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This is a list of weapons and equipment currently used by the Lithuanian Armed Forces. For the naval equipment and ships, see Lithuanian Naval Force; for the list of aircraft, see Lithuanian Air Force.
Lithuania uses military equipment compatible with the NATO standards.
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Caliber | Details |
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Handguns | |||||
Glock 17 | ![]() | ![]() | 17/Gen 4 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Standard issue pistol.[1] |
Heckler & Koch SFP9 | ![]() | ![]() | HK SFP9-SF | 9×19mm Parabellum | To be procured between 2020 and 2026. Replaces all previous sidearms.[2][3] |
Heckler & Koch USP | ![]() | ![]() | HK USP | 9×19mm Parabellum | [4] |
Colt M1911 | ![]() | ![]() | M1911A1 | .45 ACP | [5] |
Flare gun | |||||
Heckler & Koch P2A1 | ![]() | ![]() | P2A1 | 12 gauge | Military flare pistol.[citation needed] |
Submachine guns | |||||
Uzi | ![]() | ![]() | Mini Uzi Uzi Submachine Gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | [6] |
Heckler & Koch MP5 | ![]() | ![]() | MP5A3 MP5SD3 | 9×19mm Parabellum | [7] |
Heckler & Koch MP7 | ![]() | ![]() | MP7A2 | HK 4.6×30mm | [8] |
Heckler & Koch UMP | ![]() | UMP45 | .45 ACP | Used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force.[citation needed] | |
Shotguns | |||||
Benelli M4 Super 90 | ![]() | ![]() | M4 | 12 gauge | Used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force.[citation needed] |
Assault rifles | |||||
Heckler & Koch G36 | ![]() | ![]() | G36KA4M2 G36KA4M2C G36KA4M1 G36KA4 G36KV1 G36C | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard issue assault rifle.[9] |
Heckler & Koch HK416 | ![]() | ![]() | HK416A5 | 5.56×45mm NATO | Used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force.[10] |
Machine guns | |||||
FN Minimi | ![]() | ![]() | 5.56 Para 7.62 Mk3 | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO | FN MINIMI 5.56 Para version is used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force.[citation needed] FN Minimi 7.62 Mk3 version ordered in 2023.[11] |
FN MAG | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ksp 58B and other variants | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard issue general-purpose machine gun. Typically mounted on lightly armored vehicles, or armored personnel carriers, as first or second weapons in parallel with M2 Browning machine gun and automatic grenade launcher.[12] To be replaced.[13] |
Rheinmetall MG 3 | ![]() | ![]() | — | 7.62×51mm NATO | About 4000 MG3 in wartime reserve. Purchased from German surplus. To be replaced. Used as an additional weapon to PzH2000.[14] |
Heavy machine guns | |||||
M2 Browning | ![]() | ![]() | M2HB M2HB-QCB | 12.7×99mm NATO | Typically mounted on lightly armored vehicles or armored personnel carriers, tripod version is also available.[15] |
Sniper rifles | |||||
FN SCAR | ![]() | ![]() | SCAR-H PR | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard issue marksman rifle.[16][17] |
Sako TRG | ![]() | TRG-22 | 7.62×51mm NATO | [18] | |
FR F2 | ![]() | ![]() | — | 7.62×51mm NATO | [19] |
GOL Sniper Magnum | ![]() | ![]() | — | 7.62×51mm NATO | [20] |
Heckler & Koch PSG1 | ![]() | ![]() | MSG90A1 | 7.62×51mm NATO | [21] |
Accuracy International AXMC | ![]() | ![]() | — | 7.62×51mm NATO 8.6×70mm | [22] |
Desert Tech SRS | ![]() | ![]() | SRS-A1 | 8.6×70mm | [23] |
M14 | ![]() | ![]() | M14 M14L1 M14 EBR SOP M14 MDV | 7.62×51mm NATO | M14 EBR SOP version used by Lithuanian Special Operations Force.[24] |
Anti-material rifles | |||||
Barrett M82 | ![]() | ![]() | M82A1 | 12.7×99mm NATO | [25] |
Barrett M107 | ![]() | ![]() | M107A1 | 12.7×99mm NATO | [26] |
Desert Tech HTI | ![]() | ![]() | — | 12.7×99mm NATO | [27] |
Grenade | |||||
RGD-5 | ![]() | ![]() | — | — | — |
Spränghandgranat m/56 | ![]() | ![]() | — | — | — |
Rökfackla 4 | ![]() | Smoke grenade | — | — | |
HG-85 | ![]() | ![]() | OFFHGR-85 SPLHGR-85 | — | — |
M18 | ![]() | ![]() | Smoke grenade | — | — |
Grenade launchers | |||||
Heckler & Koch AG36 | ![]() |
Grenade launcher | 40×46 mm LV | [28] | |
Heckler & Koch HK269 | ![]() |
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Grenade launcher | 40×46 mm LV | [29] |
Heckler & Koch GMG | ![]() |
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Automatic grenade launcher | 40×53 mm HV | Typically mounted on lightly armoured vehicles, or armoured personnel carriers, tripod version is also available.[30] |
Anti-tank weapons | |||||
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle | ![]() |
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Recoilless rifle | 84 mm | M2, M3 and M4 variants.[31][32] |
AT4 | ![]() |
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Single-shot anti-tank weapon | 84 mm | [33] |
M72 LAW | ![]() |
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Single-shot anti-tank weapon | 66 mm | M72A2, M72A7, M72E10 and other modern variants.[34] |
