List of equipment of the Latvian Land Forces
This is a list of equipment used by the Latvian Land Forces.
Personal equipment
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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
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Caliber | Details |
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Pistols | |||||
Glock | ![]() | ![]() | Glock 17 Glock 19 Glock 21 Glock 26 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Standard issue pistol.[1][2][3] |
Heckler & Koch P2A1 | ![]() | ![]() | Flare gun | 26.5mm | Complementary order in 2024[4] |
Submachine guns | |||||
Heckler & Koch UMP | ![]() | UMP9 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Standard issue submachine gun.[1][3] | |
Heckler & Koch MP5 | ![]() | ![]() | MP5A3 | 9×19mm Parabellum | [3] |
Heckler & Koch MP7 | ![]() | ![]() | MP7A2 | HK 4.6×30mm | [3][5] |
Shotguns | |||||
Remington 870 | ![]() | ![]() | MCS | 12 gauge | [3] |
Winchester 1300 | ![]() | ![]() | 12 gauge | Is going to be replaced.[3] | |
Mossberg 500 | ![]() | ![]() | 12 gauge | Is going to be replaced.[3] | |
Assault rifles and Rifles | |||||
Heckler & Koch G36 | ![]() | ![]() | G36V G36KV G36KV3 | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard issue assault rifle.[1][2][3][6]Complementary order in 2024.[4] |
M16 | ![]() | ![]() | M16A1 | 5.56×45mm NATO | Used by Honour Guard, as ceremonial rifle.[7] |
M14 | ![]() | ![]() | 7.62×51mm NATO | Used by Honour Guard, as ceremonial rifle.[8] | |
Lee-Enfield | ![]() | ![]() | No.4 MkI* | .303 British | 120 rifles were donated by Canada. Used by Honour Guard, as ceremonial rifle.[9] |
Sniper rifles | |||||
Heckler & Koch HK417 | ![]() | ![]() | HK417A2 | 7.62×51mm NATO | [3][5] |
PGM Hécate II | ![]() | ![]() | 12.7×99mm NATO | Standard issue heavy sniper rifle.[1][2][3] | |
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare | ![]() | ![]() | AW AXMC AX50 ELR | 7.62×51mm NATO 12.7×99mm NATO | AW variant used to be the standard issue sniper rifle.[1][3][5] |
Barrett M107 | ![]() | ![]() | M107A1 | 12.7×99mm NATO | [3][5] |
Machine guns | |||||
FN Minimi | ![]() | ![]() | Minimi Para | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard issue light machine gun.[1][2][3] |
FN MAG Kulspruta 58 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | FN MAG Kulspruta 58 B | 7.62×51mm NATO | [2][3] |
M2 Browning | ![]() | ![]() | M2HB-QCB | 12.7×99mm NATO | [10][3] |
Grenade launchers | |||||
Heckler & Koch AG36 | ![]() | 40×46mm LV | [1][3] | ||
Heckler & Koch GMG | ![]() | ![]() | 40×53mm HV | [1][2][3]Complementary order in 2024[4] | |
Metallic RBG-6 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 40×46mm | Produced initially without license by Metallic d.o.o. [3] | |
Anti-tank weapons | |||||
SPIKE | ![]() | ![]() | SR LR I LR II ER II | Modern tripod-mounted launcher, programmable attack, fire-and-forget. Fires several missile types, varying in weight and size as they fly from shorter to longer ranges.[2][3][11] | |
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle | ![]() | ![]() | M2 M4 | 84 mm | Re-loadable, fires a variety of ammunition. M2 variant used by the National Guard.[12] 800 Carl Gustaf M2 were donated by Norway.[13] Improved M4 variant on order.[14] |
AT4 | ![]() | ![]() | 84 mm | Light weight, one-shot, disposable.[2] | |
Unmanned aerial vehicles | |||||
UAV Factory Penguin C | ![]() | Penguin C | Long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles.[15] | ||
AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma | ![]() | ![]() | RQ-20A | 3 systems, each having 3 unmanned aerial vehicles.[16] |
Military vehicles
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variants | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Armoured reconnaissance vehicles | ||||||
CVR(T) | ![]() | ![]() | 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.[17][18] |
Armoured personnel carriers | ||||||
Patria 6×6 | ![]() | Armoured personnel carrier | Patria 6×6 | ~100 as of August 2024 | Approximately 200 vehicles on order. To be delivered 2021–2029.[19][20] The first 4 vehicles received on 29 October 2021. Partially built in Latvia from 2021.[21][22] | |
