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This is a list of weapons and equipment currently used by the Slovak Armed Forces.

Personnel equipment[edit]

The equipment of the Slovak Land Forces soldiers includes :

A Slovak Army soldiers are receiving report from their comrade during the opening ceremony of Slovak Shield 2018 at Lešť Military Training Center.
  • Vz. 2007 Woodland uniform (Slovak digital camouflage pattern).
  • Slovak modular load bearing system
  • Israeli Kevlar helmet RBH 303
  • Night vision devices
  • Communication devices[1]

Infantry weapons[edit]

Model Image Origin Type Caliber Details
Knives and Bayonets
Vz. 58 Bayonet  Czechoslovakia Bayonet Standard bayonet for Vz. 58.[2]
M7 bayonet  United States Bayonet 5000 bayonets bought with 5000 M4 rifles.[3]
Handguns
ČZ vz. 82  Czechoslovakia Semi-automatic pistol 9×18mm Standard service pistol.
CZ P-09  Czech Republic Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum Replacing the ČZ vz. 82.

8400 pistols bought in 2015.[4]

Glock 17  Austria Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum Used by 5th Special Operations Regiment .[4][5]
M1911  United States Semi-automatic pistol .45 ACP Used by regiment of fast reaction in 11. mechanised brigade. (Data may not be current.)[6]
Submachine gun
Heckler & Koch MP5  West Germany Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum Only used by the 5th Special Forces Regiment.
Heckler & Koch UMP  Germany Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum Used by the 5th Special Forces Regiment and military police.
Carbine
vz. 58 V  Czechoslovakia Carbine 7.62×39mm Used by mechanized infantry and airborne units.
Colt M4A1  United States Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO Slovakia announced purchase via FMS program in 2017 ( + 5000 pcs ordered).[7][8]
Assault rifles
Heckler & Koch HK416/ HK417  Germany Assault rifle
Battle rifle/Marksman rifle|| 5.56×45mm NATO

7.62×51mm NATO

Limited use with 5th Special Forces Regiment.

276 in service.[3]

vz. 58 P  Czechoslovakia Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Standard service assault rifle of Slovak Army.
CZ 805 BREN  Czech Republic Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Limited use, replacing vz. 58.[9]654 initially ordered in 2015[3]
M4M _  United States  Slovakia Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Used in small numbers for training.[10]
Self-loading rifle
Vz. 52 rifle  Czechoslovakia Self-loading rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Honour Guard of the President[11][12]
Machine gun
FN MINIMI Para  Belgium Light machine gun
General purpose machine gun || 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO 		Standard light machine gun of Slovak Army[13]1 600 machine guns ordered in 5.56mm.

30 machines gun in 7.62.[14]

MG 3 machine gun  West Germany General purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO Mounted on Leopard 2A4 tanks[15]
FN MAG  Belgium General purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO Mounted on BOV 8x8 Patria[16]
M2 Browning  United States Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO Standard heavy machine gun of Slovak Army.
Sniper rifles
SVD  Soviet Union Designated marksman rifle 7.62×54mmR Standard designated marksman rifle of the Slovak Army.
Sako TRG 42A1  Finland Bolt action sniper rifle .338 Lapua Magnum used by Military Police[17]
AW.50 MK2  United Kingdom Anti-material rifle 12.7×99mm NATO
Barrett M82  United States Anti-material rifle 12.7×99mm NATO
Grenade launchers
Mk 19  United States Automatic grenade launcher 40x53mm grenade Used by 5th Special Operations Regiment .
AGS-17  Soviet Union Automatic grenade launcher 30×29mm grenade Standard grenade launcher of the Slovak Army. In the future will be replaced by NATO standard grenade launcher .
M203  United States Single shot grenade launcher 40x46mm 30 ordered with 5000 M4 assault rifles.[3]
CZ 805 G1 40x46  Czech Republic Single shot grenade launcher 40x46mm [18]
Explosives
F-1  Soviet Union Fragmentation

defensive grenade.