FGM-148 Javelin | ![]() |
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Anti-tank missile | 127 mm | 144 CLU and 871 missiles purchased from the United States. In service from 2002.[35] |
Light mortars | |||||
Hirtenberger M6 | ![]() |
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M6-895[36] | 60 mm | — |
M60 | ![]() |
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— | 60 mm | — |
LM-60 | ![]() |
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— | 60 mm | [37] |
M19 | ![]() |
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— | 60 mm | — |
Heavy mortars | |||||
M38/43 | ![]() |
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— | 120 mm | 18 acquired from Poland.[citation needed] |
2B11 | ![]() |
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— | 120 mm | 20 acquired from Bulgaria.[citation needed] |
M M1982[38] | ![]() |
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— | 120 mm | — |
M/41D | ![]() |
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— | 120 mm | 22 acquired from Sweden.[citation needed] |
Expal 120-MX2-SM | ![]() |
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— | 120 mm | Contract signed in October 2022, with deliveries to be completed in 2024.[39][40] |
Wartime reserve weapons | |||||
Browning Hi-Power | ![]() |
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— | 9 mm | [41] |
Automatkarbin 4 | ![]() |
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Heckler & Koch G3A3 | 7.62 mm | In wartime reserve. Purchased from Swedish surplus. Replaced by the G36.[42] |
Pvpj 1110 | ![]() |
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Recoilless rifle | 90 mm | About 200 Pvpj1110 in wartime reserve. Donated by Sweden.[43] |
M16 rifle | ![]() |
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M16A2 | 5.56 mm | In wartime reserves. Received from NATO surplus.[44] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes |
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Main battle tank | ||||||
Leopard 2 | ![]() |
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Main battle tank | TBD |
TBD |
In July 2023, Lithuanian MoD sent a letter of intent to purchase Leopard 2 from German KMW and in January 2024 the government decided to proceed with the acquisition.[45][46] It was previously reported that the country seeks to acquire 54 tanks.[47] German media suggested that Lithuania plans to purchase the Leopard 2A8 variant.[48] |
Infantry fighting vehicles | ||||||
GTK Boxer | ![]() |
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Infantry fighting vehicle | IFV Vilkas |
89 | Delivered between 2019 and 2023. The local designation IFV Vilkas.[49] Armed with Israeli made Rafael Samson RCWS featuring a Mk44 Bushmaster II 30mm autocannon, coaxial 7.62mm machine gun and Spike-LR anti-tank missiles.[50] |
Armoured personnel carriers | ||||||
M113 | ![]() |
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Armoured personnel carrier | M113A1 M113A2 |
~276[36] | 154 M113A1 and 200 M113A2 items acquired from Germany between 2000 and 2006, some of them non-operational (used as source for spare parts only); 8 fitted for logistic battalion (equipped with cranes), other modification infantry, medical and command. At least 78 donated to Ukraine.[51][52][53] |
Armoured patrol and scout cars | ||||||
JLTV | ![]() |
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Armoured car | Oshkosh L-ATV | 350 / 500[54] |
Lithuania is expected to receive all the vehicles by the end of 2024.[55] Main variant equipped with M153 CROWS v2 with M2 QCB. Other variant to be equipped with RBS 70 NG MSHORAD.[56] |
Humvee | ![]() |
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Armoured car | M1025 M1097 M1114 M1151 |
195+ | Some equipped with HK GMG, or Browning M2 50.cal HMG.[citation needed] |
Land Rover Defender | ![]() |
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Light armoured vehicle | 88 90 110 |
100+ | Some equipped with HK GMG, Browning M2 50.cal HMG, or RBS 70.[citation needed] |
Toyota Land Cruiser | ![]() ![]() |
Light armoured vehicle | Land Cruiser 200 AT42M |
5 | Bought for international missions, has protection from small arms and IED's. From Arctic Truck company.[57] 7 donated to Ukraine army. | |
Armoured combat support vehicles | ||||||
Bergepanzer 2 | ![]() |
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Armoured recovery vehicle | Bergepanzer-2 |
10 | Ordered 10, delivered between 2015 and 2020.[58] |
M113 | ![]() |
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Armoured fitter and repair vehicle | 8 | ||
Armoured special purpose vehicles | ||||||
GTK Boxer | ![]() |
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Training vehicle | IFV Vilkas |
2 | Delivered between 2017 and 2021, local Lithuanian designation IFV Vilkas.[49] |
M577 | ![]() |
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Command post vehicle | 178+ | Over 180 acquired from Germany in 2015–16.[58] Used for command, indirect fire support, medical evacuation and training purposes.[58] Unspecified number have been donated to Ukraine [59] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Quantity | Notes |
