List of equipment of the Tunisian Army
This is a list of equipment used by the Tunisian Army.
Current equipment[]
Small arms[]
Name | Image | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
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Pistols | |||||
Browning HP-35 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Semi-automatic pistol | Belgium | Standard service pistol | |
Beretta M1951 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Semi-automatic pistol | Italy | Limited use or possibly no longer in service | |
Submachine guns | |||||
Heckler & Koch MP5 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | Germany | Used by special forces units. | |
Beretta M12 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | Italy | In use also within police and national guard | |
Shotguns | |||||
Franchi SPAS-15 | 12 gauge | Shotgun | Italy | ||
Rifles | |||||
Steyr AUG | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | Austria | Steyr AUG A1 is standard issue assault rifle since 1978. Steyr AUG A2 and Steyr AUG A3 in use by special forces units | |
M4 carbine | 5.56×45mm NATO | Carbine | United States | Used by special forces units, and probably in the way to replace Steyr AUG as it is seen with regular army units. | |
M16 rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | United States | Limited service rifle. Used by special forces units. | |
AKM | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Soviet Union | Used by Saharian territory infantry units. | |
Type 56 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | China | Used by Saharian territory infantry units. | |
FN FAL | 7.62×51mm NATO | Battle rifle | Belgium | No longer in use within the army. In limited use with national guard | |
Machine guns | |||||
FN Minimi | 5.56×45mm NATO | Squad automatic weapon | Belgium | Used as a squad automatic weapon by infantry. | |
FN MAG | 7.62×51mm NATO | General-purpose machine gun | Belgium | Used by infantry as general-purpose machine gun and by Tunisian Air Force mounted on helicopters | |
M60 | 7.62×51mm NATO | General-purpose machine gun | United States | Standard general-purpose machine gun. Variants include M60E6 | |
MG 3 | 7.62×51mm NATO | General-purpose machine gun | Germany | ||
M2 Browning | 12.7×99mm NATO | Heavy machine gun | United States | Heavy support machine gun used on tripod or mounted on vehicles. | |
M1919 Browning | 7.62×63mm NATO | Heavy machine gun | United States | Limited use | |
Sniper rifles | |||||
Steyr SSG 69 | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sniper rifle | Austria | Standard service sniper rifle. | |
Barrett M82 | 12.7×99mm NATO | Anti-materiel precision rifle | United States | Used by special forces units. | |
Grenade launchers | |||||
M203 | 40 mm | Grenade launcher | United States | Grenade launcher coupled on Steyr AUG and M4. | |
Mk 19 | 40 mm | Automatic grenade launcher | United States | Heavy support grenade launcher mounted on vehicles. |
Artillery[]
Name | Image | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
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Towed artillery | |||||
M198 | 155mm towed howitzer | 57[1] | United States | Main artillery piece equiping 3 artillery battalions each attached to an Infantry Mechanized Brigade Heavily deployed during Chaambi Operations Delivered on 1989 | |
M101A1 howitzer | 105mm towed howitzer | 10-48[1] | United States | Probably never commissioned in Tunisian Army service following an inconclusive test Delivered on 1981 | |
Mortars | |||||
M30 | 107mm heavy mortar | 144 | United States | 78 tower + 36 mounted in mortar carriers M106A2 as self-propelled heavy mortars | |
M29 | 81mm medium mortar | 96 | United States |
Anti-tank weapons[]
Name | Image | Type | Caliber | Origin | Notes |
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Anti-tank guided missile | |||||
BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank missile | 152 mm with warhead | United States | Mounted on HMMWV with some assumed to equip M901 ITV thus no evidence to confirm it. Number of launchers is unknown, but considering the army organisation should be around 36. 454 missiles delivered on 1982 and 180 missiles delivered on 2006[1] | |
MILAN | Anti-tank missile | 115 mm with warhead | France Germany |
Number of launchers is unknown. 100 missiles delivered on 1981 and 40 missiles delivered on 1997 | |
Recoilless guns | |||||
M40 recoilless rifle | Recoilless rifle | 105 mm | United States | 70 in service | |
Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifle | Recoilless rifle | 84 mm rifled | Sweden | Unknown version and number. Has been seen in some pictures within tunisian soldiers. | |
Shoulder launched anti-tank rocket | |||||
LRAC F1 | Rocket-propelled grenade launcher | 89 mm | France | Unknown number of launchers, could be around 600 |
Anti-aircraft weapons[]
Name | Image | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
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Surface-to-air missiles and early-warning radars | |||||
M-48 Chaparral | Surface-to-air missile | 46 | United States | 26 M-48 launchers and 354 MIM72C missiles delivered on 1979 311 MIM72F Charparral missiles delivered on 1983 20 M-48 launchers, 300 MIM72C and 300 MIM72F Charparral missiles delivered on 2002 (second hand; aid)[1] | |
