# List of equipment of the United Arab Emirates Army

Modern equipment in service with the United Arab Emirates Army

## Small arms

| Model | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
| Handguns ||||||
| Caracal pistol | United Arab Emirates | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Standard issue Pistol. |
| SIG Sauer P320 | Germany | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Locally produced by Caracal International. |
| Browning Hi-Power | Belgium | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | |
| SIG Sauer P226 | Switzerland | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | |
| Submachine guns ||||||
| MP5 | Germany | Submachine gun | 9×19mm NATO | Used by the Marines. |
| Rifles ||||||
| CAR 816/Sultan | United Arab Emirates | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard service rifle. 80,000 assault rifles. |
| AK-47 | Soviet Union | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | In reserve, most captured from enemy countries. |
| M16A4 | United States | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | In reserve. |
| T91 assault rifle | Republic of China | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | 10K rifles delivered. Used only by Special Forces. |
| Machine guns ||||||
| Heckler & Koch MG5 | Germany | General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | |
| M2 Browning | United States | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×99mm NATO | Used on vehicles and Tripods. |
| FN Minimi | Belgium | Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | |
| M249 light machine gun | United States | Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard issue light machine gun. |
| Sniper rifles and designated marksman rifles ||||||
| M107/M107A1 | United States | Anti-materiel rifle | 12.7×99mm NATO | Standard issue anti materiel rifle. |
| Lobaev Sniper Rifle | United Arab Emirates Russia | Sniper rifle | 12.7×99mm NATO | Locally Produced |
| PSG-1 | West Germany | Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | |
| CSR 50 | United Arab Emirates | Anti-materiel precision rifle | 12.7×99mm | Seen during Military Trainings. |
| Denel NTW-20 | South Africa | Anti-materiel precision rifle | 14.5×114mm | |
| Grenade launcher ||||||
| M203 grenade launcher | United States | Grenade launcher | 40×46mm SR | Attaches to M4 and M16 rifles. |
| RG-6 grenade launcher | Russia | Grenade launcher | 40 mm grenades | |
| Anti-tank/Anti armor weapon ||||||
| FGM-148 Javelin | United States | Guidance systemAnti-tank missile | 127mm | Standard AT Weapon |
| 9M133 Kornet | Russia | Laser-guided Anti-tank missile | 152mm | |
| M3 MAAWS | Sweden | Recoilless rifle | 84mm | |

## Artillery

| Model | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
| Towed artillery ||||||
| AH4 | China | Howitzer | 6 | On 21 February 2019 the United Arab Emirates military confirmed the acquisition of 6 Norinco AH4 gun-howitzers. |
| L118 light gun | United Kingdom | Field gun | 73 | |
| Type 59 | China | Field gun | 20 | |
| Self-propelled artillery ||||||
| G6 | South Africa | Self-propelled artillery | 78 | |
| M109 | United States | Self-propelled artillery | 87 | In August 1995, Abu Dhabi purchased 87 M109A3 from the Royal Netherlands Army. |
| Rocket artillery ||||||
| M142 HIMARS | United States | Multiple rocket launcher | 32 | Ordered in September 2014. |
| SR-5 | China | Multiple rocket launcher | 5 | |
| K239 Chunmoo | Republic of Korea | Multiple rocket launcher | 12 | Purchased in 2021. 12 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers, 12 ammunition supply vehicles and Korean GPS guided missiles and logistics support contracts. |

## Air defense weapons

| Model | Origin | Type | Number | Notes |
| MIM-23 Hawk | United States | Surface-to-air missile | 343 | United Arab Emirates owns Phase I, and Phase III. |
| MIM-104 Patriot | United States | Mobile surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system | 12 | United Arab Emirates has 9 PAC-3 batteries and 3 PAC-2 batteries (818 missiles). |
| KM-SAM | South Korea | Mobile surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system | (12) | In January 2022 United Arab Emirates acquired the KM-SAM system. Both countries will jointly help to deliver the systems. |
| Pantsir | Russia | Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon | 50 | United Arab Emirates owns the S1 version. |
| Terminal High Altitude Area Defense | United States | Anti-ballistic missile system | 2 batteries | In 2011 United Arab Emirates ordered the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) which made United Arab Emirates the first foreign country to obtain the THAAD system. In 2022 United Arab Emirates it intercepted a ballistic missile during a Houthi militia attack in Abu Dhabi. |

