List of equipment of the United Arab Emirates Army

Modern equipment in service with the United Arab Emirates Army

Small arms

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Model Image Origin Type Caliber Notes
Handguns
Caracal pistol  United Arab Emirates Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum Standard issue Pistol.[1]
SIG Sauer P320  Germany Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum Locally produced by Caracal International.
Browning Hi-Power  Belgium Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum [2]
SIG Sauer P226   Switzerland Handgun 9×19mm Parabellum
Submachine guns
MP5  Germany Submachine gun 9×19mm NATO Used by the Marines.[3]
Rifles
CAR 816/Sultan  United Arab Emirates Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Standard service rifle.[4]
AK-47  Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62×39mm In reserve, most captured from enemy countries.[5]
M16A4  United States Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO In reserve.[6]
T91 assault rifle  Republic of China Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO 10K rifles delivered. Used only by Special Forces.[7]
Machine guns
Heckler & Koch MG5  Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO [8]
M2 Browning  United States Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO Used on vehicles and Tripods.[2]
FN Minimi  Belgium Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO
M249 light machine gun  United States Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO Standard issue light machine gun.[9]
Sniper rifles and designated marksman rifles
M107/M107A1  United States Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×99mm NATO Standard issue anti materiel rifle.[10]
Lobaev Sniper Rifle  United Arab Emirates
 Russia 		Sniper rifle 12.7×99mm NATO Locally Produced
PSG-1  West Germany Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO
CSR 50  United Arab Emirates Anti-materiel precision rifle 12.7×99mm Seen during Military Trainings.[11]
Denel NTW-20  South Africa Anti-materiel precision rifle 14.5×114mm
Grenade launcher
M203 grenade launcher  United States Grenade launcher 40×46mm SR Attaches to M4 and M16 rifles.
RG-6 grenade launcher
 Russia Grenade launcher 40 mm grenades
Anti-tank/Anti armor weapon
FGM-148 Javelin  United States Guidance systemAnti-tank missile 127mm Standard AT Weapon[12]
9M133 Kornet  Russia Laser-guided Anti-tank missile 152mm [13]
M3 MAAWS  Sweden Recoilless rifle 84mm [14]

Artillery

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Model Image Origin Type Number Notes
Towed Artillery
Norinco AH4  China Howitzer 6[15][16] On February 21th the UAE military confirmed the acquisition of 6 Norinco AH4 gun-howitzers.[17]
L118 light gun
 United Kingdom Field gun 73
Type 59  China Field gun 20
Self-Propelled Artillery
G6 howitzer  South Africa Self-propelled artillery 78 [18]
M109 howitzer  United States Self-propelled artillery 87 In August 1995, Abu Dhabi purchased 87 M109A3 from the Royal Netherlands Army.[19]
Rocket artillery
M142 HIMARS  United States Multiple rocket launcher 32 Ordered in September 2014.[20]
SR-5  China Multiple rocket launcher 5 [21]
K239 Chunmoo  Republic of Korea Multiple rocket launcher 12 Purchased in 2021. 12 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers, 12 ammunition supply vehicles + Korean GPS guided missiles and logistics support contracts.[22][23][24][25]

Air Defense Weapons

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Model Image Origin Type Number Notes
MIM-23 Hawk  United States Surface-to-air missile 343 UAE owns Phase I, and Phase III.[26]
MIM-104 Patriot  United States Mobile surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system 12 UAE has 9 PAC-3 batteries and 3 PAC-2 batteries (818 missiles).

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KM-SAM  South Korea Mobile surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system 12 In Jan 2022 UAE acquired the KM-SAM system. Both countries will jointly help to deliver the systems.[27][25]
Pantsir  Russia Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon 50 UAE Owns the S1 version.[28]
THAAD  United States anti-ballistic missile system 2 batteries In 2011 UAE ordered the Thaad which made UAE the first foreign country to obtain the Thaad system.[29] In 2022 UAE it intercepted a ballistic missile during a Houthi militia attack in Abu Dhabi.

