# List of equipment of the Botswana Ground Force

This is a list of the equipment used by the Botswana Ground Force.

## Small arms

| Name | Caliber | Type | Origin |
| Pistols ||||||
| Browning Hi-Power | 9×19mm | Semi-automatic pistol | Belgium United States |
| Submachine guns ||||||
| Sten | 9×19mm | Submachine gun | United Kingdom |
| Sterling | 9×19mm | Submachine gun | United Kingdom |
| Uzi | 9×19mm | Submachine gun | Israel |
| Rifles ||||||
| AKM | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Soviet Union |
| IMI Galil | 5.56×45mm | Assault rifle | Israel |
| M16 | 5.56×45mm | Assault rifle | United States |
| ArmaLite AR-18 | 5.56×45mm | Assault rifle | United States |
| Colt Canada C7 | 5.56×45mm | Assault rifle | Canada |
| FN SCAR | 5.56×45mm | Assault rifle | Belgium |
| SA80 | 5.56×45mm | Bullpup Assault rifle | United Kingdom |
| SAR-21 | 5.56×45mm | Bullpup Assault rifle | Singapore |
| FN FAL | 7.62×51mm | Battle rifle | Belgium |
| Heckler & Koch G3 | 7.62×51mm | Battle rifle | West Germany |
| Machine guns ||||||
| Bren | 7.62×51mm | Light machine gun | Czechoslovakia United Kingdom |
| Browning M1919 | 7.62×51mm | Medium machine gun | United States |
| FN MAG | 7.62×51mm | General-purpose machine gun | Belgium |
| Browning M2 | .50 BMG | Heavy machine gun | United States |
| Rocket propelled grenade launchers ||||||
| RPG-7 | 40mm | Rocket-propelled grenade | Soviet Union |

## Anti-tank weapons

| Name | Type | Origin | Caliber |
| Carl Gustav | Recoilless rifle | Sweden | 84mm |
| MILAN | Anti-tank missile | France West Germany | |
| BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank missile | United States | |

## Tanks

| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| SK-105 Kürassier | | Light tank | Austria | 20 | | |
| FV101 Scorpion | | Light tank | United Kingdom | 25 | | |

## Armoured Cars

| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| Panhard VBL | | Scout car | France | 64 | | |

## Armored personnel carriers

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
| BTR-60 | Armored personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 50 | |
| FV103 Spartan | Armored personnel carrier | United Kingdom | 6 | |
| Cadillac Gage Commando | Armored personnel carrier | United States | 14 | |
| Mowag Piranha IIIC | Armored personnel carrier | Switzerland | 45 | Ordered in 2002, in service from 2003 |

## Reconnaissance

| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| RAM MK3 | | Armored Car | Israel | 8 | | |
| Mowag Piranha III | | Armored fighting vehicle | Switzerland | 45 | | |

## Utility vehicles

| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| ACMAT | | Utility vehicle | France | 150 | | |
| RMMV TG MIL | | Utility truck | Germany Austria | 200 | | |

## Engineering Vehicles

| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| M578 LRV | | Armored recovery vehicle | United States | Unknown | | |
| SB-20 Greif | | Armored recovery vehicle | Austria | Unknown | | |

## Demining vehicles

| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| Aardvark JSFU | | Demining vehicle | United Kingdom | Unknown | | |

## Artillery

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity |
| Self-propelled artillery |||||||
| ATMOS 2000 | Self-propelled artillery | Israel | 12 |
| Rocket artillery |||||||
| APRA-40 | Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union Romania | 20 |
| Field artillery |||||||
| Soltam M-71 | Howitzer | Israel | 18 |
| L118 | Howitzer | United Kingdom | 12 |
| OTO Melara Mod 56 | Howitzer | Italy | 6 |

## Air defence systems

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
| M167 VADS | Rotary cannon | United States | 7 | |
| MICA (missile) | Surface-to-air missile | France | Unknown | |
| Javelin | Surface-to-air missile | United Kingdom | | 5 launchers. |
| 9K32 Strela-2 | MANPADS | Soviet Union | | |
| 9K38 Igla | MANPADS | Soviet Union | | |

## River-wing equipment

* 2 × Boston Whaler Raider-class PCs (United States)
* 10 × Panther airboats (United States)