List of equipment of the Cameroon Army

This is a list of the equipment currently used by the Cameroon Army.

Infantry weapons
Model Photo Origin Type Notes
Anti-tank weapon
BGM-71 TOW  United States Anti-tank missile 24 launchers and 250 missiles delivered in 1990.[1]
MILAN  France Anti-tank missile 6 launchers and 60 missiles delivered in 1982.[1]
Recoilless rifles
Type 52  China Recoilless rifle 13 units in service.[2]
M40  United States Recoilless rifle 40 M40A2 version in service.[2]

Vehicles

Armored vehicles
Model Photo Origin Type In service Notes
Tank destroyers
WMA301 Assaulter  China Tank destroyer ε12[2]
Armoured personnel carriers/Infantry fighting vehicles
Ferret  United Kingdom Armoured car 15[2]
Véhicule Blindé Léger  France Armoured car 5[2]
M8 Greyhound  United States Armoured car 8[2] Delivered from France in 1963.[1]
RAM MK3  Israel Armoured car 5[2]
Panhard AML-90  France Armoured car 31[2] 31 AML-90 Delivered via Bosnian Army in 2002.[1]
AMX-10 RC  France Armoured car 6[2]
Ratel 20  South Africa Infantry fighting vehicle 12[2]
Type 07P  China Infantry fighting vehicle ε8[2]
Panthera T6  United Arab Emirates Armoured personnel carrier 2[3] Used by Rapid Intervention Battalion.[3]
Gaia Thunder  Israel Armoured personnel carrier 16[2]
Cadillac Gage V-150 Commando  United States Armoured personnel carrier 43[2] 22 IFV versions armed with a 20mm gun and a 90mm gun.[2]
ACMAT Bastion  France Armoured personnel carrier 38[1] 23 arrived 2015-2016 and 15 in 2017.[1]
M3 Half-track  United States Armoured personnel carrier 12[2]
Cougar H  United States Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected 6[2]
General Dynamics Land Systems PKSV  United States Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected 27[4]
Armoured recovery vehicles
WZ-551 ARV  China Armoured recovery vehicle Unknown[2]

Unarmored vehicles
Model Photo Origin Type In service Notes
Peugeot P4  France Light utility vehicle 10[5]
Mercedes Wolf  Germany Light utility vehicle 60[5]
Toyota Land Cruiser  Japan Light utility vehicle Unknown[6]
Renault TRM 2000  France Truck 2[5]
ACMAT VLRA  France Truck 30+[1]
Unimog  Germany Truck 60[5]
FMTV  United States Truck 2[7] 2 A1P2 variant received in 2018. More units on order.[8]

Artillery
Model Photo Origin Type In service Notes
Mortar
Cardom  Israel 120mm mortar 18[4]
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1  France 120mm mortar 16[2]
Towed artillery
M101  United States 105mm towed howitzer 20[2]
M1982  Romania 130mm towed howitzer 12[2]
Type 59  China 130mm towed howitzer 12[2]
Soltam M-71  Israel 155mm towed howitzer 8[2]
Self-propelled artillery
ATMOS 2000  Israel 155mm self-propelled howitzer 18[2]
Multiple rocket launcher
BM-21 Grad  Russia 122mm multiple rocket launcher 20[2] 20 delivered from Romania in 1996.[1] Some more from an unknown source in the 2010s.[4]

Air defence
Model Photo Origin Type In service Notes
Towed anti-aircraft gun
Type 58  China 14.5mm anti-aircraft gun 18[2]
Oerlikon GDF-002   Switzerland 35mm anti-aircraft gun 18[2]
Type 63  China 37mm anti-aircraft gun 18[2]
Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
RBY MK 1  Israel 20mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Unknown[2] Armed with TCM-20.[2]

Radars
Model Photo Origin Type In service Notes
Watchman  United Kingdom Air surveillance radar 1 Delivered in 1984.[1]

References
  1. "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
  2. International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 455. ISBN 9781032012278.
  3. 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.
  4. Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies" (PDF). Jane's. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2017.
  5. "France donates military equipment to Cameroon". defenceWeb. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  6. "Cameroon takes delivery of military hardware for CAR peacekeeping mission". defenceWeb. 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  7. "Cameroon's Fortress APCs now in action". The world news platform. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  8. "Cameroon and Somalia getting Oshkosh vehicles". defenceWeb. 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
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