List of equipment of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Appearance
This is a list of equipment used by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Current equipment
Ground forces equipment
Small arms
Name | Origin | Caliber | Image | Notes |
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Pistols | ||||
Makarov | ![]() |
9×18mm Makarov | ![]() |
[1] |
Stechkin | ![]() |
9×18mm Makarov | ![]() |
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Rifles and carbines | ||||
SKS | ![]() |
7.62×39mm | ![]() |
Ceremonial usage |
AKS-74U | ![]() |
5.45×39mm | ![]() |
Standard carbine |
Assault rifles | ||||
AK-47 | ![]() |
7.62×39mm | ![]() |
[2] |
AKM | ![]() |
7.62×39mm | ![]() |
[3] |
Beretta ARX160 | ![]() |
7.62×39mm | ![]() |
Used by the Special Forces.[4] |
AK-74[5] | ![]() |
5.45×39mm | ![]() |
Standard assault rifle |
Designated marksman rifles | ||||
SVD Dragunov | ![]() |
7.62×54mmR | ![]() |
[6] |
Machine guns | ||||
RPK | ![]() |
7.62×39mm | ![]() |
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RPK-74 | ![]() |
5.45×39mm | ||
PK machine gun | ![]() |
7.62×54mmR | ![]() |
[7] |
NSV | ![]() |
12.7×108mm | ![]() |
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Grenade launchers | ||||
AGS-17 | ![]() |
30mm grenade | ![]() |
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GP-25 | ![]() |
40mm grenade | ![]() |
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Anti-tank weapons | ||||
RPG-7 | ![]() |
85mm anti-tank round | ![]() |
[8] |
RPG-16 | ![]() |
58.3mm anti-tank round | ||
RPG-18 | ![]() |
64mm anti-tank round | ||
RPG-26 | ![]() |
72.5mm anti-tank round | ![]() |
Ground forces equipment
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Name | Photo | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Tanks | |||||
T-72 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Main battle tank | 350[9] | T72BA variant
Soviet T-72 tanks were modernized. | |
Tank support vehicle | |||||
BMPT-72 Terminator 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Tank destroyer | 3[9] | Chassis from Soviet T-72 tanks. | |
Armoured reconnaissance vehicle | |||||
BRDM-2 | ![]() |
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Reconnaissance vehicle | 40[9] | |
BRM-1 | ![]() |
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Reconnaissance vehicle | 60[9] | |
Infantry fighting vehicle | |||||
BMP-2 | ![]() |
Infantry fighting vehicle | 280[9] | ||
BTR-80 | ![]() |
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Amphibious infantry fighting vehicle | 70[9] | BTR-80A |
BTR-82 | ![]() |
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Infantry fighting vehicle | 63[9] | BTR-82A |
Armoured personnel carrier | |||||
BPM-97 | ![]() |
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Armoured personnel carrier, MRAP | 18[10] | |
MT-LB | ![]() |
Armoured personnel carrier | 50[9] | ||
BTR-3 | ![]() |
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Armoured personnel carrier | 2[9] | BTR-3E |
BTR-80A | ![]() |
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Armoured personnel carrier | 150[9] | |
Protected patrol vehicle | |||||
Arlan(Marauder) | ![]() |
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MRAP | 138[9] | License built by Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering |
Armoured utility vehicle | |||||
Otokar Cobra | ![]() |
Infantry mobility vehicle | 17[9] | +30 unit ordered.[11] | |
Roshel Senator | ![]() |
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Infantry mobility vehicle | N/A[9] | |
Plasan SandCat | ![]() |
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Light armoured vehicle | N/A[9] | |
Engineering & Maintenance vehicles | |||||
MT-LB | ![]() |
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Armoured engineering vehicle | N/A[9] | |
Anti-tank vehicles | |||||
HMMWV | ![]() |
Armored car/Missile launcher | 40[10] | Equipped with 9K111-1 Konkurs ATGM[9] | |
MT-LB | ![]() |
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Missile launcher vehicle | 6[9] | Equipped with 9P149 Shturm[9] |
Self-propelled artillery | |||||
2S1 Gvozdika | ![]() |
122mm Self-propelled
howitzer |
60[9] | ||
Semser | File:Семсер 122 мм өздігінен жүретін гаубица.jpg | ![]() |
122mm Self-propelled
howitzer |
6[9] | |
2S3 Akatsiya | ![]() |
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152mm Self-propelled
howitzer |
60[9] | 2S3M |
Towed artillery | |||||
D-30 | ![]() |
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122 mm howitzer | 100[9] | |
Msta-B | ![]() |
152 mm howitzer | 70[9] | ||
D-20 | ![]() |
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152 mm howitzer | 24[9] | |
Multiple rocket launcher | |||||
BM-21 Grad | ![]() |
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Multiple launch rocket system | 80[9] | |
TOS-1A | ![]() ![]() |
Multiple launch rocket system | 3[9] | ||
BM-30 Smerch | ![]() |
Multiple launch rocket system | 6[9] | ||
IMI Lynx | ![]() |
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Multiple launch rocket system | 18[9] | |
9P140 Uragan | ![]() |
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Multiple launch rocket system | 180[12] | Unknown status as 2024[9] |
Mortar carrier | |||||
Cardom | ![]() |
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120mm self-propelled mortar | 18[9] | |
2S9 Nona | ![]() |
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120mm self-propelled mortar | 45[9] | |
Ballistic missiles | |||||
9K79 Tochka | ![]() |
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Tactical ballistic missile | 12[12] | |
Surface-to-air missile systems | |||||
S-300 | ![]() |
