List of army equipment of Afghanistan

This page shows a list of military weapons and vehicles used by the Islamic Emirate Army up until December 2021.

Infantry weapons and equipment[]

Handguns[]

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Quantity	Notes
Beretta M9		United States	Semi-automatic pistol		Provided by the United States Armed Forces.
Makarov		Soviet Union	Semi-automatic pistol		Inherited from the Soviet–Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
TT		Soviet Union	Semi-automatic pistol		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
Stechkin		Soviet Union	Machine pistol		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
FB PM-63		Polish People's Republic	Submachine gun

Automatic rifles[]

Model	Image	Origin	Quantity	Notes
M16A2 rifle		United States	104,000	The United States military provided the ANA with M16 rifles as part of a modernization effort.
FB Beryl		Poland		Used by regular units.
Colt Canada C7		Canada	2,500	On December 23, 2007, Canadian media reported that the Canadian Forces would supply the Afghan National Army with 2,500 surplus Colt Canada C7 rifles (a Canadian variant of the M16), along with training and ammunition in order to Westernise Afghan equipment. In June 2011, the Afghan National Army returned the loaned C7 rifles as the ANA preferred the American M16 rifle.
AK-47		Soviet Union		Phased out of the service since 2008. Used by Afghan Special Forces and some regular units.
M4 carbine		United States	10,000	Only used by Afghan National Army Commandos and Special Forces. M4s sold as part of a 2006 Foreign Military Sales package. Additional M4s sold as a 2008 Foreign Military Sales package.
AKM		Soviet Union		In storage.
AK-74		Soviet Union		In storage.
Type 56		People's Republic of China		In storage.
Zastava M70		Yugoslavia		In storage.
Mosin–Nagant		Soviet Union		Reserved for ceremonial use only.

Sniper rifles[]

Model	Image	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Dragunov sniper rifle		Soviet Union		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
PSL		Romania
M24 Sniper Weapon System		United States		Provided by the United States.

Machine guns[]

Model	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
M249 SAW		Light machine gun	United States  Belgium		Provided by the United States.
RPK		Light machine gun	Soviet Union		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
SG-43 Goryunov		Medium machine gun	Soviet Union		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
M240		General-purpose machine gun	United States  Belgium		Provided by the United States.
FN MAG		General-purpose machine gun	Belgium
PK machine gun		General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
RPD		General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
M2 Browning		Heavy machine gun	United States		Provided by the United States.
M134 Minigun		Heavy machine gun	United States		Provided by the United States.
DShK		12.7x99mm heavy machine gun	Soviet Union		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
KPV heavy machine gun		14.5x114mm heavy machine gun	Soviet Union		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.

Grenade-based weapons[]

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Number	Details
GP-25		Soviet Union	Underbarrel grenade launcher		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
AGS-17		Soviet Union	Automatic grenade launcher		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
M203		United States	Underbarrel grenade launcher		Foreign Military Sales package

Rocket-based weapons[]

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Number	Details
RPG-7		Soviet Union	Rocket-propelled grenade launcher
RPG-16		Soviet Union	Rocket-propelled grenade launcher
RPG-18		Soviet Union	Disposable rocket-propelled grenade launcher
SPG-9		Soviet Union	73mm recoilless rifle
B-10		Soviet Union	82mm recoilless rifle
9K111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot)		Soviet Union	Anti-tank guided missile	100
9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail)		Soviet Union	Man-portable air-defense system
9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14 Gremlin)		Soviet Union	Man-portable air-defense system
RPO-A Shmel		Soviet Union	Disposable rocket-assisted flamethrower

Armoured vehicles[]

Main battle tanks[]

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Number	Details
T-55		Soviet Union	Main battle tank	44[1]	50 T-54s and 50 T-55s were ordered in 1961 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1962 and 1964 (T-54s were previously in Soviet service). 200 T-54s were ordered in 1978 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1978 and 1979. 705 T-55s were ordered in 1978 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1978 and 1991.[2] There were 1,000 T-54s, T-55s, T-62s and PT-76s in service as of 1 April 1992.[3]
T-62		Soviet Union	Main battle tank		100 ordered in 1973 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1975 and 1976. 155 ordered in 1979 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1991. T-62 variants in service with the Afghan army were T-62, T-62M and T-62M1.

