List of equipment of the Royal Bhutan Army

List of the military equipment used by the Royal Bhutan Army. The RBA is a mobile infantry force exceptionally armed with weapons largely supplied by India.

Name	Caliber	Type	Origin	Notes
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power	9×19mm Parabellum	Semi-automatic pistol	Belgium	To be replaced by Glock-17 ^{[citation needed]}
Glock-17	9x19mm Parabellum	Semi-automatic pistol	Austria	^{[citation needed]}
Sub-Machine guns
Heckler & Koch MP5	9x19mm	Sub-machine gun	Germany	^[1]
Uzi	9x19mm Parabellum	Sub-machine gun	Israel	^{[citation needed]}
Rifles
INSAS	5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	India	1B1 Variant; faces significant reliability issues, likely to be phased out.^[2]^[3]
AK-74M	5.45x39mm	Assault rifle	Russia	Widely used, preferred over the INSAS.^[4]^[5]
AK-47	7.62x39mm	Assault rifle	Soviet Union	limited use; mostly used for training.^[6]
MPi-KM-72	7.62x39mm	Assault rifle	East Germany	^[7]^[8]
IWI Galil ACE	5.45×39mm	Assault rifle	Israel	Used by specialized units.^[9]
SR 88	5.56x45mm	Assault rifle	Singapore	Used by the Royal Body Guards.^[10]^[11]
Close Quarters Battle Receiver	5.56x45mm	Assault rifle	United States	^{[citation needed]}
M4 carbine	5.56x45mm	Assault rifle	United States	Used by specialized units ^{[citation needed]}
M4A1	5.56x45mm	Assault rifle	United States	^{[citation needed]}
FN SCAR	5.56x45mm	Assault rifle	Belgium	^{[citation needed]}
M16A2	5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	United States	^{[citation needed]}
M16A4	5.56x45mm	Assault rifle	United States	^{[citation needed]}
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle	7.62x51mm	Battle Rifle	United Kingdom	Training purpose, used by the police force.^[12]
FN FAL	7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	Belgium	Training purpose, used by the police force.^[13]^[14]
Heckler & Koch G3	7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	West Germany	Used by sentries, most likely used by the police force.^[15]
Designated Marksman Rifles
M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System	7.62x51mm	Designated Marksman Rifle	United States	^[16]
Anti-Material Rifles
Barrett M82	.50 BMG	Anti-Material rifle	United States	^{[citation needed]}
Machine guns
Bren	7.62x51mm	Light Machine Gun	United Kingdom	seen mounted on vehicles.^[17]
FN Minimi	5.56x45mm	Light Machine Gun	Belgium	Limited use. ^{[citation needed]}
FN MAG	7.62x51mm	General Purpose Machine Gun	Belgium	^{[citation needed]}

Name	Image	Type	Origin	Quantity	Status	Notes
BTR-60		Armored personnel carrier	Soviet Union	27		^[18]
First Win		Infantry mobility vehicle	Thailand	25		15 used for peacekeeping missions, 10 used by the Police.^[19]^[20]

Name	Type	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Air defence
Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70	Anti-aircraft gun	Sweden	77	^{[citation needed]}
Oerlikon GDF	Anti-aircraft gun	Switzerland	54	^{[citation needed]}
Mortars
81 mm mortar	Mortar		(Unknown)	^{[citation needed]}
120mm mortar	Mortar		(Unknown)	^{[citation needed]}

Name	Type	Origin	Notes
Grenade launchers
GP-25	Grenade launcher	Soviet Union	^[21]
Rocket launchers
RPG-7	Rocket-propelled grenade	Soviet Union	^{[citation needed]}
RPG-30	Rocket-propelled grenade	Russia	^{[citation needed]}
Recoilless rifles
Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle	Recoilless rifle	Sweden	^{[citation needed]}
M40 recoilless rifle	Recoilless rifle	United States	^{[citation needed]}

List of equipment of the Royal Bhutan Army

Small arms

Armoured personnel carriers

Heavy weapons

Anti-tank weapons

References

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