List of equipment of the French Army
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Modern equipment of the French Army is a list of equipment currently in service with the French Army. Figures are provided by the French Ministry of Defense for July 1, 2017.[1]
Infantry equipment
Pistols
Name | Origin | Type | Cartridge | Photo | Notes |
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MAC 50 | ![]() |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | ![]() |
In service since 1953. Being replaced. |
PAMAS G1 | ![]() ![]() |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | ![]() |
Entered into operational service in 1989 with the national gendarmerie, in 1992 with the Air Force, and in 1999 for the Army and Navy. 97,502 weapons in 2002.[2] |
Glock 17 | ![]() |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | ![]() |
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HK USP.SD | ![]() |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | ![]() |
Used by French Army's special forces. |
Submachine Guns
Name | Origin | Type | Cartridge | Photo | Notes |
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HK MP5 A5 HK MP5 SD3 |
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Submachine gun | 9mm | ![]() |
Used by French Army's special forces. |
FN P90 | ![]() |
Submachine gun | 5.7x28mm | Used by French Army's special forces. |
Assault, battle rifles
Name | Origin | Type | Cartridge | Photo | Notes |
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FAMAS F1 | ![]() |
Assault rifle | 5.56mm | ![]() |
The FAMAS was the standard-issue service rifle of the French military, with over 700,000 in total delivered. Scheduled to be phased out of service in the mid 2020s. |
HK416 A5 HK416 D14.5RS HK416 F |
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Assault rifle | 5.56mm | ![]() |
The HK416F will replace the FAMAS as the standard-issue assault rifle beginning in 2017. 102,000 weapons have been ordered. |
FN SCAR-L | ![]() |
Assault rifle | 5.56mm | File:Scar L Standard.jpg | Used by French Army's special forces. |
M16 A2 M203 M16 723 M203 |
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Assault rifle | 5.56mm | ![]() |
Used by French Army's special forces. |
Shotguns
Name | Origin | Type | Cartridge | Photo | Notes |
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Benelli M3T Super 90 | ![]() |
Semi-automatic shotgun | 12-Gauge | ![]() |
Used by French army's special forces. |
Mossberg 500 | ![]() |
Pump-action shotgun | 12-Gauge | ![]() |
Used by French army's special forces and units in French Guiana. |
Sniper and Anti-materiel rifles
Name | Origin | Type | Cartridge | Photo | Notes |
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FR-F2 | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
In service since 1986. |
PGM Ultima Ratio | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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HK MSG90 | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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HK 417 | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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PGM Hécate II | ![]() |
Anti-materiel rifle | 12.7 mm | ![]() |
Machine Guns
Name | Origin | Type | Cartridge | Photo | Notes |
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FN Minimi | ![]() |
Light machine gun | 5.56mm | ![]() |
10.881 ordered in 2011 |
ANF1 | ![]() |
General purpose machine gun | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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FN MAG | ![]() |
General purpose machine gun | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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M2 Browning | ![]() |
Heavy machine gun | .50 cal | ![]() |
Portable Anti-Materiel Weapons
Name | Origin | Type | Caliber | Photo | Notes |
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AT4 CS | ![]() |
Anti-tank weapon | 84mm | ![]() |
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MILAN | ![]() ![]() |
Anti-tank guided missile | 115mm | ![]() |
528 |
FGM-148 Javelin | ![]() |
Fire-and-forget anti-tank missile | 127mm | ![]() |
76 |
ERYX | ![]() |
Anti-tank guided missile | 136mm | ![]() |
678 |
MMP | ![]() |
Fire-and-forget anti-tank missile | 140mm | Successor of MILAN. To de deployed in 2018. |
Grenade-Based Weapons
Name | Origin | Type | Caliber | Photo | Notes |
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LGI Mle F1 (Lance-grenade individuel Mle F1) | ![]() |
Grenade launcher | 51mm | ![]() |
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Heckler & Koch AG36 | ![]() |
Grenade launcher | 40mm | ![]() |
Service in limited numbers since at least 2014. 10,767 ordered in September 2016. |
M203 grenade launcher | ![]() |
Grenade launcher | 40mm | ![]() |
Equipment
- SPECTRA helmet
- FÉLIN – infantry combat system (18,552)
Vehicles
Armored Vehicles
Engineering
