This is a list of equipment of the Saudi Arabian Army currently in service.
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Details | |
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Pistols | ||||||
Handgun | Standard issue sidearm | |||||
Handgun | Special forces mostly | |||||
Assault rifles | ||||||
AK-103 | 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 | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[5] | |||
Battle rifle | Used by Airborne Units and Special Security Forces in the Saudi Arabian Army.[6] [7] | |||||
Battle rifle | Standard issue rifle of Saudi Arabian Army. Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[8] | |||||
Assault rifle | Used by Special Security Forces in the Saudi Arabian Army. | |||||
Steyr AUG | Assault rifle | Former Standard assault rifle of the Saudi Arabian Army.[9] [10] | ||||
Machine guns | ||||||
Light machine gun | Standard light machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army. | |||||
General-purpose machine gun | Standard general-purpose machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army.[11] | |||||
Squad automatic weapon | ||||||
General-purpose machine gun | ||||||
General-purpose machine gun | ||||||
Heavy machine gun | Standard heavy machine gun of the Saudi Arabian army. | |||||
Sniper rifles and designated marksman rifles | ||||||
Sniper rifle | ||||||
Anti-materiel rifle | ||||||
Sniper rifle | ||||||
Anti-material sniper rifle | ||||||
Grenade-based weapons | ||||||
Grenade launcher | 40×46mm SR | |||||
Automatic grenade launcher | 40×46mm | Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries.[12] | ||||
Automatic grenade launcher | 40×53mm | [13] | ||||
Automatic grenade launcher | 40×46mm | [14] | ||||
Norinco LG5 | Anti-materiel sniper rifle/Grenade launcher | 40×53mm | Manufactured by Norinco[15] | |||
64 mm | [16] | |||||
Rocket-propelled grenade launchers | ||||||
Rocket propelled grenade launcher | 40 mm | [17] | ||||
Rocket-propelled grenade | 90 mm | At least 5,000 sold in the nineties.[18] | ||||
Portable anti-tank weapons | ||||||
Tandem high-explosive anti-tank | Manufactured by Saudi Arabian Military Industries. | |||||
127mm | Standard infantry anti-tank weapon. 20 launchers and 150 missiles.[19] | |||||
Short-range anti-tank missile system | 150mm | In service with Saudi Arabian Army. | ||||
127mm | [20] | |||||
AT-1K Raybolt | Used in Yemen.[21] | |||||
M47 Dragon | 140 mm | |||||
APILAS | 112 mm | [22] | ||||
Mounted anti-tank weapons | ||||||
Anti-tank missile | Tandem charge high-explosive anti-tank | HOT and HOT-2 delivered in 1989 and 1997 for use on AMX-10. | ||||
Anti-tank missile | High-explosive anti-tank | Used on AH-64D and AH-6s. | ||||
Anti-tank missile | 150mm | Standard issue to Saudi Arabian Army. | ||||
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Details | |
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Self-propelled Howitzers 324 | |||||
CAESAR | 155 mm self-propelled howitzer | 100[23] | |||
AMX-30 AU-F-1 | 155mm self-propelled howitzer | 60[24] | |||
PLZ-45 | 155mm self-propelled howitzer | 54 | |||
M109 | 155mm self-propelled howitzer | 110 | |||
Towed Howitzers 309+ | |||||
M101 | 105mm towed howitzer | 100(In store) | |||
M102 | 105mm towed howitzer | ||||
GIAT LG1 | 105mm towed howitzer | 91 | |||
M198 | 155mm towed howitzer | 60 | |||
155mm towed howitzer | N/A | ||||
M114 | 155mm towed howitzer | 50 | |||
M115 | 203mm towed howitzer | 8(In store) | |||
Multiple Rocket Launchers 268 | |||||
Astros II | 180mm multiple rocket launcher | 60 | |||
220mm multiple rocket launcher | 10 | ||||
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System | 227mm multiple rocket launcher | 180 | |||
K239 Chunmoo | | 227/239 mm multiple rocketlauncher | 18[25] |
