List of equipment of the Angolan Army
This is a list of equipment of the Angolan Army in service.
Many of Angola's weapons are of Portuguese colonial and Warsaw Pact origin.
Small arms
Pistols
Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Tokarev TT-33 | Semi-automatic pistol | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Soviet Union | 8-round magazine. Most likely in reserves. | |
Makarov PM | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×18mm Makarov | Soviet Union | 8-round magazine. | |
Stechkin APS | Machine pistol | 9×18mm Makarov | Soviet Union | 20-round magazine. |
Submachine guns
Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Star Z-45 | Submachine gun | 9×23mm Largo | Kingdom of Spain | 10 or 30-round magazine. Most likely in reserves. | |
FBP | Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Portugal | 21 or 32-round magazine. | |
Uzi | Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Israel | 20, 25, or 32-round magazine. | |
Škorpion vz. 61 | Submachine gun | .32 ACP | Czechoslovakia | 10 or 20-round magazine. | |
Carbines
Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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SKS | Semi-automatic carbine | 7.62×39mm M43 | Soviet Union | 10-round magazine. | |
Battle rifles
Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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FN FAL | Battle rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Belgium | 20 or 30-round magazine. | |
G3 | Battle rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | West Germany | 20-round magazine. | |
Assault rifles
Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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AK-47 | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm M43 | Soviet Union | 30-round magazine. | |
AKM | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm M43 | Soviet Union | 30-round magazine. Used by Special Forces. | |
IWI Tavor | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Israel | 30-round magazine.Used by Special Forces. | |
Sniper rifles
Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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Dragunov sniper rifle | Sniper rifle | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 10-round magazine. | |
Barrett M99 | Sniper rifle | 12.7 × 99 mm .50 BMG | United States | 10-round magazine.Used by Special Forces. | |
Machine guns
Name | Type | Cartridge | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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RPD | Light machine gun | 7.62×39mm M43 | Soviet Union | 100-round magazine. | |
RP-46 | Light machine gun | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 60-round belt. | |
PKM | Light machine gun | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 100-round belt. | |
Vz. 52 | Light machine gun | 7.62×45mm | Czechoslovakia | 25-round magazine. | |
DShK | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×108mm | Soviet Union | 50-round belt. | |
Grenade launchers/Anti-tank weapons
Grenade launchers
Name | Type | Diameter | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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AGS-17 | Automatic grenade launcher | 30mm | Soviet Union | Belt fed with 29-round drums, high rate of fire. | |
Anti-tank
Name | Type | Diameter | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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RPG-7 | Rocket-propelled grenade | 40mm | Soviet Union | Reloadable launcher. | |
B-10 | Recoilless rifle | 82mm | Soviet Union | Single-shot reloadable launcher. | |
B-11[1] | Recoilless rifle | 107mm | Soviet Union | Single-shot reloadable launcher. | |
9K11 Malyutka | Anti-tank missile | 125mm | Soviet Union | Used on the 9P111 launcher, and attachable to BMP-1s and BRDM-2s. | |
9K111 Fagot | Anti-tank guided missile | 120mm | Soviet Union | Wire-guided anti-tank missile system. 650 ordered in 1987.[2] | |
Vehicles
Tanks
Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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T-55AM-2 | Main battle tank | 267[3] | Soviet Union | 267 T-55AM-2s were delivered from Bulgaria and Slovakia in 1999.[2] | |
T-62 | Main battle tank | 18[3] | Soviet Union | 364 were ordered in the 1980s and 1990s.[2] | |
T-72M1 | Main battle tank | 20[3] | Soviet Union | Delivered from Belarus in 1999.[2] | |
PT-76 | Light tank | 12[3] | Soviet Union | 68 ordered in 1975 from the Soviet Union.[2] | |
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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BMP-1 | Infantry fighting vehicle | 150[3] | Soviet Union | ||
BMP-2 | Infantry fighting vehicle | 62[3] | Soviet Union | ||
BMD-3 | Airborne infantry fighting vehicle | 35+[4] | Soviet Union | Small number of units in the Angolan Army.[5] | |
Armored Personnel Carriers
Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Photo | Notes |
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BTR-60 | Armored personnel carrier | <62[6] | Soviet Union | ||
OT-62 TOPAS | Armored personnel carrier | <62[6] | Soviet Union | Most likely in reserves. | |
EE-11 Urutu | Armored personnel carrier | 24[3] | Brazil | ||
Armored Scout Vehicles
Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Photo | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BRDM-1 | Amphibious armored scout car | <70[3] | Soviet Union | 120 units as of 2008.[4] | |
BRDM-2 | Amphibious armored scout car | <70[3] | Soviet Union | 195 units as of 2008.[4] | |
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles
Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Photo | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Casspir 2000B | MRAP | 45[7] | South Africa | 45 ordered in November 2013. Includes 30 APCs, 4 fire support vehicles, two command vehicles and others.[7] | |
References
- ↑ Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Trade Registers". Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Global Security. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 Army Recognition. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2012. – P. 421. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- 1 2 Defence Web. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- 1 2 Guy Martin (21 November 2013). "Angola orders Casspirs". Defence Web. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
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