Sudan On Fire: Documenting Equipment Losses During The 2023 Sudan Crisis

By Stijn Mitzer, Joost Oliemans and Elmustek

 

This list aims to comprehensively catalogue the equipment losses during the 2023 Sudan Crisis. This list does not discern between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Captured equipment, reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), damaged ground vehicles and (destroyed) technicals are not included in this list. This list is updated as new losses are uncovered. For a dedicated list of Sudanese aircraft losses during the 2023 Sudan Crisis click here.

 

(Click on the numbers to get a picture of each individual destroyed vehicle)

 

 

Tanks (21, of which destroyed: 21)

• 15 T-55A: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4 and 5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, destroyed) (12, destroyed) (13, destroyed) (14, destroyed) (15, destroyed)
• 1 T-55M: (1, destroyed)
• 2 T-72AV: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
• 1 Type-62: (1, destroyed)
  
• 2 Type-85-IIM: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
  

Armoured Fighting Vehicles (10, of which destroyed: 10)

• 8 BRDM-2: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, 7 and 8, destroyed)
  
• 1 Amir: (1, destroyed)
• 1 Unknown AFV: (1, destroyed)

 

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (7, of which destroyed: 7)

• 2 BMP-1: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
• 1 BTR-80A: (1, destroyed)
• 4 BTR-3: (1, 2 and 3, destroyed) (4, destroyed)

Armoured Personnel Carriers (7, of which destroyed: 7)

• 5 BTR-70MB1: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed)
• 2 WZ-523 (APC Variant): (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
  

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles (1, of which destroyed: 1)

• Calidus MCAV-20: (1, destroyed)

Infantry Mobility Vehicles (6, of which destroyed: 6)

• 3 NIMR Ajban 440A: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed)
• 3 Streit Group/KrAZ Cougar: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed)

 

Self-Propelled Artillery (11, of which destroyed: 11)

• 5 120mm Boragh AMV ''Armoured Mortar Vehicle'': (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed)
  
• 6 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika: (1, destroyed) (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, destroyed)
  

Aircraft (21, of which destroyed: 19, damaged: 2)

• 1 MiG-29SEh fighter aircraft: (1, destroyed)
• 4 Su-25 close air support aircraft: (1, 2 and 3, destroyed at al-Ubayyid) (4, destroyed)
• 4 FTC-2000 advanced jet trainer/light combat aircraft: (1, destroyed at Merowe) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (1, damaged at Merowe)
• 1 Unknown fighter aircraft: (1, destroyed)
• 1 Il-62M presidential aircraft: (1, ST-PRA, destroyed at Khartoum IAP)
• 1 An-72 presidential aircraft: (1, ST-PRM, destroyed at Khartoum IAP)
• 4 An-12 transport aircraft: (1, 2, 3 and 4, destroyed at Khartoum IAP)
• 1 An-26 transport aircraft: (1, damaged at Merowe)
• 3 An-26/30/32 transport aircraft: (1, 2 and 3, destroyed at Khartoum IAP)
• 1 An-72/74 transport aircraft: (1, destroyed at Khartoum IAP)

Helicopters (8, of which destroyed: 6, damaged: 2)

• 4 Mi-24P/Mi-35P: (1 and 2, destroyed at Jabal Awlia) (3, destroyed) (1, 975, damaged and forced down over Khartoum)
• 3 Mi-24P/35P or Mi-8/17 attack/transport helicopter: (1, 2 and 3, destroyed at Jabal Awlia)
• 1 Mi-8/17 transport helicopter: (1, damaged at Khartoum IAP)

Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (2, of which destroyed: 2)

• 2 Unknown VTOL UCAVs: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)

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