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List of equipment of the Armed Forces of Belarus
This is a list of the equipment used by the Armed Forces of Belarus. The military forces of Belarus are almost exclusively armed with Soviet-era equipment inherited from the Soviet Union. Although large in numbers, some Western experts consider some of it outdated.
Infantry weapons
Small arms
| Model | Image | Caliber | Origin | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistols | |||||
| Makarov PM | 9×18mm Makarov | Soviet Union | Semi-automatic pistol | ||
| Stechkin | 9×18mm Makarov | Soviet Union | Selective fire machine pistol | ||
| Glock 17/34 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Austria | Semi-automatic pistol | Glock 17 and 34 used by OMON, "Almaz" counter-terrorist unit, KGB Alpha Group.[citation needed] | |
| SIG Sauer P226 | 9×19mm Parabellum | West Germany | Semi-automatic pistol | P226 used by "Almaz" counter-terrorist unit, KGB Alpha Group.[citation needed] | |
| Submachine gun | |||||
| Heckler & Koch MP5 | 9×19mm Parabellum | West Germany | Submachine gun | MP5A3 and MP5K are in service of "Almaz" counter-terrorist group and KGB Alpha Group. [1] | |
| Shotgun | |||||
| Benelli M4 | 12-gauge | Italy | Semi-automatic combat shotgun | Benelli M4 used by Internal Troops,[2] OMON, "Almaz" counter-terrorist unit and KGB Alpha Group. Seen with Alpha Group, Internal Troops and OCAM units deployed to Minsk during the 2020 protests.[3] | |
| Assault rifles | |||||
| AK-47 | 7.62×39mm | Soviet Union | Assault rifle | ||
| AKM | 7.62×39mm | Soviet Union | Assault rifle | ||
| AK-74 | 5.45×39mm | Soviet Union | Assault rifle | ||
| AK-12 | 5.45×39mm | Russian Federation | Assault rifle | A small quantity of AK-12s reportedly announced for purchase on February 2021.[4] | |
| AK-74M | 5.45×39mm | Soviet Union / Russian Federation | Assault rifle | Standard service rifle.[citation needed] | |
| 9A-91[5] | 9×39mm | Russian Federation | Carbine | ||
| Sniper rifles and designated marksman rifles | |||||
| Dragunov SVD | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | Semi-automatic sniper rifle, designated marksman rifle | Currently being upgraded to the SCR-1200 model.[6] | |
| VSS Vintorez[7] | 9×39mm | Soviet Union / Russian Federation | Special Sniper rifle, assault rifle | Used by various special forces.[citation needed] | |
| OSV-96[8] | 12.7×108mm | Russian Federation | Anti-materiel sniper rifle | Used by the special forces.[citation needed] | |
| Machine guns | |||||
| PK machine gun | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | General-purpose machine gun | ||
| RPK | 7.62×39mm | Soviet Union | Squad automatic weapon | ||
| RPK-74 | 5.45×39mm | Soviet Union | Squad automatic weapon | ||
| NSV | 12.7×108mm | Soviet Union | Heavy machine gun | ||
| Grenade launchers | |||||
| GP-25/30/34 | 40 mm VOG-25 | Soviet Union | Underslung grenade launcher | ||
| AGS-17 | 30×29mm | Soviet Union | Automatic grenade launcher | ||
| AGS-30 | 30×29mm | Russian Federation | Automatic grenade launcher | ||
| Rocket propelled grenade launchers | |||||
