This is a list of the equipment used by the Botswana Ground Force.

Small arms

Name	Image	Caliber	Type	Origin	Notes
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power [1]		9×19mm	Semi-automatic pistol	Belgium   United States
Submachine guns
Sten [2]		9×19mm	Submachine gun	United Kingdom
Sterling [1]		9×19mm	Submachine gun	United Kingdom
Uzi [3]		9×19mm	Submachine gun	Israel
Rifles
AKM [1]		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Soviet Union
IMI Galil [1]		5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	Israel
M16 [4]		5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	United States
ArmaLite AR-18		5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	United States
Colt Canada C7 [5]		5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	Canada
FN SCAR [4]		5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	Belgium
SA80		5.56×45mm	Bullpup Assault rifle	United Kingdom
SAR-21 [4]		5.56×45mm	Bullpup Assault rifle	Singapore
FN FAL [1]		7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	Belgium
Heckler & Koch G3 [6]		7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	West Germany
Machine guns
Bren [7]		7.62×51mm	Light machine gun	Czechoslovakia   United Kingdom
Browning M1919 [8]		7.62×51mm	Medium machine gun	United States
FN MAG [1]		7.62×51mm	General-purpose machine gun	Belgium
Browning M2 [1]		.50 BMG	Heavy machine gun	United States
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-7 [1]		40mm	Rocket-propelled grenade	Soviet Union

Anti-tank weapons

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Caliber	Notes
Carl Gustav [1]		Recoilless rifle	Sweden	84mm
MILAN [9]		Anti-tank missile	France   West Germany
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]
FV101 Scorpion		Light tank	United Kingdom	25 [11]

Armoured Cars

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
Panhard VBL		Scout car	France	64 [11]

Armored personnel carriers

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
BTR-60		Armored personnel carrier	Soviet Union	50 [11]
FV103 Spartan		Armored personnel carrier	United Kingdom	6 [11]
Cadillac Gage Commando		Armored personnel carrier	United States	14 [11]
Mowag Piranha IIIC		Armored personnel carrier	Switzerland	45		Ordered in 2002, in service from 2003 [12]

Reconnaissance

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
RAM MK3		Armored Car	Israel	8 [11]
Mowag Piranha III		Armored fighting vehicle	Switzerland	45 [11]		[13]

Utility vehicles

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
ACMAT		Utility vehicle	France	150 [14]
RMMV TG MIL		Utility truck	Germany   Austria	200 [14]

Engineering Vehicles

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
M578 LRV		Armored recovery vehicle	United States	Unknown [11]
SB-20 Greif		Armored recovery vehicle	Austria	Unknown [11]

Demining vehicles

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
Aardvark JSFU		Demining vehicle	United Kingdom	Unknown [11]

Artillery

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
Self-propelled artillery
ATMOS 2000		Self-propelled artillery	Israel	12 [11]
Rocket artillery
APRA-40		Multiple rocket launcher	Soviet Union   Romania	20 [11]
Field artillery
Soltam M-71		Howitzer	Israel	18 [15]
L118		Howitzer	United Kingdom	12 [11]
OTO Melara Mod 56		Howitzer	Italy	6 [11]

Air defence systems

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
M167 VADS		Rotary cannon	United States	7 [11]
MICA (missile)		Surface-to-air missile	France	Unknown		[16]
Javelin		Surface-to-air missile	United Kingdom	[17]		5 launchers.
9K32 Strela-2		MANPADS	Soviet Union	[18]
9K38 Igla		MANPADS	Soviet Union	[19]

River-wing equipment

• 2 × Boston Whaler Raider-class PCs (United States) ^[20]
• 10 × Panther airboats (United States) ^[20]

References

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.