List of equipment of the Army of North Macedonia explained

This is a list of equipment used by the Army of North Macedonia.

Individual equipment

Name	Type	Origin	Picture	Notes
M92	Camouflage pattern			Entered service in or around 1992, this pattern was the first home grown one made for the Macedonian army. It has seen use in the 2001 insurgency in limited or full use by soldiers. Used for trainings today
M96	Camouflage pattern			This pattern is the second home grown camo pattern for the Macedonian army. Designed and entered service around 1996. It is one of the most used camo patterns by the Macedonian army and it still gets issued today in limited numbers as a reserve uniform to soldiers and such.
M98	Camouflage pattern			Third home grown pattern, designed 1998 and entered service the same year. It was used somewhere up until 2009.
M09 Digital Pattern	Camouflage pattern			Introduced in 2010, the M09 Digital Pattern is the Army's Standard-issue Camouflage. Uniforms produced by YUMCO in Serbia.^[1]
	Camouflage pattern			Used by some units in the past, primarily used for trainings today.
	Camouflage pattern			Used by Macedonian troops participating in ISAF and OIF.
M91 Eurokompozit				Standard-issue helmet of the North Macedonian Army, Homegrown version of the PASGT helmet. Produced by 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit a.d. Prilep.
M89 Eurokompozit				Used in training, parades and by new conscripts. Homegrown version of the Yugoslav M59/89 JUŠ. Produced by 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit a.d. Prilep.
				Used by the Special Operations Regiment, Macedonian soldiers participating in KFOR and seen on parades outfitted with Macedonian camouflage.^[2]
Ballistic Vest BE-02 Military				Some variations used in training, some variations used by regular troops and police. Produced by 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit ad Prilep.
Mile Dragić vest				Possibly another Standard-issue vest of the Macedonian army, unknown usage other than its usage by Macedonian troops in Afghanistan. Unknown if it is imported from Serbia or locally produced.
Type III and Type IIIA ballistic vests				Standard-issue vest of the North Macedonian army. Variant with AK mag pouches and Macedonian camouflage, Unknown if it is imported from Turkey or if it is locally produced.
				Used by the Special Operations Regiment and Macedonian soldiers participating in KFOR, Produced Domestically by ATS Ballistics.

Small arms

Name	Type	Origin	Notes
Pistols
HS2000^[3]			9×19mm
			9×19mm
			9×19mmStandard issued pistol of the army.
			9×19mm
Submachine guns
			9×19mm
Assault rifles
			7.62×39mmStandard issued rifle of the army.^[4]
			7.62×39mm^[5]
			5.56×45mm
			7.62×39mm
			5.56×45mm
			7.62×51mm
Semi-automatic rifles
			7.62×39mm Used by the Ceremonial Guard Battalion.^[6]
Sniper rifles
			7.62×54mm
			7.92×57mm
			12.7×108mm
	Sniper rifle		12.7×108mm
			12.7×57mm
Machine guns
			12.7×108mm
			7.62×54mm
			7.62×54mm
			7.62×51mm
			7.62×51mm
			5.56×45mm
			12.7×108mm
			12.7×99mm
Shotguns
Benelli Nova	Shotgun		12 gauge
Protecta	Shotgun		12 gauge
Grenade launchers
			30mm
			40mm
			40mm
			40mm
Anti-tank
			64mm
		^[7]	90mm
			115mm
		^[8]	120mm
120mm

Military vehicles

Vehicle	Photo	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Main battle tanks
T-72A				23^[9]	North Macedonia donated 8 tanks to Ukraine to help in the war effort on 29 July 2022.^[10] North Macedonia had previously bought 31 T72 tanks from Ukraine in 2001
Armoured fighting vehicles
				10^[11]
				~60	Some modified with diesel engine.
				12
				10
TM-170 "Hermelin"				~100	Modernized by Eurokompozit.
				10
				30	In reserve.
				0 (54 on order)	The sale of 54 Stryker vehicles was approved by the United States in 2021 for a total cost of $210,000,000 ($30,000,000 of which was donated). The package includes M2A1 .50 calibre machine guns, M6 smoke grenade launchers and associated spares, Harris radios, common remote operated weapons station (CROWS), Defense Advanced GPS Receiver, and other parts and components.Variants: M1126 infantry carrier vehicles (ICV) M1130 command vehicles (CV) M1129 mortar carrier vehicles (MCV)^[12]
Light military vehicles
				32 (96 on order)^[13]	These vehicles are expected to join Light Infantry Battalion Group (LIBG) in Shtip. The army has the option to buy a total of 96 vehicles.^[14] The first batch of 6 JLTVs was delivered in 06/2022, the second batch of 12 JLTVs was delivered in 07/2022, and the third one of 14 JLTVs was delivered in 08/2022, marking the amount of JLTVs in use to 32.^[15]
				2	Turkish variant of Land Rover Defender made by Otokar.
				2	Donation from Turkey. Used by military police.
				~150	Variants: Armoured Semi Armored Communications Тransport
Husky VMMD			Mine-resistant ambush-protected	2^[16]
Logistics and utility vehicles
				36	Donated by the United Kingdom
				~30
				~50
				~150
Military trucks
				~30^[17]	In reserve.
				~30	In reserve.
Iveco				44
DAF				126
				~10
				40	Donated by the United Kingdom.
				~10
				~150	In reserve.
Boats
Botica Class Patrol Boat			Patrol boat	2 ^[18]	Based on Lake Ohrid.^[19]

