List of equipment of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces

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This is a list of the equipment used by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.

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Small arms

NameImageCaliberTypeOriginNotes
Pistols
PM [1] Pistolet Makarova.png 9×18mm Semi-automatic pistol Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Standard issue pistol.
APS [2] Stechkin-APS.jpg 9×18mm Machine pistol Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Used by Special Forces
CZ-75 [1] 1977 CZ-75.png 9×19mm Semi-automatic pistol Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Browning Hi-Power [1] FN Hi Power.jpg 9×19mm Semi-automatic pistol Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Submachine guns
PM-63 RAK [3] Submachine gun wz63.jpg 9×18mm Submachine gun Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Polish People's Republic Used by some MTT units.
Sa 23 [1] Samopal Vz 25.JPG 9×19mm Submachine gun Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Škorpion [1] Skorpion PICT0105.jpg .32 ACP Submachine gun Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Heckler & Koch MP5 [4] Heckler Koch MP5.jpg 9×19mm Submachine gun Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany MP5A3 used by Black Wasp (Cuban Special Forces)
Uzi [5] Uzi of the israeli armed forces noBG.png 9×19mm Submachine gun Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Star Model Z-45 [6] Museo Eibar Subfusil Z-45 STAR 2.JPG 9×23mm Submachine gun Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
M3 Grease Gun [7] M3-SMG noBG.png 9×19mm Submachine gun Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States M3 and M3A1
Shotguns
Browning Auto-5 [8] Browning Auto-5 20g Mag.jpg 12 gauge Semi-automatic shotgun Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg  United States
Rifles
SKS Simonov-SKS-45.JPG 7.62×39mm Semi-automatic rifle Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Mostly limited to use as a ceremonial weapon.
AKM [1] AKM automatkarbin Ryssland - 7,62x39mm - Armemuseum rightside noBG.png 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Old standard issue assault rifle.
AK-74 [9] Ak74l noBG.png 5.45×39mm Assault rifle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Standard issue assault rifle.
AKS-74U [10] AKS74U (noBG).jpg 5.45×39mm Carbine
Assault rifle
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
AS Val [11] 9×39mm Assault rifle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Type 58 [12] North korea T58 ATF.jpg 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
Type 68 [13] AK-47.jpg 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
Vz. 58 [1] Sa 58-JH01 noBG.png 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
ArmaLite AR-10 AR10 Armalite vue d'ensemble noBG.png 7.62×51mm Battle rifle Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Machine guns
DP-27 [14] DEGTYAREV DP 28.jpg 7.62×54mmR Light machine gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1936).svg  Soviet Union DP and DPM
DT-29 [14] DT tank machine gun 1.JPG 7.62×54mmR Light machine gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1936).svg  Soviet Union DT and DTM
RP-46 [14] DM-ST-89-01130.JPEG 7.62×54mmR Light machine gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union
Vz. 52/57 VZ52-light-machine-gun-batey-haosef-1.jpg 7.62×39mm Light machine gun Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
ZB-53 [15] 7,92-mm iugoslavskii stankovyi pulemet sistemy V. Kholeka obr. 1938-40 godov.jpg 7.92×57mm Medium machine gun Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
SG-43 [16] A right side view of a Soviet 7.62 mm SGM Goryunov medium machine gun with rear sight and carrying handle up.jpg 7.62×54mmR Medium machine gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union
RPK [1] 7.62mm light machine gun RPK.png 7.62×39mm Squad automatic weapon Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
PKM [1] 7,62 KK PKM Helsinki 2012 no background.JPG 7.62×54mmR General-purpose machine gun Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
MG-34 [1] Digital Museum MG 34 Right noBG.png 7.92×57mm General-purpose machine gun Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
FN MAG [1] IDF-FN-MAG.png 7.62×51mm General-purpose machine gun Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
KPV Iraqi Police gun-carriage (cropped).jpg 14.5×114mm Heavy machine gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union
DShK [1] 12,7-mm stankovyi pulemiot DShK obraztsa 1938 goda.jpg 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union
NSV «Utyos» NSV machine gun-04.jpg 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Browning M2 PEO Browning M2E2 QCB (c1).jpg .50 BMG Heavy machine gun Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Sniper rifles
Mosin-Nagant [17] Mosin-Nagant m91-30 sniper noBG.png 7.62×54mmR Bolt-action
Sniper rifle
Romanov Flag.svg  Russian Empire
SVD SVD Dragunov-removebg-preview.png 7.62×54mmR Designated marksman rifle
Sniper rifle
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
VSS Vintorez [18] 9×39mm Sniper rifle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Alejandro 7.62×54mmR Sniper rifle Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Mambi AMR 14.5×114mm Bullpup
Anti-materiel rifle
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-2 [1] RPG-2. (49193484607).jpg 40mm Rocket-propelled grenade Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union
RPG-7 [1] Rpg-7.jpg 40mm Rocket-propelled grenade Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Grenades
RGD-5 Rgd 5 hand grenade.jpeg Hand grenade Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
F-1 F1 grenade travmatik com 01 by-sa.jpg Hand grenade Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Grenade launchers
AGS-17 [1] AGS-17 and BMD chassis.jpg 30×29mm Automatic grenade launcher Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Anti-tank weapons

