Modern equipment of the French Army
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Modern equipment of the French Army is a list of equipment currently in service with the French Army. Figures are provided by the French Ministry of Defense for July 1, 2015.[1]
Infantry equipment
Pistols
Name | Origin | Type | Cartidge | Photo | Notes |
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MAC 50 | ![]() |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | ![]() |
In service since 1953. During withdrawal. |
PAMAS G1 | ![]() ![]() |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | ![]() |
Enter into operational service in 1989 in the national gendarmerie, and in 1992 the Air Force and in 1999 for the Army and Navy. 97,502 weapons in 2002.[2] |
Glock 17 | ![]() |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | ![]() |
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HK USP.SD | ![]() |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9 mm | ![]() |
Submachine Guns
Name | Origin | Type | Cartidge | Photo | Notes |
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HP MP5 A5 HP MP5 SD3 |
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Submachine gun | 9mm | ![]() |
Used by French Army's special forces. |
FN P90 | ![]() |
Submachine gun | 5.7mm | ![]() |
Used by French Army's special forces. |
Assault, battle rifles
Name | Origin | Type | Cartidge | Photo | Notes |
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Famas F1 | ![]() |
Assault rifle | 5.56mm | ![]() |
The FAMAS is the service rifle of the French military |
HK416 A5 HK416 D14.5RS HK416 F |
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Assault rifle | 5.56mm | ![]() |
Used by French Army's special forces; the HK416F will replace the FAMAS as the standard assault rifle from 2017. 102,000 weapons ordered. |
FN SCAR-L | ![]() |
Assault rifle | 5.56mm | ![]() |
Used by French Army's special forces. |
M16 A2 M203 M16 723 M203 |
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Assault rifle | 5.56mm | ![]() |
Used by French Army's special forces. |
Shotguns
Name | Origin | Type | Cartidge | Photo | Notes |
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Benelli M3T Super 90 | ![]() |
Semi-automatic shotgun | 12-Gauge | ![]() |
Used by French army's special forces. |
Mossberg 500 | ![]() |
Pump-action shotgun | 12-Gauge | ![]() |
Used by French army's special forces and units in French Guiana. |
Sniper and Anti-materiel rifles
Name | Origin | Type | Cartidge | Photo | Notes |
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FR-F2 | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
In service since 1986. |
PGM Ultima Ratio | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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HK MSG90 | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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HK 417 | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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PGM Hécate II | ![]() |
Anti-materiel rifle | 12.7 mm | ![]() |
Machine Guns
Name | Origin | Type | Cartidge | Photo | Notes |
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FN Minimi | ![]() |
Light machine gun | 5.56mm | ![]() |
10.881 ordered in 2011 |
ANF1 | ![]() |
General purpose machine gun | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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FN MAG | ![]() |
General purpose machine gun | 7.62 mm | ![]() |
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M2 Browning | ![]() |
Heavy machine gun | .50 cal | ![]() |
Portable Anti-Materiel Weapons
Name | Origin | Type | Caliber | Photo | Notes |
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AT4 CS | ![]() |
Anti-tank weapon | 84mm | ![]() |
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MILAN | ![]() ![]() |
Anti-tank guided missile | 115mm | ![]() |
528 |
FGM-148 Javelin | ![]() |
Fire-and-forget anti-tank missile | 127mm | 76 | |
ERYX | ![]() |
Anti-tank guided missile | 136mm | ![]() |
678 |
Grenade-Based Weapons
Name | Origin | Type | Caliber | Photo | Notes |
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LGI Mle F1 (Lance-grenade individuel Mle F1) | ![]() |
Grenade launcher | 51mm | ![]() |
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Heckler & Koch AG36 | ![]() |
Grenade launcher | 40mm | ![]() |
Service in limited numbers since at least 2014. 10,767 ordered in September 2016. |
M203 grenade launcher | ![]() |
Grenade launcher | 40mm | ![]() |
Equipment
- SPECTRA helmet
- FÉLIN – infantry combat system (18,552)[1]
Vehicles
Armored Vehicles
Name | Origin | Variant | Number[3] | Photo | Notes | |
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Tanks | ||||||
AMX Leclerc | ![]() |
main battle tank | 200 | |
206 in storage | |
Armoured Recce | ||||||
AMX-10 RC | ![]() |
Armoured recce | 248 | |
To be retired in the near future and will be replaced by 248 EBRC vehicles.[4] | |
ERC 90 Sagaie | ![]() |
Armoured recce | 90 | |
60 in service by 2019 | |
Armoured personnel carriers | ||||||
VBCI | ![]() |
629 | |
110 of the vehicles are the armoured command variant.[5] | ||
VAB | ![]() |
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2,661 | ![]() |
To be retired in late 2020 and to be replaced by 2,080 VBMR vehicles.[4] Vehicle numbers include some: 100 VAB MILAN, 175 VAB ERYX, 25 VAB Reco,[6] 30 VCAC Mephisto and 89 VOA.[1] | |
VHM VHM Armoured[7][8] |
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Armoured personnel carrier | 53 | |
Order split between Bv206S[9] and BvS10 | |
VBL | ![]() |
Armoured car | 1,466 | |
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PVP | ![]() |
Armoured car | 1,181[10] | ![]() |
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Armoured recovery | ||||||
Leclerc DCL | ![]() |
Armoured recovery vehicle | 18 | ![]() |
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AMX-30D | ![]() |
Armoured recovery vehicle | 30 | ![]() |
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Engineering
Name | Origin | Variant | Number[11] | Photo | Notes | |
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Armoured engineering vehicles | ||||||
Nexter Aravis | ![]() |
Mine-resistant ambush protected | 14 | ![]() |
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Buffalo | ![]() |
Mine-resistant ambush protected | 4 | |
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Engin Blindé du Génie | ![]() |
Armoured engineering vehicle | 40 | ![]() |
Used with 14 SDPMAC (Mine Clearance Explosives) Systems. | |
unarmoured engineering vehicles | ||||||
EFA | ![]() |
Ferry/Mobile bridge | 30 (2013) | ![]() |
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PFM | ![]() |
Mobile bridge | 70 (2013) | ![]() |
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SPRAT | ![]() |
Modular assault bridge | 10 | |
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Liebherr LTM 1050-3.1 | ![]() |
Mobile crane | 50 | |||
EGAME | ![]() |
Bulldozer | 35 | |
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MPG | ![]() |
Bulldozer | ? | |
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Caterpillar D6 | ![]() |
Bulldozer | 40 | ![]() |
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EGRAP | ![]() |
Backhoe loader | 92 | ![]() |
Unarmored Vehicles
Name | Origin | Variant | Number[12] | Photo | Notes | |
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Unarmoured Vehicles | ||||||
VLRA | ![]() |
Truck | |
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Peugeot P4 | ![]() |
Light Utility Vehicle | 2,500 | ![]() |
13,500 delivered between 1982 and 1992, 600 withdrawn from service every year. | |
Land Rover Defender | ![]() |
Light Utility Vehicle | 550[13] | ![]() |
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VPS[14] | ![]() |
Light Utility Vehicle | 51 | ![]() |
Used by special forces. |
Artillery and air-defence
Name | Origin | Variant | Number[15] | Photo | Notes | |
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Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
AMX 30 AuF1 | ![]() |
155 mm self-propelled howitzer | 32 | ![]() |
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CAESAR | ![]() |
155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer | 77 | ![]() |
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M270 MLRS | ![]() |
227mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher | 13 | ![]() | ||
Towed artillery | ||||||
TRF1 | ![]() |
155 mm towed howitzer | 105 | ![]() |
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Mortars | ||||||
RTF1 | ![]() |
120 mm mortar | 140 | | ||
Mo 81 LLR F1 | ![]() |
81 mm mortar | ![]() |
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Anti-aircraft artillery | ||||||
Mistral | ![]() |
very short-range surface-to-air missile system | 221 | ![]() |
Logistics
Name | Origin | Variant | Number | Photo | Notes |
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Porteur polyvalent terrestre (PPT) | ![]() ![]() |
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200 | ![]() |
