Editor's Foreword

Ranger 1 bn
Cdo 1 bn
Arty 1 bn
Engr 1 bn
AD 1 bn
eQuipmenT by Type
MBT 38: 8 T-54; 30 T-34
LT TK 15 PT-76
RECCE 27: 2 AML-90; 25 BRDM-1/BRDM-2
APC (W) 40: 16 BTR-40; 10 BTR-50; 8 BTR-60; 6 BTR-152
ARTY 47+
TOWED 24: 122mm 12 M-1931/37; 130 mm 12 M-46
MRL 220mm 3 BM-27/9P140 Uragan
MOR 20+: 82mm M-43; 120mm 20 M-1943/M-38
AT • MSL • MANPATS AT-3 9K11 Sagger ; AT-5 9M113
Spandrel
RCL 82mm B-10
RL 73mm RPG-7 Knout
GUNS 6+: 57mm ZIS-2 M-1943; 85mm 6 D-44
AD • SAM • MANPAD SA-7 Grail
GUNS • TOWED 24+: 30mm M-53 (twin); 37mm 8
M-1939; 57mm 12 Type-59 (S-60); 100mm 4 KS-19
navy ε400
eQuipmenT by Type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS • PCI 2
Swiftships† less than 100 tonnes
faciliTieS
Bases Located at Conakry, Kakanda
air force 800
forceS by role
FGA sqn with MiG-21 Fishbed; MiG-17F Fresco C
Tpt sqn with An-24 Coke; AN-14
Trg sqn with MiG-15UTI Midget
Hel sqn with Mi-24 Hind; SA-342K Gazelle; SA-330 Puma;
Mi-8 Hip
eQuipmenT by Type†
AIRCRAFT 7 combat capable (none currently operational)
FTR 7: 3 MiG-21 Fishbed: 4 MiG-17F Fresco C
TPT 1 An-24 Coke
UTL 4 An-14
TRG 2 MiG-15UTI Midget
HELICOPTERS
ATK 5: 4 Mi-24 Hind; 1 SA-342K Gazelle;
SPT 3: 1 SA-330 Puma†; 2 Mi-8 Hip
MSL
AAM: AA-2 Atoll
paramilitary 2,600 active
Gendarmerie 1,000
republican Guard 1,600
People’s Militia 7,000
deploymenT
côTe d’ivoire
UN • UNOCI 3 obs
Sudan
UN • UNMIS 6 obs
WeSTern Sahara
UN • MINURSO 3 obs
guinea bissau GNB
Sub-Saharan Africa
311
cFA Franc BceAO fr 2008 2009 2010
GDP fr 214bn
US$ 479m
per capita US$ 318
Growth % 3.3 1.9
inflation % 10.4 0.4
Def exp fr ε8bn ε9bn
US$ ε18m ε20m
US$1=fr 447 444
Population 1,533,964
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 21% 5% 5% 4% 13% 1%
Female 21% 5% 5% 4% 13% 2%
capabilities
acTive ε6,458 (Army ε4,000 (numbers reducing)
navy 350 Air 100 Gendarmerie 2,000)
Terms of service conscription (selective).
Manpower and eqpt totals should be treated with caution.
Recent governments have envisaged reducing the armed
forces. In April 2008, a census of the armed forces ended
with ID cards issued to 4,458 active personnel (senior and
mid-level officers totalled 2,473). The EU has been leading
SSR moves. A number of draft laws to restructure the
armed services and police have been produced.
organiSaTionS by Service
army ε4,000 (numbers reducing)
forceS by role
Armd 1 bn (sqn)
Recce 1 coy
Inf 5 bn
Arty 1 bn
Engr 1 coy
eQuipmenT by Type
MBT 10 T-34
LT TK 15 PT-76
RECCE 10 BRDM-2
APC (W) 55: 35 BTR-40/BTR-60; 20 Type-56 (BTR-152)
ARTY 26+
Sub-Saharan
Africa