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.
IWI Tavor	Assault rifle	5.56×45mm NATO	Israel		30-round magazine.Used by Special Forces.

Sniper rifles

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Photo	Notes
Dragunov sniper rifle	Sniper rifle	7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union		10-round magazine.
Barrett M99	Sniper rifle	12.7 × 99 mm .50 BMG	United States		10-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.
PKM	Light machine gun	7.62×54mmR	Soviet Union		100-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	62[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. "Trade Registers". Retrieved 26 November 2015.
3. Global Security. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
4. Army Recognition. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
5. The Military Balance 2012. – P. 421. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
6. Defence Web. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
7. Guy Martin (21 November 2013). "Angola orders Casspirs". Defence Web. Retrieved December 25, 2014.