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=== Small arms === {| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;" |- ! width=16%| Name ! width=10%| Image ! width=15%| Caliber ! width=12%| Type ! width=10%| Origin ! width=28%| Notes |- ! colspan="6"| Pistols |- | [[MAC Mle 1950|MAC 50]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Central African Republic and Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox|first1=Eric G.|last1=Berman|first2=Louisa N.|last2=Lombard|date=December 2008|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=978-2-8288-0103-8|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|pages=82, 94|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107035838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[File:MAC-50 detoured.jpg|150px]] | [[9×19mm]] | [[Semi-automatic pistol]] | {{Flag|France}} | |- | [[Walther PP]]<ref name="jones2009"/> | [[File:1972 Walther PP.jpg|150px]] | [[.25 ACP]] | [[Semi-automatic pistol]] | {{Flag|Germany}} | |- | [[Manurhin MR 73]] | [[File:Manurhin-MR-73.jpg|150px]] | [[.357 Magnum]] | [[Revolver]] | {{Flag|France}} | |- ! colspan="6"| Submachine guns |- | [[Uzi]]<ref name="Jane1">{{cite book |last= Hogg |first= Ian |title= Jane's Infantry Weapons, 1991–1992 |year= 1991 |edition= 1992 |page= 96 |publisher= Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd |isbn= 978-071060963-2}}</ref> | [[File:Uzi of the israeli armed forces noBG.png|150px]] | [[9×19mm]] | [[Submachine gun]] | {{Flag|Israel}} | |- | [[Carl Gustaf m/45]]<ref name ='SAS 2005'>{{cite book |url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html |chapter-url= http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2005/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2005-Chapter-11-EN.pdf |chapter=The Central African Republic: A Case Study of Small Arms and Conflict |title=Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2005 |author=Small Arms Survey |author-link=Small Arms Survey |page=318 |isbn=978-0-19-928085-8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109192749/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2010}}</ref> | [[File:Kpist m 45B Jvm21378 (2).jpg|150px]] | [[9×19mm]] | [[Submachine gun]] | [[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|23x23px]] [[Sweden]] | |- | [[Sten]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Central African Republic and Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox|first1=Eric G.|last1=Berman|first2=Louisa N.|last2=Lombard|date=December 2008|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=978-2-8288-0103-8|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|pages=82, 94|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107035838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[File:STEN MK II submachinegun.png|150px]] | [[9×19mm]] | [[Submachine gun]] | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | |- | [[MAS-38]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Central African Republic and Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox|first1=Eric G.|last1=Berman|first2=Louisa N.|last2=Lombard|date=December 2008|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=978-2-8288-0103-8|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|pages=82, 94|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107035838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[File:MAS 1938 submachine gun-IMG 7409-white.jpg|150px]] | [[7.65×20mm]] | [[Submachine gun]] | {{Flag|France}} | |- | [[MAT-49]]<ref name="Bonn"/> | [[File:MAT Submachine Gun.jpg|150px]] | [[9×19mm]] | [[Submachine gun]] | {{Flag|France}} | |- ! colspan="6"| Rifles |- | [[SKS]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Importante saisie d'armes en Centrafrique|url=http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20140315-importante-saisie-armes-centrafrique-rca-misca|language=fr|date=15 March 2014|publisher=[[Radio France International]]e|access-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713230556/http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20140315-importante-saisie-armes-centrafrique-rca-misca|archive-date=13 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[File:Simonov-SKS-45.JPG|150px]] | [[7.62×39mm]] | [[Semi-automatic rifle]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | |- | [[AKM]]<ref name="Bonn"/> | [[File:AKM automatkarbin Ryssland - 7,62x39mm - Armémuseum rightside noBG.png|150px]] | [[7.62×39mm]] | [[Assault rifle]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union}} | |- | [[Zastava M70]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Central African Republic and Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox|first1=Eric G.|last1=Berman|first2=Louisa N.|last2=Lombard|date=December 2008|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=978-2-8288-0103-8|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|pages=82, 94|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107035838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[File:Zastava M70 AB2 noBG.png|150px]] | [[7.62×39mm]] | [[Assault rifle]] | {{Flag|Yugoslavia}} | |- | [[Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965|PM md. 63]]<ref name="Tinderbox"/> | [[File:PMmd.1963.jpg|150px]] | [[7.62×39mm]] | [[Assault rifle]] | {{Flag|Socialist Republic of Romania}} | |- | [[Type 56 assault rifle|Type 56]] | [[File:Type 56 mod02 noBG.png|150px]] | [[7.62×39mm]] | [[Assault rifle]] | {{Flag|China}} | Some captured or inherited from Séléka stockpiles.