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 | France | Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | In service since 1953. Being replaced. | |
PAMAS G1 | France Italy |
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 | Austria | Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | ||
HK USP.SD | Germany | 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 |
Germany | Submachine gun | 9mm | Used by French Army's special forces. | |
FN P90 | Belgium | 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 | France | Assault rifle | 5.56mm | The FAMAS remains 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 |
Germany | 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 | Belgium | Assault rifle | 5.56mm | File:Scar L Standard.jpg | Used by French Army's special forces. |
M16 A2 M203 M16 723 M203 |
United States | 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 | Italy | Semi-automatic shotgun | 12-Gauge | Used by French army's special forces. | |
Mossberg 500 | United States | 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 | France | Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | In service since 1986. | |
PGM Ultima Ratio | France | Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ||
HK MSG90 | Germany | Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ||
HK 417 | Germany | Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ||
PGM Hécate II | France | Anti-materiel rifle | 12.7 mm |
Machine Guns
Name | Origin | Type | Cartridge | Photo | Notes |
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FN Minimi | Belgium | Light machine gun | 5.56mm | 10.881 ordered in 2011 | |
ANF1 | France | General purpose machine gun | 7.62 mm | ||
FN MAG | Belgium | General purpose machine gun | 7.62 mm | ||
M2 Browning | United States | Heavy machine gun | .50 cal |
Portable Anti-Materiel Weapons
Name | Origin | Type | Caliber | Photo | Notes |
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AT4 CS | Sweden | Anti-tank weapon | 84mm | ||
MILAN | France Germany |
Anti-tank guided missile | 115mm | 528 | |
FGM-148 Javelin | United States | Fire-and-forget anti-tank missile | 127mm | 76 | |
ERYX | France | Anti-tank guided missile | 136mm | 678 | |
MMP | France | 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) | France | Grenade launcher | 51mm | ||
Heckler & Koch AG36 | Germany | Grenade launcher | 40mm | Service in limited numbers since at least 2014. 10,767 ordered in September 2016. | |
M203 grenade launcher | United States | 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 | France | Mine-resistant ambush protected | 14 | |||
Buffalo | United States | Mine-resistant ambush protected | 4 | |||
Engin Blindé du Génie | France | Armoured engineering vehicle | 40 | Used with 14 SDPMAC (Mine Clearance Explosives) Systems. | ||
MINOTAUR | France | Anti-tank Mines Dispersion Vehicle[9] | ||||
unarmoured engineering vehicles | ||||||
ECA COBRA MK2 | France | Multi-function Military Robot | 30 | Used for Mine Clearing, Chemical detection, Reconnaissance
30 delivered in 2012 | ||
iRobot Packbot 510 | United States | Mine Clearing Robot | 15 | Ordered in 2009 | ||
ECA UGV IGUANA | France | Mine Clearing Robot | 15 | 15 to be delivered in 2018 and 43 until 2024 | ||
EFA | France | Ferry/Mobile bridge | 30 (2013) | |||
PFM | France | Mobile bridge | 70 (2013) | |||
SPRAT | France | Modular assault bridge | 10 | |||
TNA | France | Airborne leveling tractor | 6[10] | |||
MFRD | France | Rapid Destruction Drilling Truck | 122 | |||
Liebherr LTM 1050-3.1 | Germany | Mobile crane | 50 | |||
EGAME | France | Bulldozer | 35 | |||
SOUVIM | South Africa | Interim Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector | 8 | |||
MPG | France | Bulldozer | ? | |||
Caterpillar D6 | United States | Bulldozer | 40 | |||
EGRAP | United Kingdom | Backhoe loader | 92 | |||
UNAC 20TRR | France | Road–rail Excavator | 2[11] | |||
Scania P340 | Sweden | Dump truck | 161[12] |
Unarmored Vehicles
Name | Origin | Variant | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Unarmoured Vehicles | ||||||
VLRA | France | Truck | ||||
VMA | France | Airport crash tender | Used by French Army Light Aviation.[13] | |||
Peugeot P4 | France | Light Utility Vehicle | 2,500 | 13,500 delivered between 1982 and 1992, 600 withdrawn from service every year. | ||
Land Rover Defender | United Kingdom | Light Utility Vehicle | 550[14] | |||
VPS[15] | France | Light Utility Vehicle | 51 | Used by special forces. | ||
