List of equipment of the Botswana Ground Force

This is a list of the equipment used by the Botswana Ground Force.

Name	Caliber	Type	Origin	Notes
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power^[1]	9×19mm	Semi-automatic pistol	Belgium United States
Submachine guns
Sten^[2]	9×19mm	Submachine gun	United Kingdom
Sterling^[1]	9×19mm	Submachine gun	United Kingdom
Uzi^[3]	9×19mm	Submachine gun	Israel
Rifles
AKM^[1]	7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Soviet Union
IMI Galil^[1]	5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	Israel
M16^[4]	5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	United States
ArmaLite AR-18	5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	United States
Colt Canada C7^[5]	5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	Canada
FN SCAR^[4]	5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	Belgium
SA80	5.56×45mm	Bullpup assault rifle	United Kingdom
SAR-21^[4]	5.56×45mm	Bullpup assault rifle	Singapore
FN FAL^[1]	7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	Belgium	Currently being phased out by the SAR-21
Heckler & Koch G3^[6]	7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	West Germany
Machine guns
Bren^[7]	7.62×51mm	Light machine gun	Czechoslovakia United Kingdom
Browning M1919^[8]	7.62×51mm	Medium machine gun	United States
FN MAG^[1]	7.62×51mm	General-purpose machine gun	Belgium
Browning M2^[1]	.50 BMG	Heavy machine gun	United States
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-7^[1]	40mm	Rocket-propelled grenade	Soviet Union

Name	Type	Origin	Caliber
Carl Gustav^[1]	Recoilless rifle	Sweden	84mm
MILAN^[9]	Anti-tank missile	France West Germany
BGM-71 TOW^[10]	Anti-tank missile	United States

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
SK-105 Kürassier		Light tank	Austria	20^[11]
FV101 Scorpion		Light tank	United Kingdom	25^[11]

Name	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
BTR-60	Armored personnel carrier	Soviet Union	50^[11]
FV103 Spartan	Armored personnel carrier	United Kingdom	6^[11]
Cadillac Gage Commando	Armored personnel carrier	United States	14^[11]
Mowag Piranha IIIC	Armored personnel carrier	Switzerland	45	Ordered in 2002, in service from 2003 ^[12]

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
RAM MK3		Armored fighting vehicle	Israel	8^[11]
Mowag Piranha III		Armored fighting vehicle	Switzerland	45^[11]		^[13]

Small arms

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
ACMAT		Utility vehicle	France	150^[14]
RMMV TG MIL		Utility truck	Germany Austria	200^[14]

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
M578 LRV		Armored recovery vehicle	United States	Unknown^[11]
SB-20 Greif		Armored recovery vehicle	Austria	Unknown^[11]

Name	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
M167 VADS	Rotary cannon	United States	7^[11]
MICA (missile)	Surface-to-air missile	France	Unknown	^[16]
Javelin	Surface-to-air missile	United Kingdom	^[17]	5 launchers.
9K32 Strela-2	MANPADS	Soviet Union	^[18]
9K38 Igla	MANPADS	Soviet Union	^[19]