Their militia, the Popular Guard (PG) was trained by the Palestinian Fatah and were provided with Soviet-made small-arms, as well as armed jeeps and gun-trucks equipped with heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft auto cannons and recoilless rifles supplied by the PLO, Syria, and the USSR. These can include the BTR40, GAZ 469 jeep and civilian trucks. Most common weapons are available from both Peter Pig and QRF. Small arms are limited to the AK47. Support weapons other than RPGs will be very limited.
In 1979 PG command was passed on to Elias Atallah, a Maronite. Although it was active mostly in West Beirut, the LCP/PG also kept underground cells at the Sidon, Tripoli, Tyre and Nabatiyeh districts of the Jabal Amel region of southern Lebanon.
At no point will any unit have more than one big man and a single support weapon. Is it worth fielding this force? Why of course. They may not win a lot of fights but they have cool images on their web site.
Lebanon is such an interesting mess. There are so many small factions that were oddly equipped. They could operate as temporary allies for some other PLO group. Or put them in as a third side attacking everyone. Fun stuff.
ReplyDeleteI will be trying to stay within the mid 1982 period. Trying to not get to modern. What is great about Lebanon is the factions are so small that a platoon would be considered large. Add in the PLO, IDF, Syria and the SLA and there is so many possibilities.
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