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Handguns
Common Name: Pi vz.52
Calibre: 7.62×25mm
Origin: Česká Zbrojovka a.s. (ČZ), Uherský Brod, Czechoslovakia.
Use: Armed forces: out of service. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: TT-33
Calibre: 7.62×25mm
Origin: Tulskii Oruzheinyi Zavod (TOZ), Tula, Russia?
Use: Armed forces: out of service. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Mod 84
Calibre: 7.65×17mmSR (.32 ACP)
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use:
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Mod 300
Calibre: 9×17mm (.380 ACP)
Origin: Astra-Unceta y Cia, Guernica, Spain.
Use: Armed forces: out of service. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Mod 34
Calibre: 9×17mm (.380 ACP)
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Armed forces: out of service. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: PM
Calibre: 9×18mm
Origin: Izhevsky Mekhanchesky Zavod (Izhmekh), Izhevsk, Russia; Entreprise de Conctruction Mecanique Khenchela (ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Police forces: general service. In use with Gendarmerie Nationale.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Mod 400
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Astra-Unceta y Cia, Guernica, Spain.
Use: Armed forces: out of service. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Mod 92FS
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: limited service. In use with Gendarmerie Nationale and DRS.
Sources: Press photos (2008-2009).
Common Name: Caracal F
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Caracal Algerie SpA, Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: general service (2012-). Replaced the Izhmekh PM.
Common Name: Tokagypt
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Femaru és Szerszamgepgyar, Budapest, Hungary.
Use: Armed forces: out of service. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Glock 17
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Glock GmbH, Deutsch-Wagram, Austria.
Use: Armed forces: special servivce.
Police forces: special service (199?-). In use with DRS and GIS.
Sources: Press photos (2010).
Common Name: P9S
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Police forces: limited service. In use with URS.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: MAC 50
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Châtelleraut (MAC), Châtelleraut, France.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: P38
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Carl Walther GmbH, Ulm, Germany.
Use: Armed forces: out of service. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Model 10 Military & Police
Calibre: 9×29mmR (.38 Special)
Origin: Smith & Wesson (S&W), Springfield, USA.
Use: Police forces: limited service (1976-). 1,020+ acquired.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Submachine Guns and Personal Defence Weapons
Common Name: PPS-43
Calibre: 7.62×25mm
Origin: Tulskii Oruzheinyi Zavod (TOZ), Tula, Russia?
Use: Police forces: reserve service. In use with Gendarmerie Nationale. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Mod 4 (Mod 38/49)
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: reserve service? OBSOLETE.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Mod 12S
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: general service (1999-). 5,000+ acquired for 575 lira each?
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Press photos (2008).
Common Name: Mod 93R
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with DSI.
Details: Fires semiautomatic or 3-round bursts. Optional folding stock.
Common Name: Carl Gustaf Kpist m/45B
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Carl Gustaf Stads Gevärsfabrik, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Use: Police forces: reserve service? OBSOLETE.
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Uzi
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Fabrique National d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium?
Use:
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: MP5A3
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany?
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with Gendarmerie Nationale, DGSN, and DRS.
Details: Retractable stock.
Common Name: MP5A5
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Police forces: special service (2004-). In use with DGSN.
Details: Fires semiautomatic, 3-round bursts, and full automatic. Retractable stock.
Sources: Press photos (2009).
Common Name: MP5K
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany?
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with Gendarmerie Nationale, DGSN, and DRS.
Details: No stock.
Common Name: MAT 49
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France
Use: Police forces: limited service. In use with customs and prison security forces.
Details: Retractable stock.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Vigneron M2
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Société Anonyme Précision Liègoise, Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Police forces: reserve service? OBSOLETE.
Details: Retractable stock.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Rifles
Common Name: AR-15A3 R0901 (M16A4)
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA?
Use: Armed forces: special service (2006-). 150+ acquired.
Details: Fires semiautomatic and 3-round bursts. MIL-STD-1913 sight rail.
Sources: United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (2007).
Common Name: AUG A1
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Steyr-Mannlicher GmbH, Kleinraming, Austria.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Police forces: special service. In use with DIS, DRS, and GIS.
Details: 1.5× scope.
Sources: Press photos (200?-).
Common Name: MAS 36
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St Étienne (MAS), St Étienne, France.
Use: Police forces: limited service. In use with customs and prison security forces. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: MAS 49/56
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de St Étienne (MAS), St Étienne, France.
