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 | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | ||||
SIG Sauer P226 | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | ||||
Glock | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | ||||
Assault rifles | ||||||
Heckler & Koch HK33 | Assault Rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | HK33E variant.[1] | |||
Heckler & Koch G36 | Assault Rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation[2] | |||
FN SCAR-H | Battle Rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Royal Saudi Land Forces.[3][4] | |||
M4 carbine | Carbine | 5.56×45mm NATO | Special forces only. | |||
Heckler & Koch G3 | Battle Rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard Issue Rifle of Saudi Arabian Army. Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation[5] | |||
M16A2 rifle | Assault Rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | ||||
Steyr AUG AUG A1 HBAR | Assault Rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard assault rifle of the Saudi Arabian Army since 2009.[6][7] | |||
AK-103 | Assault Rifle | 7.62×39mm | Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Royal Saudi Land Forces.[8][9] Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[10][11][12] | |||
PM md. 63/65[13] | Assault Rifle | 7.62×39mm | Reserved. | |||
Machine guns | ||||||
Heckler & Koch MG4 | Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard light machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army. | |||
Rheinmetall MG3 | General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard general-purpose machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army. | |||
FN Minimi | Squad automatic weapon | 5.56×45mm NATO | ||||
FN MAG | General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||||
Vektor SS-77 | General-purpose machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | ||||
M2 Browning | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×99mm NATO | Standard heavy machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army | |||
Sniper rifles & designated marksman rifles | ||||||
Accuracy International AWM | Sniper Rifle | .300 Winchester Magnum | ||||
Heckler & Koch PSG1 | Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||||
M107/M107A1 | Anti-materiel rifle | 12.7×99mm NATO | ||||
AWP (Arctic Warfare Police) | Sniper Rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||||
Robar RC-50 | Anti-material sniper rifle | 12.7 × 99 mm NATO | ||||
Steyr SSG 69 | Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | ||||
Grenade-based weapons | ||||||
M203 | Grenade launcher | 40×46mm SR | ||||
AGS-30 | Automatic grenade launcher | 40×46mm | Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries[14][15] | |||
Mk 19 | Automatic grenade launcher | 40×53mm | [16] | |||
Milkor MGL | Automatic grenade launcher | 40×46mm | [1] | |||
M67 | Hand grenades | 64 mm | [17] | |||
Rocket propelled grenade launchers | ||||||
RPG-7 | Rocket propelled grenade launchers | 40mm | [18] | |||
C90-CR (M3) | Rocket-propelled grenade | 90mm | ||||
Portable anti-tank weapons | ||||||
9M133 Kornet | Anti-tank guided missile | Tandem HEAT | Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries[14][15][19] | |||
FGM-148 Javelin | Medium-range Anti-tank guided missile | 127mm | Standard infantry AT weapon. 20 launchers and 150 missiles[20] | |||
MBT LAW | Short-range anti-tank missile system | 150mm | In service with Royal Saudi Land Forces. | |||
RBS 56B BILL 2 | SACLOS Anti-tank missile | 127mm | [21] | |||
Raybolt | Anti-tank missile | Used in Yemen.[22] | ||||
M47 Dragon | Anti-tank missile | 1,154 mm | ||||
APILAS | Anti-tank missile | 112 mm | [23] | |||
Mounted anti-tank weapons | ||||||
HOT | Anti-tank Missile | Tandem charge HEAT | HOT and HOT-2 delivered in 1989 and 1997 for use on AMX-10. | |||
AGM-114 Hellfire | Anti-tank missile | High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) | Used on AH-64D and AH-6s | |||
BGM-71 TOW BGM-71C ITOW BGM-71D TOW-2 BGM-71E TOW-2A | Anti-tank missile | 150mm | Standard Issue to Saudi Arabian Army. | |||
Artillery
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Details | |
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Mortars | ||||||
M224 mortar | Lightweight mortar | 60mm | ||||
Brandt Mle CM60A1 | Gun-mortar | 60mm | ||||
2R2M 120MM | Heavy mortar | 120mm | ||||
MO-120-RT-61 120mm | Heavy mortar | 120mm | ||||
