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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
Abbrevations:
- CBAF (Carro Blindado de Apoyo de Fuego) = Armoured Fire-Support Vehicle
- CBE (Carro Blindado de Exploración) = Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle
- CBI (Carro Blindado de InfanterÃa) = Armoured Infantry Vehicle
- C-AP (Cañón Autopropulsado) = Self-Propelled Artillery
- C-AP-MP (Cañon Autopropulsado Multipropósito) = Self-Propelled Artillery Multi-Purpose.
(Click on the equipment to get a picture of them in Cuban service)
Tanks
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
BRDM-2 ''CBE-14.5'' (Cuban upgraded examples known as CBE-14.5M) 
BTR-100 ''CBAF-100''- BTR-115 ''CBAF-115''
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
- BMP-1 (Some used as unarmed driver training 'tanks')
- BMP-1P
- BMD-1
- BTR-60-73M ''CBI-73M''
Armoured Personnel Carriers
Infantry Mobility Vehicles
Dongfeng EQ2050- David ''Iguana'' Two configurations: (2) (Several exported to Angola)
Fast Attack Vehicles And Gun Trucks
Command Vehicles
Military Engineering Vehicles
- BTS-4
- PTS-M
- TMM-3 Bridgelayer
- T-62 Obr. 1967 CEV
- IMR (Not yet seen in original configuration. Several converted to a yet unknown role)
- PT-76B Transporter-Loader (For the S-125 SAM)
Tank Destroyers
Towed Artillery
- 57mm ZiS-2 Anti-tank Gun
- 73mm 2A28 Grom Anti-Tank Gun
- 76mm ZiS-3 Anti-Tank Gun (Not yet seen)
- 85mm D-44 Anti-tank Gun
- 100mm MT-12 Anti-Tank Gun
- 122mm M-30 Howitzer
- 122mm D-30 Howitzer
- 130mm M-46 Field-Gun
- 152mm ML-20 Howitzer (Not yet seen in original configuration)
Self-Propelled Artillery
- 100mm C-AP-BTR-100
- 100mm C-AP-MP-T-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) (Design exported to Vietnam)
- 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya
- 152mm C-AP-T-152
Multiple Rocket Launchers
- 55mm MRG-1
- 57mm Canimar-57
- 122mm BM-21 'Grad' Two configurations: (2)
- 122mm BM-21M
- 213mm RBU-6000 'Frontera'
- 240mm BM-24
- 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
- 37mm M-1939 (61-K)
- 57mm AZP S-60
Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns
- 23mm ZSU-23-4 (Some armed with MANPADS)
- 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 (Some equipped with 9M31s, MANPADS R-13M and R-60MK AAMs)
- Mobile S-75 on a T-55(A)
- Mobile S-125 on a T-55A
Static SAM Systems
Coastal Defence Systems
- 4K51 Rubezh
- Bandera VI-M 'Remulgadas Two configurations: (2)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
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"
- 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)
- SON-50 ''RPK-1'' "Flap Wheel"
- 58N7 "Back Trap" (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)
- R-410M ''Twin Plate'' Troposcatter
- Mys and Furuno Coastal Radar
- RPK-2 "Tobol" (For SPAAGs and 57mm AZP S-60)
Special thanks to Foro Militar General, Sahureka and Thomas Nachtrab.
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