List of military equipment of the Soviet Army

This list shows equipment of Soviet Army in 1990.

Equipment of the Soviet Ground Forces
Emblem of the Soviet Army
Founded23 February 1946
Disbanded26 December 1991

Infantry equipment

Helmets
Name Type Photo Notes
SSh-68 Helmet Main service helmet

Small arms

Pistols and SMGs
Name Type Caliber Photo Notes
Makarov Pistol 9x18mm Main service pistol
APS Machine pistol 9x18mm

Assault rifles and carbines
Name Type Caliber Photo Notes
AK-74 Assault rifle 5.45×39mm Main service rifle
AKS-74 Assault rifle 5.45×39mm Primarily for use with air assault infantry
AKS-74U Carbine 5.45×39mm

Designated marksman and sniper rifles
Name Type Caliber Photo Notes
SVD-63 Designated marksman rifle 7.62×54mmR Main service designated marksman rifle

Light and heavy machine guns
Name Type Caliber Photo Notes
RPK-74 Light machine gun 5.45×39mm Main service light machine gun
PKM General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR Main service general-purpose machine gun
NSV Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm Main service heavy machine gun

Rocket-propelled grenade launchers
Name Type Caliber Photo Notes
RPG-7 Rocket-propelled grenade 40mm (launcher only, warhead diameter varies) Re-loadable launcher with various types of anti-personnel and anti-tank munitions.

Hand grenades
Name Type Photo Notes
F1 Anti-personnel
RGD-5 Anti-personnel

Vehicles

Tanks
Name Type Quantity Photo Notes
T-80 Main battle tank 4,000[1]
T-72 Main battle tank 10,000[2]
T-64 Main battle tank 9,700[3]
T-62 Main battle tank 11,300[4]
T-55 Main battle tank 19,000[5]
PT-76 Light tank 1,000[6]

Infantry fighting vehicles

Soviet Union had over 24,000 infantry fighting vehicles in service in 1990[7]

Name Type Quantity Photo Notes
BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle 14,353[8]
BMP-2 Infantry fighting vehicle 4,000
BMP-3 Infantry fighting vehicle N/A
BMD-1 Infantry fighting vehicle N/A Used by Airborne troops.
BMD-2 Infantry fighting vehicle N/A Used by Airborne troops.
BMD-3 Infantry fighting vehicle N/A Only used by Airborne troops.

Armored personnel carriers

By 1990 Soviet army had about 70,000 armored personnel carriers in service[9]

Name Type Quantity Photo Notes
BTR-80 Armoured personnel carrier 10,000
BTR-70 Armoured personnel carrier 13,000
BTR-60 Armoured personnel carrier N/A
BTR-50 Armoured personnel carrier N/A
BTR-40 Armoured personnel carrier N/A By 1990 was only used by border and reserve troops.
BTR-152 Armoured personnel carrier N/A By 1990 BTR-152 were mostly used by second line troops and reserves.
BTR-D Armoured personnel carrier 4,000 Was being used by Airborne units.
MT-LB Armoured personnel carrier 4500 Tracked APC.

Reconnaissance vehicles

Soviet army had about 3,500 reconnaissance vehicles in service in 1990.

Name Type Quantity Photo Notes
BRDM-2 Amphibious armoured scout car N/A
BRDM-1 Amphibious armoured scout car N/A

Unarmored trucks and utility vehicles
Name Type Quantity Photo Notes
UAZ-469 Light utility vehicle N/A
UAZ-452 Light truck N/A

References
  1. Russian Land Combat Equipment. globalsecurity.org
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