List of equipment of the Ethiopian Army
Appearance
This is a list of equipment used by the Ethiopian Ground Forces.
Small arms
[edit]Anti-tank weapons
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Caliber | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
B-10[8] | Recoilless rifle | Soviet Union | 82mm | ||
B-11[9] | Recoilless rifle | Soviet Union | 107mm | ||
9M14 Malyutka[10] | Anti-tank weapon | Soviet Union | |||
9K111 Fagot[11] | Anti-tank weapon | Soviet Union | |||
9M133 Kornet[10] | Anti-tank weapon | Russia | |||
BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank weapon | United States |
Vehicles
[edit]Tanks
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T-72 | Main battle tank | Soviet Union Ukraine |
215[11] | 50 T-72s (bought from Yemen), 143 T-72UA1, 73 T-72B1. | ||
T-55 | Medium tank | Soviet Union | 461+[11] | |||
T-62 | Medium tank | Soviet Union | ||||
Chonma-ho | Main battle tank | North Korea |
Reconnaissance
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ze'ev | Armored car | Israel Ethiopia |
75[11] |
Infantry fighting vehicles
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BMP-1 | Infantry fighting vehicle | Soviet Union | 20[11] |
Scout cars
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BRDM-1 | Amphibious armored scout car | Soviet Union | 100[11] | |||
BRDM-2 | Amphibious armored scout car | Soviet Union |
Armoured personnel carriers
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BTR-152 | Armoured personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 100[12] | |||
BTR-60 | Armoured personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 80[11] | |||
WZ-551 | Armoured personnel carrier | China | 20[11] | |||
ZSD-89 | Armoured personnel carrier | China | 10[11] | |||
M59 | Armoured personnel carrier | United States | 120 | |||
Gaia Thunder | Armoured personnel carrier | Israel | 75[11] | |||
Calidus MCAV-20 | Armoured personnel carrier | UAE | 100+[13] |
Engineering vehicles
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VT-55A | Armoured recovery vehicle | Soviet Union Czechoslovakia |
Unknown | |||
BTS-5B | Armoured recovery vehicle | Ukraine | 4[11] | |||
Bosena-5 | Mine clearing vehicle | Slovakia | Unknown[11] |
Utility vehicles
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UAZ-469 | Utility vehicle | Soviet Union | Unknown | |||
M151[14] | Utility vehicle | United States | Unknown | |||
Humvee | Light utility vehicle | United States | Unknown | Sold under the United States Foreign Military Sales.[15] | ||
Toyota Land Cruiser | Utility vehicle | Japan | Unknown | |||
Trucks | ||||||
GAZ-63 | Utility truck | Soviet Union | Unknown | |||
Ural-375 | Utility truck | Soviet Union | Unknown | |||
Ural-4320 | Utility truck | Soviet Union | Unknown | |||
KamAZ-6350 | Utility truck | Russia | Unknown | |||
Dodge M37 | Utility truck | United States | Unknown | |||
M54[14] | Utility truck | United States | Unknown | |||
M809[14] | Utility truck | United States | Unknown |
Artillery
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
2S1 Gvozdika | Self-propelled artillery | Soviet Union | Unknown[11] | |||
2S19 Msta-S | Self-propelled artillery | Soviet Union | 10[11] | |||
PLZ-45 | Self-propelled artillery | China | 18[11] | |||
SH-15 | Self-propelled artillery | China | 32[16][17] | |||
Rocket artillery | ||||||
BM-21 Grad | Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union | 50[11] | |||
Type 63 | Multiple rocket launcher | China | 25 | |||
PHL-03 | Multiple rocket launcher | China | 4[18] | |||
Mortars | ||||||
BM-37 | Mortar | Soviet Union | Unknown[11] | |||
M1 | Mortar | United States | Unknown[11] | |||
M29 | Mortar | United States | Unknown[11] | |||
M2 4.2 | Mortar | United States | Unknown[19] | |||
Field artillery | ||||||
D-44 | Field gun | Soviet Union | Unknown[11] | |||
M-46 | Field gun | Soviet Union | 114 | |||
D-20 | Field gun | Soviet Union | 20 | |||
M-30 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 464[11] | |||
D-30 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | ||||
M101 | Howitzer | United States | Unknown |
Air defense
[edit]Man-portable air-defense systems
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9K32 Strela-2 | Man-portable air-defense system | Soviet Union | [11] | |||
9K38 Igla | Man-portable air-defense system | Soviet Union | [10] |
Towed anti-aircraft guns
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZPU-4 | Anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | Unknown | |||
ZU-23-2 | Autocannon | Soviet Union | Unknown[11] | |||
61-K | Autocannon | Soviet Union | Unknown[11] | |||
S-60 | Autocannon | Soviet Union | Unknown[11] |
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZSU-23-4 Shilka | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | 60[19] |
Surface-to-air missile systems
[edit]Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S-75 Dvina | Surface-to-air missile | Soviet Union | 4[20] | |||
S-125 Neva | Surface-to-air missile | Soviet Union | 4[11] | |||
Pantsir-S1 | Surface-to-air missile | Russia | 6[21] | |||
HQ-64 | Surface-to-air missile | China | 1[22] |
Aircraft
[edit]Name | Type | Quantity | Origins | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
DCH-6 Twin Otter | Transport Aircraft | 2[23] | Canada | |
Bell 205 | Utility helicopter | 8[23] | United States | |
Qods Mohajer-6 | Unmanned aerial vehicle | Unknown[24] | Iran |
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- ^ a b "ZSU-23-4". Jane's Information Group. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ^ The Military Balance 2022, p.470
- ^ Military Balance 2022, p.470
- ^ "Trade Registers". SIPRI Arms Transfers Database. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ a b "World Air Forces 2021". FlightGlobal. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Oryx. "Iranian Mohajer-6 Drones Spotted In Ethiopia". Oryx Blog. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved 2021-10-20.