## Vehicles

| Model | Origin | Type | Number | Note |
| Tanks ||||||
| Leclerc | France | Main battle tank | 354 | The Leclerc tanks of the United Arab Emirates Army have been used in combat operations in Yemen during the Yemeni civil war. |
| Infantry fighting vehicles ||||||
| FNSS ACV-300 | Turkey | Infantry fighting vehicle | 136 | |
| BMP-3 | Russia | Infantry fighting vehicle | 652 | 250 for Abu Dhabi and 402 for Dubai (of which 391 delivered in 1992–1997) with "Namut" thermal sight and other modifications. They were under further upgrade with modular armour "Kaktus" and UTD-32 engine. |
| Armoured personnel carriers ||||||
| Patria AMV | Finland | Armoured personnel carrier | 45 | An initial vatch of 15 vehicles was ordered in 2008, with more to be acquired. Some of these vehicles will be equipped with the Patria NEMO turret while others will be equipped with BMP-3 turrets and have therefore been modified, including a longer hull. In January 2016, the General Headquarters of the United Arab Emirates armed forces ordered 45 Patria AMV hulls with the option of 50 more. The APC's are used now in Yemen in combat operations. The vehicles were shipped in June 2016 from Patria's Polish production line. |
| Otokar-Al Jassor Rabdan | Turkey United Arab Emirates | Armoured personnel carrier/Infantry fighting vehicle | 700 | Al Jasoor is expected to produce up to 700 Rabdan's for a value of $661 million for the United Arab Emirates Army. The first batch of 400 Rabdan vehicles were delivered on 2017 with 300 more to be locally assembled and produced under license. Some with BMP-3 turret in service. |
| Light Armoured Vehicles ||||||
| Nimr Ajban | United Arab Emirates | Infantry mobility vehicle | 350-500 | In primary use of all warfare branches. |
| Nimr Hafeet | United Arab Emirates | Infantry mobility vehicle | 675 | |
| HMMWV | United States | Infantry mobility vehicle | 150/250? | Seen in combat in Yemen against Houthi rebels. |
| M1288 GMV 1.1 | United States | Light ground mobility vehicle | 100/150? | Seen in multiple UAE SOF trainings and live shows. |
| Polaris RZR | United States | Side-by-side | N/A | |
| MRAPs ||||||
| International MaxxPro | United States | MRAP | 3,375 | Various versions on order. |
| Oshkosh M-ATV | United States | MRAP | 750 | 750 as of 2016. |
| Nimr Jais | United Arab Emirates | MRAP | 250-500 | In 2017 United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ordered 1500 Nimr Jais, but the deal got scrapped. If though number of vehicles has been received by UAE army forces. |
| BAE Caiman | United States | MRAP | 931 | In September 2014, the United States approved a $2.5 billion deal with United Arab Emirates Army for over 4,500 surplus U.S. MRAPs for increased force protection, conducting humanitarian assistance operations, and protecting some international commercial trade routes and some infrastructure. 1150 vehicles were Caimans. |
| RG-31 Nyala | South Africa | MRAP | 76 | United Arab Emirates owns the special version RG-31 MARK-5. Locally produced by International Golden Group. |
| CBRN defense ||||||
| TPz Fuchs | West Germany | CBRN defense | 32 | 32 NBC reconnaissance vehicles were ordered in February 2005 under a contract valued at 160 million EUROS (US$205 million) FUCHS-2 Variant. The order comprises 16 NBC reconnaissance vehicles, eight bio vehicles and eight command post vehicles, which will provide United Arab Emirates with an NBC detection capability linked to a command-and-control system. |
| Trucks ||||||
| MZKT-74135 | Belarus | Tank transporter | 40 | |
| MAN SX | Germany | high-mobility off-road | N/A | |
| Tatra T 815 | Czech Republic | high-mobility tactical truck, water tanker, fuel tanker, flatrack carrier, container carrier and recovery vehicle. | ? | |
| Oshkosh HET | United States | tank transporter and tractor unit. | 20 | Used for transporting the Jodaria Cradle Multiple Rocket Launcher. |

### Decommissioned equipment

* Hwasong-5 - 25 (ordered 1989, decommissioned due to dis-satisfactory quality)