List of equipment of the Russian Ground Forces

This is a list of equipment of the Russian Ground Forces currently in service.

Contents 1 Infantry weapons 1.1 Small arms 1.2 Grenades and grenade launchers 1.3 Mines 1.4 Rocket and missile systems 2 Vehicles 2.1 Logistics and utility vehicles 2.2 Armoured fighting vehicles 2.2.1 Air Defence Vehicle 2.3 Artillery 2.3.1 Field artillery 2.3.2 Self-propelled artillery 2.3.3 Rocket Artillery 2.3.4 Tactical Ballistic Missile Systems 3 Aircraft 4 Gallery 5 Notes 6 References

Infantry weapons

Small arms

Name	Type	Cartridge	Origin	Notes
Makarov PMM	Semi-automatic pistol	9x18 PMM	Soviet Union	8 round magazine, main service sidearm 1951-1991. Still in Service.
Serdyukov SPS	Semi-automatic pistol	9x21 SP-10/11	Soviet Union	18 round magazine, high armor piercing capability. Originally known as the Gyurza, and also known as the SR-1 Vektor in FSB service.
MP-443 Grach	Semi-automatic pistol	9x19 7N21	Russia	17 round magazine, special high power cartridge, designed to replace most PMMs as main service sidearm. Known as the Yarygin PYa in military service. Limited service with special forces.
PB	Silenced Semi-automatic pistol	9x18 PM	Soviet Union	8 round magazine
PSS	Silenced semi-automatic pistol	7.62x41 SP-4	Soviet Union	6 round magazine, fires a "special purpose noiseless cartridge"
Stechkin APS	Machine pistol	9x18 PM	Soviet Union	20 round magazine
6P13 APB	Silenced machine pistol	9x18 PM	Soviet Union	20 round magazine
PP-19 Bizon	Submachine gun	9x18 PMM or 9x19	Russia	64 round helical magazine
AEK-919K "Kashtan"	Submachine gun	9x18 PMM	Russia	20 or 30 round magazine capacity. Issued to special forces.
AK-74M	Assault rifle	5.45x39	Russia	30 round magazine, new 60 round magazine, main service rifle of the Russian armed forces
AK-74	Assault rifle	5.45x39	Soviet Union	30 round magazine, In service with Soviet Naval Infantry and reserve troops, Supplemented by AK-74M.
AKS-74	Assault rifle	5.45x39	Soviet Union	30 round magazine, new 60 round magazine, moderate usage by VDV
AKS-74U	Assault rifle	5.45x39	Soviet Union	30 round magazine, shortened version of the AK-74, moderate usage
AKM	Assault rifle	7.62x39	Soviet Union	30 round magazine, former main service rifle, some usage mainly in urban environments due to the ability to penetrate heavy cover.
AN-94	Assault rifle	5.45x39	Russia	30 round magazine, new 60 round magazine, 2 round burst mode fired at 1800 RPM, originally designed to replace AK-74M, limited usage by special forces units
AK-105	Assault rifle	5.45x39	Russia	30 round Magazine, Replacing AKS-74U
AK-200	Assault rifle	5.45.39	Russia	30 round magazine, new 60 round magazine, undergoing testing within the Russian military
AS Val	Silenced assault rifle	9x39 SP-5 or SP-6	Soviet Union	10 or 20 round magazine, uses an integrated suppressor.
Dragunov SVD	Sniper rifle	7.62x54	Soviet Union	10 round magazine, semi auto, main service sniper rifle.
Dragunov SVU	Sniper rifle	7.62x54	Russia	10 round magazine, semi auto, bullpup variant of the SVD, moderate usage
VSS Vintorez	Suppressed sniper rifle	9x39 SP-5 or SP-6	Soviet Union	10 or 20 round magazine, semi or full auto, uses an integrated suppressor.
SV-98	Sniper rifle	7.62x54	Russia	10 round magazine, bolt action, limited usage
KSVK	Anti-material rifle	12.7x108	Russia	5 round magazine, semi auto, limited usage
OSV-96	Anti-material rifle	12.7x108	Russia	5 round magazine, semi auto, can be folded in half, limited usage
RPK-74	Light machine gun	5.45x39	Soviet Union	30 or 45 round magazine, based on the AK-74, main service SAW
RPK	Light machine gun	7.62x39mm	Soviet Union	30 or 40 round magazine or 75 round drum, former main service LMG, based on the AKM, some usage
PKM	General purpose machine gun	7.62x54	Soviet Union	Belt fed with 100 or 200 or 250 round boxes, uses a heavily modified Kalashnikov design, main service general purpose machine gun
PKP "Pecheneg"	General purpose machine gun	7.62x54	Russia	Belt fed with 100 or 200 round boxes. Based on and designed to replace the PKM, limited usage
NSV	Heavy machine gun	12.7x108	Soviet Union	Belt fed with 50 round boxes, main service heavy machine gun.
Kord	Heavy machine gun	12.7x108	Russia	Belt fed with 50 round boxes, replacing the NSV as the main service heavy machine gun. Limited usage.

