heavy artillery tractor") was a Soviet Cold War-era artillery tractor.

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Attack helicopter

An attack helicopter is an armed helicopter with the primary role of an attack aircraft, with the offensive capability of engaging ground targets such as enemy infantry, military vehicles and fortifications.

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Autocannon

An autocannon, automatic cannon or machine cannon is a fully automatic gun that is capable of rapid-firing large-caliber (or more) armour-piercing, explosive or incendiary shells, as opposed to the smaller-caliber kinetic projectiles (bullets) fired by a machine gun.

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Automatic grenade launcher

An automatic grenade launcher (AGL) or grenade machine gun is a grenade launcher that is capable of fully automatic fire, and is typically loaded with either an ammunition belt or magazine.

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AZP S-60

AZP S-60 (Автоматическая зенитная пушка С-60, abbrev. АЗП (AZP); literally: Automatic anti-aircraft gun S-60) is a Soviet towed, road-transportable, short- to medium-range, single-barrel anti-aircraft gun from the 1950s.

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B-10 recoilless rifle

The B-10 recoilless rifle (Bezotkatnojie orudie-10, known as the RG82 in East Germany) is a Soviet 82 mm smoothbore recoilless gun.

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Badr, Libya

Badr (بدر, is a small town in the Nalut District in northwestern Libya, with a population of 18,693 as of 2010. Prior to the 2007 reorganization of districts, it was part of Yafran District. The town is currently home to the Alseaan (El-See’an) tribes, who moved into the area in the early to mid 20th century replacing the Al-Haraba tribes.

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Bani Walid

Bani Walid (Anglicized:; Banī Walīd, Libyan pronunciation) is a city in Libya located in the Misrata District.

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Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road

The Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road was a battle during the Libyan Civil War between forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and anti-Gaddafi forces for control of the towns of Brega and Ajdabiya respectively and the Libyan Coastal Highway between them.

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Battle of Misrata (2011)

The battle of Misrata (معركة مصراتة), also known as the siege of Misrata, was a battle of the 2011 Libyan Civil War for the control of Misrata.

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Battle of Sirte (2011)

The Battle of Sirte was the final and most decisive battle of the First Libyan Civil War, beginning when the National Liberation Army attacked the last remnants of the Libyan army still loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown and designated capital of Sirte, on the Gulf of Sidra.

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Battle of Tripoli (2011)

The Battle of Tripoli (ﻣﻌﺮﻛﺔ ﻃﺮﺍﺑﻠﺲ), sometimes referred to as the Fall of Tripoli (سقوط طرابلس), was a military confrontation in Tripoli, Libya, between loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi, the longtime leader of Libya, and the National Transitional Council, which was attempting to overthrow Gaddafi and take control of the capital.

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Bayda, Libya

Bayda, or Elbeida (or; البيضاء) (also spelt az-Zāwiyat al-Bayḍāʾ, Zāwiyat al-Bayḑā, Beida and El Beida; known as Beda Littoria under Italian colonial rule), is a commercial and industrial city in eastern Libya.

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Benelli M4

The Benelli M4 is a semi-automatic shotgun produced by Italian firearm manufacturer Benelli Armi SpA, and the fourth and last model of the Benelli Super 90 line of semi-automatic shotguns.

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Benelli Vinci

The Benelli Vinci is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured and sold by Benelli Armi SpA.

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Benghazi

Benghazi (lit. Son of Ghazi) is the second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 1,207,250 in 2020.

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Beretta 70

The Beretta 70 is a magazine-fed, single-action semi-automatic pistol series designed and produced by Beretta of Italy, which replaced the earlier 7.65mm Beretta M1935 pistol.

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Beretta M12

The Beretta M12 (Model 12) is a 9×19mm Parabellum caliber submachine gun designed by Beretta.

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BM-21 Grad

The BM-21 "Grad" (lit) is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union.

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BMP-1

The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle that has been in service from 1966 to the present.

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BMP-2

The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty,, literally "combat machine/vehicle (of the) infantry") is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s.

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BMP-3

The BMP-3 is a Soviet and Russian infantry fighting vehicle, successor to the BMP-1 and BMP-2.

