Zambian Defence Force

Military of Zambia
Manpower
Military age	n/a
Available for military service	2,477,494, age 15–49 (2004 est.)
Fit for military service	1,310,814, age 15–49 (2004 est.)
Reaching military age annually	NA (2004 est.)
Active personnel	15,100
Expenditures
Budget	$42.6 million (2003)
Percent of GDP	0.9% (2003)

The Zambian Defence Force (ZDF) consists of the army, the air force, and Zambian National Service (ZNS). The ZNS, while operating under the Ministry of Defence, is responsible primarily for public works projects. The ZDF is designed primarily for internal defence in Zambia. Being a landlocked country, Zambia has no navy.

Army

• 3 x brigades
• 1 x Armoured regiment composed of a Tank Battalion and 1 Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion
• 9 x Infantry battalions (including 3 reserve battalions)
• 1 x Artillery Regiment (1 MRL battalion and 2 Field Artillery battalions)
• 1 x Engineer Regiment

Equipment

• Type 59 Tanks (20)
• T-55 Tanks (10)
• PT-76 light Tanks (30)
• BRDM-1/BRDM-2 Armoured Vehicles (70)
• BTR-60 Armoured Personnel Carriers (13)
• BTR-80 Armoured Personnel Carriers (20)
• ZiS-3 M-1942 76mm Gun (35)
• D-30 122mm Gun (25)
• M-46 130mm Gun (18)
• BM-21 122mm MRL (30)
• 81mm Motars (55)
• 82mm Mortars (24)
• 120mm Mortars (12)
• AT-3 Sagger Anti-Tank Missiles
• M-18 57mm Tank Destroyer - (12)
• Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
• Heckler & Koch G3
• AK-63
• ZPU
• Stechkin APS

Air Force

Main article: Zambian Air Force

The Zambian Air Force is a small air force equipped with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MFs and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S in addition to a range of transport aircraft and helicopters.

See also

• Zambia

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