The following is a list of current equipment of the Moldovan Armed Forces.
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Notes |
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Pistols | ||||
TT-33 | Soviet Union | Semi-automatic pistol | Regular Army | |
Makarov | Soviet Union | Semi-automatic pistol | Regular Army, Special Forces, Police etc. | |
Glock 17 | Austria | Semi-automatic pistol | Special Forces [1] | |
Assault rifles | ||||
AK-74 | Soviet Union | Assault rifle | AK-74, AKS-74, AKS-74U variants Regular Army, Special Forces, Police etc. | |
AKM | Soviet Union | Assault rifle | AKM, AKMS variants Mainly Regular Army and Special Forces | |
M4 carbine | United States | Assault rifle | Special Forces | |
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 | Romania | Assault rifle | Mainly Regular Army and Police | |
Semi-automatic rifles | ||||
SKS | Soviet Union | Semi-automatic rifle | Used as a ceremonial rifle by the Honor Guard Company | |
Machine guns | ||||
PK machine gun | Soviet Union | General purpose machine gun | Mainly Regular Army | |
RPK | Soviet Union | Light machine gun | Mainly Regular Army | |
DShK | Soviet Union | Heavy machine gun | Also used in anti-aircraft role.[2] | |
M240 machine gun | United States | Medium machine gun | Donated by the United States.[3] | |
M2 Browning | United States | Heavy machine gun | Donated by the United States, mounted on Humvees, Piranha IIIHs and tripods.[3][4] | |
Sniper rifles | ||||
Dragunov SVD | Soviet Union | Sniper rifle | Mainly Regular Army, Special Forces and Police | |
PSL | Romania | Designated marksman rifle | Mainly Regular Army, Special Forces and Police | |
M110 | United States | Semi-automatic Sniper rifle | Donated by the United States.[3] | |
M107A1 | United States | Anti materiel sniper rifle | Donated by the United States.[3] | |
Grenades | ||||
GP-25 | Soviet Union | Grenade launcher | Mainly Regular Army, Special Forces and Police | |
Mk 19 | United States | Automatic grenade launcher | Mounted on Humvees.[3][5] | |
F-1 | Soviet Union | Hand grenade | Regular Army, Special Forces, Police | |
RGD-5 | Soviet Union | Hand grenade | Regular Army and Special Forces | |
Zarya Stun Grenade | Soviet Union | Stun grenade | Regular Army, Special Forces, Police | |
Mines | ||||
MON-50 | Soviet Union | Anti-personnel mine | Regular Army and Special Forces | |
TM-46 | Soviet Union | Anti-tank mine | Regular Army and Special Forces |
Model | Image | Origin | Details | |
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Helmets | ||||
SSh-68 | Soviet Union | Not seen in active service recently. | ||
STSh-81 | Mainly Police and Special Forces | |||
MASKA-1 | Mainly Police and Special Forces | |||
PASGT | United States | Standard issue combat helmet of the Moldovan National Army. Romanian ST-4 helmet derived from the PASGT also seen in use. | ||
Ops-Core FAST | Used by the Fulger Battalion | |||
Body armor | ||||
Flak jacket | United States | Not seen in active service recently. | ||
Interceptor Body Armor | Standard issue body armor of the Moldovan National Army | |||
Stimpex VST-1 | Romania | Used in exercises by the 22nd Peacekeeping Battalion, possibly donated by Romania [6] | ||
4030 ELITE | United Kingdom | NP Aerospace bomb suit. Donated by the European Union under the European Peace Instrument (EPF).[7] | ||
Gas masks | ||||
PMG | Soviet Union | |||
PG-1 | ||||
Camouflage | ||||
U.S. Woodland | United States | Standard issue camouflage pattern of the Moldovan National Army | ||
M2017 | Romania | Seen in use on ballistic protection equipment that was possibly donated by Romania. [6] |
Name | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
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Armoured Fighting Vehicles | |||||
BRDM-2 | Soviet Union Romania Moldova |
Scout car | ~8 | (With TAB-71M Turret).[2] | |
MT-LB | Soviet Union | Armoured Fighting Vehicle | 25 | [2] | |
MT-LB | Soviet Union Moldova |
2+ | (With ZU-23-2 AA Gun).[2] | ||
MT-LBu | Soviet Union | 13-20 | [2] | ||
BTR-60PU-12 | Soviet Union Moldova |
At least 10 | (With ZU-23-1 AA Gun).[2] | ||
Infantry Fighting Vehicles | |||||
BMD-1 | Soviet Union | Infantry fighting vehicle | N/A | [2] | |
BMD-1P | N/A | [2] | |||
Armoured Personnel Carriers | |||||
BTR-60PB | Soviet Union | Armoured Personnel Carrier | 12 | [2] | |
TAB-71M | Romania | 80[8] | Originally 161 delivered between 1992 and 1995.[2][9] | ||
BTR-70 | Soviet Union | 8 | [2] | ||
BTR-80 | 12[8] | [2] | |||
GT-MU | N/A | [2] | |||
Piranha IIIH | Switzerland | 19[10] | Former Danish Piranha IIIs purchased and donated by Germany.[2][11] | ||
BTR-D | Soviet Union Moldova |
Airborne Armoured Personnel Carrier | ~3 N/A |
(With 12.7mm DShK In Cupola).[2] (With 73mm SPG-9 RCL And 12.7mm DShK In Cupola).[2] | |
Multi-purpose vehicles | |||||