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Brega

Brega, also known as Mersa Brega or Marsa al-Brega (مرسى البريقة, i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, the most southerly point of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Browning Hi-Power

The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol available in the 9×19mm Parabellum and.40 S&W calibers.

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BTR-60

The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs).

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Caracal pistol

The Caracal pistol is a series of semi-automatic pistols manufactured by Caracal International LLC a subsidiary of Tawazun Holding from the United Arab Emirates.

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Carcano

Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action, internal box magazine fed, repeating military rifles and carbines.

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Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle

The Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle (named after Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori, which initially produced it) is a Swedish-developed caliber shoulder-fired recoilless rifle, initially developed by the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration during the second half of the 1940s as a crew-served man-portable infantry support gun for close-range multi-role anti-armour, anti-personnel, battlefield illumination, smoke screening and marking fire, which has seen great export success around the globe and continues to be a popular multi-purpose support weapon in use by many nations.

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Centurion (tank)

The Centurion was the primary British Army main battle tank of the post-World War II period.

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Daewoo Precision Industries K3

The Daewoo Precision Industries K3 is a South Korean light machine-gun.

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Defense News

Defense News is a website and newspaper about the politics, business, and technology of national security published by Sightline Media Group.

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Degtyaryov machine gun

The Degtyaryov machine gun (Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny literally: "Degtyaryov's infantry machine gun") or DP-27/DP-28 is a light machine gun firing the 7.62×54mmR cartridge that was primarily used by the Soviet Union, with service trials starting in 1927, followed by general deployment in 1928.

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Democracy

Democracy (from dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.

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Double-barreled shotgun

A double-barreled shotgun, also known as a double shotgun, is a break-action shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two single shots that can be fired simultaneously or sequentially in quick succession.

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DShK

The DShK 1938 (Cyrillic: ДШК, for Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin large-calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun.

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East Germany

East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.

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EE-9 Cascavel

The EE-9 Cascavel (translated to Rattlesnake) is a six-wheeled Brazilian armoured car developed primarily for reconnaissance.

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Egyptian Armed Forces

The Egyptian Armed Forces (alquwwat almusalahat almisria, Egyptian (Coptic): ⲠⲐⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ) are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

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Emirates News Agency

Emirates News Agency (Wakalat Anba'a al Emarat), also known as WAM, is the official news agency of the United Arab Emirates.

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F-1 grenade (Russia)

The Soviet F-1 hand grenade (Russian: Фугасный > Fugasnyy 1, "Explosive, Type No. 1") is an anti-personnel fragmentation defensive grenade.

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First Battle of Brega

The First Battle of Brega was fought during the Libyan Civil War.

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Flag of Libya

The national flag of Libya was originally introduced in 1951, following the creation of the Kingdom of Libya.

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FN F2000

The FN F2000 is a 5.56×45mm NATO bullpup rifle, designed by FN Herstal in Belgium.

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FN FAL

The FN FAL (Fusil Automatique Léger, English: Light Automatic Rifle) is a battle rifle designed in Belgium in 1953 by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal.

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FN Five-seven

The FN Five-seven (stylized as Five-seveN) is a semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium.

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FN MAG

The FN MAG (Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général, English: General Purpose Machine Gun) is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier.

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FN P90

The FN P90 is a personal defense weapon chambered for the 5.7×28mm cartridge, also classified as a submachine gun, designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium.

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Free Syrian Army

The Free Syrian Army (FSA; al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces. National Liberation Army (Libya) and Free Syrian Army are Guerrilla organizations.

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Gaddafi loyalism

Gaddafi loyalism, in a wider political and social sense also known as the Green resistance, consists of sympathetic sentiment towards the overthrown government of Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed in October 2011, and his Third International Theory. National Liberation Army (Libya) and Gaddafi loyalism are military units and factions of the Libyan civil war (2011).

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General-purpose machine gun

A general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) is an air-cooled, usually belt-fed machine gun that can be adapted flexibly to various tactical roles for light and medium machine guns.

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Gharyan

Gharyan is a city in northwestern Libya, in Jabal al Gharbi District, located 80 km south of Tripoli.

