List of equipment of the Saudi Arabian Army

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This is a list of equipment of the Saudi Arabian Army currently in service.

Small arms

Model Image Origin Type Caliber Details
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power FN Hi Power.jpg  Belgium Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum [citation needed]
SIG Sauer P226 SIG P226 img 1624.jpg  Switzerland Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum Standard issue sidearm[citation needed]
Glock Glock 17 (6825676904) без фона.jpg  Austria Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum Special forces mostly[citation needed]
Assault rifles
AK-103 AK103 GP 34.jpg  Russia
 Saudi Arabia
Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Saudi Arabian Army.[1][2] Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[3][4]
Heckler & Koch G36 Gewehr G36 noBG.jpg  Germany
 Saudi Arabia
Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[5]
Heckler & Koch HK33 HK33A2 Flickr (yet another finn).png  West Germany Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO HK33E variant.[6]
FN SCAR-H File:Scar H Standard.png  Belgium
 United States
Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Saudi Arabian Army.[7][8]
Heckler & Koch G3 DCB Shooting G3A3 pictures (cropped).jpg  West Germany
 Saudi Arabia
Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Standard issue rifle of Saudi Arabian Army. Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[9]
M4A1 carbine PEO M4 Carbine RAS M68 CCO.png  United States Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Used by Special Security Forces in the Saudi Arabian Army.[citation needed]
Steyr AUG
AUG A1 HBAR
AUG A1 508mm 04.jpg
Steyr AUG A3.jpg
 Austria Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Former Standard assault rifle of the Saudi Arabian Army.[10][11]
Machine guns
Heckler & Koch MG4 H&KMG4.jpg  Germany Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO Standard light machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army.[citation needed]
Rheinmetall MG3 BundeswehrMG3.jpg  West Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO Standard general-purpose machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army.[citation needed]
FN Minimi FN MINIMI Standard Right.jpg  Belgium Squad automatic weapon 5.56×45mm NATO [citation needed]
FN MAG FN MAG white background.jpg  Belgium General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO [citation needed]
Vektor SS-77 24- Saudi Border Guards Machine Gun (My Trip To Al-Jenadriyah 32).jpg  South Africa General-purpose machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO [citation needed]
M2 Browning M2 machine gun at Musee de l Armee-IMG 7566-white.jpg  United States Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO Standard heavy machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army.[citation needed]
Sniper rifles and designated marksman rifles
Accuracy International AWM L115A3 sniper rifle.jpg  United Kingdom Sniper rifle .300 Winchester Magnum [citation needed]
Heckler & Koch PSG1 PSG-1 rifle 2014 noBG.jpg  Germany Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO
M107/M107A1  United States Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×99mm NATO [citation needed]
AWP (Arctic Warfare Police) Mk.13 MOD 5 sniper rifle.jpg  United Kingdom Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO [citation needed]
Robar RC-50 Robar RC-50 anti material sniper rifle.JPG  United States Anti-material sniper rifle 12.7 × 99 mm NATO [citation needed]
Steyr SSG 69 Steyr SSG 69.jpg  Austria Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO [citation needed]
Grenade-based weapons
M203 PEO M203A2 Grenade Launcher.png  United States Grenade launcher 40×46mm SR [citation needed]
AGS-30 AGS-30 maks2009.jpg  Russia
 Saudi Arabia
Automatic grenade launcher 40×46mm Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[12]
Mk 19 MK19-02.jpg  United States Automatic grenade launcher 40×53mm [13]
Milkor MGL Milkor MGL.jpg  South Africa Automatic grenade launcher 40×46mm [6]
M67 M67b.jpg  United States Hand grenade 64 mm [14]
Alhambra  Spain Hand grenade 65 mm [15]
Rocket-propelled grenade launchers
RPG-7 RPG-7 detached.jpg  Soviet Union Rocket propelled grenade launcher 40 mm [16]
C90-CR (M3) C-90.jpg  Spain Rocket-propelled grenade 90 mm At least 5,000 sold in the nineties.[15]
Portable anti-tank weapons
9M133 Kornet Kornet-E (1).jpg  Russia
 Saudi Arabia
Anti-tank guided missile Tandem high-explosive anti-tank Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[citation needed]
FGM-148 Javelin FGM-148 Javelin (5160721562).jpg  United States Medium-range anti-tank guided missile 127mm Standard infantry anti-tank weapon. 20 launchers and 150 missiles.[17]
NLAW Pansarvärnsrobot 57 aka MTB LAW.jpg  United Kingdom
 Sweden
Short-range anti-tank missile system 150mm In service with Saudi Arabian Army.[citation needed]
RBS 56B BILL 2 Panzerabwehrlenkwaffe (25955577025).jpg  Sweden Semi-automatic command to line of sight anti-tank missile 127mm [18]
AT-1K Raybolt  South Korea Anti-tank missile Used in Yemen.[19]
M47 Dragon Dragon 04.jpg  United States Anti-tank missile 140 mm [citation needed]
APILAS Apilas Lippujuhlan päivä 2014.JPG  France Anti-tank missile 112 mm [20]
Mounted anti-tank weapons
HOT Long Range Anti-tank Weapon HOT 3 - ILA2002-clean.jpg  France Anti-tank missile Tandem charge high-explosive anti-tank HOT and HOT-2 delivered in 1989 and 1997 for use on AMX-10.[citation needed]
AGM-114 Hellfire Lockheed Martin Longbow Hellfire.jpg  United States Anti-tank missile High-explosive anti-tank Used on AH-64D and AH-6s.
BGM-71 TOW
BGM-71C ITOW
BGM-71D TOW-2
BGM-71E TOW-2A
USMC-100918-M-2021D-002.jpg  United States Anti-tank missile 150mm Standard issue to Saudi Arabian Army.[citation needed]

