List of army equipment of Afghanistan

This page shows a list of military weapons and vehicles used by the Afghan National Army up until December 2016.

Model	Origin	Type	Notes
Beretta M9	Italy	Semi-automatic pistol	Provided by the United States Armed Forces.
Makarov	Soviet Union	Semi-automatic pistol	Inherited from the Soviet–Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
TT	Soviet Union	Semi-automatic pistol	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
Stechkin	Soviet Union	Machine pistol	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
FB PM-63	Polish People's Republic	Submachine gun

Model	Origin	Type	Quantity	Notes
M16A2 rifle	United States	Assault rifle	104,000	The United States military provided the ANA with M16 rifles as part of a modernization effort.
M4 carbine	United States	Carbine	10,000	Only used by Afghan National Army Commandos and Special Forces. M4s sold as part of a 2006 Foreign Military Sales package. Additional M4s sold as a 2008 Foreign Military Sales package.
FB Beryl	Poland	Assault rifle		Used by regular units.
Colt Canada C7	Canada	Assault rifle	2,500	On December 23, 2007, Canadian media reported that the Canadian Forces would supply the Afghan National Army with 2,500 surplus Colt Canada C7 rifles (a Canadian variant of the M16), along with training and ammunition in order to Westernise Afghan equipment. In June 2011, the Afghan National Army returned the loaned C7 rifles as the ANA preferred the American M16 rifle.
AK-47	Soviet Union	Assault rifle		Phased out of the service since 2008. Used by Afghan Special Forces and some regular units.
AKM	Soviet Union	Assault rifle		In storage.
AK-74	Soviet Union	Assault rifle		In storage.
Type 56	People's Republic of China	Assault rifle		In storage.
Zastava M70	Yugoslavia	Assault rifle		In storage.
ASh78	People's Socialist Republic of Albania	Assault rifle	30,000 ^[1]	In storage.
Mosin–Nagant	Russian Empire Soviet Union	Bolt-action rifle		Reserved for ceremonial use only.

Model	Origin	Type	Notes
DPMS Panther LRT-SASS	United States	Designated marksman rifle
Dragunov sniper rifle	Soviet Union	Designated marksman rifle	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
PSL	Romania	Designated marksman rifle
M24 Sniper Weapon System	United States	Sniper rifle	Provided by the United States.

Model	Type	Origin	Notes
M249 SAW	Light machine gun	United States Belgium	Provided by the United States.
RPK	Light machine gun	Soviet Union	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
SG-43 Goryunov	Medium machine gun	Soviet Union	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
M240	General-purpose machine gun	United States Belgium	Provided by the United States.
FN MAG	General-purpose machine gun	Belgium
PK machine gun	General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
RPD	Light machine gun	Soviet Union	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
M2 Browning	Heavy machine gun	United States	Provided by the United States.
M134 Minigun	Rotary medium machine gun	United States	Provided by the United States.
DShK	12.7x99mm heavy machine gun	Soviet Union	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.
KPV heavy machine gun	14.5x114mm heavy machine gun	Soviet Union	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War.

Model	Origin	Type	Details
GP-25	Soviet Union	Underbarrel grenade launcher	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
AGS-17	Soviet Union	Automatic grenade launcher	Inherited from the Soviet-Afghan War and Afghan Civil War.
M203	United States	Underbarrel grenade launcher	Foreign Military Sales package

Infantry weapons and equipment

Model	Origin	Type	Number
RPG-7	Soviet Union	Rocket-propelled grenade launcher
RPG-16	Soviet Union	Rocket-propelled grenade launcher
RPG-18	Soviet Union	Disposable rocket-propelled grenade launcher
SPG-9	Soviet Union	73mm recoilless rifle
B-10	Soviet Union	82mm recoilless rifle
9K111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot)	Soviet Union	Anti-tank guided missile	100
9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail)	Soviet Union	Man-portable air-defense system
9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14 Gremlin)	Soviet Union	Man-portable air-defense system
RPO-A Shmel	Soviet Union	Disposable rocket-assisted flamethrower

Model	Origin	Type	Caliber (mm)	Number
Mortars
82-BM-37	Soviet Union	Infantry mortar	82mm	1,000+
ZU-23-2	Soviet Union	Anti-aircraft gun	23mm	Unknown