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Glock

Glock (stylized as GLOCK) is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, striker-fired, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after becoming the top performer in reliability and safety tests.

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Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23

The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23 (ГШ-23) is a twin-barreled 23 mm autocannon developed in the Soviet Union, primarily for military aircraft use.

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Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1

The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 (also known by the GRAU index designation 9A-4071K) is a 30 mm autocannon designed for use on Soviet and later Russian military aircraft, entering service in the early 1980s.

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Heavy machine gun

A heavy machine gun (HMG) is significantly larger than light, medium or general-purpose machine guns.

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Heckler & Koch G3

The Heckler & Koch G3 (Gewehr 3) is a select-fire battle rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO developed in the 1950s by the German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch, in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned firearms manufacturer CETME.

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Heckler & Koch G36

The Heckler & Koch G36 (Gewehr 36) is an assault rifle designed in the early 1990s by German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch.

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Heckler & Koch MP5

The Heckler & Koch MP5 (Maschinenpistole 5) is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s by German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States to former president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.

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Hispano-Suiza HS.820

The HS.820 is a 20 mm caliber autocannon developed by Hispano-Suiza primarily for aircraft use, but more widely used in a series of ground-based anti-aircraft guns.

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History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Gaddafi became the de facto leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état.

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Humvee

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive, military trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General.

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Infantry fighting vehicle

An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support.

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INSAS rifle

The INSAS,https://static.mygov.in/indiancc/2022/08/mygov-999999999208486606.pdf or Indian Small Arms System, is a family of infantry arms consisting of an assault rifle and a light machine gun (LMG).

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Islamic extremism

Islamic extremism, Islamist extremism or radical Islam refers a set of extremist beliefs, behaviors and ideology within Islam.

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Islamism

Islamism (also often called political Islam) refers to a broad set of religious and political ideological movements.

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Italian invasion of Libya

The Italian invasion of Libya occurred in 1911, when Italian troops invaded the Turkish province of Libya (then part of the Ottoman Empire) and started the Italo-Turkish War.

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Jadu, Libya

Jadu or Gado (Jādū; script; Giado) is a mountain town in western Libya (Tripolitania), formerly in the Jabal al Gharbi District.

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Jalal al-Digheily

Jalal Muhammad Mansur al-Digheily, sometimes transliterated al-Dogheily, is a Libyan politician who served as the Defence Minister of Libya under the National Transitional Council during the 2011 Libyan civil war.

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Jordan

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.

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Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98 kurz, often abbreviated Karabiner 98k, Kar98k or K98k and also sometimes incorrectly referred to as a K98 (a K98 is a Polish carbine and copy of the Kar98a), is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge.

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Katyusha rocket launcher

The Katyusha (a) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II.

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Khalifa Haftar

Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Omar Haftar (Ḵalīfa Bilqāsim Ḥaftar; born 7 November 1943) is a Libyan politician, military officer, and the commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army (LNA).

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Koni-class frigate

The Koni class is the NATO reporting name for an anti-submarine warfare frigate built by the Soviet Union.

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KPV heavy machine gun

The KPV heavy machine gun (translit, an initialism for label) is a Soviet designed 14.5×114mm-caliber heavy machine gun, which first entered service as an infantry weapon (designated) in 1949.

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Kufra

Kufra is a basinBertarelli (1929), p. 514.

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Lee–Enfield

The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957.

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Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Libyan Air Force

The Libyan Air Force (القوات الجوية الليبية) is the branch of the Libyan Armed Forces responsible for aerial warfare.

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Libyan Army (1951–2011)

The Libyan Army was the branch of the Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the Libyan Arab Republic and the Kingdom of Libya responsible for ground warfare. National Liberation Army (Libya) and Libyan Army (1951–2011) are military units and factions of the Libyan civil war (2011).

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Libyan civil war (2011)

The Libyan civil war, also known as the First Libyan Civil War, was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya that was fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and rebel groups that were seeking to oust his government.

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Libyan Coastal Highway

The Libyan Coastal Highway (الطريق الساحلي الليبي), formerly the Litoranea Balbo, is a highway that is the only major road that runs along the entire east-west length of the Libyan Mediterranean coastline.