Use: Police forces: limited service. In use with customs and prison security forces. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: M2
Calibre: 7.62×33mm (.30 M1)
Origin: Inland Division, General Motors, Dayton, USA.
Use: Police forces: general service?
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Designation: Pistolet Mitrailleur Modèle 89 – PM-89
Common Name: AK
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Entreprise de Construction Mécanique Khenchela (ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Police forces: limited service. Replaced the PPS-43.
Sources: Gimelli Sulashvili, Barbara. "Multiplying the Sources: Licensed and unlicensed military production". Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City (Small Arms Survey, 2007); Press photos (2008).
Common Name: AK
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Izhevskiy Mashinostroitelniy Zavod (Izhmash), Izhevsk, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Common Name: AK (QBZ56)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: North China Industries Corp (NORINCO), Beijing, China.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Integral folding bayonet.
Designation: Pistolet Mitrailleur Modèle 89-1 – PM-89-1
Common Name: AKS
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Entreprise de Construction Mécanique Khenchela (ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Police forces: limited service. Replaced the PPS-43.
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Gimelli Sulashvili, Barbara. "Multiplying the Sources: Licensed and unlicensed military production". Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City (Small Arms Survey, 2007); Press photos.
Common Name: AKMS (MPiKMS-72)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: VEB Ernst-Thälmann-Werk, Suhl, East Germany.
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with DIS and GIS.
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Press photos.
Common Name: AK-103
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Izhevskiy Mashinostroitelniy Zavod (Izhmash), Izhevsk, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: special service (200?-). In use with Para Commandos.
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Military Technology Magazine. The World Defence Almanac. Vol.XXXIV (Mönch, 2010); Press photos (2009).
Common Name: SKS
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Izhevskiy Mashinostroitelniy Zavod (Izhmash), Izhevsk, Russia?
Use: Police forces: general service. In use with Gendarmerie Nationale and Police Nationale.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Press photos (200?).
Common Name: QBZ81
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: North China Industries Corp (NORINCO), Beijing, China.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use with marines.
Details: Folding stock.
Common Name: BM 59 Mark I
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service? Acquired via FN, Belgium. OBSOLETE.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Model 700 (M24)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, USA.
Use: Armed forces: special service (2006-). 21+ acquired.
Details: Leupold M3A 10× scope. Bipod.
Sources: United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (2007).
Common Name: SVD
Calibre: 7.62×54mmR
Origin: Izhevskiy Mashinostroitelniy Zavod (Izhmash), Izhevsk, Russia; Entreprise de Construction Mécanique Khenchela (ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: PSO-1 4× scope.
Shotguns
Common Name: RS 202P
Calibre: 18.5×70mmR (12-gauge)
Origin: Entreprise de Construction Mécanique Khenchela (ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Police forces: limited service?
Sources: Press photos (2008).
Common Name: RS 202-M2
Calibre: 18.5×70mmR (12-gauge)
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: special service. In use with DIS and GIS.
Details: Folding stock.
Sources: Press photos (200?).
Common Name: KS-23
Calibre: 23×75mmR
Origin: Tsentralny Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Institut Tochnogo Mashinostroeniya (TsNIITochMash), Klimovsk, Russia.
Use: Police forces: special service.
Sources: Press photos (200?).
Common Name: KS-23M
Calibre: 23×75mmR
Origin: Tsentralny Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Institut Tochnogo Mashinostroeniya (TsNIITochMash), Klimovsk, Russia.
Use: Police forces: special service.
Machine Guns
Common Name: FM 24/29
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Châtelleraut (MAC), Châtelleraut, France.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLETE.
Details: Bipod.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: AA 52
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Retractable stock. Bipod.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: AA 52
Calibre: 7.5×54mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Police forces: limited service. In use as coaxial gun on AML 60 armoured car and AML 90 armoured car, and as turret gun on M3 VTT armoured personnel carrier.
Details: No stock and bipod.
Common Name: RPD
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Zavod imeni V.A. Degytarev (ZiD), Kovrov, Russia; Entreprise de Construction Mécanique Khenchela (ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Bipod.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: RPK
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: Vyatsko-Polyaniskney Mashinostroitelniy Zavod Molot, Vyatskiye Polyany, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Bipod.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: RP-46
Calibre: 7.62×54mmR
Origin: Zavod imeni V.A. Degytarev (ZiD), Kovrov, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service? OBSOLETE?
Details: Bipod.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: PKM
Calibre: 7.62×54mmR
Origin: Kovrovsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ), Kovrov, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Police forces: special service. In use with GIS.
