THIS IS HOW THEY TOOK DOWN GADAFFI

At a weapon workshop in Misrata, a Libyan volunteer fixes a UB-32 rocket launcher pod, attached to the back ofa pickup truck

I always root for the underdog, but these guys clearly don’t need any help. The Atlantic has a “big picture” photo gallery with images of the hacked-together weaponry Libyan rebels have been using to fight Gaddafi’s military.

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.

You can probably expect a new Etsy category in the near future.

A rebel army officer works on a weapon captured from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi

Molotov cocktails rest in a rack as Libyan rebels prepare for battle

A rebel poses with an armful of rocket-propelled grenades taken from an armored personnel carrier (APC)

A Libyan rebel adds an aluminum ring to a used rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), which will be refitted with high explosives and reused

A rebel soldier repairs weapons captured from forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi

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

Rebel fighters man load a UB-32 rocket pod mounted on a pickup truck, in the front line along the western entrance of Ajdabiyah

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

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