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Rest-of-World Land Combat Systems

Introduction

	Tanks	Armored Vehicles	Anti-tank Weapons	Artillery	Anti-Aircraft
	AMX-30 Ariete C1 Challenger 1 Challenger 2 Chieftain Centurion Leclerc Leopard 1 Leopard 2	AML AMX 10 P AMX 10 RC AMX 13 ASRV BMR-600 Centauro B1 Cougar CV 90 ERC-90 Fiat 6614 Fuchs 1 FV 430 Series Grizzly Jaguar 1 Jaguar 2 Luchs Marder MRAV Piranha Puma Rasit Sabre Samaritan Samson Saxon Scimitar Scorpion SK 105 Kurassier Spartan Striker Sultan TRACER VAB VB-1 VBC VCC-1 VCC-2 VCC-80 Dardo Vextra VTT Warrior Wiesel 1 Wolf	Eryx Milan	105mm Light Gun FH-70 FH-77 FH 155-1 TRF-1 AS 90 AUF-1 Caesar PzH 2000 110 SF2 LRM MARS	Gepard Javelin Mistral Rapier Roland Starstreak HVM TRIDON
	M-84	BOV-M BOV-1 M-83 M-80		M-87 100mm M-63 MRL Plamen M-77 MRL Oganj M-87 MRL Orkan M-94 MRL Plamen-S	BOV-3 BOV-30 M53 Praga
	IS-2 T-34 T-54 T-55 T-62 T-64 T-72 T-80 T-84 T-90 T-94 [?]	BMD-1 BMD-2 BMD-3 BMP-1 BMP-2 BMP-3 BMP-4 BMP-R BRM-1 BRDM-1 BRDM-2 BTR-152 BTR-40 BTR-40P BTR-50 BTR-60 BTR-70 BTR-80 BTR-90 BTR-D BTR-T MT-LB PT-76	RPG-7 AT-1 Snapper AT-2 Swatter AT-3 Sagger AT-4 Spigot AT-5 Spandrel AT-6 Spiral AT-7 Saxhorn AT-8 Songster AT-9 Ataka AT-10 Stabber AT-11 Sniper AT-12 Swinger AT-13 Metis-M AT-14 Kornet AT-15 Khrizantema AT-16 Vikhr 9P137 9P148 9P149 9P157	2A6   152mm 2A18 122mm 2A19 100mm 2A29 100mm 2A36 152mm 2A45 125mm 2A65 152mm B-4    203mm M1931 D-20 152mm D-30 122mm D-74 122mm M-30 122mm M1938 M-46 130mm M-55 152mm M-389 155mm T-12 100mm 2P     406mm 2S1   122mm M1974 2S3   152mm M1973 2S4   240mm M1975 2S5   152mm 2S7   203mm 2S9   120mm 2S19 152mm 2S23 120mm 2S31 120mm ASU-85 85-mm MT-LBu ACRV 9A51   122mm 9A52   300mm 9K58   300mm 9P140  220mm BM-13 132mm BM-14 140mm BM-21 122mm BM-22 220mm BM-24 240mm BM-25 250mm BM-27 220mm BM-30 300mm BMD-20 200mm M-1975 120-mm RPU-14 140mm TOS-1 220mm	2S6M Tunguska KS-12 KS-18 KS-19 KS-30 M1939 S-60 ZPU-1 ZPU-2 ZPU-4 ZU-23 ZSU-23-4 ZSU-57
	Type 59 Type 62 Type 63 Type 69 Type 80 Type 85 Type 90	Type 63 Type 77 Type 85 Type 86 Type 90 WZ-501 WZ-503 WZ-504 WZ-505 WZ-506 WZ-523 WZ-551 WZ-751 YW-304 YW-307 YW-309 YW-531 YW-531H YW-701 YZ-750	HJ-8 HJ-73 AT-3	Type 54 Type 59 M-46 Type 60 D-74 Type 66 M-55 Type 83 122mm Type 83 152mm Type 86 WAC-021 130mm SPG 203mm SPH PLZ-45 Type 54 SPH Type 70 Type 83 SPH Type 85 Type 89 A100 300mm M-1B 350mm Type 63 107mm Type 63 130mm Type 70 130mm Type 81 122mm Type 81 107mm Type 82 130mm Type 83 273mm Type 85 130mm Type 89 122mm Type 90 122mm Type ?? 122mm WM-80 273mm WS-1 320mm	Type 55 M1939 Type 56 KS-18 Type 56 ZPU-4 Type 58 ZPU-2 Type 59 KS-19 Type 59 S-60 Type 63 Type 65 Type 72 KS-12 Type 74 Type 80 23mm Type 80 57mm Type 87 25mm Type 88 37mm Type 90 35mm Type 90II
		CM 31
	Type 74 Type 90	Type 89 Type 96	Type 79	Type 75 Type __ 155 HSP Type 88	Type 87 Type 93
	Type 88 K1	KIFV K-200 KAFV KM-900		K9 Kooryong	K-30 KSAM Pegasus
	Type-63 Type-82 PT-85	M-1973 VTT-323 M-1992 Type 85 ATGM		M-1985 152mm M-1978 170mm SP M-1974 152mm SP M-1975 130mm SP M-1992 130mm SP M-1977 122mm SP M-1981 122mm SP M-1991 122mm SP M-1992 120mm SP M-1985 240mm MRL M-1991 240mm MRL M-1985 122mm MRL BM-11   122mm MRL               107mm MRL	M-1983 M-1990 M-1992 37mm SPAAG 57mm AAA 57mm SPAAG
				NDL-40
				FH2000
	Arjun			IFG 105mm LFG 105mm Pinaka MRL	AWADGS
	MBT-2000
	T-72Z Safir-74 Tosan Zulfiqar	Boragh Cobra BMT-2	Nafez Ra’ad Saghegh	Thunder-1 Thunder-2 Arash Fajr Hadid Haseb Nazeat Noor Oghab Shahin	23mm AAA
				Ababil-50 Ababil-100 Al-Samoud Laith Sajil-60 Sakr-200
		Fahd-240		Sakr-18 Sakr-30 Sakr-36 Sakr-40 Sakr-80	Ayn as Saqr Tayir as Sabah
		Al-Fahd Al-Faris
	Merkava Sabra	Ramta		M-68/-71 M-839P/-845P LAR MRL MAR-290 MRL
	Olifant	Eland Okapi Ratel Rooikat		G5 155mm G6 155mm SP T6 155mm SP Valkiri MRL
	Osório	EE-3 Jararaca EE-9 Cascavel EE-11 Urutu EE-17 Sucuri		ASTROS
	TAM