| RPO-A Shmel | 93mm | Soviet Union | Rocket-propelled grenade | The PDM-A Priz is replacing the RPO-A Shmel flamethrower.[9] | |
| RPG-7 | 40 mm (launcher only, warhead diameter varies) | Soviet Union | Rocket-propelled grenade | ||
| RPG-18 | 64 mm | Soviet Union | Rocket-propelled grenade | Single-shot disposable launcher.[citation needed] | |
| RPG-22 | 72.5 mm | Soviet Union | Rocket-propelled grenade | Single-shot disposable launcher.[citation needed] | |
| RPG-26 | 72.5 mm | Soviet Union | Rocket-propelled grenade | ||
| RPG-29 | 105 mm | Soviet Union | Rocket-propelled grenade | Re-loadable launcher. Can use PG-29V tandem-charge munitions in an anti-tank role, or TBG-29 thermobaric munitions in anti-infantry use.[citation needed] | |
| Anti-tank guided missiles | |||||
| Shershen | 130 mm & 152 mm | Belarus / Ukraine | Anti-tank guided missile | ||
| 9K111 Fagot | 120 mm | Soviet Union | Anti-tank guided missile | ||
| 9M113 Konkurs | 135 mm | Soviet Union | Anti-tank guided missile | ||
| Man-portable air-defense systems | |||||
| 9K34 Strela-3 | 75 mm | Soviet Union | Man-portable air-defense system | ||
| 9K38 Igla | 72 mm | Soviet Union | Man-portable air-defense system | ||
Vehicles
| Name | Image | Origin | In service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanks | ||||
| T-72 'Ural' | Soviet Union | ~862[10] | (Limited numbers still used for training).[11] | |
| T-72A Early | (Limited numbers still used for training. Others in reserve).[12] | |||
| T-72A Mid | ||||
| T-72A Late | ||||
| T-72AV | [11] | |||
| T-72B | (Can be equipped with slat armour, metal cage and metal bucket).[11] Currently business upgraded.[13] | |||
| T-72B Obr. 1990 | [12] | |||
| T-80U | ||||
| T-72B3 Obr. 2016 | Russia | At least 24 upgraded to the B3 UBKh level.[14][15][16] | ||
| Armoured Fighting Vehicles | ||||
| BRM-1 | Soviet Union | N/A | (Believed to have been decommissioned).[17] | |
| Caiman | Belarus | ~45[12] | Next 102 will be delivered.[11] | |
| MT-LB | Soviet Union | ~50[18] | [19] | |
| Infantry Fighting Vehicles | ||||
| BMP-1(P) | Soviet Union | ~132[20] | (Limited numbers still used for training. Others in reserve).[12] | |
| BMP-2 Obr. 1980 | ~932[20] | (Can be equipped with slat armour).[20] | ||
| BMP-2 Obr. 1984 | ||||
| BMD-1 | N/A | (Decommissioned after their replacement by the BTR-70MB1 APC and placed in reserve).[11] | ||
| BTR-82A | Russia | Belarus signed a contract on two battalion sets of BTR-82A and received them in late September and in December 2021.[21][22][23] Additional vehicles were delivered in January 2023.[24] | ||
| Armoured Personnel Carriers | ||||
| BTR-D | Soviet Union | N/A | (Decommissioned after their replacement by the BTR-70MB1 APC and placed in reserve).[12] | |
| BTR-70 | ~39[18] | [11] | ||
| BTR-70MB1 | Soviet Union / Belarus | (Can be equipped with slat armour).[12] | ||
| BTR-80 | Soviet Union | ~196[18] | ||
| Infantry Mobility Vehicles | ||||
| GAZ Tigr-M ''Lis-PM'' | Russia | N/A | [19] | |
| MZKT-4190100 Volat V1 | Belarus | [12] | ||
