Editor's Foreword

eQuipmenT by Type
AIRCRAFT 6 combat capable
FGA: 3 Su-25 Frogfoot
TRG 4: 1 SF-260M Warrior*; 2 PC-7 (only 1*); 1 PC-9
Turbo Trainer*
TPT 5: 1 Beech 1900, 1 DC-9-87; 2 An-26 Curl; 1 C-130H
Hercules;
HELICOPTERS
ATK 7 Mi-24V Hind
SPT 8: 2 Mi-171 Hip-H; 6 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip-H
UTL 2 SA-316 Alouette III*
paramilitary 9,500 active
republican Guard 5,000
Gendarmerie 4,500
deploymenT
cenTral african republic
ECCAS • MICOPAX 121
côTe d’ivoire
UN • UNOCI 1; 1 obs
foreign forceS
All forces part of MINURCAT unless otherwise stated.
MINURCAT numbers represent total forces deployed in
the Central African Republic and Chad unless stated.
Albania 63; 1 HQ coy
Austria 131; elm 1 tpt coy
Bangladesh 5; 2 obs
Brazil 3 obs
Croatia 17
Democratic Republic of Congo 1
Egypt 1; 2 obs
Ethiopia 13
Finland 74; elm 1 inf bn
France 308; elm 1 inf coy; 1 engr coy; 1 log bn; elm 1 tpt
coy • Operation Epervier 1,200; 1 mech inf BG with (elm 1
mech inf regt, elm 1 armd cav regt); 1 avn gp with 6 F-1CR
Mirage/F-1CT Mirage; 1 C-135 Stratolifter; 3 C-160 Transall;
1 hel det with 3 SA 330 Puma
Gabon 1 obs
Ghana 219; 1 obs; 1 mech inf bn
Ireland 427; elm 1 inf bn
Kenya 4
Malawi 5
Mongolia 1
Namibia 4
Nepal 302; 1 obs; 1 inf bn; 1 MP pl
Nigeria 15; 2 obs
Norway 177; 1 med coy
Pakistan 5
Poland 311; elm 1 inf bn
Russia 117; 1 avn bn
Rwanda 1 obs
Senegal 13; 1 obs
Togo 457; 1 HQ coy; elm 1 inf coy
United States 2
Yemen, Republic of 2
congo COG
Sub-Saharan Africa
301
cFA Franc BeAc fr 2008 2009 2010
GDP fr 5.61tr 5.13tr
US$ 12.6bn 11.6bn
per capita US$ 3,214 2,880
Growth % 5.6 7.4
inflation % 6.0 6.9
Def bdgt fr ε50bn
US$ ε112m
US$1=fr 447 444
Population 4,012,809
capabilities
acTive 10,000 (Army 8,000 navy 800 Air 1,200)
Paramilitary 2,000
organiSaTionS by Service
army 8,000
forceS by role
Armd 2 bn
Inf 1 bn; 2 bn (gp) (each: 1 lt tk tp, 1 (76mm gun)
arty bty)
Cdo/AB 1 bn
Arty 1 gp (how, MRL)
Engr 1 bn
eQuipmenT by Type†
MBT 40+: 25 T-54/T-55; 15 Type-59; T-34 in store
LT TK 13: 3 PT-76; 10 Type-62
RECCE 25 BRDM-1/BRDM-2
APC (W) 68+: 20 BTR-152; 30 BTR-60; 18 Mamba; M-3
Panhard
ARTY 66+
SP 122mm 3 2S1 Carnation
TOWED 25+: 76mm ZIS-3 M-1942; 100mm 10 M-1944;
122mm 10 D-30; 130mm 5 M-46; 152mm D-20
MRL 10+: 122mm 10 BM-21; 122mm BM-14/140mm
BM-16
MOR 28+: 82mm; 120mm 28 M-43
AT • RCL 57mm M-18
RL 73mm RPG-7 Knout
GUNS 57mm 5 ZIS-2 M-1943
AD • GUNS 28+
SP 23mm ZSU-23-4
TOWED 14.5mm ZPU-2/ZPU-4; 37mm 28 M-1939;
57mm S-60; 100mm KS-19
navy ε800
eQuipmenT by Type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 3+
Sub-Saharan
Africa