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This is a list of equipment of the Saudi Arabian Army currently in service.

Small arms

Model Image Origin Type Caliber Details
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power  Belgium Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum
SIG Sauer P226  Switzerland Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum Standard issue sidearm
Glock  Austria Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum Special forces mostly
Assault rifles
Heckler & Koch HK33  West Germany Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO HK33E variant.[1]
Heckler & Koch G36  Germany
 Saudi Arabia		 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation[2]
FN SCAR-H File:Scar H Standard.jpg  Belgium
 United States		 Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Royal Saudi Land Forces.[3][4]
M4 carbine  United States Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO Special forces only.
Heckler & Koch G3  West Germany
 Saudi Arabia		 Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Standard Issue Rifle of Saudi Arabian Army. Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation[5]
M16A2 rifle  United States Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO
Steyr AUG
AUG A1 HBAR
 Austria Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Standard assault rifle of the Saudi Arabian Army since 2009.[6][7]
AK-103  Russia
 Saudi Arabia		 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Royal Saudi Land Forces.[8][9] Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[10][11]
PM md. 63/65[12]  Romania Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Reserved.
Machine guns
Heckler & Koch MG4  Germany Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO Standard light machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army.
Rheinmetall MG3  West Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO Standard general-purpose machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army.
FN Minimi  Belgium Squad automatic weapon 5.56×45mm NATO
FN MAG  Belgium General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO
Vektor SS-77  South Africa General-purpose machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO
M2 Browning  United States Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO Standard heavy machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army
Sniper rifles and designated marksman rifles
Accuracy International AWM  United Kingdom Sniper rifle .300 Winchester Magnum
Heckler & Koch PSG1  Germany Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO
M107/M107A1  United States Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×99mm NATO
AWP (Arctic Warfare Police)  United Kingdom Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO
Robar RC-50  United States Anti-material sniper rifle 12.7 × 99 mm NATO
Steyr SSG 69  Austria Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO
Grenade-based weapons
M203  United States Grenade launcher 40×46mm SR
AGS-30  Russia
 Saudi Arabia		 Automatic grenade launcher 40×46mm Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries[13]
Mk 19  United States Automatic grenade launcher 40×53mm [14]
Milkor MGL  South Africa Automatic grenade launcher 40×46mm [1]
M67  United States Hand grenades 64 mm [15]
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-7  Russia Rocket propelled grenade launchers 40mm [16]
C90-CR (M3)  Spain Rocket-propelled grenade 90mm
Portable anti-tank weapons
9M133 Kornet  Russia
 Saudi Arabia		 Anti-tank guided missile Tandem HEAT Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries[citation needed]
FGM-148 Javelin  United States Medium-range anti-tank guided missile 127mm Standard infantry AT weapon. 20 launchers and 150 missiles[17]
MBT LAW  United Kingdom
 Sweden		 Short-range anti-tank missile system 150mm In service with Royal Saudi Land Forces.
RBS 56B BILL 2  Sweden SACLOS anti-tank missile 127mm [18]
Raybolt  South Korea Anti-tank missile Used in Yemen.[19]
M47 Dragon  United States Anti-tank missile 1,154 mm
APILAS  France Anti-tank missile 112 mm [20]
Mounted anti-tank weapons
HOT  France Anti-tank missile Tandem charge HEAT HOT and HOT-2 delivered in 1989 and 1997 for use on AMX-10.
AGM-114 Hellfire  United States Anti-tank missile High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) Used on AH-64D and AH-6s
BGM-71 TOW
BGM-71C ITOW
BGM-71D TOW-2
BGM-71E TOW-2A		  United States Anti-tank missile 150mm Standard Issue to Saudi Arabian Army.

Artillery

Model Image Origin Type Caliber Details
Mortars
M224 mortar  United States Lightweight mortar 60mm
Brandt Mle CM60A1  France Gun-mortar 60mm
2R2M 120MM  United States
 France		 Heavy mortar 120mm
MO-120-RT-61 120mm  France Heavy mortar 120mm
M30 mortar  United States Heavy mortar 106mm
Howitzers
PLZ-45  China Self-propelled howitzer 155mm 54[21]
M109 howitzer  United States Self-propelled howitzer 155mm M109A1
M109A2
M109A5
 600
177 on order[22]
AMX-GCT  France Self-propelled howitzer 155mm 51
M198 howitzer  United States Towed howitzer 155mm 144
FH-70  United Kingdom Towed howitzer 155mm 40
M114 howitzer  United States Towed howitzer 155mm M114A1 534. All are stored in reserve.
M102 howitzer  United States Towed howitzer 105mm 300[23]
M101 howitzer  United States Towed howitzer 105mm M101A1 800. All are stored in reserve.
Rocket artillery
M270  United States MRL 227mm 180
Astros II MLRS  Brazil MRL 180mm 72
TOS-1A  Soviet Union
 MRL 220 mm Used by the Royal Saudi Land Forces.[24] Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[25][26]

