List of equipment of the Ethiopian National Defence Force
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This is a list of the military equipment used by the Ethiopian National Defense Force.
Infantry weapons[edit]
| Name | Type | Origins | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makarov | Semi-automatic pistol |  Soviet Union
|
[1] |
| M1911 | Semi-automatic pistol |  United States
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[1][2] |
| Beretta Model 38 | Submachine gun |  Italy
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[1] |
| Uzi | Submachine gun |  Israel
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[1] |
| AK-103 | Assault rifle |  Russia Ethiopia
|
The Gafat Armament Engineering Complex produces the AK-103 rifle in Ethiopia. Supplements the AKM and AK-47 in the Ethiopian Armed Forces.[2] |
| AK-47 | Assault rifle | Russia Ethiopia
|
[1][2] |
| M16 rifle | Assault rifle | United States
|
[1][2] Used by United Nations peacekeeping |
| AKM | Assault rifle | Soviet Union
|
100,000+[1][2] |
| BM 59 | Battle rifle | Italy
|
[1] |
| HK G3 | Battle rifle |  West Germany
|
[3] |
| Vz. 58 | Assault rifle |  Czechoslovakia
|
[1] |
| RP-46 "Degtyaryov" | Light machine gun | Soviet Union
|
[1] |
| RPD | Light machine gun | Soviet Union
|
[1] |
| RPK | Light machine gun | Soviet Union
|
[1] |
| DShK | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union
|
[1] |
| PSL | Designated marksman rifle |  Romania
|
Was used by Ethiopian soldier training with an American 10th Mountain Division counterpart.[4] |
Tanks and armored fighting vehicles[edit]
The Military Balance 2012 estimated that about 450 BRDM, BMP, BTR-60, BTR-152, and Type 89 armoured fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers were in service.
A total of 150 T-55 - 90 from Soviet Union, +40 from Belarus, +19 from Bulgaria, +50 from East Germany, +90 from Ukraine, and 150 T-54 (60 from East Germany) may have been in service over the years. Up to 150 M113 armoured personnel carriers may have been delivered from the United States.
| Name | Type | Origins | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| T-72 | Main battle tank | Soviet Union Ukraine Ethiopia
|
300+[5] delivered.
|
| T-62 | Main battle tank | Soviet Union
|
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| T-54/T-55 | Main battle tank | Soviet Union
|
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| ASU-57 | Assault gun | Soviet Union
|
Several dozen received in 1977 |
| BTS-5B | Armored recovery vehicle | Ukraine
|
4 ex-Ukrainian; BTS-5B version; possibly modernized before delivery[6] |
| BMP-1 | Infantry fighting vehicle | Soviet Union
|
80[7] received. These vehicles were ordered in 1977 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1977 and 1978.[6] Current condition unknown. |
| YW-534/Type-89 | Armored personnel carrier |  China
|
10 delivered in 2013[6] |
| WZ-523/Type-05 | Infantry fighting vehicle | China
|
20 delivered in 2013[6] |
Artillery[edit]
| Name | Type | Quantity | Origins | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type-88/WA-021 | 155mm self-propelled howitzer | 18 | China
|
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| M-109A1 | 155mm self propelled howitzer | 17 | United States
|
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| Type-63 | 107mm multiple rocket launcher system | 25 | China
|
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| BM-21 Grad | 122mm multiple rocket launcher system | 158 | Soviet Union
|
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| 2S19 Msta | 152mm self-propelled howitzer | 12 | Russia
|
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| 2S5 | 152mm self-propelled howitzer | 10 | Russia Soviet Union
|
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| 2S1 Gvozdika | 122mm self-propelled howitzer | 10+ | Soviet Union
|
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| D-20 | 152mm towed howitzer | 20 | Soviet Union
|
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| M-46 | 130mm towed gun | + | Russia Soviet Union Kazakhstan
|
138 delivered |
| D-30 | 122mm towed howitzer | 250 | Russia Soviet Union Kazakhstan
|
640 delivered |
| M-30 | 122mm towed howitzer | 100 | Soviet Union
|
250 delivered |
| M101 | 105mm towed howitzer | ? | United States
|
52 delivered; status unknown |
| Oto Melara Pack M-56 | 105mm towed howitzer | ? | Italy
|
4-40 delivered |
| T-12 2A19 | 100mm gun | + | Soviet Union
|
50 delivered |
| D-44 | 85mm gun | ? | Soviet Union
|
Status unknown |
| ZIS-3 M-1943 | 76mm gun | ? | Soviet Union
|
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| M116 | 75mm pack howitzer | ? | United States
|
36 delivered; status unknown |
| M-43 | 120mm heavy mortar | 100+ | Soviet Union
|
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| QF-25 | 25PDR 87.6mm towed gun/howitzer | Reported |  United Kingdom
|
Out of service |
| M30 | 107mm heavy mortar | + | United States
|
146 delivered |
| M2 | 107mm heavy mortar | + | United States
|
140 delivered |
| M-43 | 82mm medium mortar | + | Soviet Union
|
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| M29/M-29A1 | 81mm medium mortar | + | United States
|
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| M1 | 81mm medium mortar | + | United States
|
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| M19 | 60mm light mortar | + | United States
|
Air defense and anti-tank weapons[edit]
16 M55 Quad quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns may have been in service from the United States. M163 Vulcan self-propelled anti-aircraft guns may have been ordered but never delivered.