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Libyan National Army

The Libyan National Army (LNA; الجيش الوطني الليبي, al-jaysh al-waṭaniyy al-Lībii) or the Libyan Arab Army (LAA; الجيش العربي الليبي, al-Jaysh al-'Arabiyy al-Lībii) is a component of Libya's military forces which were nominally a unified national force under the command of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar when he was nominated to the role on 2 March 2015 by the House of Representatives, consisting at the time of a ground force, an air force and a navy. National Liberation Army (Libya) and Libyan National Army are rebel groups in Libya.

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Light machine gun

A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon.

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M113 armored personnel carrier

The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation.

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M114 155 mm howitzer

The M114 is a towed howitzer developed and used by the United States Army.

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M16 rifle

The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military.

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M18 smoke grenade

The M18 Colored Smoke Grenade is a US Army grenade used as a ground-to-ground or ground-to-air signaling device, a target or landing zone marking device, or a screening device for unit maneuvering.

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M1919 Browning machine gun

The M1919 Browning is a.30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

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M1938 mortar

The 120-PM-38 or M1938 was a 120 mm Soviet mortar that was used in large numbers by the Red Army during World War II.

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M2 Browning

The M2 machine gun or Browning.50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning.

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M2 mortar

The M2 mortar is a 60 millimeter smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used by U.S. forces in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War for light infantry support.

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M4 carbine

The M4 carbine (officially Carbine, Caliber 5.56 mm, M4) is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the United States during the 1980s.

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M40 recoilless rifle

The M40 recoilless rifle is a portable, crew-served 105 mm recoilless rifle made in the United States.

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M79 Osa

The M79 Osa (from lit) is a Yugoslav-made portable 90 mm anti-tank weapon made of fibre-reinforced plastics.

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Main battle tank

A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank,Ogorkiewicz 2018 p222 is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies.

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Man-portable air-defense system

Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable surface-to-air missiles.

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MAT-49

The MAT-49 is a submachine gun which was developed by French arms factory Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT) for use by the French Army and was first produced in 1949.

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MG 3 machine gun

The MG 3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union.

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Mil Mi-14

The Mil Mi-14 (Миль Ми-14, NATO reporting name: Haze) is a Soviet shore-based nuclear-capable amphibious anti-submarine helicopter derived from the earlier Mi-8.

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Mil Mi-2

The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name Hoplite) is a small, three rotor blade Soviet-designed multi-purpose helicopter developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant designed in the early 1960s, and produced exclusively by WSK "PZL-Świdnik" in Poland.

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Mil Mi-24

The Mil Mi-24 (Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers.

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MILAN

Missile d'Infanterie Léger Antichar (French for "Lightweight Infantry Anti-tank Missile") or MILAN is a Franco-West German anti-tank guided missile system.

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Misrata

Misrata or Misratah (Miṣrāta, Libyan Arabic), also known by the Italian spelling Misurata, is a city in the Misrata District in northwestern Libya, situated to the east of Tripoli and west of Benghazi on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata.

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Morocco World News

Morocco World News (MWN) is an English language e-newspaper with its headquarters in Rabat and Washington, D.C. It publishes news about Morocco and MENA region on a wide range of topics, including politics, economics, international relations, lifestyle, technology, culture, sports, and Western Sahara.

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MP 40

The MP 40 (Maschinenpistole 40) is a submachine gun chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge.

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MT-LBu

The MT-LBu is a Soviet multi-purpose fully amphibious armoured carrier which was developed under the factory index Ob'yekt 10 in the late 1960s, based on the MT-LB.

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Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011.

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Multiple rocket launcher

A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a volley gun.

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Nafusa Mountains

The Nafusa Mountains (جبال نفوسة) is a mountain range in the western Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya.

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Nafusa Mountains campaign

The Nafusa Mountains campaign was a series of battles in the Libyan Civil War, fought between loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces and rebel anti-Gaddafi forces in the Nafusa Mountains and, at a later period, in the surrounding plains of western Libya.

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Nalut

Nalut (نالوت) is the capital of the Nalut District in Libya.

