Editing Armed Forces of Belarus (section)

== Equipment ==
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{{main|List of equipment of the Armed Forces of Belarus}}
The military forces of Belarus are almost exclusively armed with Soviet-era equipment inherited from the Soviet Union. Although large in numbers, some Western experts consider some of it outdated.

"The Belarusian armed forces receive around 100 brand-new and upgraded systems a year", said in late July 2018, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Defence for Armament and Chief of Armament Major General Sergei Simonenko.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/article/82220/belarus-re-arms-airborne-troops |title=Belarus re-arms airborne troops &#124; Jane's 360 |access-date=2018-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808130935/https://www.janes.com/article/82220/belarus-re-arms-airborne-troops |archive-date=2018-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The MBTs are of Russian type [[T-72]], [[T-62]], and [[T-55]], the APCs and IFVs are of Russian type [[MT-LB]], [[BMP-2]], [[BMP-1]], and the [[BMD-1]], and Russian type trucks are the [[GAZ-66]] and the KAMAZ-6560. 
While the IISS Military Balance 2016 listed 69 [[T-80]]s in service,<ref name="mb2016">{{cite journal|author=International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)|author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies|date=9 February 2016|title=The Military Balance 2016|journal=The Military Balance|language=en|volume=116|pages=181–183|doi=10.1080/04597222.2016.1127558|doi-access=free}}</ref> by 2018 the listing had been removed, and the only MBTs listed were 527 T-72 as well as 5 T-72B3.

The Air Force is equipped with [[MiG-29]] fighters, [[Su-25]] attack aircraft, as well as [[Mil Mi-8|Mi-8]], [[Mi-24]], and some old, Polish built [[Mil Mi-2|Mi-2]] helicopters. In December 2005, Belarus bought 10 [[Aero L-39|L-39C]] jet trainer aircraft from [[Ukraine]], and in 2017 a contract have been signed to buy 12 [[Su-30]]SM fighters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bsblog.info/on-the-purchase-of-su-30sm-for-the-belarusian-air-force/|title=On the purchase of Su-30SM for the Belarusian Air Force|date=20 June 2017|access-date=23 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723212417/https://bsblog.info/on-the-purchase-of-su-30sm-for-the-belarusian-air-force/|archive-date=2018-07-23|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, four batteries (''divizions'' in Russian terminology; about six systems each) of [[S-300 (missile)|S-300]] anti-aircraft systems were acquired from Russia to reinforce the [[Joint CIS Air Defense System]]. The Military Balance 2018 listed a brigade with the [[S-300P]] and a brigade with the [[S-300V]] ([[SA-12]]A Gladiator/[[SA-12]]B Giant).<ref>IISS Military Balance 2018, p.186.</ref> Moscow and Minsk signed contracts in 2021 for the supply of fighters, helicopters, air defense systems and other weapons to Belarus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2021/1115/091065245/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / / Москва и Минск подписали в 2021 году контракты на поставку авиатехники и средств ПВО}}</ref> [[S-400]] air defense systems and [[9K720 Iskander]] tactical ballistic missiles were delivered in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2022/1220/101570883/detail.shtml | title=ЦАМТО / / Александр Лукашенко: в Белоруссии поставлены на боевое дежурство ЗРС С-400 и ОТРК "Искандер" }}</ref> It was also reported that almost every company was equipped with quadcopters.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tass.com/defense/1550059 | title=Russian instructors with combat experience train Belarusian forces in drone operation }}</ref> Kamikaze and surveillance UAVs of domestic development and production were reportedly entered service in 2024.<ref>{{cite web | title=Президенту Белоруссии Александру Лукашенко показали БАК "Чекан В" и "Беркут-3" | website=ВПК.name | date=2024-09-25 | url=https://vpk.name/news/920608_prezidentu_belorussii_aleksandru_lukashenko_pokazali_bak_chekan_v_i_berkut-3.html | language=ru | ref={{sfnref|ВПК.name|2024}} | access-date=2024-11-10}}</ref>