List of equipment of the Estonian Defence Forces
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This is a list of modern military equipment currently in service with the Estonian Defence Forces.
Weapons
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Small arms
Anti-tank weapons
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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Carl Gustav | ![]() |
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Anti-tank recoilless rifle | 84mm | M2, M3 and M4 variants are in use.[38][39][40] |
Instalaza C90 | ![]() |
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Anti-tank grenade launcher | 90mm | C90-CR-AM, C90-CR-BK and C90-CR-RB variants are in use.[41][42][43]
At least 10,408 units are known to be purchased between 2009 and 2022.[44][45][46][47][48][49] |
Javelin | ![]() |
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Anti-tank guided missile | 127mm | 80 CLUs (with option for additional 40) and 350 missiles purchased from the United States.[50] Block-0 and Block-1 missiles supplied with United States European Reassurance Initiative funds.[51]
Estonia donated 100 Javelins to Ukraine in March 2022.[17][52][53] More Javelins donated later.[54] |
Spike | ![]() |
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Anti-tank guided missile | 130mm | 18 Spike-LR II systems delivered in 2020.[55][56] In addition, more than 500 Spike-SR systems purchased in 2022.[57] |
Air-defence equipment
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Number | Notes |
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ZU-23-2 | ![]() |
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Autocannon | 23×152mm | 98 | Purchased from Israel in 1993.[26][58] |
PPZR Piorun | ![]() |
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Man-portable air-defense system | 72mm | 100 launchers, 300 missiles | 100 launchers with 300 missiles ordered in September 2022.[59] |
Mistral | ![]() |
Short range air defense system | 90mm | 209[60] | Mistral M2 (second generation) acquired in 2007.[61] The latest generation Mistral F3 acquired in 2015, 2018 and 2023.[62][63] | |
IRIS-T SLM | ![]() |
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Medium range air defense system | In May 2023, Estonia and Latvia made a decision to jointly procure medium-range IRIS-T SLM.[64] The systems are expected to be operational in 2025. |
Anti-ship weapons
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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Blue Spear | ![]() |
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Anti-ship missile | Ordered in October 2021.[65] First systems delivered in February 2024.[66] Derivative of the Gabriel V missile, with a range up to 290 km.[67] Missiles are mounted on trucks.[68] | |
Blocker PM16 | ![]() |
Naval mine | Delivered in December 2021, used in all minelaying capable ships.
560 kg of Foxit plastic-bonded explosive. |
Grenades
Mortars
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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M252 | ![]() |
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Mortar | 81mm | 80 units received from USA as military aid.[73] |
m/41D | ![]() |
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Mortar | 120mm | 165 units in holding as of 2010.[74] To be replaced with mortars from Elbit Systems.[75] |
Vehicles
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Armoured vehicles
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
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Combat Vehicle 90 | ![]() |
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Infantry fighting vehicle | 44 | 44 CV9035 purchased from Netherlands and 37 CV90 hulls bought from Norway.[76] CV90 hulls to be rebuilt as support vehicles by the end of 2023.[77] These will be equipped with the Protector RS4 RWS able to fire Javelin missiles.[78] |
Support vehicle | 37 | ||||
Patria Pasi | ![]() |
Armoured personnel carrier | 136 | XA-180: 60 units purchased from Finland (56 in service). XA-188: 81 units purchased from Netherlands (80 in service).[79] XA-180 models to be replaced by 2030. XA-188 models to be modernized to extend their service lives to 2048.[80] | |
Otokar ARMA 6×6 | ![]() |
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Armoured personnel carrier | (130) | Contract awarded in October 2023 for €130 million, including training, and equipment maintenance.[81] It was ordered jointly with the Makina NMS 4×4.[82]
The delivery started in January 2025.[83] |
Nurol Makina NMS 4×4 | ![]() |
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Infantry mobility vehicle | (100) | Contract awarded in October 2023, including training, and equipment maintenance. Ordered jointly with the ARMA 6×6. [82]
The delivery started in January 2025.[83] |
Artillery
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Quantity in service | Notes |
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K9 Thunder | ![]() |
Self-propelled howitzer | 155mm | 36[84] | 36 ordered from South Korea in total and the first howitzers were delivered in 2018.[85] The domestic company Go Craft AS was contracted to integrate the radio and artillery system.[86] | |
CAESAR | ![]() |
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Self-propelled howitzer | 155mm | 6[87] (12 ordered in total) |
12 CAESAR 6x6 Mk I howitzers ordered in June 2024 with the first 6 delivered in January 2025.[87] The contract also includes an option for 6 additional howitzers.[88] |
M142 HIMARS | ![]() |
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Rocket artillery | 227mm 610mm |
(6) | 6 systems ordered in December 2022 with the deliveries are planned to start in 2024.[89][90] The package includes GMLRS (M28A2, M30A2, M31A2) and ER GMLRS (XM403, XM404) rockets as well as MGM-140 ATACMS (M57 variant) missiles.
