List of equipment of the Angolan Army

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This is a list of equipment of the Angolan Army in service.

Many of Angola's weapons are of Portuguese colonial and Warsaw Pact origin.

Infantry weapons[]

Anti-tank[]

Name	Type	Diameter	Origin	Photo	Notes
RPG-7	Rocket-propelled grenade	40mm	Soviet Union		Reloadable launcher.
B-10	Recoilless rifle	82mm	Soviet Union		Single-shot reloadable launcher.
B-11[1]	Recoilless rifle	107mm	Soviet Union		Single-shot reloadable launcher.
9K11 Malyutka	Anti-tank missile	125mm	Soviet Union		Used on the 9P111 launcher, and attachable to BMP-1s and BRDM-2s.
9K111 Fagot	Anti-tank guided missile	120mm	Soviet Union		Wire-guided anti-tank missile system. 650 ordered in 1987.[2]

Grenade launchers[]

Name	Type	Origin	Photo
AGS-17	Automatic grenade launcher	Soviet Union

Rifles[]

Name	Type	Origin	Photo
AK-47[3]	Assault rifle	Soviet Union
AKM[3]	Assault rifle	Soviet Union
FN FAL[3]	Battle rifle	Belgium
G3[3]	Battle rifle	Germany
SKS[3]	Semi-automatic carbine	Soviet Union
IWI Tavor[3]	Bullpup	Israel

Pistols[]

Name	Type	Origin	Photo
Makarov pistol	Semi-automatic pistol	Soviet Union
APS	Machine pistol	Soviet Union
TT-30	Semi-automatic pistol	Soviet Union

Submachine guns[]

Name	Type	Origin	Photo
Škorpion vz. 61	Machine pistol/submachine gun/Personal defense weapon	Czechoslovakia
Star Z-45	Submachine gun	Spain
Uzi	Submachine gun/Machine pistol	Israel
FBP submachine gun	Submachine gun	Portugal

Machine guns[]

Name	Type	Origin	Photo
DP-27	Light machine gun	Soviet Union
RPD	Light machine gun/Squad automatic weapon	Soviet Union
Vz. 52	Light machine gun	Czechoslovakia
DShK	Heavy machine gun	Soviet Union

Mortars[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo
120-PM-43	Mortar	500[4]	Soviet Union
82-PM-41	Mortar	250[4]	Soviet Union

Vehicles[]

Tanks[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
T-55AM2	Main battle tank	ε200[5]	Soviet Union		267 T-55AM-2s were delivered from Bulgaria and Slovakia in 1999.[2]
T-62	Main battle tank	50[5]	Soviet Union		364 were ordered in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]
T-72M1	Main battle tank	50[5]	Soviet Union		Delivered from Belarus in 1999.[2]
PT-76	Light tank	10[5]	Soviet Union		68 ordered in 1975 from the Soviet Union.[2]

Tank destroyers[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
PTL-02 Assaulter	Tank destroyer	10[5]	China		Delivered in 2016.[2]

Infantry fighting vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BMP-1	Infantry fighting vehicle	250[5]	Soviet Union
BMP-2	Infantry fighting vehicle		Soviet Union
BMD-3	Infantry fighting vehicle	35+[6]	Soviet Union		Small number of units in the Angolan Army.[7]

Armored scout vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
BRDM-2	Scout car	600[5]	Soviet Union		195 units as of 2008.[6]

Armored personnel carriers[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo
MT-LB	Armoured personnel carrier	31[5]	Soviet Union
OT-62 TOPAS	Armoured personnel carrier	50[2]	Czechoslovakia,  Poland
EE-11 Urutu	Armored personnel carrier	24[8]	Brazil
BTR-152	Armoured personnel carrier	170+[5]	Soviet Union
BTR-60	Armoured personnel carrier		Soviet Union
BTR-80	Armoured personnel carrier		Soviet Union
WZ-551	Command vehicle	5[2]	China

Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
Casspir NG2000B	MRAP	45[9]	South Africa		45 ordered in November 2013. Includes 30 APCs, 4 fire support vehicles, two command vehicles and others.[9]

Engineering vehicles[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
T-54/T-55	Armoured recovery vehicle	5[2]	Soviet Union		Delivered from 2017 to 2019.[2]
Bozena-5[10]	Mine clearing vehicle	Unknown[5]	Slovakia

Other vehicles[]

Name	Origin	Photo
Ural-4320	Soviet Union
Ural-375	Soviet Union
Star 266	Poland
Volvo C303	Sweden
KrAZ-6322	Ukraine

Artillery[]

Name	Type	Diameter	Quantity	Origin	Photo	Notes
2S1 Gvozdika	Self-propelled artillery	122mm	12	Soviet Union		Acquired in 2000 from the Czech Republic.
2S3 Akatsiya	Self-propelled artillery	152mm	4[5]	Soviet Union		Acquired in 1999 from Bulgaria.
2S7 Pion	Self-propelled artillery	203mm	12[5]	Soviet Union		Acquired in 2000 from the Czech Republic.[2]
D-30	Field gun	122mm	523[5]	Soviet Union		28 from Kazakhstan in 1998, 12 from Belarus, 240 from the Soviet Union in the 1980s.[2]
M-46	Field gun	130mm	48[5]	Soviet Union		[8]
D-20	Towed howitzer	152mm	4[5]	Soviet Union		[2]
D-44	Field gun	85mm	Unknown	Soviet Union
BM-21 Grad	Multiple rocket launcher	122mm	58[5]	Soviet Union
RM-70	Multiple rocket launcher	122mm	40[5]	Czechoslovakia
BM-24	Multiple rocket launcher	240mm	Unknown[5]	Soviet Union

Anti-aircraft weaponry[]

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Photo
ZSU-23-4 Shilka	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun	20	Soviet Union
ZSU-57-2	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun	40[11]	Soviet Union
ZPU-4	Towed anti-aircraft gun	450+[5]	Soviet Union
ZU-23-2	Towed anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon		Soviet Union
61-K	Anti-aircraft gun		Soviet Union
AZP S-60	Autocannon		Soviet Union
Zastava M55	Towed anti-aircraft triple autocannon	Unknown[8]	Yugoslavia,  Serbia
9K32 Strela-2	Man portable surface-to-air missile launcher	Unknown[5]	Soviet Union
9K34 Strela-3	Man portable surface-to-air missile launcher	Unknown[5]	Soviet Union
9K38 Igla	Man portable surface-to-air missile launcher	Unknown[5]	Soviet Union
FIM-92 Stinger	Man portable surface-to-air missile launcher	Unknown	United States

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