This is a list of weapons and equipment currently used by the Lithuanian Armed Forces. For the naval equipment and ships, see Lithuanian Naval Force; for the list of aircraft, see Lithuanian Air Force.
Lithuania uses military equipment compatible with the NATO standards.
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Caliber | Details | |
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Handguns | ||||||
17/Gen 4 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Standard issue pistol.[1] | ||||
HK SFP9-SF | 9×19mm Parabellum | To be procured between 2020 and 2026. Replaces all previous sidearms.[2] [3] | ||||
HK USP | 9×19mm Parabellum | [4] | ||||
M1911A1 | .45 ACP | [5] | ||||
Flare gun | ||||||
P2A1 | Military flare pistol. | |||||
Submachine guns | ||||||
Mini Uzi Uzi Submachine Gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | [6] | ||||
Heckler & Koch MP5 | MP5A3 MP5SD3 | 9×19mm Parabellum | [7] | |||
Heckler & Koch MP7 | MP7A2 | HK 4.6×30mm | [8] | |||
Heckler & Koch UMP | UMP45 | .45 ACP | Used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force. | |||
Shotguns | ||||||
M4 | Used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force. | |||||
Assault rifles | ||||||
G36KA4M2 G36KA4M2C G36KA4M1 G36KA4 G36KV1 G36C | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard issue assault rifle.[9] | ||||
HK416A5 | 5.56×45mm NATO | Used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force.[10] | ||||
Machine guns | ||||||
FN Minimi | 5.56 Para 7.62 Mk3 | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO | FN MINIMI 5.56 Para version is used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force. FN Minimi 7.62 Mk3 version ordered in 2023.[11] | |||
Ksp 58B and other variants | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard issue general-purpose machine gun. Typically mounted on lightly armored vehicles, or armored personnel carriers, as first or second weapons in parallel with M2 Browning machine gun and automatic grenade launcher.[12] To be replaced.[13] | ||||
Rheinmetall MG 3 | — | 7.62×51mm NATO | About 4000 MG3 in wartime reserve. Purchased from German surplus. To be replaced. Used as an additional weapon to PzH2000.[14] | |||
Heavy machine guns | ||||||
M2HB M2HB-QCB | 12.7×99mm NATO | Typically mounted on lightly armored vehicles or armored personnel carriers, tripod version is also available.[15] | ||||
Sniper rifles | ||||||
FN SCAR | SCAR-H PR | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard issue marksman rifle.[16] [17] | |||
TRG-22 | 7.62×51mm NATO | [18] | ||||
— | 7.62×51mm NATO | [19] | ||||
— | 7.62×51mm NATO | [20] | ||||
MSG90A1 | 7.62×51mm NATO | [21] | ||||
— | 7.62×51mm NATO 8.6×70mm | [22] | ||||
SRS-A1 | 8.6×70mm | [23] | ||||
M14 M14L1 M14 EBR SOP M14 MDV | 7.62×51mm NATO | M14 EBR SOP version used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force.[24] | ||||
Anti-material rifles | ||||||
M82A1 | 12.7×99mm NATO | [25] | ||||
M107A1 | 12.7×99mm NATO | [26] | ||||
— | 12.7×99mm NATO | [27] | ||||
Grenade | ||||||
RGD-5 | — | — | — | |||
— | — | — | ||||
Rökfackla 4 | Smoke grenade | — | — | |||
HG-85 | OFFHGR-85 SPLHGR-85 | — | — | |||
M18 | Smoke grenade | — | — | |||
Grenade launchers | ||||||
Heckler & Koch AG36 | Grenade launcher | 40×46 mm LV | [28] | |||
Heckler & Koch HK269 | Grenade launcher | 40×46 mm LV | [29] | |||
Heckler & Koch GMG | Automatic grenade launcher | 40×53 mm HV | Typically mounted on lightly armoured vehicles, or armoured personnel carriers, tripod version is also available.[30] | |||
Anti-tank weapons | ||||||
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle | Recoilless rifle | 84 mm | M2, M3 and M4 variants.[31] [32] | |||
