Angolan Armed Forces
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| Angolan Armed Forces |
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| Service branches | Angolan Army Angolan Navy Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana |
| Headquarters | Ministry of Defence, Rua 17 de Setembro, Luanada, Angola[1] |
| Leadership | |
| Defence Minister | Kundy Pahiama |
| Chief of General Staff | General Francisco Pereira Furtado[1] |
| Manpower | |
| Conscription | Universal compulsory service for 24 months plus training |
| Available for military service |
2,548,455 males, age 17 to 49, 2,462,601 females, age 17 to 49 |
| Fit for military service |
1,282,195 males, age 17 to 49, 1,256,390 females, age 17 to 49 |
| Reaching military age annually |
126,694 males, 123,586 females |
| Active personnel | 110,000 |
| Deployed personnel | Small numbers |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $183.58 million (2004) |
| Percent of GDP | 8.8% (2005) |
The Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) is headed by a Chief of Staff who reports to the Minister of Defense.
There are three components, the Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), and National Air Force of Angola (FAPA). Total manpower is about 65,000. The army is by far the largest of the services with about 55,000+ men and women.[2] The Navy numbers about 1,000 and operates several small patrol craft and barges. Air force personnel total about 3,500; its equipment includes Russian-manufactured fighters and transport planes.
A small number of FAA personnel are stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) and the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville).
In 2005, FAPLA had a total of 90,000 active personnel of which the Army had 100,000 members, whose major equipment included over 300 main battle tanks, 600 reconnaissance vehicles, over 250 armored infantry fighting vehicles, 170 armored personnel carriers and more than 1,396 artillery pieces.
In 1990-91, the Army had ten military regions and an estimated 73+ 'brigades', each with a mean strength of 1,000 and comprising inf, tank, APC, arty, and AA units as required (IISS Military Balance 1990 or 1991). The Navy had an estimated 2,400 personnel whose major naval units consisted of nine patrol/coastal vessels. The Air Force /Air Defense Forces had 6,000 personnel and 90 combat capable aircraft , including 22 fighters, 59 fighter ground attack aircraft and 16 attack helicopters.
The defense budget in 2005 totalled $1.16 billion.
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Most of the craft detailed are from the 1980s or earlier, but the navy acquired new boats from Spain and France in the 1990s.
- Fast missile craft
- OSA-II with four SS-N-2 Styx missiles
Soviet Union - 6
- OSA-II with four SS-N-2 Styx missiles
- Fast torpedo craft
- Shershen class torpedo boat with four 533mm heavyweight torpedo tubes Soviet Union 4 or 5
- Shershen class torpedo boat with four 533mm heavyweight torpedo tubes
- Inland-water and coastal patrol boats
- Mine warfare craft
- Amphibious vessels
- Polnocny class landing ship Soviet Union 3
- Alfrange 1
- LCT 1
- T-4 4 or 5
- LDM-400 9 or 10
- Polnocny class landing ship
- Coastal defense equipment
- SS-C1 Sepal radar system
The navy also has several aircraft for maritime patrol:
- 1 Fokker F27 200
- 2 Embraer 111
- 1 Boeing 707
[edit] Equipment - Army
Light equipment
- AK-74 assault rifle Soviet Union - used by commando battalion
- G-3 battle rifle
Germany - RPK light machine gun Soviet Union
- PK machine gun Soviet Union
Armour
- T-72 main battle tank Soviet Union - 22
- T-62 main battle tank Soviet Union - 18
- T-54/T-55 main battle tank Soviet Union - about 100
- BRDM-2 amphibious armoured patrol/scout car Soviet Union - 50
- BMP-1 amphibious infantry fight vehicle Soviet Union - 150
- BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle Soviet Union - 62 (ex-Polish)
- BTR-60 amphibious armoured personnel carrier Soviet Union - 100
- BTR-80 armoured personnel carrier Soviet Union - 70
- BMD-1 airborne amphibious infantry fighting vehicle Soviet Union - 10
- EE-11 Urutu armoured personnel carrier
Brazil - 5
Field Artillery
- D-30 122 mm howitzer Soviet Union - 500
- M-46 130 mm field gun Soviet Union - 48
- D-20 152 mm towed howitzer Soviet Union - 4
- 2S1 122 mm self-propelled howitzer Soviet Union - 8
- 2S3 152 mm self-propelled howitzer Soviet Union - 4
- BM-21 122 mm MRL Soviet Union - 50
- RM-70 122 mm self-propelled MRL
Czech Republic - 40 - 2B9 Vasilyok 82 mm mortar Soviet Union - 250 - mounted on BMD-1
- 120 mm Mortar Soviet Union - 500
Air Defense Artillery
- SAM - 500
- SA-3 Goa (Neva/Pechora)
- SA-9 Gremlin
- SA-16 Gimlet
- SA-7 Strela/Grail protable AA SAMs Soviet Union
- ZSU-23-4 Shilka self propelled AA Gun Soviet Union - 20
- ZPU-4 14.5 mm AA gun Soviet Union
- M-1939 37 mm self-propelled automatic air defense gun Soviet Union
- S-60 57 mm self-propelled autocannon Soviet Union
ATGM
- AT-4 Spigot anti-tank weapon Soviet Union - 100
General Purpose
- UAZ-469 jeeps Soviet Union
- Land Rovers
United Kingdom - purchased 1980s
[edit] Air Force
See National Air Force of Angola
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Military Technology, World Defence Almanac, Vol. XXXII, Issue 1, 2008, p.301
- ^ Military Technology, World Defence Almanac, Vol. XXXII, Issue 1, 2008, p.301-2
- ^ a b [Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World- Angola, Eric Wertheim, 15th Ed., p5]
[edit] References
- "World Defence Almanac". Military Technology (Bonn, Germany: Monch Publishing Group) XXXII (1): 301–302. 2008. ISSN 0722-3226.
[edit] External links
- Angola Air Force (Forca Aerea Popular de Angola)
- World Navies
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- Angola - Tables
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