List of equipment of the Ghana Army
This is a list of the equipment used by the Ghana Army.
Small arms
Anti-tank weapons
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Caliber | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Gustav[1] | Recoilless rifle | Sweden | 84mm |
Infantry fighting vehicles
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratel IFV | Infantry fighting vehicle | South Africa | 39[10][11] | INS |
Armored personnel carriers
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WZ-523 | Armored personnel carrier | China | 82[12] | INS | ||
VBTP-MR Guarani | Amphibious Armored personnel carrier | Brazil | 11[13] | INS | ||
Alvis Tactica | Armored personnel carrier | United Kingdom | 20[14] | INS | ||
Maverick | Armored personnel carrier | South Africa | 20[15] | INS | ||
Sherpa Light | Armored personnel carrier | France | 2[16] | INS | ||
Otokar Cobra | Infantry mobility vehicle | Turkey | 73[17] | INS | ||
International MXT-MV | Infantry mobility vehicle | United Kingdom | 70[18] | INS | Provided by the United Kingdom. |
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
STREIT Typhoon | MRAP | United Arab Emirates | 50[10] | INS | ||
Casspir | MRAP | South Africa | 4[19] | INS |
Reconnaissance
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EE-9 Cascavel | Armored Car | Brazil | 3[10][20] | INS | ||
Mowag Piranha I | Armored fighting vehicle | Switzerland | 63[10] | INS | 4 of the units are armed with a 25mm gun. |
Artillery
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rocket artillery | ||||||
Type 63 | Multiple rocket launcher | China | 3[10] | INS | ||
PHL-81 | Multiple rocket launcher | China | 3[10] | INS | ||
Mortars | ||||||
Krh/40 | Mortar | Finland | 28[10] | INS | ||
Field artillery | ||||||
D-30 | Howitzer | Soviet Union | 6[10] | INS |
Air defence systems
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZPU-4 | Anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | 2[10] | INS | ||
ZPU-2 | Anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | 4[10] | INS | ||
ZU-23-2 | Autocannon | Soviet Union | 4[10] | INS | ||
FN-6 | MANPADS | China | 100[21] | INS | ||
9K32 Strela-2 | MANPADS | Soviet Union | 200[22] | INS |
References
- Jones, Richard D. Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's; 35 ed. (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- Scarlata, Paul (February 2013). "The military rifle cartridges of Ghana from Ashanti to AR". Shotgun News. Archived from the original on 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
As with many African nations, the ubiquitous AKM series of rifles are used by the Ghanaian police and internal security forces.
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- Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- Jones & Ness 2009, pp. 896–898.
- "M60 - SALW Guide". salw-guide.bicc.de. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 469. ISBN 9781032012278.
- Jane's Tank recognition guide (4th ed.). Collins. 2006. p. 349. ISBN 978-0007183265.
- "Ghana Armed Forces" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- Exército (7 July 2021). "Anunciada exportação do Guarani para Gana". Tecnodefesa.
- "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
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- "Ghana parades Cobra armoured vehicles". Defence Web. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- "UK to send 70 armoured vehicles to Ghana". Army Technology. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
- Jane's Tank recognition guide (4th ed.). Collins. 2006. p. 349. ISBN 978-0007183265.
- "Trade-Register-1971-2020.rft". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- "Ghana army". army recognition. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Works cited
- Jones, Richard D.; Ness, Leland S., eds. (27 January 2009). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
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