List of equipment of the Angolan Army

This is a list of equipment of the Angolan Army in service.

Many of Angola's weapons are of Portuguese colonial and Warsaw Pact origin.

Grenade launchers/Anti-tank weapons

Anti-tank
Name Type Diameter Origin Photo Notes
RPG-7Rocket-propelled grenade40mm Soviet UnionReloadable launcher.
B-10Recoilless rifle82mm Soviet UnionSingle-shot reloadable launcher.
B-11[1]Recoilless rifle107mm Soviet UnionSingle-shot reloadable launcher.
9K11 MalyutkaAnti-tank missile125mm Soviet UnionUsed on the 9P111 launcher, and attachable to BMP-1s and BRDM-2s.
9K111 FagotAnti-tank guided missile120mm Soviet UnionWire-guided anti-tank missile system. 650 ordered in 1987.[2]

Vehicles

Tanks
Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
T-55AM-2Main battle tank267[3] Soviet Union267 T-55AM-2s were delivered from Bulgaria and Slovakia in 1999.[2]
T-62Main battle tank50[3] Soviet Union364 were ordered in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]
T-72M1Main battle tank50[3] Soviet UnionDelivered from Belarus in 1999.[2]
PT-76Light tank12[3] Soviet Union68 ordered in 1975 from the Soviet Union.[2]

Infantry fighting vehicles
Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BMP-1Infantry fighting vehicle150[3] Soviet Union
BMP-2Infantry fighting vehicle62[3] Soviet Union
BMD-3Airborne infantry fighting vehicle35+[4] Soviet UnionSmall number of units in the Angolan Army.[5]

Armored scout vehicles
Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
BRDM-1Amphibious armoured scout car70[3] Soviet Union120 units as of 2008.[4]
BRDM-2Amphibious armoured scout car70[3] Soviet Union195 units as of 2008.[4]
WMA301/PTL-02Tank destroyer10 People's Republic of China? [6]

Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles
Name Type Quantity Origin Photo Notes
Casspir 2000BMRAP45[7] South Africa45 ordered in November 2013. Includes 30 APCs, 4 fire support vehicles, two command vehicles and others.[7]

References
  1. 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. "Trade Registers". Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. Global Security. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  4. Army Recognition. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  5. The Military Balance 2012. – P. 421. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  6. Cherisey, de, Erwan (16 February 2017). "Angolan military exercise reveals new Chinese armoured vehicles". IHS Jane's 360. Paris. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017.
  7. Guy Martin (21 November 2013). "Angola orders Casspirs". Defence Web. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
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