Humvee | United States | Multi-purpose armored vehicle | 80 | With MAK armor.[2] | |
M1008 Chevrolet | United States | Technical | N/A | [2] | |
Dacia Duster | Romania | Four-wheel drive multi-purpose vehicle | N/A | Used by the Military Police.[12][13] | |
Mitsubishi L200 | Japan | Four-wheel drive multi-purpose vehicle | 5 | Donated by the EU under the European Peace Instrument (EPF) for use by military engineers.[7] | |
Trucks | |||||
Iveco | Italy | Truck | N/A | Donated by Italy in 2018.[14] | |
FMTV | United States | N/A | Stewart & Stevenson MTV.[15][16] | ||
M915 | N/A | In service in small numbers, shown in the 2016 national day parade.[17][18] | |||
M35 | N/A | Only the M35A3 variant in service.[17][18] | |||
KamAZ-4310 | Soviet Union | N/A | |||
Ural-4320 | N/A | ||||
ZIL-131 | N/A | [12] | |||
GAZ-66 | N/A | [2] | |||
Command Posts And Communications Stations | |||||
R-409 | Soviet Union | Mobile radio-relay station | N/A | [2] | |
Engineering Vehicles And Equipment | |||||
IMR-2 | Soviet Union | Combat engineering vehicle | N/A | [2] | |
PTS-2 | Tracked amphibious transport | N/A | [2] | ||
RKhM Kashalot | Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle | N/A | [2] | ||
BRDM-2RKh | N/A | [2] | |||
GMZ-3 | Minelayer | N/A | [2] | ||
PMZ-4 | N/A | [2] | |||
BTM-3 | Trench digger | N/A | [2] | ||
MDK-2M | N/A | [2] | |||
PZM-2 | N/A | [2] | |||
PMP | Pontoon bridge | N/A | [2] |
Name | Photo | Origin | In service | Notes |
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BMK-130M | Soviet Union | N/A | [2] | |
BMK-T | N/A | [2] |
Name | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
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Towed Artillery | |||||
M-30 | Soviet Union | 122mm howitzer | 16[8] | [2] | |
D-20 | 152mm howitzer | 31[8] | [2] | ||
2A36 Giatsint-B | 20[8] | [2] | |||
Self-Propelled Artillery | |||||
2S9 Nona | Soviet Union | 120mm self-propelled mortar | 9[8] | [2] | |
Multiple Rocket Launchers | |||||
BM-27 Uragan | Soviet Union | 220mm multiple rocket launcher | 11[8] | [2] | |
Artillery Tractors | |||||
ATS-59G | Soviet Union | Artillery tractor | N/A | [2] | |
Artillery Support Vehicles | |||||
PRP-3 'Val' | Soviet Union | Artillery reconnaissance vehicle | N/A | [2] | |
1V18 'Klyon-1' | Artillery fire control vehicle | N/A | [2] | ||
1V119 | N/A | [2] | |||
SNAR-10 | Counter-battery radar | N/A | [2] | ||
9T452 | Transporter-loader | N/A | [2] |
Name | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
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Anti-tank guns | |||||
MT-12 | Soviet Union | 100mm anti-tank gun | 31[8] | [2] | |
Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Missile Systems | |||||
9P148 Konkurs | Soviet Union | Anti-tank guided missile launcher vehicle | 6-32 | [2] | |
9P149 Shturm-S | 27[19] | [2] | |||
Shoulder-fired/mounted weapons | |||||
RPG-7 | Soviet Union | Rocket-propelled grenade | N/A | Mainly Regular Army, Special Forces and Police | |
RPG-22 | N/A | Regular Army and Special Forces | |||
9K111 Fagot | Anti-tank guided missile | 71[19] | |||
9M113 Konkurs | 19[19] | ||||
9K115 Metis | N/A | ||||
SPG-9 AG-9 |
Soviet Union Romania |
Recoilless rifle | 138+[19] |
Name | Photo | Origin | In service | Notes |
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Towed Anti-Aircraft Guns | ||||
23mm ZU-23-2 | Soviet Union | 28[8] | [2] | |
57mm AZP S-60 | 11[8] | [2] | ||
Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns | ||||
14.5mm KPV | Soviet Union Moldova |
N/A | Mounted on GAZ-66.[2] | |
14.5mm ZPU-2 | N/A | Mounted on GAZ-66.[2] | ||
23mm ZU-23-2 | N/A | Mounted on GAZ-66 and on BTR-D.[2] | ||
57mm AZP S-60 | N/A | Mounted on ZIL-135.[2] |
Name | Photo | Origin | Type | Variant | In service |
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | |||||
DJI | China | Quadrotor UAV | Matrice 300 rtk | 18+[3] |
Name | Photo | Origin | In service | Notes |
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Static Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems | ||||
S-125 | Soviet Union | 3 | (One site protecting the capital Chișinău).[2] | |
Radars | ||||
P-14 'Tall King' | Soviet Union | N/A | [2] | |
P-15 'Flat Face A' | N/A | [2] | ||
P-12 'Spoon Rest A' | N/A | [2] | ||
P-18 'Spoon Rest D' | N/A | [2] | ||
PRV-13 'Odd Pair' | N/A | [2] | ||
PRV-16 'Thin Skin B' | N/A | [2] | ||
36D6 'Tin Shield' | N/A | [2] | ||
SNR-125 'Low Blow' | N/A | (For S-125).[2] | ||
Ground Master 200 | France | 1 | Ordered and delivered in 2023.[20][21] |
Name | Photo | Origin | Ordered | Notes |
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VERA-NG | Czech Republic | 1 | The VERA-NG passive radar was ordered in early 2024, scheduled to arrive in 2025. The order is to be financed through EPF funds.[22] |
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