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This is a list of modern military equipment currently in service with the Estonian Defence Forces .
Air-defence equipment [ edit ]
Model
Image
Origin
Type
Caliber
Notes
Blue Spear
Israel
Anti-ship missile
Ordered in October 2021.[ 65] First systems delivered in February 2024.[ 66] Derivative of the Gabriel V missile, with a range up to 290 km.[ 67] Missiles are mounted on trucks.[ 68]
Model
Image
Origin
Type
Caliber
Quantity in service
Notes
K9 Thunder
South Korea
Self-propelled howitzer
155mm
24 + (12)[ 82]
36 ordered from South Korea in total and the first howitzers were delivered in 2018.[ 83] The domestic company Go Craft AS was contracted to integrate the radio and artillery system.[ 84]
CAESAR
France
Self-propelled howitzer
155mm
(12)
12 CAESAR 6x6 Mk I howitzers ordered in June 2024 with the first deliveries planned the same year. The contract also includes an option for 6 additional howitzers.[ 85]
M142 HIMARS
United States
Rocket artillery
227mm 610mm
(6)
6 systems ordered in December 2022 with the deliveries are planned to start in 2024.[ 86] [ 87] The package includes GMLRS (M28A2, M30A2, M31A2) and ER GMLRS (XM403, XM404) rockets as well as MGM-140 ATACMS (M57 variant) missiles.
Engineering vehicles [ edit ]
Unmanned ground vehicles [ edit ]
Mine countermeasures vessels [ edit ]
Class
Image
Origin
Type
Number
Notes
Sandown -class
United Kingdom
Minehunter
3
Purchased from the United Kingdom in 2006. Modernized between 2018 and 2020 to extend the service lives of the ships to 2035.[ 56]
Class
Image
Origin
Type
Number
Notes
Lindormen -class
Denmark
Auxiliary ship
1
Purchased from Denmark in 2006. The ship can also be used as a minelayer .[citation needed ]
Kindral Kurvits class
Finland
Pollution control ship
1
Formerly a multifunctional pollution control vessel of the Police and Border Guard . Joined the navy in 2023.[ 106]
PATROL 45 WP class
Estonia
Patrol boat
1
Formerly a multifunctional patrol boat of the Police and Border Guard. Joined the navy in 2023.
Pikker class
Estonia
Patrol boat
1
Formerly a patrol boat of the Police and Border Guard. Joined the navy in 2023.
PATROL 24 class
Estonia
Patrol boat
1
Formerly a patrol boat of the Police and Border Guard. Joined the navy in 2023.
Note : Three C-17 Globemaster III 's are available through the Heavy Airlift Wing based in Hungary .[ 110]
Unmanned aerial vehicles [ edit ]
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^ "12,7 mm raskekuulipilduja Browning M2" . mil.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19 .
^ "12 kal pumppüss Benelli M3T" . mil.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2018-01-19 .
^ "40 mm granaadiheitja BT GL-06" . mil.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19 .
^ "40 mm relvaalune granaadiheitja HK GLM" . mil.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19 .
^ "40 mm relvaalune granaadiheitja HK 79N" . mil.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19 .
^ "84 mm tankitõrjegranaadiheitja Carl-Gustav M2" . mil.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19 .
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^ "90 mm lask Instalaza C90-CR-RB (M3) Anti-Tank" . mil.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19 .
^ "90 mm lask Instalaza C90-CR-AM (M3) Anti-Tank/Anti Personnel" . mil.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19 .
^ "90 mm lask Instalaza C90-CR-BK (M3) Anti-Bunker" . mil.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19 .
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^ "Estonia purchases Piorun anti-aircraft missile systems from Poland" . 2022-09-07.
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