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This is a list of equipment used by theHungarian Ground Forces as of 2023.
| Model | Cartridge Type | Image | Origin | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-tank weapons | ||||
| 9K111 Fagot | Anti-tank missile |  |  Soviet Union | [5] |
| 9M113 Konkurs | Anti-tank missile |  | Soviet Union | [6] |
| 9K115-2 Metis-M | Anti-tank missile |  |  Russia | Unknown number delivered by Russia between 1996 and 1997.[7] |
| Spike LR2 | Anti-tank missile |  |  Israel | On order for theLynx armoured fighting vehicle and for the infantry platoons as well.[8] The long range Spike ER2 will be integrated to the Airbus H145M helicopters.[citation needed] |
| Carl Gustaf M4 | 84×246mmR Recoilless rifle |  |  Sweden | Last batch delivered December 2024.[9][10][11] |
| RGW110 | hand held anti-tank rocket launcher |  |  Germany | Ordered in large numbers and they are to be delivered around 2025[12] |
| Grenades andgrenade launchers | ||||
| H&K M320 | 40x46mm Grenade launcher |  | Germany United States | Used by special forces.[citation needed] |
| Mk 19 Mod 3 | 40×53mm Grenade launcher |  | United States | Used by special forces. |
| Mortars | ||||
| EXPAL M-08 Combi | 60mm mortar |  |  Spain | 96 in service.[13] |
| 82-BM-37 | 82mm mortar |  | Soviet Union | About 50 in service.[13][14] |
| Hirtenberger M12 | 120mm mortar |  Austria | A "low double-digit number" of systems was delivered February 2024.[15] | |
| Main battle tanks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Active number | Details |
| Leopard 2 |  | Germany West Germany | Leopard 2A7+ Leopard 2A4 | 44[16][17] 12[18] | Last Leopard 2A7+ delivered on 12th December 2025 and 12 Leopard 2A4 tanks delivered in advance for training purposes.[19][20] |
| T-72 |  | Soviet Union | T-72M1 | 34 (164 total)[21] | 130 tanks in reserve.[21] Will be replaced by the Leopard 2A7+ in the 2020s.[20] |
| Armoured fighting vehicles | |||||
| Lynx |  | Germany Hungary | KF41 | 46/218[22] | On August 16, 2020, the Government of Hungary and Rheinmetall Group have signed a contract to start manufacturing of Lynx infantry fighting vehicle family in Hungary. Approximately 50 units will be manufactured per year. Estimated to reach full operational capability in the Hungarian Defence Forces by 2026–2027.[23] The following versions will be produced: Infantry fighting vehicle (base model), mortar carrier (120 mm), ambulance and mobile command post (C2/C3).[24] The 209[25] pieces of Lynx will be protected by the Rheinmetall's StrikeShield Active Protection System.[26] A government document published in June 2021 talks about 256 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles being ordered. It also mentions the development and production of an air-defence variant using the Lynx chassis.[27] |
| BTR-80 | .jpg) | Soviet Union Hungary | BTR-80A BTR-80 BTR-80 SKJ BTR-80 VSF BTR-80 MVJ BTR-80 MPAEJ BTR-80 MPFJ | 120 260[6] 12 4[28] Unknown Unknown Unknown | 555 units received from Russia between 1996 and 1999.[7] Modernized Hungarian-upgraded BTR-80s for technical rescue, medical rescue and NBC missions. Total number of vehicles add up to 600.[29] |
| Ejder Yalcin Gidrán |  |  Turkey Hungary | 200[30][31] | 40 Ejder Yalcin vehicles bought from Turkey'sNurol Makina, the rest to be manufactured in Hungary under license under the name Gidrán.[32] Total of 400+ planned for multiple purposes. Some will be equipped with 120mm Mortarts[30] | |
| NMS 4x4 |  | Turkey Hungary | [33] | ||
| Polaris RZR |  | United States | 12+2 | Used by the Hungarian special forces.[34][35] | |
| M1151 HMMWV |  | United States | 90+ | Most of them used by the Hungarian special forces.[36] | |
| Oshkosh M-ATV |  | United States | 20 | Used by the Hungarian special forces in Afghanistan.[37] | |
| Cougar |  | United States | 13 | Used by the Hungarian special forces in Afghanistan.[38][39] | |
| International MaxxPro |  | United States | ~42[6] | Bought second-hand.[40][41] | |
| Artillery | |||||
| D-20 | .jpg) | Soviet Union | 12[6] | 283 in reserve.[42] | |
| PzH 2000 | .jpg) | Germany | 24[43] | The deliveries have been completed.[44] | |
| Anti-Aircraft Guns | |||||
| Skyranger 30 |  | Germany | 1 prototype for testing, more to be ordered later | Hungary has ordered Lynx-based Skyranger 30 systems equipped with a 30 millimeter gun and Mistral Missiles.[45] | |
| Surface-to-air-missile systems | |||||
| 2K12 Kub |  | Soviet Union Hungary Poland | 12 (32 in reserve)[46][47] | Modernized in cooperation with Poland.[48] | |
| Mistral |  |  France | 45 Mistral Atlas twin-launchers + 9 MCPs[49] | Both Mistral 2 and Mistral 3 missiles are in use, MCP's have been upgraded as well.[50] | |
| NASAMS |  |  Norway United States | 2 systems delivered, 4+1 systems on order[51] | Kongsberg Defence Systems andRaytheon Technologies were awarded a 410 million euro contract to deliver the NASAMS system to the Hungarian Defence forces.[52][53] | |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles | |||||
| Skylark |  | Israel | 12 | 9 Skylark I and 3 Skylark III [54][55][56] | |
| Military engineering vehicles | |||||
| PTS |  | Soviet Union | PTS-2 | 50+ | Some in reserve. Very large tracked amphibious vehicle used for crossing water bodies and building bridges across rivers.[citation needed] |
| PMP |  | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 active set. Each set consists of 32 river element, 4 bank element, 2 track element, 12 bridging boat and 38KraZ-255. The maximal length of one set is 227 metres.[57] | |
| TMM |  | Soviet Union | TMM-3 | 4[58] | [59] |
| BAT-2 |  | Soviet Union | BAT-2 | 2 | [60] |
| VT-55 |  | Soviet Union | VT-55 | 2 | |
| VT-72B |  |  Czechoslovakia | 2 | [61] | |
| MT-55A |  | Czechoslovakia | 2 | [62] | |
| BLG-60M |  |  East Germany | BLG-60M2 | ||
| Leguan |  | Germany | 2 delivered | 12 on order. The new Leguans are going to replace the BLG-60M armoured bridgelayers which will be transferred to the 37th Engineer Regiment.[63] | |
| WISENT 2 | Germany | 5 | 2 on order.[63] | ||
.jpg) | Germany | at least 2 delivered | 9 vehicles were ordered in September 2020 as part of the establishment of the jointLynx manufacturing plant in Hungary. Deliveries are scheduled for 2023.[citation needed] | ||
| TeleMAX |  | Germany | 3 | [64] | |
| ANDROS F6-A |  | United States | 3 | [65] | |
| Utility vehicles and trucks | |||||
| Model | Image | Origin | Variant | Active number | Details |
| Rába |  | Hungary | 300 20 Unknown | The new H-14 series, can be armoured within 48 hours. The armour defends soldiers from bullets, splinters and IEDs.[66] Production of Rába H-14, H-18, and H-25 trucks commenced in 2004, these initially locally designed chassis fitted with MAN engines, associated components including cooling system and the MAN modular military cab. Current production is CKD using some locally sourced components such as axles. About 300 examples were built using components supplied between 2004 and 2006, with a further 150 assembled from CKD kits delivered from 2007.[citation needed] | |
| RMMV HX range of tactical trucks | _with_RMMV_MAC_protected_cabin.JPG) | Austria Germany | HX77 | 63 | Will also receive up to 150 RMMV HX77 8x8 trucks, with 63 delivered since 2007.[citation needed] |
| Unimog |  | Germany | 88 | ||
| Mercedes-Benz G-Class | .jpg) | Germany | G-270 G-280 | 223 | Standard utility vehicle.[citation needed] |
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter |  | Germany | Van Ambulance | 12 7[67] | |
| Ikarus |  | Hungarian People's Republic | E95 Aries | 15 138[68] | 100 Currus-Volvo Aries delivered to replace Ikarus 250, 256, 280.[citation needed] |
| Suzuki Vitara |  | Hungary | 550[69] | Standard staff car.[citation needed] | |
| Škoda Octavia |  | Czech Republic | Unknown | Used by military police.[citation needed] | |
| Toyota Hilux |  |  Japan | 90[70] | 16 used by military police,[71] and another 6 will be used by the military cartography teams.[72] | |
| New Holland T5 series |  | United States | T5 110 | 10 | Ten high-performance, modern New Holland T5.110 tractors and their accessories were purchased under the Defense and Armed Forces Development Program. They will be used around military airports, training and shooting ranges.[73] |
| Volkswagen Transporter | _2.0.jpg) | Germany | T6 Van T6 Pickup truck | 80 10 | |
| Volkswagen Crafter | .jpg) | Germany | 70 | ||
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Active number | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN 2 | .jpg) | Hungarian People's Republic | Minesweeper | 5 | (?) in reserve.[74][75][76][77] |
| Neštin-class |  |  Yugoslavia | Minesweeper | 2 | 6 minesweepers were acquired from Yugoslavia in 1981. As of 2023 2 of them are in active service and the other 3 were sold.[74] And the last one was scrapped |
| Zodiac Pro 850 |  | United States | Multiple role | 2 | 2 8.50 meters center console boat with accommodation for 10 people were received in 2020.[78] |
| Special Operations Craft – Riverine |  | United States | Special operations craft | 2 | Riverine craft perform short-range insertion and extraction ofspecial operations forces in river and near-shore environments. United States provides 3 boats under the Excess Defense Articles program in 2021.[79] with one more received, but the boat was not put into service. |
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Quantity | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infantry Weapons | ||||||
| New family of small arms developed in Hungary | Hungary | Handguns,submachine guns,assault rifles andlight machine guns | G9HSP, G9SMG, G224AR, G224LMG, G308BR[80] | Unknown | In 2019, Gestamen R&D Zrt. was asked to create a family of small arms developed entirely in Hungary.[80] Several examples of the weapons are currently undergoing team trials.[81] | |
| Unmanned ground vehicles | ||||||
| Mission Master |  |  United Kingdom Germany / Hungary | Unmanned ground vehicle | Rheinmetall Mission Master XT | Unknown | In 2020 Hungary showed its interest to develop and manufacture the tablet-controlled Mission Master XT from Rheinmetall. Each Mission Masters will be built in Kaposvár, Hungary.[82][83] |
| Multiple rocket launchers | ||||||
| Multiple rocket launcher system | – | Multiple rocket launcher system | 24 | In February 2022 Hungary showed its interest to buy newM142 HIMARS multiple launch rocket system from theUnited States.[84] The potential sale was blocked byJim Risch, a high-ranking member of theUnited States Senate Foreign Relations Committee due to Hungary's opposition to Sweden's NATO membership.[85] Hungary will look for other Multiple Rocket Launcher system: possiblyPULS (Israel),Chunmoo (South Korea) orMBRL (Turkey).[86] | ||
| Tank | ||||||
| Panther KF51 |  | Germany Hungary | Main battle tank | Unknown | Unknown (possibly around 40-50 units) | Joint development[87] |
| Artillery | ||||||
| Rheinmetall HX3 based 155mm L/60 SPG |  | Germany Austria | Self-propelled artillery | Unknown | [88] | |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles | ||||||
| MP-H | Hungary | Light unmanned aerial vehicle | Unknown | In 2014 Hungary started to develop its own light unmanned aerial vehicle for military purposes. A specific version of the drone is able to carry a pair of air-to-ground missiles.[89] | ||
| Elbit Hermes 900 |  | Israel | Unmanned aerial vehicle | Unknown | In 2021 Hungary showed its interest to buy new drones from Israel.[84] | |
| Vestel Karayel |  | Turkey | Unmanned combat aerial vehicle | Unknown | [90] | |
| Baykar Bayraktar TB2 |  | Turkey | Unmanned combat aerial vehicle | Unknown | In 2021 Hungary showed its interest to buy drones from Turkey.[91][92] | |
| WB Electronic drones |  | Poland | Unmanned aerial vehicle/Loitering munitions | FlyEye, Ft-5,Warmate | Unknown | [93] |
| Satellites | ||||||
| Multi-purpose satellite | Hungary | Communications satellite | CarpathiaSat | 1 | Hungary started to develop its own multi-purpose satellite that will be launched into space in 2024.[94] | |
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