AT4 | Single-shot anti-tank weapon | 84 mm | [33] | |||
M72 LAW | Single-shot anti-tank weapon | 66 mm | M72A2, M72A7, M72E10 and other modern variants.[34] | |||
FGM-148 Javelin | Anti-tank missile | 127 mm | 144 CLU and 871 missiles purchased from the United States. In service from 2002.[35] | |||
Light mortars | ||||||
M6-895[36] | 60 mm | — | ||||
M60 | — | 60 mm | — | |||
LM-60 | — | 60 mm | [37] | |||
M19 | — | 60 mm | — | |||
Heavy mortars | ||||||
M38/43 | — | 120 mm | 18 acquired from Poland. | |||
2B11 | — | 120 mm | 20 acquired from Bulgaria. | |||
M M1982[38] | — | 120 mm | — | |||
M/41D | — | 120 mm | 22 acquired from Sweden. | |||
Expal 120-MX2-SM | — | 120 mm | Contract signed in October 2022, with deliveries to be completed in 2024.[39] [40] | |||
Wartime reserve weapons | ||||||
— | 9 mm | [41] | ||||
Automatkarbin 4 | Heckler & Koch G3A3 | 7.62 mm | In wartime reserve. Purchased from Swedish surplus. Replaced by the G36.[42] | |||
Pvpj 1110 | Recoilless rifle | 90 mm | About 200 Pvpj1110 in wartime reserve. Donated by Sweden.[43] | |||
M16 rifle | M16A2 | 5.56 mm | In wartime reserves. Received from NATO surplus.[44] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes | |
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Main battle tank | |||||||
Leopard 2 | Main battle tank | In July 2023, Lithuanian MoD sent a letter of intent to purchase Leopard 2 from German KMW and in January 2024 the government decided to proceed with the acquisition.[45] [46] It was previously reported that the country seeks to acquire 54 tanks.[47] German media suggested that Lithuania plans to purchase the Leopard 2A8 variant.[48] | |||||
Infantry fighting vehicles | |||||||
GTK Boxer | Infantry fighting vehicle | Delivered between 2019 and 2023. The local designation IFV Vilkas.[49] Armed with Israeli made Rafael Samson RCWS featuring a Mk44 Bushmaster II 30mm autocannon, coaxial 7.62mm machine gun and Spike-LR anti-tank missiles.[50] | |||||
Armoured personnel carriers | |||||||
M113 | Armoured personnel carrier | ~276 | 154 M113A1 and 200 M113A2 items acquired from Germany between 2000 and 2006, some of them non-operational (used as source for spare parts only); 8 fitted for logistic battalion (equipped with cranes), other modification infantry, medical and command. At least 78 donated to Ukraine.[51] [52] [53] | ||||
Armoured patrol and scout cars | |||||||
JLTV | Armoured car | Oshkosh L-ATV | ~500 | In 2019, Lithuania purchased 200 JLTVs and in October 2022 the country signed a contract to purchase an additional 300 JLTVs from the United States.[54] The vehicles will be armed with 12.7mm M2 QCB machine guns. Lithuania is expected to receive all the vehicles by the end of 2024. | |||
Humvee | Armoured car | 195+ | Some equipped with HK GMG, or Browning M2 50.cal HMG. | ||||
Land Rover Defender | Light armoured vehicle | 100+ | Some equipped with HK GMG, Browning M2 50.cal HMG, or RBS 70. | ||||
Toyota Land Cruiser | Light armoured vehicle | 5 | Bought for international missions, has protection from small arms and IED's. From Arctic Truck company.[55] 7 donated to Ukraine army. | ||||
Armoured combat support vehicles | |||||||
Bergepanzer 2 | Armoured recovery vehicle | 10 | Ordered 10, delivered between 2015 and 2020. | ||||
M113 | Armoured fitter and repair vehicle | 8 | |||||
Armoured special purpose vehicles | |||||||
GTK Boxer | Training vehicle | 2 | Delivered between 2017 and 2021, local Lithuanian designation IFV Vilkas. | ||||
M577 | Command post vehicle | 178+ | Over 180 acquired from Germany in 2015–16.[56] Used for command, indirect fire support, medical evacuation and training purposes. Unspecified number have been donated to Ukraine [57] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Quantity | Notes | |
