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Over 10,000 captured from the Afghan National Army and US Armed Force. [1] [2] M16 United States: Assault rifle: 104,000 M16A2 and M16A4 variants used. [3] Captured from the former Afghan National Army. [1] Colt Canada C7 Canada: Assault rifle: 2,500 captured from former Afghan Army AK-47 Soviet Union: Assault rifle [4] Type 56 China: Assault rifle
On December 23, 2007, Canadian media reported that the Canadian Forces would supply the Afghan National Army with 2,500 surplus Colt Canada C7 rifles (a Canadian variant of the M16), along with training and ammunition in order to Westernise Afghan equipment. In June 2011, the Afghan National Army returned the loaned C7 rifles as the ANA ...
The following is a list of lists of currently active military equipment by country. ... List of military equipment used by Afghan National Army; Albania. List of ...
List of army equipment of Afghanistan; L. List of active aircraft of the Afghan Air Force; List of military equipment used by the mujahideen during the Soviet ...
provided by the KGB to Afghan units tasked with rescuing Adolph Dubs. [18] [19] 6b2 and ZHZL-74 body armor used by Sarandoy special purpose units. Ushanka Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan: Fur cap: Usually worn without an insignia [citation needed]
The Afghan Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Pashto: د اسلامي امارت وسله وال ځواکونه, Dari: نیروهای مسلح امارت اسلامی افغانستان) [3] and also referred to as the Islamic Emirate Armed Forces, is the military of Afghanistan, commanded by the Taliban government from 1997 to 2001 and since ...
From the 1960s to the early 1990s, the Afghan Army received training and equipment mostly from the Soviet Union. The Royal Afghan Army was also photographed wearing white “snegurochka” winter suits in snowy areas of the country [31] and also had armored riverboats in their inventory, as seen in a parade in Kabul.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19P: 18 acquired by the Royal Afghan Air Force in 1964. 20 MiG-19s were used as trainer aircraft by the Afghan Air Force during the DRA era. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21FL: 40 fighters received from 1965 and serving up to 1996; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF: 70 fighters received from 1980 and serving up to 2001