Cuban fighting vehicles

By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans

Notes:

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

- All vehicles listed are presumed to still be in use with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias.

- AAP (Artilleria Auto Propulsada) = Self-propelled Artillery.

- AAPMP (Artilleria Auto Propulsada Multi Proposito) = Multi-Purpose Self-Propelled Artillery.

- CATAP (Cañon Anti Tanque Auto Propulsado) = Self-propelled Anti-Tank Cannon.

- Copying the list, or certain edited photos in the list is strictly forbidden without naming Oryx Blog as the source.

 

(Last updated on 20-11-2016.)

 

Tanks

• T-34/85 Obr. 1945 (Likely to have been decommissioned)
• T-55
• T-55A
• T-55AM Two configurations: (2) 
•  T-62 Obr. 1967
•  T-62 Obr. 1972 
•  T-62M
• IS-2M (Likely to have been decommissioned. One used as dive attraction)
•  PT-76B (Likely to have been decommissioned. Some used as transporter-loader for the S-125)

 

Armoured fighting vehicles

• BRDM-2 Two configurations: (2)
• BTR-100 Two configurations: (2)
• Paquito Three configurations: (2) (3)

 

Infantry fighting vehicles

• BMP-1
• BMP-1P
• BMD-1
• BTR-60-73M Two configurations: (2) (Can be armed with ATGMs)

 

Armoured personnel carriers

• BTR-152 Two configurations: (2)
•  BTR-50
• BTR-60P
• BTR-60PB
•  BTR-70
• David ''Iguana'' Two configurations: (2)

 

Command vehicles

• BTR-60PU-12

Military engineering vehicles

• BTS-4
• PTS-M
•  T-62 Obr. 1967 CEV Two configurations: (2)

 

Tank destroyers

• SU-100 (Likely to have been decommissioned. One used as dive attraction)
• 2P32 'Falanga' (Likely to have been decommissioned. One used as a dive attraction)
• 9P133 'Malyutka'
• BTR-40 Jabali (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)

Towed artillery

• 57mm (ZiS-2) anti-tank gun M-1943
• 73mm (2A28 Grom) smoothbore gun
• 76mm (ZiS-3) anti-tank gun (Not yet seen)
• 85mm (D-44) anti-tank gun
• 100mm (BS-3) field gun M-1944 (Not yet seen)
• 120mm M-1938 mortar
• 122 mm gun (A-19) field gun M1931/37 (Not yet seen in original configuration)
• 122mm (M-30) howitzer M-1938
• 122mm (D-30) howitzer 2A18 
• 130mm (M-46) field gun M-1954
• 152mm (ML-20) howitzer-gun M-1937

 

Self-propelled artillery

• 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika
• 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya
• 100mm AAPMP-100 Two configurations: (2)
• 100mm CATAP-100 ''BMP-1-100 or BMP-1-T12''
• 120mm M-1938 mortar on a BRDM-2 Two configurations: (2)
• 120mm M-1938 mortar on a 9P133 Two configurations: (2)
• 122mm AAP-T-122 Five configurations: (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
• 122mm AAP-BMP-122 ''BMP-1-122 or BMP-1-D30''
• 122mm Jupiter III Three configurations: (2) (3)
• 122mm Jupiter IV
• 130mm Jupiter I or II
• 130mm AAP-T-130
• 130mm Jupiter V
• Jupiter I or II (Not yet seen)
• Unknown self-propelled howitzer

Multiple rocket launchers

• 57mm Canimar-57
• 122mm BM-21
• 130mm RM-51 (Likely to have been decommissioned)
• 213mm RBU-6000 ''Frontera''
• 240mm BM-24
• Unknown MRL

 

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
• 100mm KS-19 (One used as a dive attraction)

 

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

• 14.5mm ZPU-4 
• 23mm ZSU-23-4 (Can be 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
• 37mm BTR-60-37-2 ''Duplex BTR-37'' Two configurations: (2)
• 57mm T-54-57-2 ''T-Duplex-57''
   

Self-propelled SAM systems

• 9K12 Kub
• 9K33 Osa Two configurations: (2)
• 9K31 Strela-1 (Not yet seen in original configuration) Two configurations: (2)
• 9K35 Strela-10 Two configurations: (2)
• Mobile S-75 on a T-55
  
• Mobile S-75 on a T-55A Two configurations: (2)
• Mobile S-125 on a T-55A Two configurations: (2)

 

Static SAM systems

• S-75 Dvina "SA-2"
• S-125 Pechora quadruple launcher "SA-3" 

 

Coastal Defence Systems

• 4K51 Rubezh
• Bandera
• Remulgadas Two configurations: (2)

 

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

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

 

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"
• P-35/37 ''Bar Lock''
• SNR-75 ''Fan Song''(For the S-75) Two configurations: (2)
• SNR-125 ''Low Blow'' (For the S-125) Two configurations: (2)
• RSP-7
• SURN 1S91 (For the 2K12 Kub)
• PRV-11 ''Side Net''
• PRV-13 ''Odd Pair'' (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen) 
•  SON-9A "Fire Can" (Not yet seen) 
• RPK-2 "Tobol" (For SPAAGs and 57mm AZP S-60)
• Modified P-19 radar (For the S-125)
• Unknown radar (1)

 

Trucks

• GAZ-66
• ZiL-131 Five configurations: (2) (3) (4) (5)
• ZiL-151
• KraZ 255B Twelve configurations: (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
• KraZ 260
• KrAZ-65032
• Ural-4320 Seven configurations: (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
• Kamaz-43114
• Sinotruck Howo Military 4x4 Three configurations: (2) (3)
• Unknown truck

 

Jeeps and Vans

•  GAZ-69
• UAZ-469 Two configurations: (2)
• UAZ-452
• BJ 2020 SJ 
• Fiero Two configurations: (2)
• GAZ Sobol

Special thanks to Foro Militar General and zerocker45. 

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