List of equipment of the Lithuanian Land Force
This is a list of weapons and equipment used by the Lithuanian Land Forces. For the naval equipment and ships, see Lithuanian Naval Force; for the list of aircraft, see Lithuanian Air Force.
Lithuania has been modernizing its armed forces since 1990s and by now nearly all equipment is compatible with the NATO standards.
Infantry weapons[]
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Caliber | Details |
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Handguns | |||||
Colt M1911 | United States | M1911A1 | .45 ACP | [1] | |
Glock 17 | Austria | Glock 17/Gen 4 | 9 mm | Standard issue pistol.[2] | |
Heckler & Koch SFP9 | Germany | HK SFP9-SF | 9 mm | To be procured between 2020-2026. Replaces all previous sidearms.[3][4] | |
Heckler & Koch USP | Germany | HK USP | 9 mm | [5] | |
Heckler & Koch P2A1 | Germany | P2A1 | .12 Cal | Military flare pistol. | |
Submachine guns | |||||
Heckler & Koch MP5 | Germany | 9 mm | [6] | ||
Heckler & Koch UMP | Germany | UMP45 | .45 ACP | Used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force | |
Uzi | Israel | Mini Uzi Uzi Submachine Gun |
9 mm | [7] | |
Shotguns | |||||
Benelli | Italy | Benelli M4 | 12 gauge | Used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force | |
Assault rifles | |||||
Heckler & Koch G36 | Germany | G36KA4 G36KV1 G36C |
5.56 mm | Lithuanian version of G36. Standard assault rifle.G36C, G36KA4M1, G36KV1, G36KA4.[8] | |
Heckler & Koch HK416 | Germany | HK416A5 | 5.56 mm | Used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force | |
Machine guns | |||||
FN Minimi | Belgium | Minimi Para | 5.56 mm | Is being used by Special Operations Force.[citation needed] | |
FN MAG | Belgium Sweden |
Ksp 58B and other variants | 7.62 mm | Standard issue general-purpose machine gun. Typically mounted on lightly armoured vehicles, or armoured personnel carriers, as first or second weapons in parallel with M2 Browning machine gun and GMG automatic grenade launcher.[9] To be replaced.[10] | |
Rheinmetall MG 3 | Germany | MG 3 | 7.62 mm | About 4000 MG3 in wartime reserve. Purchased from German surplus. To be replaced.[11] | |
M2 Browning | United States | M2HB, M2H QCB | 12.7 mm | Typically mounted on lightly armoured vehicles, or armoured personnel carriers, tripod version is also available.[12] | |
Sniper rifles | |||||
FN SCAR | Belgium | FN SCAR-H PR | 7.62 mm | Standard marksman rifle.[13] | |
M14 | United States Lithuania |
M14 M14L1 M14 EBR SOP M14 MDV |
7.62 mm | M14 EBR SOP version used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force[14] | |
FR F2 sniper rifle | France | 7.62 mm | [15] | ||
GOL Sniper Magnum | Germany | 7.62 mm | [16] | ||
Heckler & Koch PSG1 | Germany | MSG90A1 | 7.62 mm | [17] | |
Sako TRG | Finland | Sako TRG-22 | 7.62 mm | [18] | |
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare | United Kingdom | AXMC | 7.62 mm 8.6 mm |
[19] | |
Barrett M82 | United States | M82A1 | 12.7 mm | [20] | |
Grenade | |||||
RGD-5 | Bulgaria | Hand grenade | |||
Sweden | |||||
HG-85 | Switzerland | OFFHGR-85 SPLHGR-85 |
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M18 | United States | Smoke grenade | |||
Sweden | Smoke grenade | ||||
Grenade launchers | |||||
Heckler & Koch AG36 | Germany | Grenade launcher | 40 mm | [21] | |
Heckler & Koch GMG | Germany | Automatic grenade launcher | 40 mm | Typically mounted on lightly armoured vehicles, or armoured personnel carriers, tripod version is also available[22] | |
Anti-tank weapons | |||||
M72 LAW | United States | Single-shot anti-tank weapon | 66 mm | M72A7, M72E10 and other modern variants[23] | |
AT4 | Sweden | Single-shot anti-tank weapon | 84 mm | [24] | |
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle | Sweden | Recoilless rifle | 84 mm | M2 and M3 variants.[25] | |
FGM-148 Javelin | United States | Anti-tank missile | 127 mm | [26] | |
Spike | Israel | Anti-tank missile | 152 mm | Spike-LR variant, mounted on IFV Vilkas.[27] | |
Wartime reserve mode weapons | |||||
Browning Hi-Power | Belgium | 9 mm | [28] | ||
M16 rifle | United States | M16A2 | 5.56 mm | In wartime reserves. Received from NATO surplus.[29] | |
