Editor's Foreword

330 The MiliTAry BAlAnce 2010
capabilities
acTive 8,550 (Army 8,100 navy 200 Air 250)
Paramilitary 750
Terms of service conscription, 2 years (selective)
organiSaTionS by Service
army 8,100+
forceS by role
Inf 1 regt (some spt unit (trg), 2 armd sqn, 3 inf
coy); 1 regt (1 mot inf bn, 1 mech inf bn)
Cdo/Para 1 regt (3 cdo/para coy)
Spt 1 regt (1 fd arty bty, 1 engr/log/tpt bn,
2 ADA bty)
Presidential
Guard
1 regt (1 Presidential Guard bn,
1 cdo bn, 2 Presidential Guard coy)
eQuipmenT by Type
MBT 2 T-54/T-55
LT TK 9 Scorpion
RECCE 61: 3 AML-60; 7 AML-90; 36 EE-9 Cascavel; 3 M-20;
4 M-3A1; 6 M-8; 2 VBL
AIFV 20 BMP-2
APC (W) 30 UR-416
ARTY 30
SP 122mm 6
TOWED 105mm 4 HM-2
MOR 82mm 20 M-43
AT • RCL 22: 75mm 12 Type-52 (M-20)/Type-56; 82mm 10
Type-65 (B-10)
GUNS 57mm 5 ZIS-2
AD • GUNS • TOWED 43 14.5mm 38 ZPU-4; 37mm 5
M-1939
navy ε200 (incl Marine Infantry unit)
eQuipmenT by Type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS • PFC 2 Kara
(FRA Esterel)
faciliTieS
Base Located at Lomé
air force 250
forceS by role
FGA sqn with EMB-326G; Alpha Jet*
Tpt sqn with B-707 (VIP); Beech 58 Baron;
Reims Cessna 337 (Cessna 337) Skymaster;
DHC-5D Buffalo; F-28-1000 (VIP); Do-27
Trg sqn with TB-30 Epsilon*
Hel sqn with AS-332 Super Puma; SA-330 Puma; SA-315
Lama; SA-319 Alouette III
eQuipmenT by Type†
AIRCRAFT 10 combat capable
FGA 4 EMB-326G
TPT 8: 1 B-707 (VIP); 2 Beech 58 Baron; 2 DHC-5D
Buffalo; 1 F-28-1000 (VIP); 2 Reims Cessna 337 Skymaster
TRG 7: 3 Alpha Jet*; 1 Do-27; 3 TB-30 Epsilon*
HELICOPTERS
SPT 2: 1 AS-332 Super Puma; 1 SA-330 Puma (both in
storage)
UTL 3: 2 SA-315 Lama; 1 SA-319 Alouette III
paramilitary 750
Gendarmerie 750
Ministry of Interior
forceS by role
2 reg sections
Paramilitary 1 (mob) sqn
faciliTieS
School 1
deploymenT
cenTral african republic/chad
UN • MINURCAT 457; 1 HQ coy; elm 1 inf coy
côTe d’ivoire
UN • UNOCI 313; 7 obs; 1 inf bn
liberia
UN • UNMIL 1; 2 obs
Sudan
UN • UNAMID 1 obs
uganda UGA
Ugandan Shilling Ush 2008 2009 2010
GDP Ush 28.3tr
US$ 16.5bn
per capita US$ 525
Growth % 9.0 7.0
inflation % 7.3 14.2
Def exp Ush 476bn
US$ 277m
Def bdgt Ush 406bn 464bn
US$ 236m 243m
US$1=Ush 1,720 1,910
Population 32,369,558
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 25% 6% 5% 4% 10% 1%
Female 25% 6% 5% 4% 10% 1%
capabilities
acTive 45,000 (Ugandan People’s Defence Force
45,000) Paramilitary 1,800
organiSaTionS by Service
ugandan people’s defence force ε40,000-
45,000