Armoured fighting vehicles[]

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Number	Notes
Humvee		United States	Armored car	8,500	Up-armored M1151 and M1152 versions. In August 2010, an order was placed for a further 2,526 M1152A1 HMMWVs with B2 armor kits, for the Afghan National Guard & police. 950 M1114 Humvees delivered by November 2012. About 6,576 to be delivered in the next couple of years.
M1117		United States	Internal security vehicle	634 (over 6,000 on order)	In addition to ASV and armoured personnel carrier configurations, other mission variants include: command and control, ambulance, engineering, maintenance, mortar, and reconnaissance vehicles. To be fully delivered by the end of 2012.
BRDM-2		Soviet Union	Amphibious armoured scout car		Mostly captured vehicles from the war with the Soviet Union; some were vehicles abandoned by retreating Soviet forces, others were derelict vehicles left by the Soviets all over Afghanistan and brought back to working condition.
BMP-1		Soviet Union	Infantry fighting vehicle	40	Inherited from the Soviet–Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
BMP-2		Soviet Union	Infantry fighting vehicle	60	150 along with 1,500 9M111 Fagot ATGMs were ordered in 1987 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1987 and 1991 (some of the vehicles were possibly previously in Soviet service). 550 BMP-1s and BMP-2s in service in 1992. Between 60 and 80 BMP-1s and BMP-2s were delivered from Russia after 2002.
M113		United States	Armoured personnel carrier	173	In 2005, 173 M113A2 APCs also entered service with the ANA.
BTR-60		Soviet Union	Armoured personnel carrier	300	600 BTR-60PBs were ordered in 1978 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1986 (the vehicles were probably previously in Soviet service). A number of BTR-60s bought from Russia in 2002. 300 BTR-60s are currently in service.
BTR-70		Soviet Union	Armoured personnel carrier	360	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
BTR-80		Soviet Union	Armoured personnel carrier		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
International MaxxPro		United States	MRAP	155	Afghanistan Defense Ministry's Spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi confirmed that Afghan armed forces will receive 212 MRAP vehicles from the United States by the end this year with so far being trained on how to use the received 40 MRAPs.

Artillery[]

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Caliber (mm)	Number	Details
Mortars
82-BM-37		Soviet Union	Infantry mortar	82mm	1,000+	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
M1938		Soviet Union	Medium mortar	107mm		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
120-PM-43		Soviet Union	Medium mortar	120mm		Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
Towed artillery
M-46		Soviet Union	Field gun	130mm		428 of these guns were reportedly delivered to the ANA over the years according to the SIPRI Trade Registers. Most M-46s would have been delivered to Afghanistan by the former Soviet Union prior to the Soviet Union leaving Afghanistan in 1989, with many of them delivered during the 1960s and 1970s. Many if not most of these guns are likely now derelict or in storage. Armstrade.sipri.org. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
D-30		Soviet Union	Howitzer	122mm	85[4]	As of September 2013 the ANA is in possession of 152 D30 howitzers, the supply of which is being coordinated by Picatinny Arsenal, the United States military center for excellence in artillery. This will rise to 204 systems eventually.
M-30		Soviet Union	Howitzer	122mm
M114		United States	Howitzer	155mm		24 of these field howitzers were provided by Turkey to the ANA in 2007, SIPRI Trade Registers 2020[5]
Type 63		People's Republic of China	Multiple rocket launcher	107mm
ZU-23-2		Soviet Union	Anti-aircraft gun	23mm	Mostly left by the Soviet Union at the time of the withdrawal. Many mounted on trucks as improvised fire support systems.
ZPU		Soviet Union	Anti-aircraft gun	14.5mm		Variants include ZPU-1, ZPU-2 and ZPU-4.
Self-propelled artillery
BM-21 Grad		Soviet Union	Multiple rocket launcher	122mm	50
ZSU-23-4		Soviet Union	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun	23mm		20 were delivered from USSR.
Ballistic missile
R-11 Scud		Soviet Union	Short-range ballistic missile	880mm	43 were delivered from USSR. Only 4 survived by 2005.

Unarmoured vehicles[]

Vehicle	Photo	Origin	Type	Notes
Navistar 7000		United States	Military truck	Used for transporting troops and supplies, also in service with border police.
FMTV		United States	Tactical military truck	Used for transporting supplies.
M35		United States	Military cargo truck
Ford Ranger		United States	Pickup truck	Used for various roles.
Ford F-350[6]		United States	Pickup truck	Large numbers in service.

Other vehicles[]

• International 7000-MV^[7]
• Tata Motors SK1613/SE1615/SE1615TC 4½ ton trucks (50+)^[8]
• Mercedes-Benz Actros
• Volvo FMX
• 2½ ton trucks
• Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
• Ambulances
  • various platforms including Humvee, Unimog, Ford Ranger and other pickups
• Other Technicals of various origins:
  • Ford Ranger LTV pickups
  • Toyota pickup trucks
• BTS-4 Armoured Recovery Vehicle
• Bridge Laying Vehicles:
  • MTU-20
  • MTU-72
• BTM-3 Mine Clearing Vehicle
• ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle^[9]

References[]