Ak 4 | Sweden | Heckler & Koch G3A3 | 7,62 mm | About 20.000 Ak 4 in wartime reserve. Purchased from Swedish surplus. Replaced by the G36.[30] | |
Pvpj 1110 | Sweden | Recoilless rifle | 90 mm | About 200 Pvpj1110 in wartime reserve. Donated by Sweden.[31] |
Armored combat vehicles[]
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes |
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Infantry fighting vehicles | ||||||
IFV Vilkas |
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Germany Netherlands |
Infantry fighting vehicle | 88 | To be delivered 2017 - 2021. Lithuanian designation: "Vilkas'' (Wolf).[32] Armed with Israeli made Rafael Samson RCWS featuring a Mk44 Bushmaster II 30mm autocannon, coaxial 7.62mm machine gun and Spike-LR anti-tank missiles. | |
Armoured personnel carriers | ||||||
M113 | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | M113A2 |
269[33] | 154 - M113A1 and 200 - M113A2 items transferred from Germany between 2000 and 2006, some of them - non-operational (used as source for spare parts only); 8 fitted for logistic battalion (equipped with cranes), other modification - infantry, medical and command.[34][35] | |
M577 V2 | M577 V2 Command post |
Lithuanian Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence of Germany signed a contract on acquiring 168 M577s.[36] Delivered between 2017 - 2018. | ||||
Armored patrol and scout cars | ||||||
JLTV | United States | Armored car | 200 | Oredered 200, the first batch of 50 delivered in August 2021.[37] To be equipped with M2 QCB machine guns. | ||
Humvee | M1097 M1114 M1151 |
200+ | Some equipped with HK GMG, or Browning M2 50.cal HMG. | |||
Land Rover Defender | United Kingdom | 90 110 |
100+ | Some equipped with HK GMG, Browning M2 50.cal HMG, or RBS 70. | ||
Toyota Land Cruiser | Japan Norway |
12 | Bought for international missions, has protection from small arms and IED's. From Arctic Truck company.[38] | |||
Armored combat support vehicles | ||||||
Bergepanzer 2 | Germany | Armored recovery vehicle | 10 | Ordered 10, delivered between 2015 and 2020. | ||
M113 | Germany | Armored fitter and repair vehicle | 8 |
Logistic vehicles[]
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes |
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Trucks | ||||||
Sisu E13TP | Finland | Truck | 50 | [39] | ||
Mercedes-Benz Arocs | Germany | Truck | 25 | [40] | ||
Mercedes-Benz Zetros | Germany | Truck | 8 | Used for transporting Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers.[41] | ||
Mercedes-Benz Unimog | Germany | Truck | U1550 |
500+ | 340 Unimog U5000 in service. 42 more on order.[43] | |
Mercedes-Benz NG | Germany | Military truck | 1213 |
200-250 | ||
DAF F218 series | Netherlands | Military truck | YKS 2300 |
200+ | Purchased from Netherlands | |
Engineering vehicles | ||||||
JCB | United Kingdom | Backhoe loader | ||||
Komatsu | Japan | Bulldozer | ||||
CAT | United States | Loader | ||||
Manitou | France | Telescopic handler | ||||
KrAZ | Ukraine | Floating bridge | 19 KrAZ spec truck, 24 floating bridge, 6 cutter in wartime reserve. | |||
Amphibious vehicle | ||||||
Bv 206 | Sweden | Amphibious tracked vehicle | 10+ | For medical evacuation + radar | ||
PTS-M | Soviet Union | Amphibious tracked vehicle | 2 | |||
Utility vehicles | ||||||
G-wagon | Germany | Sport utility vehicle | Former Dutch operated vehicles were delivered in 2016. | |||
Land Rover Defender | United Kingdom | Sport utility vehicle | 90 110 |
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Volvo C3-series | Sweden | Sport utility vehicle | C304 C306 |
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Chevrolet CUCV I | United States | Pickup truck | Troop and cargo transport | |||
Mitsubishi L200 | Japan | Pickup | Standard pickup for demining team. | |||
Car | ||||||
Fiat Dobló Mk I | Italy | Car | Standard army panel van[45] | |||
Skoda Oktavia Mk.II | Czech Republic | Car | Standard military police patrol car[45] | |||
Škoda Superb | Czech Republic | Car | Standard military police pursuit and patrol car[45] |
Light vehicles[]
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes |
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Buggy | ||||||