Grenades and grenade launchers

Name	Type	Diameter	Origin	Notes
RGO	Hand grenade		Soviet Union	6 meter kill radius, 3.8 second fuse, will detonate on impact after being armed for 1.8 seconds
RGN	Hand grenade		Soviet Union	4 meter kill radius, 3.8 second fuse, will detonate on impact after being armed for 1.8 seconds
GP-30	Under-barrel grenade launcher	40mm	Soviet Union	can be fitted to AKM, AK-74, AN-94, and AK-10X rifles and their variants
RG-6/6G-30	Multi-shot grenade launcher	40mm	Russia	6 round capacity in revolver style cylinders
GM-94	Multi-shot grenade launcher	43mm	Russia	3 round tube magazine, pump action, optimized for close quarters battle using grenades with a small kill radius
AGS-17	Automatic grenade launcher	30mm	Soviet Union	Belt fed with 29 round drums, high rate of fire
AGS-30	Automatic grenade launcher	30mm	Russia	Belt fed with 29 round drums, lightweight modern version of the AGS-17.

Mines

Name	Type	Detonation	Origin	Notes
MON-90	Anti-personnel mine	Tripwire/Command		Propels ~2000 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 90 meters
MON-100	Anti-personnel mine	Tripwire/Command		Propels ~400 steel projectiles to a kill radius of 100 meters.
MON-200	Anti-personnel mine	Tripwire/Command		A larger and more powerful version of the MON-100
OZM-72	Anti-personnel mine	Tripwire/Command/Pressure		~500g TNT, fragmentation mine.
POMZ	Anti-personnel mine	Tripwire/Command/Pressure		~75g TNT, fragmentation mine
PMN	Anti-personnel mine	Pressure		~240g TNT, anti-personnel blast mine
PMN-2	Anti-personnel mine	Pressure		~100g TNT, anti-personnel blast mine
PMN-4	Anti-personnel mine	Pressure		~50g TNT, anti-personnel blast mine
TM-57	Anti-tank mine	Pressure		6.3 kg TNT
TM-62M	Anti-tank mine	Pressure		7.5 kg TNT
TM-83	Anti-tank mine	Seismic sensors		~13 kg TNT
TM-89	Anti-tank mine	Seismic sensors		~10 kg TNT

