This is a list of the equipment currently in use by the Bulgarian Armed Forces. The list encompasses equipment from the Joint Forces Command, Land Forces, Joint Special Operations Command, Communications and Information Support and Cyberdefence command, Logistics Support Command and the structures directly subordinate to the Minister of Defence.
Personal equipment
Bayonets
Camouflage
Gas masks
Ballistic protection
Helmets
Body armor
Bomb suits
Night vision equipment
Firearms
Handguns
Assault rifles
Carabines
Submachine guns
Shotguns
Sniper rifles
Machine guns
Non-lethal weapons
Flamethrowers
Grenade launchers
Anti-tank weapons
Air defense systems
Man portable air defense
Mobile air defence systems
Armoured and utility vehicles
Tanks
Armoured fighting vehicles
Utility vehicles and trucks
Light vehicles
Trucks
Engineering and recovery vehicles
Artillery
Self-propelled artillery
Towed artillery
Mortars
Ballistic missile
MLRS
Counter-battery radars
Unmanned vehicles
Drones
Robots
Communications
Potential/future acquisitions
Retired equipment L3/33 Vickers 6-ton Panzer 35(t) Panzer 38(t) Hotchkiss H35 Renault R35 Panzer IV PT-76 amphibious tanks (250) T-62 tanks (250, sold to Ethiopia, Yemen and Angola PTS T-55AM2 tanks (1,400 kept in storage in the province of Montana) T-34 tanks (177, some sold to Mali and other African countries; 42 kept in storage near the village of Ohrid, Bulgaria; some are used as anti-tank weapons targets; the rest of the tanks were scrapped) Sturmgeschütz III SU-100 SU-85 2S3 Akatsiya Leichter Panzerspähwagen BA-64 BRDM-1 BTR-152 BTR-40 BTR-50PU SS-23 (8 launchers + 24 missiles, destroyed) FROG-7 (24 launchers + dozens of missiles, destroyed) Scud-B (36 launchers + dozens of missiles, destroyed) AT-1 Snapper anti-tank guided missiles BM-13 multiple rocket launchers RM-51 multiple rocket launchers ZSU-57-2 ZSU-23-4 Shilka 9K31 Strela-1 9K35 Strela-10 2K11 Krug
See also Defense industry of Bulgaria
References
External links [1] or [2] The download link(s) to details of Bulgaria's military equipment, including the reserve as of 2013. Note: some of the reserve items are not listed on this page, such as the 430 T55's in reserve status.