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]