This is a list of the equipment used by the Botswana Ground Force.
Small arms edit
Anti-tank weapons edit
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Caliber | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Gustav[1] | Recoilless rifle | Sweden | 84mm | ||
MILAN[9] | Anti-tank missile | France West Germany | |||
BGM-71 TOW[10] | Anti-tank missile | United States |
Tanks edit
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SK-105 Kürassier | Light tank | Austria | 20[11] | |||
FV101 Scorpion | Light tank | United Kingdom | 25[11] |
Armoured Cars edit
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panhard VBL | Scout car | France | 64[11] |
Armored personnel carriers edit
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BTR-60 | Armored personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 50[11] | |||
FV103 Spartan | Armored personnel carrier | United Kingdom | 6[11] | |||
Cadillac Gage Commando | Armored personnel carrier | United States | 14[11] | |||
Mowag Piranha IIIC | Armored personnel carrier | Switzerland | 45 | Ordered in 2002, in service from 2003 [12] |
Reconnaissance edit
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RAM MK3 | Armored Car | Israel | 8[11] | |||
Mowag Piranha III | Armored fighting vehicle | Switzerland | 45[11] | [13] |
Utility vehicles edit
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACMAT | Utility vehicle | France | 150[14] | |||
RMMV TG MIL | Utility truck | Germany Austria | 200[14] |
Engineering Vehicles edit
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M578 LRV | Armored recovery vehicle | United States | Unknown[11] | |||
SB-20 Greif | Armored recovery vehicle | Austria | Unknown[11] |
Demining vehicles edit
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aardvark JSFU | Demining vehicle | United Kingdom | Unknown[11] |
Artillery edit
Air defence systems edit
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M167 VADS | Rotary cannon | United States | 7[11] | |||
MICA (missile) | Surface-to-air missile | France | Unknown | [16] | ||
Javelin | Surface-to-air missile | United Kingdom | [17] | 5 launchers. | ||
9K32 Strela-2 | MANPADS | Soviet Union | [18] | |||
9K38 Igla | MANPADS | Soviet Union | [19] |
River-wing equipment edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35th edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ^ Bonn International Center for Conversion; Bundeswehr Verification Center. "Sten MP". SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Google Sites". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ^ a b c Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies" (PDF). Jane's. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Fleet Upgrades Licensed Programs & Custom Builds - Colt Canada". coltcanada.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Google Sites". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ Jones & Ness 2009.
- ^ "Wiw_af_botswana - worldinventory". Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ^ Martin, Guy (7 February 2013). "Botswana - defenceWeb". Defenceweb.co.za. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023 (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1032508955.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 468. ISBN 9781032012278.
- ^ "UN Register of Conventional Arms – UNODA". disarmament.un.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ^ "Botswana receives additional Mowag Piranha 8×8 armoured vehicles – Military Africa". Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ a b "Botswana Defence Force Order of Battle – Defence Web". Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Botswana". 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Botswana acquired 300 million euros of French weaponry in 2016". Defence Web. 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Motlogelwa, Tshireletso (13 April 2012). "Khamas monopolised Botswana Defence Force (BDF) tenders". XairForces.
- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (14 February 2018). "The Military Balance 2018". The Military Balance. 118.
- ^ Martin, Guy. "Botswana - defenceWeb". www.defenceweb.co.za. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Botswana". defenceWeb. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
Works cited edit
- Jones, Richard D.; Ness, Leland S., eds. (27 January 2009). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
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