List of equipment of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces

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This is a list of equipment used by the Burkina Faso Armed Forces.

Firearms[]

Name Origin Type Variant Notes
Walther PP[1] Germany Semi-auto pistol
HK G3[1] Germany Battle rifle
AK-47[2] Russia Assault rifle AKM, AK-103, AK-12
FN MAG[1] Belgium General-purpose machine gun
SIG SG 540[1] Switzerland Assault rifle
M2 Browning[1] United States Heavy machine gun M2HB
RPG-7[1] Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade

Vehicles[]

Name Origin Type In service Notes
Armoured fighting vehicle
ACMAT Bastion France Armoured personnel carrier 100+[3]
Panhard M3 France Armoured personnel carrier 13[4]
PUMA M26-15 South Africa MRAP 31[4]
Gila South Africa MBPV 6[5]
Eland-90 South Africa Armoured car 4[5]
Panhard AML 60 France Armoured car 15[5] Of which 13 were AML 90
EE-9 Cascavel Brazil Armoured car 24[4]
M8 Greyhound United States Armoured car 10 Including 2 M20 armoured utility car[4]
Ferret armoured car United Kingdom Armoured car 30[4]
ACMAT ALTV[6] France Tactical vehicle 10+[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0710628695.
  2. ^ "Burkina Faso Army defence force ranks military pattern camouflage combat field uniforms dress grades - Army Recognition - Army Recognition". Armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. ^ Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies" (PDF). Jane's. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2016). "Chapter Nine: Sub-Saharan Africa" (PDF). The Military Balance 2016. The Military Balance. 116. Routlegde. pp. 432–433. doi:10.1080/04597222.2016.1127636. ISBN 9781857438352. S2CID 219623172.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Arms Trade Register". SIPRI. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  6. ^ The ACMAT ALTV secures another export order Archived October 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Burkina Faso: Du matériel roulant et de transmissions pour l'armée burkinabè". AllAfrica.com (in French). 6 October 2011.
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