Land Forces

Small arms

• PA md. 86 assault rifle
  Assault rifle
  An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies...
  
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• PM md. 63, PM md. 65, PM md. 90 assault rifle (Navy, and Army reserve)
• HK G36 assault rifle (special forces)
• Steyr AUG
  Steyr AUG
  The AUG is an Austrian bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1970s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG . The AUG was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG 77 in 1977, where it replaced the 7.62mm StG 58 automatic rifle...
  
   assault rifle (special forces)
• SIG 551 LB assault rifle (marine special forces)
• PSL
  PSL (rifle)
  The PSL is a Romanian military designated marksman rifle. It is also called PSL-54C, Romak III, FPK, FPK Dragunov and SSG-97...
  
   semi-automatic sniper rifle
• Pistol md. 2000 handgun
  Handgun
  A handgun is a firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand. This characteristic differentiates handguns as a general class of firearms from long guns such as rifles and shotguns ....
  
   (standard)
• Glock 17 handgun (National Police sidearm)
• Dracula md. 98 machine pistol
  Machine pistol
  A machine pistol is a handgun-style, often magazine-fed and self-loading firearm, capable of fully automatic or burst fire, and normally chambered for pistol cartridges. The term is a literal translation of Maschinenpistole, the German term for a hand-held automatic weapon...
  
  
• HK MP-5 and UMP-9
  Heckler & Koch UMP
  The UMP is a submachine gun developed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch. The UMP has been adopted by various agencies such as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
  
   SMG
  Submachine gun
  A submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...
  
  
• Ratmil SMG
  Pistol Mitraliera model 1996 RATMIL
  The Pistol Mitralieră model 1996 RATMIL is a blowback operated, folding stock submachine gun chambered in 9mm Luger used by the Romanian gendarmes. Initially developed as the 9mm PM md. 96, the developer's name, back then RATMIL, was added to the name, in order to distinguish it from the Assault...
  
   and Assault SMG (Gendarmerie
  Jandarmeria Româna
  Jandarmeria Română is the military branch of the two Romanian police forces .The gendarmerie is subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform and does not have responsibility for policing the Romanian Armed Forces...
  
  /Military Police
  Romanian Military Police
  The Romanian Military Police is the military police of the Romanian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1990, immediately after the 1989 Romanian Revolution, although the Romanian Gendarmerie performed military police duties between 1850 and 1949.-Mission:The duties of the Military Police are:*...
  
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• Puşcă Mitralieră md. 64
  RPK
  The RPK is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun of Soviet design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1950s, parallel with the AKM assault/battle rifle...
  
   light machine gun
  Light machine gun
  A light machine gun is a machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. Light machine guns are often used as squad automatic weapons.-Characteristics:...
  
   (romanian version of 7.62x39mm RPK)
• Uzi SMG (Military Police)
• Mitralieră md. 93
  RPK
  The RPK is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun of Soviet design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1950s, parallel with the AKM assault/battle rifle...
  
   Light machine gun
  Light machine gun
  A light machine gun is a machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. Light machine guns are often used as squad automatic weapons.-Characteristics:...
  
   (romanian version of 5.45x39mm RPK)
• 7.62x54Rmm Machine gun
  Cugir machine gun
  The Cugir machine gun is a gas-operated rotating bolt-locking medium machine gun used by Romanian Land Forces. It can be carried and operated by one person, but an assistant gunner is usually employed. It is available with either a 250 round belt or a 100 round box magazine.There is also a light...
  
   general purpose machine gun
  General purpose machine gun
  A general-purpose machine gun is a multi-purpose weapon: it is a machine gun firing a full-power rifle cartridge and which can be used in a variety of roles, from a bipod- or tripod-mounted infantry support weapon to a helicopter door gun or a vehicle-mounted support weapon...
  
   (romanian version of PKM
  PK machine gun
  The PK is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia. The PK machine gun was introduced in the 1960s and replaced the SGM and RPD machine guns in Soviet service...
  
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• PSL designated marksman rifle
  Designated marksman rifle
  A designated marksman rifle is the weapon used by soldiers in the designated marksman role. The DM role fills the gap between a regular infantryman and a sniper and DMRs have been developed with this middle ground in mind....
  
