Weapons of the Salvadoran Civil War

The Salvadoran Civil War was a military conflict that pitted the guerrilla forces of the left-wing Marxist-oriented Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) against the armed and security forces loyal to the military-led conservative government of El Salvador, between 1979 and 1992.

Main combatants comprised: An eclectic variety of weapons was used by both sides in the Salvadoran Civil War.

The Armed Forces of El Salvador were equipped with Western-made weapons, mainly American and Israeli in origin, but also included Argentine, Portuguese, French, West German, Yugoslavian and Taiwanese military hardware.

During the early phase of the war, the FMLN likewise were largely equipped with Western arms and munitions, though as the war went on, Eastern Bloc weaponry began to play a major role.

Colt M1911A1 pistol
M16A1 assault rifle
Galil assault rifle
T65 assault rifle
Rifle, Cal. 30, M1D with M84 telescope and T-37 flash suppressor
HK 21 light machine gun
M2HB heavy machine gun
M72 LAW
M79 grenade launcher
M203 grenade launcher
FIM-43 Redeye canister.
Dassault MD 450B Ouragan fighter-bomber of the El Salvador Air Force on static display at Ilopango Air Base , San Salvador .
Arava 201 STOL utility transport displayed at the 1975 Paris Air Show prior to delivery to the El Salvador Air Force.
Tokarev TT-33 pistol
Makarov PM pistol
FN FAL assault rifle
SKS semi-automatic rifle
Dragunov SVD-63 sniper rifle
RPG-2 antitank grenade launcher with PG-2 grenade
KBM Kolomna 9K32M Strela-2M (SA-7b) missile and canister.