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Self-propelled mortars | ||||||
Panzermörser M113 | ![]() |
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Mortar carrier | 120 mm |
32[36][60] | Mortar carriers with Tampella 120 mm mortars. Acquired from Germany in 2005 and 2006.[61] Modernised in cooperation with Israel in 2015. In November 2022, 10 units were donated to Ukraine.[60] |
Towed artillery | ||||||
M101 | ![]() |
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Howitzer | 105 mm |
54 | 72 units acquired from Denmark in 2002. At least 18 units were donated to Ukraine.[62] |
Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
CAESAR | ![]() |
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Self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm | (18 on order)[63] | The country joined the French CAESAR Mark II program to develop a new generation artillery system. It is expected that the howitzers will be delivered by 2027.[63] The order was confirmed and a contract signed on 16 December 2022 for 18 units of the latest Caesar NG. |
PzH 2000 | ![]() |
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Self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm | 21 | Acquired from Germany in 2015–2020.[64] |
Rocket artillery | ||||||
M142 HIMARS | ![]() |
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Multiple launch rocket system | 227 mm
610 mm |
(8 on order) | Eight launchers with ammunition will be delivered in 2025.[65] On 9 November 2022, the United States Department of State approved the sale of launchers and over 800 missiles,[66][65] including:
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Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Details |
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Surface-to-air missile systems | ||||
NASAMS | ![]() | ![]() | NASAMS 3 |
2 batteries with 4 launchers each delivered in 2020 for a $128 million deal.[67] Additional batteries ordered in December 2023 for €200 million.[68] As part of the agreement is 36 AIM-120C-8 missiles approved by the US government in October 2023.[69] The battery consists of: AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel, Kongsberg's Fire Distribution Center (FDC), Mercedes Actros 8x8 trucks on which the launchers are transported.[70] |
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger | ![]() | ![]() | Ordered from the United States in December 2022.[71] | |
RBS-70 MSHORAD | N/A | ![]() | RBS 70 NG RWS | MSHORAD system consists of RBS 70 NG Remote Weapon System (RWS) and command-radar vehicle with Saab Giraffe 1X / C2; the components are mounted on JLTV. Ordered from the Sweden in 2024, delivery 2025 – 2027.[72][73] |
Man-portable air-defence systems | ||||
PZR Grom | ![]() | ![]() | Grom | Acquired in 2014.[74] |
PPZR Piorun | ![]() | ![]() | Piorun | Join order by Lithuanian and Polish governments placed in 2024.[75] |
RBS 70 | ![]() | ![]() | RBS 70 NG | Modernised to RBS-70 NG version.[76] A new batch of Mk-2 and Bolide missiles was ordered in October 2022.[77] |
Counter-UAV systems | ||||
EDM4S | ![]() | ![]() | Domestically produced anti-drone electronic warfare system.[78] |
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Details |
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Saab Giraffe | ![]() |
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Short range | Giraffe Mk-IV | Part of the short range air defense units.[79] |
AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel | ![]() |
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MPQ-64 MPQ-64F1 |
Part of the short and medium range air defence systems.[79] | |
Thales GM200 MM/C | ![]() |
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Counter-battery fire | GM200 MM/C | The contract was signed in January 2024 and the systems will be delivered by 2026.[80] |
TRML-3D | ![]() |
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Medium range | TRML-3D/32 | Acquired in 2004.[81] |
LANZA 3D | ![]() |
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Long range | LANZA 3D[82] | Long range 3D radars, manufactured by Indra Sistemas, commissioned in 2018–2020.[83] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes |
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Trucks | ||||||
Sisu E13TP | ![]() |
Armored high mobility terrain vehicle | E13TP |
50 | [84] | |
Mercedes-Benz Arocs | ![]() |
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Truck
8×8 |
Arocs 4142 AK |
255 | 25 ordered in 2020.[85]
An additional 230 Arocs are being purchased. Delivery of the trucks is planned from 2023 to 2030.[86][87] 17 tons capacity [88] |
Mercedes-Benz Zetros | ![]() |
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Semi truck
6×6 |
Zetros 3643 |
8 | Used for transporting Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers.[89]
70-tons tow capacity |