  
• B&T APR .308
  Brügger & Thomet APR308
  The APR is family of Swiss sniper rifles designed in 2003 as a further evolution of the French PGM Précision rifles by the Thun-based Brügger & Thomet company.-History:...
  
   sniper rifle
  Sniper rifle
  In military and law enforcement terminology, a sniper rifle is a precision-rifle used to ensure more accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than other small arms. A typical sniper rifle is built for optimal levels of accuracy, fitted with a telescopic sight and chambered for a military...
  
  
• CA-94
  Strela 2
  The 9K32 “Strela-2” is a man-portable, shoulder-fired, low-altitude surface-to-air missile system with a high explosive warhead and passive infrared homing guidance...
  
   man-portable air-defense systems
• AG-7
  RPG-7
  The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company...
  
   rocket propelled grenade
  Rocket propelled grenade
  A rocket-propelled grenade is a shoulder-fired, anti-tank weapon system which fires rockets equipped with an explosive warhead. These warheads are affixed to a rocket motor and stabilized in flight with fins. Some types of RPG are reloadable while others are single-use. RPGs, with the exception of...
  
  
• KPV and KPVT machine gun
  Machine gun
  A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
  
  
• Browning M2HB QCB machine gun
  Machine gun
  A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
  
  
• Vektor SS-77
  Vektor SS-77
  The Vektor SS-77 is a general-purpose machine gun designed and manufactured by Denel Land Systems—formerly Lyttleton Engineering Works —of South Africa.- History :...
  
   general purpose machine gun
  General purpose machine gun
  A general-purpose machine gun is a multi-purpose weapon: it is a machine gun firing a full-power rifle cartridge and which can be used in a variety of roles, from a bipod- or tripod-mounted infantry support weapon to a helicopter door gun or a vehicle-mounted support weapon...
  
  
• ArmaLite
  ArmaLite
  ArmaLite is the name of a small arms engineering facility founded in the early 1950s, and once associated with the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation. ArmaLite was formally incorporated as a subdivision of Fairchild on October 1, 1954...
  
   AR-10 SuperSASS
  AR-10
  The AR-10 is an American 7.62 mm battle rifle developed by Eugene Stoner in the late 1950s at ArmaLite, then a division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation...
  
   suppressor capable, long range rifle http://www.armalite.com/ItemForm.aspx?item=10SBF&ReturnUrl=Categories.aspx?Category=f4bd4a13-55d1-41aa-aea0-49488ec48776
• M72A5 LAW
  M72 LAW
  The M72 LAW is a portable one-shot 66 mm unguided anti-tank weapon, designed in the United States by Paul V. Choate, Charles B. Weeks, and Frank A. Spinale et al...
  
  
• Light Mortars
  Mortar (weapon)
  A mortar is an indirect fire weapon that fires explosive projectiles known as bombs at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories. It is typically muzzle-loading and has a barrel length less than 15 times its caliber....
  
  : 60mm Model 1988, Model 2001 and 81mm Model 1977, Model 1999

Artillery

• Model 1977
  100 mm anti-tank gun M1977
  The A407 100mm anti-tank gun M1977 is a Romanian rifled 100-mm anti-tank gun which serves as the main towed anti-tank gun of the Romanian Land Forces from 1975 until present. Versions of the M1977 gun were installed on main battle tanks and ship turrets.-History:The A407 100mm anti-tank gun was...
  
   100mm AT towed gun
• Model 1989 122 mm howitzer-selfpropeld 2S1 Gvozdika
• ATROM 155mm gun-selfpropeld ATMOS 2000
  ATMOS 2000
  ATMOS 2000 is a 155 mm/52 calibre self-propelled artillery system manufactured by Soltam Systems....
  
  

• Model 1981 152 mm towed howitzer 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)
  152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)
  The 152 mm gun-howitzer M1955, also known as the D-20, is a manually loaded, towed 152 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union during the 1950s. It was first observed by the west in 1955, where it was designated the M1955. Its GRAU index is 52-P-546...
  