RBS-70 Bofors | Surface-to-air missile | 60 | Sweden | Delivered on 1981 including 300 missiles | |
Giraffe 40 radar | Medium-short rang radar | 12 | Sweden | Delivered on 1981 | |
Anti-aircraft guns | |||||
Zastava M55 | 3x20mm anti-aircraft guns | 100 | Yugoslavia |
Tanks[]
Name | Image | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
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Main battle tanks | |||||
M60A1/A3 Patton | Main battle tank | 90 | United States | 54 M60A3 delivered on 1984 ($92m deal worth) and 30 M60A1 probably second hand[1] Equipping 2 tank battalions each attached to an infantry mechanized brigade | |
Light tanks | |||||
SK-105 Kürassier | Light tank | 55 | Austria | Delivered on 1979 equipped with FL-12 105mm tank turret of french AMX-13 Equipping 1 tank battalion attached to one infantry mechanized brigade |
Reconnaissance[]
Name | Image | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
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Armored scout cars | |||||
Panhard AML60/90 | Armored Scout Car | 36 | France | 18 armored car delivered on 1970 and 10 second hand delivered on 1999. Variants includes AML-90 equipped with a 90mm gun and AML-60 equipped with a 60mm mortar |
Armored vehicles[]
Name | Image | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
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Armoured personnel carriers | |||||
M113 | Armoured personnel carrier | 300 | United States | M113A1 : 30 delivered on 1974 + 60 delivered on 1981 M-577A1 CP : 20 delivered on 1981 + 6 delivered on 2003[1] Equipping 3 mechanized infantry battalions each attached to a mechanized infantry Brigade | |
Fiat-Otobreda 6614 | Armoured personnel carrier | 120 | Italy | Delivered on 1980 Equipping 3 mechanized infantry battalions each attached to a mechanized infantry Brigade | |
MRAP | |||||
BMC Kirpi | MRAP | 270 + 44 on order | Turkey | Delivered on 2016. Aimed to improve soldier protection against improvised explosive device attacks and ambushes following deadly terrorist attacks against the army. Equipped with remote weapon station and forward-looking infrared radar Equipping newly established Intervention battalions | |
Ejder Yalcin | MRAP | 100 | Turkey | Delivered on 2017. Equipping Saharian territory infantry units | |
ACMAT Bastion | MRAP | 8 | France | Delivered on 2016, financed by the United States DoD. Equipping armored engineer, mine clearance unit | |
Infantry mobility vehicles | |||||
HMMWV Up-Armoured | Infantry mobility vehicle | 500 | United States | Delivered on 2016. M1165A1 version. Equipped with M2 Browning .50cal machine guns | |
LPV Jeep J8 | Infantry mobility vehicle | 70 | United States | Delivered on 2016. Equipped with M2 Browning .50cal machine guns or Mk 19 grenade launchers | |
NIMR | Infantry mobility vehicle | 40 | United Arab Emirates | Delivered on 2012, probably as aid | |
Toyota Land Cruiser 76 | Infantry mobility vehicle | Unknown | Japan | Equipped with M2 Broning .50cal machine guns, employed by Saharian territory infantry units | |
Armoured recovery vehicles | |||||
M88A1 Recovery Vehicle | Armoured recovery vehicle | 6 | United States | Delivered on 1984, as part of M60A3 Patton deal |
Logistic vehicles[]
- HET M1000 (United States)
- M151A2 MUTT 4×4 (United States)
- Land Rover Defender 4×4 (United Kingdom)
- Mercedes-Benz Unimog U-4000 (Germany)
- Mercedes-Benz Unimog U-5000 (Germany)
- M35A2 cargo truck (United States)
- M939 cargo truck (United States)
- 56 M49 tanker truck (United States)
Radar[]
- 2 RASIT DRPT ground surveillance radar (France)
- 2 AN/TPQ-53 (United States) on order
- 4-6 Giraffe 40 (Sweden)
Former equpiment[]
Artillery[]
- 30 Mle 1950 BF-50 155mm towed howitzer (France), delivered on 1960
- 30 M114A1 155mm towed howitzer (United States), ex-US, delivered on 1965
- 48 M108 105mm self-propelled howitzer (United States),ex-US, delivered on 1968
Anti-tank equipment[]
- 80 SS.11 ATGM launcher (France)
- 300 M20 "Super Bazooka" 3.7 inch/94mm Light ATRL (United States)
- 140 M18 57mm recoilless rifle (United States)
Anti-aircraft equipment[]
- 16 M42 Duster twin-mounted Bofors 40 mm self-propelled AAG (United States/Sweden) 8 delivered on 1968 and 8 delivered on 1972, all second hand; aid
Tanks[]
- 30 AMX-13/75 75mm main gun light tank (France), 15 delivered on 1960 and 15 delivered on 1970
- 12 M41 Walker Bulldog 76mm main gun light tank (United States), delivered on 1960, second hand
- 14 M48A5 Patton 90mm main gun main battle tank (United States), delivered on 1973, second hand
Armoured vehicles[]
- 15 EBR-75 armoured car (France), delivered on 1957
- 10 M8 Greyhound armoured car (United States), delivered on 1960
Reconnaissance[]
- 20 Alvis Saladin 76mm main gun 6×6 ARV (United Kingdom)
Planned equipment[]
- Altay - Tunisia wants to modernize its current fleet of main battle tanks and replace its American m-60s and the roadmap signed with Turkey together with its very high performance may be the best option.
- TGR-300 Kasirga - the Tunisian army is in the process of renewing its armed forces and, as it has rocket launcher artillery systems, Turkey has offered the TGR-300 Kasirga.
References[]
Categories:
- Military equipment of Tunisia
- Lists of armies (land forces) equipment