Arctic Cat | United States Lithuania |
Fast attack vehicle | 1 lost in exercise[46][45][47] | |||
Motorcycle | ||||||
KTM EXCR530 | Austria | Motorcycle | Standard SF motorcycle [45] |
Unmanned aerial vehicles[]
Name | Image | Origin | |
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Unmanned aerial vehicles | |||
ScanEagle[48] | United States | ||
RQ-11[49] | United States | ||
DJI Phantom 4[citation needed] | People's Republic of China |
Unmanned ground vehicles[]
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | ||
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Demining vehicle | ||||||
DOK-ING | Croatia | Unmanned mine clearance vehicle | ||||
Germany | Unmanned ground explosive ordnance disposal vehicle |
Artillery[]
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Notes | |
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Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
PzH 2000 | Germany | Self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm caliber | Transferred from Germany in 2015-2020.[50] | ||
Towed artillery | ||||||
M101 | United States | Howitzer | Transferred from Denmark in 2002.[51] | |||
Mortar carriers | ||||||
Panzermörser M113 | United States | Mortar carrier | Mortar carriers with Tampella 120 mm mortars. Modernised in cooperation with Israel in 2015. Were transferred from Germany in 2005 and 2006.[52] | |||
Heavy mortars | ||||||
M38/43 | Soviet Union | Mortar | Acquired from Poland. | |||
2B11 | Acquired from Bulgaria. | |||||
[53] | Czech Republic | |||||
M/41D | Finland | Acquired from Sweden. | ||||
Light mortars | ||||||
M19 | United States | Mortar | ||||
Bulgaria | ||||||
LM-60 | Poland | [54] | ||||
M6 | Austria | Variant M6-895.[33] |
Air-defence equipment[]
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Details | ||
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Surface-to-air missile systems | ||||||
NASAMS | Norway | NASAMS 3 | Ordered from Norway, with AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles and MPQ-64 Sentinel Air search radar. Delivered on 19 June 2020.[55] | |||
Man-portable air-defence systems | ||||||
RBS-70 | Sweden | RBS 70 NG | [56] Modernised to RBS-70 NG version.[57] | |||
FIM-92 Stinger | United States | FIM-92 Stinger | FIM-92 Stinger Acquired in 2007 "Dual Mount Stinger" modification with missiles, trainers, test missiles, MPQ-64 Sentinel radars, tactical control centres and Humvee trucks for transportation.[58][59] | |||
PZR Grom | Poland | Grom | ||||
Radars | ||||||
Saab Giraffe | Sweden | Giraffe Mk-IV | Part of the short range air defense units. | |||
AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel | United States | Part of the short and medium range air defence systems. | ||||
EADS | Germany | TRML-3D/32 | Acquired in 2004[60] | |||
Indra Sistemas | Spain | Undisclosed | Long range 3D radars, manufactured by Indra Sistemas, commissioned in 2018-2020.[61] |
Rocket systems[]
Model | Origin | Variant | Details | ||
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Lithuania | RT-1 | Made in Lithuania. Rocket targets system for Lithuanian Army-Air Defence Forces.[62][63] | |||
Lithuania | RT-400 | Made in Lithuania. Rocket targets system for Lithuanian Army-Air Defence Forces.[62][63] | |||
Rockets | |||||
Lithuania | KTU GTI-1 / 10 | Made in Lithuania. Experimental rockets for Lithuanian Army. Max. distance 8 km.[64][65] | |||
Lithuania | KTU GTI-95 | Made in Lithuania. Experimental rockets for Lithuanian Army. Max. distance 10 km.[64][65][66] | |||
Lithuania | KTU GTI-160 | Made in Lithuania. Experimental rockets for Lithuanian Army. Max. distance 30 km.[64][65][66] |
Coastal defence equipment[]
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Details | ||
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Autocannon | ||||||
Bofors 40 mm gun | Sweden | Bofors 40mm L/70 | Small quantity Bofors 40mm L/70 units use for coastal defence. Only for short distance sea targets. | |||
Howitzers | ||||||
M101 | United States | M101 | Small quantity howitzer M101 units use for coastal defence. Only for short and medium distance sea targets. |
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