Artillery

Model Image Origin Type Variant Details
Mortars
M224 60mm mortar round being launch (crop).jpg  United States 60mm lightweight mortar [citation needed]
Brandt Mle CM60A1 CM60A1 mortar Gendarmerie.jpg  France 60mm gun-mortar [citation needed]
2R2M 120MM M327 120mm Mortar.jpg  United States
 France
120mm heavy mortar [citation needed]
MO-120-RT-61 120mm Mor120.jpg  France 120mm heavy mortar [citation needed]
M30 M30 mortar schematic.gif  United States 106mm heavy mortar [citation needed]
Howitzers
CAESAR CAESAR - 180516-A-JL843-0046.jpg  France 155mm self-propelled howitzer 212[21]
PLZ-45 PLZ45155mm Howitzer.jpg  China 155mm self-propelled howitzer 74[22]
M109 Two Egyptian M-109 howitzers.JPEG  United States 155mm self-propelled howitzer M109A1
M109A2
M109A5
700
177 on order[23]
AMX-GCT AuF1 of Saudi Arabia.JPEG  France 155mm self-propelled howitzer 70[citation needed]
M198 4-14 Marines in Fallujah.jpg  United States 155mm towed howitzer 144[citation needed]
FH70 FH 70 155mm gun (6065127314).jpg  United Kingdom 155mm towed howitzer 81[citation needed]
M114 USArmy M114 howitzer.jpg  United States 155mm towed howitzer M114A1 534. All are stored in reserve.[citation needed]
M102 M102 howitzer.jpg  United States 105mm towed howitzer 300[24]
M101 M101-105mm-howitzer-camp-pendleton-20050326.jpg  United States 105mm towed howitzer M101A1 800. All are stored in reserve.[citation needed]
Rocket artillery
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) Vehicles at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan MOD 45148148.jpg  United States 227mm multiple rocket launcher 230[citation needed]
Astros II Avibras ASTROS-II SS-30.JPEG  Brazil 180mm multiple rocket launcher 142[citation needed]
TOS-1A Army2016-487.jpg  Russia
220mm multiple rocket launcher Used by the Saudi Arabian Army.[25] Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[26][27]

