List of military equipment of Cyprus

FN P90 in the hands of Cypriot National Guard during a parade in Larnaca

The Cyprus National Guard is a combined arms force and represents the organised air, land and sea capabilities of the Republic of Cyprus. Equipment has in the past, and usually still is, imported from other countries, since the country has only very limited heavy industrial and commercial industrial capacity due to its small population and land mass (excluding the occupied territory of Cyprus). The role of maintaining, upgrading and modifying military equipment is primarily the task of the National Guard Technical Corps, though more complex activities rely upon the availability of civil contracts.

Operational equipment

This list contains equipment which is in use by the Cypriot armed forces.

Small arms Name Country of origin Type Notes FN Five-Seven  Belgium Semi-automatic pistol FN P90  Belgium Submachine gun Zastava M70  Yugoslavia Assault rifle retired Vz.58  Czechoslovakia Assault rifle AK-74  Soviet Union Assault rifle AK-47  Soviet Union Assault rifle HK G3  Germany Battle rifle MG3  Germany General-purpose machine gun HK11  Germany General-purpose machine gun Main Battle Tanks Name Country of origin Type Notes T-80U  Russia Main battle tank [1] T-80UK  Russia Main battle tank [2] AMX-30B2  France Main battle tank [3] Artillery Name Country of origin Type Notes M1944  Soviet Union  Russia Field and anti-tank gun [4] M-56  United States Light field howitzer [5] BM-21  Soviet Union Multiple rocket launcher [6] M-63 Plamen  Yugoslavia Multiple rocket launcher [7] MKF3  France Self-propelled gun [8] TRF1  France Towed howitzer [9] Zuzana  Slovakia Self-propelled Gun Howitzer [10] Aircraft Name Country of origin Type Notes Mil Mi-35PN Hind-F  Russia Attack helicopter [11] Agusta-Westland AW139  United Kingdom/ Italy SAR/Utility helicopter [12] PZL Kania  Poland Utility helicopter [13] Retired BN-2T Maritime Defender  United Kingdom Utility aircraft [14] Pilatus PC-9   Switzerland Training aircraft [15] Bell-206 Long Ranger  United States Utility helicopter [16] Aerospatiale SA-342L Gazelle  France Utility helicopter [17] Watercraft FPB 30M class [18] SAB-12 Evagoras class FPB [19] Shaldag class FPB [20] Type 32L Esterel class FPB [21] Dilos class PB[22] Rodman 55 class FAB [23] Rotork class LCP [24] Nautimar HD-7 RIB [25] Barracuda RIB [26] Mostro RIB [27]

Air-defense systems TOR-M1 [28] Aspide [29] Mistral [30] SA-7 Grail [31] GDF-005 [32] M55A4B1[33] M55A4 [34] Bofors 40 L/60[35] M2 Browning [36] Anti-tank rockets and missiles 9M117 Bastion 9M119M Refleks 9M133 Kornet [37] MILAN 9M120 Ataka-V 9K114 Shturm HOT-2 HOT APILAS LAW RPG-7V1 M40A1 Other missiles MBDA MM-40 Exocet Block-II Fighting vehicles BMP-3 ELBO Leonidas-I ELBO Leonidas-II VAB-VCI VAB-VTT VAB-VCAC AMX-VCI EE-9 Cascavel EE-3 Jararaca BREM-1 Unmanned aerial vehicles Hermes 450[38] Miscellaneous ELBO G-Wagen ELBO "Onesilos" ELBO Steyr 6x6 truck ACMAT [39] Spaceflight Hellas-Sat

Non-operational equipment

This list contains equipment no longer in service with the Cypriot armed forces.

Small arms Thompson Lee–Enfield Mk-IV M1 Garand M1 Carbine FN FAL Sten Sterling Bren Main Battle Tanks M47 Patton [40] T-34/85[41] Artillery QF-6 M116 QF-25 QF-106 AA 106mm M114A1 M107A1 M110A2 Aircraft Agusta-Bell AB-47J Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 Dornier Do-27Q Beechcraft C45 Expeditor Piper PA-22 Colt T-6A Harvard Air-defense systems S-300PMU-1 Gargoyle [42]

Watercraft P-4 class MTB [43] Type 108 class MTB [44] R-151 class GMM [45] R-218 class GMM [46] Esterel class FPB [47] Plascoa class PB [48] Astrapi V class SB [49] Anti-tank rockets and missiles Shmel AT-1 M20A1 Super Bazooka 85mm B-10 82 mm Recoilless M18A1 57 mm Recoilless Fighting vehicles BTR-152V1 Marmon Herrington Mk-IVF Daimler Dingo M113 Valentine KMC Commer Carrier Miscellaneous KMC 6x6 truck ZIL-157 GS truck GAZ-69 Bedford TK truck Land Rover Series II 109

