Reported deliveries of Pakistani-made military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have drawn attention to the foreign supply networks sustaining Sudan’s civil war, now in its third year. Pakistani-made Mohafiz-V armored vehicles, built by Pakistan’s HIT Armour on a Toyota Land Cruiser chassis, have been sighted on Khartoum’s streets in recent days. The vehicles offer B6-level protection against small-arms fire, according to independent Sudanese reporting, though neither Pakistani nor Sudanese officials have confirmed the shipment publicly. Indian intelligence sources cited by CNN-News18, an Indian broadcaster, have flagged the sighting as part of a broader expansion of Pakistan’s military footprint toward the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, warning it could deepen Sino-Pakistani coordination in the region. That assessment reflects the strategic reading of Pakistan’s principal regional rival and has not been independently corroborated.
Financing for the broader Pakistan-Sudan arms relationship has fluctuated sharply this year. Reuters and Al-Monitor reported in April that Saudi Arabia withdrew financial backing for an earlier $1.5 billion Pakistan-Sudan weapons package after brokering it. Who, if anyone, is funding the equipment now reaching Khartoum remains unconfirmed.
Sudan’s war has displaced nearly 13 million people, according to UN estimates. The rearmament comes as diplomacy has stalled. A US-led mediation effort known as the Quad, which also includes Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE, has spent much of 2026 pushing a 90-day humanitarian truce, with the SAF and RSF each submitting conditional responses in July. Continued weapons deliveries to both sides give field commanders less reason to accept the compromises any truce would require.