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Nanuchka-class corvette

The Nanuchka class, Soviet designation Project 1234 Ovod, are series of corvettes (small missile ships in Soviet classification) built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1969 and 1991.

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National Transitional Council

The National Transitional Council (NTC) was a transitional government established in the 2011 Libyan civil war.

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Natya-class minesweeper

The Natya class, Soviet designation Project 266M Akvamarin, are a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Nimr (armored personnel carrier)

The Nimr is a family of all-terrain military armored personnel carrier (APC) vehicles, co-developed with Military Industrial Company and produced by Nimr LLC in the United Arab Emirates.

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Norinco CQ

The Type CQ is an unlicensed Chinese variant of the M16 rifle manufactured by Norinco.

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NSV machine gun

The NSV Utyos (НСВ, initialism for label; italic), is a Soviet heavy machine gun chambered in 12.7×108mm.

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Omar El-Hariri

Omar Mokhtar El-Hariri (– 2 November 2015) was a leading figure of the National Transitional Council of Libya who served as the Minister of Military Affairs in 2011, during the Libyan Civil War.

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Osama al-Juwaili

Major General Osama al-Juwaili (أسامة الجويلي) is a Libyan military officer who served as Minister of Defence in the government of Abdurrahim El-Keib, Libya's interim Prime Minister.

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OSV-96

The OSV-96 (Russian: ОСВ-96) is a Russian semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle chambered for 12.7×108mm.

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Palmaria (artillery)

The Palmaria is an Italian self-propelled howitzer using the 155 mm (6.1″) NATO-standard artillery calibre.

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Personal defense weapon

Personal defense weapons (PDWs) are a class of compact, magazine-fed automatic firearms that are typically submachine guns designed to fire rifle-like cartridges.

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Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965

The Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 (abbreviated PM md. 63 or simply md. 63) is a Romanian 7.62×39mm assault rifle.

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PK machine gun

The PK (Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's machine gun") is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed cartridge.

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Pluralism (political theory)

Classical pluralism is the view that politics and decision-making are located mostly in the framework of government but that many non-governmental groups use their resources to exert influence.

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Polish Press Agency

The Polish Press Agency (Polska Agencja Prasowa, PAP) is Poland's national news agency, producing and distributing political, economic, social, and cultural news as well as events information.

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Polish Special Forces

The Special Troops Command (Wojska Specjalne) is the special forces command of the Polish Armed Forces (SZ RP).

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Politics of Poland

The government of Poland takes the form of a unitary parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government.

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PSL (rifle)

The PSL (Puşcă Semiautomată cu Lunetă, 7.62x54mm model 1974, "scoped semi-automatic rifle") is a Romanian designated marksman rifle.

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Qatar

Qatar (قطر) officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf.

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Radio Poland

Radio Poland (until January 2007 as Radio Polonia, later "Polish Radio External Service" (Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy), in Polish legislation also named as Polskie Radio Program V) is the official international broadcasting station of Poland and is a part of Poland’s public radio network, Polish Radio.

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Ras Lanuf

Ras Lanuf ((راس لانوف, also: Ra’s al-Unūf)) is a Mediterranean town in northern Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra in Tripolitania.

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Ratel IFV

The Ratel is a South African infantry fighting vehicle.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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RGD-5

The RGD-5 (Ruchnaya Granata Distantsionnaya, English "Hand Grenade Remote") is a post–World War II Soviet anti-personnel fragmentation grenade, designed in the early 1950s.

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RM-70 multiple rocket launcher

The RM-70 (Raketomet vzor 1970) multiple rocket launcher is a Czechoslovak Army version and heavier variant of the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, providing enhanced performance over its parent area-saturation rocket artillery system that was introduced in 1971 (the NATO designation is M1972).

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Rocket-propelled grenade

A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired rocket weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead.

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RPG-26

The RPG-26 Aglen is a disposable anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher developed by the Soviet Union.

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RPG-7

The RPG-7 (Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomot) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket launcher.

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RPK

The RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, English: "Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun"), sometimes retroactively termed the RPK-47, is a Soviet 7.62×39mm light machine gun that was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the early 1960s, in parallel with the AKM assault rifle.

