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List of army equipment of Afghanistan

This page shows a list of military weapons and vehicles used by the Afghan National Army up until December 2016.

Infantry weapons and equipment

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Handguns and submachine guns

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Model Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Beretta M9     Italy Semi-automatic pistol Provided by the United States Armed Forces.
Makarov     Soviet Union Semi-automatic pistol Inherited from the Soviet–Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
TT     Soviet Union Semi-automatic pistol Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
Stechkin     Soviet Union Machine pistol Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
FB PM-63     Polish People's Republic Submachine gun

Assault and ceremonial rifles

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Model Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
M16A2 rifle     United States Assault rifle 104,000 The United States military provided the ANA with M16 rifles as part of a modernization effort.
M4 carbine     United States Carbine 10,000 Only used by Afghan National Army Commandos and Special Forces. M4s sold as part of a 2006 Foreign Military Sales package. Additional M4s sold as a 2008 Foreign Military Sales package.
FB Beryl     Poland Assault rifle Used by regular units.
Colt Canada C7     Canada Assault rifle 2,500 On December 23, 2007, Canadian media reported that the Canadian Forces would supply the Afghan National Army with 2,500 surplus Colt Canada C7 rifles (a Canadian variant of the M16), along with training and ammunition in order to Westernise Afghan equipment. In June 2011, the Afghan National Army returned the loaned C7 rifles as the ANA preferred the American M16 rifle.
AK-47     Soviet Union Assault rifle Phased out of the service since 2008. Used by Afghan Special Forces and some regular units.
AKM     Soviet Union Assault rifle In storage.
AK-74     Soviet Union Assault rifle In storage.
Type 56     People's Republic of China Assault rifle In storage.
Zastava M70     Yugoslavia Assault rifle In storage.
ASh78     People's Socialist Republic of Albania Assault rifle 30,000 [1] In storage.
Mosin–Nagant     Russian Empire
  Soviet Union 		Bolt-action rifle Reserved for ceremonial use only.

Sniper rifles

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Model Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
DPMS Panther LRT-SASS     United States Designated marksman rifle
Dragunov sniper rifle     Soviet Union Designated marksman rifle Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
PSL     Romania Designated marksman rifle
M24 Sniper Weapon System     United States Sniper rifle Provided by the United States.

Machine guns

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Model Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
M249 SAW   Light machine gun   United States
  Belgium 		Provided by the United States.
RPK Light machine gun   Soviet Union Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
SG-43 Goryunov   Medium machine gun   Soviet Union Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
M240   General-purpose machine gun   United States
  Belgium 		Provided by the United States.
FN MAG   General-purpose machine gun   Belgium
PK machine gun General-purpose machine gun   Soviet Union Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
RPD   Light machine gun   Soviet Union Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
M2 Browning   Heavy machine gun   United States Provided by the United States.
M134 Minigun   Rotary medium machine gun   United States Provided by the United States.
DShK   12.7x99mm heavy machine gun   Soviet Union Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
KPV heavy machine gun   14.5x114mm heavy machine gun   Soviet Union Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.

Grenade-based weapons

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Model Image Origin Type Number Details
GP-25     Soviet Union Underbarrel grenade launcher Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
AGS-17     Soviet Union Automatic grenade launcher Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
M203     United States Underbarrel grenade launcher Foreign Military Sales package

Rocket-based weapons

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Model Image Origin Type Number Details
RPG-7     Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade launcher
RPG-16   Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade launcher
RPG-18     Soviet Union Disposable rocket-propelled grenade launcher
SPG-9     Soviet Union 73mm recoilless rifle
B-10     Soviet Union 82mm recoilless rifle
9K111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot)     Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 100
9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail)     Soviet Union Man-portable air-defense system
9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14 Gremlin)     Soviet Union Man-portable air-defense system
RPO-A Shmel     Soviet Union Disposable rocket-assisted flamethrower

Armoured vehicles

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Model Image Origin Type Number
Humvee     United States Military light utility vehicle 6000
M1117     United States Internal security vehicle 400
International MaxxPro     United States MRAP 155
Model Image Origin Type Caliber (mm) Number
Mortars
82-BM-37     Soviet Union Infantry mortar 82mm 1,000+
ZU-23-2     Soviet Union Anti-aircraft gun 23mm Unknown

Unarmoured vehicles

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Vehicle Photo Origin Type
Navistar 7000     United States Military truck
Ford Ranger     United States Technical/Pickup truck

Other vehicles

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Albania Donates 30,000 Kalashnikovs to Afghanistan". balkaninsight.com. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023.
  2. ^ Afghan Soldiers Learn to Maintain Medium Tactical Vehicles, U.S. Department of Defense, January 9, 2006.
  3. ^ Johnson, D. Keith (9 March 2005). "India Delivers 50 New Trucks to Afghan National Army". US DoD.
  4. ^ Afghan Army's ScanEagle UAV made inaugural flight – Armyrecognition.com, 20 April 2016
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