Military of São Tomé and Príncipe

The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe off the coast of West Africa maintains a very small military, consisting of four branches: the Army, the Coast Guard, the Presidential Guard, and the National Guard. In the 2005 fiscal year, military expenditures were $581,729, about 0.8% of São Tomé and Príncipe's gross domestic product.

A 2004 estimate put military manpower availability (males age 15-49) at 38,347, with a "fit for military service" estimate of 20,188.

Equipment

Equipmets of Army

• Trucks
  • Daihatsu Delta^{[citation needed]}
  • Unimog^{[citation needed]}

• Armoured vehicles
  • BRDM-1^{[citation needed]}
  • BRDM-2^{[citation needed]}

• Carbine
  • SKS

• Assault rifles
  • AK-47
  • AKM

• Machine guns
  • PK machine gun^{[citation needed]}
  • Rheinmetall MG 3^{[citation needed]}

• Rocket-propelled grenades
  • RPG-7^{[citation needed]}

• Anti-aircraft guns
  • ZPU-4^{[citation needed]}

Coast Guard

• Patrol boats:
  • Archangel Class - Jet boat

References

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