NameImageTypeOriginCaliberNotes
SPG-9 [19] SPG-9M rus.jpeg Recoilless rifle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 73mm
9M14 Malyutka [20] Malyutka.JPG Anti-tank weapon Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Mounted on the BTR-60
9K111 Fagot [20] 9K111 Fagot (12-05-2021) 01.jpg Anti-tank weapon Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 99.9 in service.

Vehicles

Tanks

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
PT-76 ParkPatriot2015part2-40.jpg Amphibious Light tank Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union 50 [21] INS
T-55 6765 - Moscow - Poklonnaya Hill - Tank.JPG Main Battle Tank Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 400 [21] INST-55Ms active
T-62 20170830001335!ParkPatriot2015part10-1.jpg Main Battle Tank Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union INST-62Ms active

Tank destroyers

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
9P133 Vojenske vozidlo v Reckovicich.jpg Tank destroyer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 40 [22] INS

Scout cars

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
BRDM-2 BRDM-2 (1964) owned by James Stewart pic7.JPG Amphibious armored scout car Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 100 [23] INS

Infantry fighting vehicles

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
BMP-1 BMP-1 s uchebnogo poligona Almatinskogo Instituta Sukhoputnykh Voisk.JPG Infantry fighting vehicle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 120 [24] INS

Armored personnel carriers

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
BTR-152 Schutzenpanzerwagen SPW 152 W1.JPG Armored personnel carrier Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union 150 [22] INS
BTR-50 BTR-50S 3.jpg Amphibious Armored personnel carrier Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union 200 [22] INS
BTR-60 BTR-60 pic-004.JPG Armored personnel carrier Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 400 [22] INS
BTR-70M 08 BTR-70DI DPSU.jpg Armored personnel carrier Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6 [22] INS
T40 Infantry mobility vehicle Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Unknown [22] INS

Utility vehicles

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
GAZ-69 GAZ 69 (217 XUD) pic1.JPG Utility vehicle Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union UnknownINS
UAZ-469 ParkPatriot2015part4-12.jpg Utility vehicle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
UnknownINS
Trucks
GAZ-63 GAZ-63.jpg Utility truck Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union UnknownINS
Ural-4320 Ural-4320 - ETIF-2010 (1).jpg Utility truck Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 100+INS
KrAZ-255 790th Fighter Order of Kutuzov 3rd class Aviation Regiment, Khotilovo airbase (356-27).jpg Utility truck Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [25] INS
Ural NextUtility truckRussiaUnknownINS

Command vehicles

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
R-145BM R-145BM command vehicle on BTR-60 base.jpg Command vehicle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS

Air Defence Command Vehicle

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
PU-12 BTR 60 - PU-12.JPG Command vehicle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10 [22] INS

Engineering vehicles

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
BTS-4 Vostok-2014-07.jpg Armored recovery vehicle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
IMR-2 IMR combat engineering vehicle in Odesa.jpg Combat engineering vehicle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
TMM-3 Finnish Artillery Museum 021 - TMM-3 (37680666315).jpg Bailey bridge Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS

Radars

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
P-10 "Knife Rest B Radar Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
P-12 "Spoon Rest A" P-12 VS 1.jpg Radar Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union UnknownINSS-75 radar. [22]
P-14 "Tall King" P-14 tk.jpg Radar Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
P-18 "Spoon Rest D" P 18-2.jpg Radar Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
P-18 "Flat Face B" P-19 radar system.jpg Radar Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
SNR-75 Fan Song fire control radar of the SA-2 SAM-system.JPEG Radar Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
P-35 "Bar Lock" P-35M radar in Latvia.jpg Radar Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
1S91 1S91 RStON - Partner 2019 - 1.jpg Radar Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union UnknownINS2K12 Kub radar. [22]

Artillery

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
Self-propelled artillery
2S1 Gvozdika 6742 - Moscow - Poklonnaya Hill - Tank.JPG Self-propelled artillery Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 60 [22] INS
2S3 Akatsiya 2C3 Uraltransmash.jpg Self-propelled artillery Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 40 [22] INS
BTR-100 Self-propelled artillery Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Unknown [22] INS100mm T-54/55 turret,based on BTR-60
Jupiter V Self-propelled artillery Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Unknown [22] INS
Rocket artillery
BM-14 Reaktivnaia sistema zalpovogo ognia BM-14.jpg Multiple rocket launcher Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
BM-21 Grad BM-21 Grad (04).jpg Multiple rocket launcher Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
9P132 Grad-P Grad-P-batey-haosef-1.jpg Multiple rocket launcher Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Unknown [26] INS
Mortars
PM-43 120 mm regimental mortar M1943.jpg Mortar Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
Field artillery
ZiS-2 Kiev 57mm ZIS-2 2007 G1.jpg Anti-tank gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union 600 [22] INS
A-19 ParkPatriot2015part6-39.jpg Field gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
D-44 85-mm-Divisionskanone D-44.JPG Field gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
M-46 130 K 54 Torpin Tykit 1.JPG Field gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union 197 [22] INS
ML-20 Haubicoarmata wz. 37.jpg Howitzer Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
M-30 Belgrade Military Museum - M-30 122 mm howitzer.JPG Howitzer Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
D-1 D1 Krasnoslobodsk.jpg Howitzer Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
B-4 Tracked artillery at Artillery museum St Pieterburg pic1.JPG Howitzer Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INS
D-30 D-30A s uchebnogo poligona Almatinskogo Instituta Sukhoputnykh Voisk.JPG Howitzer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 180 [22] INS

Air defence systems

Man-portable air-defense systems

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
9K32 Strela-2 SA-7.jpg MANPADS Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union [22] INS
9K34 Strela-3 SA-14 missile and launch tube.jpg MANPADS Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union [22] INS
9K38 Igla IGLA-S MANPADS at IDELF-2008.jpg MANPADS Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union [22] INS

Towed anti-aircraft guns

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
ZPU-4 ZPU-4 DM-SC-91-12077.JPEG Anti-aircraft gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union 200 [22] INS
ZU-23-2 MsSVU39.jpg Autocannon Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 400 [22] INS
61-K 61-K anti-aircraft gun, 2007.jpg Autocannon Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union 300 [22] INS
KS-19 National Museum of Military History, Bulgaria, Sofia 2012 PD 025.jpg Anti-aircraft gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union Unknown [22] INSKS-19 and KS-19M

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
ZSU-57-2 ZSU-57-2 Hun 2010 09.jpg SPAAG Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 25 [22] INS
ZSU-23-4 ZSU-23-4-Camp-Pendleton.jpg SPAAG Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 36 [22] INS

Surface-to-air missile systems

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
S-75 Dvina Russian surface-to-air missile system S-75 Dvina.JPG Surface-to-air missile Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1000 [22] INS
S-125 Neva Anakonda 2006 Z3.jpg Surface-to-air missile Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 144 [22] INS
2K12 Kub 2P25M1 TEL from Kub-M1 at Tula State Museum of Weapons 02.jpg Surface-to-air missile Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 12 [22] INS
9K31 Strela-1 SA-9 Gaskin.JPG Surface-to-air missile Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 60 [22] INS
9K33 Osa UA anti-air training 2021 Osa-AKM (2).jpg Surface-to-air missile Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 16 [22] INS
9K35 Strela-10 Strela 10.jpg Surface-to-air missile Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 200 [22] INS

Coastal defence systems

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
4K51 Rubezh 3S51 TELAR of 4K51 Rubezh coastal missile system at Park Patriot 01.jpg Anti-ship missile Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4 [22] INS

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