List of equipment of the Angolan Army

This is a list of equipment of the Angolan Army in service.

Many of Angola's weapons are of Portuguese colonial and Warsaw Pact origin.

Small arms

Pistols

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
Tokarev TT-33 Semi-automatic pistol 7.62×25mm Tokarev  Soviet Union 8-round magazine. Most likely in reserves.
Makarov PM Semi-automatic pistol 9×18mm Makarov  Soviet Union 8-round magazine.
Stechkin APS Machine pistol 9×18mm Makarov  Soviet Union 20-round magazine.

Submachine guns

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
Star Z-45 Submachine gun 9×23mm Largo Kingdom of Spain 10 or 30-round magazine. Most likely in reserves.
FBP Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  Portugal 21 or 32-round magazine.
Uzi Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  Israel 20, 25, or 32-round magazine.
Škorpion vz. 61 Submachine gun .32 ACP  Czechoslovakia 10 or 20-round magazine.

Carbines

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
SKS Semi-automatic carbine 7.62×39mm M43  Soviet Union 10-round magazine.

Battle rifles

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
FN FAL Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  Belgium 20 or 30-round magazine.
G3 Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  West Germany 20-round magazine.

Assault rifles

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
AK-47 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm M43  Soviet Union 30-round magazine.
AKM Assault rifle 7.62×39mm M43  Soviet Union 30-round magazine. Used by Special Forces.

Machine guns

Name Type Cartridge Origin Photo Notes
RPD Light machine gun 7.62×39mm M43  Soviet Union 100-round magazine.
RP-46 Light machine gun 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union 60-round belt.
Vz. 52 Light machine gun 7.62×45mm  Czechoslovakia 25-round magazine.
DShK Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm  Soviet Union 50-round belt.

Grenade launchers/Anti-tank weapons

Grenade launchers

Name Type Diameter Origin Photo Notes
AGS-17 Automatic grenade launcher 30mm  Soviet Union Belt fed with 29-round drums, high rate of fire.

Anti-tank

Name Type Diameter Origin Photo Notes
RPG-7 Rocket-propelled grenade 40mm  Soviet Union Reloadable launcher.
B-10 Recoilless rifle 82mm  Soviet Union Single-shot reloadable launcher.
B-11[1] Recoilless rifle 107mm  Soviet Union Single-shot reloadable launcher.
9K11 Malyutka Anti-tank missile 125mm  Soviet Union Used on the 9P111 launcher, and attachable to BMP-1s and BRDM-2s.
9K111 Fagot Anti-tank guided missile 120mm  Soviet Union Wire-guided anti-tank missile system. 650 ordered in 1987.[2]

Vehicles

Tanks

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
T-55AM-2 Main battle tank 267[3]  Soviet Union 267 T-55AM-2s were delivered from Bulgaria and Slovakia in 1999.[2]
T-62 Main battle tank 18[3]  Soviet Union 364 were ordered in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]
T-72M1 Main battle tank 20[3]  Soviet Union Delivered from Belarus in 1999.[2]
PT-76 Light tank 12[3]  Soviet Union 68 ordered in 1975 from the Soviet Union.[2]

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle 150[3]  Soviet Union
BMP-2 Infantry fighting vehicle 292[3]  Soviet Union
BMD-3 Airborne infantry fighting vehicle 35+[4]  Soviet Union Small number of units in the Angolan Army.[5]

Armored Personnel Carriers

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BTR-60 Armored personnel carrier <62[6]  Soviet Union
OT-62 TOPAS Armored personnel carrier <62[6]  Soviet Union Most likely in reserves.
EE-11 Urutu Armored personnel carrier 24[3]  Brazil

Armored Scout Vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BRDM-1 Amphibious armored scout car <70[3]  Soviet Union 120 units as of 2008.[4]
BRDM-2 Amphibious armored scout car <70[3]  Soviet Union 195 units as of 2008.[4]

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles

Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Casspir 2000B MRAP 45[7]  South Africa 45 ordered in November 2013. Includes 30 APCs, 4 fire support vehicles, two command vehicles and others.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Trade Registers". Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Global Security. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Army Recognition. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  5. ↑ The Military Balance 2012. – P. 421. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 Defence Web. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 Guy Martin (21 November 2013). "Angola orders Casspirs". Defence Web. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
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