Cuban Fighting Vehicles

Notes:

- Click on the equipment to get a picture of them in Cuban service.

- If several configurations of a vehicle with one designation are known, they are added as such.

Abbrevations:

- CBAF (Carro Blindado de Apoyo de Fuego) = Armoured Fire-Support Vehicle.

- CBE (Carro Blindado de Exploración) = Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle.

- CBI (Carro Blindado de Infantería) = Armoured Infantry Vehicle.

- C-AP (Cañón Autopropulsado) = Self-propelled Artillery.

- C-AP-AT (Cañon Autopropulsado Anti-Tanque) = Self-propelled Anti-Tank Cannon.

- C-AP-MP (Cañon Autopropulsado Multipropósito) = Self-Propelled Artillery Multi-Purpose.

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(Last updated on 22/08/2019)

Tanks

•  T-34/85 Obr. 1945 (Likely to have been decomissioned. Some used as platform for artillery)
•  T-55 (Some used as platform for SAMs) 
•  T-55A
•  T-55M 
•  T-55AM
•  T-62 Obr. 1967
•  T-62 Obr. 1972 
•  T-62M
•  IS-2M (Likely to have been decommissioned. One used as a diving attraction)
•  PT-76B (Likely to have been decommissioned. Some used as transporter-loader for the S-125 SAM)

 

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

•  BRDM-2 ''CBE-14.5''
•  BRDM-2 (Modified) ''CBE-14.5M''
•  BTR-100 ''CBAF-100'' Two configurations: (2)
•  BTR-115 ''CBAF-115''

 

Fast Attack Vehicles

• UAZ-469
• Fiero Two configurations: (2)
• Paquito Three configurations: (2) (3)

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

•  BMP-1 (Some used as unarmed driver training 'tank')
•  BMP-1P
•  BMD-1 (One used as a diving attraction)
•  BTR-60-73M ''CBI-73M''

 

Armoured Personnel Carriers

•  BTR-152 Two configurations: (2)
•  BTR-50 
•  BTR-60P (Most converted to other roles. One used as a diving attraction)
•  BTR-60PB
•  BTR-70M

 

Infantry Mobility Vehicles

•  David ''Iguana'' Two configurations: (2) (Some exported to Angola)

 

Command Vehicles

•  R-145 ''BTR-R-145''
•  BTR-60PU-12 (Not yet seen)

Military Engineering Vehicles

•  BTS-4
•  PTS-M
•  T-62 Obr. 1967 CEV Two configurations: (2)
•  IMR (Not yet seen in original configuration. Several converted to a yet unknown role)

 

Tank Destroyers

•  SU-100 ''SAU-100'' (Likely to have been decomissioned. One used as a diving attraction)
•  2P32 'Falanga' (Likely to have been decomissioned. One used as a diving attraction)
•  9P133 'Malyutka' (Unknown if still serving in original role)
•  BTR-40 Jabali (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)

Towed Artillery

•  57mm (ZiS-2) anti-tank gun M-1943
•  76mm (ZiS-3) anti-tank gun (Not yet seen)
•  85mm (D-44) anti-tank gun
•  100mm (BS-3) field gun M-1944 (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)
•  100mm (T-12) anti-tank gun (Some mounted on BMPs)
•  122mm (A-19) field gun M1931/37 (Some mounted on trucks)
•  122mm (M-30) howitzer M-1938 (Some used as ceremonial guns)
•  122mm (D-30) howitzer 2A18 (Some mounted on trucks and BMPs)
•  130mm (M-46) field gun M-1954 (Some mounted on trucks and tanks)
•  152mm (ML-20) howitzer-gun M-1937 (Not yet seen in original configuration. Some mounted on tanks)
•  152mm (D-20) howitzer-gun M-1955 (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)

 

