Syrian Rebels Go To War With The Weapons That They Have (Photo Gallery)

Makeshift: Free Syrian Army fighters prepare to fire an improvised rocket launcher against government troops from a position in Old Aleppo

Pictured: Syrian Rebels Use Bodged-Together Rocket Launcher To Fend Off Onslaught From Assad's Forces -- Daily Mail

* Improvised device fires projectiles made from domestic gas canisters
* Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes near the Lebanese border
* Conflict has now been raging for two years and nine months

Syrian rebels prepare to unleash their latest improvised weapon in their desperate struggle against the Assad regime - a homemade rocket launcher constructed from salvaged pipe firing projectiles made from domestic gas canisters.

The conflict, which has been raging for two years and nine months, has seen fighters from the Free Syria Army deploying increasingly effective locally-made weapons against the far better equipped Government forces.

Their latest device, which resembles a mortar, appears to have been bodged together from salvaged piping and metal struts. It fires rockets constructed from domestic gas canisters.

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My Comment: Even with these makeshift weapons the rebels have been able to hold-back the Syrian army for over two and a half years .... one can only imagine what they can accomplish if they had real weapons and training.