Country catalog

Jordan Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems built or assembled in Jordan, including armored vehicles and infantry weapons, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

5 weapon systems
5Catalog records
2Equipment categories
8Leading builders shown
5Conflict links shown

Category Mix

Armored Vehicles4Infantry Weapons1

Builder Links

King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau3Jordan Light Vehicle Manufacturing2Bazalt1JADARA Equipment & Defence Systems1Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau1Reumech OMC1Sandock-Austral1Shield Armored Vehicles1

Conflict Coverage

2014 Yemen Civil War32014 Russia-Ukraine War22013 War in Iraq12014 Second Libyan Civil War12017 Cabo Delgado Insurgency1

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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Al-Jawad armored vehicle, 4x4 armored personnel carrier / internal security vehicle, Armored Vehicles2014 Yemen Civil WarAl-Jawad armored vehicle4x4 armored personnel carrier / internal security vehicleBuilt by: Jordan Light Vehicle Manufacturing / King Abdullah II Design and Development BureauThe Al-Jawad is a Jordanian 4x4 armored personnel carrier and internal-security vehicle developed by KADDB/JLVM with Jankel input around commercial heavy-duty chassis. In the 2014 Yemen Civil War context, open-source evidence identifies it in the Yemeni Army's pre-war infantry mobility inventory rather than as a newly supplied coalition vehicle.
Al-Wahsh armored vehicle, 4x4 armored personnel carrier / protected patrol vehicle, Armored Vehicles2014 Second Libyan Civil WarAl-Wahsh armored vehicle4x4 armored personnel carrier / protected patrol vehicleBuilt by: Jordan Light Vehicle Manufacturing / King Abdullah II Design and Development BureauAl-Wahsh is a Jordanian 4x4 armored vehicle family developed by KADDB/JODDB and manufactured by Jordan Light Vehicle Manufacturing on a Tatra chassis. The baseline vehicle serves as a protected troop carrier and patrol vehicle, while displayed configurations include a 105 mm gun carrier and the sensor-heavy Al-Kaser reconnaissance and convoy-protection variant. Open sources document Libyan National Army use during the 2014 Second Libyan Civil War.
Ratel BAU-23x2, Wheeled armored vehicle with BAU-23x2 twin-23 mm weapon station, Armored Vehicles2014 Yemen Civil War, 2017 Cabo Delgado InsurgencyRatel BAU-23x2Wheeled armored vehicle with BAU-23x2 twin-23 mm weapon stationBuilt by: Sandock-Austral / Reumech OMC / Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau / King Abdullah II Design and Development BureauThe Ratel BAU-23x2 combines the South African Ratel 6x6 armored vehicle with a Ukrainian BAU-23x2 weapon station carrying twin 23 mm autocannon. Jordanian-modified Ratels were photographed and cataloged in Yemen, while Rwandan Ratels with the same weapon station were reported in Cabo Delgado counterinsurgency operations.

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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RPG-32, Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-structure rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2013 War in Iraq +1 moreRPG-32Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-structure rocket launcherBuilt by: Bazalt / JADARA Equipment & Defence SystemsThe RPG-32 is a Russian-designed, Jordan-assembled reusable shoulder-fired launcher marketed by JADARA as the Nashshab family. JADARA says the 105 mm launcher weighs 3 kg, rises to 12.4 kg ready to fire, and can switch between PG-32V tandem anti-tank and TBG-32V thermobaric grenades in sealed tubes. ARES reporting has documented the system with Ansar al-Sharia/AQAP fighters in Yemen and Kurdish CT Unit personnel in northern Iraq, while later open-source imagery placed the weapon in Ukrainian hands during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.