Niger

Niger

Niger

Capital: Niamey

Numerous military coups and Tuareg rebellions.

Niger sent 400 soldiers to Iraq during the 1991 U.S. led Operation Desert Storm.

The US operates a drone base in northeastern Niger.

Forecs Armees Nigeriennes (FAN)

Approximately 12,000 active duty personnel

Air Force

Su-25 attack aircraft (2)

Turkish Aerospace Industries TAI Hurkus C trainer/light attack aircraft (2)

C-130 transport aircraft (1)

Dornier Do 228 transport aircraft (1)

Dornier Do 28 transport aircraft (1)

Boeing 737 aircraft used for VIP transport (1)

ULM Tetras reconnaissance? (4)?

Mi-24 attack helicopters (2)?

Mi-17 transport helicopters (2)

Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (6?)

Army

Panhard AML-90 armored reconnaissance vehicles (125)

Panhard VBL armored personnel carriers (7)

Panhard M3 armored personnel carriers (22)
ZSL-93 or WZ523 armored personnel carriers

Brandt mle 27/31 mortars

RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launchers

Browning M2HB machine guns

FN MAG machine guns

AKM assault rifles

M14 assault rifles

Uzi sub-machine guns

Airborne

National Guard

GNN

National Gendarmerie

National Police

Forces Nigerienne d'Internale Securite (FNIS)


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