Used for training unknown numbers in storage[19]
RG-4  Czechoslovakia Assault hand grenade Used only for training.[20]
PT Mi-Ba-III mine  Czechoslovakia Anti-tank mine 8 kg TNT Used by engineers[21]
Anti-tank warfare
Carl Gustav M4  Sweden Recoilles rifle 84mm Few M4 version ordered as replacement for RPG-75.[22]
M3 version used by 5th Special Forces Regiment.[23]
RPG-75  Czechoslovakia Single-shot anti-tank weapon 68mm Standard anti-tank weapon of the Slovak Army.
RPG-7 RPG-7V1_grenade_launcher_-_RaceofHeroes-part2-22  Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade 85mm Used by 1st Mechanized Brigade[24]
Spike LR2  Israel Anti-tank guided missile 130mm 10 launchers and 100 missiles[25]
AT-4 Spigot  Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 120mm [18]
9M113 Konkurs  Soviet Union Anti-tank guided missile 135mm [24]
Man-portable air-defense systems
SA-18 Grouse  Russia Man-portable air-defense system 72mm Standard Slovak army man-portable air-defense system. Will be replaced. [26]
Wartime reserve weapons
CZ 75  Czechoslovakia Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Parabellum In small numbers used by police. Replaced by P- 09.[27][28]
Škorpion vz. 61  Czechoslovakia Submachine gun 9×18mm Makarov In reserve. Replaced by german MP5 models.
UK vz. 59  Czechoslovakia General purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR Replaced by FN Minimi.[13]

Armoured combat vehicles[edit]

Model Picture Origin Type Quantity Notes
T-72M1  Soviet Union Main battle tank 30 Standard main battle tank of the Slovak army.[29]
Leopard 2A4  West Germany Main battle tank 15 Delivered by Germany in exchange, Slovakia will send 30 BMP-1s to Ukraine.[30]
Infantry fighting vehicles
Combat Vehicle 90  Sweden
 Slovakia
 Czech Republic 		Infantry fighting vehicle
Reconnaissance
Command post
Armoured recovery
Armoured engineering 		152 The Slovak Government signed off on the decision to procure 152 BAE Systems Hägglunds Combat Vehicle 90 Mark IV (CV90 MkIV) armed with a 35mm Bushmaster III cannon as its preferred tracked infantry fighting vehicle through a government-to-government (G2G) agreement with Sweden on 28 June 2022.[31]
BOV 8x8 Patria  Finland
 Slovakia 		Amphibious Infantry fighting vehicle 76 Slovak wheeled amphibious multi-role 8x8 vehicle Patria AMVXP. Armed with Slovak GTS-30/N autocannon installed in TURRA 30, which can fire NATO standard 30x173mm ammunition.[32][33] Will be delivered between 2023 and 2027.[34][35]
Amphibious armoured ambulance
Amphibious Command post
BMP-1
BVP-M 		 Czechoslovakia

 Soviet Union Slovakia

Infantry fighting vehicle 69
18 		206 in storage. Will be replaced by CV90.[30]
BMP-2  Czechoslovakia

 Soviet Union

Infantry fighting vehicle 91 Standard infantry fighting vehicle of the Slovak army. Will be replaced by CV90.[34]
Armoured personell carrier
OT-90  Czechoslovakia Armoured personnel carrier 60 Main armoured personnel carrier of Slovak army. Will be replaced by Patria BOV 8x8.
Tatrapan  Slovakia Armoured personnel carrier 70 Tatrapan Zasa – personnel carrier
Tatrapan AMB – ambulance version
Tatrapan VSRV – command post vehicle
Reconnaissance vehicles
BPsVI-ISTAR  Slovakia Reconnaissance vehicle 18 Upgraded BPsV, in use of the Slovak Army by 2018. More to be modified
RG-32M  South Africa Reconnaissance vehicle 7 Modified version used as part of Slovak army communication system MOKYS.[36]
Armoured cars and light tactical vehicles
Humvee  United States Armored car 6 Purchased from the United States during deployment in Afghanistan.[37] Mostly used by 5th Special Forces Regiment
International MaxxPro  United States MRAP 6 Provided by the United States during deployment to Afghanistan, after the completion of the mission US let the Slovak army keep the vehicles.[38] Currently mostly used by 5th Special Forces Regiment.
M1278 JLTV  United States Light Armoured Combat Vehicle 0/110
0/50 		In total Slovakia ordered 160 units of the M1278A1/A2 Heavy Gun Carrier variant. 110 with CROWS turret + 50 with crewed turret. Estimated delivery in 2025.[39]
Iveco LMV  Italy Infantry mobility vehicle
CBRN 		40 Used by 5th Special Forces Regiment.[40]
Aligator 4x4  Slovakia Multi-purpose Infantry mobility vehicle 42
9P148 BRDM-2  Soviet Union ATGM launcher vehicle with 5 wire-guided 9M113 Konkurs _ used by 1st Mechanized Brigade (Slovakia)[41]
Polaris RZR  United States All-terrain vehicle 18 + 9 Can–Am BRP on order. Used by 5th Special Forces Regiment.[42]

