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List of modern equipment of the Bulgarian Land Forces

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This article is about weapons and equipment. For detailed information on history and deployment, see Bulgarian Land Forces.

This is a list of the equipment currently in use by the Bulgarian Land Forces.

Small arms

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Sidearms

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
Sig Sauer SP2022  United States Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum Production in the United States. Used by Bulgarian Military Police and the Joint Special Operations Command .To become new standard issue pistol (possibly alongside another pistol) and replace the Makarov[citation needed]
Arcus 98DA  Belgium
 Bulgaria 		Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum
Makarov  Bulgaria Handgun 9×18mm Local production and standard issue to Army. The Army said that they plan on replacing the Makarov pistol. Copy pistols were produced from 1960. Arsenal 10 produced them between 1970 and 2007. Can be recognised through "((10))" arsenal markings, straight hammer serrations, slim star grip shells.[1]

Assault rifles

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
AR-M1  Bulgaria Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Standard issue infantry rifle of the Bulgarian Army. All to be modernized by 2025. Designated ''AK-47PT1''.[2][3]
Heckler & Koch G36  Germany Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Standard assault rifle of military police.[citation needed]
Steyr AUG  Austria Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Special forces only. In limited use with the 101st Alpine Regiment.[citation needed]
AR-M4SF  Bulgaria Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×39mm 		Carbine rifle made by Arsenal Jsco and used by the Joint Special Operations Command and the Bulgarian Military Police. Produced locally.[citation needed]
AKM  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Modernized variants in use by the Joint Special Operations Command (formerly known as the 68th Special Forces Brigade). Produced locally.[1][4]

Submachine guns

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
Arsenal Shipka  Bulgaria Submachine gun 9×18mm Makarov
9×19mm Parabellum		 Limited usage with the military.[citation needed]
Heckler & Koch MP5  Germany Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum Used by Bulgarian Special Forces and Military Police.[citation needed]

Shotguns

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
Benelli M4 Super 90  Italy Shotgun 12 Gauge Used By the Joint Special Operations Command.[citation needed]

Sniper rifles

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
Barrett M82  United States Anti-materiel rifle .50 BMG Used by the Joint Special Operations Command.[citation needed]
Blaser R93 Tactical  Germany Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Used by the Joint Special Operations Command.[citation needed]
Heckler & Koch MSG90A1  Germany Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Standard of the Bulgarian Land Forces alongside the Dragunov.[citation needed]
Zastava M91  Yugoslavia Sniper rifle 7.62×54mmR Used In the Land Forces alongside the Dragunov SVD.
Heckler & Koch PSG1  Germany Semi-automatic sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO PSG-1A1 variates and used by Military Police of Bulgarian Land Forces.[citation needed]
SVD  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Semi-automatic sniper rifle, designated marksman rifle 7.62×54mmR Produced locally.[1]
Ritter & Stark SLX  Austria Sniper rifle .338 Lapua Magnum Used by the Bulgarian Military Police.[5]

Machine guns

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
NSV  Bulgaria Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm Standard issue heavy machine gun of the Bulgarian Army and produced by Arsenal.[6]
M240  United States General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO Used by the Bulgarian Special Forces.[7]
PK  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR Used by Special forces and Regular units, Produced locally. PK/PKM copies were produced as the MG-1 & MG-1M.[1][8]
RPK  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Light machine gun
Squad automatic weapon		 7.62×39mm M43 Produced locally by Arsenal as the LMG in three different calibers, 7.62×39mm, 5.45×39mm and 5.56×45mm NATO. A folding stock variant is known as the LMG-F.[1][9][10][11]
M2 Browning  United States Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm Used on the M1117 and to be used on the Stryker vehicles.[citation needed]

Anti-tank weapons

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
RPG-22  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Light anti-tank weapon High-explosive anti-tank with penetration of 400 mm versus RHA Produced locally at VMZ Sopot.[12]
SPG-9  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Recoilless gun
Anti-tank gun		 73 mm (2.87 in) smoothbore[13] Produced locally as SPG-9DNM.[citation needed]
RPG-7  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Rocket-propelled grenade launcher 40 mm Produced locally by Arsenal Corporation as ATGL-L.[14]

Mortars

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
M6-211 Mortar  Bulgaria Light mortar 60mm Produced locally.[citation needed]
M8 Mortar  Bulgaria Medium mortar 81mm Produced locally.[citation needed]
M82  Soviet Union Medium mortar 82mm [15]
2S12 Sani  Soviet Union Heavy mortar 120mm [15]

