Saudi Arabia to provide Syrian rebels with anti-tank missiles and man-portable air defense systems 1.

Saudi Arabia has offered to arm the Syrian rebels with Chinese man-portable missile systems (MANPADS and Russian anti-tank guided missiles, according to an Arab diplomat. The new aid is being delivered directly to the more moderate Free Syrian Army in the south of Syria

Rebel commanders and leaders of the Syrian political opposition said they don't know yet how many of the Manpads and antiaircraft missiles they will get. But they have been told it is a significant amount. The weapons are already waiting in warehouses in Jordan and Turkey.

The weapons will flow across the border into southern Syria from the warehouses in Jordan and across the northern border from Turkey. Rebel leaders said the shipments to southern Syria are expected to be more substantial because opposition fighters are more unified in that area and there is a lower risk the weapons will fall into the hands of Al-Qaeda terrorists group, a fear of United States.

This is the Russian-made anti-tank guided missile Konkurs which could be delivered to the Syrian Rebels. The 9K113 Konkurs (NATO code AT-5 Spandrel) is Russian-made Semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) wire-guided anti-tank missile.

The Konkurs has a maximum range of 4,000 meters and a minimum range of 100 meters. The 9M113M missile has a tandem warhead with an extended nose probe to defeat explosive reactive armour before the main warhead initiates to penetrate 750 to 800mm of main armour.