The following is a list of current equipment of the Moldovan Armed Forces.
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Notes |
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Pistols | ||||
TT-33 | ![]() | ![]() | Semi-automatic pistol | Regular Army |
Makarov | ![]() | ![]() | Semi-automatic pistol | Regular Army, Special Forces, Police etc. |
Glock 17 | ![]() | ![]() | Semi-automatic pistol | Special Forces [1] |
Assault rifles | ||||
AK-74 | ![]() | ![]() | Assault rifle | AK-74, AKS-74, AKS-74U variants Regular Army, Special Forces, Police etc. |
AKM | ![]() | ![]() | Assault rifle | AKM, AKMS variants Mainly Regular Army and Special Forces |
M4 carbine | ![]() | ![]() | Assault rifle | Special Forces |
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 | ![]() | ![]() | Assault rifle | Mainly Regular Army and Police |
CZ BREN 2 | ![]() | ![]() | Assault rifle | Used in small numbers by the Regular Army [2] |
Semi-automatic rifles | ||||
SKS | ![]() | ![]() | Semi-automatic rifle | Used as a ceremonial rifle by the Honor Guard Company |
Machine guns | ||||
PK machine gun | ![]() | ![]() | General purpose machine gun | Mainly Regular Army |
RPK | | ![]() | Light machine gun | Mainly Regular Army |
DShK | ![]() | ![]() | Heavy machine gun | Also used in anti-aircraft role. [3] |
M240 machine gun | ![]() | ![]() | Medium machine gun | Donated by the United States. [4] |
M2 Browning | ![]() | ![]() | Heavy machine gun | Donated by the United States, mounted on Humvees, Piranha IIIHs and tripods. [4] [5] |
Sniper rifles | ||||
Dragunov SVD | ![]() | ![]() | Sniper rifle | Mainly Regular Army, Special Forces and Police |
PSL | ![]() | ![]() | Designated marksman rifle | Mainly Regular Army, Special Forces and Police |
M110 | ![]() | ![]() | Semi-automatic Sniper rifle | Donated by the United States. [4] |
M107A1 | ![]() | ![]() | Anti materiel sniper rifle | Donated by the United States. [4] |
Grenades | ||||
GP-25 | ![]() | ![]() | Grenade launcher | Mainly Regular Army, Special Forces and Police |
Mk 19 | ![]() | ![]() | Automatic grenade launcher | Mounted on Humvees. [4] [6] |
F-1 | ![]() | ![]() | Hand grenade | Regular Army, Special Forces, Police |
RGD-5 | ![]() | ![]() | Hand grenade | Regular Army and Special Forces |
Zarya Stun Grenade | ![]() | Stun grenade | Regular Army, Special Forces, Police | |
Mines | ||||
MON-50 | ![]() | ![]() | Anti-personnel mine | Regular Army and Special Forces |
TM-46 | ![]() | ![]() | Anti-tank mine | Regular Army and Special Forces |
Model | Image | Origin | Details | |
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Helmets | ||||
SSh-68 | ![]() | ![]() | Not seen in active service recently. | |
STSh-81 | Mainly Police and Special Forces | |||
MASKA-1 | Mainly Police and Special Forces | |||
PASGT | ![]() | ![]() | Standard issue combat helmet of the Moldovan National Army. Romanian ST-4 helmet derived from the PASGT also seen in use. | |
Ops-Core FAST | ![]() | Used by the Fulger Battalion | ||
Body armor | ||||
Flak jacket | ![]() | Not seen in active service recently. | ||
Interceptor Body Armor | ![]() | Standard issue body armor of the Moldovan National Army | ||
Stimpex VST-1 | ![]() | ![]() | Used in exercises by the 22nd Peacekeeping Battalion, possibly donated by Romania [7] | |
4030 ELITE | ![]() | NP Aerospace bomb suit. Donated by the European Union under the European Peace Instrument (EPF). [8] | ||
Gas masks | ||||
PMG | | ![]() | ||
PG-1 | ||||
Camouflage | ||||
U.S. Woodland | ![]() | ![]() | Standard issue camouflage pattern of the Moldovan National Army | |
