Historical Equipment

List of equipment of the Hellenic Army

The heavy equipment and weaponry of the Hellenic Army is of mostly foreign manufacture, from German, French, American, British and Russian suppliers. A notable exception is the native-built Leonidas armored fighting vehicle.

Equipment runs the gamut from state-of-the art to obsolescent Cold War inventories; the latter are gradually being retired.

Rifles, sidearms and support weapons

Weapon	Caliber	Notes
HK G3	7.62x51 mm NATO	made under license by EAS
M16 assault rifle	5.56x45 mm NATO	assault rifle
M4 carbine	5.56x45 mm NATO	assault rifle
Colt M1911	.45 ACP	Pistol
Glock 17	9x19 mm NATO	special forces and marines
HK MP5	9x19 mm NATO	Submachine Gun
HK 11A1	7.62x51 mm NATO	Squad Weapon
FN MAG	7.62x51 mm NATO	Machine Gun
FN MINIMI	5.56x45 mm NATO	Machine Gun
MG3	7.62x51 mm NATO	Machine Gun
M203	40x46 mm	Grenade Launcher
M79	40x46 mm	Grenade Launcher
HK 69A1	40x46 mm	Grenade Launcher
Barrett M82A1M	12.7 x 99 mm NATO	special forces and marines
Barrett M95	12.7 x 99 mm NATO	special forces

Heavy armament

Main Battle Tanks

CFE treaty limit: 1,500
170	Leopard 2HEL	120 mm gun
196	Leopard 2A4	120 mm gun
302	M60A1/3	105 mm gun
501	Leopard 1A5	105 mm gun

Armored Combat Vehicles/Carriers

CFE treaty limit: 2,498
Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicles (AIFVs)
378	BMP-1
420	BMP-3M	In contract talks
491	Leonidas II	Made by the Greek vehicle manufacturer ELBO including the 100 upgraded Leonidas 1
1,789	M 113A1/A2	Armored Personnel Carrier
Armored Mortar Carriers - below 100 mm (CFE treaty caliber limit)
3	M125A1 AMC	Armored mortar carrier, based on M113. Equipped with the M29 (81 mm) mortar.
Armored ATGM Carriers
268	M901/M901A1 ITV	Armored BGM-71 TOW carrier, based on M113
12	M113 TOW	M113 vehicle mounting a BGM-71 TOW launcher.
Armored Command Vehicles
105	M577A2	Armored command vehicle, based on M113
Armored Wheeled Vehicles
243	VBL	Various Versions
394	Hummer	Various Versions +301 Hummer on order (not all of them armored)

Artillery

CFE treaty limit: 1,920 (calibers > 100 mm)
Rocket Artillery
36	M270 MLRS	12x227 mm 152x MGM-140A ATACMS Block 1 are also available.
116	RM70	40x122 mm
Self-propelled Artillery
145	M110A2	203 mm L40
24	PzH 2000	155 mm L52.
12	M109A5	155 mm L39
196	M109A3GEA2	155 mm L39. On order.
50	M109A3GEA1	155 mm L39
84	M109A2	155 mm L39
51	M109A1B	155 mm L39
Towed Artillery
on storage	M114A1	155 mm L23
on storage	M101	105 mm
18	Mod-56 pack howitzer	105 mm
Armored Mortar Carriers - 100 mm and above (CFE treaty caliber limit)
256	M106A1/A2 AMC	Armored mortar carrier, based on M113. Most vehicles are equipped with the M30 (107 mm) mortar but 120 will be equipped with the E-56 (120 mm) mortar.
Heavy Mortars - 100 mm and above (CFE treaty caliber limit)
158	E56	120 mm Made by the Greek weapons manufacturer Ellinika Amyntika Systimata +158 on order
624	M2/M30	107 mm 256 in use on the M106A1/A2 AMC

Air Defense Artillery


Air Defense - Missile Systems
42	MIM-23B Improved HAWK - Phase III PIP	7 batteries x 6 missile launchers each Medium range
21	TOR-M1
39	SA-8 Gecko
54	ASRAD-HELLAS	With 426 FIM-92 Stinger Block 1 missiles. VSHORADS
664	FIM-92B/C Stinger-POST & Stinger Block 1	With 150 trigger mechanisms. MANPADS
Air Defense - Gun Systems
17	Artemis 30	2x 30x173 mm Made by the Greek weapons manufacturer Ellinika Amyntika Systimata
506	ZU-23-2	2x 23x152 mm (B)
285	Mk20 RH-202	2x 20x139 mm

Heavy Infantry Weapons


Anti-tank Guided Missiles
196	9M133 Kornet E	ATGM
366	BGM-71 TOW II	ATGM All TOW I have been upgraded to TOW II
400	MILAN	ATGM Most of MILAN I have been upgraded to MILAN II
262	9M111 Fagot	ATGM
Anti-tank Recoilless Rifles
1,988	Carl Gustaf M2 Recoilless Rifle	84 mm
Anti-tank Rocket launchers
18,706	RPG-18	64 mm
10,841	M72A2 LAW	66 mm
135	LRAC 89 mm STRIM	89 mm
Medium and Light Mortars - bellow 100 mm (CFE treaty caliber limit)
470	E-44E1	81 mm Made by the Greek weapons manufacturer Ellinika Amyntika Systimata +220 on order
125	M6C-210 Commando	60 mm Produced by the Greek weapons manufacturer Ellinika Amyntika Systimata under license from Hirtenberger of Austria.
1,616	M1	81 mm In storage
1,134	M29Α1	81 mm
Automatic Grenade Launchers
633	HK GMG	40x53 mm
?	MK19 Mod3	40x53 mm Small number in use from Special Forces

Other Armored Vehicles


Medical Evacuation Vehicles
54	M 113A1	MEDEVAC
Combat Engineering Vehicles
14	Pionierpanzer 2 Dachs	Combat Engineering Vehicle based on Leopard-1 chassis. On order.
Armored Vehicle-launched Bridges
8	Leopard-1 Leguan	Armored Vehicle-launched Bridge based on Leopard-1 chassis.
10	Leopard-1 Biber	Armored Vehicle-launched Bridge based on Leopard-1 chassis.
12	M60A1 AVLB	Armored Vehicle-launched Bridge based on M60A1 chassis.
22	M48A5 AVLB	Armored Vehicle-launched Bridge based on M48A5 chassis.
Armored Recovery Vehicles
12	Leopard II BUFALO HEL	Armored Recovery Vehicle based on Leopard-2 chassis.
43	Leopard-1 ARV	Armored Recovery Vehicle based on Leopard-1 chassis.
95	M88A1	Armored Recovery Vehicle of the Patton tanks family.
30	BREM-L	On order Armored Recovery Vehicle based on BMP-3 chassis.
Armored Demining Vehicles
10	Leopard-1V MP	Armored Demining Vehicle based on Leopard-1 chassis. Gun was removed (in order to comply with CFE treaty limits on number of MBTs) and a Full Width Mine Plough (FWMP) from Pearson Engineering was added.

Aircraft/Rotorcraft inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service Notes Bell 205

utility helicopter UH-1H Iroquois

AB 205 26

73 delivered

AB205 built by Agusta Bell 206 utility helicopter AB 206B-3 14 built by Agusta Bell 212 VIP AB 212 VIP 1 built by Agusta Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter AH-64A+

AH-64DHA 20

12 upgraded

Apache Longbow Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter CH-47DG/SD 15 Cessna 180 utility U-17A 14 NHI NH90 transport helicopter 20 to be delivered C-12 Huron VIP/photo recon aircraft C-12R 3 SAGEM Sperwer reconnaissance UAV 4 16 drones Schweizer 300 training helicopter 300C 17