Zambian Defence Force

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Zambian Defence Force
Military Manpower
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
Military Expenditures
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.

Contents 1 Army 1.1 Equiment 2 Air Force 3 See also

[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

• Zambia