List of equipment of the Qatar Armed Forces
Appearance
This is a list of equipment used by the Qatar Armed Forces.
Qatari Emiri Land Force
Tanks and vehicles
Name | Origin | Type | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Tanks | ||||||
Altay | ![]() |
Main battle tank | 0 | ![]() |
100 on order.[1] | |
Leopard 2A7+ | ![]() |
Main battle tank | 62[2] | ![]() |
Option for up to 200 in total. Dimdex 2018 Qatari Arms Manufacturers revealed a local assembly of the leopard 2A7+[3][4] | |
AMX-30 | ![]() |
Main battle tank | 30-44[5] | ![]() |
To be replaced by Leopard 2.[3] | |
Armoured vehicles (tracked) | ||||||
AMX-10P | ![]() |
Infantry fighting vehicle | 40 | ![]() |
Status unknown. | |
AMX-VCI | ![]() |
Infantry fighting vehicle | 30 | ![]() |
Status unknown. | |
Armoured vehicles (wheeled) | ||||||
VAB | ![]() |
4×4/6×6 armoured personnel carrier 81 mm mortar carrier Anti-tank weapons carrier |
158 4 24 |
VCAC-HOT APC equipped with MBDA HOT anti tank missile launcher.[6] | ||
V150 Commando | ![]() |
4×4 armoured personnel carrier | 8 | ![]() |
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Thyssen Henschel UR-416 | ![]() |
4×4 armoured personnel carrier | 20 | ![]() |
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Mowag Piranha MK-II | ![]() |
8×8 fire support vehicle | 36[7] | Equipped with CCTS-90 mm turret. | ||
AMX-10 RC | ![]() |
6X6 fire support vehicle | 12 | Equipped with 105 mm turret. | ||
EE-9 Cascavel | ![]() |
6×6 fire support vehicle | 32 | Equipped with 90 mm turret. | ||
Dingo HD | ![]() |
4X4 armoured personnel carrier | 125 | ![]() |
Version of the ATF dingo 2 | |
Ejder Yalçhin | ![]() |
4×4 armoured personnel carrier Mine-resistant armoured protection |
342[8] | ![]() |
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BMC Amazon | ![]() |
4×4 armoured personnel carrier Mine-resistant armoured protection |
15[9] | |||
Light armoured vehicles | ||||||
Yörük[10] | ![]() |
4x4 light tactical armored vehicle | 214[8] | ![]() |
Yörük is a Tactical Wheeled Armored Vehicle (TTZA) developed by Nurol with a V-shaped monocoque body and a unique chassis. The vehicle's low weight and mine and ballistic protection make it superior in operations, as well as offering its users high survivability in today's most aggressive and asymmetrical threats. It offers a range of capabilities to combat units, from weapon systems carrier to reconnaissance missions, designed for optimum performance and multi-mission readiness.[11] | |
Humvee M1115A2 | ![]() |
4×4 light tactical vehicle | 20[12] | ![]() |
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Renault Sherpa 2 | ![]() |
4×4 light tactical vehicle Scout car |
27[13] | ![]() |
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Renault Sherpa | ![]() |
4×4 light tactical vehicle Scout car |
5 | |||
Fennek | ![]() ![]() |
4×4 light armoured reconnaissance vehicle | 0 | ![]() |
32 on order | |
Panhard VBL | ![]() |
4×4 scout car | 16 | ![]() |
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Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha | ![]() |
4×4 light tactical vehicle | [14] | Used by Counter-Terrorism Battalion | ||
Armoured recovery vehicles | ||||||
AMX-30D | ![]() |
Armoured recovery vehicle | 24[citation needed] | Based on AMX-30 | ||
Mowag Piranha | ![]() |
8×8 armoured recovery vehicle | 4[citation needed] | Based on Mowag Piranha | ||
Utility vehicles | ||||||
Land Rover Defender | ![]() |
4×4 utility vehicle | ||||
Mercedes Benz Unimog U-4000\U-5000 | ![]() |
4×4 military truck | ||||
Iveco Stralis | ![]() |
4×4 military truck | ||||
Mercedes-Benz Arocs | ![]() |
8×8 military truck |
Fire support/Artillery
- 40x Carl Gustav M2-550 84 mm recoilless rifles
- 48x MBDA HOT anti tank missile launchers with 1,000 missiles
- 100x MBDA MILAN anti tank missile launchers with 630 missiles
- Bofors AT4CS light ATRL
- Swingfire anti tank missile
- 400x 9M133 Kornet with 5000 anti tank missiles on order [22]
- 50x FGM-148 Javelin command launch units with 500 anti tank missile on order[23]
Air-defence
Name | Origin | Type | Number | Photo | Notes | |
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Anti-aircraft guns | ||||||
KORKUT | ![]() |
Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 0 | 15 in total were ordered.[24] | ||
Anti-aircraft missiles | ||||||
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense | ![]() |
Long-range surface-to-air missile | 12 | ![]() |
In 2014 Qatar ordered 12 THAAD launchers, 150 THAAD missiles, 2 THAAD fire control and communications units, 2 AN/TPY-2 THAAD radars, and 1 early warning radar.[25] | |
Patriot PAC-3 | ![]() |
Medium to long-range surface-to-air missile | 11 | ![]() |
