List of equipment of the Botswana Ground Force

This is a list of the equipment used by the Botswana Ground Force.

Small arms

Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power[1] 9×19mm Semi-automatic pistol Belgium
 United States
Submachine guns
Sten[2] 9×19mm Submachine gun United Kingdom
Sterling[1] 9×19mm Submachine gun United Kingdom
Uzi[3] 9×19mm Submachine gun Israel
Rifles
AKM[1] 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Soviet Union
IMI Galil[1] 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Israel
M16[4] 5.56×45mm Assault rifle United States
ArmaLite AR-18 5.56×45mm Assault rifle United States
Colt Canada C7[5] 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Canada
FN SCAR[4]

5.56×45mm Assault rifle Belgium
SA80

5.56×45mm Bullpup Assault rifle United Kingdom
SAR-21[4] 5.56×45mm Bullpup Assault rifle Singapore
FN FAL[1] 7.62×51mm Battle rifle Belgium
Heckler & Koch G3[6] 7.62×51mm Battle rifle West Germany
Machine guns
Bren[7] 7.62×51mm Light machine gun  Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom
Browning M1919[8] 7.62×51mm Medium machine gun United States
FN MAG[1] 7.62×51mm General-purpose machine gun Belgium
Browning M2[1] .50 BMG Heavy machine gun United States
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-7[1] 40mm Rocket-propelled grenade Soviet Union

Anti-tank weapons

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

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

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
Panhard VBL Scout car France 64[11]

Armored personnel carriers

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

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

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
ACMAT Utility vehicle France 150[14]
RMMV TG MIL Utility truck Germany
 Austria 		200[14]

Engineering Vehicles

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

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
Aardvark JSFU Demining vehicle United Kingdom Unknown[11]

Artillery

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
Self-propelled artillery
ATMOS 2000 Self-propelled artillery Israel 12[11]
Rocket artillery
APRA-40 Multiple rocket launcher Soviet Union
Romania 		20[11]
Field artillery
Soltam M-71 Howitzer Israel 18[15]
L118 Howitzer United Kingdom 12[11]
OTO Melara Mod 56 Howitzer Italy 6[11]

Air defence systems

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

  • 2 × Boston Whaler Raider-class PCs (United States)[20]
  • 10 × Panther airboats (United States)[20]

References

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  5. ^ "Fleet Upgrades Licensed Programs & Custom Builds - Colt Canada". coltcanada.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
  6. ^ "Google Sites". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  7. ^ Jones & Ness 2009.
  8. ^ "Wiw_af_botswana - worldinventory". Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  9. ^ Martin, Guy (7 February 2013). "Botswana - defenceWeb". Defenceweb.co.za. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023 (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1032508955.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "UN Register of Conventional Arms – UNODA". disarmament.un.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  13. ^ "Botswana receives additional Mowag Piranha 8×8 armoured vehicles – Military Africa". Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  14. ^ a b "Botswana Defence Force Order of Battle – Defence Web". Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Botswana". 7 February 2013.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ Motlogelwa, Tshireletso (13 April 2012). "Khamas monopolised Botswana Defence Force (BDF) tenders". XairForces.
  18. ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (14 February 2018). "The Military Balance 2018". The Military Balance. 118.
  19. ^ Martin, Guy. "Botswana - defenceWeb". www.defenceweb.co.za. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  20. ^ a b "Botswana". defenceWeb. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

Works cited

  • 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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