Self-Propelled Artillery

•  100mm C-AP-BTR-100
•  100mm C-AP-T-100 Two configurations: (2)
•  100mm C-AP-BMP-100
•  120mm M-AP-BRDM-120 ''M-AP-CBE-120'' Two configurations: (2)
•  122mm 2S1 Gvozdika
•  122mm C-AP-T-122 Two configurations: (2)
•  122mm C-AP-BMP-122'
•  122mm OBÚS-AP Jupiter (?)
•  122mm C-AP Jupiter III
•  130mm C-AP-T-130
•  130mm Jupiter I Prototype: (1)
•  152mm 2S3 Akatsiya
•  152mm C-AP-T-152

Multiple Rocket Launchers

•  55mm MRG-1
•  57mm Canimar-57
•  122mm BM-21 Two configurations: (2) 
•  130mm RM-51 (Likely to have been decomissioned)
•  213mm RBU-6000 'Frontera'
•  240mm BM-24 (Likely to have been decomissioned)
•  Unknown MRL (1)
•  Unknown MRL (2)
•  Unknown MRL (3)

 

Towed Anti-Aircraft Guns

•  12.7mm DShK
•  12.7mm M-53
•  14.5mm ZPU-1
•  14.5mm ZPU-2 (Not yet seen)
•  14.5mm ZPU-4
•  23mm ZU-23
•  30mm Vz.53/59 (Likely to have been decomissioned)
•  37mm M-1939 (61-K)
•  57mm AZP S-60
•  100mm KS-19 (Some mounted on trucks as artillery. One used as a diving attraction)

 

Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns

•  23mm ZSU-23-4 (Can be armed with MANPADS) (Some equipped with PKT MGs for training purposes)
•  57mm ZSU-57-2
•  23mm BTR-152-23-2 ''BTR-152-ZU-23 or Yatare-23'' Two configurations: (2)
•  23mm BTR-60-23-2 ''BTR-60-ZU-23 or BTR-23''
•  30mm BTR-60-30-2 (Likely to have been decomissioned)
•  37mm BTR-60-37-2 ''Duplex-BTR-37'' Two configurations: (2)
•  57mm T-54-57-2 ''Duplex-T-57''
   

Self-Propelled SAM Systems

•  9K12 Kub
•  9K33 Osa (Some equipped with 4K33 Osa-M missiles)
•  9K31 Strela-1 (Not yet seen in original configuration) Some equipped with R-13M AAMs)
•  9K35 Strela-10 Two configurations: Some equipped with 9M31s, MANPADS R-13M and R-60MK AAMs)
•  Mobile S-75 on a T-55(A) Two configurations: (2)
•  Mobile S-125 on a T-55A Two configurations: (2)

 

Static SAM Systems

•  S-75 Dvina "SA-2" (Most mounted on tanks. Others sold to North Korea)
•  S-125 Pechora quadruple launcher "SA-3" (Most mounted on tanks. Others sold to North Korea)

 

Coastal Defence Systems

•  4K51 Rubezh
•  Bandera VI-M 'Remulgadas Two configurations: (2)

 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

•  Sterkh-BM (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)
• Unknown UAV (1)

 

Radars

•  P-10 ''Knife Rest B'' (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)
•  P-12 ''Spoon Rest A'' (For the S-75)
•  P-14 ''Tall King'' (Satellite imagery available)
•  P-18 ''Spoon Rest D''
•  P-19 "Flat Face B"
• Indigenous phased array antenna for P-19 ''Flat Face B'' (For the S-125) 
•  P-35/37 ''Bar Lock''
•  SNR-75 ''Fan Song'' (For the S-75) Two configurations: (2) (Most mounted on tanks or trailers)
•  SNR-125 ''Low Blow'' (For the S-125) Two configurations: (2) (Most mounted on tanks)
•  RSP-7
•  SURN 1S91 (For the 2K12 Kub)
•  PRV-9 ''Thin Skin'' (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)
•  PRV-11 ''Side Net''
•  PRV-13 ''Odd Pair'' (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)
•  SON-9A "Fire Can" (Not yet seen) 
•  58N7 "Back Trap" (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)
•  R-410M ''Twin Plate'' troposcatter
•  Mys coastal radar
•  Mys coastal radar
• RPK-2 "Tobol" (For SPAAGs and 57mm AZP S-60)
•  Unknown radar (1)

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