Modern equipment and uniform of the French Army

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Contents 1 Infantry equipment 1.1 Weapons 1.2 Other equipment 2 Vehicles 2.1 Tanks 2.2 Armoured personnel carriers 2.3 Unarmoured vehicles 2.4 Engineering vehicles 3 Artillery 3.1 Surface to surface artillery 3.2 Anti-aircraft artillery 4 Aircraft 4.1 Helicopters 4.2 UAVs 4.3 Aeroplanes 5 External links

[edit] Infantry equipment

[edit] Weapons

• SIG P220 - 9 mm - pistol
• GIAT BM92-G1 (PAMAS-G1) - 9 mm - pistol
• FAMAS - 5.56 mm assault rifle
• FN MINIMI - 5.56 mm light machine gun replacing the AA-52 ( 7.62 mm)
• M4 Carbine - 5.56 mm assault rifle used by French special forces
• M2 - 12.7 mm heavy machine gun
• FRF2 - 7.62 mm sniper rifle
• LGI Mle F1 - individual grenade launcher
• PGM Hecate II - 12.7 mm heavy sniper rifle
• APILAS - anti-tank rocket launcher
• AT4 CS - anti-tank rocket launcher
• ERYX and MILAN - anti-tank missiles (now Milan II)

[edit] Other equipment

• SPECTRA helmet
• Félin - infantry combat system

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Tanks

• Leclerc - main battle tank (406)
• AMX 10 RC - light tank (300)
• ERC 90 Sagaie - reconnaissance combat vehicle (192)
• AMX 30B2 - main battle tank (17 used for OPFOR training)

[edit] Armoured personnel carriers

• AMX-10P - tracked armoured personnel carrier (1050)
• Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé (VAB) - wheeled armoured personnel carrier (3820)
• Véhicule Blindé Léger (VBL) - light armoured vehicle (899)
• Véhicule Blindé de Combat d'Infanterie (VBCI) - armoured personnel carrier (700 to replace the AMX-10P from 2008)
• Véhicule articulé chenillé Haute Mobilité (VHM) - armoured personnel carrier (12 active, 191 on order)

[edit] Unarmoured vehicles

• Peugeot P4 - utility 4x4 vehicle (13 500)
• TRM 10000 - heavy truck
• TRM 2000 - medium truck
• GBC 180 - medium truck (5600)
• VLRA - light truck

[edit] Engineering vehicles

• AMX-30 EBG - combat engineering vehicle (71)

[edit] Artillery

[edit] Surface to surface artillery

• AMX 30 AuF1 - 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (134)
• LRM - multiple rocket launcher (41)
• CAESAR - 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer (77)
• TRF1 - 155 mm towed howitzer (105)
• RTF1 - 120 mm mortar(361)
• LLR 81 mm mortar

[edit] Anti-aircraft artillery

• Mistral - very short-range surface-to-air missile
• Roland 2 - short-range surface-to-air missile (96)
• 20 mm Mle F2 - anti-aircraft gun

[edit] Aircraft

[edit] Helicopters

• Tigre - attack (80)
• NH-90 - tactical transport (68 to replace the Puma from 2011)
• Fennec - training/liaison (18)
• Cougar - tactical transport (21)
• Puma - tactical transport (101)
• Gazelle - attack, reconnaissance and utility (265)
• Cougar Horizon - airborne battlefield surveillance radar (4)

[edit] UAVs

• Crecerelle - tactical reconnaissance (12)
• CL-289 - tactical reconnaissance (54)
• Sperwer - tactical reconnaissance (18)

[edit] Aeroplanes

• TBM 700 - liaison/utility (8)
• Pilatus PC-6 - light transport (5)
• Reims-Cessna 406 Caravan II - liaison/utility (2)

[edit] External links

• Official website of the French Ministry of Defense (in French)
• Les hélicoptères de l'armée de terre : situation et perspectives - Report from the French Senate (in French)
• Le rôle des drones dans les armées - Report from the French Senate (in French)
• Projet de loi de finances pour 2003 : Forces terrestres - Report from the French Senate (in French)
• Projet de loi de finances pour 2007 : Défense - Forces terrestres - Report from the French Senate (in French)