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• M60
  M60 Patton
  
  The M60 Series was an all-purpose main battle tank designed to have the firepower and armor of a heavy tank and the mobility of a medium tank....
  
• T-34
  T-34
  
  The T-34 was a Soviet Union Tank classification produced from 1940 to 1958. It is widely regarded as having been the world's best tank when the Soviet Union became involved in World War II, and although its armoured fighting vehicle and armament were surpassed by later tanks of the era, it has been often credited as the war's most effective,...
  
• 250 T-54/55
• 10 Type 59
  Type 59
  
  The China Type 59 Main Battle Tank is a China produced version of the ubiquitous Soviet Union T-55 tank. The first vehicles were produced in 1958 and it was accepted into service in 1959, with serial production beginning in 1963....
  
• Type 62
  Type 62
  
  The Norinco Type 62 is a People's Liberation Army light tank developed in the early 1960s and is based on the Chinese Type 59 with a reduced main gun caliber, lighter armour and a smaller suite of electronics and other equipment to help reduce weight....
  
• Type 63
  Type 63 light tank
  
  The Norinco Type 63 is a PRC Amphibious vehicle light tank tank. First fielded in 1963, it is in many ways similar to the earlier Soviet PT-76. However, contrary to the popular belief, it does have some essential differences from the PT-76 in the vehicle's waterjet propulsion system, etc....
  
• Type 88
  Type 88 (tank)
  
  The Type 88 is a series of medium second-generation main battle tanks from PRC. Based on the Type 69 design, the Type 88 entered service with the People's Liberation Army in the 1980s....
  
• Type 96
  Type 96
  
  The Type 96 is the latest variant of People's Republic of China List of main battle tanks by generation#Second-generation main battle tank . Based on the Type 85-III design, the Type 96 entered service with the People's Liberation Army in 1997....
  
• Digna MBT - T-55
  T-55
  
  The T-54 and T-55 tanks were a series of main battle tanks designed in the Soviet Union. The first T-54 prototype appeared in March 1945, just before the end of the World War II....
   (Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  )
• Al Basheer MBT - Type 85-IIM
  Type 88 (tank)
  
  The Type 88 is a series of medium second-generation main battle tanks from PRC. Based on the Type 69 design, the Type 88 entered service with the People's Liberation Army in the 1980s....
   (China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  )
• Al Zubair 1 MBT - Type 72 (Iran
  Iran
  
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
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• Al Zubair 2 MBT - Type 59D
  Type 59
  
  The China Type 59 Main Battle Tank is a China produced version of the ubiquitous Soviet Union T-55 tank. The first vehicles were produced in 1958 and it was accepted into service in 1959, with serial production beginning in 1963....
   (China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  )
• Abu Fatma SPG - 2S1
  2S1
  
  The 2S1 Gvozdika is a Soviet 122-mm Self-propelled artillery that resembles the PT-76 but is essentially a version of the MT-LB APC. "2S1" is its GRAU designation....
   (Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  )
• Shareef 1 IFV - BTR-80
  BTR-80
  
  BTR-80 is an 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed in the Soviet Union. Production started in 1986 and replaced the previous versions, BTR-60 and BTR-70 in the Soviet army....
   (Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  )
• Shareef 2 IFV - WZ551
  WZ551
  
  The WZ551 is a People's Republic of China wheeled armored personnel carrier. It is actually consisted of two families of vehicles with official designations in the People's Liberation Army as Type 90 and Type 92....
   (China
  China
  
  China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
  )
• Amir IFV - Rakhsh (Iran
  Iran
  
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
  )
• Khatim 1 IFV - Boragh (Iran
  Iran
  
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
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Light equipment

• Beretta M1951
  Beretta M1951
  
  The M 1951 is a 9 mm caliber semi-automatic pistol, developed during the late 1940s and early 1950s by Beretta of Italy. The pistol was produced strictly for military use and was introduced into service with the Italian Army and security forces as the Modello 1951 , replacing the 9 mm Beretta M1934 pistol, chambered for the .380 ACP car...
  
• CZ75
• AK-47
  AK-47
  
  The AK-47 is a 7.62x39mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in two versions: the fixed stock AK-47 and the AKS-47 variant equipped with an underfolding metal shoulder stock....
  
• G-3
  Heckler & Koch G3
  
  The G3 is a 7.62x51mm NATO automatic rifle developed in the 1950s by the Germany armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch in collaboration with the Spain state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
  
• AR-10
  AR-10
  
  The AR-10 is an United States 7.62x51mm NATO battle rifle developed by Eugene Stoner in the late 1950s at ArmaLite, then a division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation....
  
• Type 81
  Type 81
  
  Type 81 may refer to:*Type 81 Surface-to-Air Missile*Chinese Type 81 Assault Rifle*Tribal class frigate, designated as Type 81*Type 81 variant of the BM-21#Variants...
  
• Type 56
• Norinco CQ
  Norinco CQ
  
  The CQ is an unlicensed copy of the M16 rifle. It is currently being manufactured by Norinco. According to the Norinco website, the rifle is officially known as CQ 5.56....
  
• Rheinmetall MG3
  Rheinmetall MG3
  
  The MG3 is a Germany air-cooled, belt general purpose machine gun chambered in the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. The design traces back to the World War II era MG42 machine gun that fired the 7.92x57mm Mauser round....
  
• FN MAG
  FN MAG
  
  The MAG is a Belgium 7.62 mm caliber general purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale de Herstal by Ernest Vervier....
  
• RPG-7
  RPG-7
  
  The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, Shoulder-launched missile weapon, anti-tank rocket propelled grenade weapon. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company....
  
• RPD
  RPD
  
  The RPD is a 7.62 mm caliber light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the intermediate 7.62x39mm cartridge. It was created as a replacement for the Degtyaryov light machine gun machine gun chambered for the 7.62x54mmR Mosin-Nagant rifle round....
  
• RPK
  RPK
  
  The RPK is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun of Soviet Union design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1950s, parallel to the AKM assault rifle....
  
• SVD
  SVD
  
  The SVD is a Semi-automatic rifle Snipers of the Soviet Union rifle chambered in 7.62x54mmR and developed in the Soviet Union.It was selected as the winner of a contest that included three competing designs: the first was a rifle designed by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov, the second ? by Alexander Konstantinov, and the third rifle, the SVD...
  

Sources

Further reading

• U.S. Army Infantry magazine, July-August 2004