Vehicles

Model Image Origin Type Quantity Details
Tanks
M1 Abrams  United States M1A2S 422 Saudi Arabia bought 373 M1A2 tanks,[27] with further 69 more M1A2S tanks ordered on 8 January 2013 and delivered by 31 July 2014.[28] Later Saudi Arabia decided to upgrade all of M1A2 variants to M1A2S configuration. 153 M1A2S on order since Aug 9, 2016[27] 20 were lost in Yemen[29]
M60 Patton  United States M60A3 390[30] 1,300 were acquired. At least 37 are visually confirmed as being destroyed in Yemen.
AMX-30  France AMX-30SA 250 In reserve. Though at least 3 are visually confirmed as being destroyed in Yemen.
Armoured vehicles
Model Image Origin Variant Quantity Details
M2 Bradley  United States M2A2 400[30] Principal IFV of the Saudi Army.[23] At least 57 lost in Yemen.
AMX-10P  France 293[30] 500[31] were bought from France in 1974; most are now stored as a reserve.
M113  United States M113A1
M113A3		 3,112 [23] At least 61 visually confirmed as destroyed in Yemen.
HMMWV  United States M997 HMMWV
M998 HMMWV
M1026 HMMWV
M1151 HMMWV		 1500 Vehicles were sold to Saudi Arabia by the U.S. under the Foreign Military Sales program.[32]
M88  United States M88A1 98 Armoured recovery vehicle.[33][34]

[32] The potential sale of a further 20 was announced in August 2016.[35]

Al-Shibl  Saudi Arabia Al-Shibl1
Al-Shibl2		 ~100 [36] A small number of Al Shibl 2 vehicles were delivered to Hadi’s army to take part in the Midi and Harad offensives[citation needed]
URO VAMTAC  Spain 30 [37]
Didgori Medevac  Georgia Didgori-1
Didgori-2		 100+ Armored medical evacuation vehicle. Saudi Arabia ordered 100+ Didgori Medevac from Georgia in 2016.[38][39]
CUCV II[40]  United States 200+
MRAPs
Oshkosh M-ATV  United States Many 1859 Saudi Arabia began negotiations for an order for an undisclosed number of M-ATVs Saudi Arabia received an estimated 1859. Several dozen have been destroyed in Yemen. With many being donated to Pro-Hadi forces and subsequently getting destroyed in fighting.
TUWAIQ-2  Saudi Arabia ~50 [41]
Demining vehicles
Aardvark JSFU  United Kingdom ? ? [42]
DOK-ING  Croatia MV-4
MV-10		 ? [43]
Trucks
M548  United States ? ?
M939 Truck
 United States ? ? [44]
FMTV  United States ? 100 [44]
HEMTT  United States ? ?
Oshkosh HET
 United States M1070A0
M1070		 50 Saudi Arabia was the first export customer for the M1070 with deliveries made during 1993.[45]
Tatra 810
 Czech Republic
 Saudi Arabia		 810 ? Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[46]
Tatra 815
 Czech Republic
 Saudi Arabia		 815 ? Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[47]
Tatra 158 Phoenix
 Czech Republic
 Saudi Arabia		 158 Phoenix ? Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[48]
Tatra 815-7
 Czech Republic
 Saudi Arabia		 815-7 ? Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[49]

Saudi Arabian Army Aviation

Model Image Origin Type Quantity Details
Helicopters
AH-64 Apache  United States AH-64D 94 A further 29 AH-64D Longbow III requested for more than $1.2bn.[50]
Bell OH-58 Kiowa  United States OH-58D +40 [51]
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk  United States UH-60L 37 A further 24 UH-60L requested for $350m.
Boeing CH-47F Chinook  United States CH-47F 48 Ordered in December 2016.[52]
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Aeryon Scout  Canada ? 10 [53]
Saqr  Saudi Arabia Saqr1
Saqr2
Saqr3
Saqr4		 38 [54][55]
CAIG Wing Loong  China
 Saudi Arabia		 Pterodactyl
Wing Loong II		 300[56] [57][58] King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology signed a partnership with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporationto establish a manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia for the CH series of UCAVs.[59]
Denel Dynamics Seeker File:A Seeker 400 drone, manufactured by South African company Denel Dynamics, flies over Cape Town Stadium..jpg  South Africa
 Saudi Arabia[60]		 Seeker 400 ? [61][62]
EMT Luna X-2000  Germany
 Saudi Arabia[63]		 ? ? [64][65]
Selex ES Falco  Italy ? ? On 13 July 2012 ainonline.com reported a new sale for the Falco, bringing the number of export customers to four, and that more than 50 air vehicles were operational at the time.[66]

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