The following is a list of active equipment of the Somali Armed Forces. Retired equipment is listed at the bottom.

Small arms

Name	Image	Caliber	Type	Origin	Notes
Pistols
Makarov PM [1]		9×18mm	Semi-automatic pistol	Soviet Union
Submachine guns
Uzi [1]		9×19mm	Submachine gun	Israel
Rifles
AKM [2]		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Soviet Union
AK-74		5.45×39mm	Assault rifle	Soviet Union	Used by National Intelligence and Security Agency special forces Gaashaan and Waran. [3] and Danab commandos. [4]
AK-74M		5.45×39mm	Assault rifle	Russia	Used by NISA special forces Gaashaan and Waran. [5] and Danab commandos. [6]
Vz. 58 [7]		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
PM md. 63		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Socialist Republic of Romania
AK-63 [8]		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Hungarian People's Republic
Zastava M70		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Yugoslavia
Type 56 [9]		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	China
MPT-76		7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	Turkey	450 delivered. [10]
M16 [11]		5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	United States
M4A1		5.56×45mm	Carbine Assault rifle	United States	Used by Special Forces.[ citation needed]
M14		7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	United States
Heckler & Koch G3		7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	West Germany	Used by the Danab Brigade and the "Gorgor" Brigade, also used by Camp TURKSOM NCOs and officer cadets. [12] [13]
Type 56		7.62×39mm	Semi-automatic rifle	China	Used for ceremonial purposes by the Presidential Guard.[ citation needed]
Sniper rifles
SVD [14]		7.62×54mmR	Designated marksman rifle Sniper rifle	Soviet Union
Machine guns
RP-46 [1]		7.62×54mmR	Light machine gun	Soviet Union
SG-43 [15]		7.62×54mmR	Medium machine gun	Soviet Union
Browning M1919 [15]		7.62×51mm	Medium machine gun	United States
KPV		14.5×114mm	Heavy machine gun	Soviet Union
DShK [16]		12.7×108mm	Heavy machine gun	Soviet Union
RPD [1]		7.62×39mm	Squad automatic weapon	Soviet Union
RPK [1]		7.62×39mm	Squad automatic weapon	Soviet Union
PKM [2]		7.62×54mmR	General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union
Zastava M84 [17]		7.62×54mmR	General-purpose machine gun	Yugoslavia
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-2 [15]		40mm	Rocket-propelled grenade	Soviet Union
RPG-7 [2]		40mm	Rocket-propelled grenade	Soviet Union
Grenade launchers
AGS-17[ citation needed]			Grenade launcher	Soviet Union

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Casspir		MRAP	South Africa	9 [18]	Status:In service
BMC Kirpi		MRAP	Turkey	24 [19]	Status:In service
BMC Kirpi II		MRAP	Turkey	N/A [20]	Status:In service

Armored personnel carriers

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
AT105 Saxon [18]		Armored personnel carrier	United Kingdom	50[ citation needed]	Status:In service Donated second hand by Djibouti April 2013.
Iveco VM 90 [18]		Armored personnel carrier	Italy	Unknown	Status:In service Donated by Italy.
RG-31 Nyala [18]		Infantry mobility vehicle	South Africa	Unknown	Status:In service

Utility vehicles

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Toyota 4Runner		Utility vehicle	Japan	Unknown	Used in 2020. Used by Armed Forces for awareness against COVID-19. [21] [22]
Toyota Land Cruiser		Utility vehicle	Japan	10 [23]	Status:In service Donated by Turkey.
Mitsubishi Triton		Utility vehicle	Japan	26+ [24]	Status:In service Donated by Turkey.
Trucks
M939 [25]		Utility truck	United States	Unknown	Status:In service
BMC 245-16P 4x4		Utility truck	Turkey	14 [26]	Status:In service Donated by Turkey.
Iveco 4x4		Utility truck	Italy	3+ [27]	Status:In service Donated by Turkey.

