Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Capital: Colombo

Formerly known as Ceylon

Since 2005, Sri Lanka has purchased tons of military equipment from China.

Sri Lank Air Force (SLAF)

28.700 personnel

Kfir fighter aircraft (8)

F-7 fighter aircraft (9)

MiG-27 attack aircraft (7)

Beechcraft Super King Air (2)

Cessna 421 Golden Eagle (1)

K-8 Karakorum trainer aircraft (7)

Nanchang CJ-6 trainer aircraft (8)

Cessna 150 transport aircraft (10)

C-130 transport aircraft (2)

An-32 transport aircraft (7)

Harbin Y-12 transport aircraft (8)

Xian MA60 transport aircraft (2)

Mi-24 attack helicopters (14)

Mi-17 transport helicopters (13)

Bell 412 helicopters (8)

Bell 212 helicopters (18)

Bell 206 helicopters (8)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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EMIT Blue Horizon II (4)

Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment

Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment Special Force

Air Force Police

Sri Lanka Navy

48,000 personnel

SLNS prefix to vessels

Colombo Dockyard

3^rd Fast Gun Boat Squadron (3 FGS)

4^th Fast Attack Flotilla (4 FAF)

7^th Surveillance Command Squadron

Special Boat Squadron

Missile Boats with Gabriel II anti-ship missiles

Fast Gun Boats

Fast Attack Craft

Patrol Boats

Landing Craft

Auxiliary Vessels

HAL Chetak helicopters

HH-65 Dolphin helicopters

Sri Lanka Coast Guard

Sri Lanka Army (SLA)

276,700 personnel

T-55 tanks (140+)

Type 69 tanks (20+)

Type 59 tanks (80)

Type 63 light tanks

BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (45)

BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles (240)

BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles (13)

Type 89 (YW534) armored personnel carriers

Type 85 (YW531H) armored personnel carriers

Type 63 (YW531) armored personnel carriers

BTR-80 armored personnel carriers

Type 92 (WZ551) armored personnel carriers

Unibuffel (Sri Lankan made armored personnel carriers

Buffel mine resistant armored personnel carriers

RM-70 multiple rocket launchers (30+)

BM-21 multiple rocket launchers (5)

Type 66 152mm towed gun/howitzers (36)

Type 59 130mm towed gun (12)

Type 60 122mm towed howitzers

Type 86 (W86) 120mm mortars

Type 84 (W84) 82mm mortars

Type 89 60mm mortars

Baktar Shikan anti-tank guided missiles (Pakistani made)

Type 69 anti-tank rocket launchers

RPO-A Shmel flame rocket launchers

Milkor MGL grenade launchers

M203 under barrel grenade launchers

HK 69 grenade launchers

Type 80 machine guns (Chinese copy of the PKM)

Type 56 light machine guns (Chinese copy of the RPD)

FN Minimi machine guns

HK21 light machine guns

Zastava M93 Black Arrow sniper rifles

HK PSG1 sniper rifles

Accuracy International L96A1 sniper rifles

Dragunov SVD sniper rifles

AK-47 assault rifles

Sa 58 assault rifles

Type 56 assault rifles

Type 81 assault rifles

HK G3 assault rifles

FN FNC assault rifles

M-16 assault rifles

M4 carbines

SAR-80 assault rifles (Singapore made)

Type 95 assault rifles

HK MP-5 sub-machine guns

Uzi sub-machine guns

Sterling sub-machine guns

Glock 17 pistols

Beretta M9 pistols

Enfield revolvers

Special Forces brigade

Commando brigade

Air Mobile brigade

Military Police

National Guard

Sri Lanka Police

Special Task Force

Sri Lanka Civil Defense Force

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