Syria rebels use ‘PlayStation controllers’ to fire mortar rounds: report

Rebels prepare a homemade mortar-launcher in Aleppo, which is fired using a PlayStation controller. (AFP)

By Al Arabiya with AFP

As the Free Syrian Army is lacking ammunition and anti-craft weaponry, they are determined to mark victory to their battle against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Such determination resulted in creating homemade weapons created out of any materials they can muster, according to a report published by the Daily Mail on Tuesday.

Amongst the homemade weapons are various explosives, a hand-grenade and a portable rocket-launcher, in addition to a PlayStation controller used to fire mortar rounds.

Abu al-Fadhel, a former scientific researcher, along with other technicians are capable of producing hundreds of weapons daily.

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