Boats

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
ONUK MRTP 16		Patrol boat	Turkey	Unknown	Status:In service
Grand RIB		Rigid inflatable boat	Ukraine	Unknown

Individual Equipment

Model	Origin	Image	Type	Notes
PASGT	United States   Turkey		Combat helmet	Donated from Turkey [ when?][ citation needed]
FAST	United States   Turkey		Combat helmet	Utilised by Commando Brigade, donated from Turkey.
M1 Woodland	United States   Somalia		Camouflage pattern	Bought from the U.S. in the 1980s; Standard issue across all branches. [1][ page needed]
Desert Battle Dress Uniform	United States   Somalia		Camouflage pattern	Bought from the U.S. in the 1980s.[ citation needed]
M2008 Digital Camouflage	Turkey		Camouflage pattern	Donated from Turkey. [1]

Retired equipment

Among firearms associated with the Somali National Army and reported by Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/10 were Soviet TT pistols, British Sterling submachine guns; German Heckler & Koch G3 and Belgian FN FAL assault rifles, U.S. M14 rifles, Soviet RPD machine guns; Soviet RPK machine guns; Soviet RP-46 machine guns; French AA-52 machine guns; Belgian FN MAG machine guns; Soviet DShK heavy machine guns; U.S. M2 Browning .50 cal heavy machine guns; and U.S. M79 grenade launchers and Soviet RPG-2 grenade launchers. ^[1]

Previous arms acquisitions included the following equipment, much of which was unserviceable circa June 1989: ^[28] 293 main battle tanks (30 Centurions; 123 M47 Patton, 30 T-34, 110 T-54/55 from various sources). Christopher F. Foss, writing in the second edition of Jane's Main Battle Tanks said that 'Kuwait was believed to have supplied Somalia with about 35 Centurions.' ^[29] The Military Balance 1987–88 (p. 112) listed 30 Centurions held by the Somali Army.

Other armoured fighting vehicles included 10 M41 Walker Bulldog light tanks, 30 BRDM-2 and 15 Panhard AML-90 armored cars (formerly owned by Saudi Arabia). The IISS estimated in 1989 that there were 474 armoured personnel carriers, including 64 BTR-40/ BTR-50/ BTR-60, 100 BTR-152 wheeled armored personnel carriers, 310 Fiat 6614 and 6616s, and that BMR-600s had been reported. SIPRI also reported BTR-70s had been sold to Somalia. ^[30] The IISS estimated that there were 210 towed artillery pieces (8 M-1944 100 mm, 100 M-56 105 mm, 84 M-1938 122 mm, and 18 M198 155 mm towed howitzers). Other equipment reported by the IISS included 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, 100 Milan and BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles, rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, and a variety of Soviet air defence guns of 20 mm, 23 mm, 37 mm, 40 mm, 57 mm, and 100 mm calibre. SIPRI also reported that 9K32 Strela-2 air defence missiles had been transferred. ^[30]

In addition, U.S. M151 trucks had been sold to Somalia by December 1987. ^[31]

IISS Military Balance 2022 lists only armoured personnel carriers and utility vehicles.

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
BRDM-2		Amphibious armored scout car	Soviet Union	Unknown	Status:In_retired
ZU-23-2 [18]		Autocannon	Soviet Union	Unknown	Status:In_retired

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Rocket artillery
BM-21 Grad [32]		Multiple rocket launcher	Soviet Union	Unknown	Status:In_retired

References

Bibliography

• Bonn International Center for Conversion. Lee-Enfield SMLE (PDF) (Report). SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification. p. 3.
• International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2016). The Military Balance 2016. Vol. 116. Routledge. ISBN  9781857438352.
• IISS Military Balance 1989–90, Brassey's for the IISS. 1989.
• 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.
• Small Arms Survey (2012). "Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia". Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets. Cambridge University Press. ISBN  978-0-521-19714-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.