This is a list of weapons and equipment used by the Latvian Land Forces. For naval equipment and ships, see Latvian Naval Forces; for the list of aircraft, see Latvian Air Force. The Latvian National Guard equipment and vehicles are listed in the respective article.

Latvia uses military equipment compatible with the NATO standards.

Personal equipment The equipment of the Latvian Land Forces troops includes:

LatPat, Multi-LatPat and WoodLatPat (Latvian digital camouflage uniform). Norwegian BEAR-II load bearing armor system Kevlar helmets Night vision devices Gas masks (14 000 ordered from UK in 2019). Avon FM50 gas masks acquired in 2022.

Infantry weapons Model Image Origin Variant Type Caliber Details Pistols Glock Glock 17Glock 19Glock 21Glock 26 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum Standard issue pistol.Heckler & Koch P2HK P2A1Flare gun26.5mmComplementary order in 2024 Submachine guns Heckler & Koch UMP UMP9 Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum Standard issue submachine gun. Heckler & Koch MP5 MP5A3 Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum Special Forces Heckler & Koch MP7 MP7A2 Personal defense weapon HK 4.6×30mm ShotgunsRemington 870 MCS Pump action shotgun 12 gauge Winchester 1300 Pump action shotgun 12 gauge Is going to be replaced. Mossberg 500 Pump action shotgun 12 gauge It is planned to be replaced. Assault rifles Heckler & Koch G36 G36VG36KVG36KV3 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Standard issue assault rifle. Complementary order in 2024.M16 M16A1 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Used by Honour Guard, as ceremonial rifle. Precision rifles Heckler & Koch HK417 HK417A2 Designated marksman rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Accuracy International Arctic Warfare AW Bolt action sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO AW variant used to be the standard issue sniper rifle. Accuracy International AXMC AXMC Bolt action sniper rifle 8.6×70mm Accuracy International AX50 AX50 ELR Anti materiel sniper rifle 12.7×99mm NATO PGM Hécate II Anti materiel sniper rifle 12.7×99mm NATO Standard issue heavy sniper rifle. Barrett M107 M107A1 Anti materiel sniper rifle 12.7×99mm NATO Machine guns FN Minimi Minimi Para Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO Standard issue light machine gun. FN MAGKulspruta 58 FN MAGKulspruta 58 B General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO M2 Browning M2HB-QCB Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO Protocol service weapons M14 Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Used by Honour Guard, as ceremonial rifle.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02z1HX9zEXu1JvuWgxvPb8FX2x8fx6r7apAa9duwNj5bkunbw7Gw1a4ahN8Jsu2inhl&id=100064486820256 Lee-Enfield No.4 MkI* Bolt action rifle .303 British 120 rifles were donated by Canada. Used by Honour Guard, as ceremonial rifle. Grenade launchers Heckler & Koch AG36 Under-barrel grenade launcher 40×46mm LV Milkor MGL Metallic RBG-6 Automatic grenade launcher 40×46mm LV Produced initially without license by Metallic d.o.o. Heckler & Koch GMG Automatic grenade launcher 40×53mm HV Complementary order in 2024 Man-portable anti-tank systems AT4 Recoilless gun 84 mm Light weight, one-shot, disposable. Carl Gustav recoilless rifle M2M4 Recoilless rifle 84 mm Re-loadable, fires a variety of ammunition. M2 variant used by the National Guard. 800 Carl Gustaf M2 were donated by Norway. Improved M4 variant on order. SPIKE SRLR ILR IIER II Anti-tank guided missile Modern tripod-mounted launcher, programmable attack, fire-and-forget. Fires several missile types, varying in weight and size as they fly from shorter to longer ranges. Mines DM 22 Directional anti-tank mine C-5 anti-tank mines Anti-tank mine

