# List of former equipment of the New Zealand Army

This article lists equipment, weapons and vehicles formerly used by the New Zealand Army.

## Infantry equipment
### Uniforms
#### Camouflage patterns

| Name | Origin | Introduced | Withdrawn |
| ERDL | United States | 1968 | 1980 |
| Tigerstripe | Republic of Vietnam | | |
| DPM | United Kingdom | 1980 | 1997 |
| NZDPM | New Zealand | 1997 | 2013 |
| NZDDPM | New Zealand | 2003 | 2013 |
| MultiCam | United States | | |
| NZMCU | New Zealand | 2013 | 2019 |

## Small arms
### Rifles and carbines

| Name | Origin | Model | Calibre | Introduced | Withdrawn |
| Paget’s Carbine | United Kingdom | Pattern 1827 | | 1840 | |
| Lovell’s Carbine | United Kingdom | Pattern 1844 | | 1844 | |
| Pattern 1853 Enfield | United Kingdom | Pattern 1853 | | 1858 | 1885 |
| Pattern 1853 Enfield | United Kingdom | Pattern 1853 Carbine | | 1858 | 1885 |
| Pattern 1853 Enfield | United Kingdom | Pattern 1856 | | 1858 | 1885 |
| Constabulary carbine | United Kingdom | Pattern 1840 | | 1858 | |
| Lancaster Royal Engineers carbine | United Kingdom | Pattern 1855 | | 1858 | |
| Westley-Richards carbine | United Kingdom | Monkey Tail | | 1861 | |
| Terry | United Kingdom | Pattern 1861 Carbine | | 1861 | 1881 |
| Terry | United Kingdom | Pattern 1861 | | 1863 | 1867 |
| Colt Model 1855 revolving carbine | United States United Kingdom | Model 1855 | | 1864 | |
| Hay Rifle | United Kingdom | Pattern 1858 | | 1865 | 1885 |
| M1854 Sharps rifle | United States | M1854 | | 1865 | |
| Snider–Enfield | United Kingdom | Pattern 1866 | .577 Snider | 1868 | 1907 |
| Snider–Enfield | United Kingdom | Pattern 1867 | .577 Snider | 1868 | 1907 |
| Snider–Enfield | United Kingdom | Pattern 1872 Constabulary Carbine | .577 Snider | 1872 | 1907 |
| Snider–Enfield | United Kingdom | Pattern 1869 Cavalry Carbine | .577 Snider | 1875 | 1907 |
| Snider–Enfield | United Kingdom | Pattern 1869 Artillery Carbine | .577 Snider | 1875 | 1907 |
| Snider–Enfield | United Kingdom | Pattern 1880 Yeomanry Carbine | .577 Snider | 1880 | 1907 |
| Hay-Snider | United Kingdom | Pattern 1869 | .577 Snider | 1869 | 1907 |
| M1885 Remington–Lee | United States | M1885 | .43 Spanish | 1887 | 1888 |
| Martini-Henry | United Kingdom | Mk I | .577/450 Martini–Henry | 1890 | 1903 |
| Martini-Henry | United Kingdom | MK I Artillery Carbine | .577/450 Martini–Henry | 1890 | 1903 |
| Martini-Henry | United Kingdom | MK I Cavalry Carbine | .577/450 Martini–Henry | 1890 | 1903 |
| Martini-Henry | United Kingdom | Mk II | .577/450 Martini–Henry | 1890 | 1903 |
| Martini-Henry | United Kingdom | Mk III | .577/450 Martini–Henry | 1890 | 1903 |
| Martini-Henry | United Kingdom | Mk IV | .577/450 Martini–Henry | 1890 | 1903 |
| Martini–Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I | .303 British | 1898 | 1946 |
| Martini–Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I Artillery Carbine | .303 British | 1898 | 1946 |
| Magazine Lee-Metford | United Kingdom | Mk II | .303 British | 1900 | 1945 |
| Magazine Lee-Metford | United Kingdom | Mk II* | .303 British | 1900 | 1945 |
| Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I | .303 British | 1900 | 1945 |
| Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I* | .303 British | 1900 | 1945 |
| Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I New Zealand Carbine | .303 British | 1901 | 1903 |
| Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I Cadet Rifle | .22 Long Rifle | 1914 | |
| Martini Cadet rifle | United Kingdom | | .310 Cadet | 1902 | 1911 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I | .303 British | 1905 | |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I* | .303 British | 1905 | |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I*** | .303 British | 1905 | |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | Mk I .22 | .22 Long Rifle | 1913 | 1925 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | No. 1 Mk III | .303 British | 1909 | 1955 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | No. 1 Mk III* | .303 British | 1909 | 1955 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | No. 2 Mk IV* | .22 Long Rifle | 1924 | 1945 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | No. 4 Mk I | .303 British | 1942 | 2009 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | No. 4 Mk I* | .303 British | 1942 | 2009 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | No. 4 Mk II | .303 British | 1942 | 2009 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | No. 8 Mk I | .22 Long Rifle | 1952 | 2009 |
| Short Magazine Lee-Enfield | United Kingdom | No. 5 Jungle Carbine | .303 British | 1955 | |
| M1904 Winchester Training rifle | United States | M1904 | .22 Long Rifle | 1910 | 1945 |
| Birmingham Small Arms Air rifle | United Kingdom | Model D | | 1911 | 1918 |
| Pattern 1914 Enfield | United Kingdom United States | No. 3 Mk I | .303 British | 1916 | 1960 |
| Pattern 1914 Enfield | United Kingdom United States | No. 3 Mk I* | .303 British | 1916 | 1960 |
| Pattern 1914 Enfield | United Kingdom United States | No. 3 Mk I*(T) | .303 British | 1918 | 1960 |
| Ross rifle | Canada | Mk III | .303 British | 1916 | 1970 |
| Ross rifle | Canada | MK IIIB | .303 British | 1916 | 1970 |
| Browning 22 Semi-Auto | United States | | .22 Long Rifle | | |
| Winchester Model 1895 | United States | M1895 | .303 British | | |
| M1903 Springfield | United States | M1903 | .30-06 Springfield | 1942 | 1960 |
| M1 carbine | United States | M1 | .30 Carbine | 1943 | |
| L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle | United Kingdom | L1A1 | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960 | 1990 |
| M16 rifle | United States | M16A1 | 5.56x45mm NATO | | |
| Parker-Hale M82 sniper rifle | United Kingdom | | 7.62x51mm NATO | | |
| Accuracy International Arctic Warfare sniper rifle | United Kingdom | | | | |
| Steyr AUG | Austria Australia | | 5.56×45mm NATO | 1988 | 2017 |
| Accuracy International AW50 precision rifle | United Kingdom | | | | |