  
• Model 1985 152 mm towed gun-howitzer 152 mm howitzer 2A65
  152 mm howitzer 2A65
  The 2A65 "Msta-B" is a Soviet towed 152 mm howitzer. The "B" in the designation is an abbreviation for Buksiruemyi, or towed. This weapon has been fielded in Russian forces since at least 1987 and is currently in service with Russian front and army level artillery units...
  
  
• Model 1982 120 mm towed mortar 120-PM-43 mortar
  120-PM-43 mortar
  The M-43 is a Russian 120 millimeter calibre mortar. It is based on the M1938 mortar.An improved version called the 2B11 Sani was also produced by Russia.-References:* – Jane's Infantry Weapons...
  
  
• Model 1981 130 mm towed gun 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)
  130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)
  The 130 mm towed field gun M-46 M1954 is a manually loaded, towed 130 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union in the 1950s. It was first observed by the west in 1954...
  
  

• Model 1977 82 mm towed mortar 82-PM-41
  82-PM-41
  The 82-pm-41, M-41 or the 82-mm mortar Model 1941 was a Soviet 82 millimeter calibre mortar developed during the Second World War as an infantry battalion mortar, and which begun production in 1941...
  
  
• Model 1982 76 mm towed gun 76 mm regimental gun M1943
• Model 1938 122 mm towed howitzer 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)
• AG-9 73 mm SPG-9
  SPG-9
  The SPG-9 Kopye is a Russian tripod-mounted man-portable, 73 millimetre calibre recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union. It fires fin-stabilised, rocket-assisted HE and HEAT projectiles similar to those fired by the 73 mm 2A28 Grom low pressure gun of the BMP-1 vehicle...
  
  
• 85 mm antitank gun D-48
  85 mm antitank gun D-48
  The 85-mm antitank gun D-48 was a Soviet 85-mm calibre antitank gun used after World War II. It was designed as the replacement for the 100 mm field gun M1944 . Distinguishing features of the D-48 include a very long barrel and a pepper-pot Muzzle brake. The D-48 was itself replaced in the 1960s...
  
  
• 76 mm divisional gun M1939 (USV)
• 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
• 85 mm divisional gun D-44
  85 mm divisional gun D-44
  The 85-mm divisional gun D-44 was a Soviet divisional 85-mm calibre field artillery gun used after World War II. It was designed as the replacement for the 76 mm divisional gun M1942 . The gun is no longer in front-line service with the Russian Ground Forces, although some 200 of the Chinese Type...
  
  

Anti-Air

• S-60
  57 mm AZP S-60
  57 mm AZP S-60 ; literally: Automatic anti-aircraft gun S-60) is a Soviet towed, road-transportable, short- to medium-range, single-barrel anti-aircraft gun from the 1950s. The gun was extensively used in Warsaw Pact, Middle Eastern and South-East Asian countries.-History:In the late 1940s, the...
  
   AA-Artillery
• S-75 M3 "Volkov"
  S-75 Dvina
  The S-75 Dvina is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude, command guided, surface-to-air missile system...
  
   SAM
  Surface-to-air missile
  A surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...
  
  
• Hawk XXI
  MIM-23 Hawk
  The Raytheon MIM-23 Hawk is a U.S. medium range surface-to-air missile. The Hawk was initially designed to destroy aircraft and was later adapted to destroy other missiles in flight. The missile entered service in 1960, and a program of extensive upgrades has kept it from becoming obsolete. It was...
  
   SAM
• SA-6 (2K12M "Kub") mobile SAM
• Gepard
  Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard
  The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard is an autonomous, all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun . It was developed in the 1960s and fielded in the 1970s, and has been upgraded several times with the latest electronics...
  
   mobile AA
• ZSU-57-2
  ZSU-57-2
  The ZSU-57-2 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun , armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka , meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount", '57' stands for the bore of the armament in millimetres and '2' stands for the number of gun barrels....
  
   mobile AA-reserve
• CA-95
  CA-95
  The CA-95 is a highly mobile, short range, Romanian native-made amphibious self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, currently in service with the Romanian Land Forces. It can carry four infrared-guided surface to air missiles and has a range of approximately 700 km...
  
   mobile SAM
• SA-8 (OSA-AKM 9K33M3)
  9K33 Osa
  The 9K33 OSA is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system. "9K33" is its GRAU designation. Its NATO reporting name is SA-8 Gecko.-Description:...
  
   mobile SAM
• 100 mm air defense gun KS-19
  100 mm air defense gun KS-19
  100 mm air defense gun KS-19 was a Soviet anti-aircraft gun. Following the end of the Second World War the Soviet Union introduced into service the 100 mm KS-19 and 130 mm KS-30....
  