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S-125 Neva/Pechora

The S-125 Neva/Pechora (С-125 "Нева"/"Печора", NATO reporting name SA-3 Goa) is a Soviet surface-to-air missile system that was designed by Aleksei Isaev to complement the S-25 and S-75.

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S-5 rocket

The S-5 (first designated ARS-57) is a rocket weapon developed by the Soviet Air Force and used by military aircraft against ground area targets.

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Sabha, Libya

Sabha or Sebha (Sabhā) is an oasis city in southwestern Libya, approximately south of Tripoli.

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Sabratha

Sabratha (Ṣabrāta; also Sabratah, Siburata), in the Zawiya District, accessed 20 July 2009, in Arabic of Libya, was the westernmost of the ancient "three cities" of Roman Tripolis, alongside Oea and Leptis Magna.

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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi (سيف الإسلاممعمر القذافي; born 25 June 1972) is a Libyan political figure.

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Secularism

Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on naturalistic considerations, uninvolved with religion.

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Self-propelled artillery

Self-propelled artillery (also called locomotive artillery) is artillery equipped with its own propulsion system to move toward its firing position.

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Semi-automatic shotgun

A semi-automatic shotgun is a repeating shotgun with a semi-automatic action, i.e. capable of automatically chambering a new shell after each firing, but requires individual trigger-pull to manually actuate each shot.

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Shoulder-fired missile

Shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-launched missile or man-portable missile, among other variants, are common slang-terms to describe high-caliber shoulder-mounted weapons systems – that is: weapons firing large heavy projectiles ("missiles"), typically using the backblast principle, which are small enough to be carried by a single person and fired while held on one's shoulder.

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Sirte

Sirte (سِرْت), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya.

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The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe.

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The Socialist Republic of Romania (Republica Socialistă România, RSR) was a Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989 (see Revolutions of 1989).

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Soko G-2 Galeb

The Soko G-2 Galeb (from translation) is a Yugoslav single engine, two-seater jet trainer and light ground-attack aircraft.

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SPG-9

The SPG-9 Kopyo (Russian: СПГ-9 Копьё, transliterated Russian: Stankovyi Protivotankovyi Granatomet "Kopyo" - Easel Antitank Grenade Launcher "Spear") is a tripod-mounted man-portable, 73 millimetre calibre recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union.

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Squad automatic weapon

A squad automatic weapon (SAW), also known as a section automatic weapon or light support weapon (LSW), is a man-portable automatic firearm attached to infantry squads or sections as a source of rapid direct firepower.

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Sterling submachine gun

The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun (SMG).

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SVD (rifle)

The SVD (СВД; translit), GRAU index 6V1, is a semi-automatic designated marksman rifle/sniper rifle chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge, developed in the Soviet Union.

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T-34

The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank from World War II.

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T-54/T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War.

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T-62

The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank that was first introduced in 1961.

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T-72

The T-72 is a family of Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1971.

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Tank

A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.

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Tawergha

Tawergha (Berber: ⵜⴰⵡⴻⵔⵖⴰ, تاورغاء), also transliterated Tawargha, Tawarga, Tauorga, Taworgha, Tawurgha or Torghae, is, as of May 2021,Murray, Rebecca:.

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Technical (vehicle)

A technical, known as a non-standard tactical vehicle (NSTV) in United States military parlance, is a light improvised fighting vehicle, typically an open-backed civilian pickup truck or four-wheel drive vehicle modified to mount SALWs and heavy weaponry, such as a machine gun, automatic grenade launcher, anti-aircraft autocannon, rotary cannon, anti-tank weapon, anti-tank gun, ATGM, mortar, multiple rocket launcher, recoilless rifle, or other support weapon (somewhat like a light military gun truck or potentially even a self-propelled gun), etc.

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Third International Theory

The Third International Theory (نظرية عالمية ثالثة), also known as the Third Universal Theory and Gaddafism, was the style of government proposed by Muammar Gaddafi on 15 April 1973 in his Zuwara speech, on which his government, the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, was officially based.