Military vehicles Name Image Origin Type Variants Quantity Notes Armoured fighting vehicles ASCOD 2 Infantry fighting vehicle ASCOD 2 Hunter 0 (84 on order) In 2024, Latvian Ministry of Defense made a decision to acquire ASCOD 2 to replace the CVR(T). In January 2025, Latvia signed €373 million contract for 42 vehicles. In June 2025, another 42 vehicles were ordered. The first batch was delivered in October 2026. CVR(T) Armoured reconnaissance vehicle ScimitarSultanSpartanSamsonSamaritan Less than about 184 (205 in 2020) 198 modernized vehicles in service, plus 7 used for training. Some are equipped with Spike anti-tank missiles. Some donated to Ukraine. 9 donated to Ukraine in 2024. 12 donated to Ukraine in 2025 (maybe the 9 from 2024 are included in these 12 in 2025). More vehicles donated to Ukraine in 2026. Armoured vehicles Patria 6×6 Armoured personnel carrier Patria 6×6 ~100 (total ~256 on order) Over 200 vehicles on order, to be delivered 2021–2029. The first 4 vehicles received on 29 October 2021. The vehicles are partially produced in Latvia since 2021. In November 2024, 56 additional command vehicles were ordered. Humvee Armoured car M1043A2M1113 3012 Ten vehicles donated by the United States in 2005. Possibly 28 more purchased later. Some equipped with HK GMG, M2 Browning and Spike anti-tank guided missile. Mercedes-Benz G-Class Armored car (special forces) 290GD 50 Second hand from Norway Amphibious vehicles Bv 206 Tracked articulated vehicle (amphibious) Bv 206ABv 206F 100+ Donated by Sweden in 2002 and 2003. Light vehicles VR-1-FOX Fast attack vehicle 1 (30+ on order) Latvian Armed Forces tested 1 VR FOX prototype and in November 2024 Latvian Ministry of Defense made a decision to acquire more than 30 VR FOX vehicles Polaris RZR Fast attack vehicle MRZR-2MRZR-4MV850 62Option for up to 130 vehicles. Can-Am Outlander All-terrain vehicle Outlander MAX 650XT 582 Logistics (large order for new logistics vehicles in 2023) Mercedes-Benz Unimog Truck U1300U5000 120Unimog 416's donated by Denmark in May 2004. Scania Truck P93NM154 1848 134 P93 trucks and 8 NM154 recovery vehicles donated by Norway in 2013. 50 more trucks purchased in 2014. Engineering equipment M3 Amphibious Rig Amphibious bridge layer 4 4 delivered, 2 to be delivered 2026. Minelayer truck Ordered from Dynamit Nobel Defence in October 2025, to be used to lay AT2+ anti-tank mines (€ 50 million). First delivery in December 2025. Utility vehicles Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV 240GD300GDN +6612 300+ 240GD bought initially from Norway in 2004. Land Rover Defender SUV D110 2 D110 variant used by military police. Received before 2004. Subaru Forester SUV 23 23 vehicles used by military police Nissan Navara SUV ~55 Peugeot 308  Car ~50 Ford Transit Custom Light commercial vehicle ~35

Indirect fire Model Image OriginType Caliber Quantity Details Mortars GrW 86 Heavy mortar 120 mm Multiple units purchased from Austria in 2017. m/41D Heavy mortar 120 mm 20~ M120 mortar Heavy mortar 120 mm 25 Self-propelled artillery MORANA Self-propelled howitzer 155 mm L/52 0 (18 on order) In September 2026, Latvian government decided to acquire MORANA produced by Excalibur Army (instead of the initial decision to acquire Swedish Archer). M109A5Ö Self-propelled howitzer 155 mm L/39 47 35 howitzers, 10 command and control vehicles and 2 driver training vehicles purchased from Austria in 2017.Additional 18 howitzers received in 2021. 6 howizers were donated to Ukraine. M109 Rechenstellenpanzer M109 Command and artillery computing station– 10 M109 driver training Driver training vehicle– 2 Rocket artillery MLRS 227 mm 0 (6 on order) In October 2022, Latvian Ministry of Defense announced the acquisition of 6 systems. The contract was signed in December 2023. Included were 12 M30A2 GMLRS AW Pods; 12 M31A2 GMLRS-U HE Pods; 10 M57 ATACMS Pods; and RRPR (practise rocket) Pods.