  -reserve
• 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K)-reserve
• M-1988 30mm-2 AA-artilery

Anti-Ship

• P-20M Termit
  P-15 Termit
  The P-15 Termit is an anti-ship missile developed by the Soviet Union's Raduga design bureau in the 1950s. Its GRAU designation was 4K40, its NATO reporting name was Styx or SS-N-2. In Russian service today it also seems to be called the Rubezh...
  
   mobile anti-ship missile platform
• 130 mm air defense gun KS-30-reserve

Tanks and IFVs

• TR-85/TR-85 M1
  TR-85
  The TR-85 is a main battle tank designed for the armed forces of Romania. Based on the TR-77-580 , the TR-85 tank was developed from 1978 to 1985 and produced from 1986 until 1990. A modernization program was initiated in March 1994 in order to upgrade the TR-85 tanks to NATO standards...
  
   main battle tank
  Main battle tank
  A main battle tank , also known as a battle tank or universal tank, is a tank that fills the heavy direct fire role of many modern armies. They were originally conceived to replace the light, medium, heavy and super-heavy tanks. Development was spurred onwards in the Cold War with the development...
  
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• T-55
  T-55
  The T-54 and T-55 tanks were a series of main battle tanks designed in the Soviet Union. The first T-54 prototype appeared in March 1945, just before the end of the Second World War. The T-54 entered full production in 1947 and became the main tank for armored units of the Soviet Army, armies of...
  
  
• TR-77-580
• T-72
  T-72
  The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1970. It is developed directly from Obyekt-172, and shares parallel features with the T-64A...
  
   main battle tanks (to be phased out)
• MLI-84
  MLI-84
  The MLI-84 is a native-made Romanian infantry fighting vehicle currently in service with the Romanian Land Forces. It is basically a stock BMP-1 with a lengthened hull and a 12.7x108mm DShK 1938/46 heavy machine gun mounted on the roof of the troop compartment....
  
  /MLI-84M, and MLMV tracked IFVs
• LAROM
  LAROM
  The LAROM is a Romanian modern, highly mobile, native-made multiple rocket launcher, attached to a DAC-25.360 6X6 truck, in service with the Romanian Land Forces, built in collaboration with Israel. Currently, there are 24 systems in service, all operated by the 8th Mixed Artillery Brigade...
  
   MLRS
• APR-40 MLRS
• TAB-77
  BTR-70
  The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier , originally developed during the late 1960s under the industrial designator GAZ-4905. On August 21, 1972, it was accepted into service and would later be exported to the Warsaw Pact and other allies...
  
   8x8 APC
  Armoured personnel carrier
  An armoured personnel carrier is an armoured fighting vehicle designed to transport infantry to the battlefield.APCs are usually armed with only a machine gun although variants carry recoilless rifles, anti-tank guided missiles , or mortars...
  
  
• B33 Zimbru
  BTR-80
  BTR-80 is an 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed in the Soviet Union. Production started in 1986 and replaced the previous versions, BTR-60 and BTR-70 in the Soviet army. -Description:The Soviets based the BTR-80 on the BTR-70 APC...
  
   8x8 APC
• Mowag Piranha
  Mowag Piranha
  The MOWAG Piranha is a family of armoured fighting vehicles designed by the Swiss MOWAG , corporation....
  
  
• RN-94
  RN-94
  The RN-94 armoured personnel carrier was originally developed by Nurol Machinery and Industry Co Inc based in Ankara and S N Romarm SA Filiala S C Moreni of Bucharest, Romania....
  
   6x6 APC
• TABC-79
  TABC-79
  The ABC-79M armoured personnel carrier has been developed in Romania and uses some automotive components of the TAB-77 armoured personnel carrier...
  
