Does anyone know the arms they currently use, pistols through armor?
The only one I can find is the their battle rifle is the FAL.  

yeah they're a force to be delt with aren't they?[rolleyes]


j/k

[url]http://www.scramble.nl/ma.htm[/url]

[url]http://orbat.com/site/orbats/data/morrocco/morocco_army.html[/url]

[url]http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/mlas/morocco.html[/url]

Thanks for the links.  I was wondering because Powell was over there and told them we are going to up their military aid fourfold.  I was wondering what we are going to give them.  

I'm still looking for a list of small arms used if anyone knows where to find it.  I have one from the 80's but I'm pretty sure it has changed.

FAL's, a lot of Soviet and Chicom supplied AK and AKM's. The US provided them with several thousand M16A1's via FMS back in the early 80's.  

Like most 3rd world countries they use what ever is supplied by the US or Soviet allies depending on who they like at that particular time.

Back in the 80's we deployed there as part of the 6th fleet, landing force, 24 MEU (SOC) then called MAU.
We crosstrained with them and one of the funniest things I remember about them is that they thought the spinning wheel mortermen use to determine what fuze to put on rounds,(Sorry cant remember what its called, I was an 0311 by trade) the Moroccans thought was some magic thing, their Mortar guru a MSgt, just stared down range at the target and guesstamated fuze and range, which almost always missed. and they had a hell of a lot of short rounds...lol

Okay this is going to be long.

Per my copy of Small Arms Today 2nd Edition printed in 1988 small arms are as follows.

Handguns:
HK4 - 2,000 purchased from H&K in 1977
Walther PP - Manuhrin made
HK VP70M - HK Germany
MAS Mle. 1950 pistol - France
MAB P-13 - ?
S&W M10 - US MAP delivered 20 before 1975
Colt Detective Special - US MAP delivered 96 before 1975

Subguns:
Beretta M38-49 - ?
MP5 - Made in England at Enfield
MAT 49 - ?
L2A3 - UK Sterling
MAC-10 - US ?
M3 greasgun - MAP delivered 1,172 before 1975

Rifles:
M1 and M2 Carbines - US and Beretta made copies
M16A1 (Model 613) - US, Colt direct purchase of 3,500 in mid-1970's and FMS delivered 122 before 1975
M16A1 (Model 653) - US, Colt direct purchase of 100 in mid-1970's
Beretta Mod. 70 - Delivered by FN
MAS 36 - ?
MAS 49/56 - ?
AK 47/AKM - East Block origin incliding Romanian made
M76 - Valmet, at least 600 in service
FN FAL - FN origin. Adopted in 1963. An additional 10,000 ordered from FN in 1982.
BM59 Mark IV - Italy ?
G3 - Made at MAS in France
M14 - US, FMS delivered 44 National Match versions before 1975 and 48 standard M14's in 1982

Machine Guns:
MAC Mle. 24/29
AAT52 GPMG
RPD LMG
BM59 Mark IV
FN FALO
HK11 LMG
FN MAG
M60
M60D
M73 and M219
MG74 (MG3)
M134 (Minigun)
M37
SGMT
M1918A2
M1918A4
M2 HB .50
DShK38/46

Hope this helps.

Thanks, that is a little more up to date.
What is the latest edition of Small Arms Today?
Does anyone know?

Can you imagine the logistical headache just from the ammunition supply point of view?  Let's see: 7.62 X 39, 7.62 X 51 (NATO), 7.62 X 54R (Russian), 30-06, 7.5mm (French) and .30 Carbine.  Six different calibers just for the rifle / light machine gun / GPMG!  I do not want to be the logistical officer in that army!

Most of it sits in depots, I bet.
Everything is see them with in pics is .308 right now.