List of equipment of the Latvian Land Forces

This is a list of equipment used by the Latvian Land Forces.

Personal equipment


The equipment of the Latvian Land Forces troops includes:


 * LatPat, Multi-LatPat and WoodLatPat (Latvian digital camouflage uniform).
 * Norwegian BEAR-II load bearing armor system
 * Kevlar helmets
 * Night vision devices

Retired/obsolete equipment
In the 1990s, the Latvian Army and National Guard troops were equipped with leftover Soviet, Romanian and Czechoslovak weapons like the AKM, AK-74, SKS rifles and TT and Makarov pistols, alongside early procurements of CZ 82 pistols from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In the late 1990s, a gradual switch to the Swedish-made Automatkarbin 4 began, but AK-pattern rifles remained. Today Ak4 rifles are mostly kept in storage. In 1995, the Czechs donated 20 120mm mortars (possibly the vz. 82 PRAM-L) and 24 100 mm vz. 53 field guns.

Retired/obsolete vehicles include:


 * 2 BRDM-2 armored cars (donated by Poland by 1992, mostly used by the Suži Airborne Reconnaissance Battalion of the Land Forces, later used as target practice);
 * 5 T-55AM Merida tanks (donated by Poland in 1999. Three remaining tanks, still used for training purposes, were reported to have come from the Czech Republic in 2000, not Poland.);
 * ~12 Terrängbil m/42 KP IFVs (donated around 1994 by Sweden to the Baltic states, retired by the late 1990s or early 2000s; at least one transferred to the State Border Guard).