small arms survey 2008: risk and resilience

10th International Security ForumGeneva, April 2013

Illicit Weapons in War Zones: Iraq as a case

study

Matt Schroeder, Small Arms Survey and the Federation of American Scientists

Illicit weapons in war zones

■ Illicit weapons project phase I: war weapons

■ Case studies: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia

■ 8,000 records/80,000 weapons/+1500 caches & transfers

Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013

Illicit weapons project: key findings

■ Small arms: Kalashnikov-pattern assault rifles

■ Light weapons: early model Soviet-designed systems

■ Few if any latest-generation light weapons

Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013

Illicit weapons in Iraq (type)

Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013

Illicit weapons in Iraq (country)

Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013

Iranian weapons – small cal. ammo

Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013

Iranian weapons – 107 mm rocket

Illicit Weapons in high-intensity armed conflict – April 2013

Iraq, 2007 Levant, 2009 Nigeria, 2010

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