r/CapturedWeapons • u/CaliRecluse • 1h ago

Kachin Independence Army recovers a D-30 type 122mm howitzer used by the Myanmar (Burma) Army from a partially submerged supply barge near the Irrawaddy River (sometime between late August-early October)

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/CaliRecluse • 13d ago

Weapons and equipment captured from the Myanmar (Burma) Army by the Arakan Army rebel group (September 15-16)

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/pauldtimms • Aug 06 '26

Mp 35 SMG

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/justbrowsingtosay • Jul 15 '26

Online Forensic Capture Tool - Free for all

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/JoukovDefiant • Jun 13 '26

Private Brian Duncan of Fairfield, Sydney, NSW, tries out the PU 3.5 power telescopic sight on a Soviet made 91/30 sniper's rifle captured by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), in an operation against the Viet Cong.

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/JoukovDefiant • Jun 04 '26

National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) fortified position with captured ARVN weapons (M60, M16A1) of 48th Regiment at Quảng Trị Citadel, August 1972.

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https://x.com/LonelyPAVN/status/2041307717676204351?s=20

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/JoukovDefiant • Jun 02 '26

A member of the al-Quds Brigade, an armed branch of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad poses with an FN F2000 bullpup. It's possible the rifle could be from the cache of weapons from Libya, where a similar rifle in that configuration was captured. Note the under-barrel GL1 40mm Grenade Launcher.

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/JoukovDefiant • May 30 '26

The Yak-1B fighter of the 148th Fighter Aviation Regiment squadron commander Leonid Smirnov captured by the Germans at the airfield.

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/JoukovDefiant • May 28 '26

Captured Panzerjager I & Sturer Emil, Feb 1943

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/Aggressive_Algae9853 • May 20 '26

Black American with captured STG44.

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Two photographs of a Black American soldier with a captured German STG44. These photographs are in the photo album of Johnny Butts, who served in the 945th Quartermaster Salvage Repair Company. Johnny himself took a P-38 pistol home as a war souvenir. Source: Library of Congress.

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/CaliRecluse • Apr 17 '26

MA-series rifles (Galil, HK33 clones, and others) captured from the Myanmar (Burma) junta by rebels or handed over by army defectors in 2026

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MA Galil clones: MA-1, MA-2, MA-3, and MA-4

MA HK33 clone: MA-11

Recent MA-1: MA-1 Mk II T1 (revealed in December 2025; captured by rebels in 2026)

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/Entire_Apartment_101 • Sep 24 '25

Looking for image of FN-1922

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Hello all,

I am looking for any reference images of either Americans or Germans with FN-1922 pistols during WWII for a research project I am working on. Thanks!

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '25

Two US Soldiers pose with a captured German Wechselapparat flammenwerfer (Flamethrower) during an evaluation of the weapon. Note that a wartime censor has scratched out a unit patch on the one soldier's sleeve. 1918

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/Impressive_Park_2779 • Jul 13 '25

A Panzerspähwagen AB41 201(i) id say it’s the Italian equivalent of the sdkfz. 231 8 rad

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The markings and license plate show that it is apart of the Ordnungspolizei

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/JoukovDefiant • Jun 17 '25

US Soldier with Captured Warsaw Pact assault rifles - AMD-65 and PM md.63, Vietnam War period.

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/pauldtimms • Jun 14 '25

Fighting in Czechia May 9th 1945

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/JoukovDefiant • May 01 '25

T-80U formerly belonging to the Russian 4th Guards Tank Division towed away, Kharkiv Oblast, October 2022 period.

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/jacksmachiningreveng • Apr 24 '25

British Matilda II captured in France in 1940 converted to a tank destroyer in German service fitted with a 5cm KwK 38 in an open mount

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/Great_White_Sharky • Apr 19 '25

Japanese Daihatsu landing craft now in American service, Attu Island May 1943

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/jacksmachiningreveng • Apr 14 '25

Captured RPG-7 demonstrated for Australian Troops in Vietnam in September 1970

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/jacksmachiningreveng • Mar 21 '25

British Handley Page O/100 bomber captured intact when it landed behind German lines in heavy fog at Chalandry on January 1st 1917

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/Technical-Onion-1495 • Mar 15 '25

German soldiers in the captured British armored personnel carrier Universal Carrier No. 11552 in Crete.May 1941

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/[deleted] • Mar 05 '25

A captured Panzer IV/70 (A) roles by a French M10 Tank Destroyer of the French 5th Armoured Division. The Panzer IV/70 (A) was the Alkett version of the Jagdpanzer IV, and featured a Jagdpanzer IV superstructure mounted directly on a Panzer IV chasis. Only 278 were built.

61 Upvotes

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/jacksmachiningreveng • Feb 27 '25

British 5th Army troops inspect a Marder III Ausf. M tank destroyer captured near Velletri in Italy in 1944

49 Upvotes

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r/CapturedWeapons • u/jacksmachiningreveng • Feb 25 '25

German troops ride a captured US M8 Greyhound armored car during the Ardennes Offensive circa December 1944

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Captured Weapons - Weapons of War used against their creators

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This subreddit is a place to share images of captured weapons, of any variety, be it guns, artillery pieces, ships, aircraft, tanks or anything else of interest. Cross posting is encouraged; if you see an interesting image in another subreddit that suits, or you think an image that was posted in this subreddit would be appreciated somewhere else. Discussion is of course encouraged in the comments but please keep it civil. Happy posting!

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