Name | Origin | Variant | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Armoured engineering vehicles | ||||||
Nexter Aravis | ![]() |
Mine-resistant ambush protected | 14 | ![]() |
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Buffalo | ![]() |
Mine-resistant ambush protected | 4 | |||
Engin Blindé du Génie | ![]() |
Armoured engineering vehicle | 40 | ![]() |
Used with 14 SDPMAC (Mine Clearance Explosives) Systems. | |
MINOTAUR | ![]() |
Anti-tank Mines Dispersion Vehicle[9] | ||||
unarmoured engineering vehicles | ||||||
ECA COBRA MK2 | ![]() |
Multi-function Military Robot | 30 | Used for Mine Clearing, Chemical detection, Reconnaissance
30 delivered in 2012 | ||
iRobot Packbot 510 | ![]() |
Mine Clearing Robot | 15 | Ordered in 2009 | ||
ECA UGV IGUANA | ![]() |
Mine Clearing Robot | 15 | 15 to be delivered in 2018 and 43 until 2024 | ||
EFA | ![]() |
Ferry/Mobile bridge | 30 (2013) | ![]() |
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PFM | ![]() |
Mobile bridge | 70 (2013) | ![]() |
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SPRAT | ![]() |
Modular assault bridge | 10 | |||
TNA | ![]() |
Airborne leveling tractor | 6[10] | ![]() |
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MFRD | ![]() |
Rapid Destruction Drilling Truck | 122 | ![]() |
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Liebherr LTM 1050-3.1 | ![]() |
Mobile crane | 50 | |||
EGAME | ![]() |
Bulldozer | 35 | |||
SOUVIM | ![]() |
Interim Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector | 8 | |||
MPG | ![]() |
Bulldozer | ? | |||
Caterpillar D6 | ![]() |
Bulldozer | 40 | ![]() |
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EGRAP | ![]() |
Backhoe loader | 92 | ![]() |
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UNAC 20TRR | ![]() |
Road–rail Excavator | 2[11] | |||
Scania P340 | ![]() |
Dump truck | 161[12] | ![]() |
Unarmored Vehicles
Name | Origin | Variant | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Unarmoured Vehicles | ||||||
VLRA | ![]() |
Truck | ||||
VMA | ![]() |
Airport crash tender | Used by French Army Light Aviation.[13] | |||
Peugeot P4 | ![]() |
Light Utility Vehicle | 2,500 | ![]() |
13,500 delivered between 1982 and 1992, 600 withdrawn from service every year. | |
Land Rover Defender | ![]() |
Light Utility Vehicle | 550[14] | ![]() |
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VPS[15] | ![]() |
Light Utility Vehicle | 51 | ![]() |
Used by special forces. | |
Polaris | ![]() |
All-terrain vehicle | 300 | ![]() |
Also used by French special forces.[16] | |
Renault Trafic III | ![]() |
Minibus | 60[17] | ![]() |
Used by counter terrorist forces. | |
Ford Ranger | ![]() |
Light Utility Vehicle | 3700[18] | ![]() |
Used by Sentinelle forces. | |
Renault Master II | ![]() |
Van | ![]() |
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Renault Kangoo | ![]() |
Light Utility Vehicle | 460[17] | ![]() |
Used by counter terrorist forces. |
Artillery and air-defence
Name | Origin | Variant | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
AMX 30 AuF1 | ![]() |
155 mm self-propelled howitzer | 32 | ![]() |
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CAESAR | ![]() |
155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer | 77 | ![]() |
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M270 MLRS | ![]() |
227mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher | 13 | ![]() | ||
Towed artillery | ||||||
TRF1 | ![]() |
155 mm towed howitzer | 12 | ![]() |
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Mortars | ||||||
RTF1 | ![]() |
120 mm mortar | 140 | |||
Mo 81 LLR F1 | ![]() |
81 mm mortar | ![]() |
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Anti-aircraft artillery | ||||||
Mistral | ![]() |
very short-range surface-to-air missile system | 221 | ![]() |
Logistics
Name | Origin | Variant | Number | Photo | Notes |
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Porteur polyvalent terrestre (PPT) | ![]() ![]() |
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485 | ![]() |
1600 on order |
TRM 10000 | ![]() |
Truck | ~1,000 | ||
TRM 700-100 | ![]() |
Truck | 119 | ![]() |
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TRM 2000 | ![]() |
Truck | |||
Renault GBC 180 | ![]() |
Truck | 5,500 | ![]() |
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Vehicule porte conteneurs maritimes (VPCM) | ![]() ![]() |
8x8 Container carrier | 12 | ![]() |
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Camion citerne polyvalent (CCP10) | ![]() ![]() |
6x6 Tank transporter | 461 | ||
Camion lourd de depannage routier (CLDR) | ![]() |
8x4 recovery vehicle | ? | ![]() |
Aircraft
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Quantity[19] | Photo | Notes | |||
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Fixed-wing aircraft | ||||||||
Pilatus PC-6 | ![]() |
Transport & Parachuting | 5 | ![]() |
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SOCATA TBM | ![]() |
VIP transport & Utility | 8 | ![]() |
