This is a list of equipment used by the Latvian Land Forces.
The equipment of the Latvian Land Forces troops includes:
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes |
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Armoured fighting vehicles | ||||||
ASCOD | | ![]() | Infantry fighting vehicle | ASCOD 2 | (42) | In 2024, Latvian Ministry of Defense made a decision to acquire ASCOD to replace the CVR(T). [15] In January 2025, Latvia signed €373 million contract for 42 vehicles. [16] The deliveries will begin in 2026 and will complete in 2027. [17] |
CVR(T) | ![]() | ![]() | Armoured reconnaissance vehicle | Scimitar Sultan Spartan Samson Samaritan | 198 | 116 modernized vehicles in service, plus 7 used for training. 82 additional vehicles on order - to be delivered by 2022. [18] [19] |
Armoured vehicles | ||||||
Patria 6×6 | | ![]() | Armoured personnel carrier | Patria 6×6 | ~100 (total ~256 on order) | Over 200 vehicles on order, to be delivered 2021–2029. [20] [21] The first 4 vehicles received on 29 October 2021. The vehicles are partially produced in Latvia since 2021. [22] [23] In November 2024, 56 additional command vehicles were ordered. [24] |
Humvee | ![]() | ![]() | Armoured car | M1043A2 M1113 | 30 12 | Ten vehicles donated by the United States in 2005. [25] Possibly 28 more purchased later. [26] Some equipped with HK GMG, M2 Browning and Spike anti-tank guided missile.[ citation needed ] |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | ![]() | ![]() | Armored car (special forces) | 290GD | 50 | [27] [28] Second hand from Norway |
Amphibious vehicles | ||||||
Bv 206 | ![]() | ![]() | Tracked articulated vehicle (amphibious) | Bv 206A Bv 206F | 100+ | Donated by Sweden in 2002 and 2003. [29] |
Light vehicles | ||||||
VR FOX | ![]() | Fast attack vehicle | 1 (30+) | Latvian Armed Forces tested 1 VR FOX prototype and in November 2024 Latvian Ministry of Defense made a decision to acquire more than 30 VR FOX vehicles [30] | ||
Polaris RZR | ![]() | ![]() | Fast attack vehicle | MRZR-2 MRZR-4 MV850 | 62 [31] | Option for up to 130 vehicles. [32] |
Can-Am Outlander | ![]() | ![]() | All-terrain vehicle | Outlander MAX 650XT | 582 [33] | [34] |
Logistics | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz Unimog | ![]() | ![]() | Truck | U1300 U5000 | 120 [35] | |
Scania | ![]() | ![]() | Truck | P93 NM154 | 184 8 | 134 P93 trucks and 8 NM154 recovery vehicles donated by Norway in 2013. 50 more trucks purchased in 2014. [27] |
Engineering equipment | ||||||
M3 Amphibious Rig | ![]() | ![]() | Amphibious bridge layer | 2 delivered 2 still to be delivered . [36] | ||
Utility vehicles | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | ![]() | ![]() | SUV | 240GD 300GDN | +66 [37] 12 [12] | [27] [38] |
Land Rover Defender | ![]() | ![]() | SUV | D110 | 2 | D110 variant used by military police. [39] |
Subaru Forester | ![]() | ![]() | SUV | 23 | 23 vehicles used by military police [40] | |
Nissan Navara | ![]() | ![]() | SUV | ~55 | [40] | |
Peugeot 308 | ![]() | ![]() | Car | ~50 | [40] | |
Ford Transit Custom | ![]() | ![]() | Light commercial vehicle | ~35 | [40] |
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Quantity | Details |
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Mortars | ||||||
GrW 86 | ![]() | ![]() | Heavy mortar | 120 mm | Multiple units purchased from Austria in 2017. [41] | |
m/41D | ![]() | ![]() | Heavy mortar | 120 mm | 20~ | [42] |
Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
M109A5Ö | ![]() | ![]() | Self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm | 47 | 35 howitzers, 10 command and control vehicles and 2 driver training vehicles purchased from Austria in 2017. [43] Additional 18 howitzers received in 2021. [44] 6 howizers were donated to Ukraine. [45] |
M109 Rechenstellenpanzer M109 | ![]() | Command and artillery computing station | – | 10 | ||
M109 driver training | ![]() | Driver training vehicle | – | 2 | ||
Rocket artillery | ||||||
M142 HIMARS | ![]() | ![]() | MLRS | 227 mm | 0 (6 on order) | In October 2022, Latvian Ministry of Defense announced that the country will acquire 6 systems. [46] The contract was signed in December 2023. [47] |
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Type | Role | |
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UAV Factory Penguin C | ![]() | Penguin C | Fixed-wing UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle | ISR Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | Long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles. [48] | |
AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma | ![]() | ![]() | RQ-20A | Fixed-wing UAV Unmanned aerial vehicle | ISR Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | 3 systems, each having 3 unmanned aerial vehicles. [49] |
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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Naval Strike Missile | ![]() | ![]() | Anti-ship/land-attack missile | Contract signed in 2023 and the system is planned to be operational in 2027. [50] |
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Type | Details |
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Short-range air-defence | |||||
PPZR Piorun | ![]() | ![]() | MANPAD Man-portable air-defence systems | Undisclosed number of missiles ordered in 2022. [51] | |
RBS-70 | ![]() | ![]() | RBS-70 NG | MANPAD Man-portable air-defence systems | [52] |
Medium-range air defence | |||||
IRIS-T | ![]() | ![]() | IRIS-T SLM | Medium range air defence missile system | In May 2023, Estonia and Latvia made a decision to jointly procure medium-range IRIS-T SLM. [53] The contract was signed in November 2023 and the systems are planned to be operational in 2026. [54] |
Radars | |||||
AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel | ![]() | ![]() | AN/MPQ-64F1 | 3D air search radar | [55] |
AN/TPS-77 | ![]() | ![]() | AN/TPS-77 TPS-77 MRR | 3D air search radar | Used for the Baltic Air Surveillance Network [56] |
Hensoldt TRML 4D | ![]() | ![]() | Air surveillance and target acquisition radar | Radar for the IRIS-T SML air defence system [57] | |
Saab Giraffe | ![]() | ![]() | Early warning radar | [42] |
In the 1990s, the Latvian Army and National Guard troops were equipped with leftover Soviet, Romanian and Czechoslovak [58] weapons like the AKM, AK-74, SKS rifles and TT and Makarov pistols, alongside early procurements of CZ 82 pistols from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In the late 1990s, a gradual switch to the Swedish-made Automatkarbin 4 began, but AK-pattern rifles remained. Today Ak4 rifles are mostly kept in storage. [59] In 1995, the Czechs donated 20 120mm mortars (possibly the vz. 82 PRAM-L) and 24 100 mm vz. 53 field guns. [58]
Retired/obsolete vehicles include:
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