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

Infantry equipment

Artillery

Armoured vehicles

Soft skinned vehicles

Unmanned vehicles

Future equipment

Equipment that is already in the purchase process: * 47 tactical communications vehicles, 35 of which armored; * Anti-aircraft defense systems which include 8 weapon terminals, 2 local warning radars, 8 light missile systems integrated into armored vehicles and 8 light armored or medium armored tactical vehicles; * Around 200

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is a United States military (specifically U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps) and United States Special Operations Command program to partially replace the Humvee fleet with a family of more survivable vehicl ...

s; * 70 to 80 military cargo trucks; * New

Unmanned aerial vehicle An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controll ...

s; * Anti-tank guided weapons.

Others

* m/963 grenade. *EWK Faltschwimmbrücken

military bridge The following is a partial list of ''Military bridges'' * AM 50 * Armoured vehicle-launched bridge * Bailey bridge * Callender-Hamilton bridge *DSB Dry Support Bridge * Mabey Logistic Support Bridge * MGB Medium Girder Bridge * Pontoon bridge S ...

. * Bailey military bridge *Spir-ID (identifier of radioactive and nuclear materials) *

Advanced Bomb Suit The Advanced Bomb Suit (ABS) is a full body bomb suit designed to protect the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) soldier from threats associated with improvised explosive devices, including those related to fragmentation, blast overpressure, impa ...

* Jenoptik NYXUS Bird Long Range. * Rheinmetall Vario-Ray *

PASGT Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced ) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight ...

*Team Wendy Combat helmet * Opscore helmet *

CamelBak CamelBak is an American outdoor equipment company based in Petaluma, California, best known for its hydration products, such as hydration packs and water bottles. CamelBak is also a supplier of protective gear and other products to the U.S. mil ...

* DPM

Camouflage Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the b ...

* M18

camouflage Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the b ...

*Battlefield Management System * EID PRC-525 military radio *SIC-T

Communications system A communications system or communication system is a collection of individual telecommunications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and terminal equipment usually capable of interconnection and interoperat ...

*BMS-C2

Battlefield management system A battlefield management system (BMS) is a system meant to integrate information acquisition and processing to enhance command and control of a military unit. France The French Army is using SICS (Système d'Information du Combat de SCORPION - SCO ...

*AN/PEQ-16B MIPIM * AN/PSN-11

Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver The AN/PSN-11 Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver (PLGR, colloquially "plugger") is a ruggedized, hand-held, single-frequency GPS receiver fielded by the United States Armed Forces. It incorporates the Precise Positioning Service — Security ...

* AN/PVS-21 night googles * AN/PVS-5B night googles * AN/PPQ-2 PSTAR

Radar Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, we ...

* AN/PPS-5B

* AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar * AN/MPQ-49 Forward Area Alerting Radar *KMW Live Firing Monitoring Equipment (LFME) for Leopard 2 A6 * Military Field kitchens (KARCHËR MFK 2, SERT CR 500L and PCM 300) * Komatsu BOSS 15 tons forklift * Manitou MHT 10180L forklift * JCB 110W * Caterpillar D6H * Komatsu D65E-12 * Komatsu D65EX-18 * Komatsu WB 93R * Dumper

Volvo The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distributio ...

86 * Dumper

A25G * Schottel

Boat A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically found on inl ...

Retired equipment

Pistols *

Heckler & Koch USP The USP (''Universelle Selbstladepistole'' or "universal self-loading pistol") is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Germany by Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) as a replacement for the P7 series of handguns. History Design work on a new family of p ...

(Was used by Portuguese Army in some internacional missions): ''currently on the war reserves'' *

SIG Sauer P228 Sig used as a name may refer to: *Sig (given name) * Sig, Algeria, a city on the banks of the Sig River *Sig Alert, an alert for traffic congestion in California, named after Loyd Sigmon * Sig River, a river of Algeria also known as Mekerra sig ( ...

(Was used by CTOE): ''currently on the war reserves'' *

Beretta 92 The Beretta 92 (also Beretta 96 and Beretta 98) is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. The Beretta 92 was designed in 1975, and production began in 1976. Many variants in several different calibers c ...

(Was used by Army Police): ''currently on the war reserves'' *

Walther P38 The Walther P38 (originally written Walther P.38) is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the costly Luger P08 ...