Other small arms

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
Mk 19 grenade launcher  United States Automatic grenade launcher 40 mm grenade Used on the M1117.[citation needed]
AGS-30  Russia
 Bulgaria		 Automatic grenade launcher 30mm grenade 30×25mm grenade launchers, AGS-17 derivate by Arsenal JSCo.[citation needed]
FN 303  United States Semi-automatic less-lethal riot gun 17.3 mm (0.68 in) In use with the Land Forces and the Military Police.[16]
UBGL-M7  Bulgaria Grenade launcher 40mm caseless grenade Underbarrel grenade launcher by Arsenal JSCo.[citation needed]
UBGL-M6  Bulgaria Grenade launcher 40mm caseless grenade Underbarrel grenade launcher by Arsenal JSCo.[citation needed]
GP-25  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Grenade launcher 40mm caseless grenade Produced locally by Arsenal AD as the UBGL[17] and the UBGL-1.[18]

Anti-tank guided missiles

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
FGM-148 Javelin  United States Fire-and-forget Anti-tank guided missile 127 mm 107 Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Units [LWCLU] and 218 Javelin FGM-148F missiles on order plus 420 Javelin for the Strykers.[19]
Spike NLOS Mk.5  Israel Ultra-long range Anti-tank guided missile 170mm Unspecified amount purchased and used by the Joint Special Operations Command. The Missile has a range of 32 km.[citation needed]
9M117 Bastion  Soviet Union Laser beam riding anti-tank missile 100 mm projectile
9K115 Metis  Soviet Union Anti-tank missile High-explosive anti-tank shaped charge
9K114 Shturm  Soviet Union Anti-tank missile High-explosive anti-tank shaped charge
9M113 Konkurs  Soviet Union Anti-tank missile 9N131 high-explosive anti-tank
9K111 Fagot  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Anti-tank missile High-explosive anti-tank warhead Produced locally.[citation needed]
9M14 Malyutka  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Anti-tank missile High-explosive anti-tank Produced locally and in reserve.[citation needed]

Man-portable air defense systems

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
9K38 Igla  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Man-portable air-defense system 1.17 kg (2.6 lb) with 390 g (14 oz) explosive Produced locally.[citation needed]
9K34 Strela-3  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Man-portable air-defense system 1.15 kg directed-energy blast fragmentation warhead (Strela-2M), 370 g HE content Produced locally and in reserve.[citation needed]
9K32 Strela-2  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Man portable surface-to-air missile launcher 1.15 kg directed-energy blast fragmentation warhead (Strela-2M), 370 g HE content Produced locally and in reserve.[citation needed]

Tanks

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Model Image Origin Variant In service Details
Tanks
T-72  Soviet Union T-72M
T-72M1
T-72M2 		90[20] Possibly 250+ in-store.[21] In 2023, the Bulgarian Armed Forces received the first battalion of 44 T-72M/M1s modified by the state companies TEREM and Elbit. A Second Battalion of 44 vehicles to be modernized[22][23] Some T-72M1s were purchased by Czechia and delivered to Ukraine.[24]