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Self-propelled mortars | |||||||
Panzermörser M113 | Mortar carrier | 32 | Mortar carriers with Tampella 120 mm mortars. Acquired from Germany in 2005 and 2006.[58] Modernised in cooperation with Israel in 2015. In November 2022, 10 units were donated to Ukraine.[59] | ||||
Towed artillery | |||||||
Howitzer | 54 | 72 units acquired from Denmark in 2002. At least 18 units were donated to Ukraine.[60] | |||||
Self-propelled artillery | |||||||
CAESAR | Self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm | (18 on order) | The country joined the French CAESAR Mark II program to develop a new generation artillery system. It is expected that the howitzers will be delivered by 2027.[61] The order was confirmed and a contract signed on 16 December 2022 for 18 units of the latest Caesar NG. | |||
PzH 2000 | Self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm | 21 | Acquired from Germany in 2015–2020.[62] | |||
Rocket artillery | |||||||
Multiple launch rocket system | 227 mm610 mm | (8 on order) | Eight launchers with ammunition will be delivered in 2025.[63] On 9 November 2022, the United States Department of State approved the sale of launchers and over 800 missiles,[64] including:
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Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Details | |
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Surface-to-air missile systems | |||||
NASAMS 3 | 2 batteries with 4 launchers each delivered in 2020 for a $128 million deal.[65] Additional batteries ordered in December 2023 for €200 million.[66] As part of the agreement is 36 AIM-120C-8 missiles approved by the US government in October 2023.[67] The battery consists of: AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel, Kongsberg's Fire Distribution Center (FDC), Mercedes Actros 8x8 trucks on which the launchers are transported.[68] | ||||
Ordered from the United States in December 2022.[69] | |||||
N/A | RBS 70 NG RWS | MSHORAD system consists of RBS 70 NG Remote Weapon System (RWS) and command-radar vehicle with Saab Giraffe 1X / C2; the components are mounted on JLTV. Ordered from the Sweden in 2024, delivery 2025 – 2027.[70] [71] | |||
Man-portable air-defence systems | |||||
Grom | Acquired in 2014.[72] | ||||
Piorun | Join order by Lithuanian and Polish governments placed in 2024.[73] | ||||
RBS 70 | Modernised to RBS-70 NG version.[74] A new batch of Mk-2 and Bolide missiles was ordered in October 2022.[75] | ||||
Counter-UAV systems | |||||
Domestically produced anti-drone electronic warfare system.[76] |
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Details | |
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Saab Giraffe | Short range | Giraffe Mk-IV | Part of the short range air defense units.[77] | |||
AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel | MPQ-64 MPQ-64F1 | Part of the short and medium range air defence systems. | ||||
Thales GM200 MM/C | Counter-battery fire | GM200 MM/C | The contract was signed in January 2024 and the systems will be delivered by 2026.[78] | |||
TRML-3D | Medium range | TRML-3D/32 | Acquired in 2004.[79] | |||
LANZA 3D | Long range | LANZA 3D[80] | Long range 3D radars, manufactured by Indra Sistemas, commissioned in 2018–2020.[81] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes | |
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Trucks | |||||||
Sisu E13TP | Armored high mobility terrain vehicle | 50 | [82] | ||||
