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 Warsaw Pact origin.

Small arms NameOriginTypeCaliberNotes Tokarev TT Soviet Union Pistol 7.62×25mm Tokarev Makarov PM Soviet Union Pistol 9×18mm Makarov Stechkin APS Soviet Union Machine pistol 9×18mm Makarov Škorpion Czechoslovakia Submachine gun .32 ACP Star Z-45 Spain Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum Sterling United Kingdom Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum Mk 4 variant used. Uzi Israel Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum FBP Portugal Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum FBP m/948 variant used. AK-47 Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm AKM Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm IWI Tavor X95 Israel Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Used by special forces. SKS Soviet Union Semi-automatic rifle 7.62×39mm FN FAL Belgium Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Heckler & Koch G3 Germany Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO RP-46 Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×54mmR RPD Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×39mm vz. 52 Czechoslovakia Light machine gun 7.62×39mm DShK Soviet Union Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm AGS-17 Soviet Union Automatic grenade launcher 30×29mm RPG-7 Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade 40 mm 9K32 Strela-2 Soviet Union Man-portable air-defense system 72 mm 9K34 Strela-3 Soviet Union Man-portable air-defense system 72 mm 9K310 Igla-1 Soviet Union Man-portable air-defense system 72 mm

Anti-tank weapons Name Origin Type Caliber Quantity Notes 9M14 Malyutka Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 125 mm B-10 Soviet Union Recoilless rifle 82 mm 400 B-11 Soviet Union Recoilless rifle 107 mm Serviceability doubtful. M40 United States Recoilless rifle 106 mm 100

Vehicles Name Origin Type Quantity Notes T-55 Soviet Union /Czechoslovakia Main battle tank 200 T-55AM2 variant, serviceability doubtful. T-62 Soviet Union Main battle tank 50 Serviceability doubtful. T-72 Soviet Union Main battle tank 50 T-72M1 variant, serviceability doubtful. PT-76 Soviet Union Light tank 10 Serviceability doubtful. PTL-02 Assaulter China Assault gun 9+ BRDM-2 Soviet Union Scout car 600 Serviceability doubtful. Cayman Belarus Scout car 3+ BMP-1 Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle 250 Serviceability doubtful. BMP-2 MT-LB Soviet Union Tracked armoured personnel carrier 31 Serviceability doubtful. BTR-152 Soviet Union Wheeled armoured personnel carrier 200 Serviceability doubtful. BTR-60 BTR-70 BTR-80 WZ-551 China Wheeled armoured personnel carrier Command vehicle variant. Casspir South Africa MRAP 45 NG2000 variant. BTS-2 Soviet Union Armoured recovery vehicle 5 Bozena Slovakia Mine flail Engesa EE-12 Brazil Light utility vehicle Land Rover United Kingdom Light utility vehicle UAZ-469B Soviet Union Light utility vehicle UMM 4x4 Portugal Light utility vehicle Engesa EE-15 Brazil 4×4 light truck (1.5 tonnes) Engesa EE-25 Brazil 6×6 medium truck (2.5 tonnes) Engesa EE-50 Brazil 6×6 heavy truck (5 tonnes) 255 Mercedes Benz Unimog Germany 4×4 truck GAZ-66 Soviet Union 4×4 medium truck (2 tonnes) France 4×4 medium truck (2 tonnes) 85 ZIL-131 Soviet Union 6×6 medium truck (3.5 tonnes) Ural-375D Soviet Union 6×6 medium truck (4 tonnes) KrAZ-6322 Ukraine 6×6 heavy truck

Artillery Name Origin Type Quantity Notes 2S1 Gvozdika Soviet union 122 mm self-propelled gun 9+ 2S3 Akatsiya Soviet Union 152 mm self-propelled gun 4 2S7 Pion Soviet Union 203 mm self-propelled gun 12 BM-21 Grad Soviet Union 122 mm multiple rocket launcher 70 RM-70 Czechoslovakia 122 mm multiple rocket launcher 40 BM-27 Uragan Soviet Union /Belarus 220 mm multiple rocket launcher 3+ 9P140MB Uragan-M variant. BM-24 Soviet Union 240 mm multiple rocket launcher D-30 Soviet Union 122 mm howitzer 523 M-46 Soviet Union 130 mm field gun 48 D-20 Soviet Union 152 mm gun-howitzer 4 82-PM-41 Soviet Union 82 mm mortar 250 M43 model used. 120-PM-43 mortar Soviet Union 120 mm mortar 500

Air defence systems Name Origin Type Caliber Quantity Notes ZPU-4 Soviet Union Towed anti-aircraft gun 14.5×114mm 450+ ZU-23-2 23×152mmB 61-K 37 mm AZP S-60 57 mm ZSU-23-4 Shilka Soviet Union Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun 23×152mmB

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