Botswana

Botswana

Botswana

Capital: Gaborone

Botswana Defence Force

9,000 personnel

Botswana Defence Force Air Wing

CF-5 fighter aircraft (14)

PC-7 trainer/light attack aircraft aircraft (6)

C-130 Hercules transport aircraft (3)

CASA C-212 transport aircraft (2)

CASA CN-235 transport aircraft (2)

Britten-Norman BN-2 Defender transport aircraft (9)

Cessna O-2 Skymaster aircraft used for liaison (8)

Beechcraft Super King Air aircraft used for staff transport (1)

Bombadier Global Express aircraft used for VIP transport (1)

Bell 412 helicopters (7)

AS.350 Ecureuil helicopters (8)

Elbit Hermes UAV

IAI Silver Arrow 180 UAV

Botswana is landlocked and has no official navy, but the ground force has a river wing

Ground Force

12,000 personnel

SK-105 Kurassier light tanks (52)

FV101 Scorpion armored reconnaissance vehicles (36)

Eland-90 armored reconnaissance vehicles (15)

BTR-60 armored personnel carriers (50)

V-150 Commando armored personnel carriers (50)

Piranha III armored personnel carriers (45)

Pandur II (1)

FV103 Spartan armored personnel carriers (6)

Ramta RAM 4x4 wheeled armored personnel carriers (8)

Steyr A4K7 armored command vehicles (3)

HMMWV utility vehicles (40)

Panhard VBL 4x4 (64)

Shorland S-52 armored cars (10)

Land Rover Defender (149)

AIL Abir

Toyota Landcruisers

APRA Romanian made 122mm multiple rocket launchers (20)

ATMOS-2000 self propelled 155mm howitzers (12)

Soltam M-71 towed 155mm howitzers (12)

L118 towed 105mm howitzers (36)

Oto Melara Model 56 towed 105mm howitzers (6)

Cobra artillery radar

M-43 120mm mortars

L-16A1 81mm mortars

AT-14 Kornet anti-tank guided missiles (on order)?

BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles

FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles

Nag Indian made anti-tank guided missiles

Milan anti-tank guided missiles

Spike anti-tank guided missiles (on order)?

RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launchers

AT-4 anti-tank rocket launchers

Carl Gustav anti-tank rocket launchers

LAW Mk 80 anti-tank rocket launchers

M82 Barrett .50 cal sniper anti-material rifles

Browning M2HB machine guns

Browning M1919 machine guns

SG-43 machine guns

MG74 machine guns

FN MAG machine guns

FN Minimi machine guns

L4 light machine guns

AK-47/AKM assault rifles

FN FAL

Galil

M16 assault rifles

M4 carbines

L85 (SA-80)

AR-18

HK MP5 sub-machine guns

Sterling sub-machine guns

Sten sub-machine guns

Browning Hi Power pistols

Lee Enfield No 2 Mk II pistols

Sig Sauer P22

Smith and Wesson .38 cal pistols

Commando regiment

Airborne regiment

River Wing

River wing with diver and rescue unit

Patrol Boats (14)

Landing Craft, Tank (3)

Landing Craft, Utility (4)

Zodiac boats

Speed Boats

Air Defence

VL MICA air defense system. Ground fired vertical launched MICA missiles.
Mistral surface-to-air missiles

FIM-92 Stinger shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

SA-18 shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

SA-16 shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

SA-7 shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

Javelin shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

Gepard self propelled 35mm anti-aircraft guns

M167 Vulcan towed 20mm anti-aircraft guns

Botswana Police Service

Diamond and Narcotics Squad (DNS)



 











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