Artillery[edit]

Model Picture Origin Caliber Quantity Notes
Mortars
L16 81mm mortar  United Kingdom Norway 81mm In use by 2. mechanized brigade.[18]
Mortar vz. 98  Slovakia 81mm ~48[43] Slovak light mortar with NATO standard ammunition.[44]
Mortar 82mm _  Czechoslovakia 82mm [18]
Mortar vz.97 _  Slovakia 98mm ~30[45] [46][44]
Self-propelled artillery
155 mm SpGH Zuzana 2
155 mm SpGH Zuzana 		 Slovakia 155mm 19/25
16 		Ordered in 2018. The last 6 were to be delivered by the end of 2022. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the delivery has been postponed.[47][48][49]
Towed artillery
D-30  Soviet Union 122mm 9 Used only as ceremonial howitzer. More were sold to Afghanistan.
Multiple Rocket launcher
RM-70/85 Modular  Czechoslovakia 227mm
122mm 		25 [49]
Ammunition
M107  United States Slovakia

 Spain

155mm shells _ Manifactured by Slovak company MSM group, DMD group and FM Granada. Used by 155 mm SpGH Zuzana.[50]
155 MM HE ER FB-BT _  Slovakia 155mm shells _ Manifactured by Slovak company MSM group, DMD group. Used by 155 mm SpGH Zuzana.[50]
122mm HE Grad _  Slovakia 122mm rocket _ Manifactured by MSM group. Used by RM-70/85 Modular.[51]

Logistic, utillity and engineering vehicle[edit]

Model Picture Origin Type Quantity Notes
Light utility vehicles
Land Rover Defender 110 SW  United Kingdom Slovakia Utility vehicle
CBRN
Command and control 		170+ Standard light vehicle of Slovak army.[52]
Mercedes-Benz G-Class  Germany Austria Utility vehicle ? Used by 5th Special Operations Regiment. Deployed in KFOR.
UAZ-469  Soviet Union Utility vehicle ~300 Will be retired from service
Mercedes-Benz G-300  Germany Military ambulance 3[53]
Volkswagen Transporter (T4)  Germany Military ambulance ?
Volkswagen  Germany SUV 75 [54]
Nissan Pathfinder  Japan SUV ~105
Nissan Navara  Japan SUV 86 [55]
Logistic trucks
Tatra T-815  Czechoslovakia Military heavy truck 800+ 6x6, 8x8, 10x10 versions, platform for fuel tanker, multifit, crane, recovery vehicle, bridge vehicle, etc.
Tatra 815-7  Czech Republic Military heavy truck 100+ More ordered.
AKTIS  Austria
 Germany
 Slovakia 		Military medium truck 180+ Based from MAN TGM. More ordered.
MAN HX  Germany Military truck 20+ [56]
Praga V3S  Czechoslovakia Military medium truck ~300 Will be replaced by AKTIS and Tatra 815-7.
Engineering vehicles
VPV  Czechoslovakia Armoured recovery vehicle ? Will be replaced by CV 90 recovery variant.[57]
AV-15  Czechoslovakia ?
Excavator
 United States Heavy equipment ? Used in Iraq.
AM-50  Czechoslovakia Armoured vehicle-launched bridge ?
MT-55A  Czechoslovakia
 Soviet Union 		Armoured vehicle-launched bridge 19
PM-55 _  Czechoslovakia Armoured vehicle-launched bridge ?
PMS-815 _  Czechoslovakia Pontoon bridger ?
M3 Amphibious Rig  Germany Military amphibious bridging vehicle ~2 Used by engineers.[58]
UOS 155 Belarty _  Slovak Republic Demining, combat engineering vehicle ? Based on a T-55 chassis.
Božena 3 Božena 4 Božena 5  Slovak Republic Demining mechanical clearance ? Remote-controlled self-propelled mine roller.
SVO A1 _  Slovak Republic Demining mechanical clearance ? Self-propelled mine-clearing charges launching system. Based on a BVP-1 chassis.
Retriever _ Demining robot ? [57]
Scorpion _ Unmanned ground vehicle ? [57]

River fleet[edit]

Name Picture Origin Type Quantity Notes
RUSB  Germany engineering boat Unknown Used by engineers part of M3 Amphibious Rig.[58]
PTS (vehicle)  Soviet Union Amphibious vehicle Unknown [59] Data from 2015.
Combat Rubber Raiding Craft(Also called Zodiac)  United States Inflatable boat 2(?) Used by special forces.[60]

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Slovak_Army

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