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Helicopters | ||||||||
Eurocopter Tiger HAP/HAD | ![]() |
Attack helicopter | 62 | ![]() |
9 more on order. 40 HAP and 18 HAD. (All HAP will be upgraded to HAD standard)[20][21] | |||
NHIndustries NH90 | ![]() |
Transport helicopter | 23 | ![]() |
2 batches of 34 ordered in May 2013.[22] Six more helicopters were ordered in January 2016, bringing the total number of aircraft on order to 74.[23] | |||
Aérospatiale Puma | ![]() |
Transport helicopter | 68 | ![]() |
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Eurocopter Caracal | ![]() |
Transport helicopter | 8 | ![]() |
Transferred to the Air Force by 2021. | |||
Eurocopter Cougar | ![]() |
Transport helicopter | 26 | ![]() |
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Aérospatiale Gazelle | ![]() |
Reconnaissance helicopter | 99 | ![]() |
One lost on 11 January 2013.[24] | |||
Eurocopter Fennec | ![]() |
Training helicopter | 18 | ![]() |
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Eurocopter Calliope[25] | ![]() |
Training helicopter | 36 | ![]() |
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UAVs | ||||||||
Sperwer | ![]() |
Reconnaissance | 25 | ![]() |
In service since 2005. Will be replaced from 2018 by the SAGEM Patroller. | |||
EADS DRAC | ![]() |
Reconnaissance | 60[26] | |||||
Thales Spy'Ranger | ![]() |
Reconnaissance | 105 to be delivered in 2018 and 105 in 2019[27] | |||||
ECA IT180 DroGen | ![]() |
Reconnaissance | 5 |
References
- ^ "Defence key figures 2017" (in French). Defense.gouv.fr.
- ^ "PAMAS G1". gendarmes.net/ (in French). Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233036/http://www.janes.com/article/33205/france-launches-major-new-vehicle-programmes France Launches Major New Vehicle Programs
- ^ "French receive 500th VBCI". Army Recognition.
- ^ "FRANCE". Armedforces.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "French Army receives first BvS10 vehicles". Army-technology.com. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2013.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Christopher F Foss (11 June 2011). "French Army builds up all-terrain fleet". Ihs.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "Bv206S Tracked Armoured Personnel Carrier, Sweden". Army-technology.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Template:Frhttp://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/equipements/materiels-specifiques/genie/minage-deminage/minotaur
- ^ Template:Frhttp://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2015/12/15/2238447-un-engin-unique-au-monde-developpe-pour-les-paras.html
- ^ Template:Frhttp://www.unac-france.com/actualites/les_pelles_rail-route_unac_20trr_livrees_a_la_s-i-m-m-t-_ads102
- ^ Template:Frhttps://www.scania.com/fr/fr/home/experience-scania/news-and-events/News/archive/2009/05/28052009la_delegationgeneralepourlarmementpas-67-97816.html
- ^ Template:Frhttp://www.avionslegendaires.net/2012/04/actu/pompiers-aeroportuaires-les-anges-gardiens-de-laviation/
- ^ "Defender : le véhicule polyvalent de l'armée de Terre" (in French). defense.gouv.fr. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "VPS Light 4x4 Special Forces patrol vehicle". Armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Template:Frhttp://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre/equipements/materiels-specifiques/forces-speciales/vehicules/quad-polaris-sporstman-700
- ^ a b Template:Frhttp://www.opex360.com/2016/02/10/le-ministere-de-la-defense-commande-520-vehicules-pour-loperation-sentinelle/
- ^ Template:Frhttps://www.challenges.fr/automobile/actu-auto/le-futur-4x4-de-l-armee-francaise-sera-un-ford-ranger-militarise_442097
- ^ "Les chiffres clé de la defense edition 2016" (in French or English). Defense.gouv.fr. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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- ^ France Boosts Arms Spending
- ^ France Orders 34 More NH90 Helicopters – Defense-Aerospace.com, 30 May 2013
- ^ "French Army Light Aviation to receive six more NH90s | IHS Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2013. p. 32.
- ^ Template:Frhttp://www.avionslegendaires.net/avion-militaire/eurocopter-ec-120-colibri/
- ^ EADS Defence & Security delivers second batch of DRAC UAVs to French Ministry of Defence
- ^ "L'armée de terre s'équipe avec les mini-drones de Thales". lesechos.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
- Official website of the French Ministry of Defense Template:Fr icon
- Les hélicoptères de l'armée de terre : situation et perspectives – Report from the French Senate Template:Fr icon
- Le rôle des drones dans les armées – Report from the French Senate Template:Fr icon
- Projet de loi de finances pour 2003 : Forces terrestres – Report from the French Senate Template:Fr icon
- Projet de loi de finances pour 2007 : Défense – Forces terrestres – Report from the French Senate Template:Fr icon