Editing Somali Armed Forces (section)

=== Army equipment ===
{{main|List of equipment of the Somali Armed Forces}}
Among firearms associated with the Somali National Army and reported by ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/10'' were Soviet [[TT pistol]]s, British [[Sterling submachine gun]]s; [[Heckler & Koch G3]] and Belgian [[FN FAL]] assault rifles, U.S. [[M14 rifle]]s, 
Soviet [[RPD machine gun]]s; Soviet [[RPK machine gun]]s; Soviet [[RP-46]] machine guns; French [[AA-52 machine gun]]s; Belgian [[FN MAG]] machine guns; Soviet [[DShK]] heavy machine guns; U.S. [[M2 Browning]] .50 cal heavy machine guns; and U.S. [[M79 grenade launcher]]s and Soviet [[RPG-2]] grenade launchers.<ref name="jones2009">Jones, Richard D. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010''. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (27 January 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2869-5}}.</ref>

In May 2012, over thirty-three vehicles were donated by the U.S. government to the SNA. The vehicles include 16 Magirus trucks, 4 Hilux pickups, 6 Land Cruiser pickups, 1 water tanker, and 6 water trailers.<ref name="Prahomvttsna">{{cite news |title=PRESS RELEASE: AMISOM hands over military vehicles to the Somali National Army |url=http://amisom-au.org/2012/05/amisom-hands-over-military-vehicles-to-the-somali-national-army/ |access-date=14 August 2014 |agency=AMISOM |date=18 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525020139/http://amisom-au.org/2012/05/amisom-hands-over-military-vehicles-to-the-somali-national-army/ |archive-date=25 May 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref> On 9 April 2013, the U.S. government approved the provision of defense articles and services by the American authorities to the Somali Federal Government.<ref name="Usearfs">{{cite news |title=U.S. eases arms restrictions for Somalia |url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/04/09/US-eases-arms-restrictions-for-Somalia/UPI-82061365516759/ |access-date=22 April 2013 |work=United Press International |date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413101718/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/04/09/US-eases-arms-restrictions-for-Somalia/UPI-82061365516759/ |archive-date=13 April 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> It handed over 15 vehicles to the new Commandos in March 2014.<ref name="Rsudmvtntsc">{{cite news |title=SOMALIA: U.S donates military vehicles to newly trained Somali Commandos |url=http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/03/somalia-u-s-donates-military-vehicles-to-newly-trained-somali-commandos/ |access-date=7 April 2014 |newspaper=Raxanreeb |date=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310023738/http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/03/somalia-u-s-donates-military-vehicles-to-newly-trained-somali-commandos/ |archive-date=10 March 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In April 2013, Djibouti presented the SNA with 15 armoured military vehicles. The equipment was part of a larger consignment of 25 military trucks and 25 armoured military vehicles.<ref name="Sddavts">{{cite news |title=Djibouti donates armoured vehicles to Somalia |url=http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/newsbriefs/2013/04/05/newsbrief-02 |access-date=13 April 2015 |newspaper=Sabahi |date=5 April 2013 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213719/http://sabahionline.com/en_GB/articles/hoa/articles/newsbriefs/2013/04/05/newsbrief-02 |archive-date=8 April 2014}}</ref> The same month, the Italian government handed over 54 armored and personnel carrier vehicles to the army at a ceremony in Mogadishu.<ref name="Gihomctsg">{{cite news |title=Italy Hands over Military Consignment to Somali Government |url=http://goobjoog.com/english/?p=11335 |access-date=12 March 2015 |agency=Goobjoog |date=5 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402082636/http://goobjoog.com/english/?p=11335 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

As of April 2015, the Ministry of Defence's Guulwade Plan identifies the equipment and weaponry requirements of the army.<ref name="Urotsgosmtf" />

Thirteen [[ACMAT Bastion]] APCs were planned to be transferred in 2016, supplied via the U.S. [[Department of Defense (United States)|Department of Defense]].<ref name=trade/><ref name="African partners"/> Yet in 2018, an industry source explained to Jane's that none had actually been supplied.<ref name="JanesDW">{{cite journal|title=Cameroon's Bastion APCs now in action|date=6 June 2018|first1=Erwan|last1=de Cherisey|journal=[[Jane's Defence Weekly]]|url=http://j7dw4xlk473roufa2qi1siiq-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cameroons-Bastion-APCs-now-in-action.pdf|access-date=9 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110073648/http://j7dw4xlk473roufa2qi1siiq-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Cameroons-Bastion-APCs-now-in-action.pdf|archive-date=10 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Navistar, Inc|Navistar Defence]] was awarded a multimillion dollar contract to supply Somalia with multiple [[Navistar 7000 series|6x6 transport and recovery trucks]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Guy |date=2019-11-27 |title=Navistar to supply trucks to Somalia |url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/navistar-to-supply-trucks-to-somalia/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=defenceWeb |language=en-ZA}}</ref> In 2021, the United States supplied the Somali Army with six [[PUMA M26-15|Puma M36 Mk 6]] armoured personnel carriers, a variant of the [[PUMA M26-15]].<ref> {{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Guy |date=2021-07-13 |title=US provides Puma APCs to Somalia |url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/us-provides-puma-apcs-to-somalia/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=defenceWeb |language=en-ZA}}</ref>