M2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Seen in use on ballistic protection equipment that was possibly donated by Romania. [7] |
Name | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
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Armoured Fighting Vehicles | |||||
BRDM-2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Scout car | ~8 | (With TAB-71M Turret). [3] |
MT-LB | | ![]() | Armoured Fighting Vehicle | 25 | [3] |
MT-LB | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2+ | (With ZU-23-2 AA Gun). [3] | |
MT-LBu | ![]() | ![]() | 13-20 | [3] | |
BTR-60PU-12 | | ![]() ![]() | At least 10 | (With ZU-23-1 AA Gun). [3] | |
Infantry Fighting Vehicles | |||||
BMD-1 | ![]() | ![]() | Infantry fighting vehicle | N/A | [3] |
BMD-1P | ![]() | N/A | [3] | ||
Armoured Personnel Carriers | |||||
BTR-60PB | | ![]() | Armoured Personnel Carrier | 12 | [3] |
TAB-71M | ![]() | ![]() | 80 [9] | Originally 161 delivered between 1992 and 1995. [3] [10] | |
BTR-70 | ![]() | ![]() | 8 | [3] | |
BTR-80 | ![]() | 12 [9] | [3] | ||
GT-MU | ![]() | N/A | [3] | ||
Piranha IIIH | ![]() | ![]() | 19 (+14) [11] | Former Danish Piranha IIIs purchased and donated by Germany in 2023. [3] [12] Further Germany plans to finance the purchase of 14 Piranha IIIs. [11] | |
BTR-D | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Airborne Armoured Personnel Carrier | ~3 N/A | (With 12.7mm DShK In Cupola). [3] (With 73mm SPG-9 RCL And 12.7mm DShK In Cupola). [3] |
Multi-purpose vehicles | |||||
Humvee | ![]() | ![]() | Multi-purpose armored vehicle | 129 [13] [14] | With MAK armor. [3] |
M1008 Chevrolet | ![]() | ![]() | Technical | N/A | [3] |
Dacia Duster | ![]() | ![]() | Four-wheel drive multi-purpose vehicle | N/A | Used by the Military Police. [15] [16] |
Mitsubishi L200 | ![]() | ![]() | Four-wheel drive multi-purpose vehicle | 5+ [17] | Donated by the EU under the EPF for use by military engineers. [8] |
Ford F-Series | ![]() | ![]() | Ambulance | at least 6 | Donated under the EPF. [17] |
Trucks | |||||
Iveco | | ![]() | Truck | N/A | Donated by Italy in 2018. [18] |
FMTV | ![]() | ![]() | N/A | Stewart & Stevenson MTV. [19] [20] | |
M915 | ![]() | N/A | In service in small numbers, shown in the 2016 national day parade. [21] [22] | ||
M35 | ![]() | N/A | Only the M35A3 variant in service. [21] [22] | ||
KamAZ-4310 | ![]() | ![]() | N/A | ||
Ural-4320 | ![]() | N/A | |||
ZIL-131 | ![]() | N/A | [15] | ||
GAZ-66 | | N/A | [3] | ||
Command Posts And Communications Stations | |||||
R-409 | ![]() | Mobile radio-relay station | N/A | [3] | |
Engineering Vehicles And Equipment | |||||
IMR-2 | ![]() | ![]() | Combat engineering vehicle | N/A | [3] |
PTS-2 | ![]() | Tracked amphibious transport | N/A | [3] | |
RKhM Kashalot | ![]() | Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle | N/A | [3] | |
BRDM-2RKh | ![]() | N/A | [3] | ||
GMZ-3 | ![]() | Minelayer | N/A | [3] | |
PMZ-4 | ![]() | N/A | [3] | ||
BTM-3 | ![]() | Trench digger | N/A | [3] | |
MDK-2M | | N/A | [3] | ||
PZM-2 | ![]() | N/A | [3] | ||
PMP | ![]() | Pontoon bridge | N/A | [3] | |
Name | Photo | Origin | In service | Notes |
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BMK-130M | ![]() | ![]() | N/A | [3] |
BMK-T | ![]() | N/A | [3] | |
Name | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
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Towed Mortars | |||||
2B11 | ![]() | ![]() | 120mm Mortar | N/A | [23] |
Towed Artillery | |||||
M-30 | ![]() | ![]() | 122mm howitzer | 16 [9] | [3] |
D-20 | ![]() | 152mm howitzer | 31 [9] | [3] | |
2A36 Giatsint-B | ![]() | 20 [9] | [3] | ||
Self-Propelled Artillery | |||||