   (short 4x4 version of the TAB-77)
• TAAD mobile anti-air missile system based on the TABC-79 chassis
• MLVM
  MLVM
  MLVM is a Romanian armoured personnel carrier. The vehicle was designed and used as an infantry fighting vehicle for the vânători de munte units of the Romanian Army, though technically it is a tracked armoured personnel carrier acording to UN classification because of its light armour and...
  
  -mountains hunters combat vehicle and carrier
• MLVM-ABAL-munitions carrier for artilery

Other Vehicles

• HMMWV (Humvee)
• URO VAMTAC
  URO VAMTAC
  The URO VAMTAC is a Spanish four-wheel drive military vehicle manufactured by the UROVESA. It is similar in appearance and design to the HMMWV of the United States military. More than 2,000 of the vehicles have been delivered to the Spanish Armed Forces. Several other countries operate the VAMTAC...
  
  
• ARO
  ARO
  ARO was a Romanian off-road vehicle manufacturer located in Câmpulung-Muscel. The first ARO vehicles were produced in 1957, and the last in 2003. For a short while, Daihatsu-powered AROs were produced in Spain and Portugal under the brands Hisparo and Portaro, respectively...
  
   (being replaced)
• Medevac and command vehicles based on the MLMV chassis
• AT-3
  AT-3 Sagger
  The 9K11 Malyutka is a Manual Command to Line-of-Sight wire-guided anti-tank guided missile developed in the Soviet Union. It was the first man-portable anti-tank guided missile of the Soviet Union and is probably the most widely produced ATGM of all time—with Soviet production peaking at...
  
  , AT-4
  AT-4 Spigot
  The 9K111 Fagot is a SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile system of the Soviet Union. "9M111" is the GRAU designation of the missile. Its NATO reporting name is AT-4 Spigot.-Development:...
  
  , AT-5-antitank rockets on vehicles,airplanes and helicopters or portables for infantry
• BRDM-2
  BRDM-2
  The BRDM-2 is an amphibious armoured patrol car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. It was also known under designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08...
  
  -with 6-AT-2

Airplanes

• Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-21 LanceR
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules
• Alenia C-27J Spartan
  Alenia C-27J Spartan
  The Alenia C-27J Spartan is a medium-sized military transport aircraft. The C-27J is an advanced derivative of Alenia Aeronautica's G.222 , with the engines and systems of the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules...
  
  
• Antonov An-26
  Antonov An-26
  The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the USSR from 12 March 1968.-Development:...
  
  
• Yak-52
• Aero L-39 Albatros
• IAR 99/IAR 99 Şoim
  IAR 99
  -References:* "Romanian Falcon". Air International, September 1990, Vol 39 No. 3. pp. 129–133.-External links:**...
  
  
• Antonov An-2
  Antonov An-2
  The Antonov An-2 is a single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed in the USSR in 1946...
  
  
• RQ-7 Shadow
  RQ-7 Shadow
  The RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle is used by the United States Army and Marine Corps. Launched from a trailer-mounted pneumatic catapult, it is recovered with the aid of arresting gear similar to jets on an aircraft carrier...
  
  
• Antonov An-30
  Antonov An-30
  The Antonov An-30 , is a development of the An-24 designed for aerial cartography.-Development:The first aerial survey version of the Antonov An-24 was designed by the Beriev OKB and designated An-24FK. The FK stood for fotokartograficheskiy . The prototype was converted from a production An-24A at...
  
  

Naval forces

• Type 22 frigate
  Type 22 frigate
  The Type 22 Broadsword class is a class of frigate built for the British Royal Navy. Fourteen of the class were built in total, with production divided into three batches. With the decommissioning of HMS Cornwall on 30 June 2011, the final Type 22 of the Royal Navy was retired from service...
  
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• "Mărăşeşti" frigate
  Frigate
  A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
  
  
• Rear-Admiral Eustaţiu Sebastian class frigates (corvette
  Corvette
  A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
  
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• Admiral Petre Bărbuneanu class frigate (corvettes/patrol frigates - to be replaced)
• Năluca (Epitrop) class torpedo boats
• Zborul (Molnaya/Tarantul 1) class corvettes
• "Emil Racoviţă" electronic surveillance ship
• Training ship "Mircea"
• Salvage and rescue ships
• Minesweepers
  Minesweeper (ship)
  A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
  
  
• 1 Miner