List of equipment of the Saudi Arabian Army
This is a list of equipment of the Saudi Arabian Army currently in service.
Small arms[]
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Details | |
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Pistols | ||||||
Browning Hi-Power | ![]() |
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Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | ||
SIG Sauer P226 | ![]() |
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Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Standard issue sidearm | |
Glock | ![]() |
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Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Special forces mostly | |
Assault rifles | ||||||
AK-103 | ![]() |
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Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Saudi Arabian Army.[1][2] Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[3][4] | |
Heckler & Koch G36 | ![]() |
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Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation[5] | |
Heckler & Koch HK33 | ![]() |
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Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | HK33E variant.[6] | |
FN SCAR-H | ![]() |
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Battle rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Saudi Arabian Army.[7][8] | |
Heckler & Koch G3 | ![]() |
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Battle rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard issue rifle of Saudi Arabian Army. Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation[9] | |
Steyr AUG AUG A1 HBAR |
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Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Former Standard assault rifle of the Saudi Arabian Army.[10][11] | |
Machine guns | ||||||
Heckler & Koch MG4 | ![]() |
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Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard light machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army. | |
Rheinmetall MG3 | ![]() |
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General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard general-purpose machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army. | |
FN Minimi | ![]() |
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Squad automatic weapon | 5.56×45mm NATO | ||
FN MAG | ![]() |
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General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||
Vektor SS-77 | ![]() |
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General-purpose machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | ||
M2 Browning | ![]() |
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Heavy machine gun | 12.7×99mm NATO | Standard heavy machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army | |
Sniper rifles and designated marksman rifles | ||||||
Accuracy International AWM | ![]() |
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Sniper rifle | .300 Winchester Magnum | ||
Heckler & Koch PSG1 | ![]() |
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Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||
M107/M107A1 | ![]() |
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Anti-materiel rifle | 12.7×99mm NATO | ||
AWP (Arctic Warfare Police) | ![]() |
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Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||
Robar RC-50 | ![]() |
Anti-material sniper rifle | 12.7 × 99 mm NATO | |||
Steyr SSG 69 | ![]() |
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Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||
Grenade-based weapons | ||||||
M203 | ![]() |
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Grenade launcher | 40×46mm SR | ||
AGS-30 | ![]() |
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Automatic grenade launcher | 40×46mm | Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries[12] | |
Mk 19 | ![]() |
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Automatic grenade launcher | 40×53mm | [13] | |
Milkor MGL | ![]() |
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Automatic grenade launcher | 40×46mm | [6] | |
M67 | ![]() |
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Hand grenades | 64 mm | [14] | |
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Hand grenades | 65 mm | [15] | |||
Rocket-propelled grenade launchers | ||||||
RPG-7 | ![]() |
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Rocket propelled grenade launchers | 40 mm | [16] | |
C90-CR (M3) | ![]() |
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Rocket-propelled grenade | 90 mm | At least 5,000 sold in the nineties.[15] | |
Portable anti-tank weapons | ||||||
9M133 Kornet | ![]() |
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Anti-tank guided missile | Tandem high-explosive anti-tank | Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries[citation needed] | |
FGM-148 Javelin | ![]() |
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Medium-range anti-tank guided missile | 127mm | Standard infantry AT weapon. 20 launchers and 150 missiles[17] | |
MBT LAW | ![]() |
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Short-range anti-tank missile system | 150mm | In service with Saudi Arabian Army. | |
RBS 56B BILL 2 | ![]() |
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Semi-automatic command to line of sight anti-tank missile | 127mm | [18] | |
AT-1K Raybolt | ![]() |
Anti-tank missile | Used in Yemen.[19] | |||
M47 Dragon | ![]() |
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Anti-tank missile | 140 mm | ||
APILAS | ![]() |
Anti-tank missile | 112 mm | [20] | ||
Mounted anti-tank weapons | ||||||
HOT | ![]() |
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Anti-tank missile | Tandem charge high-explosive anti-tank | HOT and HOT-2 delivered in 1989 and 1997 for use on AMX-10. | |
AGM-114 Hellfire | ![]() |
