World Military and Police Forces: 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