F88 Austeyr - F88A2 with ring sight and F88A2 with ACOG RMR and GLA. F88SA2 is the latest model of the F88 Austeyr series. This is the Australian Army's standard combat weapon.
Soldiers are armed with a variety of weapons systems depending on what the mission dictates. These include the M4A1 carbine (designated as the M4A5 in Australia), which is used as their primary weapon. The shortened version of the M4, known as the Mk 18 CQBR, is also used.
The Australian Army sniper is issued the SR98, with Folding Butt, which provides snipers with the capability to engage targets beyond 800 metres.
The M107A1 rifle, manufactured by Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Incorporated, - selected as the platform for the Anti-Material Sniper Capability. The M107A1 is a lighter, modernised and suppressed derivative of the in-service weapon, and is complemented with precision optics, night vision, and ranger-finding devices.
Infantry weapons
Standard-issue rifle, vast majority are A1 rifles. A2 Kommando rifles with various attachements such as grenade launchers, optics and suppressors are used by the Jagdkommando SOF and Jägerbataillon 25. Another variant in service exclusively with the Military police is the A1 MP.
The Enhanced F88 (EF88) Austeyr is the ADF's standard individual weapon. The roll out of the EF88 to replace the F88 Austeyr began in 2016. The EF88 is manufactured in Australia by Thales Australia. The EF88 has a carbine variant.
Heckler & Koch P8
Current standard service pistol of the Bundeswehr. In the meantime, the pistol has been upgraded to the P8A1 version with a reinforced breech. Another variant is the P8 Combat, which differs from the P8 in the lack of a safety lever.
38 or . 357 Smith & Wesson revolver or increasingly the Glock self-loading pistol (SLP). Patrol officers of the South Australian Police (SAPOL) currently use the Model 19 Smith & Wesson . 38 with a 4" barrel, or the more easily concealable Model 66 S & W with the 2½" barrel.
The Self-Loading Pistol 9 millimetre Mark 3 is a short-recoil operated and magazine-fed weapon able to produce semi-automatic fire.
Australian Munitions 5.56 mm F3 blank ammunition conforms to the design parameters of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). It is able to be used in all 5.56 mm calibre NATO weapons employing long nose blank ammunition fitted with the appropriate blank firing attachment.
Double-Edged Fighting Knife by Australia's ZU Bladeworx as the basis of the ADF's new Hand-to-Hand Fighting System.
A 7.62 mm L1A1 self-loading rifle (SLR) which was the standard infantry weapon used by the Australian Army during the Vietnam War. It is gas operated with an internal piston and has a 20 round staggered box magazine. It was replaced by the 5.56 mm Steyr F88 assault rifle in the 1980s.
Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), also called Special Air Service (SAS), Australian special forces unit that exists within Australia's Special Operations Command. The unit was formed in July 1957 as the 1st Special Air Service Company, Royal Australian Infantry, and it was modeled on the British Special Air Service.
The Glock 19 is the standard issue of RAAF pilots, especially those who fly aircraft that use ejection seats. It's a recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol with a 15-round magazine. The Glock 26 - dubbed the 'baby Glock' is also issued to some RAAF personnel.
Regardless, the M4A1 Carbine is a personal favorite among many of the U.S. special forces. The M4A1 variant offers additional safety features along with its semi-automatic design. Rangers incorporate the SOPMOD 2 package with their M4 rifle which includes an infrared laser, tactical light, and other accessories.
The AFP utilises variants of the Glock pistol and are known to use the Heckler & Koch G36 5.56mm rifle. SPS use less lethal (extended range impact and chemical) weapons and munitions such as the Bean bag round. AFP Tactical operators have used the Taser conducted energy weapon since 2004.
Thales Australia is the largest supplier of explosive ordnance to the Australian Defence Force. The company's Benalla facility in conjunction with Mulwala produces a wide range of ammunition, explosive ordnance and other munitions.
According to the report, Australia Army has a total of 59 combat tanks and 2040 armoured fighting vehicles. Bangladesh Army has a total of 534 combat tanks, 942 armoured fighting vehicles, 18 self-propelled artillery guns, no-towed artillery guns and 32 rocket projectors.
As a result, the ABF allows its officers to carry firearms and PDE at all major Australian international airports. Australian Border Force officers are supplied with the Glock 17 9mm semi-automatic pistol. ASP 21 inch telescopic baton, SAF-LOK MK5 hinged handcuffs, Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray.
The ANC has a comprehensive firearms safety training program that works with . 22 calibre rifles (Bruno CZ452). Cadets learn the safe handling of the rifle before they have the chance to participate in a 'live fire' at a rifle range. Marksmanship goes a long way back in the history of Cadets.
Victorian police officers will be getting new weapons. Force command has selected the . 40 calibre Smith and Wesson semi-automatic pistol. It is a self-loading weapon, with magazine capacity of 15 rounds and the provision for a tactical lighting system.
FAMAS (Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne – Assault rifle of the Weapons factory of Saint-Étienne) is the bullpup assault service rifle used by the Foreign Legion and other French Army forces. It was created in 1973. The Foreign Legion has been using the FAMAS since the early 1980s.
The Army's XM7 Arrives
The Army's new gas-operated, magazine-fed XM7 assault rifle is expected to arrive later this year and formally arm the operational Army by the 2nd quarter of 2024.