Rocket and missile systems

Name	Type	Diameter	Origin	Notes
RPO-A Shmel	Shoulder-launched missile weapon	93mm	Soviet Union	Single-shot, disposable rocket launcher. Uses RPO-A thermobaric and RPO-Z incendiary rockets.
RPG-7V2	Rocket-propelled grenade	Varies	Soviet Union	Re-loadable launcher with a variety of anti-personnel and anti-tank munitions available.
RPG-16	Rocket-propelled grenade	58mm	Soviet Union	Re-loadable launcher, Higher accuracy and four times the range of the RPG-7
RPG-22	Rocket-propelled gernade	72.5mm	Soviet Union	One shot disposable launcher.
RPG-26	Rocket-propelled grenade	72.5mm	Soviet Union	Single-shot disposable launcher.
RPG-27	Rocket-propelled grenade	105mm	Soviet Union	Single-shot disposable launcher with tandem-charge warhead in an anti-tank role, and RShG-1 thermobaric warhead for anti-infantry use.
RPG-29	Rocket-propelled grenade	105mm	Soviet Union	Re-loadable launcher. Can use PG-29V tandem-charge munitions in an anti-tank role, or TBG-29 thermobaric munitions in anti-infantry use.
RPG-32	Rocket-propelled grenade	105mm	Russia	Re-loadable launcher. Can use PG-32V tandem-charge munitions in an anti-tank role, or TBG-32V thermobaric munitions in anti-infantry use.
9M111M Fagot-M	Anti-tank guided missile	120mm	Soviet Union	Designated AT-4C "Spigot C" by NATO.
9M113M Konkurs-M	Anti-tank guided missile	135mm	Soviet Union	Designated AT-5B "Spandrel B" by NATO.
9K115-2 Metis-M	Anti-tank guided missile	130mm	Russia	Designated AT-13 "Saxhorn-2" by NATO.
9M133 Kornet	Anti-tank guided missile	152mm	Russia	Designated AT-14 "Spriggan" by NATO.
9K34 Strela-3	Man-portable air-defense system		Soviet Union	Designated SA-14 "Gremlin" by NATO.
9K38 Igla-1S	Man-portable air-defense system	72mm	Soviet Union	Designated SA-18 "Grouse" by NATO.

Vehicles

Logistics and utility vehicles

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
UAZ-469	Light Utility Vehicle		Soviet Union
GAZ-2975 Tigr	Light Utility Vehicle		Russia
GAZ-3937 Vodnik	Amphibious Light Utility vehicle		Russia	Amphibious version of the Tigr
GAZ-33097	Light cargo truck		Russia
Ural-5323	Medium cargo truck		Soviet Union
Ural-4320	Medium cargo truck		Soviet Union
KamAZ 43501[1]	Medium cargo truck		Russia

Armoured fighting vehicles

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
BTR-82/A	Armoured personnel carrier	210[2]	Russia	Improved version and mid-term replacement of BTR-80/A.
BTR-90	Armoured personnel carrier	~80	Russia	Further orders cancelled in 2011 due to development of a new BTR, possibly part of the Unified Combat Platform program.
BTR-80/A	Armoured personnel carrier	~4,000	Soviet Union	Currently being upgraded into/replaced by BTR-82.
BTR-70M1986/1	Armoured personnel carrier	2,000	Soviet Union	Being slowly phased out.
MT-LB	Armoured personnel carrier	3,300	Soviet Union	Large number in storage.
BTR-D	Armoured personnel carrier	~514	Soviet Union	All models.
BMP-3	Infantry fighting vehicle	466	Soviet Union	Originally intended to replace BMP-2 and BMP-1. Instead likely to complement Unified Combat Platform based BMP or Heavy BTR in smaller numbers from ~2015.
BMP-2	Infantry fighting vehicle	4,600	Soviet Union	Some in reserve/storage.
BMP-1P	Infantry fighting vehicle	1,500	Soviet Union	6,600 in reserve.
BMD-3/4	Infantry fighting vehicle	~120	Soviet Union	Lightweight infantry fighting vehicle for for airborne use. Mostly BMD-3 with some vehicles upgraded to BMD-4 (~60).
BMD-2	Infantry fighting vehicle	~360	Soviet Union	Lightweight infantry fighting vehicle for airborne use. Up to 1,500 more in storage.
BMD-1P	Infantry fighting vehicle	~720	Soviet Union	Lightweight infantry fighting vehicle for airborne use. Up to 2,400 more in storage.
BRDM-2	Armoured reconnaissance vehicle	2,000	Soviet Union	Up to 6,000 in storage/reserve.
BRM-1	Armoured reconnaissance vehicle	~480	Soviet Union	Based on the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle
T-90	Main battle tank	702[3]	Russia	In active production.
T-80	Main battle tank	1,400	Soviet Union	Up to 3,100 in storage. T-80s in service are to be upgraded. [4]
T-72	Main battle tank	1,200	Soviet Union	Up to 8,000 kept in reserve/storage.
T-64	Main battle tank	4,100	Soviet Union	Kept in reserve/storage.
T-62	Main battle tank	2,000	Soviet Union	Kept in storage.
T-55	Main battle tank	1,200	Soviet Union	Kept in storage.

