For the past four months in Libya, rebel forces made up of civilians and army defectors have been waging battles against Muammar Qaddafi's armed forces, holding their own and sometimes advancing with the assistance of NATO air strikes. Scrambling to arm themselves against mercenaries and a professional army, rebels have been making use of everything they can -- from using captured weapons and munitions to rigging anti-aircraft guns and aircraft rocket launchers to the backs of civilian pickup trucks. Collected here are recent images of some of this weaponry used by the Libyan rebels.
DIY Weapons of the Libyan Rebels
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At a weapon workshop in Misrata, a Libyan volunteer fixes a UB-32 rocket launcher pod, attached to the back of a pickup truck on May 28, 2011. The UB-32, a launcher designed to fire Russian S-5 rockets, is normally mounted on an aircraft. #
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A Libyan rebel fighter, in a vehicle rigged with armor plating, flashes a victory sign at a territory taken from forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi, after rebels pushed several kilometers in the direction of Zlitan, west of the rebel-held port city of Misrata, on June 13, 2011. #
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A Libyan rebel plugs his ears as rebels fire a rocket at troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi on the road between Ajdabiya and Brega, Libya, on Thursday, March 31, 2011. #
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Workmen clean a rusted Grad rocket launcher to make it operational, at a Libyan rebel weapons workshop and training camp in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. #
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A Libyan man tries to remove a cannon from a part of a tank, belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, with plans to reuse it, in the western Libyan city of Misrata, on June 7, 2011. #
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A Libyan rebel fighter smokes a cigarette next to an improvised multiple rocket launcher in the back of a pickup truck, as the rebels prepare to make an advance, in the desert on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya, on Thursday, April 14, 2011. #
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A rebel poses with an armful of rocket-propelled grenades taken from an armored personnel carrier (APC) captured from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi on the outskirts of the town of Zlitan, west of the rebel-held port city of Misrata, on June 10, 2011. #
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A rebel fighter cuts metal from a destroyed tank from Qaddafi's forces, next to a checkpoint in Ajdabiya, Libya, Wednesday, June 1, 2011. The metal plates are used to armor light rebel vehicles for combat. #
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Libyan rebel fighters opposing Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi fire their weapons at a Libyan airforce fighter jet flying overhead at the entrance to the oil-rich town of Ras Lanuf on March 8, 2011. #
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A Libyan rebel adds an aluminum ring to a used rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), which will be refitted with high explosives and reused, at a weapons workshop in Misrata, on May 29,2011. #
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Workmen examine a Russian-made UB-32 multiple rocket launcher, a type of launcher rebels have been using mounted on pickup trucks, at a Libyan rebel weapons workshop and training camp in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. #
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A rebel fighter in front of an armored technical gives orders to comrades at the front line between the rebels and Muammar Qaddafi forces, 25 km west of Misrata, Libya, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. #
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A Libyan rebel fighter shows a weapon with a grenade launcher attachment which he said was taken from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi at Misrata's western front line, some 25 km (16 miles) from the city center, on June 7, 2011. #
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A rebel supporter in Dafniya repairs a damaged recoilless rifle, as heavy clashes between pro-Qaddafi forces continued on the front line at Dafniya, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Misrata, Libya, on Monday, June 13, 2011. #
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Libyan rebels drive a truck mounted with a rocket launcher salvaged from a Russian attack helicopter near front-line positions, on April 6, 2011 near Brega, Libya. Wiring from the launcher leads to a battery and a firing mechanism. #
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A rebel fighter stands next to pickup truck converted into an armored combat vehicle at the front line with Muammar Qaddafi forces, 30 km south from Misrata, Libya, on Friday, May 27, 2011. #
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A rebel fighter rests on a weapon mounted on the back of a pickup truck on the front line between them and Muammar Qaddafi forces, 30 km south of Misrata, Libya, on Friday, May 27, 2011. #
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