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- Small arms Sidearms Assault rifles Submachine guns Sniper rifles Machine guns AT weapons Mortars Other small arms
- Anti-tank guided missiles
- Man-portable air defense systems
- Armoured vehicles
- Artillery and air defense
- Recently retired equipment
- See also
- References
- External links
{{about|weapons and equipment|detailed information on history and deployment|Bulgarian land forces}}This is a list of some of the equipment currently in use by the Bulgarian land forces.
Small arms Sidearms Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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Makarov pistol | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Handgun | 9×18mm | Local production And Standard Issue To Army. Copy pistols were produced since 1960. Arsenal 10 produced them between 1970 and 2007. Can be recognised through "((10))" arsenal markings, straight hammer serrations, slim star grip shells.[1] | SIG Pro | {{GER}} | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Used by Bulgarian Military Police | Arcus 98DA | {{BEL}} {{BUL}} | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | |
Assault rifles Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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AK-47 | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | Local Production and In Reserve [2] | AKM | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Assault Rifle | 7.62×39mm | Produced locally and In Reserve.[1][3] | AR-M1 | {{BUL}} | Assault Rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard Issue infantry rifle of the Bulgarian Army and (variation of AK-74) and AKS-74U are manufactured locally.[4] | AR-M4SF | {{BUL}} | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm | Carbine rifle by Arsenal JSCo (Special Forces) | Heckler & Koch G36 | {{GER}} | Assault Rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard assault rifle of Military Police | Steyr AUG | {{AUT}} | Assault Rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Special forces only. In limited use with the SOBT | |
Submachine guns Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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Arsenal Shipka | {{BUL}} | Submachine Gun | 9×18mm Makarov | Standard Issue SMG of Army. | Heckler & Koch MP5 | West Germany}} | Submachine Gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Used By Bulgarian Special Forces and Military Police. | FB PM-63 | {{POL}} | Submachine Gun | 9×18mm Makarov | date=March 2019}}. | AKS-74U | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Personal defense weapon | 5.45×39mm | Used by Bulgarian Military police | |
Sniper rifles Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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Dragunov sniper rifle | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Semi-automatic sniper rifle, designated marksman rifle | 7.62×54mmR | Local Production[1] | Heckler & Koch PSG1 | {{GER}} | Semi-automatic sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | PSG-1A1 Variates and used by Military Police of Bulgarian Army. | Heckler & Koch MSG90 | {{GER}} | Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Blaser R93 Tactical | {{GER}} | Sniper rifle | 5.56×45mm | Barrett M82 | {{USA}} | Anti-materiel rifle | .50 BMG | Used by Bulgarian Special Forces | |
Machine guns Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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RPK | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Light machine gun Squad automatic weapon | 7.62×39mm M43 | Produced 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][5][6][7] | PK machine gun | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Universal machine gun | 7.62×39mm | Used by Special forces and Regular units, Produced locally. PK/PKM copies were produced as the MG-1 & MG-1M.[1][8] | NSV machine gun | {{BUL}} | Heavy machine gun | 7.62×54mmR | Standard Issue Heavy machine gun of the Bulgarian Army and Produced by Arsenal [9] | |
AT weapons Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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RPG-22 | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | LAW | HEAT with penetration of 400 mm versus RHA | Bulgarian Army, local production at VMZ Sopot.[10] | RPG-7 | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Rocket-propelled grenade launcher | 40 mm | Produced locally by Arsenal Corporation as ATGL-L.[11] | SPG-9 | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Recoilless gun Anti-tank gun | 73 mm (2.87 in) smoothbore[12] | SPG-9DNM (local production) | |
Mortars Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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M6-211 Mortar | {{BUL}} | Light Mortar | 60mm | Local Production | M8 Mortar | {{BUL}} | Medium Mortar | 81mm | Produced locally | M82 | {{USSR}} | Medium Mortar | 82mm | [17] | 2S12 Sani | {{USSR}} | Heavy mortar | 120mm | [17] | |
Other small arms Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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FN 303 | {{USA}} | Semi-automatic less-lethal riot gun | 17.3 mm (0.68 in) | In use with the Land Forces and the Military Police.[13] | GP-25 | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Grenade launcher | 40mm caseless grenade | Made under license by Arsenal AD as the UBGL[14] and the UBGL-1.[15] | UBGL-M6 | {{BUL}} | Grenade launcher | 40mm caseless grenade | Underbarrel grenade launcher by Arsenal JSCo. | UBGL-M7 | {{BUL}} | Grenade Launcher | 40mm caseless grenade | Underbarrel grenade launcher by Arsenal JSCo. | AGS-30 | {{BUL}} | Automatic grenade launcher | 40mm caseless grenade | 30×25mm grenade launchers, AGS-17 derivate by Arsenal JSCo | Mk 19 grenade launcher | {{USA}} | Automatic grenade launcher | 40 mm grenade | |
Anti-tank guided missiles Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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AT-2 Swatter | {{USSR}} | Anti-tank missile | HEAT | In Reserve. | AT-3 Sagger | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Anti-tank missile | HEAT | Produced locally and In Reserve. | AT-4 Spigot | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Anti-tank missile | High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warhead | Produced locally. | AT-5 Spandrel | {{USSR}} | Anti-tank missile | 9N131 HEAT | Produced locally | AT-6 Spiral | {{USSR}} | Anti-tank missile | HEAT shaped charge | AT-7 Saxhorn | {{USSR}} | Anti-tank missile | HEAT shaped charge | AT-12 Swinger | {{USSR}} | Laser beam-riding anti-tank missile | 100 mm projectile | |
Man-portable air defense systems Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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SA-7 Grail | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Man portable surface-to-air missile launcher | 1.15 kg directed-energy blast fragmentation warhead (Strela-2M), 370 g HE content | Local Production and In Reserve. | SA-14 Gremlin | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Man-portable air-defense systems | 1.15 kg directed-energy blast fragmentation warhead (Strela-2M), 370 g HE content | Produced locally and In Reserve. | SA-16 Gimlet | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Man-portable air-defense systems | 1.17 kg (2.6 lb) with 390 g (14 oz) explosive | Produced locally | SA-18 Grouse | {{USSR}} {{BUL}} | Man-portable air-defense systems | 1.17 kg (2.6 lb) with 390 g (14 oz) explosive | Produced locally | |
Armoured vehicles Name | Origin | Type | Number | Photo | Notes |
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Armoured fighting vehicles |
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T-72A/M2 | {{USSR}} /{{BUL}}[16] | Main battle tank | 210 [17] | 500 in reserve Indigenous tank design, based on the Russian T-72M1.