Editor's Foreword

MOR 39: 120mm 39
AT • MSL • MANPATS 12 Milan
RCL 57mm; 82mm M60A
AD
SAM 13: 8 SA-13 Gopher
MANPAD 5 SA-16 Gimlet
Guns 40mm 36 L20
reserves
Inf 1 bde
Marine Wing
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS
PCR 4
air Wing
Air Wg is directly under Joint Operational Cmd
FOrCEs by rOLE
VIP 1 VIP sqn with An-2
Atk hel 1 sqn with Mi-24V Hind E; Mi-24K Hind G2
Trg 1 trg sqn with Z-242; 1 trg sqn with UH-1H
Iroquois
Atk Hel 1 AH sqn with Mi-24
Tpt hel 1 sqn with Mi-8/Mi-17
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
AIRCRAFT
TPT: 1 An-2
TRG 3 Zlin-242
HELICOPTERS
ATK 12 Mi-24V Hind E; 2 Mi-24K Hind G2 (being
modernised by Elbit)
SPT 6: 2 Mi-17; 4 Mi-8MTV (being modernised by Elbit)
TRG 2 UH-1H Iroquois
Paramilitary
Police 7,600 (some 5,000 armed)
incl 2 SF units
APC BTR APC (W)/M-113A APC (T)
HELICOPTERS • UTL 3: 1 AB-212 (Bell 212); 1 AB-206B
(Bell 206B) JetRanger II; 1 Bell 412EP Twin Huey
DEPLOyMEnT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment of armed
forces:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1991)
Specific legislation: ‘Defence Law’ (2005)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: a) by the
government is deployment is for humanitarian missions or
military exercises; b) by the parliament if for peacekeeping
operations (‘Defence Law’, Art. 41)
AFghAnIsTAn
NATO • ISAF 165
bOsnIA-hErzEgOVInA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 12
LEbAnOn
UN • UNIFIL 1
sErbIA
OSCE • Kosovo 3
Malta MLT
non-naTO europe
187
Maltese lira Ml 2008 2009 2010
GDP ML 5.6bn
US$ 8.2bn
per capita US$ 20,408
Growth % 2.1 -2.1
inflation % 4.7 2.1
Def bdgt ML 33.4m 36.1m 37.8m
US$ 50m 54m
US$1=Ml 0.68 0.67
Population 405,165
age 0 – 14 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 64 65 plus
Male 9% 4% 4% 4% 23% 6%
Female 8% 3% 3% 3% 24% 8%
capabilities
ACTIVE 1,954 (armed Forces of Malta 1,954)
rEsErVE 167 (emergency Volunteer reserve Force
120 individual reserve 47)
OrgAnIsATIOns by sErVICE
Armed Forces of Malta 1,954
FOrCEs by rOLE
Inf 1 regt (No1) with (1 HQ coy, 3 inf coy, 1 spt
coy)
Logistic 1 regt (No 3) with (1 HQ coy, 1 elec & mech sqn,
1 ammo & explosives coy, 1 engr sqn) 1 regt (No
4) with ( 1 HQ coy, 1 C 3 I coy, 1 catering coy, 1
security coy ( Revenue Security Corps), 1 band)
Maritime squadron
The AFM maritime element is organised into 5 Divisions:
Offshore Patrol; Inshore Patrol; Rapid Deployment and
Training; Marine Engineering and Logistics.
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 9
OPV 1 Diciotti
PCI 4: 2 Bremse; 2 Swift
PBC 2 Marine Protector
PB 2 Cantieri Vittoria
Air Wing
1 Base Party. 1 Flt Ops Div; 1 Maint Div; 1 Integrated Logs
Div; 1 Rescue Section
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
AIRCRAFT
TPT/MP 2 BN-2B Islander
TRG 5 Bulldog T MK1
europe
(non-naTO)