Luger P08 The Pistole Parabellum—or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known as just Luger or Luger P08 is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 ...

Smith & Wesson Model 10 The Smith & Wesson Model 10, previously known as the Smith & Wesson .38 Hand Ejector Model of 1899, the Smith & Wesson Military & Police or the Smith & Wesson Victory Model, is a K-frame revolver of worldwide popularity. In production since 1899 ...

* Mauser C96 Submachine guns *

Uzi The Uzi (; he, עוזי, Ūzi; officially cased as UZI) is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns and machine pistols first designed by Major Uziel "Uzi" Gal in the late 1940s, shortly after the establishment of the ...

''m/961: currently on the war reserves'' * FBP (pistola-metralhadora) ''m/948'' * Vigneron (pistola-metralhadora) ''m/961'' * Sterling submachine gun L2A1 * Sten SMG * Bergmann MP 18 7.65mm Assault rifles and battle rifles * SIG SG 543 (Was used by

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and CTOE): ''currently on the war reserves'' * IMI Galil ARM (Was used by

Portuguese Paratroopers The Portuguese Paratroopers ( pt, Tropas Paraquedistas) are an elite infantry assault force, representing the bulk of the airborne forces of Portugal. They were created in 1956 as part of the Portuguese Air Force, being transferred to the Port ...

): ''currently on the war reserves'' * Heckler & Koch G3A3 (Replaced by FN SCAR L): ''currently on the war reserves'' * FN FAL (30 000 units) *

ArmaLite AR-10 The ArmaLite AR-10 is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle designed by Eugene Stoner in the late 1950s and manufactured by ArmaLite (then a division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation). When first introduced in 1956, the AR-10 used an innovative c ...

M1917 Enfield The M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in British Service as Rifle No. ...

* Karabiner 98k ''Espingarda 8 mm Mauser m/938'' Sniper rifles *

Heckler & Koch PSG1 The Heckler & Koch PSG1 (''Präzisionsschützengewehr'', German for "precision shooting rifle") is a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed and produced by the German company Heckler & Koch. Development This rifle is said to have been developed ...

: ''currently on the war reserves'' Machine guns *

Heckler & Koch HK21 The HK21 is a German 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, developed in 1961 by small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch and based on the G3 battle rifle. The weapon is in use with the armed forces of several Asian, African and Latin American ...

: ''currently on the war reserves'' * M60E3 machine gun: ''currently on the war reserves'' *

Browning M1919 The M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1919 saw service as a light infantry, coaxial, mounted, aircraft, and ...

MG 3 The MG3 is a small car produced by the Chinese automotive company SAIC. The first generation, marketed as the MG3 SW, is based on the British made Rover Streetwise, which itself was based on the Rover 25, while the second generation, introdu ...

: ''currently on the war reserves'' * MG 42 * Maschinengewehr Modell 34 (MG34) * MG13 ''m/944'' *

Madsen machine gun The Madsen is a light machine gun that Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, the Danish Minister of War, and that the Royal Danish Army adopted in 1902. It was the wo ...

Vickers machine gun The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army. The gun was operated by a three-man crew but typically required more men to move and o ...

* Lewis machine gun * Breda Model 37 ''m/938'' Grenade launchers * Heckler & Koch HK79A1 * M79 grenade launcher Anti-aircraft artillery * Blowpipe MANPAD (57 units) *

Bofors 40 mm Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to two models of 40 mm calibre anti-aircraft guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: *Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - developed in the 1930s, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s ...

(62 units) * Thomson-CSF Crotale (2 launching units with 1 radar) Anti-tank weapons * '' Lança Foguetes de 37mm'' * Bazuca 60mm ''m/955'' *M20 "Super" Bazooka ''m/952'' * M18 recoilless rifle 57mm * M20 recoilless rifle 75mm * M67 recoilless rifle 90mm * M40A1 recoilless rifle 106mm (128 units): ''currently on the war reserves'' Artillery * Mortar M2 60mm *Mortar 81mm French Brandt ''m/937'' *Mortar 107mm M2 4.2-inch ''m/951'' *

Canon de 75 modèle 1897 The French 75 mm field gun was a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Matériel de 75mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze (Frenc ...

15 cm sFH 18 The 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18 or sFH 18 (German: "heavy field howitzer, model 18"), nicknamed ''Immergrün'' ("Evergreen"), was the basic German division-level heavy howitzer of 149mm during the Second World War, serving alongside the sma ...

