Military of Libya
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Military branches:
Armed Peoples on Duty (Army), Navy, Air and Air Defense Command (includes Air Force)
Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,503,641 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 890,783 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 61,694 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $1.3 billion (FY99/00)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.9% (FY99/00)
[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)
The Libyan Army consists of:
Tanks: T-55 MBTs, T-62 MBTs, T-72 MBTs, M-84 MBTs,
Tracked Vehicles: BMP-1 ICVs, M-113 APCs, BTR-50 APCs,
Wheeled Vehicles: Engesa EE-9 Armoured Cars, Engesa EE-11 APCs, Shorland Scout Cars, BRDM-2 Scout Cars and ATGW Carrers BTR-60 APCs, OT-64C APCs, Bravia Chaimite APS,
Artillery: ZTS Dana, Palmaria, SO-122, SO-152, SS-1 Scud, FROG-7,
Air defense: ZSU-23-4 SPAAG SA-4 SPAAM SA-6 SPAAM