Vehicles

Model Image Origin Variant Quantity Details
Tanks
M1 Abrams Mounted Soldier System (MSS).jpg  United States M1A2S 590 Saudi Arabia bought 373 M1A2 tanks,[28] with further 69 more M1A2S tanks ordered on 8 January 2013 and delivered by 31 July 2014.[29] Later Saudi Arabia decided to upgrade all of M1A2 variants to M1A2S configuration. 153 M1A2S on order since 9 August 2016.[28] 20 were lost in Yemen.[30]
M60 Patton M60 A3 (7527994088).jpg  United States M60A3 1,500 1,500 were acquired.[citation needed]
AMX-30 French AMX-30 Desert Storm.jpg  France AMX-30SA 350 In reserve.[citation needed]
Armoured vehicles
M2 Bradley 3rd Infantry Division M2A2.jpg  United States M2A2 500[31] Principal infantry fighting vehicle of the Saudi Army.[24]
AMX-10P AMX-10-IMG 1468.jpg  France 293[31] 500[32] were bought from France in 1974; most are now stored as a reserve.
M113 M113A1-latrun-1.jpg  United States M113A1
M113A3
3,612 [24]
Humvee Saudi Arabian Humvee.jpg  United States M997 HMMWV
M998 HMMWV
M1026 HMMWV
M1151 HMMWV
2500 Vehicles were sold to Saudi Arabia by the United States under the Foreign Military Sales program.[33]
M88 M88 Track Recovery Vehicle.jpg  United States M88A1 98 Armoured recovery vehicle.[34][35][33] The potential sale of a further 20 was announced in August 2016.[36]
Al-Shibl  Saudi Arabia Al-Shibl1
Al-Shibl2
~100 [37] A small number of Al Shibl 2 vehicles were delivered to the Yemeni army to take part in the Midi and Harad offensives.[citation needed]
URO VAMTAC Urovesa Vamtac Armored.png  Spain 30 [38]
Didgori Medevac Didgori medevac.jpg  Georgia Didgori-2 100+ Armored medical evacuation vehicle. Saudi Arabia ordered 100+ Didgori Medevac from Georgia in 2016.[39][40]
CUCV II[41] 1984 M1009 CUCV.jpg  United States 200+ [citation needed]
MRAPs
Oshkosh M-ATV M153 CROWS mounted on a U.S. Army M-ATV.jpg  United States Many 1859 Saudi Arabia began negotiations for an order for an undisclosed number of M-ATVs Saudi Arabia received an estimated 1859. Several dozen have been destroyed in Yemen. With many being donated to Pro-Hadi forces and subsequently getting destroyed in fighting.[citation needed]
TUWAIQ-2  Saudi Arabia [42]
Demining vehicles
Aardvark JSFU Aardvark demining vehicle.JPEG  United Kingdom ? ? [43]
DOK-ING Interpolitex 2013 (534-38).jpg  Croatia MV-4
MV-10
? [44]
Trucks
M548 M548 (7527992146).jpg  United States ? ? [citation needed]
M939
Lean-Ox Festival 2013 Army truck.jpg
 United States ? ? [45]
FMTV MTV-of-the-New-Jersey-National-Guard.jpg  United States ? 100 [45]
HEMTT Hemtt iraq.jpg  United States ? ? [citation needed]
Oshkosh HET
Army.mil-61286-2010-01-12-100156.jpg
 United States M1070A0
M1070
50 Saudi Arabia was the first export customer for the M1070 with deliveries made during 1993.[46]
Tatra 810
Tatra T-810 Czech Army 01.jpg
 Czech Republic
 Saudi Arabia
810 ? Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[47]
Tatra 815
Tatra1021.jpg
 Czech Republic
 Saudi Arabia
815 ? Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[48]
Tatra 158 Phoenix
Tatra-158-Phoenix Horka-7864.JPG
 Czech Republic
 Saudi Arabia
158 Phoenix ? Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[49]
Tatra 815-7
Tatra-T815 780R59 PICT0028.jpg
 Czech Republic
 Saudi Arabia
815-7 ? Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[50]

Aviation

Model Image Origin Variant Quantity Details
Helicopters
Boeing AH-64 Apache Westland apache wah-64d longbow zj206 arp.jpg  United States AH-64D 94 A further 29 AH-64D Longbow III requested for more than $1.2bn.[51]
Bell OH-58 Kiowa OH-58D 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (cropped).jpg  United States OH-58D +40 [52]
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk UH-60L - Oregon Army National Guard-01.jpg  United States UH-60L 200 A further 24 UH-60L requested for $350m.[citation needed]
Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47, Camp Humphrey, 2008, Mar. 1.jpg  United States CH-47F 48 Ordered in December 2016.[53]
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Saqr  Saudi Arabia Saqr1
Saqr2
Saqr3
Saqr4
70 [54][55]
CAIG Wing Loong Wing Loong.jpg  China
 Saudi Arabia
Pterodactyl
Wing Loong II
300[56] [57][58] King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology signed a partnership with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporationto establish a manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia for the CH series of unmanned combat aerial vehicles.[59]
Denel Dynamics Seeker File:A Seeker 400 drone, manufactured by South African company Denel Dynamics, flies over Cape Town Stadium..jpg  South Africa
 Saudi Arabia[60]
Seeker 400 ? [61][62]
EMT Luna X-2000 LUNA UAV.jpg  Germany
 Saudi Arabia[63]
? ? [64][65]
Selex ES Falco Salon du Bourget 20090619 227.jpg  Italy ? ? On 13 July 2012 ainonline.com reported a new sale for the Falco, bringing the number of export customers to four, and that more than 50 air vehicles were operational at the time.[66]
Aeryon Scout  Canada ? 10 [67]

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