In 2012 Qatar requested 11 Patriot PAC-3 launchers and 246 PATRIOT MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missiles.[26] | |
NASAMS 2[27] | ![]() ![]() |
Medium-range surface-to-air missile | 40 | ![]() |
40 launchers with 10000 missiles (including AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel high-resolution X-band 3D radars, MSP 500 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems and Fire Distribution Centres.) | |
Rapier | ![]() |
Short-range surface-to-air missile | 18 | ![]() |
18 launchers with 250 missiles and 6 Blindfire radars. | |
Roland | ![]() ![]() |
Short-range surface-to-air missile | 9 | ![]() |
In 1986 Qatar ordered 3 self-propelled Roland 2 systems on the AMX-30R chassis and 6 shelter-mounted systems with 200 missiles. Deliveries were completed in 1989.[28] | |
Blowpipe | ![]() |
Man-portable air-defense system | 6 | 6 launchers with 50 missiles | ||
Mistral | ![]() |
Man-portable air-defense system | 24 | ![]() |
24 launchers with 500 missiles | |
Stinger | ![]() |
Man-portable air-defense system | 12 | ![]() |
12 launchers with 60 missiles |
Small arms
- Heckler & Koch HK4
- SIG Sauer P226
- Smith & Wesson Model 10
- Heckler & Koch MP5A3
- Sterling MK-IV\L2A3
- 3,000x M16A-1[29]
- 3,000x Colt CAR-15A1
- 100x Colt M4 carbine
- AK-47[30]
- Heckler & Koch HK21[31]
- 200x M203 grenade launcher, M203-PI
- FN SCAR
- Barrett M82A1
- AKM
- M2 Browning machine gun
- Valmet M76
- Valmet M62
- HK417
- AK-103
- FN FAL 50-00
- FN MAG 60-00\T-14
- FN Minimi
- Mossberg Model-700
Qatar Emiri Air Force
References
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- ^ a b Qatar Orders 24 PzH 2000 Self-Propelled Howitzers and 62 Leopard 2 A7+ Main Battle Tanks - Deagel.com, April 18, 2013
- ^ "Report: Qatar To Order 118 German Battle Tanks". Defense News. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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- ^ "VAB (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle". Army Technology. 2011-06-15.
- ^ "Piranha II 2 90 mm gun Qatar Qatari army pictures photos images combat anti-tank wheeled armoured UK - Army Recognition - Army Recognition". Armyrecognition.com. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Nurol Makina Preferred Once Again by Qatar Armed Forces to Supply their Armored Vehicles". www.defenceturkey.com. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ^ "Qatar ordered 1500 Amazon vehicles from Turkish manufacturer BMC". Defence Blog. 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ^ "YÖRÜK Taktik Tekerlekli Zırhlı Araç (TTZA) | SavunmaSanayiST" (in Turkish). 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "YÖRÜK Taktik Tekerlekli Zırhlı Araç (TTZA) | SavunmaSanayiST" (in Turkish). 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "Qatar Facility Helps Expedite Humvee Safety Upgrades". DVIDS.
- ^ "Qatar orders 27 military vehicles from Renault". defenceWeb. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Binnie, Jeremy (December 21, 2018). "The Counter-Terrorism Battalion is now using Terradyne Gurkha vehiclespic.twitter.com/PfAkEw9vGA".[self-published]
- ^ "Qatar Army, plans to buy 120mm mortar carriers". July 6, 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "AMX Mk F3 self-propelled gun artillery technical data sheet information description intelligence UK | armoured vehicles artillery France French army UK | French army military equipment vehicle UK". Armyrecognition.com. 2013-07-14. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
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- ^ "Qatar-South Africa defence relations improving?". December 11, 2017.
- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023 (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 349. ISBN 978-1032508955.
- ^ Qatar Requests Sale of HIMARS, ATACMS and GMLRS - Deagel.com, December 24, 2012
- ^ Panda, Ankit (19 December 2017). "Qatar Parades New Chinese Short-Range Ballistic Missile System". The Diplomat. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Russia, Qatar sign contracts for delivery of small arms, Kornet missile systems". TASS.
- ^ $23.9B in Deals Announced on Last Day of DIMDEX - Defensenews.com, 27 March 2014
- ^ "Qatar: Procurement of Turkey's KORKUT anti-aircraft gun?". tacticalreport.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Gulf States Requesting ABM-Capable Systems".
- ^ "Qatar – PATRIOT Missile System and Related Support and Equipment - The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency". dsca.mil.
- ^ "Qatar purchase of Raytheon NASAMS air defense system moves forward". November 28, 2018.
- ^ "Qatar takes delivery of Leopard 2A7+ MBTs | Jane's 360". janes.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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