Military of Morocco

Infobox National Military
country= Morocco
name= Royal Moroccan Armed Forces
native_name= القوات المسلحة الملكية


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founded= 1956
current_form=
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branches=-Royal Moroccan Air Force
-Royal Moroccan Army
-Royal Moroccan Navy
-Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie
-Auxiliary Forces
-Moroccan Royal Guard
headquarters=
commander-in-chief= King Mohammed VI
commander-in-chief_title= Supreme Commander and Chief-of-Staff
minister=
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manpower_data= 2005
manpower_age=18-49
available= 7,908,864
available_f= 7,882,879
fit= 6,484,787
fit_f= 6,675,757
reaching= 353,377
reaching_f= 341,677
active= 196,300 (2006)
ranked= 25th
reserve= 150,000 (2002 est.)
deployed=
amount= 7,630,000,000 [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mo.html#Military]
percent_GDP= 5%
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foreign_suppliers= FRA
ESP
USA
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history= Military history of Morocco
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The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces is the summation of the armed forces of the kingdom of Morocco. It was founded in 1956 (except the Royal Navy founded in 1960) after Morocco's independence from France and Spain. It is structures into six different branches :

The Royal Moroccan Army fought on the Golan front in 1973, intervened decisively in 1977 Shaba conflict, and saved Zaire's regime. But the Morrocan Armed Forces were mostly notable in fighting a 25 year war against the POLISARIO, an Algerian backed rebel movement seeking the separation of Western Sahara from Morocco.Moroccan Armed forces also took a symbolic part in the Gulf war among other Arab armies, and also intervened in Somalia in 1993. On 14 July 1999, Royal Armed Forces were on parade at the Champs-Élysées, which was exceptional for a non-French army at the time.

It is today taking part in several peace keeping missions: MONUC, ONUCI, EUFOR, KFOR and MINUSTAH.

Equipment

* Heckler & Koch MP5