More Background On Croatian Weapons In Syria

Some more information for those of you interested in the recent New York Times piece of Croatian weapons being sent to the Syrian opposition by Saudi Arabia.

Myself and others made a number of earlier reports on the subject, before it was clear who was providing the weapons, with my first post on the subject back in January 16th followed by two more updates as I discovered more information

Are Yugoslavian Anti-Tank Weapons Being Smuggled Into Syria?

Evidence Of Multiple Foreign Weapon Systems Smuggled To The Syrian Opposition In Daraa

Foreign Smuggled Weapons Spread Northwards Into Syria

From February James Miller and Scott Lucas of EA Worldview also produced a number of posts on the subject

Someone is Arming the Insurgents...and It's Working

The Insurgent Offensive Against Damascus and the Foreign Weapons

A New Insurgent Alliance --- With New Weapons --- Is Changing the War

Why Europe's "Embargo" on Arms to Insurgents is Not an Embargo --- Scott Lucas with Monocle 24

Syria --- How and Why the US is Arming the Insurgents

Michael Weiss examined the appearance of these weapons on February 20th with "Who just started arming Syria rebels?".

As part of my research into the weapons in questions I've put together a number of Youtube playlists with all the videos I've come across showing these weapons in the hands of the opposition:

RBG-6 Grenade Launcher

M79 Osa Rocket Launcher

RPG-22 Rocket Launcher

M60 Recoilless Gun

It appears Croatian weapons aren't the only recently sighted foreign weapons in Syria, with Chinese MANPADS (surface to air missiles), and French rockets appearing on the field in recent weeks.

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