2S9 Nona | ![]() | ![]() | 120mm self-propelled mortar | 9 [9] | [3] |
Multiple Rocket Launchers | |||||
BM-27 Uragan | ![]() | ![]() | 220mm multiple rocket launcher | 11 [9] | [3] |
Artillery Tractors | |||||
ATS-59G | ![]() | ![]() | Artillery tractor | N/A | [3] |
Artillery Support Vehicles | |||||
PRP-3 'Val' | | ![]() | Artillery reconnaissance vehicle | N/A | [3] |
1V18 'Klyon-1' | | Artillery fire control vehicle | N/A | [3] | |
1V119 | ![]() | N/A | [3] | ||
SNAR-10 | ![]() | Counter-battery radar | N/A | [3] | |
9T452 | ![]() | Transporter-loader | N/A | [3] | |
Name | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
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Anti-tank guns | |||||
MT-12 | ![]() | ![]() | 100mm anti-tank gun | 31 [9] | [3] |
Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Missile Systems | |||||
9P148 Konkurs | ![]() | ![]() | Anti-tank guided missile launcher vehicle | 6-32 | [3] |
9P149 Shturm-S | ![]() | 27 [24] | [3] | ||
Shoulder-fired/mounted weapons | |||||
RPG-7 | ![]() | ![]() | Rocket-propelled grenade | N/A | Mainly Regular Army, Special Forces and Police |
RPG-22 | ![]() | N/A | Regular Army and Special Forces | ||
9K111 Fagot | ![]() | Anti-tank guided missile | 71 [24] | ||
9M113 Konkurs | ![]() | 19 [24] | |||
9K115 Metis | ![]() | N/A | |||
SPG-9 AG-9 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Recoilless rifle | 138+ [24] | |
Name | Photo | Origin | In service | Notes |
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Towed Anti-Aircraft Guns | ||||
23mm ZU-23-2 | ![]() | ![]() | 28 [9] | [3] |
57mm AZP S-60 | ![]() | 11 [9] | [3] | |
Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns | ||||
14.5mm KPV | ![]() ![]() | N/A | Mounted on GAZ-66. [3] | |
14.5mm ZPU-2 | N/A | Mounted on GAZ-66. [3] | ||
23mm ZU-23-2 | N/A | Mounted on GAZ-66 and on BTR-D. [3] | ||
57mm AZP S-60 | ![]() | N/A | Mounted on ZIL-135. [3] | |
Name | Photo | Origin | Type | Variant | In service |
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | |||||
DJI | ![]() | ![]() | Quadrotor UAV | Matrice 300 rtk | 18+ [4] |
Name | Photo | Origin | In service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Static Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems | ||||
S-125 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | One site protecting the capital Chișinău. [3] |
Radars | ||||
P-14 'Tall King' | ![]() | ![]() | N/A | [3] |
P-15 'Flat Face A' | ![]() | N/A | [3] | |
P-12 'Spoon Rest A' | ![]() | N/A | [3] | |
P-18 'Spoon Rest D' | ![]() | N/A | [3] | |
PRV-13 'Odd Pair' | ![]() | N/A | [3] | |
PRV-16 'Thin Skin B' | ![]() | N/A | [3] | |
36D6 'Tin Shield' | ![]() | N/A | [3] | |
SNR-125 'Low Blow' | ![]() | N/A | (For S-125). [3] | |
Ground Master 200 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | Ordered and delivered in 2023. The version is a container based without any platform to secure mobility. [25] [26] |
Name | Photo | Origin | Ordered | Notes |
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VERA-NG | | ![]() | 1 | The VERA-NG passive radar was ordered in early 2024, scheduled to arrive in 2025. The order is to be financed through EPF funds. [27] |
Air Defence Equipment | ![]() ilustrative picture only | ![]() | N/A | Germany promised to deliver air defence equipment in 2025 to strengthen Moldovan air defences. [11] |
Air Defence Equipment | ![]() ilustrative picture only | ![]() | N/A | Moldovan MoD will purchase air defense systems through the EPF, but it's currently unclear if the German promise is included in this purchase. [28] |
AT4 | ![]() | ![]() | N/A | Proposed donation by Sweden. [29] |