List of equipment of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces

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This is a list of the equipment used by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Small arms[]

Name	Country of origin	Type	Notes
PM	Soviet Union	Semi-automatic pistol	Standard issue pistol.
APS		Machine pistol	Used by Special Forces
APS underwater rifle		Underwater assault rifle	In use with Special Forces.
SKS		Semi-automatic carbine	Mostly limited to use as a ceremonial weapon.
AKM		Assault rifle	Standard issue assault rifle.
RPK		Light machine gun
SG-43		Medium machine gun
KPV		Heavy machine gun
PKM		General-purpose machine gun
PM-63 RAK	Poland	Submachine gun	Used by some MTT units.
M16A1	United States	Assault rifle	Possibly captured sometime during the Cold War.
SVD	Soviet Union	Semi-automatic sniper rifle
Alejandro Sniper Rifle	Cuba	Bolt-action sniper rifle
Mambi AMR		Anti-material rifle
RPG-7	Soviet Union	Rocket-propelled grenade
SPG-9		Recoilless gun
AGS-17		Automatic grenade launcher
LPO-50		Flamethrower
RGD-5		Hand grenade
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Vehicles[]

Light and medium tanks[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
PT-76	Soviet Union	50	[1]

Main battle tanks[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
T-54/55	Soviet Union	800	T-55Ms active[1]
T-62		380	T-62Ms active[1]

Reconnaissance armoured vehicles[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
BRDM-2	Soviet Union	100

Infantry fighting vehicles[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
BMP-1	Soviet Union	120[2]

Armoured personnel carriers[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
BTR-40	Soviet Union	100
BTR-50		200
BTR-60		+800	Various versions of this vehicle. Including one with a 100 mm gun and a modified T-55 turret.
BTR-70		??
BTR-152	Soviet Union	150

Artillery[]

Towed artillery[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
A-19	Soviet Union
D-20
D-30			Mostly used as guns for self-propelled artillery together with modernized A-19 122 mm.
M-30			Used as saluting guns firing 21-gun salutes.
M-46			This 130mm long range gun is used also as a self-propelled artillery piece in 6x6 truck called Jupiter-V and there is also a version mounted on a T-34 chassis.

Self-propelled artillery[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
2S1 Gvozdika	Soviet Union	60
2S3 Akatsiya		40

Multi rocket launchers[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
BM-21	Soviet Union
P-15 Termit

Mortars[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
M-38/43	Soviet Union
M-41/43

Anti-tank weapons[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
AT-3 Sagger	Soviet Union		Mounted on the BTR-60
AT-4 Spigot
T-12

Anti-aircraft guns[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
ZPU-4	Soviet Union	200
ZU-23-2		400
ZSU-23-4		36
ZSU-57-2		25
KS-19
M-1939		300
S-60		200

SAMs[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
SA-6 Gainful	Soviet Union	12
SA-7 Grail
SA-8 Gecko		16
SA-9 Gaskin		60
SA-13 Gopher		100
SA-14 Gremlin
SA-16 Gimlet
S-75 Dvina		144
S-125 Neva/Pechora		60

Self-propelled SAMs[]

Name	Country of origin	Quantity	Notes
S-75 Dvina	Soviet Union	25	On T-55 chassis.
S-125 Neva/Pechora			On T-55 chassis. This missile was seen in the Cuban Military Parade of 2006.

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