Vehicles

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Model Image Origin Type Number Note
Tanks
AMX-56 Leclerc  France Main battle tank 354 The Leclerc tanks of the United Arab Emirates Army have been used in combat operations in Yemen during the Yemeni Civil War[30][31]
Infantry fighting vehicles
FNSS ACV-300  United States Turkey Infantry Fighting Vehicle 136 [32]
BMP-3  Russia Infantry fighting vehicle 652 250 for Abu Dhabi & 402 for Dubai(of which 391 delivered in 1992–1997) with "Namut" thermal sight and other modifications. They were under further upgrade with modular armour "Kaktus" and UTD-32 engine.[33][34]
Armoured Personnel Carriers
Patria AMV  Finland
 Poland 		Armoured personnel carrier 45 An initial vatch of 15 vehicles was ordered in 2008, with more to be acquired. Some of these vehicles will be equipped with the Patria Nemo turret while others will be equipped with BMP-3 turrets and have therefore been modified, including a longer hull. In January 2016, the General Headquarters of the UAE armed forces ordered 45 Patria AMV hulls with the option of 50 more. The APC's are used now in Yemen in combat operations. The vehicles were shipped in June 2016 from Patria's Polish production line.[35][36][37][38][39][40][41]
Otokar-Al Jassor Rabdan  United Arab Emirates
 Turkey 		Armoured personnel carrier/Infantry Fighting Vehicle 700 Al Jasoor is expected to produce up to 700 Rabdan's for a value of $661 million for the UAE Army. The first batch of 400 Rabdan vehicles were delivered on 2017 with 300 more to be locally assembled and produced under license. Some with BMP-3 turret in service. .[42][43][44][45][46]
Light Armoured Vehicles
Nimr Ajban
 United Arab Emirates Infantry Mobility Vehicle 350-500 In primary use of all warfare branches.[47]
Nimr Hafeet
 United Arab Emirates Infantry Mobility Vehicle 675 [48]
HMMWV  United States Infantry Mobility Vehicle 150/250? Seen in combat in Yemen against Houthi rebels.[49]
M1288 GMV 1.1  United States Light Ground Mobility Vehicle 100/150? Seen in multiple UAE SOF trainings and live shows [50]
Polaris RZR  United States Side-by-side N/A [51]
MRAPs
International MaxxPro  United States MRAP 3,375 Various versions on order.[52]
Oshkosh M-ATV  United States MRAP 750 750 as of 2016.[53]
Nimr Jais  United Arab Emirates MRAP 250-500 In 2017 United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ordered1500 Nimr JAIS, but the deal got scrapped. If though number of vehicles has been received by UAE army forces.[54]
BAE Caiman  United States MRAP 931 In September 2014, the U.S. approved a $2.5 billion deal with United Arab Emirates Army for over 4,500 surplus U.S. MRAPs for increased force protection, conducting humanitarian assistance operations, and protecting some international commercial trade routes and some infrastructure. 1,150 vehicles were Caimans.
RG-31 Nyala  South Africa
 United Arab Emirates 		MRAP 76 UAE owns the special version RG-31 MARK-5. Locally produced by International Golden Group.[55]
CBRN Defense
TPz Fuchs  West Germany CBRN defense 32 32 NBC reconnaissance vehicles were ordered in February 2005 under a contract valued at 160 million EUROS (US$205 million) FUCHS-2 Variant.[56] The order comprises 16 NBC reconnaissance vehicles, eight bio vehicles and eight command post vehicles, which will provide UAE with an NBC detection capability linked to a command-and-control system.[56]
Trucks
MZKT-74135  Belarus Tank transporter 40
MAN SX  Germany high-mobility off-road N/A [57]
Tatra T 815  Czech Republic high-mobility tactical truck, water tanker, fuel tanker, flatrack carrier, container carrier and recovery vehicle. ? [58]
Oshkosh HET  United States tank transporter and tractor unit. 20 Used for transporting the Jodaria Cradle Multiple Rocket Launcher[59]

Decommissioned equipment

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  • North Korea Hwasong-5 - 25 (ordered 1989, decommissioned due to dis-satisfactory quality)[60][61]

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