page_title: List of equipment of the Royal Moroccan Army
section_title: Weapons
hierarchical_section_title: List of equipment of the Royal Moroccan Army / Infantry Equipment / Weapons
caption_attribution_description: English: Char d'assault M-60 Patton des force armée royales marocaine Français&#160;: Char d'assault M-60 Patton des force armée royales marocaine
context_page_description: Modern equipment of the Royal Moroccan Army is a list of equipment currently in service with the Moroccan Army. Sources are the United States Excess Defense Articles Database INSS Israel's Middle East Military Balance, World Small Arms Inventory, SIPRI Trade registres and the Military Balance in the Middle East by CSIS, and Army-Guide.
context_section_description: The Royal Moroccan Army employs various individual weapons to provide light firepower at short ranges. The main weapons used by the army are the M16A2 and AK-47 variants (Chinese Type 56, Romanian AIM/AIMS, Egyptian Misr, Finnish Valmet M76, Yugoslav Zastava M70AB2) in the Southern Sector, and the G3A3, FN FAL/FN CAL and M16A1/A2/A4 in the Northern Sector. The AK-74/ AKS-74U, SAR 21, AK-103, Steyr AUG A1/A2/A3, MP5A3 and M4 carbine are used by different units as the Paratroopers, the Royal Guard, Security Forces and others units in the Navy and Air force.
  The sidearms in the RMA are the MAB PA-15 for Active service, and Beretta 92 for specialized forces (Paratroopers, SpecForces, Security Forces, etc.)
  Many units are supplemented with a variety of specialized weapons, those are the M249, HK11A1, FN Minimi, FALO-50-41, Ultimax 100, PK/PKM, RPD and RPK-74 to provide suppressive fire at the fire-team level. The M14NM and EBR are used by long-range marksmen, and the M82A1, the FR-F2, and the PGM Ultima Ratio are used by snipers. The Army also uses Automatic grenade launchers (AGLs) such as the STK 40 AGL or the Mk 47 Striker both used on VAMTACs LUVs (Light Utility Vehicles) and handled by infantry units.
  Other weapons used for training, exercises or parades are :
  The TT-33 and MAC Mle 1950 handguns.
  The MAS-36, the M2, the AR70/90 and MAS-49/56 Rifles
  The M3, MAT-49 and L2A3 submachine guns.
caption: Moroccan M60A3 during a 2006 Army expo
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