Italian Army Equipment The Italian Army is the land-based component of the Italian Armed Forces of the Italian Republic. The Italian army has about 100,000 soldiers. Portable Weapons 24,000 Pistol Beretta 92 Pistol Glock 17Pistol Glock 19Used by Special Operations Forces 266 Submachine gun Heckler & Koch MP5Used by Special Operations Forces Shotgun Benelli M4Used by Special Operations Forces 120,000 Assault Rifle Beretta AR70/90 25,000 Assault Rifle Beretta ARX160800 Battle Rifle Beretta ARX200 2,000 M4 CarbineUsed by Special Operations Forces Sniper Rifle Knight’s Armament M110 SASS8 units Sniper Rifle Accuracy International AWM Sniper Rifle Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Sniper Rifle Barrett M8235 units Sniper Rifle Barrett M958 units Sniper Rifle Knight’s Armament Company Mk 1128 units Light Machine Gun Minimi3,000 units Machine gun MG330,000 units Machine gun M2 Browning Grenade Launcher Mk 1945 Mk 19 Rocket Launcher M72 LAW269 M72A5 Rocket Launcher Carl-Gustav M4 Lightweight Mortar M224 60mm 176 Mortar M252 81mm Anti-tank missile Spike173 launchers Anti-air missile FIM-92 Stinger145 launchers Combat Vehicles Main Battle Tank C1 Ariete200 C1 Ariete Armoured Fighting Vehicle Dardo200 Dardo Armoured Fighting Vehicle B1 Centauro300 Anti-tank Armoured fighting vehicle M113 850 M113 Tactical Vehicle Iveco LMV1,900 LMV Artillery 68 Howitzer PzH 2000 Howitzer FH-70162 FH-70 22 Rocket System M270 MLRS Helicopters 60 AW129 Mangusta (attack) 118 UH-1N Twin Huey (utility)Being replaced by AW-169M 44 NH-90 TTH (utility)15 in order 20 CH-47F Chinook (transport) 15 AW109 (multi-mission)Being replaced by AW-169M UAV 16 RQ-7B Shadow (Recon) Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin