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Equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces
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Emblem of the Armed Forces of Armenia
FoundedJanuary 28, 1992

Modern equipment of the Armenian Armed Forces. This page might contain equipment which are in use with the Artsakh Defence Army, as the equipment is sometimes used by both armies, but will officially contain information pertinent only to the Armenian military.

Personnel equipment

Uniforms

Name Photo Origin Notes
ARMPAT[1][better source needed]  Armenia Main camouflage pattern of the Armenian Armed Forces and the Artsakh Defense Forces.
Flora[1]  Russia Digital EMR Flora and Woodland Flora used by different divisions in the Army.
U.S. Woodland[1]  United States Formerly used by the Armenian Army. Still used by some units the Artsakh Army.
Multicam[1]  Russia Russian variant of the Multicam.
Used by the military special units and law enforcement.
Civilian versions used by volunteer fighters in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Vegetato[1]  Italy Used by Armenian special units.
A-TACS "Ataka"  Russia Used by Armenian special forces and Snipers.
DCU[1]  United States Used in training drills.[2] Formerly used by Armenian peacekeepers in Iraq.
Tropentarn[1]  Germany Used by peacekeepers in Afghanistan and Iraq who are part of the German contingent.
KLMK[1]  Soviet Union Used by border guards.

Individual equipment

Name Type Origin Notes
Helmets
PASGT Helmet[3][better source needed] Combat helmet  United States Secondary-use helmet.
FAST Helmet[4] Combat helmet  United States Mostly used by special forces. Few used by reconnaissance, scout, and infantry divisions. Seen in 2021

Armenian Armed Forces exercises.

Helm Wz. 93 [5][better source needed] Combat helmet  Armenia Main helmet used.
SSh-68[6][better source needed] Combat Helmet  Armenia Used by reservists, volunteers and for training purposes.[citation needed]
Armored vests
Armocom Vests[7][better source needed] Bulletproof vest  Armenia "SK" variant vests made by the Armocom company.[8][better source needed]
CIRAS[9][better source needed] Bulletproof vest  United States Limited use.
Tactical communications
COMTAC[4] Headset  United States Protective communication headsets[citation needed]

Small arms

Small arms

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Pistols
Armenia K2  Armenia 9x18 mm Not in official use by the Armenian Army.
Makarov[10]  Soviet Union 9x18 mm Main service pistol. To be replaced with the MP-443 Grach.
TT-33 Tokarev[10]  Soviet Union 9x19 mm Used by officers. Very limited usage.
MP-443 Grach  Russia 9×19mm Parabellum Current main service pistol.
Submachine guns
K6-91  Armenia 9x19 mm Not in official use by the Armenian Army.
Garni-ler V-1  Armenia 9x18 mm Not in official use by the Armenian Army.
Vityaz-SN[11]  Russia 9x19 mm Used by special units
PP-2000[12]  Russia 9x19 mm Used by special units
Carbines and spec arms
AK-74U[10]  Soviet Union 5.45×39 mm Used by specialized units.
M4[13]  United States 5.56×45 mm Used in Kosovo and Afghanistan.
AS Val[10]  Soviet Union 9×39mm Used by the Armenian special forces
VSS Vintorez[10] Used by the Armenian special forces
Assault rifles
AK-103[14]  Armenia 7.62×39 mm As of July 2020, 50,000 rifles being produced yearly in Armenia for the next 10 years.
AK-12[15]  Armenia 5.45×39 mm 50 units bought in 2019 from Russia, with full production to start in Armenia after the completion of state tests.
Few seen being used by Armenian Special Forces in 2021.[16]
AK-15[15]  Armenia 7.62×39 mm 2020 production to start in Armenia.
G-36[17]  Germany 5.45×39 mm Used by Armenian Peacekeepers in Afghanistan.
M16[18]  United States 5.56×45 mm Used in Kosovo and Afghanistan, and seen in exercises with NATO.
Zastava M-21[19]  Serbia 5.45×39 mm Used by Armenian special forces.
AK-47[10]  Soviet Union 7.62×39 mm Used by reserved. Mostly in storage.
AK-74M[10]  Russia 5.45×39 mm Distributed to the infantry and special forces divisions.
AK-74[10]  Soviet Union 5.45×39 mm Service rifle of the Armenian Army.
AKS-74[10]  Soviet Union Mainly by Armenian Paratroopers.
AKM[10]  Soviet Union 7.62×39 mm Few used by the army, mostly used by reserve.
Sniper rifles
K-11  Armenia 5.45×39 mm It is evident that a newer produced model called the K-11M is now being used by the Armenian special forces
Dragunov SVD[10]  Soviet Union
 Russia
7.62×54 mm Main service sniper rifle.
Orsis T-5000[citation needed]  Russia .338 Lapua Magnum Used by snipers and special forces.
Accuracy International AX-338[20][21]  United Kingdom .338 Lapua Magnum Used by snipers and special forces.
PGM 338[21]  France .338 Lapua Magnum Used by snipers and the special forces
Sako TRG-42[20]  Finland .338 Lapua Magnum Used by the special forces of the army and the NSS Alpha Group.
Zastava M93 Black Arrow[citation needed]  Serbia 12.7×108 mm Standard service anti-material rifle
K-15  Armenia 12.7×108 mm
Machine guns
RPK-74[10]  Soviet Union 5.45×39 mm Standard service light machine gun
RPK-74M[10]  Russia
PK[10]  Soviet Union 7.62×54 mm Standard service machine gun. Possible usage of PKP Pecheneg.
NSV[10] 12.7×108 mm Standard service heavy machine gun
DShK[10] Mostly in storage.
Kord[10]  Russia Started to replace Soviet-era machine guns in late 2018.
Grenade launchers
GP-25[10]  Russia 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher Used on assault rifles[citation needed]
RG-6  Russia 40mm Seen being used by Armenian Special Units.[22]
AGS-17[10]  Soviet Union 30 x 29 grenade
AGS-30[23]  Russia

Mortars

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Mortars
2B9 Vasilek[24]  Soviet Union 82mm

Man-portable air-defense systems

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008–2021

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Man-portable air-defense systems
Strela-3[25]  Russia Man-portable air-defense system NATO codename SA-14
Igla-1[26]  Russia File:Igla 1 (SA-16).jpg NATO codename SA-16
Igla[27]  Russia NATO codename SA-18
Igla-S[28][29]  Russia NATO codename SA-24
9K333 Verba[28]  Russia NATO codename SA-25. 200 units replace all previous generations of man-portable air-defense systems.

Anti-tank weapons

Anti-tank weapons of the Armenian Army as of 2008–2021

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Anti-tank grenade launchers
RPG-7[30]  Armenia Rocket-propelled grenade Mostly used by Armenian anti tank gunners.
Anti-tank rocket launchers
RPG-26  Russia[31] Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher [32]
RPO-A Shmel[10]  Soviet Union Thermobaric rocket launcher
Anti-tank guided missile launchers
MILAN[33]  France Anti-tank guided missile With locally produced night-sight[34][35]
9K111 Fagot[36]  Russia Anti-tank guided missile File:At4.jpg NATO codename AT-4 Spigot. Some captured by the Azerbaijani military.[37]
9M111M Faktoriya[38]  Russia Anti-tank guided missile NATO codename AT-4C Spigot C. Improved motor, longer guidance wire. Maximum range 2,500m, minimum 75m. Improved single HEAT warhead; penetration 400 mm versus RHA or 230 mm towards armour inclined at 60°. Appeared during the 4-Day War.
9M113 Konkurs[39]  Russia Anti-tank guided missile
9M133M-2 Kornet-EM[40]  Russia Anti-tank guided missile NATO codename AT-14 Spriggan. 50 launchers with 200 missiles purchased in 2013. First shown in 2018. Mistaken in many sources for the E version, however Armenian troops training on the missiles state that it has a range of 8 km. Some captured by the Azerbaijani military.[37]
9K115 Metis[41]  Russia Anti-tank guided missile NATO codename AT-7 Saxhorn
Anti-tank gun
SPG-9[42]  Armenia[30] Recoilless gun Some captured by the Azerbaijani military.[37]
T-12 Rapira[43]  Russia Anti-tank gun 100mm
Tank destroyers
9P149 Shturm-S[44]  Soviet Union Tank destroyer 27 systems purchased from Moldova.[45] Displayed with 9M120 Ataka missile during the Defense Expo in Yerevan
9P148[46]  Russia Tank destroyer Armed with upgraded Konkurs-M missiles
Anti-tank vehicles weaponry
9M14 Malyutka[47]  Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile NATO codename AT-3 Sagger
9M113M Konkurs-M[48]  Russia Anti-tank guided missile NATO codename AT-5B Spandrel-B. Tandem warhead with extended explosive probe. The warhead penetration is 750–800 mm vs RHA. Adopted in 1991, 4000m range.
9K114 Shturm[39]  Russia Anti-tank guided missile NATO codename AT-6 Spiral

Vehicles

Combat vehicles

Military equipment Armenian Army[49]

Numbers may be inaccurate because of the losses in the 2020 Karabakh War.

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Main battle tank
T-90  Russia Main battle tank 2 One T-90S won as a prize at the tank biathlon in 2014.[50][51] Delivered in April 2016.[52] No official usage in the 2020 Karabakh War.
T-80  Soviet Union Main battle tank 200+ According to IISS 2010, Armenia has around 80+ Т-80 tanks.
T-72B  Soviet Union
 Russia
Main battle tank 101-210 Variants in service: more ~300 in NKR

T-72AV

T-72A

T-72B

T-55 and T-54  Soviet Union Main battle tank 8 In reserves, and museums.
Infantry fighting vehicle
BMD-1[53]  Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle 10 Possibly more in storage.
BMP-1[54]  Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle 125 Includes BMP-1K, and BRM-1. Several units modernized.
BMP-2[54]  Soviet Union Russia Infantry fighting vehicle 150 50 units modernized/repaired by Russia in 2012–2013.[55] Possibly more in storage [56]
Reconnaissance vehicle
BRM-1K[54]  Soviet Union Reconnaissance vehicle 12
BRDM-2[54]  Soviet Union Scout car 120 Includes anti-tank variant. Few distributed to the Armenian Police.[citation needed]
Armored personnel carrier
BTR-80[54]  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 60 Possibly more in storage.[56][57] Quantity does not include the unknown number of Infauna electronic countermeasure variants first displayed at the 2016 military parade.[58] Possibly BTR-80A variants in storage too.
BTR-70[54]  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 21[59] Upgraded with new engines and 30mm gun.
MT-LB[59]  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 145
Armored patrol vehicles
Buran  Russia Infantry mobility vehicle 5+ In production for the Armenian Army, since 2022.
GAZ Tigr[60]  Russia Infantry mobility vehicle 10 More ordered in 2015.[61] Used by special forces, military police, light infantry and airborne units. Some transferred to civilian law enforcement special units.
Enok  Germany Armoured patrol vehicle Unknown Used in peacekeeping missions.[62]
HMMWV  United States Infantry mobility vehicle 10 Used by Armenian peacekeepers in Kosovo. No status of usage by the standard military.[62]
CLV Panther  Italy

 United Kingdom

Infantry mobility vehicle 10 Used by Armenian peacekeepers in Afghanistan.[63]

Transport vehicles

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Trucks
Ural-4320[64]  Soviet Union Cargo truck 100+ Mostly used by the army for transport. Many converted to operate missiles, drones, etc.
GAZ-66[65]  Soviet Union Cargo truck 44
Confirmed Usage in 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
KamAZ-4310[66][67]  Russia Cargo truck Unknown Many variants of Kamaz trucks used by the army including 4310 and 4325.
GAZ-3308[65]  Russia Cargo truck Unknown Several converted to N-2 missile launcher truck.
GAZ-33097[65]  Russia Cargo truck Unknown
Hino Ranger  Japan Cargo / Transport truck Unknown Seen in Military Parades with T-72 tanks on them.[68][69]
ZiL-131[65]  Soviet Union Cargo truck Unknown
Utility vehicles
UAZ-452[70]  Soviet Union Light utility vehicle Unknown Many used by high command and medic divisions.
UAZ-469[71]  Soviet Union Light utility vehicle Unknown Used since 1991
Mercedes-Benz G-Class  Germany Light utility vehicle Unknown Used in peacekeeping missions.[62]
UAZ Patriot  Russia Light utility vehicle Unknown Shown in the 2016 parade.[68][69]
SsangYong Rexton  South Korea Light utility vehicle Unknown Shown in the 2016 parade.[68][69]
Nissan Navara  Japan Light utility vehicle Unknown Shown in the 2016 parade.[68][69]
Nissan Navajo  Japan Light utility vehicle Unknown Shown in the 2016 parade.[68][69]
Spec operation vehicles
AGF Serval  Germany Light utility vehicle 1-3 Used in peacekeeping missions.[62]
M-3 Chaborz  Russia All-terrain vehicle Unknown Used spec ops[72]

Engineering and recovery vehicles

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008–2017

Name Origin Type Photo Notes
Engineering and recovery vehicles
MDK-3[73][74]  Russia Trench digger[75]
MDK-2M[76]  Soviet Union Trench digger
PZM-2[77][78]  Russia Trench digger
BAT-2[79]  Russia Armored tracklayer
IMR-1[80]  Russia Combat engineering vehicle
IMR-2[81]  Russia Combat engineering vehicle
TMM-3[76][82]  Russia Mobile bridge 50 ton scissor bridge on KrAZ-255B chassis
GMZ-1[76]  Russia Minelaying vehicle
BTS-2[83]  Soviet Union Armoured recovery vehicle
BREM-1[84]  Russia Armoured recovery vehicle

Artillery

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Artillery
2S1 Gvozdika  Soviet Union Self-propelled artillery 10
2S3 Akatsiya  Soviet Union 28[59]
D-1  Soviet Union Howitzer 2[59]
D-20  Soviet Union 34[59]
D-30  Soviet Union 59[59] 122mm.
D-44 85mm gun[85]  Soviet Union Field artillery N/A D-44-beyt-hatotchan-1 85mm
M-30[86]  Soviet Union Zagan 122 mm haubica wz 1938 a 122mm with upgraded optics
M-46[87]  Soviet Union M-46-130mm-gun-batey-haosef-1 130mm
Giatsint-B  Soviet Union 10 152mm
ZiS-3[88]  Soviet Union N/A ZIS-3 FPMC 76mm. Used during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Withdrawn from service. Some used as monuments, while others are used by reserve units.

Multiple rocket launchers

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008–2017

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Light multiple launch rocket systems
BM-21 Grad[89]  Soviet Union Multiple launch rocket system 47 122mm multiple launch rocket system
Heavy MRLS
AR-1A  People's Republic of China Multiple launch rocket system 6[90] 300mm multiple launch rocket system
BM-27 Uragan  Russia Multiple launch rocket system 9[91] 220mm multiple launch rocket system. Cited in an Armenia-Moldova arms deal[91]
WM-80[92]  People's Republic of China Multiple launch rocket system 8 273mm multiple launch rocket system
BM-30 Smerch  Soviet Union Multiple launch rocket system 11[93] 300mm multiple launch rocket system
Thermobaric multiple launch rocket systems
TOS-1A[94]  Russia Multiple launch rocket system 3 220mm thermobaric multiple launch rocket system used in 2020 Karabakh War[citation needed]
N-2  Armenia Multiple launch rocket system Thermobaric multiple launch rocket system in limited service

Other military vehicles

Tactical ballistic missile systems

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008–2020

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Ballistic missiles
9K720 Iskander  Russia Short-range ballistic missile 4[95] Iskander-E revealed during the preparations for the 2016 military parade in Yerevan. Armenia acquired the system from Russia, who delivered it as a part of a larger sale of weapons to Armenia, financed through a $200 million loan from Russia.[95]
Scud  Soviet Union 6 32 missiles[96][97]
OTR-21 Tochka  Soviet Union 6[98] Unknown number of missiles

Electronic warfare

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008–2017

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Electronic warfare
Kvant 1L222 Avtobaza  Russia Electronic warfare vehicle ? [99]
Infauna K1Sh1 UNSh-12  Russia Electronic warfare vehicle 5 Military parade in 2016[100]
Automated jamming station 4 4 seen at a military parade in 2016[100]
R-330P[101]  Soviet Union[101] Automated jamming station ? Modernized locally