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Tripoli Brigade

The Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade, also known as the Free Tripoli Guardian, was a unit of the National Liberation Army of Libya created during the First Libyan Civil War that merged into the Tripoli Protection Force. National Liberation Army (Libya) and Tripoli Brigade are rebel groups in Libya.

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Tripoli, Libya

Tripoli (translation) is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.183 million people in 2023.

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Truvelo Armoury

Truvelo Armoury is a South African firearms manufacturer.

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Type 56 assault rifle

The Type 56 (literally; "Assault Rifle, Model of 1956") is a Chinese 7.62×39mm automatic rifle, a licensed derivative of the Soviet-designed AK-47 (specifically Type 3 variant).

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Type 59 tank

The Type 59 (industrial designation: WZ-120) main battle tank is a Chinese-produced version of the Soviet T-54A tank, an early model of the ubiquitous T-54/55 series.

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Type 63 multiple rocket launcher

The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People's Republic of China in the early 1960s and later exported and manufactured globally.

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Ultimax 100

The Ultimax 100 is a Singapore-made 5.56mm light machine gun, developed by the Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS, now ST Kinetics) by a team of engineers under the guidance of American firearms designer L. James Sullivan.

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Warfalla

Warfalla (ورفلة) is a tribal confederation of mixed Arab and Arabized Berber origin that resides in Tripolitania, western Libya, mainly in their stronghold of Bani Walid.

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Yousef Mangoush

Yousef Mangoush, born in Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya, in 1950, is a major general.

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Zastava CZ99

The Zastava CZ99 is a semi-automatic pistol produced by Zastava Arms.

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Zastava M21

The Zastava M21 is a series of 5.56×45mm NATO rifles developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms in Serbia.

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Zastava M70 assault rifle

The Zastava M70 (Застава М70) is a 7.62×39mm assault rifle.

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Zastava M84

The Zastava M84 is a general-purpose machine gun manufactured by Zastava Arms.

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Zastava M93 Black Arrow

The M93 Black Arrow (M93 Crna strela) is a Serbian bolt-action 12.7×108mm anti-materiel rifle, developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms.

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Zawiya, Libya

Zawiya, officially Zawia (الزاوية, transliteration: Az Zāwiyaẗ, Zauia or Zavia, variants: الزاوية الغربية Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah, Ḩārat az Zāwiyah, Al Ḩārah, El-Hára and Haraf Az Zāwīyah), is a city in northwestern Libya, situated on the Libyan coastline of the Mediterranean Sea about west of Tripoli, in the historic region of Tripolitania.

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Zliten

Zliten (Zlīten) is a city in Murqub District of Libya.

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ZPU

The ZPU (meaning "anti-aircraft machine gun mount") is a family of towed anti-aircraft guns based on the Soviet 14.5×114mm KPV heavy machine gun.

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ZU-23-2

The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23×152mm anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon.

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Zuwarah

Zuwarah, Zuwara, or Zwara is a coastal city in north-western Libya.

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12.7×108mm

The 12.7×108mm cartridge is a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge used by the former Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries, including Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and many others.

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122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)

The 122-mm howitzer D-30 (GRAU index 2A18) is a Soviet howitzer that first entered service in 1960.

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130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)

The 130 mm towed field gun M-46 (130-мм пушка M-46) is a manually loaded, towed 130 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union in the 1950s.

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14.5×114mm

The 14.5×114mm (.57 calibre) is a heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge used by the Soviet Union, the former Warsaw Pact, modern Russia, and other countries.

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2A28 Grom

The 2A28 Grom also known as KBP 2A28 Grom, is the main armament of the Soviet-designed BMP-1 and BMD-1 infantry fighting vehicles.

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2K12 Kub

The 2K12 "Kub" (2К12 Куб; English: 'cube') (NATO reporting name: SA-6 "Gainful") mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level air defence system designed to protect ground forces from air attack.

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2S1 Gvozdika

The 2S1 Gvozdika (2С1 «Гвоздика», "Carnation") is a Soviet self-propelled howitzer introduced in 1972 and in service in Russia and other countries.

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9K32 Strela-2

The 9K32 Strela-2 (lit; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a light-weight, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile or MANPADS system.

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9K33 Osa

The 9K33 Osa (English: "wasp"; NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko) is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and fielded in 1972.

