List of equipment of the Guinea-Bissau Army

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This is a list of equipment of the Army of Guinea-Bissau in service.

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Many of the weapon used by the military of Guinea-Bissau are of Warsaw Pact origin.

Small arms

NameImageCaliberTypeOriginNotes
Pistols
TT-33 [1] TT33.JPG 7.62×25mm Semi-automatic pistol Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
Submachine guns
Sa 23 [1] Samopal Vz 25.JPG 9×19mm Submachine gun Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
MAT-49 [1] MAT Submachine Gun.jpg 9×19mm Submachine gun Flag of France (1794-1815).svg France
Rifles
Vz. 52 [1] VZ 52 Rifle.JPG 7.62×45mm Semi-automatic rifle Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
SKS [1] Simonov-SKS-45.JPG 7.62×39mm Semi-automatic rifle Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
AK [1] AK-47 type II noBG.png 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
AKM [1] AKM automatkarbin Ryssland - 7,62x39mm - Armemuseum rightside noBG.png 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
MAS-36 [2] MAS Modele 36 right side.jpg 7.5×54mm Bolt-action rifle Flag of France (1794-1958).svg France
Machine guns
RPK [1] 7.62mm light machine gun RPK.png 7.62×39mm Squad automatic weapon Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).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
KPV [3] 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 (3-1).jpg 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-7 [1] Rpg-7.jpg 40mm Rocket-propelled grenade Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
M20 Super bazooka [4] M20-bazooka-batey-haosef-1.jpg 60mm Rocket-propelled grenade Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States

Anti-tank weapons

NameImageTypeOriginCaliberNotes
B-10 [5] B-10-82mm-recoilles-rifle-batey-haosef-1-1.jpg Recoilless rifle Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 82mm
Type 52 [5] Recoilless-rifle-batey-haosef-1-1.jpg Recoilless rifle Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 		75mm

Vehicles

Tanks

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
PT-76 ParkPatriot2015part2-40.jpg Amphibious light tank Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 15 [5]
T-34-85 T-34-85 Khabarovsk parad 9 maia 2015 goda.JPG Medium tank Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 10 [5]

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 10 [5]

Armored personnel carriers

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
Type 56 Schutzenpanzerwagen SPW 152 W1.JPG Armored personnel carrier Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 		20 [5] Acquired from China in 1984. [6]
BTR-40 BTR-40 zheleznodorozhnyi Khabarovsk 7 maia 2015 f6.JPG Armored personnel carrier Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 15 [5]
BTR-60 BTR-60 pic-004.JPG Armored personnel carrier Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 15 [5]

Artillery

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
Mortars
PM-41 27th Independent Sevastopol Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (183-16).jpg Mortar Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 8 [6]
PM-43 120 mm regimental mortar M1943.jpg Mortar Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 8 [5]
Field artillery
D-44 85-mm-Divisionskanone D-44.JPG Field gun Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 8 [5]
M-30 Belgrade Military Museum - M-30 122 mm howitzer.JPG Howitzer Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 18 [5]
D-30 D-30A s uchebnogo poligona Almatinskogo Instituta Sukhoputnykh Voisk.JPG Howitzer Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Air defence systems

NameImageTypeOriginQuantityStatusNotes
61-K 61-K anti-aircraft gun, 2007.jpg Autocannon Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 6 [5]
S-60 57-mm-Flak S-60.jpg Autocannon Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 10 [5]
ZU-23-2 MsSVU39.jpg Autocannon Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 18 [5]
9K32 Strela-2 [5] SA-7.jpg MANPADS Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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. ↑ "Post-WWII use of the MAS-36 rifle: Part II (export users)". wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com. 2015-08-23. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  3. ↑ Gander, Terry J. (22 November 2000). "National inventories, Guinea-Bissau". Jane's Infantry Weapons 2001-2002. p. 2361.
  4. ↑ Gander, Terry J.; Cutshaw, Charles Q., eds. (2001). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2001/2002 (27th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. ISBN   9780710623171.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 471. ISBN   9781032012278.
  6. 1 2 "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
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