1600 on order |
TRM 10000 | ![]() |
Truck | ~1,000 | |
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TRM 2000 | ![]() |
Truck | |
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Renault GBC 180 | ![]() |
Truck | 5,500 | ![]() |
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Vehicule porte conteneurs maritimes (VPCM) | ![]() ![]() |
8x8 Container carrier | 12 | ![]() |
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Camion citerne polyvalent (CCP10) | ![]() ![]() |
6x6 Tank transporter | 461 | |
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Camion lourd de depannage routier (CLDR) | ![]() |
8x4 recovery vehicle | ? | ![]() |
Aircraft
Further information: French Army Light Aviation
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Quantity[16] | Photo | Notes | |||
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Fixed-wing aircraft | ||||||||
Pilatus PC-6 | ![]() | Training aircraft | 5 | ![]() | ||||
SOCATA TBM | ![]() | VIP transport & Utility | 8 | ![]() | ||||
Helicopters | ||||||||
Eurocopter Tiger HAP/HAD | ![]() | Attack helicopter | 55 | ![]() | 9 more on order. 40 HAP and 18 HAD. (All HAP will be upgraded to HAD standard)[17][18] | |||
NHIndustries NH90 | ![]() | Transport helicopter | 18 | ![]() | 2 batches of 34 ordered in May 2013.[19] Six more helicopters were ordered in January 2016, bringing the total number of aircraft on order to 74.[20] | |||
Aérospatiale Puma | ![]() | Transport helicopter | 77 | ![]() | ||||
Eurocopter Caracal | ![]() | Transport helicopter | 8 | ![]() | Transferred to the Air Force by 2021. | |||
Eurocopter Cougar | ![]() | Transport helicopter | 26 | ![]() | ||||
Aérospatiale Gazelle | ![]() | Reconnaissance helicopter | 111 | ![]() | One lost on 11 January 2013.[21] | |||
Eurocopter Fennec | ![]() | Training helicopter | 18 | ![]() | ||||
UAVs | ||||||||
Sperwer | ![]() | Reconnaissance | 18 | ![]() | In service since 2005. Will be replaced from 2018 by the SAGEM Patroller. |
References
- 1 2 3 "Key defence figures 2015" (in French). Defense.gouv.fr.)
- ↑ "PAMAS G1". gendarmes.net/ (in French). Retrieved 29 September 2016..
- ↑ "Chiffres clés de la Défense 2015" September 9th, 2015 (in French)
- 1 2 http://wayback.archive.org/web/20140201233036/http://www.janes.com/article/33205/france-launches-major-new-vehicle-programmes France Launches Major New Vehicle Programs
- ↑ "French receive 500th VBCI". Army Recognition.
- ↑ "FRANCE". Armedforces.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ↑ "French Army receives first BvS10 vehicles". Army-technology.com. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ↑ Christopher F Foss (11 June 2011). "French Army builds up all-terrain fleet". Ihs.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ↑ "Bv206S Tracked Armoured Personnel Carrier, Sweden". Army-technology.com. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ↑ "One thousand PVP light armored vehicles in service". Armyrecognition.com. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Chiffres clés de la Défense 2015" September 9th, 2015 (in French)
- ↑ "Chiffres clés de la Défense 2015" September 9th, 2015 (in French)
- ↑ "Defender : le véhicule polyvalent de l'armée de Terre" (in French). defense.gouv.fr. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "VPS Light 4x4 Special Forces patrol vehicle". Armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Chiffres clés de la Défense 2015" September 9th, 2015 (in French)
- ↑ "Les chiffres clé de la defense edition 2016" (in French or English). Defense.gouv.fr. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ Qualification finale du Tigre en version appui-destruction (HAD)
- ↑ France Boosts Arms Spending
- ↑ France Orders 34 More NH90 Helicopters – Defense-Aerospace.com, 30 May 2013
- ↑ "French Army Light Aviation to receive six more NH90s | IHS Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
- ↑ Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2013. p. 32.
External links
- Official website of the French Ministry of Defense (French)
- Les hélicoptères de l'armée de terre : situation et perspectives – Report from the French Senate (French)
- Le rôle des drones dans les armées – Report from the French Senate (French)
- Projet de loi de finances pour 2003 : Forces terrestres – Report from the French Senate (French)
- Projet de loi de finances pour 2007 : Défense – Forces terrestres – Report from the French Senate (French)
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