Sources and Resources

• Worldwide Equipment Guide, via TRADOC
• Worldwide Equipment Guide TRADOC DCSINT Threat Support Directorate, September 2001 - basic characteristics of selected weapons available to Opposing Forces in the categories of infantry weapons, infantry vehicles, reconnaissance vehicles, tanks/assault vehicles, antitank, artillery, air defense, engineer and logistic systems, and rotary-wing aircraft.
• Worldwide Equipment Guide TRADOC DCSINT Threat Support Directorate, 21 January 1999 - (earlier edition of the Guide)
• Chapter 3 Weapons & Equipment Army Command and General Staff College ST 100-7 OPFOR Battle Book updated 21 March, 1999
• European cooperation on armoured vehicles ASSEMBLY OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION Document 1569 - 12 May 1997
• HEAVY/LIGHT OPPOSING FORCES ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT United States Army Aviation Center January 1999 -- Identify heavy/light opposing force organizations, equipment, and key weapon system characteristics.
  Related Readings @fas.org
• Russian-Manufactured Armored Vehicle Vulnerability in Urban Combat: The Chechnya Experience by Mr. Lester W. Grau - Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, KS
• ADVANCED ARTILLERY MUNITION STATUS - 19 February 1999
• Threat Update Krasnopol--A Laser-Guided Projectile for Tube Artillery Mr. Walter Williams, Threat Support Directorate TRADOC DCSINT
• New Armored Vehicles Debut At British Equipment Exhibition by Peter Brown ARMOR — January-February 1998
  US Army Manuals
• FM 100-60, Armor- and Mechanized-Based Opposing Force: Organization Guide. 16 July 1997.
• FM 100-61, Armor- and Mechanized-Based Opposing Force: Operational Art. 26 January 1998.
• FM 100-62, Armor- and Mechanized-Based Opposing Force: Tactics. (To be published.)
• FM 100-63, Infantry-Based Opposing Force: Organization Guide. 18 April 1996.
• FM 100-64, Infantry-Based Opposing Force: Operations and Tactics. (To be published.)
• FM 100-65, Capabilities-Based Opposing Force: Worldwide Equipment Guide. (To be published.)
• FM 44-80 VISUAL AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION, 20 July 1993

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