Operators MILAN

map milan operators in blue , former operators in red

current operators

 afghanistan – afghan national army
 armenia – armed forces of armenia
 brazil – brazilian army
 belgium – belgian army: infantry weapon; replaced spike-lr in 2014 belgium selects spike missile replace milan – armyrecognition.com, january 3, 2013</ref>
 chad – chadian ground forces: infantry weapon.
 cyprus – cypriot national guard 45 launchers
 estonia – estonian defence forces
 egypt – egyptian army: mounted on light vehicles. 220 units used.
 france – french army: infantry , vehicle-mounted weapon. replaced missile moyenne portée (mmp) 2017.
 germany – bundeswehr: mounted on marder , tpz fuchs fighting vehicles; replaced eurospike.
 greece – hellenic army 400 launchers
 india – indian army: infantry , vehicle-mounted weapon. around 30,000 built under license bharat dynamics. indian army has spent close us$120 million on 4,100 new milan-2t atgms.
 iraq – iraqi army: 1 reportedly hit british challenger 2 mbt during stages of operation telic along multiple rocket-propelled grenades. tank survived attack.

 kurdistan – peshmerga: 30 launchers , 500 missiles, delivery in 2 portions announced on august 31, 2014 german bundeswehr. these 1980s milan 2 replaced later models still in storage. used kurds stop isil vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (vbieds). usage of milan 2 against daesh (is) vbied in iraq , syria 2015/16 see here.


 italy – italian army: infantry weapon. built under license oto melara; total of 714 launchers 17,163 missile delivered in 1990. 807 milan 2t ordered in 2004 , delivered in 2005 (sipri).
 kenya – kenyan army: infantry weapon.
 lebanon – lebanese army
 libya – libyan national army
 macedonia - army of republic of macedonia
 mauritania – mauritanian army
 mexico – mexican army (ejército mexicano): mounted on panhard vbl scout cars; @ least 16 launchers , several hundred missiles available.
 morocco – royal moroccan army
 pakistan – pakistan army
 portugal – portuguese army; portuguese marines
pkk : per der spiegel, pkk acquired milan anti tank missiles
 south africa – south african army: 375 missiles.
 spain – spanish army: upgraded milan 2/2t.
 syria – syrian army: 1000 missiles used in anti-vehicular role.

free syrian army: captured.


 tunisia – tunisian armed forces: 120 missiles.
 turkey – turkish army
 uruguay – uruguayan army
 yemen – yemeni security forces

former operators

 australia – australian army: used infantry , mounted on vehicles. australian army withdrew milan service in 1990s. adf fields fgm-148 javelin system.
 ireland – irish army: infantry weapon; replaced fgm-148 javelin.
 singapore – singapore army: replaced israeli spike.
unita: 150 missiles.
 united kingdom – british army; royal marines – while infantry weapon, used in fv120 spartan mct turret. on 50,000 missiles purchased use in british armed forces. milan deployed against argentine bunkers in falklands conflict , later against t-55s during persian gulf war. replaced fgm-148 javelin in mid-2005. made under license british aerospace dynamics.




^ armenia purchases france-germany co-produced anti-tank missile systems . apa.az. 1 july 2013. retrieved 18 july 2013. 
^ france orders anti-tank missile mbda – defensenews.com, 5 december 2013
^ http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4183
^ unterstützung der regierung der autonomen region irakisch-kurdistan bei der versorgung der flüchtlinge und beim kampf gegen den islamischen staat im nordirak (pdf) (pdf). german bundeswehr (in german). 31 august 2014. retrieved 1 september 2014. 
^ irak: deutschland schickt kurden panzerabwehrraketen . spiegel online (in german). 31 august 2014. retrieved 31 august 2014. 
^ french, american weapons take toll on isis in ground combat - military.com, 16 november 2015
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140423064933/http://www.revestito.it/?id1=101&idaux=101&wiki=forze_armate_mondiali_dal_secondo_dopoguerra_al_xxi_secolo/italia:_esercito_3
^ kampf gegen is-miliz: ausrüstung der bundeswehr möglicherweise in die hände der pkk gelangt . der spiegel. retrieved 2015-02-14. 
^ trade registers . armstrade.sipri.org. retrieved 2013-06-20. 
^ b lowe (4 january 2009). sadf arms purchases . retrieved 15 december 2016. 75 milan launchers ordered in 1973 , delivered in 1974 
^ moukambi, victor (december 2008). relations between south africa , france special reference military matters, 1960-1990 (pdf) (doctoral dissertation thesis). stellenbosch: military science, stellenbosch university. p. 116. retrieved 28 april 2017. in december 1973, reported [pretoria] signed contract.. supply of 50 matra 550 air-to-air missiles ..[and] contract on supply of 1500 milan missiles. source: french defence ministry; historical archives, paris, box no. 14 s 295, monthly report of french military attaché in south africa, imports france, november 1973. report of french military attaché in south africa, november 1973. 
^ leon engelbrecht (8 october 2008). sandf army, sof operationalising milan . retrieved 15 december 2016. launchers received in 1974, placed in storage in 1996. sa employed milan in combat in southern angola in 1980s. under project kingfisher, 30 launchers upgraded milan adt-er status , 300 missiles acquired r167.4 million. 
^ leon engelbrecht (24 may 2011). sa army stocks on milan 3 . retrieved 15 december 2016. sandf has ordered undisclosed further number of milan missiles..the r57 990 630.80 purchase order awarded euromissile [sic] last week. takes known value of project kingfisher – according armscor bulletin system (abs) – r271 076 483.37...the kingfisher contract placed on december 20, 2006, , escaped media notice. in march 2009 military ordered further 13 milan adt firing posts , 4 simulators under contract worth €10.7 million (about r129.3 million @ exchange rates, r81.5 million on abs. 
^ syrian rebels captured ammunition depot milan / konkurs anti-tank missiles , rockets – armyrecognition.com, 5 august 2013
^ http://britains-smallwars.com/falklands/b-weapons.htm#milan
^ zaloga (2004), p. 36.
^ http://www.armedforces.co.uk/army/listings/l0040.html