# List of equipment of the Tunisian Army

This is a list of equipment used by the Tunisian Army.

## Current equipment
### Infantry equipment

| Name | Origin | Type | Notes |
| Future Assault Shell Technology helmet | United States | Combat Helmet | Used by Army special forces and national guard. |
| Lightweight Helmet | United States | Combat Helmet | Standard army helmet with digital camouflage. |
| AN/PEQ-15 | United States | Laser Aiming Module (LAM) | In use with special forces brigade. |

### Small arms

| Name | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
| Pistols ||||||
| Glock 17 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Semi-automatic pistol | Belgium / United States | The pistol is mostly seen with special forces. |
| Browning HP-35 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Semi-automatic pistol | Belgium / United States | Standard service pistol. |
| Beretta M1951 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Semi-automatic pistol | Italy | Limited use or possibly no longer in service. |
| Submachine guns ||||||
| Heckler & Koch MP5 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | West Germany | Used by special forces units. |
| Beretta M12 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | Italy | In use also within police and national guard. |
| Shotguns ||||||
| Franchi SPAS-15 | 12 gauge | Shotgun | Italy | |
| Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles ||||||
| M4 carbine | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle, Carbine | United States | |
| Steyr AUG | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | Austria | Standard Rifle |
| M16 rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | United States | Limited service rifle. Used by special forces units. |
| SG 553 | 5.56×45mm NATO | Assault rifle | Switzerland | Used by Presidential Guard (GIP) |
| AKM | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Soviet Union | Used by Saharian territory infantry units. |
| Type 56 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | China | Used by Saharian territory infantry units. |
| FN FAL | 7.62×51mm NATO | Battle rifle | Belgium | No longer in use within the army. In limited use with national guard. |
| Machine guns ||||||
| M249 | 5.56×45mm NATO | Light machine gun, Squad automatic weapon | Belgium / United States | Used by infantry and special forces units. |
| FN Minimi | 5.56×45mm NATO | Light machine gun, Squad automatic weapon | Belgium / United States | Used as a squad automatic weapon by infantry. |
| FN MAG | 7.62×51mm NATO | General-purpose machine gun | Belgium | Used by infantry as general-purpose machine gun and by Tunisian Air Force mounted on helicopters. |
| M60 | 7.62×51mm NATO | General-purpose machine gun | United States | Standard general-purpose machine gun. Variants include M60E6. |
| MG 3 | 7.62×51mm NATO | General-purpose machine gun | West Germany | |
| M2 Browning | 12.7×99mm NATO | Heavy machine gun | United States | Heavy support machine gun used on tripod or mounted on vehicles. |
| M1919 Browning | 7.62×63mm NATO | Medium machine gun | United States | Limited use. |
| Sniper rifles ||||||
| KAC 110 | 7.62×51mm NATO | semi-automatic sniper rifle | United States | Used by special forces and several army units. |
| Hk417 | 7.62×51mm NATO | semi-automatic sniper rifle | Germany | Used by SFB, Army special forces brigade. |
| Steyr SSG 69 | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sniper rifle | Austria | Standard service sniper rifle. |
| Barrett M82 | 12.7×99mm NATO | Anti materiel sniper rifle | United States | Used by special forces units. |
| Grenade launchers ||||||
| M203 | 40 mm | Grenade launcher | United States | Grenade launcher coupled on Steyr AUG and M4. |
| Mk 19 | 40 mm | Automatic grenade launcher | United States | Heavy support grenade launcher mounted on vehicles. |

### Artillery

| Name | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
| Towed artillery ||||||
| M198 | 155mm towed howitzer | 57 | United States | Main artillery piece equipping 3 artillery battalions each attached to an Infantry Mechanized Brigade Heavily deployed during Chaambi Operations Delivered in 1989. |
| M101A1 howitzer | 105mm towed howitzer | 10-48 | United States | Several units were seen in use during African lion 2024. |
| Mortars ||||||
| M30 | 107mm heavy mortar | 144 | United States | 78 towed + 36 mounted in mortar carriers M106A2 as self-propelled heavy mortars. |
| M29 | 81mm medium mortar | 96 | United States |
| Hirtenberger M6C-210 | Light Mortar | 300 | Austria |