Notes

1. 27 included in batch of 41 tanks acquired in 1998. Further batch of 41 (including T-80Us) ordered in 2008. Cyprus Mail: Is this military spending necessary? Wednesday, February 22, 2006
2. 14 included in batch of 41 tanks acquired in 1998. Further batch of 41 (including T-80UKs) ordered in 2008. Cyprus Mail: Is this military spending necessary? Wednesday, February 22, 2006
3. 104 acquired, including 52 AMX-30, in 1993. All vehicles upgraded to AMX-30B2 standard by 2008.
4. In service since at least 1972. Possibly 20 pieces survived the 1974 conflict and have remained in service since.Acquired from Russia.
5. Reportedly as many as 72 pieces in service. Acquired from Greece.
6. 18 artillery pieces procured from Russia in 2005.
7. Reportedly acquired 24 towed pieces in the early 1990s from former Yugoslavia.
8. 12 self-propelled artillery pieces known to be in service. Acquired from France.
9. 12 pieces acquired from France
10. 12 self-propelled pieces acquired from Slovakia, via Greece, in the early 2000s. Reportedly transferred as partial payment from Greece for S-300s.
11. 12 aircraft acquired in Mi-35P variant in 2001-2003. One aircraft lost in accident. Remaining eleven upgraded to Mi-35PN standard in 2008. Cyprus Mail: Is this military spending necessary?, Wednesday, February 22, 2006
12. Three aircraft on order. Greek-language Cyprus newspaper "The Citizen", 13 November 2008
13. http://gdziewojsko.wordpress.com/listy/pzl-kania/
14. One in service. British origin.
15. Two examples acquired from Sweden. One lost in crash in 2005, other grounded indefinitely.
16. Reportedly three acquired from Belgian source in the 1980s. One lost in crash in 2003.
17. A total of six aircraft acquired, but only four made operational. Three operational in 2008. One grounded due to technical problems.
18. Four vessels acquired from Cantierre Navale Vittoria of Italy in 2006-2007.
19. Two vessels in service. Ex-Yugoslav source.
20. One vessel in service. Acquired in Israel in 1998.
21. One vessel. Acquired in France in 1983.
22. Ex-Hellenic Navy patrol boat, transferred 2002.
23. Two vessels in service. Acquired in Spain in 2002.
24. Approx. three in service.
25. Domestically produced assault water craft. Numerous examples and variants.
26. Domestically produced water craft.
27. Domestically produced water craft.
28. 6 self-propelled systems procured from Greece, 6 more on order at a cost of $60 million US dollars. Greek-language newspaper "The Citizen" 13 November 2008
29. 24 systems procured from Italy in two successive batches.
30. Possibly 30 in service. Acquired from France.
31. Reportedly 328 missiles and 20 launchers in possession, acquired from Syria in the early 1980s. Considered obsolescent and earmarked for destruction in 2009. Cyprus Mail: Cyprus to destroy stockpile of SAM missiles, Thursday, October 30, 2008, by Stefanos Evripidou
32. Reportedly 30 in service
33. Numerous examples in service. Yugoslav-origin.
34. Not known how many survived the 1974 conflict. Possibly retired.
35. Not known how many survived the 1974 conflict. Possibly retired.
36. Large number in service.
37. Reported to be 26 systems on order at a cost of $28 million US dollars. Greek-language newspaper "The Citizen" 13 November 2008
38. "airforce-technology.com". Hermes 450 Multi-Role High Performance Tactical UAS, Israel. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
39. http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/army-halts-all-acmat-vehicles-after-fatal-accident
40. One vehicle captured intact from the Turkish Army during the 1974 invasion. The vehicle was reported to be in service as late as 1993.
41. A total of 35 vehicles were acquired from a USSR in 1964-65. A number (probably 11-13) were destroyed or captured during the war. The remaining handful of T-34's were withdrawn from service in 1985.
42. Two battalion systems acquired, but transferred to Greece due to international political considerations. Cyprus Mail: Cyprus hands S300s to Greece in arms swap, By Jean Christou, Wednesday, December 19, 2007
43. Six purchased in 1964-65. All lost in 1974
44. Three purchased in 1970-71. All lost in 1974
45. Two purchased in 1964. one lost in 1964, another - 1974
46. Stricken in 1970-71
47. Embargoed, purchased by Hellenic Navy in 1975.
48. Two vessels purchased in France in 1981-83. One stricken in 1991, another in 2004-2006
49. Domestically produced Fletcher Malibu class speed boats. Six were produced in 1986. In 2006-2007 replaced by RIB boats.

See also

• Cypriot National Guard
• Cyprus Air Forces
• Armoured vehicles of the Cypriot National Guard
• Turkish invasion of Cyprus
• Military operations during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus