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Tunisia - Army Equipment							Modernization
	Type	Origin	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2018	2020	2025	2030*
Tank, Heavy			68	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	125*
120mm	MBT TBD	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	125*
105mm	M60A3 MBT	USA	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	??*
105mm	M60A1 MBT	USA	-	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	??*
105mm	M48A5 MBT	USA	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tank, Light			50	55	54	48	48	48	48	48	48	..
105mm	SK-105	AT	-	55	54	48	48	48	48	48	48	??*
76mm	M41 Walker	USA	10	..	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
75mm	AMX-13	FR	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
armored vehicles, tracked			70	164	164	160	160	160	160	138	138	138
	Marder	DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	48	48
	M-113A1/2 APC	USA	50	140	140	140	140	140	140	90	90	90
	FV601 Saladin	UK	20	24	24	20	20	20	20	-	-	-
armored vehicles, wheeled			58	163	173	168	168	168	160	160	160	160
	IFV TBD	TBD	-	..	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	150*
	VAB MKIII	FR	-	..	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10
	Fiat 6614C	IT	-	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	110	??*
	EE-11 Urutu APC	BR	18	18	18	18	18	..	..	..	..	..
	EE-9 Cascavel	BR	n.a.	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-
	EE-3 Jararaca	BR	n.a..	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-
75mm	EBR-75	FR	30	..	..	..	-	..	..	..	..	..
90mm	AML-90	FR	-	35	45	40	40	40	40	40	40	??*
60mm	AML-60	FR	10	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-
protected vehicles, wheeled			-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	100	100
	Ejder Yalcin	TU	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	100	100
	Kirpi	TU	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100	100	100
Artillery			67	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..
155mm	M109 SPH	USA	19	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-
155mm	M114A1 SPH	USA	10	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-
105mm	M108 SPH	USA	48	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-
Artillery, towed			53	117	117	115	115	115	115	115	115	115
155mm	M198	USA	-	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
155mm	M114A1	USA	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
105mm	M101A1/2	USA	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48
88mm	25-pounder	UK	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mortar			+++	147	167	167	167	167	167	167	167	167
120mm	Brandt		-	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
107mm	M106A2 SP	USA	12	12	12	12	12	12	48	48	48	48
107mm	mortar		-	40	42	42	36	36	-	-	-	-
82mm	mortar	n.a.	n.a.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
81mm	mortar	n.a.	n.a.	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
Antitank missile				+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	MGM-71A TOW on M-113	USA	20	25	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	??*
	MGM-71A TOW	USA	-	40	65	55	55	+	+	..	..	..
	Milan	FR & DE	n.a.	..	500	500	500	+	+	+	..	..
	SS-11	n.a.	n.a.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antitank gun				+	+	+	+.	+	+	+	+	+
105mm	SPG JPzSk-105	DE	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
89mm	RCL STRIM-89 LRAC	FR	+	300	300	300	300	300	+	+	+	+
89mm	RCL M-20 [???]		+	300	300	300	300	300	+	+	+	+
Air defense				+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
MANPADS	TBD	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
MANPADS	RBS-70	SE	na.	+	48	60	60	+	+	+	-	-
MANPADS	MIM-72 Chaparral	USA	62	25	25	26	26	26	26	-	-	-
40 mm	M42 SP		-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12
37 mm	Type-55/65 towed		+	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
20 mm	M-55 towed		+	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

na = not available.

+ = in service, number unknown

* = Tunisia's equipment is rather elderly, suggesting a need for replacement.
Tunisia's government is quite thrifty, does not face a conventional threat, so there are
no specific modernization plans in evidence in this instance.