Editing Sudanese Armed Forces (section)

==Equipment==
{{Main|List of equipment of the Sudanese Armed Forces}}
The Sudanese Armed Forces today are equipped mainly with Soviet, Russian, Chinese, Ukrainian, and Sudanese manufactured weaponry. They have a weapons production company called the [[Military Industry Corporation]].{{sfn|Kramer|Lobban|Fluehr-Lobban|2013|p=458}} Significant data has been made available by the UN Experts' Groups on the Sudan on arms supplies to Sudanese forces.

The proliferation of small arms in Sudan originated during the occupation of the country by Ottoman and Egyptian forces and by the colonial powers, especially Britain and France, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.{{sfn|Ofcansky|2015|pages=344–347}} Sudan had only a limited arms industry until the late 1990s, except for a production line for small-caliber ammunition.{{sfn|Ofcansky|2015|p=344}} Consequently, foreign sources for weapons, equipment, ammunition, and technical training have been indispensable.{{sfn|Ofcansky|2015|pages=344–347}} The standard issue battle rifle is now an [[H&K G3]] variant that is domestically manufactured by [[Military Industry Corporation]] and referred to as the Dinar.

The IISS reported in 2007 that the SAF had 200 [[T-54/55]] [[main battle tank]]s and 70 [[Type 62]] light tanks.{{sfn|IISS|2007|p=293}} By 2011 the total that the IISS listed was 360: 20 M-60, 60 Type 59, 270 T-54/55, and 10 'Al Bashier' (Type-85-IIM).<ref name="IISS2011Sudan" /> The 'Al-Bashier' is a licensed version of the [[Type 88 tank (China)|Type 85M-II]] tank.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mic.sd/images/products/wepons/ar/endb/dbalbshir.htm |title=Military Industry Corporation (MIC) Official Website |access-date=5 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401152310/http://mic.sd/images/products/wepons/ar/endb/dbalbshir.htm |archive-date=1 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition, the 'Digna'a modernisation programme for the T-55 has been reported.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mic.sd/images/products/wepons/ar/endb/dbDIGNA.htm |title=Military Industry Corporation (MIC) Official Website |access-date=19 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109152907/http://mic.sd/images/products/wepons/ar/endb/dbDIGNA.htm |archive-date=9 January 2008 }}</ref> Chinese Type 96 tanks have also been known to serve in the Sudanese Army. These are by far and away Sudan's most modern and powerful tanks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKVnHnNvei0|title=sudanese tanks دبابات القوات المسلحة السوداانية|date=12 October 2011|work=YouTube|access-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503042427/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKVnHnNvei0|archive-date=3 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

The IISS reported 218 armoured cars (6 French [[Panhard AML]]-90, 60 [[BRDM-2]], 80 British [[Ferret armoured car|Ferret]], and 30 British [[Alvis Saladin]]) in 2007, alongside 15 Soviet [[BMP-2]].<ref name=SIPRI2012Sudan>{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Arms Trade Register|publisher=SIPRI|access-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|archive-date=14 April 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Also reported were 42 US [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M-113]], 19 US [[Cadillac Gage Commando|LAV-150]]/[[Cadillac Gage Commando|V-100 Commando]], Soviet [[BTR-152]]/[[BTR-50]], 20 Czech or Polish [[OT-62]]/[[OT-64 SKOT|OT-64]]. 104 Egyptian [[Walid (armored personnel carrier)|Walid]] were ordered in 1981–1986.<ref name=SIPRI2012Sudan />

The IISS estimated in 2011 that Sudan had 778+ artillery pieces, including 20 US [[M101 howitzer|M-101]], 16 [[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30]], Soviet [[D-74 122 mm field gun|D-74]], Soviet [[122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)|M-30]], and 75 Soviet [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|130mm M-46]]/Type-59-I.<ref name=IISS2011Sudan>IISS Military Balance 2011, 443.</ref> The IISS estimated in 2011 that the Army had 20 pieces of self-propelled artillery, including 10 Soviet [[2S1 Gvozdika]] and 10 French ([[AMX-13|AMX]]) Mk F3.<ref name=IISS2011Sudan /> [[Multiple rocket launcher]]s in service include the Soviet 122mm [[BM-21 Grad]] and the Chinese [[PHL-81]].

Also reported in 2013 were Soviet [[M43 mortar]]s (120mm). Anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons reported included a number of British-made [[Swingfire]], 54 Soviet [[9K32 Strela-2]] (SA-7 Grail), and a large number of various anti-aircraft guns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/68/138|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709141114/http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2F68%2F138|url-status=dead|title=United Nations Register of Conventional Arms Report of the Secretary-General|date=15 July 2013|archive-date=9 July 2014|website=www.un.org}}</ref>

[[T-72]] main battle tanks, [[FN-6#Variants|FB-6A]] mobile air defense systems, [[9K33]] Osa mobile air defence systems, and [[Weishi Rockets#WS-1|WS1]] and [[Weishi Rockets#WS-2|WS2]] [[Multiple rocket launcher|MRLS]] have also been spotted with the Sudanese armed forces.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Armored vehicles are produced, maintained, and repaired at the Elshaheed Ibrahim Shams el Deen Complex in Khartoum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oryx |title=Exotic Armour: An Inside Look At Sudan's Armour Repair Facility |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2017/05/exotic-armour-inside-look-at-sudans.html |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=Oryx}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=18 March 2021 |title=Civilian firms of Sudanese army to be under government control: Hamdok |work=[[Sudan Tribune]] |url=https://sudantribune.com/article67425/ |access-date=6 April 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>