### Pistols and revolvers

* Webley Revolver
* Enfield No. 2
* Smith & Wesson Model 10
* M1911 pistol
* Browning Hi-Power
* SIG Sauer P226

### Shotguns

* Remington Model 870
* Browning Auto-5

### Submachine guns

| Name | Origin | Model | Calibre | Introduced | Withdrawn |
| M1928 Thompson | United States | M1928A1 | .45 Automatic Colt Pistol | 1940 | |
| M1928 Thompson | United States | M1 | .45 Automatic Colt Pistol | 1943 | |
| M1928 Thompson | United States | M1A1 | .45 Automatic Colt Pistol | 1943 | |
| Sten | United Kingdom | Mk II | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1941 | |
| Sten | United Kingdom | Mk III | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1943 | |
| Owen | Australia | | 9×19mm Parabellum | | |
| M3 submachine gun | United States | M3 | .45 Automatic Colt Pistol | 1944 | 1953 |
| M3 submachine gun | United States | M3A1 | .45 Automatic Colt Pistol | 1944 | 1953 |
| Lanchester | United Kingdom | Mk I* | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1949 | 1972 |
| L2A3 Sterling | United Kingdom | L2A3 | 9×19mm Parabellum | 1959 | 1989 |
| L2A3 Sterling | United Kingdom | L34A1 | 9×19mm Parabellum | | 1989 |

### Machine guns

| Name | Origin | Model | Calibre | Introduced | Withdrawn |
| Maxim | United Kingdom | | .577/450 Martini-Henry | 1896 | 1901 |
| Maxim | United Kingdom | | .303 British | 1901 | 1916 |
| Lewis | United Kingdom | M1914 Lewis | .303 British | 1915 | 1960 |
| Vickers | United Kingdom | Mk I | .303 British | 1916 | 1973 |
| Vickers | United Kingdom | Mk I* | .303 British | 1916 | 1920 |
| Vickers | United Kingdom | Mk IV | .303 British | 1940 | 1942 |
| Vickers | United Kingdom | Mk VI | .303 British | 1940 | 1942 |
| Vickers | United Kingdom | Mk VII | .303 British | 1940 | 1942 |
| Vickers .50 machine gun | United Kingdom | Mk III Mk V | Vickers 12.7×81mm | 1939 | 1945 |
| M1898 Hotchkiss | France | M1898 Hotchkiss | .303 British | 1900 | 1900 |
| Pattern 1914 Hotchkiss | France United Kingdom | Pattern 1914 Mk I | .303 British | 1916 | 1945 |
| Vickers Gas Operated (Vickers K) | United Kingdom | | .303 British | 1939 | 1960 |
| Bren LMG | United Kingdom | Mk I | .303 British | 1939 | 1983 |
| Bren LMG | United Kingdom | Mk II | .303 British | 1941 | 1983 |
| Bren LMG | United Kingdom | L4A4 | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1973 | 1993 |
| 15 mm Besa machine gun | United Kingdom | Mk I 15 mm | 15x104mm Brno | 1941 | 1942 |
| 15 mm Besa machine gun | United Kingdom | Mk II 15 mm | 15x104mm Brno | 1941 | 1942 |
| 15 mm Besa machine gun | United Kingdom | Mk III* 15 mm | 15x104mm Brno | 1941 | 1942 |
| Besa | United Kingdom | Mk I | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1941 | 1963 |
| Besa | United Kingdom | Mk II | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1941 | 1963 |
| Besa | United Kingdom | Mk III | 7.92×57mm Mauser | 1941 | 1963 |
| Charlton Automatic Rifle | United Kingdom | | .303 British | 1942 | 1945 |
| M60 machine gun | United States | | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1965 | |

