This is a list of equipment used by the Qatar Armed Forces.
Name | Origin | Type | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Tanks | ||||||
Altay | Main battle tank | 0 | 100 on order.[1] | |||
Leopard 2A7+ | Main battle tank | 62[2] | Option for up to 200 in total. Dimdex 2018 Qatari Arms Manufacturers revealed a local assembly of the leopard 2A7+[3] [4] | |||
AMX-30 | Main battle tank | 30-44[5] | To be replaced by Leopard 2. | |||
Armoured vehicles (tracked) | ||||||
AMX-10P | Infantry fighting vehicle | 40 | Status unknown. | |||
AMX-VCI | Infantry fighting vehicle | 30 | Status unknown. | |||
Armoured vehicles (wheeled) | ||||||
VAB | 4×4/6×6 armoured personnel carrier 81 mm mortar carrier Anti-tank weapons carrier | 158 4 24 | VCAC-HOT APC equipped with MBDA HOT anti tank missile launcher.[6] | |||
V150 Commando | 4×4 armoured personnel carrier | 8 | ||||
Thyssen Henschel UR-416 | 4×4 armoured personnel carrier | 20 | ||||
Mowag Piranha MK-II | 8×8 fire support vehicle | 36[7] | Equipped with CCTS-90 mm turret. | |||
AMX-10 RC | 6X6 fire support vehicle | 12 | Equipped with 105 mm turret. | |||
EE-9 Cascavel | 6×6 fire support vehicle | 32 | Equipped with 90 mm turret. | |||
Dingo HD | 4X4 armoured personnel carrier | 125 | Version of the ATF dingo 2 | |||
Ejder Yalçhin | 4×4 armoured personnel carrier Mine-resistant armoured protection | 342[8] | ||||
BMC Amazon | 4×4 armoured personnel carrier Mine-resistant armoured protection | 15[9] | ||||
Light armoured vehicles | ||||||
Yörük[10] | 4x4 light tactical armored vehicle | 214 | Yörük is a Tactical Wheeled Armored Vehicle (TTZA) developed by Nurol with a V-shaped monocoque body and a unique chassis. The vehicle's low weight and mine and ballistic protection make it superior in operations, as well as offering its users high survivability in today's most aggressive and asymmetrical threats. It offers a range of capabilities to combat units, from weapon systems carrier to reconnaissance missions, designed for optimum performance and multi-mission readiness.[11] | |||
Humvee M1115A2 | 4×4 light tactical vehicle | 20[12] | ||||
Renault Sherpa 2 | 4×4 light tactical vehicle Scout car | 27[13] | ||||
Renault Sherpa | 4×4 light tactical vehicle Scout car | 5 | ||||
Fennek | 4×4 light armoured reconnaissance vehicle | 0 | 32 on order | |||
Panhard VBL | 4×4 scout car | 16 | ||||
Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha | 4×4 light tactical vehicle | [14] | Used by Counter-Terrorism Battalion | |||
Armoured recovery vehicles | ||||||
AMX-30D | Armoured recovery vehicle | 24 | Based on AMX-30 | |||
Mowag Piranha | 8×8 armoured recovery vehicle | 4 | Based on Mowag Piranha | |||
Utility vehicles | ||||||
Land Rover Defender | 4×4 utility vehicle | |||||
Mercedes Benz Unimog U-4000\U-5000 | 4×4 military truck | |||||
Iveco Stralis | 4×4 military truck | |||||
Mercedes-Benz Arocs | 8×8 military truck | |||||
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Mortars | |||||||||||
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1[15] | 120 mm heavy mortar | 200 | |||||||||
L16 81 mm | 81 mm mortar | 30 | |||||||||
Brandt | 120 mm heavy mortar | 15 | |||||||||
Self-propelled howitzers | |||||||||||
AMX F3 155 mm[16] | Self-propelled howitzer | 22 | |||||||||
Panzerhaubitze 2000 155 mm | Self-propelled howitzer | 24 | |||||||||
Towed howitzers | |||||||||||
G5 155 mm | / | Towed howitzer | 12 | G5 155 mm towed howitzer[17] [18] | |||||||
Rocket artillery | |||||||||||
BM-21 Grad 122 mm | Multiple rocket launcher | 3 | |||||||||
Astros II MLRS[19] | Multiple rocket launcher | 6 | 127mm SS-30 or 180mm SS-40 | ||||||||
M142 HIMARS | Multiple rocket launcher | 7 | In December 2012, Qatar notified the United States of a possible Foreign Military Sale of 7 M142 HIMARS systems, as well as 60 M57 MGM-140 ATACMS Block 1A T2K unitary rockets and 30 M31A1 Guided Multiple LaunchRocket System (GMLRS) unitary rockets. The deal would cost an estimated $406 million.[20] | ||||||||
Ballistic missiles | |||||||||||
SY-400 | Short-range ballistic missile | UnknownCould be (12-18) | With BP-12A SRBM[21] |
Name | Origin | Type | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Anti-aircraft guns | ||||||
KORKUT | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 0 | 15 in total were ordered.[24] | |||
Anti-aircraft missiles | ||||||
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense | Long-range surface-to-air missile | 12 | In 2014 Qatar ordered 12 THAAD launchers, 150 THAAD missiles, 2 THAAD fire control and communications units, 2 AN/TPY-2 THAAD radars, and 1 early warning radar.[25] | |||
Patriot PAC-3 | Medium to long-range surface-to-air missile | 11 | In 2012 Qatar requested 11 Patriot PAC-3 launchers and 246 PATRIOT MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missiles.[26] | |||
NASAMS 2[27] | Medium-range surface-to-air missile | 40 | 40 launchers with 10000 missiles (including AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel high-resolution X-band 3D radars, MSP 500 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems and Fire Distribution Centres.) | |||
Rapier | Short-range surface-to-air missile | 18 | 18 launchers with 250 missiles and 6 Blindfire radars. | |||
Roland | Short-range surface-to-air missile | 9 | In 1986 Qatar ordered 3 self-propelled Roland 2 systems on the AMX-30R chassis and 6 shelter-mounted systems with 200 missiles. Deliveries were completed in 1989.[28] | |||
Blowpipe | Man-portable air-defense system | 6 | 6 launchers with 50 missiles | |||
Mistral | Man-portable air-defense system | 24 | 24 launchers with 500 missiles | |||
Stinger | Man-portable air-defense system | 12 | 12 launchers with 60 missiles |