This is a list of the equipment currently used by the Cameroon Army.
Infantry weapons
editVehicles
editArmored vehicles
editUnarmored vehicles
editModel | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peugeot P4 | France | Light utility vehicle | 10[10] | ||
Mercedes Wolf | Germany | Light utility vehicle | 60[10] | ||
Toyota Land Cruiser | Japan | Light utility vehicle | Unknown[11] | ||
Renault TRM 2000 | France | Truck | 2[10] | ||
ACMAT VLRA | France | Truck | 30+[6] | ||
Unimog | Germany | Truck | 60[10] | ||
FMTV | United States | Truck | 2[12] | 2 A1P2 variant received in 2018. More units on order.[13] |
Artillery
editModel | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortar | ||||||
Cardom | Israel | 120 mm mortar | 18[9] | |||
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1 | France | 120 mm mortar | 16[7] | |||
Towed artillery | ||||||
M101 | United States | 105 mm towed howitzer | 20[7] | |||
M1982 | Socialist Republic of Romania | 130 mm towed howitzer | 12[7] | |||
Type 59 | China | 130 mm towed howitzer | 12[7] | |||
Soltam M-71 | Israel | 155 mm towed howitzer | 8[7] | |||
Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
ATMOS 2000 | Israel | 155 mm self-propelled howitzer | 18[7] | |||
Multiple rocket launcher | ||||||
BM-21 Grad | Soviet Union Russia |
122 mm multiple rocket launcher | 20+[7] | 20 delivered from Romania in 1996.[6] Some more from an unknown source in the 2010s.[9] |
Air defence
editModel | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Towed anti-aircraft gun | ||||||
Type 58 | China | 14.5mm anti-aircraft gun | 18[7] | |||
Oerlikon GDF-002 | Switzerland | 35 mm anti-aircraft gun | 18[7] | |||
Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | ||||||
RBY MK 1 | Israel | 20 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | Unknown[7] | Armed with TCM-20.[7] |
Radars
editModel | Photo | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Watchman | United Kingdom | Air surveillance radar | 1 | Delivered in 1984.[6] |
References
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- ^ a b c d e "Cameroon Cameroonian army land ground armed defense forces military equipment armored vehicle | Cameroon army land ground forces UK | Africa countries army land forces UK". www.armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ "Cameroon army say deh arrest soldier weh e kill driver for Bamenda". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ Chimtom, Ngala Killian (2015-02-20). "Soldiers from Cameroon, Chad take on Boko Haram at Nigerian border". CNN. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ "US Training Cameroon Troops, Urges Accountability". VOA. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 455. ISBN 9781032012278.
- ^ a b de Cherisey, Erwan (11 October 2018). "Cameroon's BIR takes delivery of Panthera T6 vehicles". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies" (PDF). Jane's. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d "France donates military equipment to Cameroon". defenceWeb. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ "Cameroon takes delivery of military hardware for CAR peacekeeping mission". defenceWeb. 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ "Cameroon's Fortress APCs now in action". The world news platform. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ "Cameroon and Somalia getting Oshkosh vehicles". defenceWeb. 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2021-10-05.