List of individual weapons of the New Zealand armed forces
The following are lists of individual weapons used by the New Zealand Defence Force
Rifles
In service
- 5.56mm MARS-L (Modular Assault Rifle System-Light)
- 7.62mm Designated Marksman Weapon[1]
- 7.62mm Arctic Warfare (To be replaced by the MRAD in 2018)
- 12.7mm Arctic Warfare (to be replaced by the M107A1 in 2018)
- M107A1 anti-materiel rifle new anti-materiel weapon to be introduced in 2018 [2]
- .338 MRAD bolt-action sniper rifle new sniper rifle to be introduced in 2018 [2]
Retired
- Steyr AUG
- M4 carbine (New Zealand Special Air Service)
- M16A1
- SLR 7.62mm L1A1
- Lee–Enfield No 1 Mk 3 & No 4 Mk 1 (still used for commemorative purposes)
- Parker Hale M82 7.62×51mm sniper rifle
- P14
- Martini–Henry rifle and carbine variants (carbine still used by Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles Colour Guard)
- Rifle .22 No 8 Mk 1
Pistols
Retired
- Webley Revolver
- 9mm FN Browning HP No2 Mk 1[3]
- SIG P226
- Pistol Signal 1-in No 1 Mk 3/1
Submachine guns
In service
- Heckler & Koch MP5 (NZSAS)
MP5A3, as used by the NZSAS
Grenade launchers
Current
- RM M203PI underslung on Steyr IW rifles
- Heckler & Koch GMG 40mm - automatic grenade launcher[1]
Retired
- M203 grenade launcher underslung on M16A1
- M79 grenade launcher
Machine guns
Current
- FN MAG MAG 58 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun[1]
- FN Minimi 7.62mm[4]
- M2 Browning[1]
Retired
- C9 Minimi C9 5.56mm Light Machine Gun
- L2A1 7.62 Automatic Rifle[3]
- L3A3, L3A3E1, and L3A4 Gun, Machine, Caliber .30, Browning, M1919
- L4A3 7.62 Machine Gun[3]
- L7 series 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun[3]
- L43A1 7.62 mm ranging machine gun
- M60 machine gun
- Vickers .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun[3]
- Bren light machine gun[3]
- Lewis gun
- Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun
Mortar
Anti-armour
Current
References
- "Firepower". army.mil.nz/. Archived from the original on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 10 Oct 2016.
- "Defence Force buying two new weapons". Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- Fenton, Damien Marc. A False Sense of Security: The Force Structure of the NZ Armt 1946-1978. New Zealand: Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand, Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0475201035.
- "New Zealand Switches from 5.56mm to 7.62mm FN Herstal Minimi Light Machine Gun". thefirearmblog. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 10 Oct 2016.
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