- Military of the Republic of the Congo
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Not to be confused with Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo include an Army, the Congolese Air Force, and a Navy (est. 800). Paramilitary organisations include 2,000 Gendarmerie in 20 companies, and a Presidential Guard, possibly organised into a battalion. (IISS 2007, p.269)
Contents
Tanks
- Soviet Union PT-76 - 3 ordered in 1971 from the Soviet Union and delivered in 1972 (the vehicles were second hand)
- People's Republic of China Type 63 - 8
- Soviet Union T-34/85 -
- People's Republic of China Type 59 - 15
- Soviet Union T55 - 25
Infantry fighting vehicles
- South Africa Mamba APC
- Soviet Union BTR-152
- Soviet Union BTR-50
- Soviet Union BTR-60 - 30
- People's Republic of China ZFB-05 - 14
Self Propelled guns
- Soviet Union ZSU-23-4 - 8
- Soviet Union BM-21 Grad - 6
Small Arms
Anti-Aircraft guns
- Soviet Union 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939
- Soviet Union 57 mm AZP S-60
Aircraft Inventory
The Congo's 10 military aircraft, including 3 helicopters, are operated by the Air Force.
Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service[1] Notes Aérospatiale SA 318 Alouette II France utility helicopter SA-318C 1 Aérospatiale Alouette SA 316 Alouette III France utility helicopter SA-316C 1 Antonov An-24 Coke Soviet Union transport 5 Antonov An-26 Curl Soviet Union transport 1 Eurocopter SA 365 Dauphin France
Germany
Spainutility helicopter SA-365 1 Nord 2501 Noratlas France transport 1 References
Military of Africa Sovereign
states- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
- Western Sahara
- This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2003 edition".
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