This is a list of the equipment used by the Ghana Army.

Small arms

Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power[1] 9×19mm Semi-automatic pistol  Belgium
Submachine guns
Sten[2] 9×19mm Submachine gun  United Kingdom
Sterling[3] 9×19mm Submachine gun  United Kingdom
Heckler & Koch MP5[4] 9×19mm Submachine gun  West Germany
Rifles
AKM[5] 7.62×39mm Assault rifle  Soviet Union Used by honor guards.
M16A2[6] 5.56×45mm Assault rifle  United States
M4[6] 5.56×45mm Carbine
Assault rifle		  United States Used by paratroopers.
M14 7.62×51mm Battle rifle  United States
FN FAL[1] 7.62×51mm Battle rifle  Belgium
Heckler & Koch G3[7] 7.62×51mm Battle rifle  West Germany
Machine guns
Bren[1] 7.62×51mm Light machine gun  United Kingdom
RPD 7.62×39mm Squad automatic weapon  Soviet Union
RPK 7.62×39mm Squad automatic weapon  Soviet Union
Browning M1919 7.62×51mm Medium machine gun  United States
MG-3 7.62×51mm General-purpose machine gun  West Germany
FN MAG[8] 7.62×51mm General-purpose machine gun  Belgium
M60[9] 7.62×51mm General-purpose machine gun  United States
KPV 14.5×114mm Heavy machine gun  Soviet Union
DShK[1] 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun  Soviet Union
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

Infantry fighting vehicles

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
Ratel IFV Infantry fighting vehicle  South Africa 39[10][11] INS

Armored personnel carriers

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
WZ-523 Armored personnel carrier  China 82[12] INS
VBTP-MR Guarani Amphibious Armored personnel carrier  Brazil 11[13] INS
Alvis Tactica Armored personnel carrier  United Kingdom 20[14] INS
Maverick Armored personnel carrier  South Africa 20[15] INS
Sherpa Light Armored personnel carrier  France 2[16] INS
Otokar Cobra Infantry mobility vehicle  Turkey 73[17] INS
International MXT-MV Infantry mobility vehicle  United Kingdom 70[18] INS Provided by the United Kingdom.

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
STREIT Typhoon MRAP  United Arab Emirates 50[10] INS
Casspir MRAP  South Africa 4[19] INS

Reconnaissance

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
EE-9 Cascavel Armored Car  Brazil 3[10][20] INS
Mowag Piranha I Armored fighting vehicle   Switzerland 63[10] INS 4 of the units are armed with a 25mm gun.

Artillery

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
Rocket artillery
Type 63 Multiple rocket launcher  China 3[10] INS
PHL-81 Multiple rocket launcher  China 3[10] INS
Mortars
Krh/40 Mortar  Finland 28[10] INS
Field artillery
D-30 Howitzer  Soviet Union 6[10] INS

Air defence systems

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes
ZPU-4 Anti-aircraft gun  Soviet Union 2[10] INS
ZPU-2 Anti-aircraft gun  Soviet Union 4[10] INS
ZU-23-2 Autocannon  Soviet Union 4[10] INS
FN-6 MANPADS  China 100[21] INS
9K32 Strela-2 MANPADS  Soviet Union 200[22] INS

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jones, Richard D. Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's; 35 ed. (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  2. ↑ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  3. ↑ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  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. ↑ Scarlata, Paul (February 2013). "The military rifle cartridges of Ghana from Ashanti to AR". Shotgun News. Archived from the original on 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2018-11-27. As with many African nations, the ubiquitous AKM series of rifles are used by the Ghanaian police and internal security forces.
  6. 1 2 Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies" (PDF). Jane's. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  8. ↑ Jones & Ness 2009, pp. 896–898.
  9. ↑ "M60 - SALW Guide". salw-guide.bicc.de. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 469. ISBN 9781032012278.
  11. ↑ Jane's Tank recognition guide (4th ed.). Collins. 2006. p. 349. ISBN 978-0007183265.
  12. ↑ "Ghana Armed Forces" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Exército (7 July 2021). "Anunciada exportação do Guarani para Gana". Tecnodefesa.
  14. ↑ "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
  15. ↑ "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
  16. ↑ "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
  17. ↑ "Ghana parades Cobra armoured vehicles". Defence Web. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  18. ↑ "UK to send 70 armoured vehicles to Ghana". Army Technology. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  19. ↑ "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
  20. ↑ Jane's Tank recognition guide (4th ed.). Collins. 2006. p. 349. ISBN 978-0007183265.
  21. ↑ "Trade-Register-1971-2020.rft". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  22. ↑ "Ghana army". army recognition. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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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