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Quantity | Details | |
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Tanks | ||||||
M1A2S | 575 | Saudi Arabia bought 373 M1A2 tanks,[26] with further 69 more M1A2S tanks ordered on 8 January 2013 and delivered by 31 July 2014.[27] Later Saudi Arabia decided to upgrade all of M1A2 variants to M1A2S configuration. 153 M1A2S on order since 9 August 2016. 20 were lost in Yemen.[28] | ||||
M60A3 | 370 | 910 M60A1 RISE (250 transferred to North Yemen). Many of these were upgraded to M60A3s during the 1990s.[29] | ||||
AMX-30SA | 140 | In reserve. | ||||
Armoured reconnaissance vehicles | ||||||
Panhard AML | AML-60AML-90 | 300 | ||||
Infantry fighting vehicles | ||||||
M2 Bradley | M2A2 | 380 | Principal infantry fighting vehicle of the Saudi Army.[30] | |||
380 | 500[31] were bought from France in 1974; most are now stored as a reserve. | |||||
VAB | VAB Mk3 | 100 | ||||
Armoured personnel carriers | ||||||
M113A1 M113A3 | 1,190 | |||||
Panhard M3 | M3 | 150 | ||||
Armoured utility vehicles/MRAPs | ||||||
Otokar Cobra | Cobra II | N/A[32] | ||||
100 | Armored medical evacuation vehicle. Saudi Arabia ordered 100+ Didgori Medevac from Georgia in 2016.[33] [34] | |||||
Al-Shibl | Al-Shibl2 | N/A | [35] A small number of Al Shibl 2 vehicles were delivered to the Yemeni army to take part in the Midi and Harad offensives. | |||
Sherpa Light | Scout | 100 | ||||
1000+ | Saudi Arabia began negotiations for an order for an undisclosed number of M-ATVs. Several dozen have been destroyed in Yemen. With many being donated to Pro-Hadi forces and subsequently getting destroyed in fighting. | |||||
Terradyne Gurkha | N/A | |||||
30 | [36] | |||||
CUCV II[37] | 200+ | |||||
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.[38] | ||||
TUWAIQ-2 | 500+ | [39] | ||||
Anti-tank vehicles | ||||||
AMX-10P | 90+ | |||||
VCC-1 ITOW | 200 | |||||
M-ATV | N/A | Equipped with Milan ATGM | ||||
Armoured recovery vehicles | ||||||
M88A1 | 122 | Armoured recovery vehicle.[40] [41] The potential sale of a further 20 was announced in August 2016.[42] | ||||
ACV ARV | 8 | |||||
AMX-10EHC | N/A | |||||
AMX-30D | 55 | |||||
Leclerc ARV | N/A | |||||
M578 | 90 | |||||
Armoured engineering vehicle | ||||||
M728 | 15 | |||||
Demining vehicles | ||||||
? | ? | [43] | ||||
MV-4 MV-10 | ? | [44] | ||||
Trucks | ||||||
? | ? | |||||
? | ? | |||||
? | ? | [45] | ||||
? | 100 | |||||
HEMTT | ? | ? | ||||
Oshkosh HET | M1070A0 M1070 | 50 | Saudi Arabia was the first export customer for the M1070 with deliveries made during 1993.[46] | |||
Tatra 810 | 810 | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[47] | |||
Tatra 815 | 815 | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[48] | |||
Tatra 158 Phoenix | 158 Phoenix | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[49] | |||
Tatra 815-7 | 815-7 | ? | Manufactured by Military Industries Corporation.[50] |
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Quantity | Details | |
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Helicopters | ||||||
AH-64D | 47 | delivered and on order.[51] | ||||
OH-58D | +40 | [52] | ||||
UH-60L | 67 | A further 24 UH-60L requested for $350m. | ||||
Boeing CH-47 Chinook | CH-47F | 48 | Ordered in December 2016.[53] | |||
Unmanned aerial vehicles | ||||||
Saqr | Saqr1 Saqr2 Saqr3 Saqr4 | +230 | [54] [55] | |||
CAIG Wing Loong | 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 | [60] | Seeker 400 | ? | [61] | ||
EMT Luna X-2000 | [62] | ? | ? | [63] [64] | ||
Selex ES Falco | ? | ? | 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.[65] | |||
? | 10 | [66] | ||||
Samoom | Samoom | ? | Intra Defense technologies, a Saudi Arabian company specialised in UAVs, optronics and electronic warfare, unveiled at the World Defense Show a brand new MALE.[67] |