Editor's Foreword

EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT
TPT 1 Y-12
HELICOPTERS
UTL 2: 1 Bell 412 Twin Huey; 1 Rotorway 162F
Paramilitary 1,500+
Guyana People’s Militia 1,500+
Haiti HTI
haitian Gourde G 2008 2009 2010
GDP G 272bn
US$ 7.0bn
per capita US$ 784
Growth % 1.2 2.0
inflation % 14.5 3.5
US$1=G 39.1 39.7
Population 9,035,536
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 21% 6% 5% 4% 11% 2%
Female 21% 6% 5% 4% 12% 2%
Capabilities
No active armed forces. On 1 June 2004, following a period
of armed conflict, the United Nations established a multinational
stabilisation mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The
mission has an authorised strength of up to 6,700 military
personnel and 2,066 civilian police. A National Police
Force of some 2,000 pers remains operational.
FOREIgN FORCES
Argentina 560; 1 inf bn; 1 avn unit; 1 fd hospital
Bolivia 208; 1 mech inf coy
Brazil 1,282; 1 inf bn; 1 engr coy
Canada 5
Chile 500; 1 inf bn; 1 avn unit; elm 1 engr coy
Croatia 2
Ecuador 67; elm 1 engr coy
France 2
Guatemala 118; 1 MP coy
Jordan 727; 2 inf bn
Nepal 1,076; 2 inf bn
Paraguay 31
Peru 207; 1 inf coy
Philippines 157; 1 HQ coy
Sri Lanka 959; 1 inf bn
United States 4
Uruguay 1,146; 2 inf bn; 1 avn unit
Honduras HND
Latin America and the Caribbean
honduran Lempira L 2008 2009 2010
GDP L 270bn 276bn
US$ 14.3bn 14.6bn
per capita US$ 1,861 1,864
Growth % 4.0 -2.0
inflation % 11.4 5.9
Def bdgt L 1.80bn 1.93bn
US$ 95m 102m
US$1=L 18.9 18.9
Population 7,833,696
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 21% 6% 5% 4% 13% 2%
Female 20% 6% 5% 4% 14% 2%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 12,000 (Army 8,300 navy 1,400 Air 2,300)
Paramilitary 8,000
RESERVE 60,000 (Joint 60,000; ex-servicemen
registered)
ORgANISATIONS By SERVICE
Army 8,300
FORCES By ROLE
6 Military Zones
85
Armd cav 1 regt (1 lt tk sqn, 1 ADA bty, 1 arty
bty, 1 recce sqn, 2 mech bn)
Inf 1 bde (3 inf bn); 3 bde (each: 1 arty bn,
3 inf bn)
Spec Ops 1 (special tac) gp (1 SF bn, 1 inf/AB
bn)
Engr 1 bn
Presidential Guard 1 coy
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
LT TK 12 Scorpion
RECCE 57: 13 RBY-1 RAMTA; 40 Saladin; 3 Scimitar; 1
Sultan
ARTY 118+
TOWED 28: 105mm: 24 M-102; 155mm: 4 M-198
MOR 90+: 60mm; 81mm; 120mm 60 FMK-2; 160mm 30
M-66 Soltam
AT • RCL 170: 106mm 50 M-40A1; 84mm 120 Carl Gustav
AD • GUNS 48: 20mm 24 M-55A2; 24 TCM-20
reserves
Inf 1 bde
Navy 1,400
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 35
PFC 3 Guaymuras (Swift 31m)
Latin America
and Caribbean