List of equipment of the Sudanese Armed Forces

The following is a list of equipment of the Sudanese army from creation to present day.

Small arms +Infantry weaponsNameOriginTypeCaliberNotes Helwan Egypt Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum Egyptian copy of Berreta 1951 Heckler & Koch P9S Germany Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum CZ 75CzechoslovakiaPistol9×19mm ParabellumLocally produced as the Marra Browning Hi-Power Belgium Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum Sterling United Kingdom Submachine gun 9×19 Parabellum Heckler & Koch MP5 Germany Submachine gun 9×19 Parabellum Beretta M12 Italy Submachine gun 9×19 Parabellum Uzi Israel Submachine gun 9×19 Parabellum SKS Soviet Union Semi-automatic rifle 7.62×39mm AK-47 Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm AKM Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm SAR 308 Turkey Assault rifle 7.62×39mm M16United StatesAssault rifle5.56×45mmVarious Heckler & Koch G3 Germany Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO RP-46 Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×54mmR RPD Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×39mm RPK Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×39mm Type 80 China General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR Chinese copy of the PK machine gun, locally produced as the Mokthar. Heckler & Koch HK21 Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO M60 United States General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO MG3 Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO SG-43 Goryunov Soviet Union Medium machine gun 7.62×54mmR SGM variant used. W85 China Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm Locally produced as the Khawad. QLZ-87 China Automatic grenade launcher 35×32mmSR Some are assembled locally. RPG-7 Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade 40 mm M40 United States Recoilless rifle 76 mm M40A1 variant used. 9K11 Malyutka Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 125 mm HJ-8 China Anti-tank guided missile 120 mm 100 supplied by China in 2011, and 350 in 2011. 9M133 Kornet Russia Anti-tank guided missile 152 mm 9K32 Strela-2 Soviet Union Man-portable air defense system 72 mm Strela-2M variant used. FN-6 China Man-portable air defense system 72 mm

Armoured vehicles +Armoured vehiclesNameImageOriginIn serviceNotesMain battle tanks Digna MBT Sudan ~400 Modernized version of the Soviet T-55 tanks assembled locally by Military Industry Corporation Al-Zubair 2 Sudan50-100Sudanese tanks based on the Chinese Type 59 tank with upgrade Al-Bashir MBT 100Sudanese Tank based on the Chinese Type 96 tank with an upgraded armor and cannon and a new engine T-72 230Al-Zubeir 1 MBT / Type 72ZSudan / Iran50Sudanese local Tank based on the Iranian Type 72z with several adaptation and upgradeType 96 tankChina40M60 tankUnited States20Light Tanks Type-62 70Type-6345Armoured Fighting Vehicles BRDM-2 / Sudan200 Caiman 70Infantry Fighting Vehicles BMP-1 200 BMP-2 100 BTR-3 50 BTR-80A / Sudan70 WZ-523 / 150 Armoured Personnel Carriers BTR-50 30 M113 50 OT-62 TOPAS 70 BTR-70 150 BTR-152 10 Cadillac Gage Commando 20 OT-64 70+ Rakhsh 100+ Walid 80 WZ-551 / Sudan200+ WZ-523 100+ Technical (vehicle)SudanThousandsFath SafirIran / SudanThousandsLicence version of the Iranian jeep, assembled locally under the name « Karaba » Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles STREIT Group Spartan 50 Calidus MCAV-20N/A Infantry Mobility VehiclesMohafiz 5100+Inducted recently. NIMR Ajban 440A 70+ Sarsar-2 200+ HumveeUnited States500Oshkosh M-ATVUnited States300 Towed Artillery 105 mm M101 270+ 122 mm M-30 400+ 122 mm D-30 / Sudan300 122 mm D-74 100 130 mm M-46 50 155 mm M114 30 Self-Propelled Artillery 122 mm 2S1 Gvozdika 70 Mk F3 155 mm 30 Multiple Rocket Launchers 107 mm Type-63 / Sudan500+ 122 mm BM-21 'Grad' / Sudan120 122 mm Sakr 50 122 mm Type-81 70 302 mm WS-1B 30 400mm WS-2 (MRL)ChinaTowed Anti-Aircraft Guns14.5 mm ZPU4000+ 20 mm M167 VADS16 23 mm ZU-23-2 740 37 mm M1939 (61-K) 100 37 mm Type-65 70 57 mm AZP S-60 200 85 mm M1944 (КS-1) 150 Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns 20 mm M163 Vulcan 80 20 mm M3 VDAA 20 Self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems 9K33 Osa 30

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