Sunday, May 26, 2013

Mauritania



Mauritania

Mauritania
Capital:Nouakchott




15,870 military personnel (2007 est.)

Air Force
Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie (FAIM)
250 personnel



EMB 314 Super Tucano trainer/light attack aircraft (1)
EMB 312 Tucano trainer/light attack aircraft (4)
Marchetti SF-260 trainer aircraft (4)

FTB-337 utility aircraft (2)
CASA C-212 Aviocar transport aircraft (1)
Harbin Y-12 transport aircraft (1)



Basler BT-67 transport aircraft

Harbin Z-9 helicopters (2)




Piper PA31 utility aircraft used for surveillance?



Navy
Marine Mauritanienne
620 personnel

Patrol boats
Limam El Hadrami Class patrol vessel (1)
The largest vessel in the Marine Mauritanienne. Donated to Mauritania by China.

PATRA Class patrol boat (1)?
Mandovi Class patrol boats (4)?



Bases at Nouadhibou and Nouakchott

Naval Infantry



Ministry of Fisheries
Patrol boats (3)



Army
15,000 personnel

T-54/55 tanks (35)

Panhard AML-90 armored reconnaissance vehicles (40)

Panhard AML-60 armored reconnaissance vehicles (20)
Saladin armored reconnaissance vehicles (10)
Panhard M3 (20)
Saracen (5)

2 Camel Corps battalions

BM-21 multiple rocket launchers
Type 63 multiple rocket launchers



M101 towed (36)
D-30 towed (20)
D-74 towed (24)

120mm mortars
60mm mortars

MILAN anti-tank guided missiles
RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launchers
M40 106mm recoilless guns?
M20 75mm recoilless guns?

AK-47/AKM assault rifles

1st Parachute Commando Battalion
2nd Parachute Commando Battalion

Groupe Special d'Intervention (GSI)- Special Intervention Group
Bataillon Special Intervention (BSI)- Special Intervention Battalion

Battalion of Presidential Security 


SA-9 Gaskin surface-to-air missiles (4)?
SA-7 Grail shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles
KS-19 towed 100mm anti-aircraft guns (12)
S-60 towed 57mm anti-aircraft guns (12)
ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns
ZPU-4 anti-aircraft guns
ZPU-2 anti-aircraft guns



ZPU-1 anti-aircraft guns




Paramilitary Forces include the National Gendarmerie and the National Guard.

Garde Nationale
National Guard
2,000 personnel



Gerndamerie Nationale
National Gendarmerie
3,000 personnel


Groupe de Securite et d'Intervention de la Gerndamerie Nationale (GSIGN)
SWAT like unit in the Gerndamerie Nationale












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