| DongFeng EQ2050F ''Bogatyr'' | People's Republic of China | ~50[19] | (Can be fitted with an Adunok RWS). Next 32 will be delivered.[12] | |
| Dajiang CS/VN3 ''Drakon'' | N/A | [12] | ||
| Command Posts And Communications Stations | ||||
| BMP-1KSh Command And Staff Vehicle | Soviet Union | N/A | [17] | |
| R-145BM1 Command Vehicle | [19] | |||
| BTR-60PU-12M Air Defence Command Vehicle | [12] | |||
| R-142 Communications Station | [11] | |||
| P-240MB Caiman-KAS Communications Station | Belarus | [17] | ||
| R-186 Bogatyr-2 Communications Station | [12] | |||
| R-186 Drakon Communications Station | [19] | |||
| R-443 Voskhod Communications Station | [11] | |||
| R-434 Communications Station | [17] | |||
| R-414MBRP Sosna-2 Communications Station | [19] | |||
| Gorizont Troposcatter | [17] | |||
| Engineering Vehicles And Equipment | ||||
| BREM-1 Armoured Recovery Vehicle | Soviet Union | N/A | [11] | |
| BTS-4A Armoured Recovery Vehicle | [17] | |||
| BREM-Ch ''BREM-4'' Armoured Recovery Vehicle | Czech Republic | [12] | ||
| BREM-K Armoured Recovery Vehicle | Russia | [19] | ||
| IMR-2(M) Combat Engineering Vehicle | Soviet Union | [17] | ||
| MDK-3 Trench-Digging Vehicle | [19] | |||
| BAT-2 Heavy Engineering Vehicle | [17] | |||
| PTS-2 Tracked Amphibious Transport | [12] | |||
| UR-67 Mine Clearing Charge | [19] | |||
| UR-77 'Meteorit' Mine Clearing Vehicle | [11] | |||
| PZM-2 Trench Digger | [12] | |||
| IRM 'Zhuk' Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle | [17] | |||
| BRDM-2RKh Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle | [11] | |||
| GMZ-3 Minelayer | [17] | |||
| ZS-82 PsyOps Vehicle | [12] | |||
| T-55 Firefighting Tank | [17] | |||
| BMM-80 "Simfoniya" Armoured Ambulance | [19] | |||
| PMP Floating Bridge | [11] | |||
| TMM-3 Bridgelayer | [17] | |||
| Artillery And Air Defence Support Vehicles | ||||
| PRP-3 'Val' Artillery Reconnaissance Vehicle | Soviet Union | N/A | (Believed to have been decommissioned).[12] | |
| 1V18 'Klyon-1' Artillery Command And Forward Observer Vehicle | ||||
| 1V13(M) Battery Fire Control Center | [19] | |||
| 1V14 Battery Command And Forward Observer Vehicle | [11] | |||
| 9T452 Transporter-Loader | (For BM-27 'Uragan' MRL).[12] | |||
| 9T234-2 Transporter-Loader | (For BM-30 'Smerch' MRL). | |||
| V-200TZM Transporter-Loader | Belarus | (For Polonez MRL).[11] | ||
| 9T217 Transloader | Soviet Union | (For 9K33 Osa SAM System).[11] | ||
| Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Missile Systems | ||||
| 9P149 Shturm-S | Soviet Union | N/A | [19] | |
| Towed Artillery | ||||
| 100mm MT-12 Rapira Anti-Tank Gun | Soviet Union | N/A | [17] | |
| 122mm D-30 Howitzer | ~48[18] | [12] | ||
| 152mm D-20 Howitzer | N/A | [19] | ||
| 152mm 2A65 Msta-B Howitzer | ~50[18] | [12] | ||
| 152mm 2A36 Giatsint-B Field-Gun | ~132[18] | [11] | ||
| Self-Propelled Artillery | ||||
| 120mm 2S9 Nona | Soviet Union | ~48[18] | (Decommissioned and placed in reserve).[11] | |
| 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika | ~198[18] | [12] Currently being upgraded.[25] | ||
| 152mm 2S3(M) Akatsiya | ~108[18] | Partially upgraded.[26] | ||