Mercedes-Benz Arocs | Truck 8×8 | 255 | 25 ordered in 2020.[83] An additional 230 Arocs are being purchased. Delivery of the trucks is planned from 2023 to 2030.[84] [85] 17 tons capacity [86] | ||||
Mercedes-Benz Zetros | Semi truck 6×6 | 8 | Used for transporting Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers.[87] 70-tons tow capacity | ||||
Mercedes-Benz Zetros | Truck 6×6 | 141 | 141 Zetros with cranes are being purchased. Delivery of the trucks is planned from 2023 to 2030.[88] 10-tons capacity | ||||
Mercedes-Benz Unimog | Truck 4×4 | 500+ | Around 160 older U1550s [89] 340 U5000 ordered in 2015, delivered by 2020.[90] 42 additional U5000 ordered and delivered by 2021. 34 U5000 ordered in 2023.[91] 5-tons capacity | ||||
Mercedes-Benz NG | Military truck | 200-250 | Purchased from Netherlands.[92] | ||||
DAF F218 series | Military truck | 225 | Purchased from Netherlands.[93] | ||||
Engineering vehicles | |||||||
Manitou | Telescopic handler | ||||||
Komatsu | Bulldozer | ||||||
KrAZ | Floating bridge | 19 KrAZ spec truck, 24 floating bridge, 6 cutter in wartime reserve. | |||||
JCB | Backhoe loader | ||||||
CAT | Loader | ||||||
Magni | Telescopic handlers | HTH 27.11 | 3 (1 on order) | Received in September 2023[94] | |||
Amphibious vehicle | |||||||
PTS-M | Amphibious tracked vehicle | 2 | |||||
Bv 206 | Amphibious tracked vehicle | 10+ | For medical evacuation + radar. | ||||
Buses | |||||||
MAN | Germany | Military orchestra bus. |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes | |
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Utility vehicles | |||||||
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | / | Sport utility vehicle | Former Dutch operated GD 290 vehicles were delivered in 2016.[95] The new order with manufacturer for delivery of 273 units G350d vehicles was placed in 2023. The delivery of all vehicles expected by the end of 2024.[96] [97] | ||||
Volvo C3-series | Sport utility vehicle | ||||||
Land Rover Defender | Sport utility vehicle | ||||||
Mitsubishi L200 | Pickup truck | Standard pickup for demining team. | |||||
Chevrolet CUCV I | Pickup truck | Troop and cargo transport. | |||||
Cars | |||||||
Fiat Dobló Mk I | Car | 65 | Standard army panel van. | ||||
Skoda Oktavia Mk.II | Czech Republic | Car | 10 | Standard military police patrol car. | |||
Škoda Superb | Czech Republic | Car | 5 | Standard military police pursuit and patrol car. | |||
Peugeot Dangel Expert | France | Light commercial vehicle / Multi purpose vehicle | 127 | Standard army light commercial vehicle / multi purpose vehicle.[98] | |||
Peugeot Rifter | France | Light commercial vehicle / Multi purpose vehicle | 235 | Standard army light commercial vehicle / multi purpose vehicle.[99] | |||
Buggy | |||||||
Arctic Cat | Fast attack vehicle | 10+ | 1 lost in exercise.[100] [101] [102] | ||||
Motorcycle | |||||||
KTM EXCR530 | Motorcycle | Standard SF motorcycle. | |||||
All-terrain vehicles | |||||||
Can-Am Outlander MAX 1000 XTP | All-terrain vehicle | 10+ | Lithuanian army used to patrol the border with Belarus, after the Belarusian hybrid attack on Lithuania.[103] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Details | |
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Reconnaissance drones | |||||
ScanEagle | [104] | ||||
RQ-11 | [105] | ||||
Hornet | [106] | ||||
Hornet XR | |||||
Loitering munitions | |||||
AeroVironment Switchblade | In December 2020, Lithuania signed a contract to acquire Switchblade 600 loitering munitions.[107] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | ||
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Demining vehicles | ||||||
DOK-ING | Unmanned mine clearance vehicle | |||||
TELEROB | Unmanned ground explosive ordnance disposal vehicle | |||||