List of military equipment of the Soviet Army

This list shows equipment of Soviet army in 1990

Vehicles

Tanks
Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
T-80 Main battle tank 4,000[1]  Soviet Union
T-72 Main battle tank 10,000[2]  Soviet Union
T-64 Main battle tank 9,700[3]  Soviet Union
T-62 Main battle tank 11,300[4]  Soviet Union
T-55 Main battle tank 19,000[5]  Soviet Union
PT-76 Light Tank 1,000[6]  Soviet Union

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Soviet Union had over 24,000 IFVs in service in 1990[7]

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle 14,353[8]  Soviet Union
BMP-2 Infantry fighting vehicle 4,000  Soviet Union
BMP-3 Infantry fighting vehicle N/A  Soviet Union
BMD-1 Infantry fighting vehicle N/A  Soviet Union Used by Airborne troops.
BMD-2 Infantry fighting vehicle N/A  Soviet Union Used by Airborne troops.
BMD-3 Infantry fighting vehicle N/A  Soviet Union Only used by Airborne troops.

Armored Personnel Carriers

By 1990 Soviet army had about 70,000 APCs in service[9]

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BTR-80 APC 10,000  Soviet Union
BTR-70 APC 13,000  Soviet Union
BTR-60 APC N/A  Soviet Union
BTR-50 APC N/A  Soviet Union
BTR-40 APC N/A  Soviet Union By 1990 was only used by border and reserve troops.
BTR-152 APC N/A  Soviet Union By 1990 BTR-152 were mostly used by second line troops and reserves.
BTR-D APC 4,000  Soviet Union Was being used by Airborne units.
MT-LB APC 4500  Soviet Union Tracked APC.

Reconnaissance Vehicles

Soviet army had about 3,500 reconnaissance vehicles in service in 1990.

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BRDM-1 Amphibious armoured scout car N/A  Soviet Union

References
  1. Russian Land Combat Equipment. globalsecurity.org
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