Air Defence Vehicle

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
S-400	Long range strategic SAM	48[5]		Designated SA-21 "Growler" by NATO
S-300PMU-1/2	Long range strategic SAM	768[6]		Designated SA-20 "Gargoyle" by NATO
S-300V	Long range strategic SAM	185[6]		Designated SA-12 "Gladiator" by NATO
Buk-M1	Medium range SAM	342[7]		Designated SA-11 "Gadfly" by NATO
9K331M Tor-M1	Short range SAM	136[8]		Designated SA-15 "Gauntlet" by NATO
9K35M3 Strela-10M3	Short range SAM	354[9]		Designated SA-13 "Gopher" by NATO
9K33 Osa	Short Range SAM	294[10]		Designated SA-8 "Gecko" by NATO
9K22 Tunguska	SPAAG	204[11]		Designated SA-19 "Grison" by NATO
Pantsir-S1	SPAAG	22[12]		Designated SA-22 "Greyhound" by NATO
ZSU-23-4M Shilka	SPAAG	133[13]

Artillery

Field artillery

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
2A36 Giatsint-B	152mm Howitzer	188[14]
2A65 Msta-B	152mm Howitzer	432[15]
D-20	152mm Howitzer	430[16]
M-46	130mm Field Gun	55[17]
D-30	122mm Howitzer	564
Nona-K	120mm Howitzer	1,112[18]
MT-12 Rapira	100mm Anti-Tank Gun	526[19]		Modernized T-12

Self-propelled artillery

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
2S7 Pion	203mm Self-Propelled Howitzer	37[20]
2S19 Msta	152mm Self-Propelled Howitzer	468[21]		More in production
2S5 Giatsint-S	152mm Self-Propelled Howitzer	221[22]
2S1 Gvozdika	122mm Self-Propelled Howitzer	622[23]
2S3 Akatsiya	152mm Self-Propelled Howitzer	955[24]
2S4 Tyulpan	240mm Self-Propelled Gun-Mortar	25[25]
2S31 Vena	120mm Self-Propelled Gun-Mortar
2S9 Nona	120mm Self-Propelled Gun-Mortar	266[26]
2S25 Sprut-SD	125mm Tank Destroyer	80
A-222 Bereg	130mm Self-Propelled gun	6

Rocket Artillery

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
BM-21 Grad	122mm Multiple Rocket Launcher	367[27]
BM-27 Uragan	220mm Multiple Rocket Launcher	412[28]
BM-30 Smerch	300mm Multiple Rocket Launcher	300[29]		More in production
TOS-1	220mm Thermobaric Rocket Launcher	N/A

Tactical Ballistic Missile Systems

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Notes
OTR-21 Tochka-U / SS-21	Tactical ballistic missile	96[30]		482 kg conventional warhead, 100 kt nuclear, maximum 120 km missile range
9K720 Iskander-E / SS-26	Tactical ballistic missile	24[31]		480 kg conventional warhead, maximum 400 km missile range

Aircraft

All army aviation aircraft have been transferred to Air Force command.

Gallery

Notes

References

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