This is a list of the equipment used by the Botswana Ground Force.
Small arms
Anti-tank weapons
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Caliber | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Gustav[1] | Recoilless rifle | Sweden | 84mm | ||
MILAN[9] | Anti-tank missile | France West Germany |
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BGM-71 TOW[10] | Anti-tank missile | United States |
Tanks
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SK-105 Kürassier | Light tank | Austria | 20[11] | INS | ||
FV101 Scorpion | Light tank | United Kingdom | 25[11] | INS |
Armoured Cars
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panhard VBL | Scout car | France | 64[11] | INS |
Armored personnel carriers
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BTR-60 | Armored personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 50[11] | INS | ||
FV103 Spartan | Armored personnel carrier | United Kingdom | 6[11] | INS | ||
Cadillac Gage Commando | Armored personnel carrier | United States | 14[11] | INS | ||
Mowag Piranha IIIC | Armored personnel carrier | Switzerland | Switzerland | INS | Ordered in 2002, in service from 2003 [12] |
Reconnaissance
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RAM MK3 | Armored Car | Israel | 8[11] | INS | ||
Mowag Piranha III | Armored fighting vehicle | Switzerland | 45[11] | INS | [13] |
Utility vehicles
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACMAT | Utility vehicle | France | 150[14] | INS | ||
RMMV TG MIL | Utility truck | Germany Austria |
200[14] | INS |
Engineering Vehicles
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M578 LRV | Armored recovery vehicle | United States | Unknown[11] | INS | ||
SB-20 Greif | Armored recovery vehicle | Austria | Unknown[11] | INS |
Demining vehicles
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aardvark JSFU | Demining vehicle | United Kingdom | Unknown[11] | INS |
Artillery
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
ATMOS 2000 | Self-propelled artillery | Israel | 12[11] | INS | ||
Rocket artillery | ||||||
APRA-40 | Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union Romania |
20[11] | INS | ||
Field artillery | ||||||
Soltam M-71 | Howitzer | Israel | 18[15] | INS | ||
L118 | Howitzer | United Kingdom | 12[11] | INS | ||
OTO Melara Mod 56 | Howitzer | Italy | 6[11] | INS |
Air defence systems
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M167 VADS | Rotary cannon | United States | 7[11] | INS | ||
MICA (missile) | Surface-to-air missile | France | Unknown | INS | [16] | |
Javelin | Surface-to-air missile | United Kingdom | [17] | INS | 5 launchers. | |
9K32 Strela-2 | MANPADS | Soviet Union | [18] | INS | ||
9K38 Igla | MANPADS | Soviet Union | [19] | INS |
River-wing equipment
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35th edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ↑ Bonn International Center for Conversion; Bundeswehr Verification Center. "Sten MP". SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ↑ "Google Sites". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- 1 2 3 Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies" (PDF). Jane's. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2017.
- ↑ "Fleet Upgrades Licensed Programs & Custom Builds - Colt Canada". coltcanada.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ↑ "Google Sites". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ↑ Jones & Ness 2009.
- ↑ "Wiw_af_botswana - worldinventory". Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ↑ Martin, Guy (7 February 2013). "Botswana - defenceWeb". Defenceweb.co.za. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023 (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1032508955.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 468. ISBN 9781032012278.
- ↑ "UN Register of Conventional Arms – UNODA". disarmament.un.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ↑ "Botswana receives additional Mowag Piranha 8×8 armoured vehicles – Military Africa". Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- 1 2 "Botswana Defence Force Order of Battle – Defence Web". Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ↑ "Botswana". 7 February 2013.
- ↑ "Botswana acquired 300 million euros of French weaponry in 2016". Defence Web. 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ↑ Motlogelwa, Tshireletso (13 April 2012). "Khamas monopolised Botswana Defence Force (BDF) tenders". XairForces.
- ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (14 February 2018). "The Military Balance 2018". The Military Balance. 118.
- ↑ Martin, Guy. "Botswana - defenceWeb". www.defenceweb.co.za. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- 1 2 "Botswana". defenceWeb. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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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