List of equipment of the Latvian Land Forces
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This is a list of equipment used by the Latvian Land Forces.

Personal equipment
The equipment of the Latvian Land Forces troops includes:
- LatPat, Multi-LatPat and WoodLatPat (Latvian digital camouflage uniform).
- Norwegian BEAR-II load bearing armor system
- Kevlar helmets
- Night vision devices
Infantry weapons
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Military vehicles
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Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes |
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Armoured fighting vehicles | ||||||
ASCOD | ![]() |
Infantry fighting vehicle | ASCOD 2 | (42) | In 2024, Latvian Ministry of Defense made a decision to acquire ASCOD to replace the CVR(T).[15] In January 2025, Latvia signed €373 million contract for 42 vehicles.[16] The deliveries will begin in 2026 and will complete in 2027.[17] | |
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Armoured reconnaissance vehicle | Scimitar Sultan Spartan Samson Samaritan |
198 | 116 modernized vehicles in service, plus 7 used for training. 82 additional vehicles on order - to be delivered by 2022.[18][19] |
Armoured vehicles | ||||||
Patria 6×6 | ![]() |
Armoured personnel carrier | Patria 6×6 | ~100 (total ~256 on order) | Over 200 vehicles on order, to be delivered 2021–2029.[20][21] The first 4 vehicles received on 29 October 2021. The vehicles are partially produced in Latvia since 2021.[22][23] In November 2024, 56 additional command vehicles were ordered.[24] | |
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Armoured car | M1043A2 M1113 |
30 12 |
Ten vehicles donated by the United States in 2005.[25] Possibly 28 more purchased later.[26] Some equipped with HK GMG, M2 Browning and Spike anti-tank guided missile.[citation needed] |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | ![]() |
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Armored car (special forces) | 290GD | 50 | [27][28] Second hand from Norway |
Amphibious vehicles | ||||||
Bv 206 | ![]() |
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Tracked articulated vehicle (amphibious) | Bv 206A Bv 206F |
100+ | Donated by Sweden in 2002 and 2003.[29] |
Light vehicles | ||||||
VR FOX | ![]() |
Fast attack vehicle | 1 (30+) | Latvian Armed Forces tested 1 VR FOX prototype and in November 2024 Latvian Ministry of Defense made a decision to acquire more than 30 VR FOX vehicles[30] | ||
Polaris RZR | ![]() |
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Fast attack vehicle | MRZR-2 MRZR-4 MV850 |
62[31] | Option for up to 130 vehicles.[32] |
Can-Am Outlander | ![]() |
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All-terrain vehicle | Outlander MAX 650XT | 582[33] | [34] |
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Mercedes-Benz Unimog | ![]() |
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Truck | U1300 U5000 |
120[35] | |
Scania | ![]() |
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Truck | P93 NM154 |
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134 P93 trucks and 8 NM154 recovery vehicles donated by Norway in 2013. 50 more trucks purchased in 2014.[27] |
Engineering equipment | ||||||
M3 Amphibious Rig | ![]() |
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Amphibious bridge layer | 2 delivered 2 still to be delivered .[36] | ||
Utility vehicles | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | ![]() |
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SUV | 240GD 300GDN |
+66[37] 12[12] |
[27][38] |
Land Rover Defender | ![]() |
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SUV | D110 | 2 | D110 variant used by military police.[39] |
Subaru Forester | ![]() |
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SUV | 23 | 23 vehicles used by military police [40] | |
Nissan Navara | ![]() |
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SUV | ~55 | [40] | |
Peugeot 308 | ![]() |
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Car | ~50 | [40] | |
Ford Transit Custom | ![]() |
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Light commercial vehicle | ~35 | [40] |
Indirect fire
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Quantity | Details |
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Mortars | ||||||
GrW 86 | ![]() |
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Heavy mortar | 120 mm | Multiple units purchased from Austria in 2017.[41] | |
m/41D | ![]() |
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Heavy mortar | 120 mm | 20~ | [42] |
Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
M109A5Ö | ![]() |