Armoured and utility vehicles

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Name Origin Type Variant In service Photo Notes
Armoured fighting vehicles
BMP-23/30  Bulgaria
 Soviet Union 		Infantry fighting vehicle BMP-23
BMP-23D
BRM-23
BMP-30 		70[25] Locally designed infantry fighting vehicle with a 23-mm automatic cannon, 9K111 Fagot anti-tank guided missile launchers with a total of six missiles and an SA-7 Grail man-portable air-defense systems.[citation needed]
Stryker  United States Armoured fighting vehicle XM1296
M1126
M1132
M1130
M1133
M1135 		0/183
Bulgaria has ordered 183 Stryker and Dragoon armored vehicles. They will be additionally armored, equipped with Mk44 Bushmaster II gun, anti-tank missiles such as FGM-148 Javelin and communication systems.Bulgaria has ordered 90 XM1296s, 17 M1126s, 9 M1132s, 33 M1130s, 24 M1133s and 10 M1135s. To be delivered in 2025.[26][27]
BMP-1  Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle BMP1P 90[28] Soviet tracked infantry fighting vehicle with a 73-mm smoothbore gun.[citation needed]
BTR-60  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria 		Armoured personnel carrier BTR60PB 20[29] Modernised to the BTR-60PB-MD1 standards. Possibly 500 in store. Produced locally. 100 were delivered to Ukraine.[24]
MT-LB / MT-LBu  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria 		Armoured personnel carrier MT-LB 100[30] Possibly 600 in store. Light multi-purpose vehicle; mostly used as an armoured personnel carrier. Produced locally.[citation needed]
BRDM-2  Soviet Union Scout car BRDM-2 12[15] Armoured scout car. 200 in reserve.[citation needed]
9P148 "Konkurs"  Soviet Union Anti-tank vehicle 24[31] Anti-tank vehicle based around the BRDM-2 with five AT-5 Spandrel missiles.[citation needed]
IAG Guardian  United Arab Emirates
 Bulgaria 		MRAP Guardian Xtreme 4x4 45[32] The armoured tactical vehicles are made by the SAMARM JV between Bulgarian manufacturer Samel 90 and UAE-based International Armored Group.[citation needed]
Toyota Land Cruiser 79  United Arab Emirates
 Bulgaria
 Japan 		Armored Pickup truck, Combat Ambulance, Light Recon Vehicle, 44 Manufactured by International Armored Group. In use with the Joint Special Operations Command. Armed with a PKM machine gun.[citation needed]
Mercedes-Benz G-Class  Austria
 West Germany 		Armoured jeep 600[15] A contract has been signed with Germany for additional 300 4x4 armoured G 280 CDi and non-armoured G 270 CDi jeep; partially armed with locally produced PKM machine guns.[citation needed]
UAZ-469  Soviet Union Patrol vehicle 700 Off-road military light utility vehicle.[citation needed]
Plasan SandCat  Israel Patrol vehicle 27[33] 4x4 armoured patrol vehicle used by the Military Police service.[citation needed]
M1117  United States Patrol vehicle 17[15] 4x4 multi-purpose armoured patrol vehicle.[citation needed]
Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck  United States 8x8 Tactical Truck M1120A4 LHS
M984A5 Wrecker
M978A4 Fuel Servicing truck 		0/15 Bulgaria ordered 3 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) Light Equipment Transports; 3 M1120A4 HEMTT Load Handling Systems; 3 M984A4 Wrecker HEMTTs and 6 M978A4 HEMTT Fuel Servicing Trucks with the Stryker vehicles. To be delivered in 2025.[citation needed]
Mercedes-Benz Zetros  Germany Off-road truck for extreme operations 335[15] As of 2012, it operates 335 trucks with 30 more on order.[citation needed]
Engineering and Maintenance vehicles
MT-LB  Soviet Union Armoured engineering vehicle N/A [34]
Armoured recovery vehicle
T-54/T-55  Soviet Union Armoured recovery vehicle N/A [34]
MTP-1
BLG67 Vehicle launched bridge [34]
Tactical Bridge Layer

Artillery and air defense

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Name Origin Type In service Photo Notes
Artillery
SS-21 Scarab-A  Soviet Union Tactical ballistic missile N/A The only remaining ballistic missile system from the now-disbanded Rocket Forces; 8 TELs and a classified quantity of missiles are in service.[citation needed]
BM-21  Soviet Union Multiple rocket launcher 24[15] 122-mm multiple-launch rocket system. Over 200 in reserve. Some BM-21s were purchased by Czechia and delivered to Ukraine.[24]
2S1 Gvozdika  Soviet Union Self-propelled howitzer 48[15] 122-mm self-propelled howitzer (possibly 500 in store) Some 2S1s were purchased by Czechia and delivered to Ukraine.[24]
D-20  Soviet Union Howitzer 24[35] 152-mm towed howitzer; principal heavy artillery piece of the Bulgarian Army. Some D-20s were purchased by Czechia and delivered to Ukraine.[24]
D-44  Soviet Union Field gun 150[36] 85-mm field gun. All of them are in reserve.[citation needed]
Air defense
SA-8 Gecko  Soviet Union Surface-to-air missile system 24[15] Highly mobile short-range surface-to-air missile system with 15 km range.[34]
SA-13 Gopher  Soviet Union Surface-to-air missile system N/A Short-range battlefield surface-to-air missile system with 5 km range.[34]
ZU-23-4  Soviet Union Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun N/A 23mm SPAAG.In reserve.[34]
ZU-23-2  Soviet Union AA gun N/A Most ZU-23-2s in Bulgarian service are mounted on ZIL-131 trucks.[34]

Unmanned aerial vehicles

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Name Origin Type Details
Aerosonde Mk4.7  United States Surveillance/Reconnaissance UAV The Aerosonde Mk 4.7 was developed for aerial reconnaissance, surveillance, obtaining information on ground and moving targets. The system can also be used as a means of conducting reconnaissance of artillery targets.[37]
AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven The RQ-11 Raven is a small hand-launched remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle.The Bulgarian Land Forces operate the RQ-11 since 2015.[38]
AQUILA  Greece VTOL Surveillance/Reconnaissance UAV 12 Drones acquired through tactical reconnaissance UAV program.[39][40]
Scytalys Surveillance/Reconnaissance UAV

