This is a list of equipment used by the Ethiopian Ground Forces.
Small arms
Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes Pistols PMJones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). . 9×18mm Semi-automatic pistol Standard issue pistol CZ 52 7.62×25mm Semi-automatic pistol Submachine guns MAB 38 9×19mm SMG PPS-43 7.62×25mm SMG Uzi 9×19mm SMG Shotguns Schermuly Multi-Purpose Gun 37mm Riot gun Manufactured locally by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex Rifles ET-97/1 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Manufactured locally by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex ET-97/2 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Manufactured locally by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex KL-133 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Manufactured locally by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex Vz. 58 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Type 56 7.62×39mm Assault rifle GAFAT-1 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Manufactured locally by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex IWI Tavor 5.56×45mm BullpupAssault rifle CAR 816 5.56×45mm Carbine Used by the Ethiopian Republican Guard M14 7.62×51mm Battle rifle Beretta BM 59 7.62×51mm Battle rifle Heckler & Koch G3 7.62×51mm Battle rifle FN Model 1949 7.62×51mm Battle rifle Vz. 52 7.62×45mm Semi-automatic rifle SKS 7.62×39mm Semi-automatic rifle Machine guns Browning M1918FN Mle 30 .30-06 Springfield7.65×53mm LMG RP-46 7.62×54mmR LMG RPD 7.62×39mm LMG RPK 7.62×39mm LMG PKM 7.62×54mmR GPMG Manufactured locally by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex KPV 14.5×114mm HMG DShK 12.7×108mm HMG M2 Browning .50 BMG HMG Sniper rifles PSL 7.62×54mmR DMRSniper rifle Grenade launchers M79 40×46mm Grenade launcher QLZ-87 35×32mm Automatic grenade launcher
Anti-tank weapons Anti-tank guided missiles Name Image Type Origin 9M14 Malyutka Anti-tank weapon 9K111 Fagot Anti-tank weapon 9M133 Kornet Anti-tank weapon BGM-71 TOW Anti-tank weapon
Recoilless rifles Name Image Type Origin Caliber B-10* Recoilless rifle 82mm B-11 Recoilless rifle 107mm
Rocket propelled grenade launchers Name Image Type Origin Caliber Notes RPG-7 RPG 40mm Manufactured locally by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex
Vehicles Tanks Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes T-72 MBT 250 50 T-72B (bought from Yemen), 171 T-72UA1 T-54/T-55 MBT 1,190200 T-54A 940 T-55A 20 T-55MB 30 Tiran-5 T-62 MBT 120
Reconnaissance Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes Cadillac V-150 Armored car 12 Ze'ev Armored car 70
Infantry fighting vehicles Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes BMP-1 IFV 337
Scout cars Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes BRDM-1 Amphibious armored scout car 309 BRDM-2 Amphibious armored scout car 1,180
Armored personnel carriers Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes BTR-60 APC 560 Type 92 APC 420 WZ-523 APC 270 ZSD-89 APC 10 ACMAT Bastion APC 12 Gaia Thunder IMV 400+ Calidus MCAV-20 IMV 400+
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes KamAZ-53949 Typhoon-K MRAP 238
Engineering vehicles Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes VT-55A ARV Unknown BTS-5B ARV 64 Bozena-5 Mine clearing vehicle Unknown
Armoured vehicle-launched bridges Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes MTU-12Military Balance 2022, p.435 AVLB Unknown GQL-111 AVLB Unknown
Utility vehicles Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes M151 Utility vehicle Unknown Toyota Land Cruiser Utility vehicle Unknown Trucks Ural-375 Utility truck Unknown Ural-4320 Utility truck Unknown M39 Utility truck Unknown M809 Utility truck Unknown Mercedes-Benz Actros Tractor unit Unknown