| 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S | ~116[18] | [11] Currently being upgraded.[27] | ||
| 152mm 2S19 Msta-S | ~18[18] | [19] | ||
| Multiple Rocket Launchers | ||||
| 122mm BM-21 'Grad' | Soviet Union | ~126[18] | [11] | |
| 122mm BM-21A 'BelGrad' | Soviet Union / Belarus | [12] | ||
| 220mm BM-27 Uragan | Soviet Union | ~82[18] | Partially upgraded to Uragan-M.[28] | |
| 300mm BM-30 Smerch | ~45[18] | [11] | ||
| Guided Multiple Rocket Launchers | ||||
| Polonez | People's Republic of China / Belarus | ~18[18] | [Range: 200km] [CEP: 30m] (Chinese-designed A200 guided rocket produced in Belarus).[11] | |
| Polonez-M | [Range: 290km] [CEP: 45m] (Chinese-designed A300 guided rocket produced in Belarus).[12] | |||
| Short-Range Ballistic Missiles | ||||
| OTR-21 Tochka-U | Soviet Union / Russian Federation | ~40[29] | [Range: 120km] [CEP: 95m] (Slated for replacement by the Chinese-designed M20 SRBM fired from the Polonez launcher and by the 9K720 Iskander delivered in December 2022).[11][30][31] | |
| Anti-Aircraft Guns | ||||
| 14.5mm ZPU-4 | Soviet Union | N/A | [19] | |
| 23mm ZU-23 | [11] | |||
| Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns | ||||
| 23mm ZU-23 On Truck | Soviet Union | N/A | [19] | |
| 23mm BTR-ZD 'Skrezhet' | (Decommissioned and placed in reserve).[19] | |||
| 30mm 2K22(M) Tunguska | [12] | |||
| Static Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems | ||||
| S-300PT | Soviet Union | N/A | [Range: 75km].[19] | |
| Self-Propelled Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems | ||||
| 9K35 Strela-10 | Soviet Union | N/A | [Range: 5km].[11] | |
| 9K33 Osa | [Range: 15km].[12] | |||
| Tor-M2K | Soviet Union / Russian Federation | [Range: 16km]. 6 batches of Tor-M2s delivered.[32][33][34][35][36] | ||
| 9K37 Buk | Soviet Union | [Range: 25km].[11] | ||
| S-300PS | [Range: 90km].[12] | |||
| S-400 | Russia | [Range: 250km]. | ||
| Electronic Warfare Systems | ||||
| Groza R-934UM2 'Groza-6' | Belarus | N/A | [11] | |
| Radars | ||||
| P-18 'Spoon Rest D' | Soviet Union | N/A | [17] | |
| P-35/37 'Bar Lock' | [11] | |||
| PRV-9 'Thin Skin E' | [19] | |||
| PRV-16 'Thin Skib B' | [11] | |||
| 36D6 'Tin Shield' | [19] | |||
| 55ZH6 'Tall Rack' | [17] | |||
| 1L22 'Parol' | [12] | |||
| 1S80 'Sborka' PPRU ''Dog Ear'' | [19] | |||
| Rosa-RB-M Ashuluk | Belarus | [17] | ||
| Vostok-3D | [11] | |||
| Protivnik-GE | [17] | |||
| 9S18 'Kupol' 'Tube Arm' | Soviet Union | (for Buk).[19] | ||
| 30N6 'Flad Lid' | (For S-300PT and S-300PS).[11] | |||
| 76N6 'Clam Shell' | ||||
| 91N6 'Big Bird' | ||||
| 9S15M 'Bill Board A' | (For S-300V).[12] | |||
| Surveillance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | ||||
| Orlan-10 ''Busel'' | Russian Federation | N/A | [927th Center].[37][38] | |
| Supercam S100 | ||||
| Supercam S350 | ||||
| Irkut-3 ''Berkut-1'' | [39][38] | |||
| Irkut-10 ''Berkut-2'' | [37][38] | |||
| Formula | Belarus | [37][38] | ||
| VR-12 Moskit-N | [Special Operations Forces].[39][38] | |||
| Busel M | [Ministry Of Emergency Situations].[39][38] | |||
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