Potential/future acquisitions

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Name Origin Type Quantity Image Details
New 5.56×45mm NATO rifles for the Joint Special Operations Command Unknown Assault rifle Unknown
HK416(Picture is illustrative)
 To replace current Special Forces rifles.[41][42]
New 5.56×45mm NATO Light machine guns for the Joint Special Operations Command Unknown Light machine gun Unknown
M249 (Picture Is Illustrative)
 To replace current special forces LMGs.[43][42]
New 7.62×51mm NATO General-purpose machine guns for the Joint Special Operations Command Unknown General-purpose machine guns Unknown
M240 (Picture is illustrative)
 To replace current special forces GPMGs.[44][42]
New 9×19mm pistols Unknown Handgun Unknown
Heckler & Koch VP9 (Picture is illustrative
 There is a project to buy a new handgun which would replace the Makarov as the standard-issue pistol of the Bulgarian Land Forces.[45][46]
New Designated marksman rifles for the Land Forces Unknown Designated marksman rifle Unknown
Heckler & Koch G28(Picture is illustrative)
 The land forces have initiated a procurement order to buy DMRs to replace the SVD.[45]
Reconnaissance Drones  Israel Tactical reconnaissance UAV 2 yet to be delivered
Picture is illustrative
 Bulgaria's Ministry of Defence invited 24 companies in the country and abroad to bid to supply 14 tactical reconnaissance drones for military use.

The first lot involves the supply of 12 mini drone systems, and the second lot involves delivery of 2 small UAVs. In the end, a Greek company based in Athens was ranked first for the delivery of the 12 mini drone systems. A company from Israel has been selected to supply 2 small UAVs.[47]

New Artillery Systems Yet to be decided. 155 mm Self propelled howitzer 24-36
Picture is illustrative
 The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence plans to acquire new 155 mm artillery systems.Some of the requirements are for the artillery to be wheeled for mobility and to have an armored hull. The favorites for this project are CAESAR by Nexter Systems and ATMOS 2000 by Elbit Systems.[48][49]
NASAMS(or other system which can utilize the AIM-9X Sidewinder).  Norway
 United States or

other.

Surface-to-air missile systems able to utilize AIM-9X Sidewinder Unknown
Picture is illustrative
 The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence plans to acquire Surface-to-air missile systems which can utilize the AIM-9X Sidewinders which are going to be used by the Bulgarian Air Force's F-16 Block 70s.[50]
IRIS-T SLM/SLX Medium Range Surface-to-air missiles  Germany Medium & Long-range SAM 6 SLM and 1 SLX systems
IRIS-T SLM
 New Medium to Long Range Surface to Air Missiles are in the priority range of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence's Modernization program until 2032.[51]

The IRIS-T SLM is the likely choice as Bulgaria joined the European Sky Shield Initiative.[52]

On August 2, 2024 the Bulgarian cabinet sent a request to the parliament to obtain one IRIS-T SLM system for 182 114 000 euros.[53][54]

New 3D radars  Israel
 United States
 Spain
 France
 Italy 		Early warning

radar

5 stationary and 2 mobile
Picture of the Israeli proposal-The ELM-2084.
 The companies that are participating in the competition are Israeli company Elta Systems, US company Lockheed Martin, Spanish company Indra Sistemas, French company Thales Group and Italian company Leonardo S.p.A.. The radars will be used by the Bulgarian Air Force.[55]
New Coastal Anti-ship missiles  Sweden Coastal Anti-ship missiles Unknown
RBS 15 Anti-ship Missile
 Bulgaria is buying RBS 15 Mk.3 missiles for around 50 million BGN. The RBS 15 Mk.3 will be used by the Bulgarian Navy.[56]
M142 HIMARS(or equal system)  United States

Or other

Multiple Launch Rocket System Unknown
M142 HIMARS
The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence and The Chief of Defence are interested in acquiring the HIMARS or an equal system for the Bulgarian Land Forces.[57]
New Attack Helicopters Yet to be decided. Attack helicopter Unknown
AH-64 Apache (Picture is illustrative)
 New attack helicopters are a part of the military modernization program until 2032. They most likely will replace the aging Mil Mi-24s of the Bulgarian Air Force.[58]

Retired equipment

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  • PT-76 amphibious tanks (250)
  • T-62 tanks (250, sold to Ethiopia, Yemen and Angola)
  • TV-62
  • PTS
  • T-55AM2 tanks (1,400 kept in storage in the province of Montana)[citation needed]
  • T-34 tanks (177, some sold to Mali and other African countries; 42 kept in storage near the village of Ohrid, Bulgaria; some are used as anti-tank weapons targets; the rest of the tanks were scrapped)
  • BRDM-1
  • BTR-152
  • BTR-40
  • BTR-50PU
  • SS-23 (8 launchers + 24 missiles, destroyed)
  • FROG-7 (24 launchers + dozens of missiles, destroyed)
  • Scud-B (36 launchers + dozens of missiles, destroyed)
  • AT-1 Snapper anti-tank guided missiles
  • BM-13 multiple rocket launchers

See also

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  • [1] or [2] The download link(s) to details of Bulgaria's military equipment, including the reserve as of 2013. Note: some of the reserve items are not listed on this page, such as the 430 T55's in reserve status.
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