Armoured cars | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | ![]() | ![]() | Armoured car | 290GD | 50 | [23][24] |
Humvee | ![]() | ![]() | 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] |
Trucks | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz Unimog | ![]() | ![]() | Truck | U1300 U5000 | 120[27] | |
Scania | ![]() | ![]() | Truck | P93 NM154 | 184 8 | 134 P93 trucks and 8 NM154 recovery vehicles donated by Norway in 2013. 50 more trucks purchased in 2014.[23] |
Light vehicles | ||||||
Can-Am Outlander | ![]() | All-terrain vehicle | Outlander MAX 650XT | 582[28] | [29] | |
Polaris RZR | ![]() | ![]() | Fast attack vehicle | MRZR-2 MRZR-4 MV850 | 62[30] | Option for up to 130 vehicles.[31] |
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | ![]() | ![]() | SUV | 240GD 300GDN | +66[32] 12[13] | [23][33] |
Land Rover Defender | ![]() | ![]() | SUV | D110 | 2 | D110 variant used by military police.[34] |
Subaru Forester | ![]() | ![]() | SUV | 23 | 23 vehicles used by military police [35] | |
Nissan Navara | ![]() | ![]() | SUV | ~55 | [35] | |
Special vehicles | ||||||
M3 Amphibious Rig | ![]() | ![]() | Amphibious bridge layer | 4 on order.[36] | ||
Bv 206 | ![]() | ![]() | Amphibious tracked vehicle | Bv 206A Bv 206F | Donated by Sweden in 2002 and 2003.[37] | |
Cars | ||||||
Peugeot 308 | ![]() | ![]() | Car | ~50 | [35] | |
Ford Transit Custom | ![]() | ![]() | Light commercial vehicle | ~35 | [35] |
Artillery
Model | Image | Origin | Caliber | Quantity | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortars | |||||
GrW 86 | ![]() | ![]() | 120 mm | Multiple units purchased from Austria in 2017 [38] | |
m/41D | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 120 mm | [39] | |
L16 81mm mortar | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 81 mm | ||
Self-propelled artillery | |||||
M109A5Ö Rechenstellenpanzer M109 Driver training vehicle | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 155 mm | 47 10 2 | 35 howitzers, 10 command and control vehicles and 2 driver training vehicles purchased from Austria in 2017.[40] Additional 18 howitzers received in 2021.[41] 6 howizers were donated to Ukraine.[42] |
Rocket artillery | |||||
M142 HIMARS | ![]() | ![]() | 227 mm | 0 (6 on order) | In October 2022, Latvian Ministry of Defense announced that the country will acquire 6 systems.[43] The contract was signed in December 2023.[44] |
Anti-ship weapons
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naval Strike Missile | ![]() | ![]() | Anti-ship/land-attack missile | Contract signed in 2023 and the system is planned to be operational in 2027.[45] |
Air-defence equipment
Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Details | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medium-range air defence systems | ||||||
IRIS-T | ![]() | ![]() | IRIS-T SLM | In May 2023, Estonia and Latvia made a decision to jointly procure medium-range IRIS-T SLM.[46] The contract was signed in November 2023 and the systems are planned to be operational in 2026.[47] | ||
Man-portable air-defence systems | ||||||
FIM-92 Stinger | ![]() | ![]() | FIM-92 Stinger | [48] All to be transferred to Ukraine.[49] | ||
PPZR Piorun | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed number of missiles ordered in 2022.[50] | |||
RBS-70 | ![]() | ![]() | RBS 70 NG | [51] | ||
Radars | ||||||
Saab Giraffe | ![]() | ![]() | [39] | |||
AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel | ![]() | ![]() | AN/MPQ-64F1 | [52] | ||
AN/TPS-77 | ![]() | ![]() | AN/TPS-77 TPS-77 MRR | [53] |
Retired/obsolete equipment
In the 1990s, the Latvian Army and National Guard troops were equipped with leftover Soviet, Romanian and Czechoslovak[54] 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.[55] In 1995, the Czechs donated 20 120mm mortars (possibly the vz. 82 PRAM-L) and 24 100 mm vz. 53 field guns.[54]
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);[56][57]
- 5 T-55AM Merida tanks (donated by Poland in 1999.[58] Three remaining tanks, still used for training purposes, were reported to have come from the Czech Republic in 2000, not Poland.);[59][60]
- ~12 Terrängbil m/42 KP IFVs (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).[60][61][62][63]
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