Saudi Arabian National Guard Equipment |
Modernization |
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| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2020 | 2025 | 2030 | ||||
| Personnel (In Thousands) | 55 | 77 | 77 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Active | 35 | 57 | 57 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | |||
| Tribal Levy | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |||
| System | Source | Inventory | |||||||||||
| Infantry Fighting Vehicles | - | 600 | 1,225 | 1,642 | 1,774 | 2,498 | 2,653 | 2,600 | 2,950 | 3,350 | |||
| 30mm | LAV 700 | CA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 300 | 600 | |
| 25mm | LAV-III | CAN / US | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 900 | 1,750 | 2,750 | |
| 25mm | LAV1 | CAN / US | -- | 600 | 1,225 | 1,642 | 1,774 | 2,498 | 2,653 | 1,750 | 900 | - | |
| Armored Personnel Carriers | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,461 | 1,461 | 1,015 | 725 | 725 | 725 | |||
| Wheeled | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,461 | 1,461 | 1,015 | 725 | 725 | 725 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.7mm | Aravis | FR | - | - | - | - | - | - | 264 | 264 | 264 | 264 | |
| 12.7mm | Tactica | BE / UK | -- | -- | -- | -- | 261 | 261 | 261 | 261 | 261 | 261 | |
| ?mm | Al Jazirah | KSA | -- | -- | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | |
| 7.62mm | V-1502 | US | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 290 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Light AFVs | 30 | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 7.62mm | Ferret | UK | 30 | 30 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Artillery, Self-Propelled | - | - | - | - | - | 132 | 132 | 132 | 132 | 132 | |||
| 155mm | CAESAR | FR | - | - | - | - | - | 132 | 132 | 132 | 132 | 132 | |
| Artillery, Towed | 58 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 95 | |||
| 155mm | M198 | US | -- | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | |
| 155mm | TR F1 | FR | 18 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | |
| 105mm | M102 | US | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | |
| Recoilless | + | + | + | + | 162+ | 162+ | 162+ | 162 | 162+ | 162+ | |||
| 106mm | M40A1 | US | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| 84mm | MAAWS | US | -- | -- | -- | -- | 162 | 162 | 162 | 162 | 162 | 162 | |
| Anti-Tank Missiles | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||
| BGM-71 | US | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||
| M47 Dragon | US | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||
| Anti-Aircraft Missiles | - | - | - | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | |||
| Mistral | FR | -- | -- | -- | -- | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2020 | 2025 | 2030 | ||||
Helicopter |
GTOW | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 60 | 106 | 106 | ||
| Attack | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 36 | 72 | 72 | |||
| AH-64E | Guardian | US | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 12 | 36 | 36 | |
| AH-6i | Little Bird | US | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 24 | 36 | 36 | |
| Transport - Medium | 5-ton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 22 | 22 | ||
| UH-60M | Blackhawk | US | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 22 | 22 | |
| Light / Utility | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||
| MD 540F | US | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
Notes
1 - This total includes a number of subvariants, including 90mm armed variant, 120mm breech-loaded mortar armed variant, mortar carrier, TOW missile carrier, and engineer, command post, ambulance, and recovery vehicle variants.
2 - This total includes a number of subvariants, including 90mm and 20mm armed variants, 81mm mortar carrier, TOW missile carrier, air defense variant with 20mm Vulcan Air Defense System turret, and an armored recovery vehicle variant. By 2000, the majority of these vehicles were reported to be in storage.
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