# List of equipment of the Somali Armed Forces

The following is a list of active equipment of the Somali Armed Forces. Retired equipment is listed at the bottom.

## Small arms

| Name | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
| Pistols ||||||
| Makarov PM | 9×18mm | Semi-automatic pistol | Soviet Union | |
| Rifles ||||||
| AKM | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Soviet Union | |
| AK-74 | 5.45×39mm | Assault rifle | Soviet Union | Used by National Intelligence and Security Agency special forces Gaashaan and Waran. and Danab commandos. |
| AK-74M | 5.45×39mm | Assault rifle | Russia | Used by NISA special forces Gaashaan and Waran. and Danab commandos. |
| Vz. 58 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | |
| PM md. 63 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Socialist Republic of Romania | |
| AK-63 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Hungarian People's Republic | |
| Zastava M70 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Yugoslavia | |
| Type 56 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | China | |
| MPT-76 | 7.62×51mm | Battle rifle | Turkey | 450 delivered. |
| M16 | 5.56×45mm | Assault rifle | United States | |
| M4A1 | 5.56×45mm | CarbineAssault rifle | United States | Used by Special Forces. |
| Heckler & Koch G3 | 7.62×51mm | Battle rifle | West Germany | Used by the Danab Brigade and the "Gorgor" Brigade, also used by Camp TURKSOM NCOs and officer cadets. |
| SKS-45 Simonov | 7.62×39mm | Semi-automatic rifle | Soviet Union | Used for ceremonial purposes by the Presidential Guard. |
| Sniper rifles ||||||
| SVD | 7.62×54mmR | Designated marksman rifle Sniper rifle | Soviet Union | |
| Machine guns ||||||
| RP-46 | 7.62×54mmR | Light machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| SG-43 | 7.62×54mmR | Medium machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| Browning M1919 | 7.62×51mm | Medium machine gun | United States | |
| KPV | 14.5×114mm | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| DShK | 12.7×108mm | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| RPD | 7.62×39mm | Squad automatic weapon | Soviet Union | |
| PKM | 7.62×54mmR | General-purpose machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| Zastava M84 | 7.62×54mmR | General-purpose machine gun | Yugoslavia | |
| Rocket propelled grenade launchers ||||||
| RPG-2 | 40mm | Rocket-propelled grenade | Soviet Union | |
| RPG-7 | 40mm | Rocket-propelled grenade | Soviet Union | |
| Grenade launchers ||||||
| AGS-17 | 30×29mm | Grenade launcher | Soviet Union | |

## Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| Casspir | MRAP | South Africa | 9 | In Service | |
| BMC Kirpi | MRAP | Turkey | 24 | In Service | |
| BMC Kirpi II | MRAP | Turkey | N/A | In Service | |
| Streit Tornado | MRAP/APC | United Arab Emirates | N/A | In Service | Seen in military convoy. |

## Armoured personnel carriers

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| AT105 Saxon | Armored personnel carrier | United Kingdom | 50 | In Service | Donated second hand by Djibouti April 2013. |
| Iveco VM 90 | Armored personnel carrier | Italy | N/A | In Service | Donated by Italy. |
| RG-31 Nyala | Infantry mobility vehicle | South Africa | N/A | In Service | |
| Streit Spartan | Armoured personnel carrier | United Arab Emirates | N/A | In Service | Seen in military convoy. |

## Utility vehicles

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| Toyota 4Runner | Utility vehicle | Japan | Unknown | In Service | Used in 2020. Used by Armed Forces for awareness against COVID-19. |
| Toyota Land Cruiser | Utility vehicle | Japan | 10 | In Service | Donated by Turkey. |
| Mitsubishi Triton | Utility vehicle | Japan | 26+ | In Service | Donated by Turkey. |
| Trucks |||||||
| M939 | Utility truck | United States | Unknown | In Service | |
| BMC 245-16P 4x4 | Utility truck | Turkey | 14 | In Service | Donated by Turkey. |
| Iveco 4x4 | Utility truck | Italy | 3+ | In Service | Donated by Turkey. |

