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The Cypriot National Guard is a combined arms force and represents the organised air, land and sea capabilities of the Republic of Cyprus. Equipment is mostly imported from other countries, since the country has very limited heavy industrial and commercial industrial capacity due to its small population and land mass (excluding Northern Cyprus). The role of maintaining, upgrading and modifying military equipment is primarily the task of the National Guard Technical Corps, though more complex activities rely upon the availability of civil contracts. As of 2023, the Republic of Cyprus will no longer be under US Defence sanctions opening the National Guard to the sale of US defence products.[1]
Infantry Equipment
This list contains equipment which is in use by the Cypriot National Guard.
Camouflages
| Model | Origin | Type | Photo | Details |
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| Camoflages | ||||
| Multicam |  United States
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Camouflage pattern |  |
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| Woodland Digital | United States |
Camouflage pattern |  |
Used by LOK (Retired in 2017) |
| UCP | United States
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Camouflage pattern |  |
(Retired at an unknown date) |
| Cypriot Sandstone |  Cyprus
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Camouflage pattern |  |
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| Greek Lizard |  Greece
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Camouflage pattern |  |
Used by ELDYK |
Infantry weapons
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Land Forces
Armored vehicles
| Model | Origin | Photo | Variant | Quantity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main battle tanks (MBTs) | |||||
| T-80 |  Russia
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T-80U | 54 | A total of 82 MBTs acquired between 1996 and 2011.[26] |
| T-80UK | 28 | ||||
| AMX-30 |  France |
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AMX-30B2 | 52 | Another 61 AMX-30s have been withdrawn from active service and are waiting to be scrapped; some will be kept for museums. May be replaced by Israeli Merkava.[17][27][28][29] |
| Infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) | |||||
| BMP-3 | Russia |
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BMP-3 (Basic Version) | 43 | Deal worth $68 million, and delivered in 1995–1996.[23] |
| Armored reconnaissance vehicles | |||||
| EE-9 Cascavel |  Brazil |
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Cascavel Mk IV/V | 126 | Entered service from 1984 to 1988. It has a top speed of 80 km/h off-road and 110 km/h on-road. It is armed with a 90 mm Belgian Cockerill Mk 3 gun, improved day and night optics with laser rangefinder, and a 12.7 mm anti-aircraft MG.[23] |
| EE-3 Jararaca | Brazil |
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EE-3 Tank destroyer | 36 | Entered service from 1984 to 1985, 24 are armed with a MILAN ATGM system. The vehicle has a 3-man crew with a top speed of 100 km/h and is armed with 1 x 20-mm Rh202 autocannon, and 1 x 12.7mm machine gun.[23] |
| Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) | |||||
| ELVO Leonidas | Greece |
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Leonidas-2 | 197 | Based on the Austrian Saurer 4K 4FA.[23] |
| VAB | France
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VAB-PC | 4 | A total of 147 vehicles are operated by the National Guard. The VAB VCAC variant is equipped with the Euromissile Mephisto anti-tank missile system. (See infantry weapons above.)[23][30] |
| VAB-VTT | 98 | ||||
| VAB VCI | 17 | ||||
| VAB VCAC | 18 | ||||
| EE-11 Urutu | Brazil |
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Unknown | 10 | Status uncertain.[23] |
| Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs) | |||||
| BOV M16 Miloš |  Serbia |
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Artillery reconnaissance – command vehicle | 8 | Part of a $50 mil. deal that included Nora B-52. Delivered in 2019. The 8 BOV M16 are used as artillery reconnaissance and battery command vehicles for the 24 Nora B-52 self-propelled howitzers of the National Guard.[31][32] |
| Armored recovery vehicles (ARVs) | |||||
| BREM-80 | Russia |
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BREM-80U | 8 | Based on the T-80 chassis.[33] |
| AMX-30 | France
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AMX-30D | 2 | [23] |
| Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle | |||||
| Euromissile Mephisto | France
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18 | 18 systems. Mounted on the 18 VAB VCAC APCs of the National Guard with four ready-to-fire HOT-2 anti-tank missiles and eight more in reserve, 500 missiles.[17][23] | |
| Land Rover Wolf W/ MILAN | France /  United Kingdom
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Multiple systems of MILAN mounted on Land Rover Defender Wolfs. Significant Numbers, exact numbers unknown. 115 mm, Tandem shaped charge with 2 km max range. | ||
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