DIY weapons of Syria
Al-Shamiyah Front fighters inspect a new locally-made cannon named « Borkan » (Volcano) as it was being launched towards forces loyal to Syria’s president Bashar Al-Assad located in Aleppo artillery school, March 7, 2015. The « Borkan » is made out of four tubes attached to a loader, which can fire four shells at a time, and have a range of three kilometers (1.86 miles).
A locally made shell is launched by rebel fighters towards forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad at the frontline in al-Breij district of Aleppo December 10, 2014.
Rebel fighters make improvised mortar shells inside a weapons factory in the southern countryside of Idlib September 9, 2014.
A man works in a weapon factory in Aleppo countryside March 5, 2015.
A Free Syrian Army fighter runs to take cover after launching a mortar towards forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the Jabal al-Akrad area in Syria’s northwestern Latakia province February 25, 2014.
Leur presse (Reuters)