## Artillery

| Name | Origin | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
| Ordnance QF 18-pounder | United Kingdom | | | | |
| Ordnance QF 4.5-inch howitzer | United Kingdom | | | | |
| Ordnance BL 6 inch 26cwt howitzer | United Kingdom | | c. 1920s | 1953 | |
| Ordnance, QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer | United Kingdom | Mk I | 1922 | 1952 | |
| Ordnance QF 25-pounder | United Kingdom | | 1940 | Withdrawn in 1977, still in ceremonial use | |
| Ordnance QF 6-pounder | United Kingdom | | 1942 | c. 1960s | |
| Ordnance BL 5.5-inch medium gun | United Kingdom | | | c. 1980s | |
| OTO Melara Mod 56 | Italy | L5 | 1963 | c. 1980s | 24 purchased in 1963. |
| Mistral | France | | 1997 | 2012 | 12 launchers and 24 missiles purchased in 1997. Never fully brought into service. |

## Vehicles
### Tanks

| Name | Origin | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
| A7V | German Empire | | 1918 | 1919 | Single German tank captured by the New Zealand Division |
| Bob Semple tank | New Zealand | | 1940 | 1942 | three improvised vehicles built on tractor chassis |
| Schofield tank | New Zealand | | 1940 | 1943 | Wheel-cum-track vehicle. Did not enter production or service. |
| Tank Light Mk VI, Vickers | United Kingdom | Mk II Mk III Mk VI B | 1940 | 1941 | |
| Tank Infantry Mark II, Matilda | United Kingdom | Mk IV CS A 12 | 1941 | 1944 | |
| Tank Infantry Mk III, Valentine | United Kingdom | Mk II Mk III Mk V | 1941 | 1960 | |
| Tank, Cruiser, Mk V, Covenanter | United Kingdom | Bridgelayer | 1942 | c. 1950s | |
| M3 Stuart | United States | M3 M3A1 M3A3 | 1941 | 1970 | |
| M4 Sherman | United States | IB, IC, III, VC | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Sherman Firefly | United Kingdom | | 1944 | 1945 | Conversion of US supplied Sherman tanks with British 17 pdr gun. |
| M10 Tank Destroyer | United States | | 1944 | 1945 | |
| Centurion | United Kingdom | Mk III Mk V | 1953 | 1968 | |
| M41 Walker Bulldog | United States | M41A1 | 1960 | 1982 | |

### Reconnaissance vehicles

| Name | Origin | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
| Car Light Reconnaissance, Canadian GM (R.A.C.), Otter | Canada | Mk II | 1941 | 1944 | |
| M3 White Scout Car | United States | M3A1 | 1941 | 1945 | |
| Daimer Dingo | United Kingdom | Mk II | 1942 | 1962 | |
| Daimler Ferret | United Kingdom | Mk I Mk II | 1956 | 1982 | |
| FV101 Scorpion | United Kingdom | | 1982 | 1998 | Armoured reconnaissance vehicle/fire support variant of CVR(T) family |

### Armoured vehicles

| Name | Origin | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
| Universal Carrier | United Kingdom New Zealand | No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 | 1939 | 1958 | |
| Armoured Car, Marmon-Herrington | South Africa | Mk II Mk III | 1941 | 1941 | |
| Armoured Car, Humber | United Kingdom | Mk II Mk III | 1941 | 1942 | |
| Car Armoured Light Standard, Beaverette | United Kingdom New Zealand | Beaverette NZLP | 1942 | 1945 | |
| Staghound armoured car | United States | | 1943 | 1944 | Used in Italian Campaign |
| Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, New Zealand Pattern | New Zealand | | 1943 | 1957 | |
| Armoured Car, Daimler | United Kingdom | Mk II | 1953 | 1960 | |
| M113 Armored Personnel Carrier | United States | M113A1 | 1970 | 2005 | |

### Utility and transport vehicles

| Name | Origin | Model | Introduced | Withdrawn | Notes |
| Land Rover Series I | United Kingdom | Series I 80" | 1951 | | |
| Bedford RL | United Kingdom New Zealand | | 1958 | 1989 | Built under licence in New Zealand. |
| Land Rover Series II | United Kingdom | Series II 109" | 1959 | | |
| Land Rover Series II | United Kingdom | Series IIA 88" | 1965 | | |
| Land Rover Series II | United Kingdom | Series IIA 109" | 1965 | | |
| Land Rover 101 Forward Control | United Kingdom | Series IIB 110" WB Forward Control | 1967 | | |
| Land Rover Series III Stage One | United Kingdom | Series III 109" V8 | 1982 | | |
| High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle | United States | | | | Borrowed U.S. vehicles in Afghanistan were used by the New Zealand Special Air Service. |