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840 T-72B3M, 850 T-72B3 and 650 T-72B/T-72BA in service as of 2021. [165] 7,000 T-72/T-72A/T-72B in storage as of 2021. [165] [51] Unknown number brought back from storage because of the losses during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and upgraded/rebuild. [166]
The Mujahideen obtained weapons from many sources, mostly supplied by foreign sources, such as the Central Intelligence Agency’s Operation Cyclone, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the United Kingdom, and channeled through Pakistan. Many weapons were also captured from the Soviet Army or the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Silenced pistol issued to special forces: Stechkin APS: Machine pistol: 774 PSM: Semi-automatic pistol: 5.45×18mm: Standard sidearm of civil and military security forces: 56 PSS silent pistol: Semi-automatic pistol: 7.62×41mm SP-4 Used by Spetsnaz.: 57 Tokarev TT-33: 774 Semi-automatic pistol: 7.62×25mm Tokarev: Limited use.
External links. List of ongoing armed conflicts. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between the DRA, the Soviet Union and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign ...
Regular army units were armed with Soviet-made weapons and military equipment. Most DRA soldiers were either equipped with the AKM and AK-74 assault rifles. In the early 1980s, civilian self-defense forces were equipped with older PPSh-41 submachine guns, which would be phased out for more modern rifles closer to the regime's end.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,[a]commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the militaryof Russia. It is organized into three service branches—the Ground Forces, Navy, and Aerospace Forces—two independent combat arms (the Strategic Rocket Forcesand Airborne Forces),[10]and the Special Operations Forces Command.
This is a list of Russian military aircraft currently in service across three branches of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in the National Guard of Russia. The list further encompasses Russia's experimental aircraft and those currently in development. The figures presented below do not account for losses incurred in Ukraine, as conflicting ...