Unmanned aerial vehicles Model Image Origin Variant Type Role UAV Factory Penguin C Penguin C Fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance Long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles. AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma RQ-20A Fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance 3 systems, each having 3 unmanned aerial vehicles.

Anti-ship weapons + Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes Naval Strike Missile Anti-ship/land-attack missile Contract signed in 2023 and the system is planned to be operational in 2027. The missiles will be used as a coastal defence system.

Air defence Model Image Origin Variant Type Details Short-range air-defence PPZR Piorun Man-portable air-defense system Undisclosed number of missiles ordered in 2022.Complementary order in 2026. RBS-70 RBS-70 Mk 1, Mk 2, NG Man-portable air-defense system Frankenburg Mark 1 Mark 1 Small range air defence missile system Test batch from Frankenburg Technologies Medium-range air defence IRIS-T IRIS-T SLM Medium range air defence missile system In May 2023, Estonia and Latvia made a decision to jointly procure medium-range IRIS-T SLM. The contract was signed in November 2023 and the systems are planned to be operational in 2026. Radars and surveillance systems AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel AN/MPQ-64F1 3D air search radar 4 AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel radars (mobile radars). AN/TPS-77 AN/TPS-77TPS-77 MRR 3D air search radar 3 AN/TPS-77 (stationary radar stations), 3 TPS-77 MRR (mobile radar). Used for the Baltic Air Surveillance Network. Hensoldt TRML 4D Air surveillance and target acquisition radar Radar for the IRIS-T SML air defence system Saab Giraffe Giraffe 1X Short range Acoustic drone detection system

Retired/obsolete equipment

1918–1940 During the Latvian War of Independence, the armed formations of the Republic of Latvia (which were united into the Latvian Army in July 1919) used a wide range of surplus weapons acquired from Russian, German and other stocks. Substantial support was offered by British, French and other forces. The main infantry rifle after the war was the Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14).

1991–present In the 1990s, the Latvian Army and National Guard troops were equipped with leftover Soviet, Romanian and Czechoslovak weapons like the AKM, AK-74, SKS rifles and TT and Makarov pistols, alongside early procurements of CZ 82 pistols from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In the late 1990s, a gradual switch to the Swedish-made Automatkarbin 4 began, but AK-pattern rifles remained. Today Ak4 rifles are mostly kept in storage. In 1995, the Czechs donated 20 120mm mortars (possibly the 120-PM-43 mortar) and 24 100 mm vz. 53 field guns. According to Military Balance 2025, the 100 mm vz. 53 guns are still in storage in Latvia. Around 2002, the armed forces also reportedly had M60 machine guns in stock.

Retired/obsolete vehicles include:

2 BRDM-2 armored cars (donated by Poland by 1992, mostly used by the Suži Airborne Reconnaissance Battalion of the Land Forces, later used as target practice); 5 T-55AM2 Mérida tanks (donated by Poland in 1999). Three remaining tanks, still used for training purposes as of 2024, were reported to have come from the Czech Republic in 2000, not Poland; ~12 Terrängbil m/42 KP APCs (donated around 1994 by Sweden to the Baltic states, retired by the late 1990s or early 2000s; at least one transferred to the State Border Guard); 17+ Volkswagen Iltis utility vehicles (received from Germany), CUCV Chevrolet M1008 and M1009 (from Denmark) and Dodge variants (from the United States) – received before 2004, most retired at least since 2019; Volvo Viking L385 and L4855 trucks (donated by Sweden in the 1990s, retired at least since 2019); 178D15 and Iveco-Magirus 90M6FL trucks (donated by Denmark in late 1994–late 90s); GAZ-53 and GAZ SAZ-3507 trucks; Willys M38A1 (donated by Denmark to the Baltic states in late 1994) and UAZ-469 jeeps; Volvo TGB 211A and TGB 131.

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