Syrian Rebels Use Homemade Weapons Against Assad's Forces
Some groups of rebels in Syria are using home-made weapons in their fight against President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
![rocket](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376136/rocket.jpg?w=736&f=ff2b8dcfde70eb301b0a04e73638fb4c)
Mortar shells are turned on lathes in factories and fired using a variety of improvised launchers. Homemade grenades are launched from giant catapults. Some enterprising rebel groups ahve even built their own armoured vehicles.
![sham 2 sham 2](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376140/sham-2.jpg)
![sham ii screen sham ii screen](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376142/sham-ii-screen.jpg)
The rebels do have an arsenal of conventional munitions – either captured from the Syrian army or supplied by sympathetic foreign countries. But there is also a thriving cottage industry making additional weapons out of whatever is available.
In this gallery we look at some of the homemade munitions used by the Free Syrian Army.
![bombs bombs](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376117/bombs.jpg)
![mortar mortar](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376123/mortar.jpg)
![mortar car mortar car](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376124/mortar-car.jpg)
![grenade slingshot grenade slingshot](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376121/grenade-slingshot.jpg)
![gun camera gun camera](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376122/gun-camera.jpg)
![syria weapon syria weapon](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376070/syria-weapon.jpg)
![lathe lathe](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376130/lathe.jpg)
![shells shells](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376127/shells.jpg)
![rocket rocket](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376135/rocket.jpg)
![rocket rocket](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376138/rocket.jpg)
![basic launcher basic launcher](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376131/basic-launcher.jpg)
![wrocket message wrocket message](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376134/wrocket-message.jpg)
![cannon cannon](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376118/cannon.jpg)
![artillery artillery](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376115/artillery.jpg)
![grenades grenades](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376119/grenades.jpg)
![shot gun shot gun](https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1376143/shot-gun.jpg)
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