Artillery Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes Self-propelled artillery 2S1 Gvozdika Self-propelled artillery 8 2S19 Msta-S Self-propelled artillery 16 PLZ-45 Self-propelled artillery 15 Delivered in 1999 SH-15 Self-propelled artillery 10 Rocket artillery BM-21 Grad MLRS 72 Type 63 MRL 10 Manufactured modernization by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex PHL-03 MLRS 4 Mortars BM-37 Mortar Unknown M1 Mortar Unknown M19 Mortar Unknown M29 Mortar Unknown M30 Mortar Unknown Field artillery Type 56 Field gun Unknown M-46 Field gun 600 Manufactured modernization by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex M-30 Howitzer 464 2A18 D-30 Howitzer 309 Manufactured modernization by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex
Air defense Man-portable air-defense systems Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes 9K32 Strela-2 MANPADS 9K38 Igla MANPADS
Towed anti-aircraft guns Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes ZPU Anti-aircraft gun Unknown ZU-23-2 Autocannon Unknown Locally manafactured by Gafat Armament Engineering Complex 61-K Autocannon Unknown S-60 Autocannon Unknown
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes ZSU-23-4 Shilka SPAAG 60
Surface-to-air missile systems Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes S-75M3 VolkhovThe Military Balance 2022, p.470 SAM 8 1st division S-125M1 Pechora-M1 SAM 40l 1st division Pantsir-S1Military Balance 2022, p.470 SAM 6 HQ-64 SAM 1 SPYDER SAM 2
Electronic Warfare Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes Kolchuga-M Electronic warfare 8 1RL257E Krasukha-4 Electronic warfare Unknown Delivered by Russia in 2023
Radar Vehicles Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes P-18 Radar 12 ST-68U Radar 13
Historical equipment Sidearms
: Mauser C96Shant Christopheer. Infantry weapons: an encyclopedia of small arms. — M.: Omega, 2004. : ČZ vz. 27 5,000 units
Rifles
: M1867 Werndl–Holub : Mannlicher M1888 : Mannlicher M1890 : Mannlicher M1895 : Berdan rifle 30,000 unitsГ. В. Цыпкин, В. С. Ягья. История Эфиопии в новое и новейшее время. М.: «Наука», 1989. стр. 111 : Mosin-NagantTsypkin G. V. [Ethiopia in the anti-colonial wars]. Moscow: Nauka, 1988. p. 217. . : M1870 Italian Vetterli 14,000 units : Mauser Model 1871 : Gewehr 98 : Karabiner 98k : Fusil Gras mle 1874Г. В. Цыпкин, В. С. Ягья. История Эфиопии в новое и новейшее время. М.: «Наука», 1989. стр. 217 : Carcano : Martini–Henry : Lee-Metford : Lee-Enfield : Pattern 1914 Enfield : FN Model 24 and Model 30 : M1903 Springfield : M1917 Enfield : M1 Garand 20,700 units : M1 Carbine 16,417 units : ZH-29 100 units : Zastava M48 : Zastava M59/66 : Type 63
Submachine gun
: Beretta M1918 : OVP 1918 : MP 34 : MP35 : M1928A1/M1 Thompson : PPSh-41
Machine guns
: Madsen : Hotchkiss Mle 1914 : M1917 Browning : Breda M37 : ZB vz. 26 : ZB vz. 30 450 units : SIG KE7
Anti tank weapons
: M18 recoilless rifle : M20 recoilless rifle
Tanks
: 5 Fiat 3000 : 20 AH-IV : 34 M24 Chaffee : 54 M41 Walker Bulldog : 30 M47 Patton : 24 M60A1 : 56 T-34 : Chonma-ho
Tankettes
: 18 L3/35Захваченные итальянские танки под охраной абиссинских часовых // Танки. Справочник Хейгль. / ред. — сост. О. Хакер, Р. Икс, О. Меркер и Г. Цецшвиц. Часть II Государства от G до Z. Перевод с немецкого, предисловие, специальная редакция и примечания Б. Шванебаха. 2-е изд. М., Государственное военное издательство наркомата обороны СССР, 1937. стр.329
Infantry fighting vehicles
: 35 BMD-1
Armored personnel carriers
: 20 M8 Greyhound : 120 M59 : 90 M113A1 : BTR-152 : 100 BTR-40 : 37 BTR-80
Self-propelled artillery
: 12 M109 : 10 2S5 Giatsint-S
Field artillery
: Mle 1897 : 12 Pak 36 : M116 : M101 : 12 M114 : 2 OTO Melara Mod 56 : ZiS-3 : BS-3 : 50 2A29 T-12 : 20 D-20
Mortars
: M2 : M2 4.2 : ML 4.2
Multiple rocket launchers
: BMD-20
Anti-aircraft artillery
: 10 ZSU-57-2
Surface-to-air missile systems
: 2K12 KubВасилий Н. Я., Гуринович А. Л., Зенитные ракетные комплексы, стр. 231 : 9K31 Strela-1
References