List of equipment of the Royal Cambodian Army
This is a list of the equipment used by the Royal Cambodian Army.
In order to decrease its dependence on former Warsaw Pact military equipment (a legacy of the Kampuchea People's Revolutionary Armed Forces), Cambodia has begun to explore the possibility of purchasing Chinese and European vehicles and equipment.
On 10 December 2021, the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Samdech Hun Sen, ordered the Cambodian Armed Forces to destroy or put into reserve all US-origin military equipment, in response to the American backed military embargo imposed on Cambodia.[1][2]
Infantry equipment
[edit]Sidearms
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
CF98[3][4] | ![]() |
Semi-automatic pistol | 9x19mm Parabellum | Standard issue [citation needed] |
Type 54[5][6] | 7.62x25mm Tokarev | Limited use. Inherited from the KPRAF. | ||
Tokarev[5][6] | ![]() | |||
Makarov[5][6] | 9×18mm Makarov |
Personal defence weapon
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Type 85 | ![]() |
Submachine gun | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | Used by Special Forces Command. |
Daewoo K-7 | ![]() |
9×19mm Parabellum | ||
Mini Uzi | ![]() |
Standard issue[citation needed] | ||
MP5 | ![]() |
Limited use. Used by Special Forces Command. |
Infantry rifles
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Type 56[5][6] | ![]() |
Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | Standard issue. |
Type 81-1[5][6] | ![]() | |||
K1A[7] | ![]() |
Carbine | 5.56x45mm NATO | Used by Special Forces Command. |
K2C[7] | ||||
QBZ-97 | ![]() | |||
SKS[5][6] | ![]() |
Semi-automatic rifle | 7.62×39mm | Limited use. Inherited from the KPRAF. |
AK-47[5][6] | Assault rifle | |||
AKM[5][6] | ||||
M16A1[5][8][9] | ![]() |
5.56x45mm NATO | ||
Pindad SS1 | ![]() |
Precision Rifles
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Type 79[5][6] | ![]() ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 7.62×54mmR | Norinco-made copy of the SVD, known as the Type 79. Used by Special Forces Command. Inherited from the KPRAF. |
QBU-10 | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 12.7×108mm | Used by Special Forces Command from 2019. |
QBU-88 | ![]() |
Sniper rifle | 5.8×42mm | Used by Royal Gendarmerie |
Accuracy International AWM | ![]() ![]() |
Sniper rifle | .338 Lapua Magnum |
Machine Guns
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPD[5][6] | ![]() |
Light machine gun | 7.62×39mm | Standard Issue. Inherited from the KPRAF. |
RPK[5][6] | ||||
QBB-95 | ![]() |
5.56×45mm NATO | ||
PKM[5][6] | ![]() ![]() |
General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×54mmR | |
M84[5][6] | ![]() | |||
DShK[5][6] | ![]() |
Heavy machine gun | 12.7×108mm | |
W85[10] | ![]() |
Standard Issue. | ||
QJZ-89[5][6] |
Grenade launchers
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
M79[5][6] | ![]() |
Grenade launcher | 40×46mm | Limited use. Inherited from the KPRAF. |
M203[5][6] | ||||
QLU-11 | ![]() |
40x53mm | Used by Special Forces Special Forces Command and other Command |
Anti-tank missiles and armored vehicles
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
RPG-2[5][6] | ![]() |
Rocket-propelled grenade | 82mm | Standard issue. Inherited from the KPRAF. |
RPG-7[5][6] | 85mm | |||
Type 69[5][6] | ![]() |
Standard issue. | ||
PF-89[11] | Anti-tank rocket launcher | 80mm | Limited use. | |
Armbrust[5][6] | ![]() |
Recoilless rifle | 67mm | Used by Special Forces Command. |
M20[12] | ![]() |
75mm | Limited use. Inherited from the KPRAF. | |
B-10[12] | ![]() |
82mm | In active service. Inherited from the KPRAF. | |
Milan | ![]() ![]() |
Anti-tank guided missile | 115mm | Used by Special Forces Command. |
Metis-M1 | ![]() |
130mm | This weapon was recently acquired from Russia. |
Man-portable air defense systems
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
9K32M Strela-2M | ![]() |
Man-portable air defense system | 233[13] | Status unknown. Inherited from the KPRAF. |
HN-5 | ![]() |
70[13] | Status unknown. | |
FN-6 | 210 | FN-6 — FN-16 | ||
QW-3 | 460+ | Cambodia just bought this weapon from China in 2022 |
Artillery
[edit]Field artillery
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZiS-3[12] | ![]() |
Anti-tank gun | 76mm | 100 | In active service. Inherited from the KPRAF. |
M101 | ![]() |
Howitzer | 105 mm | ~30[13] | In ceremonial use. Inherited from the KPRAF. |
M-30 | ![]() |
122mm | 50[13] | In active service. Inherited from the KPRAF. | |
D-30 | 120[13] | ||||
M-46 | 130mm | 50[13] | |||
Type 66 | ![]() |
152mm | 80[13] | In active service. Donated by China.[13] |
Self-propelled artillery
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PCL-09 | ![]() |
Self-propelled artillery | 155mm | 30+[13] | In active service. |
Rocket artillery
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BM-13 | ![]() |
Multiple rocket launcher | 132mm | Unknown | Status unknown. Inherited from the KPRAF. |
BM-14 | 140mm | Unknown | |||
BM-21-1 | 122mm | 200 | In active service.
10 BM-21-1. Probably from Vietnam. 20 BM-21-1. From the Seychelles.[13] | ||
Type 81 | ![]() |
112 | In active service. | ||
RM-70 | ![]() |
125[13] | In active service.
5 RM-70. From Slovakia. 120 RM-70. From the Czech Republic.[13] | ||
PHL-03 | ![]() |
300mm[13] | 40+ | In active service. |
Air defense system
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Calibre | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZPU | ![]() |
Autocannon | 14.5mm | The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) still has other air defense systems that cannot be demonstrated. | |
ZU-23-2 | 23mm | ||||
61-K | 37mm | ||||
S-60 | 57mm | ||||
9K32M Strela-2M | ![]() |
Man-portable air defense system | 233[13] | Status unknown. Inherited from the KPRAF. | |
HN-5 | ![]() |
70[13] | Status unknown. | ||
FN-6 | 210 | FN-6 — FN-16 | |||
QW-3 | 460+ | Cambodia just bought this weapon from China in 2022 | |||
HQ-12 | Surface-to-air missile | 400mm | 4 batteries | KS-1C+ from China |
Vehicles
[edit]Main battle tanks
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
T-54-2 | ![]() |
Main battle tank | 10[13] | In active service. Inherited from the KPRAF.[13] |
T-55A | 290[13] | In active service. | ||
T-55AM1 | ![]() ![]() |
100[13] | In active service.
40 T-55AM1. From the Czech Republic | |
Type 59 | ![]() ![]() |
74[13][14] | Type 59 is a version of the T-54A manufactured in China with Soviet assistance. In active service. Donated by China.[14] |
Light tanks
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Type 62 | ![]() |
Light tank | 100[13] | Status unknown. Inherited from the KPRAF.[13] |
Type 63 | Amphibious light tank | 20[12] | Status unknown. Inherited from the KPRAF.[13] | |
PT-76 | ![]() |
50[13] | In active service.
25 PT-76 Mod. 1956. Inherited from the KPRAF. 25 PT-76 Mod. 1957. Inherited from the KPRAF.[13] |
Infantry fighting vehicles
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
BMP-1 | ![]() |
Infantry fighting vehicle | 100[13] | In active service.
61 BMP-1. From the Czech Republic.[13] |
Armoured personnel carriers
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
BTR-60PB | ![]() |
Armored personnel carrier | 164[13] | In active service.
40 BTR-60PB. From the Czech Republic. 40 BTR-60PB. From Ukraine.[13] 44 units purchased from Russia in 2013 |
BB-60 | ![]() |
5+[14] | Made in Cambodia | |
Type 63 | ![]() |
50[14] | In active service. Donated by China.[14] | |
ZFB-05 | Unknown[14] | In active service. from China. | ||
OT-64 SKOT | ![]() ![]() |
55+ | All the OT-64 APCs have apparently gone to the Phnom Penh reserve force and some are used by military police. |
Armoured reconnaissance vehicles
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
BRDM-2 | ![]() |
Amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicle | 300[13] | In active service with the Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia and Personal Bodyguard Headquarters but maintained by Royal Cambodian Army. |
Armoured engineering vehicles
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
BTS-2[citation needed] | ![]() |
Armoured recovery vehicle | In active service. Inherited from the KPRAF. | |
BAT-M[citation needed] | Obstacle removing vehicle | Status unknown. Inherited from the KPRAF. | ||
BTM-3[citation needed] | Trench digging vehicle | |||
PMP[citation needed] | Mobile pontoon bridge |
Transports
[edit]Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cargo trucks | ||||
ZIL-157[citation needed] | ![]() |
Cargo truck | Unknown | Possibly retired. Former KPRAF. |
ZIL-130 | ||||
ZIL-131 | Standard truck of the RCA. Some possess KUNG shelters.Being replaced by Dongfeng trucks. | |||
GAZ-66 | Standard truck of the RCA. Being replaced by Dongfeng trucks. | |||
KamAZ-43114[15] | ![]() |
Used by border units and units sent on UN peacekeeping operations. | ||
Dongfeng EQ2081 | ![]() |
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Dongfeng CLW525502N | ||||
Dongfeng DWEQ2090GS[citation needed] | 26 | |||
Dongfeng EQ2070G[citation needed] | Unknown | Standard truck of the RCA. | ||
Dongfeng EQ2162GS[16] | >227 | Standard truck of the RCA. Received from China as a donation in 2010, but unknown quantities have been donated over the years. | ||
Hongyan Genpaw[17] | 183 | Purchased using private funds. Split between the military, law enforcement and bodyguard unit (BHQ). | ||
Hongyan Genlyon[17] | 107 | |||
GMC M35A2[citation needed] | ![]() |
>60 | There is more than 60 examples in service with the RCA as they also come from former FANK stocks. | |
Renault TRM 2000[citation needed] | ![]() |
Unknown | Status unknown | |
Mercedes-Benz Unimog U5000[citation needed] | ![]() |
Possibly on order | ||
Mercedes-Benz Zetros[citation needed] | ||||
KIA K511[citation needed] | ![]() |
200 | Includes dump truck variant. | |
KIA KM450[citation needed] | Light cargo truck | Unknown | Widespread usage within the RCA. Standard vehicle in the Royal Cambodian Navy (RCN). | |
Hyundai Mighty | Widespread usage within the RCA. Acquired from the civilian market. | |||
Hyundai Mighty II | ||||
Tractor units | ||||
AT-T | ![]() |
Artillery tractor | Unknown | Possibly retired. Last spotted at Pochentong Air Base. |
MAZ-537[citation needed] | Tank transporter | Status unknown. Used during the Cambodian-Thai border dispute to transport T-55s to Preah Vihear. Possibly sourced from Serbia. | ||
ZIL-130V1[18] | Tractor unit | Possibly retired. Used during the 1997 Cambodian coup d'état. | ||
Sinotruk HOWO A7 | ![]() |
Standard tractor unit of the RCA. | ||
Scania R500[19] | ![]() |
Spotted during the Cambodian-Thai border dispute being used transport T-55s from Sihanoukville to Preah Vihear. | ||
Mercedes-Benz Arocs[citation needed] | ![]() |
Possibly on order | ||
Engineering and support vehicles | ||||
PTS-2[citation needed] | ![]() |
Tracked amphibious transport | Unknown | The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) has further modernized this vehicle, equipping it with the FN-16 low-altitude air defense system. |
Shacman L3000[20] | ![]() |
Tanker truck | 290 | Used for transporting soldiers and other military equipment. |
XCMG wheel loader | Engineering vehicle | unknown | ||
XCMG backhoe loader | Engineering vehicle | unknown | ||
XCMG excavator | Engineering vehicle | unknown | ||
XCMG XJY240WQ | Engineering vehicle | unknown | ||
XCMG XJY240Z | Engineering vehicle | unknown | ||
Iveco VM 90[citation needed] | ![]() ![]() |
Multirole truck | Unknown | Chinese licensed production version. Comes in engineering workshop variant and ambulance variant. Mainly used by BHQ but is also present in the RCA. |
UAZ-452A | ![]() |
Ambulance | Used as an ambulance | |
Light utility vehicles | ||||
UAZ-469 | ![]() |
Light utility vehicle | Unknown | Possibly retired. Former KPRAF. |
storm wheeled Light 4x4 | ![]() |
Used by BHQ and RAC | ||
Beijing BJ2022 | Received as part of various donations of trucks to the RCA. | |||
Beijing BJ80[21] | ||||
Dongfeng EQ2050[21] | Some are equipped with QJZ-89 heavy machine guns. | |||
M151 ¼-ton 4×4 | ![]() |
From former FANK stocks. Used during military parades. | ||
SOVAMAG TC10 DT[citation needed] | ![]() |
Used by cadet officers and by SF-911. | ||
Land Rover Wolf[citation needed] | ![]() |
Status unknown | ||
KIA KM131[22] | ![]() |
Widespread usage within the RCA. Examples used by SF-911 are equipped with PKM or Type 80 GPMGs.[citation needed] | ||
Ford Raptor | ![]() |
Standard pickup trucks of the RCA. Acquired from the civilian market. | ||
Toyota Hilux | ![]() |
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