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9M14 Malyutka

The 9M14 Malyutka (Малютка; "Little one", NATO reporting name: AT-3 Sagger) is a manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) wire-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system developed in the Soviet Union.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberation_Army_(Libya)

Also known as 17 February movement, Army of Libya, Forces of Free Libya, Free Libya Armed Forces, Free Libya Army, Free Libyan Army, Free Libyan Forces, Jaysh al-taḥrīr al-waṭanī al-lībī, Libya National Army, Libyan National Liberation Army, Libyan People's Army, Opposition to the 2011 Libyan civil war.

, Degtyaryov machine gun, Democracy, Double-barreled shotgun, DShK, East Germany, EE-9 Cascavel, Egyptian Armed Forces, Emirates News Agency, F-1 grenade (Russia), First Battle of Brega, Flag of Libya, FN F2000, FN FAL, FN Five-seven, FN MAG, FN P90, Free Syrian Army, Gaddafi loyalism, General-purpose machine gun, Gharyan, Glock, Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23, Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1, Heavy machine gun, Heckler & Koch G3, Heckler & Koch G36, Heckler & Koch MP5, Hillary Clinton, Hispano-Suiza HS.820, History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, Humvee, Infantry fighting vehicle, INSAS rifle, Islamic extremism, Islamism, Italian invasion of Libya, Jadu, Libya, Jalal al-Digheily, Jordan, Karabiner 98k, Katyusha rocket launcher, Khalifa Haftar, Koni-class frigate, KPV heavy machine gun, Kufra, Lee–Enfield, Libya, Libyan Air Force, Libyan Army (1951–2011), Libyan civil war (2011), Libyan Coastal Highway, Libyan National Army, Light machine gun, M113 armored personnel carrier, M114 155 mm howitzer, M16 rifle, M18 smoke grenade, M1919 Browning machine gun, M1938 mortar, M2 Browning, M2 mortar, M4 carbine, M40 recoilless rifle, M79 Osa, Main battle tank, Man-portable air-defense system, MAT-49, MG 3 machine gun, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, Mil Mi-14, Mil Mi-2, Mil Mi-24, MILAN, Misrata, Morocco World News, MP 40, MT-LBu, Muammar Gaddafi, Multiple rocket launcher, Nafusa Mountains, Nafusa Mountains campaign, Nalut, Nanuchka-class corvette, National Transitional Council, Natya-class minesweeper, Nimr (armored personnel carrier), Norinco CQ, NSV machine gun, Omar El-Hariri, Osama al-Juwaili, OSV-96, Palmaria (artillery), Personal defense weapon, Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965, PK machine gun, Pluralism (political theory), Polish Press Agency, Polish Special Forces, Politics of Poland, PSL (rifle), Qatar, Radio Poland, Ras Lanuf, Ratel IFV, Reuters, RGD-5, RM-70 multiple rocket launcher, Rocket-propelled grenade, RPG-26, RPG-7, RPK, S-125 Neva/Pechora, S-5 rocket, Sabha, Libya, Sabratha, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Secularism, Self-propelled artillery, Semi-automatic shotgun, Shoulder-fired missile, Sirte, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Socialist Republic of Romania, Soko G-2 Galeb, SPG-9, Squad automatic weapon, Sterling submachine gun, SVD (rifle), T-34, T-54/T-55, T-62, T-72, Tank, Tawergha, Technical (vehicle), Third International Theory, Tripoli Brigade, Tripoli, Libya, Truvelo Armoury, Type 56 assault rifle, Type 59 tank, Type 63 multiple rocket launcher, Ultimax 100, Warfalla, Yousef Mangoush, Zastava CZ99, Zastava M21, Zastava M70 assault rifle, Zastava M84, Zastava M93 Black Arrow, Zawiya, Libya, Zliten, ZPU, ZU-23-2, Zuwarah, 12.7×108mm, 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30), 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46), 14.5×114mm, 2A28 Grom, 2K12 Kub, 2S1 Gvozdika, 9K32 Strela-2, 9K33 Osa, 9M14 Malyutka.

National Liberation Army (Libya), the Glossary

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