Libya's Rebels Are Fighting Gaddafi's Better Equiped Army With Inferior Arms

Rebels with a rocket launcher usually found on jets and helicopters. Bryan Denton for The New York Times

Inferior Arms Hobble Rebels in Libya War -- New York Times

BENGHAZI, Libya — A PKT machine gun, a weapon designed to be mounted on a Soviet tank and fired electronically by a crew member inside, has no manual trigger, no sights and no shoulder stock. That does not prevent many Libyan rebels from carrying it as if it were an infantryman’s gun.

A Carcano cavalry carbine — probable refuse from Italian colonization in Libya between the world wars — is chambered for a dated rifle cartridge that the rebels have not been able to procure. That did not deter four rebels recently seen wandering the battlefield with these relics, without a cartridge to fire.

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My Comment: Daily Mail reporter Andrew Malone's account on the fight at Misrata provides an accurate description on the types of weapons that the rebels are using against Gaddafi loyalists. Bottom line .... most of the weapons are from captured or dead Gaddafi loyalists.