[16][17] | T-62 | Soviet Union | Main battle tank | 0 | 270 Tanks are in reserve | T-54/T-55 | Soviet Union | Main battle tank | 0 | 1,400 tanks are kept in storage in the city of Montana, Bulgaria | BMP-23/30 | {{BUL}} | Infantry fighting vehicle | 215 | 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 | {{USSR}} | Infantry fighting vehicle | 300 [17] | Soviet tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle with a 73-mm smoothbore gun. | BTR-60PB | {{USSR}} | Armoured personnel carrier | 781 | ~30 are modernised to the BTR-60PB-MD1 standards | MT-LB / MT-LBu | {{USSR}}/{{BUL}} | Armoured personnel carrier | 540 [17] | 2,160 in reserve. Light multi-purpose vehicle; mostly used as an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) | BRDM-2 | {{USSR}} | Scout car | 74[17] | Armoured scout car | 9P148 "Konkurs" | {{USSR}} | Anti-tank vehicle | 24 | Anti-tank vehicle based around the BRDM-2 with five AT-5 Spandrel missiles | M1117 | {{USA}} | Patrol vehicle | 17[17] | 4x4 multi-purpose armoured patrol vehicle; 6 deployed in Afghanistan | UAZ-469 | {{USSR}} | Patrol vehicle | Unknown | Off-road military light utility vehicle | Plasan Sand Cat | {{ISR}} | Patrol vehicle | 25[18] | 4x4 armoured patrol vehicle used by the Military Police service | HMMWV | {{USA}} | Multi-purpose vehicle | 52[17] | Deployed in Afghanistan | Mercedes-Benz G-Class | {{GER}} | Armoured jeep | 600 [17] | A contract has been signed with Germany to raise the number up to 12 000 in 2020.4x4 armoured G 280 CDi and non-armoured G 270 CDi jeep; partially armed with locally produced PKM machine guns | International MaxxPro | {{USA}} | Armored fighting vehicle | 4[17] | Deployed in Afghanistan | Mercedes-Benz Zetros | {{GER}} | Off-road truck for extreme operations | 335[17] | As of 2012, it operates 335 trucks with 30 more on order. | Tatra 815 | {{CZS}} | Truck | Unknown |
Artillery and air defense Name | Origin | Type | Number | Photo | Notes |
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Artillery |
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MT-12 | {{USSR}} | Anti-tank gun | 200 | 100-mm anti-tank gun, now used mostly as conventional HE artillery | D-20 | {{USSR}} | Howitzer | 150 | 152-mm towed howitzer; principal heavy artillery piece of the Bulgarian Army | 2S1 Gvozdika | {{USSR}} | Self-propelled howitzer | 506[17] | 122-mm self-propelled howitzer; produced locally as Karamfil; 500 in storage | BM-21 | {{USSR}} | Multiple rocket launcher | 192[17] | 122-mm multiple-launch rocket system; 200 in reserve. | SS-21 Scarab-A | {{USSR}} | Tactical ballistic missile | 8 | The only remaining ballistic missile system from the now-disbanded Rocket Forces; 8 TELs and a classified quantity of missiles are in service | Air Defense |
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ZU-23-2 | {{USSR}} | AA gun | 128 | Most ZU-23-2s in Bulgarian service are mounted on ZIL 131 trucks. | S-60 | {{USSR}} | AA gun | 16 | Heavier 57 mm AA gun | SA-7 | {{USSR}} | Man-portable SAM system | ~200[17] | SA-8 Gecko | {{USSR}} | SAM system | 24[17] | Highly mobile short-range SAM system with 15 km range | SA-13 Gopher | {{USSR}} | SAM system | 20 | Short-range battlefield SAM system with 5 km range | S-300 (missile) | {{USSR}} | SAM system | 10[17] | Ten S-300 launchers, divided into two units with five launchers each. | 2K12 Kub | {{USSR}} | SAM system | 20[17] | Mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level air defense system designed to protect ground forces from air attack. | 9K31 Strela-1 | {{USSR}} | SAM system | 0[17] | phased out. | S-200 (missile) | {{USSR}} | SAM system | 10[17] | S-125 Neva/Pechora | {{USSR}} | SAM system | 32[17] | S-75 Dvina | {{USSR}} | SAM system | 18[17] | Strategic SAM system |
Recently retired equipment - {{flagicon|USSR}} PT-76 amphibious tanks (250)
- {{flagicon|USSR}} T-62 tanks (250, sold to Ethiopia, Yemen and Angola)
- {{flagicon|USSR}} TV-62
- {{flagicon|USSR}} TV-62M
- {{flagicon|USSR}} T-55AM2 tanks (1,400 kept in storage in the province of Montana)
- {{flagicon|USSR}} 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)
- {{flagicon|USSR}} BRDM-1
- {{flagicon|USSR}} BTR-152
- {{flagicon|USSR}} BTR-40
- {{flagicon|USSR}} BTR-50PU
- {{flagicon|USSR}} SS-23 (8 launchers + 24 missiles, destroyed)
- {{flagicon|USSR}} FROG-7 (24 launchers + dozens of missiles, destroyed)
- {{flagicon|USSR}} Scud-B (36 launchers + dozens of missiles, destroyed)
- {{flagicon|USSR}} AT-1 Snapper ATGMs
- {{flagicon|USSR}} BM-13 Multiple rocket launchers
See also- Defense industry of Bulgaria
- Military of Bulgaria
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External links- or 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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