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The following is a list of equipment of the Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from creation to present day.

Small arms

Model Image Origin Type Caliber Details
Browning HP[1] 170x  Belgium
 United States 		Semi-automatic pistol 7.65×21mm Parabellum
AKM  Soviet Union Assault rifle 7.62x39mm Widely used by infantry
Type 56 assault rifle[2][3]  People's Republic of China Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Widely used by infantry
Zastava M92  Yugoslavia Carbine 7.62×39mm Used by vehicle crews, and infantry
RPD[4]  Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62x39mm Several pictures have been taken of them being used
PKM  Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun 7.62x54mmR Seen used in several pictures by government forces

Anti-tank and missile

Model Image Origin Type Caliber Details
Rocket-propelled grenade
Type 69 RPG  People's Republic of China Rocket-propelled grenade 40mm Standard anti-tank weapon of infantry.

Armoured fighting vehicles

Model Image Origin Quantity Details
Main battle tanks
Type-59  China ~12-17 [5]
T-55  Soviet Union ~32 [5]
T-64B1M  Soviet Union
 Ukraine 		~25 [5][6]
T-72AV  Soviet Union ~100 [5]
Light tanks
PT-76  Soviet Union ~10 [5]
Type-62  China ~30 [5]
Reconnaissance
AML-60  France >17 [5]
AML-90 ~14 [5]
EE-9 Cascavel  Brazil ~19 [5]
Infantry fighting vehicles
BMP-1  Soviet Union ~20 [5]
Armoured personnel carriers
BTR-50  Soviet Union ~3 [5]
MT-LB ~6 [5]
BTR-60PB 30–70 [5]
Panhard M3  France ~58 [5]
TH 390 Fahd  Egypt ~7 [5]

Anti-tank/Anti-infrastructure

Model Image Origin Caliber Quantity Details
Recoilless rifles
M18  United States 57mm n/a [5]
SPG-9  Soviet Union 73mm n/a [5]
M20  United States 75mm n/a [5]
M40A1 106mm n/a [5]
Anti-tank guns
Type-56  China 85mm ~10 [5]

Artillery

Model Image Origin Caliber Quantity Details
Mortars
n/a n/a 81mm ~100 [5]
n/a n/a 82mm ~400 [5]
M30  United States 107mm n/a [5]
Brandt n/a 120mm ~10 [5]
n/a n/a ~18 [5]
Towed
M-30  Soviet Union 122mm ~77 [5]
D-30 [5]
Type-60  China [5]
Type-59 130mm ~42 [5]
Type-59-I [5]
D-20  Soviet Union 152mm ~6 [5]
Self-propelled
2S1 Gvozdika  Soviet Union 122mm ~6 [5]
2S3 Akatsiya 152mm ~10 [5]
Multiple rocket launchers
Type-63  China 107mm ~12 [5]
BM-21 Grad  Soviet Union 122mm ~24 [5]
RM-70  Czechoslovakia some [5]
M-51 128mm ~6 [5]
Type-82  China 130mm ~3 [5]

Air defence

Model Image Origin Caliber Quantity Details
Man-portable air-defense systems
9K32 Strela-2  Soviet Union 72mm n/a [5]
Anti-aircraft guns
ZPU-4  Soviet Union 14.5mm ~12 [5]
M-1939 37mm ~52 [5]

References

  1. ^ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  2. ^ File:Congolese Light Infantry Battalion training at Camp Base, Kisangani 2010-05-05 2.JPG
  3. ^ War Noir [@war_noir] (April 29, 2021). "Weapons in Al-Naba (#284) #ISCAP released the photos of captured weapons from Congolese Army in Democratic Republic of #Congo (#DRC). 12x Type 56-1 rifles, T69-1/DZP1C-40 rockets, MG-1M barrel, several 60mm Yugoslavian —likely M73 or derivative—mortar bombs captured" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023 (1st ed.). Routledge. pp. 447–448. ISBN 978-1032508955.
  6. ^ Oryx. "Welcome To The Jungle: Ukrainian T-64B1M Tanks In DR Congo". Oryx. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
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