Editor's Foreword

430 THE MILITARY BALANCE 2010
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
MBT 333: 53 M-60A1; 125 M-60A3; 50 Type-69 (trg) in
store; 105 M-48A5
LT TK 515: 255 M-41; 104 Scorpion; 50 in store; 106
Stingray
RECCE 32+: 32 S52 Mk 3; M1114 HMMWV
APC 950
APC (T) 790: 340 M-113A1/M-113A3; 450 Type-85
APC (W) 160: 18 Condor; 142 LAV-150 Commando
ARTY 2,473+
SP 155mm 20 M-109A2
TOWED 553: 105mm 353: 24 LG1 MK II; 285 M-101/-Mod;
12 M-102; 32 M-618A2; 130mm 15 Type-59-I; 155mm 185:
42 GHN-45 A1; 50 M-114; 61 M-198; 32 M-71
MRL 130mm Type-85 (reported)
MOR 1,900
SP 33: 81mm 21 M-125A3; 120mm 12 M-1064A3
TOWED 1,867: 81mm; 107mm M-106A1
AT • MSL 318+
SP 18+ M-901A5 (TOW)
MANPATS 300 M47 Dragon
RCL 180: 75mm 30 M-20; 106mm 150 M-40
RL 66mm M-72 LAW
AIRCRAFT
RECCE 40 Cessna O-1A Bird Dog
TPT 10: 2 Beech 1900C; 2 Beech 200 Super King Air; 2
CASA 212 Aviocar; 2 Jetstream 41; 2 Short 330UTT
UTL 10 U-17B
TRG 33: 18 MX-7-235 Star Rocket; 15 T-41B Mescalero
HELICOPTERS
ATK 5 AH-1F Cobra
SPT 6 CH-47D Chinook
UTL 159: 65 AB-212 (Bell 212)/Bell 206 JetRanger/Bell 214/
Bell 412 Twin Huey; 92 UH-1H Iroquois; 2 UH-60L Black
Hawk
TRG 42 Hughes 300C
UAV • RECCE • TACTICAL Searcher
AD • SAM
STATIC Aspide
MANPAD FIM-43 Redeye; HN-5A
GUNS 202+
SP 54: 20mm 24 M-163 Vulcan; 40mm 30 M-1/M-42
SP
TOWED 148+: 20mm 24 M-167 Vulcan; 37mm 52 Type-
74; 40mm 48 L/70; 57mm 24+: ε6 Type-59 (S-60); 18+
non-operational
RADAR • LAND AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder (arty, mor); RASIT
(veh, arty)
Reserves
Inf 4 div HQ
Navy 44,011 (incl Naval Aviation, Marines,
Coastal Defence); 25,849 conscript (total
69,860)
FORCES BY ROLE
Air wing 1 div
Navy 1 (Fleet) HQ located at Sa�ahip; Mekong River
Operating Unit HQ located at Nakhon Phanom
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS 20
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS • CVH 1:
1 Chakri Naruebet (capacity 9 AV-8A Harrier† FGA ac; 6
S-70B Seahawk ASW hel)
FRIGATES 10
FFG 8:
2 Chao Phraya each with 4 twin (8 eff.) each with
CSS-N-4 Sardine tactical SSM, 2 (4 eff.) nonoperational
each with HQ-61 (CSA-N-2) SAM nonoperational,
2 RBU 1200 (10 eff.), 2 twin 100mm
gun (4 eff.), 2 twin 37mm gun (4 eff.), 1 hel landing
platform
2 Kraburi each with 4 (8 eff.) each with CSS-N-4
Sardine tactical SSM, 2 twin (4 eff.) with HQ-61
(CSA-N-2) SAM, 2 RBU 1200 (10 eff.), 1 twin 100mm
gun (2 eff.), 2 twin 37mm gun (4 eff.), (capacity 1 AB-
212 (Bell 212) utl hel)
2 Naresuan each with 2 Mk 141 Harpoon quad (8 eff.)
each with RGM-84A Harpoon tactical SSM, 1 8 cell
Mk 41 VLS with RIM-7M Sea Sparrow SAM, 2 triple
324mm TT (6 eff.), 1 127mm gun, (1 Lynx SRS 300
Super Lynx ASW/ASUW hel)
2 Phu�ha Yotfa Chulalok (leased from US) each with
1 Mk 112 octuple with RGM-84C Harpoon tactical
SSM, tactical ASROC, 2 Twin ASTT (4 eff.) with 22
Mk 46 LWT, 1 127mm gun, (capacity 1 AB-212 (Bell
212) utl hel)
FF 2:
1 Makut Rajakumarn with 2 triple ASTT (6 eff.), 2
114mm gun
1 Pin Klao (trg) with 6 single 324mm ASTT, 3 76mm
gun
CORVETTES 9
FSG 2 Ra�anakosin each with 2 Mk 140 Harpoon quad
(8 eff.) each with RGM-84A Harpoon tactical SSM, 1
Albatros octuple with Aspide SAM, 2 triple ASTT (6
eff.), 1 76mm gun
FS 7:
3 Khamronsin each with 2 triple ASTT (6 eff.), 1 76mm
gun
2 Tapi each with 6 single 324mm ASTT each with Mk
46 LWT, 1 76mm gun
2 Pa�ani each with 1 76mm gun
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 90
PFM 6:
3 Prabparapak each with 2 single each with 1 GI Gabriel
I tactical SSM, 1 triple (3 eff.) with GI Gabriel I tactical
SSM, 1 40mm gun, 1 57mm gun
3 Ratcharit each with 2 twin (4 eff.) each with MM-38
Exocet tactical SSM, 1 76mm gun
PSO 3 Hua Hin each with 2 20mm gun, 1 76mm gun
PFC 3 Chon Buri each with 2 76mm gun
PC 6 Sa�ahip each with 1 40mm gun, 1 76mm gun
PCC 3 each with 1 40mm gun, 1 76mm gun
PCI 47: 9 Swift; 10 T-11; 13 T-213; 3 T-81; 9 T-91; 3 T-991
PCR 6
PBR 16