* 10.5 cm leFH 18 (150 units) *

Obice da 75/18 modello 34 The Obice da 75/18 modello 34 was an Italian artillery piece used during World War II. History The Italian army has always had an interest in mountain artillery due to the mountainous terrain of its borders. By the 1930s much of this artiller ...

(92 units) *

BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer The Ordnance BL 6 inch 26cwt howitzer was a British howitzer used during World War I and World War II. The qualifier "26cwt" refers to the weight of the barrel and breech together which weighed . History World War I It was developed to ...

* BL 5.5-inch medium gun (227 units) * BL 4.5-inch medium field gun (120 units) *

Ordnance QF 25-pounder The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, was the major British field gun and howitzer during the Second World War. Its calibre is 3.45-inch (87.6 mm). It was introduced into service just before the war started, combin ...

(relegated to ceremonial role) * M101 howitzer (52 units): ''currently on the war reserves'' *

OTO Melara Mod 56 The OTO-Melara Mod 56 is an Italian-made 105 mm pack howitzer built and developed by OTO-Melara. It fires the standard US type M1 ammunition. History The OTO Melara 105 mm Mod 56 began life in the 1950s to meet the requirement for a modern ...

(24 units) Vehicles *

Fast Attack Vehicle The Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV), formerly called the Fast Attack Vehicle (FAV), is a high-speed, lightly armored sandrail-like vehicle first used in combat during the Gulf War in 1991. Due to their dash speed and off-road mobility, the DPVs were ...

(6 units used by

) * M3A1 Scout Car * Chaimite (80 units) *

Daimler Dingo The Daimler Scout Car, known in service as the Daimler Dingo (after the Australian wild dog), is a British light, fast four-wheel drive reconnaissance vehicle also used for liaison during the Second World War. Design and development In 193 ...

Humber Armoured Car The Humber Armoured Car was one of the most widely produced British armoured cars of the Second World War. It supplemented the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and remained in service until the end of the war. Development The Guy company did ...

* Ferret (32 units) * Panhard AML-60 (50 units) *

Panhard M3 The Panhard M3 VTT ( French: ''Véhicule de Transport de Troupes'') is an amphibious armoured personnel carrier. Developed as a private venture for the export market, the M3 was built with the same mechanical and chassis components as the Panhard ...

(6 to 8 units) *

Alvis Saladin The FV601 Saladin is a six-wheeled armoured car developed by Crossley Motors and later manufactured by Alvis. Designed in 1954, it replaced the AEC Armoured Car in service with the British Army from 1958 onward. The vehicle weighed 11 tonnes, ...

(39 units) *

M8 Greyhound The M8 light armored car is a 6×6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used from 1943 by United States and British forces in Europe and the Pacific until the end of the war. The vehicle was widely exporte ...

Panhard EBR The Panhard EBR (Panhard ''Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance'', French: Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle) is an armoured car designed by Panhard for the French Army and later used across the globe, notably by the French Army during the Algerian War a ...

(51 units) * M2 Half-track *

M3 Half-track The M3 half-track was an American armored personnel carrier half-track widely used by the Allies during World War II and in the Cold War. Derived from the M2 half-track car, the M3 was extensively produced, with about 15,000 standard M3s and mo ...

* Sexton Mk II * Carden Loyd tankette (6 units) *

M3 Stuart The M3 Stuart/Light Tank M3, was an American light tank of World War II. An improved version of the tank entered service as the M5 in 1942 to be supplied to British and other Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. in ...

(80 units) *

Vickers 6-Ton The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner" was a British light tank designed as a private project at Vickers. It was not adopted by the British Army, but was picked up by many foreign armed forces. It was licen ...

(2 units) * Grizzly I cruiser * Valentine Mk2 (36 units) * M4A3E4 Sherman * M24 Chaffee (16 units) *

M47 Patton The M47 Patton was an American main battle tank, a development of the M46 Patton mounting an updated turret, and was in turn further developed as the M48 Patton. It was the second American tank to be named after General George S. Patton, comm ...

(150 units) *

M48 Patton The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48. It was designed as a replacement for the M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman, M46 and M47 Patton tanks, and w ...

(65 units) * M60A3 TTS Patton (93 units) * M109 A2 (6 units) * M728 (3 units)

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