Estonia received the 6 systems in January 2025. The troops will be trained on the systems in the United States prior to their delivery in Estonia in mid-2025.[91] |
Utility vehicles
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
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Mercedes-Benz G-Class | ![]() |
Utility vehicle | — | G250 and G290.[92][93] | |
Husqvarna 258A MT | ![]() |
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Motorcycle | — | [94] |
Logistics vehicles
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
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DAF 4440/4442 | ![]() |
Truck | ~500 | Purchased in 2008.[95][92] | |
MAN KAT1 | ![]() |
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Truck | MAN 4610/4620/4640/4530.[92][96][97] | |
MAN TGA | ![]() |
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Truck | [98][97] | |
Mercedes-Benz 1017 | ![]() |
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Truck | ~100 | Purchased in 2008.[97][95] |
Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3945 8×8 | ![]() |
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Truck | 10 | Purchased in 2019.[97][99] |
Mercedes-Benz Atego 1018A 4×4 | ![]() |
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Truck | [97] | |
Mercedes-Benz Axor 1829 4×4 | ![]() |
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Truck | [97] | |
Mercedes-Benz Unimog 435 | ![]() |
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Truck | Purchased in 2008. U 1300 L and U 1700 L.[97][100] | |
Scania G360
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Hooklift truck | First delivered in 2024.[101] | ||
Scania G410
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Hooklift off-road capable truck | First delivered in 2024.[101] | ||
Sisu E13TP | ![]() |
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Truck | 2 | The truck is used to transport the Ground Master 403 radar system.[102] |
Volvo FMX 6×6 | ![]() |
Tactical truck with hydraulic hooklift hoist | 52 | Vehicle + trailer, transports 15 ft containers.[97] | |
Volvo 44R | ![]() |
Tactical truck | Framework agreement for 3,000 trucks in 7 years for Estonian and Latvian military for €440 million signed in October 2023. [106]
Quantity for Estonia not specified. First deliveries showed in 2025.[107] | ||
Volvo 66R | Tactical truck | ||||
Semi-trucks | |||||
Volvo FH16 550 8×4 | ![]() |
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Heavy equipment transporter | 7 | [97]
Can tow a semi-trailer weighing up to 92 tons (6-axles). |
Scania G410 6×4 | ![]() |
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Semi-truck | 265 | Deal signed with Latvia in February 2022, delivery since October 2024.[108][109][110] |
Engineering vehicles
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
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Biber | ![]() |
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Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | 2 | Purchased from Netherlands.[111] |
Dachs | ![]() |
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Armoured engineering vehicle | 5 | Purchased from Netherlands.[111][112] |
Bergepanzer 2 | ![]() |
Armoured recovery vehicle | 4 | Purchased from Netherlands.[111][112] | |
TMM-3M | ![]() |
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Truck launched bridge | >5 | The TMM-3M bridge is mounted on the KrAZ-63221 truck. Purchased from Ukraine in 2015.[113] Additional systems received from Finland in 2017.[114] |
Mercedes-Benz Actros | ![]() |
Recovery vehicle | 2 | [115] |
Unmanned ground vehicles
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
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THeMIS | ![]() |
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Unmanned ground vehicle | 3 | [116] |
Ships
Mine countermeasures vessels
Class | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
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Sandown-class | ![]() |
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Minehunter | 3 | Purchased from the United Kingdom in 2006. Modernized between 2018 and 2020 to extend the service lives of the ships to 2035.[56] |
Auxiliary vessels
Class | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
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Lindormen-class | ![]() |
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Auxiliary ship | 1 | Purchased from Denmark in 2006. The ship can also be used as a minelayer.[citation needed] |
Kindral Kurvits class | ![]() |
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Pollution control ship | 1 | Formerly a multifunctional pollution control vessel of the Police and Border Guard. Joined the navy in 2023.[117] |
PATROL 45 WP class | ![]() |
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Patrol boat | 1 | Formerly a multifunctional patrol boat of the Police and Border Guard. Joined the navy in 2023. |
Pikker class | ![]() |
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Patrol boat | 1 | Formerly a patrol boat of the Police and Border Guard. Joined the navy in 2023. |
PATROL 24 class | ![]() |
Patrol boat | 1 | Formerly a patrol boat of the Police and Border Guard. Joined the navy in 2023. |
Aircraft
Aircraft | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Transport | ||||||
M28 Skytruck | ![]() |
Poland | 2[118] | replaced two Antonov An-2s[119] | ||
Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
Aero L-39 | ![]() |
Czechoslovakia | Jet trainer | 2[120][118] |
Note : Three C-17 Globemaster IIIs are available through the Heavy Airlift Wing based in Hungary.[121]
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
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Threod Systems Stream C | ![]() |
Unmanned aerial vehicle | [122][123] | ||
Threod Systems KX-4 LE Titan | ![]() |
Unmanned aerial vehicle | [124] | ||
AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma | ![]() |
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Unmanned aerial vehicle | Undisclosed number of RQ-20B Puma AE II systems to be delivered by 2021.[125] | |
IAI Harpy | ![]() |
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Loitering munition | IAI Mini Harpy ordered in 2023.[126] |
Radars
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
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VERA-E | ![]() |
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Passive radar | 1 | Purchased in 2004.[127][128][129] |
Giraffe AMB | ![]() |
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Passive electronically scanned array | 4 or 5 | [129] |
AN/TPS-77 | ![]() |
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Passive electronically scanned array | 1 | Purchased in 2003 and modernized in 2014.[127][128][130] |
Ground Master 403, 400a | ![]() |
Active electronically scanned array | 2 GM403 (2 GM400a on order) | Two GM403 radars purchased in 2009.[127][128] Mounted on Sisu E13TP trucks.[131] Two GM400a model radars ordered in 2023.[132] | |
GCA-2020 | ![]() |
Precision approach radar | 1 | Transportable version ordered in 2013.[130] | |
AN/TSQ-288 | ![]() |
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Surface search and navigation radar | [133] |
See also
References
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