### Anti-tank weapons

| Name | Type | Caliber | Origin | Notes |
| Anti-tank guided missile ||||||
| BGM-71 TOW | Anti-tank missile | 152 mm with warhead | United States | Mounted on HMMWV with some assumed to equip M901 ITV thus no evidence to confirm it. Number of launchers is unknown, but considering the army organisation should be around 36. 454 missiles delivered in 1982 and 180 missiles delivered in 2006. |
| MILAN | Anti-tank missile | 115 mm with warhead | France West Germany / Germany | Number of launchers is unknown. 100 missiles delivered in 1981 and 40 missiles delivered in 1997. |
| Recoilless guns ||||||
| M40 recoilless rifle | Recoilless rifle | 105 mm | United States | 70 in service, also mounted on Humvee. |
| Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifle | Recoilless rifle | 84 mm rifled | Sweden | Running the M3 version but the number of pieces are unknown. Has been seen in some pictures within Tunisian soldiers. |
| Shoulder launched anti-tank rocket ||||||
| FGM-148 Javelin | Man-portable anti-tank system | 127 mm | United States | In November 2024 the US government approved the sale of the FGM-148 to Tunisia for $107.7 million, the deal includes 184 missiles and 30 Lightweight Command Launch Units (LWCLUs). |
| RPG 32 | unguided anti-tank rocket system | 72/105 mm warheads | Jordan / Russia | Several units were seen with Army and National Guard units, number is unknown. |
| LRAC F1 | Rocket-propelled grenade launcher | 89 mm | France | Unknown number of launchers, could be around 600. |
| RPG 7 | Rocket-propelled grenade launcher | 40 MM | Russia | Unknown number. Seen in use during African lion 2024 |

### Anti-aircraft weapons

| Name | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
| Surface-to-air missiles and early-warning radars ||||||
| M-48 Chaparral | Surface-to-air missile | 46 | United States | 26 M-48 launchers and 354 MIM72C missiles delivered in 1979 311 MIM72F Charparral missiles delivered in 1983 20 M-48 launchers, 300 MIM72C and 300 MIM72F Charparral missiles delivered in 2002 (second hand; aid) Unknown serviceability. |
| RBS-70 Bofors | Surface-to-air missile | 60 | Sweden | Delivered on since 1981, including 300 missiles in various batch. |
| Indra Radar | 3D Long range radar | NA | Spain | Has been seen in multiple videos released by the ministry of defense |
| Giraffe 40 radar | Medium-short range radar | 12 | Sweden | Delivered in 1981. |
| Anti-aircraft guns ||||||
| Zastava M55 | 3x20mm anti-aircraft guns | 100 | Yugoslavia | Mostly employed as direct-fire artillery. |

### Tanks

| Name | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
| Main battle tanks ||||||
| M60A1/A3 | Main battle tank | 90 | United States | 54 M60A3 delivered in 1984 ($92m deal worth) and 30 M60A1 probably second hand Equipping 2 tank battalions each attached to an infantry mechanized brigade, Leopard 2A5 was being considered as a replacement. |
| Light tanks ||||||
| SK-105 Kürassier | Light tank | 55 | Austria | Delivered in 1979 equipped with FL-12 105mm tank turret of French AMX-13 Equipping 1 tank battalion attached to one infantry mechanized brigade. |

### Reconnaissance

| Name | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
| Armored scout cars ||||||
| Panhard AML60/90 | Armored Scout Car | 36 | France | 18 armored car delivered in 1970 and 10 second hand delivered in 1999. Variants includes AML-90 equipped with a 90mm gun and AML-60 equipped with a 60mm mortar. |
| EE-9 Cascavel | Armored Scout Car | 36 | Brazil | |

### Armored vehicles

| Name | Image | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
| Armoured personnel carriers | Armoured personnel carriers | Armoured personnel carriers | Armoured personnel carriers | Armoured personnel carriers | |
| Dragoon | | Armoured personnel carrier | ~50 | United States | |
| M113 | | Armoured personnel carrier | 300 | United States | M113A1 : 30 delivered in 1974 + 60 delivered in 1981 M-577A1 CP : 20 delivered in 1981 + 6 delivered in 2003 Equipping 3 mechanized infantry battalions each attached to a mechanized infantry brigade. |
| Fiat-Otobreda 6614 | | Armoured personnel carrier | 120 | Italy | Delivered in 1980 Equipping 3 mechanized infantry battalions each attached to a mechanized infantry brigade. |
| EE-11 Urutu | | Armoured personnel carrier | 36 | Brazil |
| MRAP ||||||
| BMC Kirpi | | MRAP | 270 + 44 on order | Turkey | Delivered in 2016. Aimed to improve soldier protection against improvised explosive device attacks and ambushes following deadly terrorist attacks against the army. Equipped with remote weapon station and forward-looking infrared radar Equipping newly established Intervention battalions. |
| Ejder Yalcin | | MRAP | 170 | Turkey | Delivered in 2017. Equipping Saharian territory infantry units. |
| BMC Vuran | | MRAP | 50 | Turkey | Unconfirmed. |
| Otokar Cobra II | | MRAP | 70 | Turkey | Several units were tested however the Tunisian Army chose Ejder Yalcin instead. |
| Dingo 2 | | MRAP | N/A | Germany | Units were seen in use with Saharan territory forces, numbers are unknown. |
| ACMAT Bastion | | MRAP | 8 | France | Delivered in 2016, financed by the United States DoD. Equipping armored engineer, mine clearance unit. |
| Infantry mobility vehicles ||||||
| HMMWV Up-Armoured | | Infantry mobility vehicle | 500 | United States | Delivered in 2016. M1165A1 version. Equipped with M2 Browning .50 BMG machine guns. |
| Ground Mobility Vehicle | | Infantry mobility vehicle | Large quantities | United States | Number of units are with the army used as fast attack and patrol vehicles, Equipped with light machine guns. |
| M997 ambulance | | Military ambulance | N/A | United States | Used for medical evacuation. |
| Iveco LMV | | Infantry mobility vehicle | 150 | Italy | Used by national guard special units as well. |
| Technamm Masstech T4 | | Infantry mobility vehicle | 100 | France |
| CSK-131 | | Infantry mobility vehicle | 100 | China | Several units were seen in the streets of the capital for evaluation purpose. |
| LPV Jeep J8 | | Infantry mobility vehicle | 70 | United States Egypt | Delivered in 2016. Equipped with M2 Browning .50 BMG machine guns or Mk 19 grenade launchers. |
| NIMR | | Infantry mobility vehicle | 40 | United Arab Emirates | Delivered in 2012, probably as aid. |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | | Infantry mobility vehicle | N/A | Japan | Equipped with M2 Broning .50 BMG machine guns, employed by Saharian territory infantry units, Used for rapid intervention and desert patrol. |
| CFMOTO CFORCE1000 | | All terrain vehicle | N/A | China | Used by Sahran desert forces and national guard |
| Armoured recovery vehicles ||||||
| M88A1 Recovery Vehicle | | Armoured recovery vehicle | 6 | United States | Delivered in 1984, as part of M60A3 Patton deal. |
| HET M1000 | | Armored recovery vehicle | N/A | United States | |

### Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

| Name | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles ||||||
| RQ-20 Pumas | Unmanned aerial vehicle | N/A | United States | Multiple units were seen with Army and Navy units for Recon purpose. |
| Phantom (unmanned aerial vehicle series) | Unmanned aerial vehicle | N/A | China | Used for tactical recon. |
| Quadcopter | Unmanned aerial vehicle | N/A | Multiple Countries | Multiple variants are locally developed. |

### Logistics Vehicles

| Name | Type | Number | Origin | Notes |
| Logistics Vehicles ||||||
| Iveco | Medium truck | 500 | Italy | Operating in 6x6 and 4x4 variants. |
| FMTV | Tactical truck | N/A | United States | Seen in use in multiple areas. |
| Navistar | Medium truck | N/A | United States | Used for artillery transport and infantry. |
| Mercedes-Benz Unimog U-4000 | Light truck | N/A | Germany | |
| Mercedes-Benz Unimog U-5000 | Light truck | N/A | Germany | |
| M35A2 | Medium truck | N/A | United States | |
| M151A2 MUTT | Military light utility vehicle | N/A | United States | Military museum of bardo |
| Land Rover Defender | Off road vehicle | N/A | United Kingdom | |
| M939 | Heavy truck | N/A | United States | |
| M49 | Tanker truck | 56 | United States | |

### Radar

* 2 RASIT DRPT ground surveillance radar (France)
* 2 AN/TPQ-53 (United States) on order
* 4-6 Giraffe 40 (Sweden)

## Former equipment
### Artillery

* 30 Mle 1950 BF-50 155 mm towed howitzer (France), delivered in 1960
* 30 M114A1 155 mm towed howitzer (United States), ex-US, delivered in 1965
* 48 M108 105 mm self-propelled howitzer (United States),ex-US, delivered in 1968

### Anti-tank equipment

* 80 SS.11 ATGM launcher (France)
* 300 M20 "Super Bazooka" 3.7 inch/94mm Light ATRL (United States)
* 140 M18 57mm recoilless rifle (United States)

### Anti-aircraft equipment

* 16 M42 Duster twin-mounted Bofors 40 mm self-propelled AAG (United States/Sweden) 8 delivered in 1968 and 8 delivered in 1972, all second hand; aid

### Tanks

* 30 AMX-13/75 75 mm main gun light tank (France), 15 delivered in 1960 and 15 delivered in 1970
* 12 M41 Walker Bulldog 76 mm main gun light tank (United States), delivered in 1960, second hand
* 14 M48A5 Patton 90 mm main gun main battle tank (United States), delivered in 1973, second hand

### Armoured vehicles

* 15 EBR-75 armoured car (France), delivered in 1957
* 10 M8 Greyhound armoured car (United States), delivered in 1960

### Reconnaissance

* 20 Alvis Saladin 76 mm main gun 6×6 ARV (United Kingdom)

## Planned equipment

* Leopard 2A5 was considered by the Tunisian army as a replacement for the M60 Patton .
* Dongfeng Mengshi CSK-131 has been seen in the streets of the capital of Tunisia with Chinese digital camouflage and Tunisian flag, Units are most likely for testing.