Equipment
Since the early 1970s, the Afghan army has been equipped with the Russian AK-47 as their main service rifle. After 2007, billions of dollars worth of military equipment, facilities, and other forms of aid has been provided to the ANA. It also included the building of a national military command center, with training compounds in different parts of the country. Some of the weapons arrived from the United States, which included Humvees and other trucks, M-16 assault rifles, body armored jackets as well as other types of vehicles and military equipment. It also included the building of a national military command center, with training compounds in different parts of the country.
In 2008, it slowly began replacing the AK-47s with the American M16 rifles. They also began swapping their pick-up trucks for American Humvees as well as adopting other NATO weapons into their arsenal.
The Afghan National Army has a contract with International Trucks. It will provide a fleet of 2,781 trucks which can be used for transporting personnel, water, petroleum and a recovery truck.
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