This is a list of equipment in service with the former Biafran Armed Forces.
A considerable number of Czechoslovakian weapons were reportedly purchased in 1967, though Czechoslovakia officially denied a sale of weapons to the Biafran Armed Forces.
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| Submachine guns | |||||||||||
| CZ-23 and CZ-25 | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Submachine gun | 300 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | ||||||||
| CZ-247 | Submachine gun | ||||||||||
| Lanchester Mk I | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | Some used by mercenaries | ||||||||
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| Dane guns | Rifle | Locally made muskets. In service with militias | |||||||||
| Lee-Enfield No.4 | .303 British | Bolt-action rifle | From ex-Nigerian Army stocks. 120 to 150 rifles in January 1967 | ||||||||
| Beretta BM 59 | 7.62×51mm NATO | Battle rifle | Captured from Nigerian Army. | ||||||||
| Vz. 24 rifle | 7.92×57mm Mauser | Bolt-action rifle | 1,860 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | ||||||||
| Vz. 52 rifle | 7.62×45mm | Semi-automatic rifle | 820 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | ||||||||
| Vz. 58 rifle | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | 732 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | ||||||||
| MAS 36 | 7.5×54mm French | Bolt-action rifle | 300 from Haiti as a gift in 1968. Gabon, Ivory Coast are also named as suppliers. | ||||||||
| L1A1 SLR | 7.62×51mm NATO | Semi-automatic rifle | 930 delivered by Parker-Hale in 1967; | ||||||||
| FN FAL | 7.62×51mm NATO | Battle rifle | Some units captured from the Nigerian Army. | ||||||||
| CETME rifle | Battle rifle | Captured from the Nigerian Army.[1] | |||||||||
| 98-type Mausers | 7.62×51mm NATO | Bolt-action rifle | [2] | ||||||||
| Type 56 assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | In service with militias | ||||||||
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| Vz. 26 machine gun | Machine gun | 55 units of vz. 26, 30, 52 and 59 machine guns bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | |||||||||
| Vz. 30 machine gun | Machine gun | ||||||||||
| Vz. 52 machine gun | Machine gun | ||||||||||
| Vz. 59 machine gun | Machine gun | ||||||||||
| Vz. 37 heavy machine gun | Machine gun | 20 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. | |||||||||
| MG 34 | 7.92×57mm Mauser | General-purpose machine gun | |||||||||
| Bren | .303 British | General-purpose machine gun | From ex-Nigerian Army stocks. ~12 guns in January 1967. | ||||||||