List of equipment of the Sudanese Armed Forces

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The following is a list of equipment of the Sudanese Armed Forces from creation to present day.

Small arms[edit]

Infantry weapons
Name Origin Type Caliber Notes
Helwan Egypt Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum [1]
Heckler & Koch P9S Germany Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum [1]
Browning Hi-Power Belgium Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum [1]
Sterling United Kingdom Submachine gun 9×19 Parabellum [1]
Heckler & Koch MP5 Germany Submachine gun 9×19 Parabellum [1]
Beretta M12 Italy Submachine gun 9×19 Parabellum [1]
Uzi Israel Submachine gun 9×19 Parabellum [1]
SKS Soviet Union Semi-automatic rifle 7.62×39mm [1]
AK-47 Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm [1]
AKM Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm [1]
Heckler & Koch G3 Germany Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO [1]
RP-46 Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×54mmR [1]
RPD Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×39mm [1]
RPK Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×39mm [1]
Type 80[2] China General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR Chinese copy of the PK machine gun, locally produced as the Mokthar.[3]
Heckler & Koch HK21 Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO [1]
M60 United States General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO [1]
MG3 Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO [1]
SG-43 Goryunov Soviet Union Medium machine gun 7.62×54mmR SGM variant used.[1]
W85[4] China Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm Locally produced as the Khawad.[3]
QLZ-87 China Automatic grenade launcher 35×32mmSR Some are assembled locally.[5]
RPG-7 Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade 40 mm [1]
M40 United States Recoilless rifle 76 mm M40A1 variant used.[6]
9K11 Malyutka Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 125 mm [6]
HJ-8[6] China Anti-tank guided missile 120 mm 100 supplied by China in 2011, and 350 in 2011.[7]
9M133 Kornet Russia Anti-tank guided missile 152 mm [6]
9K32 Strela-2 Soviet Union Man-portable air defense system 72 mm Strela-2M variant used.[6]
FN-6 China Man-portable air defense system 72 mm [6]

Armoured vehicles[edit]

Armoured vehicles
Name Image Origin Variants In service Notes
Main battle tanks
T-55  Soviet Union T-55A
T-55AMV 		[6]
Type 59  China Type-59D [6]
Type 80/88 Al-Bashier (Type-85-IIM) [6]
T-72  Soviet Union T-72AV
T-72B 		[6]
Light Tanks
Type-62  China [6]
Type-63 [6]
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
BRDM-2  Soviet Union [6]
Caiman  Belarus [6]
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
BMP-1  Soviet Union [6]
BMP-2  Soviet Union [6]
BTR-3  Ukraine [6]
BTR-80A  Russia [6]
WZ-523  China [6]
Armoured Personnel Carriers
BTR-50  Soviet Union [6]
M113  United States [6]
OT-62 TOPAS  Czechoslovakia [6]
BTR-70  Soviet Union
 Belarus 		BTR-70M Kobra 2 [6]
BTR-152  Soviet Union [6]
Cadillac Gage Commando  United States V-150 [6]
OT-64  Czechoslovakia [6]
Rakhsh  Iran [6]
Walid  Egypt [6]
WZ-551  China [6]
WZ-523 [6]
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles
STREIT Group Spartan  United Arab Emirates [6]
Calidus MCAV-20 [6]
Infantry Mobility Vehicles
NIMR Ajban 440A  United Arab Emirates [6]
Sarsar-2  Sudan [6]
Towed Artillery
105 mm M101  United States [6]
122 mm M-30  Soviet Union [6]
122 mm D-30  Soviet Union [6]
122 mm D-74  Soviet Union [6]
130 mm M-46  Soviet Union
 China 		M-46
Type-59-I 		[6]
155 mm M114  United States M114A1 [6]
Self-Propelled Artillery
122 mm 2S1 Gvozdika  Soviet Union [6]
Mk F3 155 mm  France [6]
Multiple Rocket Launchers
107 mm Type-63  China [6]
122 mm BM-21 'Grad'  Soviet Union [6]
122 mm Sakr  Egypt [6]
122 mm Type-81  China [6]
302 mm WS-1B  China [6]
Towed Anti-Aircraft Guns
14.5 mm ZPU  Soviet Union ZPU-2
ZPU-4 		[8]
20 mm M167 VADS  United States [8]
23 mm ZU-23-2  Soviet Union [8]
37 mm M1939 (61-K)  Soviet Union [8]
37 mm Type-65  China [8]
57 mm AZP S-60  Soviet Union [8]
85 mm M1944 (КS-1) [8]
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
20 mm M163 Vulcan  United States [8]
20 mm M3 VDAA  France [8]
Self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems
9K33 Osa  Soviet Union [6]

Bibliography[edit]

  • LeBrun, Emile; Leff, Jonah (6 December 2014). McDonald, Glenn; LeBrun, Emile; Frate, Anna Alvazi del; Berman, Eric G.; Krause, Keith (eds.). "Signs of Supply: Weapons Tracing in Sudan and South Sudan". Small Arms Survey. 14 (1). Geneva, Switzerland: Cambridge University Press: 213–238. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  • International Institute for Strategic Studies (2024). "Chapter Eight: Sub-Saharan Africa". The Military Balance. 124 (1): 458–531. doi:10.1080/04597222.2024.2298597. ISSN 0459-7222.
  • Jones, Richard D.; Ness, Leland S., eds. (14 January 2010). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2010-2011 (36 ed.). Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2908-1.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Jones & Ness 2010, p. 915.
  2. ^ LeBrun & Leff 2014, p. 226.
  3. ^ a b LeBrun & Leff 2014, p. 241.
  4. ^ LeBrun & Leff 2014, p. 233.
  5. ^ LeBrun & Leff 2014, pp. 226−227.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av IISS 2024, p. 521.
  7. ^ LeBrun & Leff 2014, p. 227.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i IISS 2024, p. 522.
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