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Anti-tank missile | High-explosive anti-tank | Used on AH-64D and AH-6s | |
BGM-71 TOW BGM-71C ITOW BGM-71D TOW-2 BGM-71E TOW-2A |
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Anti-tank missile | 150mm | Standard issue to Saudi Arabian Army. |
Artillery[]
Vehicles[]
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Details | |
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Tanks | ||||||
M1 Abrams | ![]() |
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M1A2S | 422 | Saudi Arabia bought 373 M1A2 tanks,[27] with further 69 more M1A2S tanks ordered on 8 January 2013 and delivered by 31 July 2014.[28] Later Saudi Arabia decided to upgrade all of M1A2 variants to M1A2S configuration. 153 M1A2S on order since 9 August 2016[27] 20 were lost in Yemen[29] | |
M60 Patton | ![]() |
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M60A3 | 390[30] | 1,300 were acquired. | |
AMX-30 | ![]() |
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AMX-30SA | 250 | In reserve. | |
Armoured vehicles | ||||||
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Quantity | Details | |
M2 Bradley | ![]() |
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M2A2 | 400[30] | Principal infantry fighting vehicle of the Saudi Army.[23] | |
AMX-10P | ![]() |
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293[30] | 500[31] were bought from France in 1974; most are now stored as a reserve. | ||
M113 | ![]() |
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M113A1 M113A3 |
3,112 | [23] | |
HMMWV | ![]() |
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M997 HMMWV M998 HMMWV M1026 HMMWV M1151 HMMWV |
1500 | Vehicles were sold to Saudi Arabia by the United States under the Foreign Military Sales program.[32] | |
M88 | ![]() |
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M88A1 | 98 | Armoured recovery vehicle.[33][34][32] The potential sale of a further 20 was announced in August 2016.[35] | |
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Al-Shibl1 Al-Shibl2 |
~100 | [36] A small number of Al Shibl 2 vehicles were delivered to Hadi’s army to take part in the Midi and Harad offensives[citation needed] | |||
URO VAMTAC | ![]() |
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30 | [37] | ||
Didgori Medevac | ![]() |
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Didgori-2 | 100+ | Armored medical evacuation vehicle. Saudi Arabia ordered 100+ Didgori Medevac from Georgia in 2016.[38][39] | |
CUCV II[40] | ![]() |
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200+ | |||
MRAPs | ||||||
Oshkosh M-ATV | ![]() |
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Many | 1859 | Saudi Arabia began negotiations for an order for an undisclosed number of M-ATVs Saudi Arabia received an estimated 1859. Several dozen have been destroyed in Yemen. With many being donated to Pro-Hadi forces and subsequently getting destroyed in fighting. | |
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Demining vehicles | ||||||
Aardvark JSFU | ![]() |
? | ? | [42] | ||
DOK-ING | ![]() |
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MV-4 MV-10 |
? | [43] | |
Trucks | ||||||
M548 | ![]() |
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? | ? | ||
M939 Truck | ![]() |
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? | ? | [44] | |
FMTV | ![]() |
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? | 100 | [44] | |
HEMTT | ![]() |
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? | ? | ||
Oshkosh HET | ![]() |
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M1070A0 M1070 |
50 | Saudi Arabia was the first export customer for the M1070 with deliveries made during 1993.[45] | |
Tatra 810 | ![]() |
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810 | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[46] | |
Tatra 815 | ![]() |
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815 | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[47] | |
Tatra 158 Phoenix | ![]() ![]() |
158 Phoenix | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[48] | ||
Tatra 815-7 | ![]() |
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815-7 | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[49] |
Aviation[]
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Details | |
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Helicopters | ||||||
AH-64 Apache | ![]() |
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AH-64D | 94 | A further 29 AH-64D Longbow III requested for more than $1.2bn.[50] | |
Bell OH-58 Kiowa | ![]() |
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OH-58D | +40 | [51] | |
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | ![]() |
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UH-60L | 200 | A further 24 UH-60L requested for $350m. | |
Boeing CH-47F Chinook | ![]() |
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CH-47F | 48 | Ordered in December 2016.[52] | |
Unmanned aerial vehicles | ||||||
Saqr | ![]() |
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Saqr1 Saqr2 Saqr3 Saqr4 |
38 | [53][54] | |
CAIG Wing Loong | ![]() |
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Pterodactyl Wing Loong II |
300[55] | [56][57] King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology signed a partnership with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporationto establish a manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia for the CH series of UCAVs.[58] | |
Denel Dynamics Seeker | ![]() |
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Seeker 400 | ? | [60][61] | |
EMT Luna X-2000 | ![]() |
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? | ? | [63][64] | |
Selex ES Falco | ![]() |
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? | ? | On 13 July 2012 ainonline.com reported a new sale for the Falco, bringing the number of export customers to four, and that more than 50 air vehicles were operational at the time.[65] | |
Aeryon Scout | ![]() |
? | 10 | [66] |
References[]
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