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This is a list of equipment used by the Army of North Macedonia.
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| M92 | Camouflage pattern |  Macedonia |  | Entered service in or around 1992, this pattern was the first home grown one made for the Macedonian army. It has seen use in the 2001 insurgency in limited or full use by soldiers. Used for trainings today |
| M96 | Camouflage pattern |  Macedonia |  | This pattern is the second home grown camo pattern for the Macedonian army. Designed and entered service around 1996. It is one of the most used camo patterns by the Macedonian army and it still gets issued today in limited numbers as a reserve uniform to soldiers and such. |
| M98 | Camouflage pattern | Macedonia |  | Third home grown pattern, designed 1998 and entered service the same year. It was used somewhere up until 2009. |
| M09 Digital Pattern | Camouflage pattern | Macedonia |  | Introduced in 2010, the M09 Digital Pattern is the Army's Standard-issue Camouflage. Uniforms produced by YUMCO in Serbia. [1] |
| U.S. Woodland | Camouflage pattern |  United States |  | Used by some units in the past, primarily used for trainings today. |
| DCU pattern | Camouflage pattern | United States |  | Used by Macedonian troops participating in ISAF and OIF. |
| M91 Eurokompozit | Combat helmet | Macedonia | Standard-issue helmet of the North Macedonian Army, Homegrown version of the PASGT helmet. Produced by 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit a.d. Prilep. | |
| M89 Eurokompozit | Combat helmet | Macedonia | Used in training, parades and by new conscripts. Homegrown version of the Yugoslav M59/89 JUŠ. Produced by 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit a.d. Prilep. | |
| Future Assault Shell Technology helmet | Combat Helmet | United States |  | Used by the Special Operations Regiment, Macedonian soldiers participating in KFOR and seen on parades outfitted with Macedonian camouflage. [2] |
| Ballistic Vest BE-02 Military | Bulletproof vest | Macedonia | Some variations used in training, some variations used by regular troops and police. Produced by 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit ad Prilep. [3] | |
| Mile Dragić vest | Bulletproof vest |  Serbia Macedonia |  | Possibly another Standard-issue vest of the Macedonian army, unknown usage other than its usage by Macedonian troops in Afghanistan. Unknown if it is imported from Serbia or locally produced. |
| Type III and Type IIIA ballistic vests | Bulletproof vest |  Turkey Macedonia |  | Standard-issue vest of the North Macedonian army. Variant with AK mag pouches and Macedonian camouflage, Unknown if it is imported from Turkey or if it is locally produced. |
| ATS-PCR-05 | Bulletproof vest | Macedonia |  | Used by the Special Operations Regiment and Macedonian soldiers participating in KFOR, Produced Domestically by ATS Ballistics. |
| Vehicle | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes | |
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| Main battle tanks | ||||||
| T-72A |  |  Soviet Union | Main battle tank | 31 [8] [9] | ||
| Armoured fighting vehicles | ||||||
| BMP-2 |  | Soviet Union | Infantry fighting vehicle | 50 [8] | ||
| BTR-70 |  | Soviet Union | Armoured personnel carrier | ~70 [8] | Some modified with diesel engine.[ citation needed ] | |
| BTR-80 |  | Soviet Union | Armoured personnel carrier | 22 [8] | Used by special forces.[ citation needed ] | |
| MT-LB |  | Soviet Union | Armoured personnel carrier | 10 [8] | ||
| TM-170 "Hermelin" |  |  West Germany | Armoured personnel carrier | 300 [8] | Modernized by Eurokompozit.[ citation needed ] | |
| ELVO Leonidas-2 |  |  Greece | Armoured personnel carrier | 10 [8] | ||
| M113 |  | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | 30 [8] | In reserve.[ citation needed ] | |
| Stryker |  | United States | Armoured personnel carrier | 20 (120 on order) | The sale of 54 Stryker vehicles was approved by the United States in 2021 for a total cost of $210,000,000 ($30,000,000 of which was donated). The package includes M2A1 .50 calibre machine guns, M6 smoke grenade launchers and associated spares, Harris radios, common remote operated weapons station (CROWS), Defense Advanced GPS Receiver, AN/VAS-5 driver's vision enhancer, and other parts and components are included.[ citation needed ] Variants:
