Military equipment of Georgia
| Military equipment of Georgia | |
|---|---|
| საქართველოს სახმელეთო ძალები | |
 Flag of Georgian Land Forces | |
| Active | 1991 - |
| Country |  Georgia |
| Size | 37.000[1] |
| Garrison/HQ | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Engagements | Military history of Georgia |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Lieutenant Colonel Giorgi Kalandadze[2] |
Total Land-Based Weapons: 3,628. Tanks: 210. APCs / IFVs: 878 Towed Artillery: 200. Self-Propelled Guns: 70. Multiple Rocket Launch Systems: 50. Mortars: 400. Anti-Tank Guided Weapons: 1,200. Anti-Aircraft Weapons: 1,000. Logistical Vehicles: 500.
Armoured vehicles
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! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Versions
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Number
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Notes
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Armored Vehicles
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| T-72Sim1/T-72B
| 
Czech Republic/
Ukraine
| Main Battle Tank
| 200
| T-72 Sim1-Modified in Georgia with the help of Israel, upgraded armour, weapon components, GPS-navigation systems,
night-thermal vision, satellite linked target acquisition system and tactical combat map with friend-or-foe recognition system.
|----
| T-54/55
| 
Soviet Union
| Battle Tank
| 25/30
|
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| BMP-1U/BMP-1P
| Soviet Union/ Ukraine
| Infantry Fighting Vehicle
| 79
| BMP-1U-Upgraded with Ukrainian 'Shkval' fighting module.
|----
| BMP-2
| Soviet Union
| Infantry Fighting Vehicle
| 100
| Including variants with mounted S-8 rocket and S-13 rocket launch systems
|----
| Wolf Armoured Vehicle
| 
Israel
| Armoured transport vehicle
| 40-50
| Used for medevac purpose and APC armed with PK machinegun.more than 15 use as medical evacuation
|----
| Cougar HE
| 
United States
| MRAP
| N/A
| Georgian HQ units who are part of the ISAF are using the Cougar HEs in the Helmand Province. Donated by US Army under ISAF program.
|----
| BTR-80
| Soviet Union
| Armored Personnel Carrier
| N/A
| Being replaced as standard APC by the Nurol Ejder with optional alternative turret modules.
|----
| BTR-70
| Soviet Union/ Ukraine
| Armored Personnel Carrier
| 45
| BTR-70DI - With Euro II 276 hp diesel engine from IVECO. Can be optionally fitted with modular turrets "Ingul" or "Bug" or with the "Zaslon" active protection system.[6]
|----
| Nurol Ejder
| 
Turkey
| Armored Personnel Carrier
| 90 - 100
| More on order. Armed with automatic AGL system
|----
| BRDM-2
| Soviet Union
| Armored car (military)
| 17
|
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| Didgori APC
| Georgia
| Armored Personnel Carrier
| 30
| More on order. Beeing put into service since May 2011. At the moment, only ordered by the military. Armed with M134 and/or NSV machine gun
|----
| Renault VAB
| 
France
| Armored Personnel Carrier
| N/A
| Georgian HQ units who are part of the ISAF are using the VAB and VBL in the Kabul area.
|----
| VBL
| France
| Wheeled All-terrain vehicle
| N/A
| Georgian HQ units who are part of the ISAF are using the VAB and VBL in the Kabul area.
|----
| MT-LB
| Soviet Union
| Amoured tracked vehicle
| N/A
| Including medevac and variants with mounted ZU-23-2 anti air artillery.
|----
| Humvee
| United States
| Armored Personnel Carrier
| 110
| More on order. British Landrover replacement. Armed with PK machine gun
|----
| Otokar Cobra
| Turkey
| Armored Personnel Carrier
| 300
| Two variants. One armed with a coaxial machine gun and one with an automatic grenade launcher
|----
| DELGA-1
| Georgia
| Fast Attack Vehicle
| N/A
| Based on Lada Niva. Used by special forces. Since the beginning of research, several 4x4 and 6x6 variants were developed. Some having additional transport capacity and armor plates to provide more protection for the crew and passengers.
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|}
Artillery
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! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Number
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Notes
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Multiple rocket launcher systems
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| LAR-160
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| 160 mm
| 15
|
|----
| Grad-Lar
|
| 122 mm
| N/A
|
|----
| RM-70
|
| 122 mm
| 60[7]
|
|----
| M-87 Orkan
| 
| 262 mm x 12
| N/A
|
|----
| M-63 Plamen
|
| 128mm x 32
| N/A
|
|----
| BM-21
|
| 122 mm
| 27-60
|
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Self-propelled artillery
|----
| 152mm SpGH DANA
|
| 152 mm
| 47
|
|----
| 2S3 Akatsiya
|
| 152 mm
| 32
|
|----
| 2S7 Pion
|
| 203 mm
| 12
|
|----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Towed artillery
|----
| 85 mm antitank gun D-48
|
| 85 mm
|
|
|----
| 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)
|
| 122 mm
| 60-120
|
|----
| 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)
|
| 152 mm
|
|
|----
| 152 mm Msta-B
|
| 152 mm
| 18
|
|----
| 152 mm Giatsint-B
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| 152 mm
| 12
|
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Anti-tank guns
|----
| Kombat (ATGM)
|
| 125 mm
|
|
|----
| SPG-9
|
| 73 mm
|
|
|----
| D-48
|
| 85 mm
|
|
|----
| MT-12
|
| 100 mm
|
|
|----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Mortars
|----
| 2B9 Vasilek
|
| 82 mm
|
|
|----
| M75
|
| 120 mm
| 259
|
|----
| 2B14 Podnos
|
| 82 mm
|
|
|----
| 2B11
|
| 120 mm
| 240
|
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| M-43
|
| 120 mm
| 365
|
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Aircraft and air-defence
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Fixed-wing aircraft
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| Su-25
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| 9-27
|
|----
| L-39
|
| 9-12
|
|----
| An-2
|
| 5
|
|----
| An-24
|
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|
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Unmanned aerial vehicles
|----
| Elbit Hermes 450
|
|
|
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| Elbit Skylark
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|
|
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Helicopters
|----
| Mi-24
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| 12-15
|
|----
| Mi-2
| 
|
|
|----
| Mi-8
|
|
|
|----
| Mi-17
|
|
|
|----
| UH-1
|
|
|
|----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Air-defence artillery
|----
| ZU-23-2
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|
|
|----
| ZSU-23-4
|
|
|
|----
| 57 mm AZP S-60
|
|
|
|----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Air-defence missiles
|----
| Strela-2
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|
|
|----
| 9K38 Igla
|
|
|
|----
| Grom (missile)
|
|
|
|----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Self-propelled air-defence systems
|----
| Osa-AKM
|
| N/A
|
|----
| SPYDER
|
|
|
|----
| 9K35 Strela-10
|
|
|
|----
| Tor missile system
|
|
|
|----
| Buk-M1
|
| N/A
|
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Electronic warfare support measures
|----
| Kolchuga passive sensor
|
|
|
|----
| P-18 radar
|
|
|
|----
| 36D6-M
|
|
|
|----
| ST-68U(19zh6)
|
|
|
|----
| 1L117
|
|
|
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Anti Armour Systems
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| M72A3
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|
|
|----
| RPO-A Shmel (Bumblebee)
|
|
|
|----
| AT-4
|
|
|
|----
| 9K115-2 Metis-M
|
|
|
|----
| 9M113 Konkurs
|
|
|
|----
| 9K111 Fagot
|
|
|
|----
| RPG-7
|
|
|
|----
| RPG-22
|
|
|
|----
| RPG-18
|
|
|
|----
|}
Submachineguns, assault rifles, grenade launchers and machine guns
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| M4A1
|
| Main
|----
| Bushmaster M4 Type Carbine
|
| Special Forces
|----
| AK-74M
|
| Main
|----
| Negev lmg
|
|
|----
| Heckler & Koch MP5
| 
| Special Forces, Security Forces
|----
| Heckler & Koch UMP-45
|
| Special Forces, Security Forces
|----
| TAR-21
|
| Special Forces, Security Forces
|----
| Heckler & Koch G36
|
| Special Forces, Security Forces
|----
| PK Machine Gun
|
|
|----
| M134
|
| Vehicle Mount
|----
| DShK
|
|
|----
| NSV machine gun
|
|
|----
| GP-25
|
|
|----
| M203
|
|
|----
| CIS 40 AGL
| 
| Vehicle Mount
|----
| AGS-17
|
|
|----
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Small arms
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! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Origin
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| M40 rifle
|
|
|----
| Galil Galatz sniper rifle
|
|
|----
| M24 Sniper Weapon System
|
| Special Forces
|----
| Dragunov SVD-M
|
|
|----
| VSS Vintorez
|
| Special Forces
|----
| TRG-22/42 rifle
| 
|
|----
| Zastava M93 Black Arrow
| 
|
|----
| Barrett M95
|
| Special Forces
|----
| Barrett M82A1
|
|
|----
| OM 50 Nemesis
| 
| Special Forces
|----
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Pistols
|----
| OM 50 Nemesis
|
|
|----
| Glock 21
| 
| Special Forces
|----
| Glock 17
|
|
|----
| CZ-75
|
|
|----
| IMI Desert Eagle
|
|
|----
| Tanfoglio Force
| 
|
|----
| Jericho 941
|
|
|----
| Sig Sauer P226
|
|
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References
- ^ http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Georgia
- ^ http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Georgia
- ^ http://milkavkaz.net/?q=node/8
- ^ http://mod.gov.ge/index.php?page=-10&Id=10&lang=1
- ^ http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22067
- ^ http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en
- ^ http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Georgia