| Name | Type | Quantity | Origins | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ-64 / LY-60 | Medium-range surface-to-air missile | 1[6] | China
|
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| Kolchuga passive sensor | Passive radio detection radar station | 3[8] | Ukraine
|
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| ZSU-23-4 Shilka | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 60[9] | Soviet Union
|
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| ZSU-57-2 | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 10[10] | Soviet Union
|
10 ordered in 1977 from Soviet Union and delivered in 1978 (the vehicles were previously in Soviet service). |
| S-125 Neva/Pechora | Surface-to-air missile | 25 (x4) launchers\900 missiles | Soviet Union
|
S-125 Neva\Pechoca |
| S-75 Dvina | Surface-to-air missile | 18 launchers | Soviet Union
|
S-75 Dvina |
| 2K12 Kub | SP-surface-to-air missile | Soviet Union
|
2K12 Kub[11] | |
| 2K11 Krug | SP-surface-to-air missile | Soviet Union
|
2K11 Krug | |
| 9K31 Strela-1 | SP-surface-to-air missile | Soviet Union
|
9K31 Strela-1[12] | |
| Kombat | Laser guided anti-tank missile | 250 | Ukraine
|
1250 ordered from Ukraine in 2011 for T-72 tanks[6] |
| Pantsir | Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon | Russia
|
[13] | |
| 9K32 Strela-2 | Man-portable air-defense system | Soviet Union
|
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| M-1939 | 37mm towed anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union
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| S-60 | 57mm towed anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union
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| ZPU | 14.5mm x2\4 towed anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union
| ||
| SON-9 | fire control radar | 20 | Soviet Union
|
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| Oerlikon-S | 20mm anti-aircraft gun | Out of service |  Switzerland
|
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| Bofors M36 | 40mm anti-aircraft gun | Out of service |  Sweden United States
|
50 delivered |
| BGM71-A\C TOW | Anti-tank guided missile launcher | 22 launchers/600 missiles | United States
|
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| AT-14 Kornet-E | Anti-tank guided missile launcher | 80 reported | Russia
|
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| AT-6 Spiral | Anti-tank guided missile launcher | 10 | Soviet Union
|
9K114 Shturm |
| AT-4 Spigot | Anti-tank guided missile launcher | 50 | Soviet Union
|
9K-111 Fagot |
| AT-3 Sagger | Anti-tank guided missile | 1,000 missiles | Soviet Union
|
9K-11 Malyutka, for BMP-1 and BRDM-2 |
| Nord SS-11 | Anti-tank guided missile | 4 launchers |  France
|
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| RPG-7\RPG-7V | Light anti-tank rocket launcher | Soviet Union Ethiopia
|
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| RPG-18 | Light anti-tank rocket launcher | Russia
|
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| M72 LAW | Light anti-tank rocket launcher | United States
|
Status unknown | |
| M79 | Grenade launcher | 1,009 delivered | United States
|
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| B-11 | RCL 107mm | Soviet Union
|
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| M40A1C | RCL 105/6mm | United States
|
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| B-10 | 82mm RCL | Soviet Union
|
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| QLZ-87 | 35×32 mm AGL | China
|
Logistics and support vehicles[edit]
| Name | Type | Quantity | Origins | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humvee | Armored multi-purpose vehicle | + | United States
|
Sold under the United States Foreign Military Sales.[14] |
| ZiL | Truck | + | Soviet Union
|
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| Ural | Truck | + | Soviet Union
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| PTS-M | Amphibious transporter | + | Soviet Union
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| REO M35 | Truck | + | United States
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| GAZ-63 | Truck | + | Soviet Union
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| Gaz-3308 | Truck | + | Russia
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| UAZ-469 | Utility | + | Soviet Union
|
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| M37 | Light truck | + | United States
|
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| Toyota Land Cruiser | Utility | + |  Japan
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| Mercedes-Benz | Truck | + | Germany
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| Ford M151A1/2 | Jeep | + | United States
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| Willys Jeep | Jeep | + | United States
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| MTU-55 | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | + | Soviet Union
|
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| T-55 ARV | Recovery tank | + | Soviet Union
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35th Edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5 Search this book on
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2010-04-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Gangarosa, Gene Jr. (2001). Heckler & Koch—Armorers of the Free World. Maryland: Stoeger Publishing. ISBN 0-88317-229-1. Search this book on
- ↑ "Google-Ergebnis für http://www.militarypictures.info/d/697-3/psl_sniper.jpg". Retrieved 27 October 2014. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ Guy Martin (10 June 2011). "Ethiopia buys 200 T-72 tanks from Ukraine". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 "Trade Registers". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ↑ Czołgi Świata, Issue 41, p 11, 12
- ↑ "Defense Express News – KOLCHUGAS STANDING GUARD IN ETHIOPIA". Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "ZSU-23-4". Jane's Information Group. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ↑ Witold Mikiciuk "Jowitek" (1 April 2001). "57 mm samobieżna armata przeciwlotnicza ZSU-57-2". MULTIMEDIA POLSKA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Kopp, Carlo (6 July 2009). "2K12 Kub/Kvadrat Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-6 Gainful / Cамоходный Зенитный Ракетный Комплекс 2К12 Куб/Квадрат": 1.
- ↑ "SA-9 Gaskin 9K31 Strela-1 ground to air defense missile system | Russia Russian missile system vehicle UK | Russia Russian army military equipment vehicles UK".
- ↑ "Ethiopian Pantsyr-S1 revealed | Jane's 360". janes.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ↑ "High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Family of Vehicles" (PDF). Retrieved 30 June 2012.
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