List of equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces

Equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces
Founded January 28, 1992

Modern equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces. All effort is done to keep the tables up-to-date with reliable information available on open sources. The information is updated regularly. This page might contain equipment which are in use with the Artsakh Defense Army, as the equipment is sometimes used by both armies.

Small Arms

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Pistols
Makarov PM  Soviet Union 9x18 mm Standard Service Pistol
MP-443 Grach  Russia 9x19 mm Used by special forces and police
Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles, Carbines
AK-47  Soviet Union Used by all branches
AK-74  Soviet Union 5.45×39 mm Standard Service Rifle
AK-74M  Soviet Union/ Russia
AKS-74  Soviet Union 5.45×39 mm
AKM  Soviet Union 7.62×39 mm
AKMS  Soviet Union 7.62×39 mm
AK-105  Russia 5.45×39 mm Used by border guards
Type 56  People's Republic of China 7.62×39 mm Used by Police forces and volunteers
AKS-74U  Soviet Union 5.45×39 mm Used by tankers and vehicle crews
AS Val 9×39mm
VSS Vintorez Used by special forces
Sniper Rifles
Accuracy International AX-338[1]  United Kingdom .338 Lapua Magnum Used by snipers and Special Forces.
Dragunov SVD  Soviet Union 7.62×54 mm Standard service sniper rifle. New units to be delivered as part of the 2015 Armenian-Russian arms deal.
Modernized SVD Dragunov  Soviet Union/ Armenia 7.62×54 mm Modernized by Aspar Arms
Truvelo CMS[2]  South Africa 12.7x99 mm
PGM 338  France .338 Lapua Magnum Used by snipers and the Special Forces
Sv-98  Russia .338 Lapua Magnum Used by snipers and the Special Forces
Zastava M93 Black Arrow  Serbia 12.7×108 mm Standard Service Anti-material Rifle
Modernized M93 Black Arrow  Serbia/ Armenia 12.7×108 mm Modernized by Aspar Arms
Sako TRG-42  Finland .338 Lapua Magnum
Machine Guns
RPK-74  Soviet Union 5.45×39 mm Standard Service Light Machine Gun
RPK-74M  Russia
PK machine gun  Soviet Union 7.62×54 mm Standard Service Machine Gun
NSV machine gun 12.7×108 mm Standard Service Heavy Machine Gun
DShK
Kord machine gun[3]  Russia
Grenade Launchers
GP-25  Soviet Union 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher Used on assault rifles
AGS-17 30 x 29 grenade
AGS-30[4]  Russia

Mortars

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Mortars
2B9 Vasilek[5]  Soviet Union 82mm 82mm Gun-mortar

MANPADS

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008-2017

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
MANPADS
Strela-3[6]  Soviet Union MANPAD NATO codename SA-14
Igla-1[7] NATO codename SA-16
Igla[8] NATO codename SA-18
Igla-S[9][10]  Russia NATO codename SA-24
9K333 Verba[9] NATO codename SA-25

Anti-Tank Weapons

Anti-tank weapons of the Armenian Army as of 2008-2017

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Anti-Tank Weapons
RPG-7[11]  Soviet Union
 Armenia[12]		 Rocket-propelled grenade
RPG-26  Russia[13] Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher Some captured from Azerbaijan [14]
RPO-A Shmel  Soviet Union Thermobaric rocket launcher
SPG-9[15]  Soviet Union
 Armenia[11]		 Recoilless gun
9M14 Malyutka[16]  Soviet Union ATGM NATO codename AT-3 Sagger
9K111 Fagot[17]  Soviet Union ATGM NATO codename AT-4 Spigot
9M111M Faktoriya[18]  Soviet Union ATGM NATO codename AT-4C Spigot C. Improved motor, longer guidance wire. Maximum range 2,500m, minimum 75m. Improved single HEAT warhead; penetration 400 mm versus RHA or 230 mm towards armour inclined at 60°. Appeared during the 4-Day War.
9M113 Konkurs[19]  Soviet Union ATGM NATO codename AT-5 Spandrel
9M113M Konkurs-M[20]  Soviet Union ATGM NATO codename AT-5B Spandrel-B. Tandem warhead with extended explosive probe. The warhead penetration is 750–800 mm vs RHA. Adopted in 1991, 4000m range.
9M133-1 Kornet-E[21]  Russia ATGM NATO codename AT-14 Spriggan. 50 launchers with 200 missiles purchased in 2013. First shown in 2018.
9K114 Shturm[19]  Soviet Union ATGM NATO codename AT-6 Spiral
9K115 Metis[22]  Soviet Union ATGM NATO codename AT-7 Saxhorn
MILAN[23]  France /
 Germany		 ATGM With locally produced night-sight[24]
T-12 Rapira[25]  Soviet Union Anti-tank gun 100mm
9P149 Shturm-S[26]  Soviet Union Tank destroyer 27 systems purchased from Moldova.[27] Displayed with 9M120 Ataka missile during the Defense Expo in Yerevan
9P148[28]  Soviet Union Tank destroyer Armed with upgraded Konkurs-M missiles