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| JLTV |  | United States | Light tactical vehicle | ~97 [11] | The Army will retire most of its Soviet-era armoured vehicles under the United States European Recapitalization Incentive Program (ERIP). These vehicles are expected to join Light Infantry Battalion Group (LIBG) in Shtip which already uses German and Soviet armoured personnel carriers. The army has the option to buy a total of 152 vehicles. [12] The first batch of 6 JLTVs was delivered in July 2022, the second batch of 12 JLTVs in June 2022, and the third one of 14 JLTVs will also be delivered, marking the amount of JLTVs in use with the Army to 32. [13] | |
| Otokar Engerek |  | Turkey | Light high mobility vehicle | [8] | Turkish variant of Land Rover Defender made by Otokar.[ citation needed ] | |
| Otokar Cobra |  | Turkey | Light armored vehicle | 2 [8] | Donation from Turkey. Used by military police.[ citation needed ] | |
| Humvee |  | United States | Light armored vehicle | ~160 [8] | Variants:
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| Husky VMMD |  |  South Africa | Mine-resistant ambush-protected | 2 [14] | ||
| Logistics and utility vehicles | ||||||
| Pinzgauer 710 |  |  Austria  Yugoslavia | Light utility vehicle | Left by JNA | ||
| Mercedes G |  | West Germany | Light utility vehicle | [8] | ||
| Land Rover Defender |  |  United Kingdom | Light utility vehicle | 100+ [8] | ||
| Military trucks | ||||||
| TAM-150 |  | Yugoslavia | Medium utility truck | [15] | Left by JNA March 1992. [15] | |
| TAM-110 |  | Yugoslavia | Medium utility truck | [15] | Left by JNA March 1992. [15] | |
| Iveco |  |  Italy | Medium utility truck | 44 [8] | ||
| DAF |  |  Netherlands | Medium utility truck | 126 [8] | ||
| BMC |  | Turkey | Medium utility truck | [8] | ||
| BMC TUĞRA | Turkey | Very heavy Tank transporter truck (70 000 kg) | Unknown | In May 2020, Turkey donated tank carrier to North Macedonian army. [16] | ||
| Oshkosh FMTV |  | United States | Medium utility truck | [8] | ||
| M35/44 |  | United States | Medium utility truck | 150 [8] | In reserve.[ citation needed ] | |
| Boats | ||||||
| Botica class (Type 16) |  | Yugoslavia | Patrol boat | 5 [17] | 5 ex-Yugoslavian patrol boats, 2 reported operational. [17] | |
| Artillery | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | ||
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| M-105mm BORAN | Turkey | Howitzer | 0 (18 on order [18] ) | |||
| M-63 Plamen |  | Yugoslavia | Multiple rocket launcher | 12 [8] | ||
| BM-21 Grad |  | Soviet Union | Multiple rocket launcher | 12 [8] | ||
| M-30 |  | Soviet Union | Howitzer | 100+ [8] | ||
| M2A1 |  | United States | Howitzer | 36 [8] | ||
| M-48 |  | Yugoslavia | Howitzer | 55 | ||
| Mortars | ||||||
| M57 60mm | Yugoslavia | Light mortars | 200 [8] | |||
| M69 82mm | Yugoslavia | Infantry mortar | 235 [8] | |||
| 82-BM-37 | Soviet Union | Infantry mortar | 96 [8] | |||
| M52UB 120mm | Yugoslavia | Heavy mortars | 600 [8] | |||
| M43 120mm | Soviet Union | Heavy mortars | 320 [8] | |||
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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| Helicopters | |||||
| Mi-8 | Soviet Union | transport / utility | Mi-8/17 | 6 [19] | |
| Mi-24 | Soviet Union | Attack | 12 [19] | ||
| Bell 206 |  United States | rotorcraft trainer | 4 [19] | ||
| AW149 | Italy | transport/utility | 4 on order [20] | ||
| AW169 | Italy | utility/transport | AW169M | 4 on order [21] | |
| Trainer aircraft | |||||
| Zlin 143 |  Czechoslovakia | basic trainer | 1 [19] | ||
| Zlin 242 | Czechoslovakia | basic trainer | 5 [19] | ||
| System | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes | |
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| Surface-to-air missiles | ||||||
| 9K32 Strela-2 |  | Soviet Union | Surface-to-air missile | [8] | ||
| 9K35 Strela-10 |  | Soviet Union | Surface-to-air missile | [8] 8 | ||
| 9K38 Igla |  | Soviet Union | Surface-to-air missile | [8] | ||
| Anti aircraft guns | ||||||
| Zastava M55 20 mm | Yugoslavia | Autocannon | [8] | |||
| Bofors 40mm |  Sweden | Autocannon | [8] | In reserve.[ citation needed ] | ||
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