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$Title{Table 13.: Major Army Weapons, 1979}
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Country In On
Type and Description of Origin Inventory Order
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Tanks:
M-47/48/60 Patton main battle tanks .... United States .. 300
Centurion M9/10 main battle tanks ...... Britain ........ 200
Chieftain main battle tank equipped
for night operations .................. .... do ........ 250
Armored Personnel Carriers:
M-113 (amphibious) ..................... United States .. 750 150
Saracen ................................ Britain ........ 120
Ferret scout car ....................... .... do ........ 140
Howitzers:
M-52 105mm self-propelled .............. United States .. 35
M-44 155mm self-propelled .............. .... do ........ 20
M-110 203mm self-propelled ............. .... do ........ 4 n.a.
105mm towed ............................ .... do ........ 90
155mm towed ............................ .... do ........ 10
25-pounder towed ....................... Britain ........ 110
Guns:
155mm towed ............................ United States .. 16
Mortars:
81mm ................................... .... do ........ n.a.
107mm .................................. .... do ........ n.a.
120mm .................................. .... do ........ n.a.
Recoilless Rifles:
106mm .................................. .... do ........ n.a.
120mm .................................. .... do ........ n.a.
Antiaircraft Guns:
M-61A1 Vulcan 20mm ..................... .... do ........ 100
M-42 40 mm self-propelled .............. .... do ........ 200
Missiles:
MIM-23B Improved Hawk surface-to-air
missile ............................... .... do ........ 532
MIM-43A Redeye surface-to-air missile .. .... do ........ 300
FGM-77A Dragon antitank missile ........ .... do ........ n.a.
BGM-71A TOW antitank missile ........... .... do ........ 60
Naval Vessels:
Small coastal patrol craft, some
armed with light machine guns ......... .... do ........ 10
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Source: Based on information from International Institute for Strategic Studies,
The Military Balance, 1978-1979, London, 1978; Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute, World Armaments and Disarmament: SIPRI
Yearbook 1975, (through 1977), Cambridge, 1975 (through 1977); and
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, World Armaments and
Disarmament: SIPRI Yearbook 1978, New York, 1978.