<ref name="Conflictarm">{{cite web|title=Non-State Armed Groups in the Central African Republic|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|url=http://www.conflictarm.com/car_publications/NONSTATE_ARMED_GROUPS_IN_CENTRAL_AFRICAN_REPUBLIC.pdf|location=London|publisher=[[Conflict Armament Research]]|date=January 2015|access-date=29 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706044740/http://www.conflictarm.com/car_publications/NONSTATE_ARMED_GROUPS_IN_CENTRAL_AFRICAN_REPUBLIC.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> |- | [[IMI Galil]] | [[File:Galil noBG.png|150px]] | [[5.56×45mm]] | [[Assault rifle]] | {{Flag|Israel}} | In service as of 2004; likely acquired from [[Zaire]] and [[Chad]].<ref name="Tinderbox"/> |- | [[Vektor R4]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Central African Republic and Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox|first1=Eric G.|last1=Berman|first2=Louisa N.|last2=Lombard|date=December 2008|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=978-2-8288-0103-8|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|pages=82, 94|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107035838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[File:Vektor LM5 Feb 2008.jpg|150px]] | [[5.56×45mm]] | [[Assault rifle]] | {{Flag|South Africa|1928}} | |- | [[M14 rifle|M14]]<ref name ='SAS 2005 11'/> | [[File:M14 Stand-off Munitions Disruptor (SMUD) (7414626342).jpg|150px]] | [[7.62×51mm]] | [[Battle rifle]] | {{Flag|United States|1912}} | |- | [[M16 rifle|M16]]<ref name ='SAS 2005 11'/> | [[File:M16A2 rightside noBG.jpg|150px]] | [[5.56×45mm]] | [[Assault rifle]] | {{Flag|United States}} | |- | [[FAMAS]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Central African Republic and Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox|first1=Eric G.|last1=Berman|first2=Louisa N.|last2=Lombard|date=December 2008|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|isbn=978-2-8288-0103-8|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|pages=82, 94|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107035838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/D-Book-series/book-07-CAR/SAS-Central-African-Republic-and-Small-Arms.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[File:FAMAS Assaultrifle FRA noBG.png|150px]] | [[5.56×45mm]] | [[Bullpup]]<hr>[[Assault rifle]] | {{Flag|France}} | |- | [[FN FAL]]<ref name ='SAS 2005 11'/> | [[File:FN-FAL belgian noBG.png|150px]] | [[7.62×51mm]] | [[Battle rifle]] | {{Flag|Belgium}} | |- | [[Heckler & Koch G3]]<ref name ='SAS 2005 11'/> | [[File:H&K G3FS.jpg|150px]] | [[7.62×51mm]] | [[Battle rifle]] | {{Flag|West Germany}} | |- | [[SIG SG 540]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_africa/https-sites-google-com-site-worldinventory-wiw_af_centralafricanrepublic|title=Google Sites|access-date=2023-05-17|archive-date=2016-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203837/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_africa/https-sites-google-com-site-worldinventory-wiw_af_centralafricanrepublic|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[File:SG 540 Manurhin noBG.png|150px]] | [[7.62×51mm]] | [[Battle rifle]] | {{Flag|Switzerland}} | |- | [[MAS-36 rifle|MAS-36]]<ref name="Tinderbox">{{cite web|title=The Central African Republic And Small Arms: A Regional Tinderbox|last1=Berman|first1=Eric|last2=Lombard|first2=Louisa|url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/95111/Central-African-Republic-Small-Arms.pdf|location=Geneva |publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|date=2008|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324194711/https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/95111/Central-African-Republic-Small-Arms.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> | [[File:MAS Modèle 36 right side.jpg|150px]] | [[7.5×54mm]] | [[Bolt-action rifle]] | {{Flag|France}} | |- | [[Lee Enfield]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Letter dated 26 June 2014 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2127 (2013) addressed to the President of the Security Council |url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/N1441518.pdf|page=81|date=1 July 2014}}</ref> | [[File:SMLE No4 Mk1.jpg|150px]] | [[.303 British]] | [[Bolt-action rifle]] | {{Flag|British Empire}} | |- ! colspan="6"| Sniper rifles |- | [[SVD (rifle)|SVD]]<br>[[SVD (rifle)|Type 85]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Letter dated 26 June 2014 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2127 (2013) addressed to the President of the Security Council|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/N1441518.pdf|page=81|date=1 July 2014|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329063501/https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/N1441518.pdf|archive-date=29 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[File:SVD Dragunov-removebg-preview.png|150px]] | [[7.62×54mmR]] | [[Designated marksman rifle]]<br>[[Sniper rifle]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union}}<br>{{Flag|China}} | |- ! colspan="6"| Machine guns |- | [[SG-43 Goryunov]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_africa/https-sites-google-com-site-worldinventory-wiw_af_centralafricanrepublic|title=Google Sites|access-date=2023-05-17|archive-date=2016-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203837/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_africa/https-sites-google-com-site-worldinventory-wiw_af_centralafricanrepublic|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[File:A right side view of a Soviet 7.62 mm SGM Goryunov medium machine gun with rear sight and carrying handle up.jpg|150px]] | [[7.62×54mmR]] | [[Medium machine gun]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | |- | [[:ru:РП-46|RP-46]]<ref name="jones2009"/> | [[File:DM-ST-89-01130.JPEG|150px]] | [[7.62×54mmR]] | [[Light machine gun]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | |- | [[RPD machine gun|RPD]]<ref name="Bonn"/> | [[File:LMG-RPD-44 noBG.png|150px]] | [[7.62×39mm]] | [[Squad automatic weapon]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | |- | [[RPK]]<ref name="Bonn"/> | | [[7.62×39mm]] | [[Squad automatic weapon]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union}} | |- | [[PK machine gun|PKM]]<ref>{{cite journal|title=How Russia Is Displacing the French in the Struggle for Influence in the Central African Republic|journal=Eurasia Daily Monitor|volume=15|issue=74|url=https://jamestown.org/program/how-russia-is-displacing-the-french-in-the-struggle-for-influence-in-the-central-african-republic/|first=Andrew|last=McGregor|date=May 15, 2018|publisher=[[Jamestown Foundation]]|access-date=September 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802110940/https://jamestown.org/program/how-russia-is-displacing-the-french-in-the-struggle-for-influence-in-the-central-african-republic/|archive-date=August 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[File:7,62 KK PKM Helsinki 2012 no background.JPG|150px]] | [[7.62×54mmR]] | [[General-purpose machine gun]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union}} | |- | [[DShK]]<ref name="Bonn">{{cite web|title= SALW Guide: Global distribution and visual identification (CAR country report)|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|url= https://salw-guide.bicc.de/pdf/countries/039/central-african-republic.std.en.pdf |date= 2016 |access-date= 19 March 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180319065726/https://salw-guide.bicc.de/pdf/countries/039/central-african-republic.std.en.pdf |archive-date= 19 March 2018}}</ref> | [[File:12,7-мм станковый пулемёт ДШК образца 1938 года.jpg|150px]] | [[12.7×108mm]] | [[Heavy machine gun]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} | |- | [[Type 67 machine gun|Type 67]]<ref name="CAR">{{cite news|title=Centrafrique : le Soudan a-t-il armé les ex-Séléka ? |language=fr|work=[[Jeune Afrique]]|date=17 December 2013|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/166718/politique/centrafrique-le-soudan-a-t-il-arm-les-ex-s-l-ka/|first=Laurent |last=Touchard }}</ref> | [[File:Type 67-1 Machine gun.jpg|150px]] | |[[7.62×54mmR]] | [[General-purpose machine gun]] | {{Flag|China}} | |- | [[FM 24/29 light machine gun|FM 24/29]]<ref name="jones2002">{{cite book |editor1-first=Terry J.|editor1-last=Gander|editor2-first=Charles Q. |editor2-last=Cutshaw|title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2001/2002 |date=2001 |edition=27th |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon |isbn=9780710623171}}</ref> | [[File:Fusil-mitrailleur 1924 M29-2001.21.2-IMG 7421-white.jpg|150px]] | [[7.5×54mm]] | [[Light machine gun]] | {{Flag|France}} | |- | [[AA-52 machine gun|AA-52]]<ref name="jones2009">{{cite book |editor1-first=Richard D. |editor1-last=Jones |editor2-first=Leland S. |editor2-last=Ness |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 |date=January 27, 2009 |edition=35th |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5}}</ref> | [[File:Mitrailleuse-IMG 1728.jpg|150px]] | |[[7.62×54mmR]] | [[General-purpose machine gun]] | {{Flag|France}} | |- | [[FN MAG]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Letter dated 26 June 2014 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2127 (2013) addressed to the President of the Security Council|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/N1441518.pdf|page=81|date=1 July 2014|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329063501/https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/N1441518.pdf|archive-date=29 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[File:IDF-FN-MAG.png|150px]] | [[7.62×51mm]] | [[General-purpose machine gun]] | {{Flag|Belgium}} | |- | [[Browning M1919]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Letter dated 26 June 2014 from the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2127 (2013) addressed to the President of the Security Council|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/N1441518.pdf|page=81|date=1 July 2014|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329063501/https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/N1441518.pdf|archive-date=29 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[File:Browning M1919a.png|150px]] | [[7.62×51mm]] | [[Medium machine gun]] | {{Flag|United States|1912}} | |- | [[Browning M2]]<ref name ='SAS 2005 11'>{{cite book|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html|chapter-url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2005/en/Small-Arms-Survey-2005-Chapter-11-EN.pdf|chapter=The Central African Republic: A Case Study of Small Arms and Conflict|title=Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2005|author=[[Small Arms Survey]]|pages=309, 318|isbn=978-0-19-928085-8|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830004838/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2005.html|archive-date=2018-08-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[File:PEO Browning M2E2 QCB (c1).jpg|150px]] | [[.50 BMG]] | [[Heavy machine gun]] | {{Flag|United States|1912}} | |- ! colspan="6"| Rocket propelled grenade launchers |- | [[RPG-7]]<ref name="Bonn"/> | [[File:Rpg-7.jpg|150px]] | 40mm | [[Rocket-propelled grenade]] | {{Flag|Soviet Union}} | |}
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