Details: Bipod.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: PKT
Calibre: 7.62×54mmR
Origin: Kovrovsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ), Kovrov, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 695+ acquired. In use as coaxial gun on T-90S main battle tank, T-72 main battle tank, T-62 main battle tank, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle, BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, and BTR-80 armoured personnel carrier, and as bow gun on Mi-171Sh gunship helicopter.
Details: No stock and trigger.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Military Technology Magazine. The World Defence Almanac. Vol.XXXIV (Mönch, 2010).
Common Name: Browning M1919A4
Calibre: 7.62×63mm (.30-06)
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service? OBSOLETE.
Details: Tripod.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (L3A1)
Calibre: 7.62×63mm (.30-06)
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service? In use as flexible machine gun on Saladin Mk II armoured car. OBSOLETE.
Common Name: Browning M1919A4 (L3A3)
Calibre: 7.62×63mm (.30-06)
Origin: USA.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service? In use as coaxial machine gun on Saladin Mk II armoured car. OBSOLETE.
Common Name: Browning M2HB
Calibre: 12.7×99mm (.50 Browning)
Origin: Fabrique National d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on Panhard M3 armoured car.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: DShKM
Calibre: 12.7×108mm
Origin: Zavod imeni V.A. Degytarev (ZiD), Kovrov, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. OBSOLETE.
Details: Tripod.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: NSV-12.7
Calibre: 12.7×108mm
Origin: Vyatsko-Polyaniskney Mashinostroitelniy Zavod Molot, Vyatskiye Polyany, Russia. Belarus!
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 465+ acquired. In use as flexible gun on T-90S main battle tank and T-72 main battle tank
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Military Technology Magazine. The World Defence Almanac. Vol.XXXIV (Mönch, 2010).
Common Name: KPV
Calibre: 14.5×114mm
Origin: Zavod imeni V.A. Degytarev (ZiD), Kovrov, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on ZPU-2 twin AA mount and ZPU-4 quadruple AA mount.
Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1976); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: KPVT
Calibre: 14.5×114mm
Origin: Zavod imeni V.A. Degytarev (ZiD), Kovrov, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on BRDM-2 armoured car.
Grenade Launchers
Common Name: Model 201-Z
Calibre: 37×122mmR
Origin: Federal Laboratories, Saltsburg, USA?
Use: Police forces: limited service?
Sources: Press photos (200?).
Common Name: AGS-17
Calibre: 30×28mmB
Origin: Vyatsko-Polyaniskney Mashinostroitelniy Zavod Molot, Vyatskiye Polyany, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Tripod.
Common Name: GP-25
Calibre: 40mm
Origin: Entreprise de Construction Mécanique Khenchela (ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Mounted under ECMK PM-89-1.
Common Name: Vektor Y3 Striker
Calibre: 40×53mmSR
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria, South Africa.
Use: Armed forces: limited service (200?-). In use on modernised BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle?
Light Antitank Weapons
Common Name: RPG-7V
Calibre: 40mm (85mm warhead)
Origin: Entreprise de Construction Mécanique Khenchela (ECMK), Khenchela, Algeria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: 2.7× scope.
Common Name: LRAC 89 (STRIM)
Calibre: 89mm
Origin: Luchaire SA, Muret, France.
Use: Armed forces: general service?
Common Name: RPG-16 Udar
Calibre: 58mm (??mm warhead)
Origin: Konstruktorskoe Buro Priborostroeniya (KBP), Tula, Russia
Use: Armed forces: limited service?
Cannon
Common Name: M693 (Vektor G12)
Calibre: 20×139mm
Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria, South Africa.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 40+ acquired. In use on Mi-24VP Super Hind Mk III gunship helicopter.
Details: Dual feed.
Common Name: 2A7
Calibre: 23×152mm
Origin: Tulamashzavod, Tula, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 900+ acquired. In use on ZSU-23-4 Shilka armoured air defence vehicle.
Common Name: 2A14
Calibre: 23×152mm
Origin: Tulamashzavod, Tula, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 200+ acquired. In use on ZU-23-2 twin AA mount.
Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).
Common Name: 2A42
Calibre: 30×165mm
Origin: ZTS Špeciál a.s., Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovak Republic.
Use: Armed forces: limited service (1995-). 287+ acquired. In use on BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle.
Details: Twin feed.
Common Name: 2A72
Calibre: 23×152mm
Origin: Tulamashzavod, Tula, Russia.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.
Details: Twin feed.