List of equipment of the Portuguese Army

This is a list of equipment in service with the Portuguese Army.

Individual gear

Clothing and protection

Electronic equipment

Weapons

Light weapons

Weapon accessories

Indirect fire

Mortars

Artillery

Indirect fire electronic systems

Air defence systems

Armoured vehicles

Armoured vehicles

Note: Among the Pandur II purchase, the initial contract that was signed in 2005, was for 260 vehicles, and it was worth €364 million.

Unarmoured vehicles

Tactical vehicles

Motorcycles

Light tactical vehicles

Logistics

Tracked vehicles

Transport trucks

Engineering vehicles and equipment

Armoured engineering vehicles

Unarmoured engineering equipment

Military equipment

Construction machines

Handling vehicles

<small>Note: additional systems not mentioned here are being used in the Portuguese Air Force.</small>

Support equipment

Communications / command and control

Unmanned vehicles

Watercraft

Future equipment

Orders

Air defence

Planned orders

List of equipment that Portugal plans to invest in, some of which are mentioned in the Portuguese Military Programming Law:

Infantry weapons

Indirect fire

Vehicles

Engineering equipment

Support equipment

Electronic equipment

Air defence

UAV

Aircraft

Retired equipment

War reserve

List of equipment that remains in the war reserves.

Infantry weapons

Pistols:

• Beretta 92 (Was used by Army Police)
• Heckler & Koch USP (Was used by Portuguese Army in some international missions)
• SIG Sauer P228 (Was used by CTOE)

Submachine guns:

• Uzi m/961: currently on the war reserves

Assault rifles and battle rifles:

• Heckler & Koch G36K/KE/C (used by Special Operations Troops Centre)
• SIG SG 543 (1.049 units used by Commandos and CTOE)
• IMI Galil ARM (2.000 units used by Portuguese Paratroopers)
• Heckler & Koch G3A3/A4 (Replaced by FN SCAR L) 1,000 G3A3/4s were sent by Portugal to Ukraine as part of a military package in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The number of G3s sent was revealed in an interview with Commander Silva Pinto held during the military parade on Portugal Day. The Portuguese Marine Corps use a modernized version of the G3A3/A4 with kit Spuhr and Aimpoint CompM4 red dot sight.

Precision rifles:

• Heckler & Koch PSG1: currently on the war reserves

Machine guns:

• Heckler & Koch HK21
• M60E3 machine gun
• MG 3

Shotguns:

• Franchi SPAS 15

Infantry weapons

Pistols:

• Luger P08
• Mauser C96
• Smith & Wesson Model 10
• Walther P38

Submachine guns:

• Brügger & Thomet MP9 (used for experimental purposes during ISAF mission).
• FBP (pistola-metralhadora) m/948 (39.113 units)
• Bergmann MP 18 7.65mm
• Sterling submachine gun L2A1
• Sten SMG
• Vigneron (pistola-metralhadora) m/961

Assault rifles and battle rifles:

• ArmaLite AR-10 (1.500 units)
• FN FAL (4.795 units)
• Karabiner 98k Espingarda 8 mm Mauser m/938
• M1917 Enfield

Machine guns:

• Breda Model 37 m/938
• M1919
• Madsen machine gun
• MG 42
• Maschinengewehr Modell 34 (MG34)
• MG13 m/944
• Lewis machine gun
• Vickers machine gun

Grenade launchers:

• Heckler & Koch HK79A1
• M79 grenade launcher

Anti-tank weapons:

• Bazuca 60mm m/955
• M18 recoilless rifle 57mm
• M20 "Super" Bazooka m/952
• M20 recoilless rifle 75mm
• M40A1 recoilless rifle 106mm (128 units)
• M67 recoilless rifle 90mm

Indirec fire

Self-propelled artillery:

• M125A1/A2 mortar carrier (15 units)
• M109 A2 (6 units)

Towed artillery:

• 15 cm sFH 18
• 10.5 cm leFH 18 (150 units)
• Canon de 75 modèle 1897
• BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer
• BL 5.5-inch medium gun (227 units)
• BL 4.5-inch medium field gun (120 units)
• M101A1/A1L howitzer (54 units)
• Obice da 75/18 modello 34 (92 units)
• Ordnance QF 25-pounder (12 relegated to ceremonial role) (132 units received)
• OTO Melara Mod 56 (24 units)

Mortars:

• Mortar 81mm French Brandt m/937
• Mortar 107mm M2 4.2-inch m/951
• Mortar M2 60mm

Vehicles

Armoured fighting vehicles:

• Alvis Saladin (39 units)
• Chaimite (80 units)
• Carden Loyd tankette (15 units)
• Cromwell Centaur (48 units)
• Daimler Dingo (200 units)
• Ferret (32 units)
• Fox Mk I (38 units)
• Humber Mk IV (48 units)
• M2 Half-track
• M3 Half-track (8 units)
• M3A1 Scout Car (32 units)
• M4A3E4 Sherman (13 units)
• M4A1 Grizzly I cruiser (57 units)
• M5A1 Stuart (96 units)
• M8 Greyhound (2 units)
• M24 Chaffee (19 units)
• M47 Patton (122 units)
• M48 Patton (86 units)
• M60A3 TTS Patton (93 units)
• Marmon-Herrington (6 units)
• Panhard AML-60 (45 units)
• Panhard EBR (50 units)
• Panhard ETT (28 units)
• Panhard M3 (6 to 8 units)
• Sexton Mk II (54 units)
• TP4 Bren Universal Carrier (178 units)
• Valentine Mk2 (36 units)
• Vickers 6-Ton (2 units)

Special forces vehicles:

• Fast Attack Vehicle (6 units used by Portuguese Paratroopers)

Engineering vehicles:

• M74 ARV (13 units)
• M728 (3 units)

Air defence

Air defence missile launchers:

• Thomson-CSF Crotale (2 launching units with 1 radar)
• M48A2E1/A3 Chaparral (11 version A2E1 and 23 version A3) with two MPQ-54 FAAR radars.

MANPADS:

• Blowpipe (57 units)

Anti-air cannons:

• Bofors 40 mm (62 units)

References