Modern equipment of the Bulgarian land forces
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This is a list of some of the equipment currently in use by the Bulgarian land forces.
Contents
Overview
A highly detailed description of the total military technology of the entire military including the land forces, air force, and navy, along with the active, reserve, and stored surplus equipment can be downloaded as a word document here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/heyrxhrnpqx06mz/Bulgarian+Military.docx, or as a pdf file here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ba571l7jiid2tf8/Bulgarian+Military.pdf.
Small arms
Sidearms
Makarov PM 9×18mm handgun (local production)
SIG Pro SP 2022 9×19mm handgun (Military Police)
Arcus 98DA 9×19mm handgun (Special Forces)
Assault rifles
AK-47 7.62×39mm assault rifle (local production)
AKMS 7.62×39mm assault rifle (local production)
AR-M1 5.56×45mm assault rifle by Arsenal JSCo Standard issue infantry rifle.
AR-M4SF 7.62×39mm/5.56×45mm carbine rifle by Arsenal JSCo (Special Forces)
G36C 5.56×45mm assault rifle (Military Police)
Steyr AUG 5.56×45mm assault rifle (in limited use with the SOBT only)
Submachine guns
H&K MP5 9×19mm SMG (Special Forces, Military Police)
Arsenal Shipka 9×18mm and 9×19mm SMG
PM-63 9×18mm SMG (Special Forces)
Sniper rifles
Dragunov 7.62×54mmR sniper rifle (local production)
H&K PSG-1A1 7.62×51mm sniper rifle (Military Police)
H&K MSG-90A1 7.62×51mm sniper rifle (Special Forces)
Blaser R93 Tactical sniper rifle (Special Forces, SOBT)
Barrett M82 12.7×99mm sniper rifle (SOBT)
Machine guns
RPK 7.62×39mm and 5.45×39mm LMG (Special forces)
PK machine gun 7.62×54mmR universal machine gun (local production)
MG-M1 7.62×51mm universal machine gun (PK machine gun derivative by Arsenal JSCo)
NSV 12.7×108mm heavy machine gun
AT weapons
RPG-22 LAW (local production)
RPG-7 LAW (local production)
ATGL-L5 LAW (mod. RPG-7 by Arsenal JSCo)
SPG-9DNM 73mm recoilless rifles (local production)
Mortars
60 mm M6-211
81 mm M8
200 82 mm M82[1]
200 120 mm 2S12 Sani[1]
120 mm 2S12 "Tundzha-Sani" self-propelled on MT-LB
Other small arms
18mm FN 303 less-lethal launcher (Military Police)
GP-25 Kastyor underbarrel grenade launcher (local production)
UBGL-M6 underbarrel grenade launcher by Arsenal JSCo
UBGL-M7 underbarrel grenade launcher by Arsenal JSCo
AGL-30 30×25mm grenade launchers, AGS-17 derivate by Arsenal JSCo
40×53mm Mk 19 grenade launchers
Anti-tank guided missiles
AT-2 Swatter ATGMs
AT-3 Sagger ATGMs (200)
AT-4 Spigot ATGMs (222)
AT-5 Spandrel ATGMs (300+)
AT-6 Spiral ATGMs (500+)
AT-7 Saxhorn ATGMs (50+)
AT-10 Stabber ATGMs
Man-portable air defense systems
SA-7 Grail MANPADS
SA-14 Gremlin MANPADS
SA-16 Gimlet MANPADS
SA-18 Grouse MANPADS
Armoured vehicles
File:Bulgarian Special forces team in a mock raid at Saber Junction 2012.jpg
Bulgarian Special forces team in a mock raid.
Name | Origin | Type | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Armoured fighting vehicles | ||||||
T-72M2 | ![]() |
Main battle tank | 160 [1] | Indigenous tank design, based on the Russian T-72M1.[2] 150-250 in reserve[1] | ||
BMP-23/30 | ![]() |
Infantry fighting vehicle | 100[1] (114 built) | 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 MANPADS | ||
BMP-1P | ![]() |
Infantry fighting vehicle | 75[1] (100 delivered) | Soviet tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle with a 73-mm smoothbore gun | ||
BTR-60PB | ![]() |
Armoured personnel carrier | 100[1] (~100 in storage) | ~30 are modernized to the BTR-60PB-MD1 standards | ||
MT-LB / MT-LBu | ![]() ![]() |
Armoured personnel carrier | 100[1] (~600 in storage) | Light multi-purpose vehicle; mostly used as an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) | ||
BRDM-2 | ![]() |
Scout car | 12[1] | Armoured scout car | ||
9P148 "Konkurs" | ![]() |
Anti-tank vehicle | 24 | Anti-tank vehicle based around the BRDM-2 with five AT-5 Spandrel missiles | ||
Plasan Sand Cat | ![]() |
Patrol vehicle | 25[3] | 4x4 armoured patrol vehicle used by the Military Police service | ||
M1117 | ![]() |
Patrol vehicle | 17[1] | 4x4 multi-purpose armoured patrol vehicle; 6 deployed in Afghanistan | ||
HMMWV | ![]() |
Multi-purpose vehicle | 50[1] | Deployed in Afghanistan | ||
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | ![]() |
Armoured jeep | 600[1] | 4x4 armoured G 280 CDi[ and non-armoured G 270 CDi jeep; partially armed with locally produced PKM machine guns |
Artillery and air defense
Name | Origin | Type | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Artillery and air defense | ||||||
MT-12 | ![]() |
Anti-tank gun | 200 | 100-mm anti-tank gun, now used mostly as conventional HE artillery | ||
D-20 | ![]() |
Howitzer | 150 | 152-mm towed howitzer; principal heavy artillery piece of the Bulgarian Army | ||
2S1 Gvozdika | ![]() |
Self-propelled howitzer | 150[1] | 122-mm self-propelled howitzer; produced locally as Karamfil; ~500 in storage | ||
BM-21 | ![]() |
Multiple rocket launcher | ~100[1] | 122-mm multiple-launch rocket system | ||
SS-21 Scarab-A | ![]() |
Tactical ballistic missile | 8 | The only remaining ballistic missile system from the now-disbanded Rocket Forces; 8 TELs and 16 missiles with a 70 km range are in service | ||
ZU-23-2 | ![]() |
AA gun | 128 | Most ZU-23-2s in Bulgarian service are mounted on ZIL 131 trucks | ||
S-60 | ![]() |
AA gun | 16 | Heavier 57 mm AA gun | ||
SA-7 | ![]() |
Man-portable SAM system | ~100[1] | |||
SA-8 Gecko | ![]() |
SAM system | 24[1] | Highly mobile short-range SAM system with 15 km range | ||
SA-13 Gopher | ![]() |
SAM system | 20 | Short-range battlefield SAM system with 5 km range |
New equipment
Mercedes-Benz Zetros (335).[4]
Recently retired equipment
PT-76 amphibious tanks (250)
T-62 tanks (200, sold to Ethiopia, Yemen and Angola)
T-55 tanks
T-34 tanks (177, some sold to Mali and other African countries; 42 kept in storage near the village of Ohrid, Montana Province; some are used as anti-tank weapons targets; the rest of the tanks were scrapped)
BRDM-1
BTR-152
BTR-40
2S3 Akatsiya (some 20)
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 ATGMs
BM-13 Multiple rocket launchers
See also
References
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