Anti-aircraft

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Anti-aircraft
9K33 Osa  Russia Surface-to-air missile 13+ 9К33М3 Оsa-АKM 9К33М2 Оsa-АK.
Tor-M2KM[102]  Russia 9+ Based on a KamAZ-63501 truck chassis.
First units delivered from Russia in December 2019.
BUK-M1-2[103][104]  Russia N/A First shown during the preparations for the 2016 military parade in Yerevan.
S-125 Pechora 2M[105]  Russia 8
2K11 Krug[106]  Soviet Union Surface-to-air missile 15 Replaced by S-300s. Currently in reserve, used during parades.
9K35M3 Strela-10M3[107]  Russia Short range surface-to-air missile 7 Designated SA-13 "Gopher" by NATO.
Kub-M3[108]  Russia Surface-to-air missile N/A
S-75 Dvina[107]  Russia 79 Withdrawn from service
S-125 Neva/Pechora[109]  Russia N/A
S-300PS  Russia 2–3 divisions[103] Each division consists of 2 batteries, each battery consists of 4 launchers.[110] Upgraded with 5V55U missiles, 150 km range.
S-300PT-1  Russia Surface-to-air missile At least 3 divisions[103]
KS-19[111]  Soviet Union Anti-aircraft gun N/A 100m gun used as field artillery[112]
ZU-23-2[113]  Soviet Union
ZSU-23-4 Shilka[114]  Soviet Union Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Main self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of the army. Locally modernized version used.

Radar systems

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008–2021

Name Origin Type Number Photo Notes
Radar systems
Swathi Weapon Locating Radar[115]  India Counter-battery radar 4 Four radars delivered for a cost of US$40 million in 2020.
Avtobaza[61][116]  Russia Radar Part of Russian-Armenian arms deal
P-12 radar[117]
P-15 radar
P-40 radar
Snar-10 Big Fred[39] Ground surveillance radar

Aircraft

Armenian Air Force aircraft

Name Origin In Service Photo Notes
Fighter
Sukhoi SU-30 SM[118]  Russia 4+ Multirole fighter, 8 more are on order. Armenia may acquire up to 24 Su-30SM fighters total. Possibly modified by the Armenian Air Force.
Attack airplanes
Sukhoi SU-25K[119][13]  Russia 7 Attack fighter, planned to be modernized to SU-25SM3 variant.
Sukhoi SU-25[119][13]  Soviet Union 4 Attack fighter, planned to be modified.
Transport
Ilyushin Il-76[120]  Soviet Union 3 Heavy cargo plane, IL-76TD Variant.
Antonov An-2[121]  Soviet Union 6 Transport plane
Antonov An-24[121]  Soviet Union Unknown Transport plane
Antonov An-32[121]  Soviet Union Unknown Transport plane
Antonov An-72/74[121]  Soviet Union Unknown Transport plane
Helicopters
Mil Mi-24[13]  Soviet Union 20 Attack helicopter, several variants.
Mil Mi-8[13]  Soviet Union 16 Attack and transport helicopter, many Mi-8 variants, such as the Mi-8MTV, Mi-9, Mi-171, etc...
Mil Mi-2[122]  Soviet Union 6 Light transport helicopter
Trainer
Sukhoi SU-25UBk[119]  Soviet Union 1 Combat training variant.
Aero L-39[123][121]  Czech Republic 6 Trainer jet.
Yak-52[124]  Soviet Union 16 Trainer plane.
Yak-55[121]  Soviet Union 1
Yak-18[121]  Soviet Union 1 Trainer plane.

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Military equipment Armenian Army as of 2008–2021.

Many companies designing new drones, which are not used by Armenian forces yet.

Name Origin Photo Type
Attack unmanned aerial vehicles
HRESH  Armenia Loitering munition
Reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles
Bazé[125]  Armenia Reconnaissance
Krunk  Armenia Reconnaissance
X-55  Armenia Reconnaissance
Multi role endurance unmanned aerial vehicles
BEEB-1800  Armenia Multifunctional
UL-300  Armenia Multifunctional
BEEB-3000  Armenia Multifunctional
BEEB-3200  Armenia Multifunctional
S-1  Armenia Multifunctional
Orlan-10  Russia Multifunctional

Future equipment

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Name Origin Photo Notes
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Devil-3  Armenia Kamikaze drone made by the Armenian Ministry of High Tech Industry. Similar design to the IAI Harop.
Davaro "Aralez"  Armenia Combat drone produced by the Armenian company "Davaro". It was exposed for the first time during the ArmHigh Tech 2022.
Pride UAV  Armenia Kamikaze drone made by Armenian Defense Industry named Pride Systems.[126]

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