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• [Myanmar/Burma] What looks like a TZ-series rifle being used during a November 30th raid by anti-junta PDF rebels on a military checkpoint in Letpadan

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• Chin Defense Force Thadou in Chin State, Burma with INSAS rifles

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• Burmese PDF (People's Defense Force) rebel with AMD-65

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• (Between 2013-2019) Factories producing arms for the Kachin Independence Army group in Burma.

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• A prototype of a rifle system made out of scrap motorcycle parts built by the Harbinger of Death PDF Burmese rebel group for a UGV in May 2026. Also a comparison with a previous system in late 2024/early 2025

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• Weapons used by the Rohingya Solidarity Organization operating in the Bangladesh-Burma border area including Type 3 AK47s and Burmese RPG-7s (January-May 2026)

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• Norinco CQ held by Karenni Army during a basic training graduation ceremony on May 19th (Burma)

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• Members of NSCN factions (Ethnic Naga militias operating in India and Burma) with some sort of PDW/Carbine

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• Weapons cache found in the home of Chinese national, Sun Mingchen, in Huai Yai, Pattaya, Thailand on May 8. POMZ-2 style mines, nearly 5 kg of C4, Korean and Burmese grenades, and other weapons/ammo were found.

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• Soldier of Fortune Magazine January 1988 extract covering Burma/Karen National Liberation Army

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• Bren gun in use by People's Defense Force rebel in Myingyan District, Mandalay Region, Burma (between April 24-26); next to a Type 81 clone

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• Weapons surrendered by a splinter of a rebel PDF (People's Defense Force) militia unit after infighting with fellow rebels from No 1. Alpha Military Region- April 29-30; Mobye, Shan State, Burma

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• Bolt-action self-crafted AR lookalikes with FGC-9s and a couple other bolt-action rifles supposedly seized by the Burma Army near Naypyitaw on April 27th

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• Assorted photos of weapons from pre-2000s Burma

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• Burmese rebel part of the BPLA firing an MA-13 Uzi clone. Karen National Liberation Army fighter firing a Pakistan Ordnance Factory MG3.

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• Screencap from a donation gratitude video by the Burmese Dawei Defense Team rebel group (near the Thai border). One or two guys have Type 63 rifles. Posted on FB April 19th

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• Burmese rebel firing an MA-13 Uzi clone and a Karen National Liberation Army fighter firing a Pakistan Ordnance Factory MG3

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• Ye Guerrilla Force commander, Bo Kyan Yit, with various weaponry (based in Mon State, Burma) [2023, 2024, and 2026]

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• The new variant of the MA-series rifle captured from Burmese junta forces by the PDF and Arakan Army

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• Ye Guerrilla Force commander, Bo Kyan Yit, with various weaponry (based in Mon State, Burma) [2023, 2024, and 2026]

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• Snippets of Soldier of Fortune magazine showing the factory and improvised weaponry held by the ethnic Karen, Karenni, Mon, and Shan rebel militias in Burma.

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• San Htoo Aung, a rebel part of the Cobra Column in Burma, with an FN FNC, a dha dagger, and a SIG P320 (2025-2026)

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• A KNLA (Karen National Liberation Army) rebel holding what looks like an FN CAL or FNC(?) during the 1990s.

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• A PDF (People's Defense Force) rebel group in Myaing Township, Myanmar (Burma) uses a captured STK 50 clone on a Hilux to shoot at junta Mi-17s (April 3, 2026)

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• MA-3 Galil clone and G3 rifles from the Burma Army given by defecting soldiers to rebels. The MA-3 has some sort of AK handguard similar to the East German STG 985 prototype

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• Some weapons used by the Chin National Army during the pre-2021 insurgency against the Burma Army and peace period (1988-March 2020 in this case)

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• BA-93 Lee-Enfield base grenade launcher (probably captured from Burma Army or militia) and single-shot shotgun among AKs and M16s by Chin National Army (2015-16)

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• Some of the displays during the December 5th military expo in post-Assad Syria

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• Rebel in Magway Region, Burma using a QBZ-97 (most likely a junta-made Mk III variant) before switching to a Type 56 (March 17, 2026)

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• Weapons captured from the Myanmar (Burmese) ethnic army, the Kachin Independence Army, by a pro-junta militia

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• Browning Auto 5-type shotgun used by a rebel group in Tanintharyi Region, Burma (January 2023)

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• Field stripping of both variants of Kachin Independence Army-made Type 81 clones in Burma

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• Various weapons from Type 56 SKS to M16A1 used by the Kachin Independence Army in Burma from 1988 to the 90s (before they standardized on AK and Type 81 clones)

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• What rifle is this Burmese rebel sniper using?

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• A DshK variant on a tank breaks during 1989 Romanian Revolution clashes near the Bucharest TV tower

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• The PDF Zoland group in Chin State, Burma is making improvised submachine guns and refurbishing rifles

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• A collection of ammunition bought by the Giant Dragon Column of Yangon (Rangoon) PDF rebels in Burma with donations from January 2023

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• Chechen Fighters during the First and Second Chechen Wars with Romanian PM md. 90 rifles, PM md. 86 rifles, or parts/mags of both rifles. They ended up in Chechnya via Georgia.

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• Kachin Scouts of Merrill's Marauders in the Burma Theater of WW2 with a black powder long gun and a United Defense M42 SMG

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• Cuban Militia Training; AKs with VILMA (Visor Lumínico para Matar Agresores) in use

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• A progression of weaponry used by the Midland Regional Guerrilla Force- a Burmese rebel group formed in the Magway Region. (From 2021 or 2022-present)

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• Falcolns Guerrilla Force, a Burmese insurgent group, firing an improvised rifle seemingly chambered in a 12.7mm round (music from source)

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• Launglon People's Defense Force rebels operating in the Thai-Burmese border with a sword and a rifle I can't identify (third from left and farthest right;July 2025)

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• An ethnic Chin anti-junta militia member with a traditional Tumi (or Tumee) long gun in Burma (between 2021-early 2023)

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• Weapons used by the Communist Party of Burma in the 1970s during their insurgency against Ne Win's dictatorship

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• A Karen National Liberation Army fighter in Burma using an improvised AMR with a DshK (Chinese Type 54 to be specific) barrel.

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• Purported video of a rebel belonging to TPNPB (West Papuan separatist group) using an improvised weapon against Indonesian forces; it is supposedly chambered in 5.56

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• AR-platform rifle with 20-rounder used by a rebel in Tanintharyi Region, Burma (near the Thai border)- January 7, 2026

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• Possible FAL/L1A1 SLR variant used by a PDF rebel in Budalin, Burma

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• The Ministry of Defense of the Burmese government-in-exile, NUG, supplies new rifles to the Bago PDO on January 10th; they're most likely TZ-series rifles

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