The Cyprus National Guard is a combined arms force and represents the organised air, land and sea capabilities of the Republic of Cyprus. Equipment has in the past, and usually still is, imported from other countries, since the country has only very limited heavy industrial and commercial industrial capacity due to its small population and land mass (excluding Turkish Cyprus). The role of maintaining, upgrading and modifying military equipment is primarily the task of the National Guard Technical Corps, though more complex activities rely upon the availability of civil contracts.
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Operational equipment[]
This list contains equipment which is in use by the Cypriot armed forces.
↑27 included in batch of 41 tanks acquired in 1998. Further batch of 41 (including T-80Us) ordered in 2008. Cyprus Mail: Is this military spending necessary? Wednesday, February 22, 2006
↑14 included in batch of 41 tanks acquired in 1998. Further batch of 41 (including T-80UKs) ordered in 2008. Cyprus Mail: Is this military spending necessary? Wednesday, February 22, 2006
↑104 acquired, including 52 AMX-30, in 1993. All vehicles upgraded to AMX-30B2 standard by 2008.
↑Reportedly 18 artillery pieces remain in service.
↑In service since at least 1972. Possibly 20 pieces survived the 1974 conflict and have remained in service since.Acquired from Russia.
↑Reportedly as many as 72 pieces in service. Acquired from Greece.
↑18 artillery pieces procured from Russia in 2005.
↑Reportedly acquired 24 towed pieces in the early 1990s from former Yugoslavia.
↑12 self-propelled artillery pieces known to be in service. Acquired from France.
↑12 self-propelled pieces acquired from Slovakia, via Greece, in early 2000s. Reportedly transferred as partial payment from Greece for S-300s.
↑12 aircraft acquired in Mi-35P variant in 2001-2003. One aircraft lost in accident. Remaining eleven upgraded to Mi-35PN standard in 2008. Cyprus Mail: Is this military spending necessary?, Wednesday, February 22, 2006
↑Three aircraft on order. Greek-language Cyprus newspaper "The Citizen", 13 November 2008
↑6 self-propelled systems procured from Greece, 6 more on order at a cost of $60 million US dollars. Greek-language newspaper "The Citizen" 13 November 2008
↑24 systems procured from Italy in two successive batches.
↑Reportedly 328 missiles and 20 launchers in possession, acquired from Syria in the early 1980s. Considered obsolescent and earmarked for destruction in 2009. Cyprus Mail: Cyprus to destroy stockpile of SAM missiles, Thursday, October 30, 2008, by Stefanos Evripidou
↑61 vehicles belonging to the Greek Army ELDYK contingent in Cyprus, briefly transferred to the Cyprus National Guard in 2003. Reverted to Greek control after the political intervention of the US Embassy in Cyprus.
↑One vehicle captured intact from the Turkish Army during the 1974 invasion. The vehicle was reported to be in service as late as 1993.
↑A total of 35 vehicles were acquired from a USSR in 1964-65. A number (probably 11-13) were destroyed or captured during the war. The remaining handful of T-34's were withdrawn from service in 1985.
↑Two battalion systems acquired, but transferred to Greece due to international political considerations. Cyprus Mail: Cyprus hands S300s to Greece in arms swap, By Jean Christou, Wednesday, December 19, 2007
