List of equipment of the Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The following is a list of equipment of the Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from creation to present day.

Small arms
Model Image Origin Type Caliber Details
Browning HP[1] 170x  Belgium
 United States		 Semi-automatic pistol 7.65×21mm Parabellum
AKM  Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62x39mm Widely used by infantry
Type 56 assault rifle[2][3]  People's Republic of China Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Widely used by infantry
Zastava M92  Yugoslavia Carbine 7.62×39mm Used by vehicle crews, and infantry
RPD[4]  Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62x39mm Several pictures have been taken of them being used
PKM  Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun 7.62x54mmR Seen used in several pictures by government forces

Anti-tank and missile
Model Image Origin Type Caliber Details
Rocket-propelled grenade
Type 69 RPG  People's Republic of China Rocket-propelled grenade 40mm Standard anti-tank weapon of infantry.
Recoilless rifle
M18[5]  United States Recoilless rifle 57mm
SPG-9[5]  Soviet Union Recoilless rifle 73mm
M20[5]  United States Recoilless rifle 75mm
M40  United States Recoilless rifle 106mm M40A1 version.[5]
Anti-tank gun
Type 56  People's Republic of China Anti-tank gun 85mm 10 in service.[5]

Armoured vehicles
Model Image Origin Quantity Details
Main battle tank
Type-59  China ~12-17 [6]
T-55  Soviet Union ~32 [6]
T-64B1M  Soviet Union
 Ukraine		 ~25 [6][7]
T-72AV  Soviet Union ~100 [6]
Light tank
PT-76  Soviet Union 10[5]
Type 62  People's Republic of China 30[5]
Reconnaissance vehicle
AML-60  France 17[5]
AML-90  France 14[5]
EE-9 Cascavel  Brazil 19[5]
RAM MK3  Israel 2[5]
Didgori-II  Georgia [8][9]
Infantry fighting vehicle
BMP-1  Soviet Union
 Ukraine		 20[5]
Armoured personnel carrier
BTR-50  Soviet Union 3[5]
MT-LB  Soviet Union
 Ukraine		 6[5]
BTR-60  Soviet Union
 Ukraine		 30-70[5]
Panhard M3  France 58[5]
TH 390 Fahd  West Germany
 Egypt		 7[5]
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected
CS/VP3  People's Republic of China 5[10]

Artillery
Model Image Origin Type Number Details
Self-propelled artillery
2S1 Gvozdika  Soviet Union
 Ukraine		 122mm self-propelled howitzer 6[5]
2S3 Akatsiya  Soviet Union
 Ukraine		 152mm self-propelled gun 10[5]
Towed artillery
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)  Soviet Union 122mm towed howitzer 77[5]
D-30  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Type 60  People's Republic of China 122mm towed field gun
Type 59  Soviet Union
 People's Republic of China		 130mm towed field gun 42[5]
Type 59-1
D-20  Soviet Union 152mm towed howitzer 6[5]
Multiple rocket launcher
Type 63  People's Republic of China 107mm multiple rocket launcher 12[5]
BM-21 Grad  Soviet Union
 Ukraine		 122mm multiple rocket launcher 24[5]
RM-70  Czechoslovakia 122mm multiple rocket launcher Unknown[5]
M-51  Czechoslovakia 128mm multiple rocket launcher 6[5]
Type 82  People's Republic of China 130mm multiple rocket launcher 3[5]

Air defense
Model Image Origin Type Number Details
Surface-to-air missile
9K32 Strela-2  Soviet Union Man-portable air-defense system Unknown[5]
Anti-aircraft gun
ZPU-4  Soviet Union 14.5mm towed anti-aircraft gun 12[5]
M1939

 Soviet Union 37mm towed anti-aircraft gun 52[5]

References
  1. Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  2. File:Congolese Light Infantry Battalion training at Camp Base, Kisangani 2010-05-05 2.JPG
  3. War Noir [@war_noir] (30 April 2021). "Weapons in Al-Naba (#284) #ISCAP released the photos of captured weapons from Congolese Army in Democratic Republic of #Congo (#DRC). 12x Type 56-1 rifles, T69-1/DZP1C-40 rockets, MG-1M barrel, several 60mm Yugoslavian —likely M73 or derivative—mortar bombs captured" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  5. International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 461. ISBN 9781032012278.
  6. International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023 (1st ed.). Routledge. pp. 447–448. ISBN 978-1032508955.
  7. Oryx. "Welcome To The Jungle: Ukrainian T-64B1M Tanks In DR Congo". Oryx. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  8. "Грузия поставила в Конго новые бронированные машины «Didgori»". Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  9. "Პირველად საქართველოს ისტორიაში ქართული ჯავშანტექნიკა საზღვარგარეთ გაიყიდა - GOODNEWS.GE". Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  10. "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
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