## Aircraft

In 2024, Italy supplied Somalia with four Bell 412 utility helicopters, "marking the most significant delivery of military equipment since the lifting of the arms embargo imposed on Somalia". The United Nations Support Office for Somalia has supported the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia to acquire three helicopters from Burundi.
| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles |||||||
| Serçe-1 | Multi-Rotor Drone System | Turkey | N/A | In Service | |
| Helicopters |||||||
| Bell 412 | Utility helicopter | United States Canada | 6 | In Service | Donated by Italy, includes 1 Bell-412SP variant |
| Bell 205A | Utility helicopter | United States | 4 | In Service | Donated by Italy, AB-205 version |

## Boats

| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| ONUK MRTP 16 | | Patrol boat | Turkey | Unknown | In Service | |
| Grand RIB | | Rigid inflatable boat | Ukraine | Unknown | In Service | |

## Individual Equipment

| Model | Origin | Type | Notes |
| Helmets |||||
| FAST | United States  Turkey | Combat helmet | Utilised by Commando Brigade, donated from Turkey. |
| Camouflage Patterns |||||
| Desert Battle Dress Uniform | United States  Somalia | Camouflage pattern | Bought from the U.S. in the 1980s. |
| M2008 Digital Camouflage | Turkey | Camouflage pattern | Donated from Turkey. |

## Retired equipment

Among firearms associated with the Somali National Army and reported by Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/10 were Soviet TT pistols, British Sterling submachine guns; German Heckler & Koch G3 and Belgian FN FAL assault rifles, U.S. M14 rifles, Soviet RPD machine guns; Soviet RPK machine guns; Soviet RP-46 machine guns; French AA-52 machine guns; Belgian FN MAG machine guns; Soviet DShK heavy machine guns; U.S. M2 Browning .50 cal heavy machine guns; and U.S. M79 grenade launchers and Soviet RPG-2 grenade launchers.
Previous arms acquisitions included the following equipment, much of which was unserviceable circa June 1989: 293 main battle tanks (30 Centurions; 123 M47 Patton, 30 T-34, 110 T-54/55 from various sources). Christopher F. Foss, writing in the second edition of Jane's Main Battle Tanks said that 'Kuwait was believed to have supplied Somalia with about 35 Centurions.' The Military Balance 1987–88 (p. 112) listed 30 Centurions held by the Somali Army.
Other armoured fighting vehicles included 10 M41 Walker Bulldog light tanks, 30 BRDM-2 and 15 Panhard AML-90 armored cars (formerly owned by Saudi Arabia). The IISS estimated in 1989 that there were 474 armoured personnel carriers, including 64 BTR-40/BTR-50/BTR-60, 100 BTR-152 wheeled armored personnel carriers, 310 Fiat 6614 and 6616s, and that BMR-600s had been reported. SIPRI also reported BTR-70s had been sold to Somalia. The IISS estimated that there were 210 towed artillery pieces (8 M-1944 100 mm, 100 M-56 105 mm, 84 M-1938 122 mm, and 18 M198 155 mm towed howitzers). Other equipment reported by the IISS included 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, 100 Milan and BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles, rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, and a variety of Soviet air defence guns of 20 mm, 23 mm, 37 mm, 40 mm, 57 mm, and 100 mm calibre. SIPRI also reported that 9K32 Strela-2 air defence missiles had been transferred.
In addition, U.S. M151 trucks had been sold to Somalia by December 1987.
IISS Military Balance 2022 lists only armoured personnel carriers and utility vehicles.
| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| BRDM-2 | | Amphibious armored scout car | Soviet Union | Unknown | Retired | |
| ZU-23-2 | | Autocannon | Soviet Union | Unknown | Retired | |
| Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| Rocket artillery ||||||
| BM-21 Grad | | Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union | Unknown | Retired | |