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Self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm | 47 | 35 howitzers, 10 command and control vehicles and 2 driver training vehicles purchased from Austria in 2017.[43] Additional 18 howitzers received in 2021.[44] 6 howizers were donated to Ukraine.[45] |
M109
Rechenstellenpanzer M109 |
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Command and artillery computing station | – | 10 | ||
M109 driver training | ![]() |
Driver training vehicle | – | 2 | ||
Rocket artillery | ||||||
M142 HIMARS | ![]() |
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MLRS | 227 mm | 0 (6 on order) | In October 2022, Latvian Ministry of Defense announced that the country will acquire 6 systems.[46] The contract was signed in December 2023.[47] |
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Type | Role | |
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UAV Factory Penguin C | ![]() |
Penguin C | Fixed-wing UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle |
ISR
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
Long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles.[48] | |
AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma | ![]() |
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RQ-20A | Fixed-wing UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle |
ISR
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
3 systems, each having 3 unmanned aerial vehicles.[49] |
Anti-ship weapons
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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Naval Strike Missile | ![]() |
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Anti-ship/land-attack missile | Contract signed in 2023 and the system is planned to be operational in 2027.[50] |
Air defence
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Type | Details |
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Short-range air-defence | |||||
PPZR Piorun | ![]() |
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MANPAD
Man-portable air-defence systems |
Undisclosed number of missiles ordered in 2022.[51] | |
RBS-70 | ![]() |
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RBS-70 NG | MANPAD
Man-portable air-defence systems |
[52] |
Medium-range air defence | |||||
IRIS-T | ![]() |
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IRIS-T SLM | Medium range air defence missile system | In May 2023, Estonia and Latvia made a decision to jointly procure medium-range IRIS-T SLM.[53] The contract was signed in November 2023 and the systems are planned to be operational in 2026.[54] |
Radars | |||||
AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel | ![]() |
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AN/MPQ-64F1 | 3D air search radar | [55] |
AN/TPS-77 | ![]() |
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AN/TPS-77 TPS-77 MRR |
3D air search radar | Used for the Baltic Air Surveillance Network[56] |
Hensoldt TRML 4D | ![]() |
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Air surveillance and target acquisition radar | Radar for the IRIS-T SML air defence system[57] | |
Saab Giraffe | ![]() |
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Early warning radar | [42] |
Retired/obsolete equipment
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1918–1940
During the Latvian War of Independence, the armed formations of the Republic of Latvia (which were united into the Latvian Army in July 1919) used a wide range of surplus weapons acquired from Russian, German and other stocks. Substantial support was offered by British, French and other forces. The main infantry rifle after the war was the Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14).[58]
1991–present
In the 1990s, the Latvian Army and National Guard troops were equipped with leftover Soviet, Romanian and Czechoslovak[59] weapons like the AKM, AK-74, SKS rifles and TT and Makarov pistols, alongside early procurements of CZ 82 pistols from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In the late 1990s, a gradual switch to the Swedish-made Automatkarbin 4 began, but AK-pattern rifles remained. Today Ak4 rifles are mostly kept in storage.[60] In 1995, the Czechs donated 20 120mm mortars (possibly the vz. 82 PRAM-L) and 24 100 mm vz. 53 field guns.[59]
Retired/obsolete vehicles include:
- 2 BRDM-2 armored cars (donated by Poland by 1992, mostly used by the Suži Airborne Reconnaissance Battalion of the Land Forces, later used as target practice);[61][62]
- 5 T-55AM2 Mérida tanks (donated by Poland in 1999).[63] Three remaining tanks, still used for training purposes as of 2024, were reported to have come from the Czech Republic in 2000, not Poland;[64][65]
- ~12 Terrängbil m/42 KP APCs (donated around 1994 by Sweden to the Baltic states, retired by the late 1990s or early 2000s; at least one transferred to the State Border Guard).[65][62][66][67]
References
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