M30 mortar | Heavy mortar | 106mm | ||||
Howitzers | ||||||
PLZ-45 | Self-propelled howitzer 155mm | 54[24] | ||||
M109 howitzer | Self-propelled howitzer 155mm | M109A1 M109A2 M109A5 | 600 177 on order [25] | |||
AMX-GCT | Self-propelled howitzer 155mm | 51 | ||||
M198 howitzer | Towed howitzer 155mm | 144 | ||||
FH-70 | Towed howitzer 155mm | 40 | ||||
M114 howitzer | Towed howitzer 155mm | M114A1 | 534 All are stored in reserve. | |||
M102 howitzer | Towed howitzer 105mm | 300[26] | ||||
M101 howitzer | Towed howitzer 105mm | M101A1 | 800 All are stored in reserve. | |||
Rocket artillery | ||||||
M270 | MRL | 227mm | 180 | |||
Astros II MLRS | MRL | 180mm | 72 | |||
TOS-1A | MRL | 220 mm | Used by the Royal Saudi Land Forces.[27] Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[28][29] | |||
Vehicles
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Details | |
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Tanks | ||||||
M1 Abrams | M1A2S | 422 | Saudi Arabia bought 373 M1A2 tanks,[30] with further 69 more M1A2S tanks ordered on 8 January 2013 and delivered by 31 July 2014.[31] Later Saudi Arabia decided to upgrade all of M1A2 variants to M1A2S configuration. 153 M1A2S on order since Aug 9, 2016[30] 20 were lost in Yemen[32] | |||
M60 Patton | M60A3 | 390[33] | 1,300 were acquired. At least 37 are visually confirmed as being destroyed in Yemen. | |||
AMX-30 | AMX-30SA | 250 | In reserve. Though at least 3 are visually confirmed as being destroyed in Yemen. | |||
Armoured vehicles | ||||||
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Quantity | Details | |
M2 Bradley | M2A2 | 400[33] | Principal IFV of the Saudi Army.[26] At least 57 lost in Yemen. | |||
AMX-10P | 293[33] | 500[34] were bought from France in 1974; most are now stored as a reserve. | ||||
M113 | M113A1 M113A3 | 3,112 | [26] At least 61 visually confirmed as destroyed in Yemen. | |||
HMMWV | M997 HMMWV M998 HMMWV M1026 HMMWV M1151 HMMWV | 1500 | Vehicles were sold to Saudi Arabia by the U.S. under the Foreign Military Sales program.[35] | |||
M88 | M88A1 | 98 | Armoured recovery vehicle.[36][37]
[35] The potential sale of a further 20 was announced in August 2016.[38] | |||
Al-Shibl | Al-Shibl1 Al-Shibl2 | ~100 | [39] A small number of Al Shibl 2 vehicles were delivered to Hadi’s army to take part in the Midi and Harad offensives | |||
URO VAMTAC | 30 | [40] | ||||
Didgori Medevac | Didgori-1 Didgori-2 | 100+ | Armored medical evacuation vehicle. Saudi Arabia ordered 100+ Didgori Medevac from Georgia in 2016.[41][42] | |||
CUCV II[43] | 200+ | |||||
MRAPs | ||||||
Oshkosh M-ATV | 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. | |||
TUWAIQ-2 | ~50 | [44] | ||||
Demining Vehicle | ||||||
Aardvark JSFU | ? | ? | [45] | |||
DOK-ING | MV-4 MV-10 | ? | [46] | |||
Trucks | ||||||
M548 | ? | ? | ||||
M939 Truck | ? | ? | [47] | |||
FMTV | ? | 100 | [47] | |||
HEMTT | ? | ? | ||||
Oshkosh HET | M1070A0 M1070 | 50 | Saudi Arabia was the first export customer for the M1070 with deliveries made during 1993.[48] | |||
Tatra 810 | 810 | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[49] | |||
Tatra 815 | 815 | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[50] | |||
Tatra 158 Phoenix | 158 Phoenix | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[51] | |||
Tatra 815-7 | 815-7 | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[52] | |||
Royal Saudi Air Force
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Details | |
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Helicopters | ||||||
AH-64 Apache | AH-64D | 94 | A further 29 AH-64D Longbow III requested for more than $1.2bn.[53] | |||
Bell OH-58 Kiowa | OH-58D | +40 | .[54] | |||
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | UH-60L | 37 | A further 24 UH-60L requested for $350m. | |||
Boeing CH-47F Chinook | CH-47F | 48 | Ordered in December 2016.[55] | |||
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | ||||||
Aeryon Scout | ? | 10 | [56] | |||
Saqr | Saqr1 Saqr2 Saqr3 Saqr4 | 38 | [57][58] | |||
CAIG Wing Loong | Pterodactyl Wing Loong II | 300[59] | [60][61] 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.[62] | |||
Denel Dynamics Seeker | Seeker 400 | ? | [64][65] | |||
EMT Luna X-2000 | ? | ? | [67][68] | |||
Selex ES Falco | ? | ? | 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.[69] | |||
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