Polaris | United States | All-terrain vehicle | 300 | Also used by French special forces.[16] | ||
Renault Trafic III | France | Minibus | 60[17] | Used by counter terrorist forces. | ||
Ford Ranger | Argentina | Light Utility Vehicle | 3700[18] | Used by Sentinelle forces. | ||
Renault Master II | France | Van | ||||
Renault Kangoo | France | 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 | France | 155 mm self-propelled howitzer | 32 | |||
CAESAR | France | 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer | 77 | |||
M270 MLRS | United States | 227mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher | 13 | |||
Towed artillery | ||||||
TRF1 | France | 155 mm towed howitzer | 12 | |||
Mortars | ||||||
RTF1 | France | 120 mm mortar | 140 | |||
Mo 81 LLR F1 | France | 81 mm mortar | ||||
Anti-aircraft artillery | ||||||
Mistral | France | very short-range surface-to-air missile system | 221 |
Logistics
Name | Origin | Variant | Number | Photo | Notes |
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Porteur polyvalent terrestre (PPT) | France Italy |
|
485 | 1600 on order | |
TRM 10000 | France | Truck | ~1,000 | ||
TRM 700-100 | France | Truck | 119 | ||
TRM 2000 | France | Truck | |||
Renault GBC 180 | France | Truck | 5,500 | ||
Vehicule porte conteneurs maritimes (VPCM) | France United Kingdom |
8x8 Container carrier | 12 | ||
Camion citerne polyvalent (CCP10) | France Sweden |
6x6 Tank transporter | 461 | ||
Camion lourd de depannage routier (CLDR) | France | 8x4 recovery vehicle | ? |
Aircraft
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Quantity[19] | Photo | Notes | |||
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Fixed-wing aircraft | ||||||||
Pilatus PC-6 | Switzerland | Transport & Parachuting | 5 | |||||
SOCATA TBM | France | VIP transport & Utility | 8 | |||||
Helicopters | ||||||||
Eurocopter Tiger HAP/HAD | Europe | Attack helicopter | 62 | 9 more on order. 40 HAP and 18 HAD. (All HAP will be upgraded to HAD standard)[20][21] | ||||
NHIndustries NH90 | Europe | 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 | France | Transport helicopter | 68 | |||||
Eurocopter Caracal | France | Transport helicopter | 8 | Transferred to the Air Force by 2021. | ||||
Eurocopter Cougar | France | Transport helicopter | 26 | |||||
Aérospatiale Gazelle | France | Reconnaissance helicopter | 99 | One lost on 11 January 2013.[24] | ||||
Eurocopter Fennec | France | Training helicopter | 18 | |||||
Eurocopter Calliope[25] | Europe | Training helicopter | 36 | |||||
UAVs | ||||||||
Sperwer | France | Reconnaissance | 25 | In service since 2005. Will be replaced from 2018 by the SAGEM Patroller. | ||||
EADS DRAC | France | Reconnaissance | 60[26] | |||||
Thales Spy'Ranger | France | Reconnaissance | 105 to be delivered in 2018 and 105 in 2019[27] | |||||
ECA IT180 DroGen | France | Reconnaissance | 5 |
References
- ^ "Defence key figures 2017" (in French). Defense.gouv.fr.
- ^ "PAMAS G1". gendarmes.net/ (in French). Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ a b "France launches major new vehicle programmes - IHS Jane's 360". 1 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
- ^ "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?]
- ^ "Data". www.defense.gouv.fr.
- ^ "Un engin unique au monde développé pour les paras".
- ^ nous.fr. "UNAC - Actualités". www.unac-france.com.
- ^ "28052009La Délégation générale pour l'armement passe commande de 161 porteurs P 340 CB6X6HHZ à Scania". Scania France.
- ^ "Pompiers aéroportuaires : les anges gardiens de l'aviation - avionslegendaires.net". 19 April 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Data". www.defense.gouv.fr.
- ^ a b "Le ministère de la Défense a commandé 520 véhicules pour l'opération Sentinelle".
- ^ "Le futur 4X4 de l'armée française sera un Ford Ranger militarisé".
- ^ "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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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Qualification finale du Tigre en version appui-destruction (HAD)". Defense.gouv.fr. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Tran, Pierre (8 August 2017). "France Boosts Arms Spending, Eyes C-130 Buy".
- ^ "France Orders 34 More NH90 Helicopters". www.defense-aerospace.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Eurocopter EC-120 Colibri - avionslegendaires.net".
- ^ "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