List of equipment of the Ghana Army

This is a list of the equipment used by the Ghana Army.

Firearms
NameOriginNotesImages
Browning Hi-Power[1] United States
Belgium		Semi-automatic fire arm
AK-47 Soviet UnionAssault rifle, used by honor guards.
Type 81[2] ChinaAssault rifle
CAR-15 United StatesCarbine rifle, used by paratroopers.
M16A2[3] United StatesStandard issue rifle.
M4 carbine[3] United StatesUsed by paratroopers.
HK G3[4] West GermanyBattle rifle
FN FAL[1] BelgiumBattle rifle
MP5[5] West GermanySubmachine gun
Sterling United KingdomSubmachine gun
FN MAG[6] BelgiumGeneral purpose machine gun
Rheinmetall MG 3 West GermanyGeneral purpose machine gun
M60[7] United StatesGeneral purpose machine gun
Bren[1] Czechoslovakia
 United Kingdom		Light machine gun
DShK[1] Soviet UnionHeavy machine gun
M2 Browning[1] United StatesHeavy machine gun
Carl Gustaf[1] SwedenAnti-tank recoilless rifle

Vehicles
NameImageTypeOriginNumbersNotes
Armoured fighting vehicle
EE-9 CascavelArmoured car Brazil3[8][9]
Ratel 90Infantry fighting vehicle South Africa24[8]
Ratel 20Infantry fighting vehicle South Africa15[8]
Mowag Piranha I[10][11]Infantry fighting vehicle/Armoured personnel carrier  Switzerland50[8]4 of the units are armed with a 25mm gun.[8]
WZ-523Infantry fighting vehicle/Armoured personnel carrier China82[12]More than 5 of the units were armed with a 25mm gun.[8] 4 ambulance version were delivered in 2012.[12]
VBTP-MR GuaraniArmoured personnel carrier Brazil0 (11 on order)[13]11 ordered in July 2021 equipped with REMAX turret.[13]
Alvis TacticaArmoured personnel carrier United Kingdom20[12]
MaverickArmoured personnel carrier South Africa20[12]
Sherpa LightArmoured personnel carrier France2[12]
STREIT TyphoonMRAP United Arab Emirates50[8]
CasspirMRAP South Africa4[12]
Cobra/Cobra IIInfantry mobility vehicle Turkey73[14]
Armoured engineering vehicle
WZ-523 AEVArmoured engineering vehicle China1[8]

Artillery
NameImageTypeOriginCaliberNumbers
Mortar
Tampella 120 Krh/40Mortar Finland120mm28[8]
81 mm mortarMortarUnknown81mm50[15]
Field artillery
D-30Towed howitzer Soviet Union122mm6[8]
Type 63Multiple rocket launcher China107mmUncertain[8]
Type 81Multiple rocket launcher China122mm3[8]

Air Defense
Name Image Origin Type In service Notes
SAM
9K32 Strela-2 Soviet Union Man-portable air-defense system 200[15]
FN-6[12] ChinaMan-portable air-defense system100[16]
Anti-aircraft gun
ZPU-2/ZPU-4Towed anti-aircraft gun Soviet Union4+14.5mm[8]
ZU-23-2Towed anti-aircraft gun Soviet Union423mm[8]

References
  1. Jones, Richard D. Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's; 35 ed. (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  2. News Ghana (2016-05-08). "Ghana Armed Forces Hold Annual Open Day". newsghana.com.gh. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  3. Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies" (PDF). Jane's. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2017.
  4. Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  5. Jones & Ness 2009, p. 514.
  6. Jones & Ness 2009, pp. 896–898.
  7. "M60 - SALW Guide". salw-guide.bicc.de. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  8. International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 469. ISBN 9781032012278.
  9. Jane's Tank recognition guide (4th ed.). Collins. 2006. p. 349. ISBN 978-0007183265.
  10. "UN Register of Conventional Arms – UNODA". disarmament.un.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  11. Ghana Armed Forces Archived 2008-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
  13. Exército (7 July 2021). "Anunciada exportação do Guarani para Gana". Tecnodefesa.
  14. "Ghana parades Cobra armoured vehicles". Defence Web. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  15. "Ghana army". army recognition. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  16. "Trade-Register-1971-2020.rft". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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