Editor's Foreword

304 The MiliTAry BAlAnce 2010
GUNS • TOWED 114: 14.5mm 12 ZPU-4; 37mm 52
M-1939; 40mm ε50 L/60† (probably out of service)
republican guard circa 6–8,000
forceS by role
Armd 1 regt
Republican Guard 3 bde
navy 6,703 (incl. infantry and marines)
eQuipmenT by Type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 3
PFC 1 Shanghai II Type-062 (2 additional vessels †)
PCI 2 Swiftships†; 20 various (all under 50ft)
faciliTieS
Bases Located at Kinshasa (River), Boma (River), Lake
Tanganyika, Matadi (Coastal)
air force 2,548
AIRCRAFT 5 combat capable
FTR 2 MiG-23 Flogger
FGA 3 Su-25 Frogfoot
TPT 1 An-26 Curl
HELICOPTERS
ATK 4 Mi-24/35 Hind
SPT 36: 1 Mi-26 Halo (non op); 35 Mi-8 Hip (very few
serviceable)
Paramilitary • National Police Force
incl Rapid Intervention Police (National and Provincial
forces)
People’s Defence Force
SelecTed non-STaTe groupS
Coalition of Congolese Patriots (PARECO) Est strength
n.k. Major equipments include: SALW • Democratic
Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) Est strength 3,000
Major equipments include: SALW • Mai-Mai Est strength
n.k.Major equipments include: SALW • Mouvement de
Liberation Congolais (MLC) Est strength 18,000 Major
equipments include: SALW • National Congress for the
Defence of the People (CNDP/ANC) Est strength n.k.Major
equipments include: SALW • Patriotic Resistance Front in
Ituri (FRPI) Est strength n.k. Major equipments include:
SALW • Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie
(RCD) Est strength 20,000 Major equipments include:
SALW • Lord’s Resistance Army Est strength: 1,500 Major
equipments include: mines and IEDs, SALW
deploymenT
cenTral african republic/chad
UN • MINURCAT 1
foreign forceS
All part of MONUC unless otherwise specified.
Algeria 5 obs
Austria EU SEC RD Congo 1
Bangladesh 1,520; 26 obs; 1 mech inf bn; 2 avn unit
Belgium 22; 6 obs; EU SEC RD Congo 6
Benin 749; 10 obs; 1 inf bn
Bolivia 200; 7 obs; 2 inf coy
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 obs
Burkina Faso 2 obs
Cameroon 5 obs
Canada (Operation Crocodile) 11 obs
China, People’s Republic of 218; 15 obs; 1 engr coy; 1 fd
hospital
Czech Republic 2 obs
Denmark 2 obs
Egypt 26 obs
France 5 obs
Germany EU SEC RD Congo 3
Ghana 462; 23 obs; 1 mech inf bn
Guatemala 150; 4 obs
India 4,249; 52 obs; 3 mech inf bn; 1 inf bn; 2 avn unit; 1
atk hel unit; 1 fd hospital
Indonesia 174; 16 obs; 1 engr coy
Ireland 3 obs
Italy EU SEC RD Congo 4
Jordan 65; 24 obs; 1 fd hospital
Kenya 23 obs
Malawi 111; 19 obs; 1CSS coy
Malaysia 17 obs
Mali 19 obs
Mongolia 2 obs
Morocco 831; 5obs; 1 mech inf bn; 1 fd hospital
Mozambique 2 obs
Nepal 1,030; 24 obs; 1 mech inf bn; 1engr coy
Netherlands EU SEC RD Congo 3
Niger 11 obs
Nigeria 22 obs
Norway 1 obs
Pakistan 3,589; 51 obs; 4 mech inf bn; 1 inf bn
Paraguay 17 obs
Peru 7 obs
Poland 2 obs
Romania 22 obs
Russia 28 obs
Senegal 460; 23 obs; 1 inf bn
Serbia 6
South Africa (Operation Mistral) 1,205; 17 obs; 1 inf bn; 1
engr coy; 1 avn unit (air med evacuation team, air base
control det) • Operation Teutonic 17
Spain 2 obs
Sri Lanka 2 obs
Sweden 4 obs
Switzerland 3 obs
Tunisia 461; 26 obs; 1 mech inf bn
Ukraine 13 obs
United Kingdom 6 obs
Uruguay 1,324; 47 obs; 1 inf bn; 1 engr coy; 3 mne coy; 1
air spt unit
Yemen, Republic of 5 obs
Zambia 23 obs