The following is a list of active equipment of the Somali Armed Forces. Retired equipment is listed at the bottom.
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| Pistols | |||||||||||
| Makarov PM | 9×18mm | Semi-automatic pistol | |||||||||
| Submachine guns | |||||||||||
| Uzi | 9×19mm | Submachine gun | |||||||||
| Rifles | |||||||||||
| AKM[1] | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | |||||||||
| AK-74 | 5.45×39mm | Assault rifle | Used by National Intelligence and Security Agency special forces Gaashaan and Waran.[2] and Danab commandos.[3] | ||||||||
| AK-74M | 5.45×39mm | Assault rifle | Used by NISA special forces Gaashaan and Waran.[4] and Danab commandos.[5] | ||||||||
| Vz. 58[6] | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | |||||||||
| PM md. 63 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | |||||||||
| AK-63[7] | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | |||||||||
| Zastava M70 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | |||||||||
| Type 56[8] | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | |||||||||
| MPT-76 | 7.62×51mm | Battle rifle | 450 delivered.[9] | ||||||||
| M16[10] | 5.56×45mm | Assault rifle | |||||||||
| M4A1 | 5.56×45mm | Carbine Assault rifle | Used by Special Forces. | ||||||||
| Heckler & Koch G3 | 7.62×51mm | Battle rifle | Used by the Danab Brigade and the "Gorgor" Brigade, also used by Camp TURKSOM NCOs and officer cadets.[11] [12] | ||||||||
| Type 56 | 7.62×39mm | Semi-automatic rifle | Used for ceremonial purposes by the Presidential Guard. | ||||||||
| Sniper rifles | |||||||||||
| SVD[13] | Designated marksman rifle Sniper rifle | ||||||||||
| Machine guns | |||||||||||
| RP-46 | 7.62×54mmR | Light machine gun | |||||||||
| SG-43 | 7.62×54mmR | Medium machine gun | |||||||||
| Browning M1919 | Medium machine gun | ||||||||||
| KPV | 14.5×114mm | Heavy machine gun | |||||||||
| DShK[14] | 12.7×108mm | Heavy machine gun | |||||||||
| RPD | Squad automatic weapon | ||||||||||
| RPK | 7.62×39mm | Squad automatic weapon | |||||||||
| PKM | General-purpose machine gun | ||||||||||
| Zastava M84[15] | 7.62×54mmR | General-purpose machine gun | |||||||||
| Rocket propelled grenade launchers | |||||||||||
| RPG-2 | 40mm | Rocket-propelled grenade | |||||||||
| RPG-7 | 40mm | Rocket-propelled grenade | |||||||||
| Grenade launchers | |||||||||||
| AGS-17 | Grenade launcher | Soviet Union | |||||||||
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| Casspir | MRAP | 9[16] | ||||||||||
| BMC Kirpi | MRAP | 24[17] | ||||||||||
| BMC Kirpi II | MRAP | N/A[18] | ||||||||||
| Streit Tornado | MRAP/APC | N/A | Seen in military convoy.[19] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT105 Saxon[20] | Armored personnel carrier | 50 | Donated second hand by Djibouti April 2013. | |||||||||
| Iveco VM 90[21] | Armored personnel carrier | N/A | Donated by Italy. | |||||||||
| RG-31 Nyala[22] | Infantry mobility vehicle | N/A | ||||||||||
| Streit Spartan | Armoured personnel carrier | N/A | Seen in military convoy. |
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| Toyota 4Runner | Utility vehicle | Unknown | Used in 2020.Used by Armed Forces for awareness against COVID-19.[23] [24] | |||||||||
| Toyota Land Cruiser | Utility vehicle | 10[25] | Donated by Turkey. | |||||||||
| Mitsubishi Triton | Utility vehicle | 26+[26] | Donated by Turkey. | |||||||||
| Trucks | ||||||||||||
| M939[27] | Utility truck | Unknown | ||||||||||
| BMC 245-16P 4x4 | Utility truck | 14[28] | Donated by Turkey. | |||||||||
| Iveco 4x4 | Utility truck | 3+[29] | Donated by Turkey. | |||||||||
The United Nations Support Office for Somalia has supported the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia to acquire three helicopters from Burundi.[30]
| Serçe-1 | Multi-Rotor Drone System | N/A | [31] |
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| ONUK MRTP 16 | Patrol boat | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Grand RIB | Rigid inflatable boat | Unknown |
| Helmets | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PASGT | Combat helmet | Donated from Turkey | |||
| FAST | Combat helmet | Utilised by Commando Brigade, donated from Turkey. | |||
| Camouflage Patterns | |||||
| M1 Woodland | Camouflage pattern | Bought from the U.S. in the 1980s; Standard issue across all branches. | |||
| Desert Battle Dress Uniform | Camouflage pattern | Bought from the U.S. in the 1980s. | |||
| M2008 Digital Camouflage | Camouflage pattern | Donated from Turkey. | |||
Among firearms associated with the Somali National Army and reported by Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/10 were Soviet TT pistols, British Sterling submachine guns; German Heckler & Koch G3 and Belgian FN FAL assault rifles, U.S. M14 rifles, Soviet RPD machine guns; Soviet RPK machine guns; Soviet RP-46 machine guns; French AA-52 machine guns; Belgian FN MAG machine guns; Soviet DShK heavy machine guns; U.S. M2 Browning .50 cal heavy machine guns; and U.S. M79 grenade launchers and Soviet RPG-2 grenade launchers.
Previous arms acquisitions included the following equipment, much of which was unserviceable circa June 1989:293 main battle tanks (30 Centurions; 123 M47 Patton, 30 T-34, 110 T-54/55 from various sources). Christopher F. Foss, writing in the second edition of Jane's Main Battle Tanks said that 'Kuwait was believed to have supplied Somalia with about 35 Centurions.'[32] The Military Balance 1987–88 (p. 112) listed 30 Centurions held by the Somali Army.
Other armoured fighting vehicles included 10 M41 Walker Bulldog light tanks, 30 BRDM-2 and 15 Panhard AML-90 armored cars (formerly owned by Saudi Arabia). The IISS estimated in 1989 that there were 474 armoured personnel carriers, including 64 BTR-40/BTR-50/BTR-60, 100 BTR-152 wheeled armored personnel carriers, 310 Fiat 6614 and 6616s, and that BMR-600s had been reported. SIPRI also reported BTR-70s had been sold to Somalia.[33] The IISS estimated that there were 210 towed artillery pieces (8 M-1944 100 mm, 100 M-56 105 mm, 84 M-1938 122 mm, and 18 M198 155 mm towed howitzers). Other equipment reported by the IISS included 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, 100 Milan and BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles, rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, and a variety of Soviet air defence guns of 20 mm, 23 mm, 37 mm, 40 mm, 57 mm, and 100 mm calibre. SIPRI also reported that 9K32 Strela-2 air defence missiles had been transferred.
In addition, U.S. M151 trucks had been sold to Somalia by December 1987.[34]
IISS Military Balance 2022 lists only armoured personnel carriers and utility vehicles.
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| BRDM-2 | Amphibious armored scout car | Unknown | Status:In_retired | ||||||||
| ZU-23-2[35] | Autocannon | Unknown | Status:In_retired |
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| Rocket artillery | |||||||||||
| BM-21 Grad | Multiple rocket launcher | Unknown | Status:In_retired | ||||||||
