Zambian Defence Force
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| Military of Zambia |
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|---|---|
| Military age | n/a |
| Available for military service |
2,477,494, age 15–49 (2004 est.) |
| Fit for military service |
1,310,814, age 15–49 (2004 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually |
NA (2004 est.) |
| Active personnel | 15,100 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $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 Armored regiment composed of a Tank Battalion and 1 Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
- 9 x Infantry battalions (including 3 reserve battalions)
- 1 x Artillery Regiment (1 MRL battalion and 2 Field Artillery battalions)
- 1 x Engineer Regiment
[edit] Equipment
- Type 59 Tanks (20)
- T-55 Tanks (10)
- PT-76 light Tanks (30)
- BRDM-1/BRDM-2 Armored 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
Operational aircraft[1]:
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF Fishbed-J - 12
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S Farmer - 12
- An-26 Curl - 4
- de Havilland DHC-5D Buffalo - 4
- Harbin Y-12 - 4
- Yakovlev Yak-40 Codling - 2
- Aermacchi SF.260 -
- Aermacchi MB-326 -
- Nanchang BT-6 -
- Hongdu K-8 Karakorum - 6
- Bell UH-1H Iroquois - 6 (recently purchased in South Africa)[2]
