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The following is a list of equipment of the Sudanese Armed Forces from creation to present day.

Small arms

Armoured vehicles

Armoured vehicles

Name	Image	Origin	Variants	In service	Notes
Main battle tanks
Digna MBT		Sudan		~400	Modernized version of the Soviet T-55 tanks assembled locally by Military Industry Corporation
Al-Zubair 2		Sudan	Al-Zubeir 2 MBT	50-100	Sudanese tanks based on the Chinese Type 59 tank with upgrade
Al-Bashir MBT			Al-Bashir MBT	100	Sudanese Tank based on the Chinese Type 80/88 main battle tank with an upgraded armor and cannon and a new engine
T-72		Soviet Union	T-72AV T-72B	230
Al-Zubeir 1 MBT / Type 72Z		Sudan / Iran		50	Sudanese local Tank based on the iranian Type 72z with several adaptation and upgrade
Type 96 tank		China		40
Light Tanks
Type-62		China		70
Type-63				45
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
BRDM-2		Soviet Union / Sudan	Amir IFV	200
Caiman		Belarus		70
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
BMP-1		Soviet Union		200
BMP-2		Soviet Union		100
BTR-3		Ukraine		50
BTR-80A		Russia / Sudan	Shareef 1 IFV	70
WZ-523		China /		150
Armoured Personnel Carriers
BTR-50		Soviet Union		30
M113		United States		50
OT-62 TOPAS		Czechoslovakia		70
BTR-70		Soviet Union  Belarus	BTR-70M Kobra 2	150
BTR-152		Soviet Union		10
Cadillac Gage Commando		United States	V-150	20
OT-64		Czechoslovakia		70+
Rakhsh		Iran		100+
Walid		Egypt		80
WZ-551		China / Sudan	Shareef 2 IFV	200+
WZ-523				100+
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles
STREIT Group Spartan		United Arab Emirates		50
Calidus MCAV-20				N/A
Infantry Mobility Vehicles
NIMR Ajban 440A		United Arab Emirates		70+
Sarsar-2		Sudan		200+
Towed Artillery
105 mm M101		United States		270+
122 mm M-30		Soviet Union		400+
122 mm D-30		Soviet Union / Sudan	Khalifa-1	300
122 mm D-74		Soviet Union		100
130 mm M-46		Soviet Union  China	M-46 Type-59-I	50
155 mm M114		United States	M114A1	30
Self-Propelled Artillery
122 mm 2S1 Gvozdika		Soviet Union		70
Mk F3 155 mm		France		30
Multiple Rocket Launchers
107 mm Type-63		China / Sudan	Taka-1	500+
122 mm BM-21 'Grad'		Soviet Union / Sudan	122mm Taka	120
122 mm Sakr		Egypt		50
122 mm Type-81		China		70
302 mm WS-1B		China		30
Towed Anti-Aircraft Guns
14.5 mm ZPU		Soviet Union	ZPU-2 ZPU-4	4000+
20 mm M167 VADS		United States		16
23 mm ZU-23-2		Soviet Union		740
37 mm M1939 (61-K)		Soviet Union		100
37 mm Type-65		China		70
57 mm AZP S-60		Soviet Union		200
85 mm M1944 (КS-1)				150
Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
20 mm M163 Vulcan		United States		80
20 mm M3 VDAA		France		20
Self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems
9K33 Osa		Soviet Union		30

Bibliography

• LeBrun, Emile; Leff, Jonah (6 December 2014). McDonald, Glenn; LeBrun, Emile; Frate, Anna Alvazi del; Berman, Eric G.; Krause, Keith (eds.). "Signs of Supply: Weapons Tracing in Sudan and South Sudan". Small Arms Survey. 14 (1). Geneva, Switzerland: Cambridge University Press: 213–238. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
• International Institute for Strategic Studies (2024). "Chapter Eight: Sub-Saharan Africa". The Military Balance. 124 (1): 458–531. doi:10.1080/04597222.2024.2298597. ISSN 0459-7222.
• Jones, Richard D.; Ness, Leland S., eds. (14 January 2010). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2010-2011 (36 ed.). Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2908-1.

References

1. ^ Jones & Ness 2010, p. 915.
2. "AR 15 (M16/M4) - SALW Guide". 2021-05-12. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
3. LeBrun & Leff 2014, p. 226.
4. ^ LeBrun & Leff 2014, p. 241.
5. LeBrun & Leff 2014, p. 233.
6. LeBrun & Leff 2014, pp. 226−227.
7. ^ IISS 2024, p. 521.
8. LeBrun & Leff 2014, p. 227.
9. ^ IISS 2024, p. 522.

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