Vehicles

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008-2016[29]

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Armoured vehicles
T-54  Soviet Union Main Battle Tank 8 3 T-54 and 5 T-55
T-55  Soviet Union Main Battle Tank 8 3 T-54 and 5 T-55
T-90S  Russia Main Battle Tank 1 1 tank won in Tank biathlon.
T-72  Soviet Union Main Battle Tank 101[30] Variants in service:

Estimated 550 T-72 tanks are in service together with the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army.[31]

BMP-1  Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle 93[30] Variants in service:
BMP-2  Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle 5[30] 50 units modernized/repaired by Russia in 2012-2013[32] Possibly more in storage [33]
BRDM-2  Soviet Union Scout car 120 Includes anti-tank variant
BTR-60  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 108[30] Withdrawn from service[34]
BTR-70  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 18[30] Upgraded with new engines and 30mm gun
BTR-80  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 4[30] Possibly more in storage.[35][33] Number does not include unknown number of Infauna electronic countermeasure variants first displayed at the 2016 military parade.[36]
MT-LB[30]  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 145
Tigr[37]  Russia Armoured personnel carrier 4 More ordered in 2015[38]

Engineering & Recovery Vehicles

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008-2017

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Engineering & Recovery Vehicles
MDK-3[39][40]  Soviet Union Trench Digger[41]
MDK-2M[42]  Soviet Union Trench Digger
PZM-2[43][44]  Soviet Union Trench Digger
BAT-2[45]  Soviet Union Armored Tracklayer
IMR-1[46]  Soviet Union Combat Engineering Vehicle
IMR-2M[47]  Russia Combat Engineering Vehicle
TMM-3[42][48]  Soviet Union Mobile Bridge 50 ton scissor bridge on KrAZ-255B chassis
GMZ-1[42]  Soviet Union Minelaying Vehicle
VT-55A[49]  Soviet Union Armored Recovery Vehicle
BREM-1[50]  Soviet Union Armored Recovery Vehicle

Artillery

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Artillery
2S1 Gvozdika  Soviet Union Self-propelled artillery 10[30] 122mm
2S3 Akatsiya 28[30] 152mm
D-1 Howitzer 2[30]
D-20 34[30]
D-30 69[30] 122mm
D-44[51] Field Artillery N/A 85mm
M-30[52] 122mm with upgraded optics
M-46[53] 130mm
Giatsint-B 26 152mm
ZiS-3[54] N/A 76mm

Multiple Rocket Launchers

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008-2017

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Multiple Rocket Launchers
BM-21 Grad  Soviet Union Multiple rocket launcher 47[30] 122mm MRLS
BM-30 Smerch  Russia 6-12[55] 300mm MRLS
TOS-1A 6[55] 220mm thermobaric MRLS
WM-80[56]  People's Republic of China At least 4 launchers 273mm MRLS
N-2  Armenia At least 2 Thermobaric MRLS in limited service

Possible MRLS Acquisitions

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
AR-1A  People's Republic of China Multiple rocket launcher 6[57] 300mm MRLS
BM-27 Uragan  Soviet Union ~12[58] 220mm MRLS. Cited in an Armenia-Moldova arms deal[58]

Tactical Ballistic Missile Systems

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008-2017

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Ballistic Missiles
9K720 Iskander  Russia short-range ballistic missile 4-8 launchers Revealed during the preparations for the 2016 military parade in Yerevan.[59]
SCUD-B  Soviet Union 8 launchers 32 missiles[60][61]
OTR-21 Tochka 7-8 launchers [62] Unknown number of missiles

Electronic Warfare

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008-2017

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Electronic Warfare
Infauna[63] Electronic Warfare Vehicle
Automated Jamming Station
R-330P[64]  Soviet Union[64] Automated Jamming Station Modernized Locally

Anti-Aircraft

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008-2017

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Anti-Aircraft
9K33 Osa  Soviet Union surface-to-air missile 10
BUK-M1-2[65][66] N/A First shown during the preparations for the 2016 military parade in Yerevan.
S-125 Neva/Pechora 8[67]
2K11 Krug 115 Replaced by S-300s in Armenia, deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh
9K35M3 Strela-10M3Short range SAM10Designated SA-13 "Gopher" by NATO.
Kub-M3[68] surface-to-air missile N/A
S-75 Dvina 79 f Withdrawn from service
S-125 Neva/Pechora N/A
S-300PS 2-3 divisions[65] Each division consists of 2 batteries, each battery consists of 4 launchers.[69] Upgraded with 5V55U missiles, 150 km range.
S-300PT-1 surface-to-air missile At least 3 divisions[65]
AZP S-60 Anti-aircraft gun N/A
KS-19[70] 100m gun used as field artillery[71]
ZU-23-2
ZSU-23-4 SPAA

Radar Systems

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008-2016

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Radar Systems
Avtobaza[38][72]  Russia radar Part of Russian-Armenian arms deal
P-12 radar  Soviet Union
P-15 radar
P-40 radar
Snar-10 Big Fred[19] Ground Surveillance Radar

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008-2017

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Bazé[73]  Armenia Reconnaissance
Krunk
X-55

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