Artillery

Artillery	Photo	Origin	Type	In service
Artillery
M-105mm BORAN				0 (18 on order- with the potential of 36 more^[20])
				12
				12
				100+
				36
				50+
Mortars
				100+
				100+
				100+

Air Force

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Helicopters
Mil Mi-24		attack		12
Mil Mi-17		transport/utility		6^[21]
		trainer/utility		4
AW149		transport/utility		0 (4 on order)	Ordered in 2024^[22]
AW169		transport/utility		0 (4 on order)	Ordered in 2024^[23]
Trainer aircraft
Zlin 143		basic trainer		1
Zlin 242		basic trainer		5

Air defense

System	Photo	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Surface-to-air missiles
				Unknown number will be delivered in 2025.
				30+
				8
			Surface-to-air missile	10+
Anti aircraft guns
Zastava M55 20 mm				30+
				30+	In reserve.

Retired equipment

• Sukhoi Su-25 x4 – retired, in 2023 all Su-25 were donated to Ukraine
• T-72 x8 – donated to Ukraine
• T-34/85 x4 – retired, turned into museum pieces
• BRDM-2 x10 – retired
• T-55A x93 – retired
• BTR-60P x31 – retired

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vojska . .
2. Web site: Република Северна Македонија . Претседател на . Претседател на Република Северна Македонија . WATCВО ЖИВО – Централна свеченост по повод Денот на Армијата . youtube.com . Претседател на Република Северна Македонија . mk . video . Aug 18, 2022.
3. HS Produkt . . 337/338 . 20 . 28 March 2011. hr . 11 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121007080752/http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/3373382011h/HV_337_338%20hrv%20web.pdf . 7 October 2012.
4. Macedonia's Weaponry: A New Nation Re-Arms and Fights. Rob. Krott. Small Arms Review. 7. 1. October 2003. March 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330233215/https://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=2122. March 30, 2019. live.
5. Book: Jones . Richard D. . Ness . Leland S. . 2009 . Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 . 35th . Coulsdon . Jane's Information Group . 978-0-7106-2869-5.
6. Primerjalna analiza gardnih enot oboroženih sil Slovenije, Hrvaške, Srbije, BiH, Kosova, Črne Gore in Makedonije, Fakulteta za družbene vede, Ljubljana
7. Web site: 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit . https://web.archive.org/web/20180927055248/http://www.eurokompozit.mk/product/en/rocket-launchers . 27 September 2018 .
8. Web site: 11 Oktomvri Eurokompozit . https://web.archive.org/web/20180927055248/http://www.eurokompozit.mk/product/en/rocket-launchers . 27 September 2018 .
9. Web site: David.B . 2014-11-23 . T-72 . 2023-07-25 . Tank Encyclopedia . en-US.
10. Web site: N.Macedonia donates tanks to Ukraine as it modernises own military . Euro News . 30 July 2022.
11. Web site: Army of the Republic of Macedonia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130803193924/http://www.arm.mil.mk/index.html . 3 August 2013 . ARM.
12. News: US approves sale of Stryker vehicles to North Macedonia . Army Technology . 17 March 2021 . Ganta . Himaja .
13. Web site: Thomas . 2024-03-11 . North Macedonia orders additional JLTVs armored vehicles from United States Defense News March 2024 Global Security army industry Defense Security global news industry army year 2024 Archive News year . 2024-03-11 . Army Recognition . en-gb.
14. Web site: JLTV delivery . August 2022 .
15. Web site: 2 June 2023 . Пристигна воен конвој со новите лесни оклопни возила JLTV наменети за македонската Армија . mod.gov.mk.
16. Web site: Božinovski . Igor . 2023-04-05 . Severna Makedonija ubrzava modernizaciju armije, planira da do 2032. godine potroši 900 miliona evra . 2023-04-06 . Tango Six . sr-RS.
17. Web site: Armored Fighting Vehicles . www.vojska.net.
18. Jane's Fighting Ships
19. Web site: Macedonia Botica 304 . 2024-07-07 . www.shipspotting.com . en.
20. Web site: 2023-01-15 . Makedonya'dan BORAN Obüsü Siparişi SavunmaSanayiST . 2023-01-15 . tr.
21. Web site: Embraer . In association with . 2023 World Air Forces directory . 2022-12-03 . Flight Global . en.
22. Web site: North Macedonia signs almost €250m contract for Leonardo military helicopters .
23. Web site: North Macedonia signs almost €250m contract for Leonardo military helicopters .