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Long-range surface-to-air missile | 40+[9] | S-300PS |
S-200 | ![]() |
Long-range surface-to-air missile | 3[9] | S-200 Angara | |
S-75 Dvina | ![]() |
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Medium-range surface-to-air missile | 12[13] | S-75M |
Buk-M2E | ![]() |
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Medium-range surface-to-air missile | 3[9] | +1 battery ordered.[14] |
S-125 | ![]() |
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Short-range surface-to-air missile | 3[9] | S-125T |
2K12 Kub | ![]() |
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Short-range surface-to-air missile | N/A[9] | |
9K35 Strela-10 | ![]() |
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Point-defence surface-to-air missile | 50 unit[12] |
Aircraft
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/A_Kazakh_Sukhoi_Su-27P%28modified%29.jpg/220px-A_Kazakh_Sukhoi_Su-27P%28modified%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Kazakhstan_Border_Guards_Antonov_An-72-100_Batuzak-1.jpg/220px-Kazakhstan_Border_Guards_Antonov_An-72-100_Batuzak-1.jpg)
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | Quantity | Notes |
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Combat aircraft | |||||
MiG-29 | Soviet Union | Multirole aircraft | Mig-29A/Mig-29UB | 14[9] | |
MiG-31 | Soviet Union | Interceptor aircraft | Mig-31/Mig-31BM | 31[9] | All stored for sale[9] |
Sukhoi Su-27/Su-30 | Soviet Union / Russia |
Air superiority/Multi role fighter | Su-27/Su-27BM2 and Su-27UB/Su-27UBM2/Su-30SM | 47[9] | 24 Su-27 & 23 Su-30
24 Su-27 and 24 Su-30 on order.[15] |
Mig-27 | Soviet Union | Ground attack | 12[9] | Stored for sale[9] | |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Soviet Union | Ground Attack | 14[15] | ||
Mig-23 | Soviet Union | Fighter-bomber | Mig-23UB | 2[9] | Stored for sale[9] |
Reconnaissance | |||||
Antonov An-30 | Soviet Union | ISR | 1[9] | ||
Transport | |||||
Antonov An-12 | Soviet Union | Medium transport | 2[9] | ||
Antonov An-26 | Soviet Union | Light transport | 6[9] | ||
Antonov An-72 | Soviet Union | Light transport | 2[15] | STOL capable aircraft.[citation needed] | |
CASA C-295 | Multinational | Light Transport | C-295M/C-295W | 9[9] | |
Helicopters | |||||
Mil Mi-24 | Soviet Union | Attack helicopter | Mi-24V | 20[9] | Some upgraded[9] |
Mil Mi-35 | Soviet Union | Attack helicopter | Mi-35M | 12[9] | |
Mil Mi-17 | Soviet Union | Utility | Mi-17V-5/Mi-171Sh | 26[9] | |
Mil Mi-26 | Soviet Union | Heavy lift/Transport | 4[9] | ||
UH-1 | United States | Utility helicopter | UH-1H | 4[9] | |
Eurocopter EC145 | Multinational | Utility/transport | 8[9] | 20 on order.[15] | |
Trainer aircraft | |||||
Aero L-39 | Czechoslovakia | Jet trainer | 17[16] | ||
Zlin 242 | Czechoslovakia | Trainer aircraft | 2[9] | ||
Unmanned aerial vehicle | |||||
TAI Anka | Turkey | MALE UCAV | Anka-S | 3[9] | |
CAIG Wing Loong | China | Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle | 2[17] |
Naval equipment
Vessel | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Kazakhstan | ![]() |
Missile boat | 3[9] | Kazakhstan-class missile boat |
Patrol combatant corvette | 1[9] | |||
Sea Dolphin | ![]() |
Fast patrol boat | 3[9] | |
Türk | ![]() |
Patrol boat | 1[9] | |
Archangel | ![]() |
Patrol boat | 3[9] | |
Dauntless | Patrol boat | 1[9] | ||
Lashyn | ![]() |
Patrol boat | 1[9] | |
OPV-62 | ![]() |
Patrol boat | 2[18] | Pacific-class |
Shaldag | ![]() / ![]() |
Go-fast boat | 6[18] | Assembled in Azerbaijan.[citation needed] |
10750E | ![]() |
Minesweeper | 1[9] | The first vessel was commissioned in 2017.[19][20] |
Project 01340G | Research vessel | 1[9] | The ship is known to be a Hydrographic ship, the vessels name is Zhaiyk.[21][22] | |
Alister 9 | ![]() |
Unmanned underwater vehicle | 1[9] | |
K-Ster I/C | 1[9] | Used for mine warfare[9] |
References
- ^ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ^ Rottman, Gordon L. (2011). The AK-47. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-835-0.
- ^ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ^ "Kazakhstan Special Forces Adopt Beretta ARX-160 in 7.62x39mm -". The Firearm Blog. 8 May 2013.
- ^ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ^ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ^ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ^ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
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- ^ a b Trade Registers. Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved on 2017-12-18.
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- ^ a b c "The Military Balance 2019".
- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (2022). The military balance. 2022. Abingdon, Oxon. p. 189. ISBN 978-1032279008.
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- ^ a b c d "World Air Forces 2020". Flight Global. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ "World Air Forces 2018". Flightglobal Insight. 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Kazakhstan purchases two Chinese Wing-Loong UCAVs | IHS Jane's 360". 2016-06-08. Archived from the original on 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ a b Trade Registers. Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved on 29 May 2015
- ^ "Kazakh navy commissions first Project 10750E minesweeper | Jane's 360". Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ "Kazakhstan to buy two mine 'hunters' from Russia". Tengrinews.kz. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Pike, John. "Kazakhstan Navy". www.globalsecurity.org.
- ^ "Kazakh naval vessels participate in 2017 Sea Cup in Azerbaijan - The Astana Times". 8 August 2017.