Zambian Defence Force
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| Zambian Defence Force | |
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Military Manpower
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| Military age | n/a |
| Availability | Males age 15-49: 2,477,494 (2004 est.) |
| Fit for military service | Males age 15-49: 1,310,814 (2004 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually | Males: n/a |
| Active troops | 15,100 |
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Military Expenditures
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| Amount | $42.6 million (2003) |
| Percent of GDP | 0.9% (2003) |
The Zambian Defence Force (ZDF) consists of the army, the air force, and Zambian National Service (ZNS). The ZNS, while operating under the Ministry of Defence, is responsible primarily for public works projects. The ZDF is designed primarily for internal defence.
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[edit] Army
- 3 x brigades
- 1 x Amoured regiment composed of a Tank Battalion and 1 Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion
- 9 x Infanrty battalions (including 3 reserve battalions)
- 1 x Artillery Regiment (1 MRL battalion and 2 Field Artillery battalions)
- 1 x Engineer Regiment
[edit] Equiment
- Type-59 Tanks (20)
- T-55 Tanks (10)
- PT-76 light Tanks (30)
- BRDM-1/BRDM-2 Amoured Vehicles (70)
- BTR-60 Amoured Personnel Carriers (13)
- ZiS-3 M-1942 76mm Gun (35)
- D-30 122mm Gun (25)
- M-46 130mm Gun (18)
- BM-21 122mm MRL (30)
- 81mm Motars (55)
- 82mm Mortars (24)
- 120mm Mortars (12)
- AT-3 Sagger Anti-Tank Missiles
- M-18 57mm Tank Destroyer - (12)
- Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
[edit] Air Force
- MiG-21MF Fishbed - (12)
- MiG-19S Farmer - (12)
- An-26 Curl - 4
- DHC-5D Buffalo - 4
- Y-12 - 4
- Yak-40 - 2
[edit] See also
Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Dependencies and other territories
Ceuta · Mayotte · Melilla · Puntland · Réunion · St. Helena · Somaliland · Western Sahara (SADR)
