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List of equipment of the Angolan Army

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This is a list of equipment of the Angolan Army in service.

Many of Angola's weapons are of Portuguese colonial and Warsaw Pact origin.

Grenade launchers/Anti-tank weapons

Anti-tank

Name Type Diameter Origin Photo Notes
RPG-7 Rocket-propelled grenade 40mm  Soviet Union Reloadable launcher.
B-10 Recoilless rifle 82mm  Soviet Union Single-shot reloadable launcher.
B-11[1] Recoilless rifle 107mm  Soviet Union Single-shot reloadable launcher.
9K11 Malyutka Anti-tank missile 125mm  Soviet Union Used on the 9P111 launcher, and attachable to BMP-1s and BRDM-2s.
9K111 Fagot Anti-tank guided missile 120mm  Soviet Union Wire-guided anti-tank missile system. 650 ordered in 1987.[2]

Vehicles

Tanks

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
T-55AM-2 Main battle tank 267[3]  Soviet Union 267 T-55AM-2s were delivered from Bulgaria and Slovakia in 1999.[2]
T-62 Main battle tank 50[3]  Soviet Union 364 were ordered in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]
T-72M1 Main battle tank 50[3]  Soviet Union Delivered from Belarus in 1999.[2]
PT-76 Light tank 12[3]  Soviet Union 68 ordered in 1975 from the Soviet Union.[2]

Infantry fighting vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle 150[3]  Soviet Union
BMP-2 Infantry fighting vehicle 62[3]  Soviet Union
BMD-3 Airborne infantry fighting vehicle 35+[4]  Soviet Union Small number of units in the Angolan Army.[5]

Armored scout vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BRDM-1 Amphibious armoured scout car 70[3]  Soviet Union 120 units as of 2008.[4]
BRDM-2 Amphibious armoured scout car 70[3]  Soviet Union 195 units as of 2008.[4]
WMA301/PTL-02 Tank destroyer 10  People's Republic of China ? [6]

Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Casspir 2000B MRAP 45[7]  South Africa 45 ordered in November 2013. Includes 30 APCs, 4 fire support vehicles, two command vehicles and others.[7]

References

  1. ^ Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Trade Registers". Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Global Security. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Army Recognition. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  5. ^ The Military Balance 2012. – P. 421. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  6. ^ Cherisey, de, Erwan (16 February 2017). "Angolan military exercise reveals new Chinese armoured vehicles". IHS Jane's 360. Paris. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017.
  7. ^ a b Guy Martin (21 November 2013). "Angola orders Casspirs". Defence Web. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
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