Kenya

Kenya

Kenya

Capital: Nairobi

Manda Bay Naval Station near the Kenyan border with Somalia is used by U.S. military personnel.

1952- 1960 Mau Mau rebellion against British colonial forces

Was Barack Obamas father a British informant working against the Mau Mau?

2009- A shipment of T-72 tanks and other weapons were captured by Somali pirates, but released and unloaded at the port city of Mombasa. Kenyan officials claim the weapons were for the Kenyan military. Intelligence sources from around the world expressed doubt and believe the weapons were meant for the South Sudanese Army.

October 2011- Kenyan military forces entered Somalia to fight against Islamic militants

63,000 active duty personnel

Air Force

Approximately 5,000 personnel

Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki

Moi Air Base in Eastleigh, Nairobi

FOB Mombassa at Moi International Airport

FOB Mandera

FOB Wajir

FOB Nyeri

F-5 Tiger II fighter aircraft (22)

DHC-5 Buffalo transport aircraft (7)

DHC-8 Dash transport aircraft (3)

Harbin Y-12 transport aircraft (12)

Fokker 70 aircraft used for VIP transport (1)

Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft used for training (10)

Scottish Aviation Bulldog trainer aircraft (5)

Shorts Tucano trainer aircraft (11)
Mi-28 attack helicopters. 16 ordered. 5 delivered?

SA.330 Puma helicopters (21)

Mi-171 helicopters (3)

SA.342 Gazelle helicopter (1)

Harbin Z-9W (WZ-9) attack helicopters (4)

Harbin Z-9 utility helicopters (4)

 

RQ-11 Raven unmanned aerial vehicles (8) 

ScaEagle unmanned aerial vehicles (4)

AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles

AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missiles

BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles for MD 500 helicopters

Navy

Approximately 2,500 personnel

Offshore patrol boats, Shupavu Class with 76mmand 30mm guns (2)

Missile Boats, Nyayo Class with Otomat anti-ship missiles (2)

Landing Ship, Medium (2)

Inshore patrol vessels (6)

Personnel Tenders (2)

Tug Boat (1)

4 Madaraka Class missile boats with Gabriel anti-ship missiles (decommissioned)

Army

Approximately 55,000 personnel

Paratroops

Air Cavalry

Vickers Mk 3 tanks (76)

T-72 tanks with Kontakt-1 explosive reactive armor (110) Supposedly for Kenya, and not the South Sudanese Army.

BTR-60 armored personnel carriers (3)

Panhard AML-60 and AML-90 armored reconnaissance vehicles (72)

Panhard M3 armored personnel carriers (15)

Saracen armored personnel carriers (15)

WZ551 armored personnel carriers (35)

UR-416 armored personnel carriers (52)

Ferret armored reconnaissance vehicles (20)

Saladin 6x6 wheeled (10)

Shorland armored cars (8)

Puma M26-15 MRAP. South African made. (150)

BRM command vehicle (BMP-1 variant)

HMMWV utility vehicles (100)

Land Rover Defender

BM-21 multiple rocket launchers (41)

2S7 203mm self propelled howitzers (6-25)

Nora B-52 self propelled. Serbian made. (30)?

Oto Melara Mod 56 towed howitzers (8)

L118 light guns (40)

120mm mortars. Finnish? (12)

L16 81mm mortars

Milan anti-tank guided missiles

Swingfire anti-tank guided missiles

RPG-7 shoulder fired anti-tank rocket launchers

Carl Gustav shoulder fired anti-tank rocket launchers

Wombat BAT-4 120mm recoilless guns? (May be retired from service)

M79 grenade launchers

Barrett M107 sniper/anti-material rifles

Barrett M82 sniper/anti-material rifles

Browning M2HB machine guns

Browning M1919 machine guns

FN MAG machine guns

PK machine guns

AAT-52 machine guns

M249 machine guns

HK21 machine guns

Negev machine guns. israeli made.

M60 machine guns

PSG1 sniper rifles

G3 assault rifles

AK-47 assault rifles

FN FAL assault rifles

Galil assault rifles

AK-102 assault rifles

AK-101 assault rifles

M16 assault rifles

M4 carbines

Uzi sub-machine guns

MP5 sub-machine guns

Steyr MPi-69 sub-machine guns

Sterling sub-machine guns

Browning Hi Power pistols

Small arms ammunition production facilities.

Army Aviation

Operated by the Kenyan army 50^th Air Cavalry battalion at the Embakasi military base

MD 500M utility helicopters. (10)

MD 500MD scout helicopters (15)

MD 500MD with TOW anti-tank missiles (35)

Air Defense

SA-11 (Buk-M1) surface-to-air missiles

Rapier surface-to-air missiles

Tigercat surface-to-air missiles

Mistral surface-to-air missiles

Bofors L/70 towed 40mm anti-aircraft guns

Oerlikon GDF-002 towed twin 35mm anti-aircraft guns

Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft guns

TCM-20 towed twin 20mm anti-aircraft guns

ZPU-4 towed 14.5mm anti-aircraft guns

M55 quad mount (4x.50 cal machine guns)

Special Forces

Kenya Police Service

Includes the General Service Unit (GSU)

Cessna utility aircraft (7)

Mi-17 helicopters (3)

Bell 206 helicopters (3)

AS.350 Ecureuil helicopter (1)

MBB Bo 105 helicopter used for medical evacuation (1)

Intelligence

Kenyan National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS)

Handles internal and external security threats.

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