This is a list of equipment in service with the former Biafran Armed Forces.

A considerable number of Czechoslovak weapons were reportedly purchased in 1967, though Czechoslovakia officially denied a sale of weapons to the Biafran Armed Forces.

Small arms Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes Submachine guns CZ-23 and CZ-25 7.62×25mm Tokarev Submachine gun 300 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. CZ-247 Submachine gun Lanchester Mk I 9×19mm Parabellum Submachine gun Some used by mercenaries Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes Rifles Dane guns Rifle Locally made muskets. In service with militias Lee-Enfield No.4 .303 British Bolt-action rifle From ex-Nigerian Army stocks. 120 to 150 rifles in January 1967 Beretta BM 59 7.62×51mm NATO Battle rifle Captured from Nigerian Army. Vz. 24 rifle 7.92×57mm Mauser Bolt-action rifle 1,860 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. Vz. 52 rifle 7.62×45mm Semi-automatic rifle 820 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. Vz. 58 rifle 7.62×39mm Assault rifle 732 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. MAS-36 rifle 7.5×54mm French Bolt-action rifle 300 from Haiti as a gift in 1968. Gabon, Ivory Coast are also named as suppliers. L1A1 SLR 7.62×51mm NATO Semi-automatic rifle 930 delivered by Parker-Hale in 1967; FN FAL 7.62×51mm NATO Battle rifle Some units captured from the Nigerian Army. CETME rifle Battle rifle Captured from the Nigerian Army. 98-type Mausers 7.62×51mm NATO Bolt-action rifle Type 56 assault rifle 7.62×39mm Assault rifle In service with militias Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes Machine guns Vz. 26 machine gun Machine gun 55 units of vz. 26, 30, 52 and 59 machine guns bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. Vz. 30 machine gun Machine gun Vz. 52 machine gun Machine gun Vz. 59 machine gun Machine gun Vz. 37 heavy machine gun Machine gun 20 bought at the beginning of 1967, though Czechoslovakia denied direct purchase. MG 34 7.92×57mm Mauser General-purpose machine gun Bren .303 British General-purpose machine gun From ex-Nigerian Army stocks. ~12 guns in January 1967.

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