Mercedes-Benz Zetros | ![]() |
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Truck
6×6 |
Zetros 2733 |
141 | 141 Zetros with cranes are being purchased. Delivery of the trucks is planned from 2023 to 2030.[90][87]
10-tons capacity[88] |
Mercedes-Benz Unimog | ![]() |
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Truck
4×4 |
U5000 U1550 |
500+ | Around 160 older U1550s [91]
340 U5000 ordered in 2015, delivered by 2020.[92] 42 additional U5000 ordered and delivered by 2021.[92] 34 U5000 ordered in 2023.[93] 5-tons capacity |
Mercedes-Benz NG | ![]() |
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Military truck | 1017A 1213 |
200-250 | Purchased from Netherlands.[94] |
DAF F218 series | ![]() |
Military truck | YAS 4442 YKS 2300 |
225 | Purchased from Netherlands.[95] | |
Engineering vehicles | ||||||
Manitou | ![]() |
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Telescopic handler | |||
Komatsu | ![]() |
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Bulldozer | 61PX |
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KrAZ | ![]() |
Floating bridge | PMP |
19 KrAZ spec truck, 24 floating bridge, 6 cutter in wartime reserve.[citation needed] | ||
JCB | ![]() |
Backhoe loader | 4CX |
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CAT | ![]() |
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Loader | |||
Magni | ![]() |
Telescopic handlers | HTH 27.11 | 3 (1 on order) | Received in September 2023[96] | |
Amphibious vehicle | ||||||
PTS-M | ![]() |
Amphibious tracked vehicle | 2 | |||
Bv 206 | ![]() |
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Amphibious tracked vehicle | Bandvagn 206 |
10+ | For medical evacuation + radar.[citation needed] |
Buses | ||||||
MAN | ![]() |
Military orchestra bus. |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes |
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Utility vehicles | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | ![]() |
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Sport utility vehicle | G350d (W464) GD290 (W461) |
273 690 |
Former Dutch operated GD 290 vehicles were delivered in 2016.[97] The new order with manufacturer for delivery of 273 units G350d vehicles was placed in 2023. The delivery of all vehicles expected by the end of 2024.[98][99] |
Volvo C3-series | ![]() |
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Sport utility vehicle | C303 C304 C306 |
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Land Rover Defender | ![]() |
Sport utility vehicle | 88 90 110 |
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Mitsubishi L200 | ![]() |
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Pickup truck | Standard pickup for demining team.[citation needed] | ||
Chevrolet CUCV I | ![]() |
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Pickup truck | M1008 |
Troop and cargo transport.[citation needed] | |
Cars | ||||||
Fiat Dobló Mk I | ![]() |
Car | 65 | Standard army panel van.[100] | ||
Skoda Oktavia Mk.II | ![]() |
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Car | 10 | Standard military police patrol car.[100] | |
Škoda Superb | ![]() |
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Car | 5 | Standard military police pursuit and patrol car.[100] | |
Peugeot Dangel Expert | ![]() |
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Light commercial vehicle / Multi purpose vehicle | 127 | Standard army light commercial vehicle / multi purpose vehicle.[101] | |
Peugeot Rifter | ![]() |
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Light commercial vehicle / Multi purpose vehicle | 235 | Standard army light commercial vehicle / multi purpose vehicle.[102] | |
Buggy | ||||||
Arctic Cat | ![]() |
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Fast attack vehicle | Wild Cat 1000 |
10+ | 1 lost in exercise.[103][100][104] |
Motorcycle | ||||||
KTM EXCR530 | ![]() |
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Motorcycle | Standard SF motorcycle.[100] | ||
All-terrain vehicles | ||||||
Can-Am Outlander MAX 1000 XTP | ![]() |
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All-terrain vehicle | 10+ | Lithuanian army used to patrol the border with Belarus, after the Belarusian hybrid attack on Lithuania.[105] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Details |
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Reconnaissance drones | ||||
ScanEagle | ![]() |
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Short range |
[106] |
RQ-11 | ![]() |
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[107] | |
Hornet | ![]() |
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Hornet XR | ![]() |
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Loitering munitions | ||||
AeroVironment Switchblade | ![]() |
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Medium range |
In December 2020, Lithuania signed a contract to acquire Switchblade 600 loitering munitions.[109] |
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