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Military of Gabon
National flag of GabonFounded 1960 Service branches Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential (Republican) Guard (charged with protecting the president and other senior officials), National Gendarmerie, National Police Manpower Military age 20 years of age Expenditures Budget 70.8 million (FY01)(CIA) Percent of GDP 2% (FY01)(CIA) Industry Foreign suppliers France
Related articles History 1964 Gabon coup d'etat The African country of Gabon has a small, professional military of about 5,000 personnel, divided into army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and national police. Gabonese forces are oriented to the defense of the country and have not been trained for an offensive role. A well-trained, well-equipped 1,800-member guard provides security for the president.
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Army
Major Units
- 1 Republican Guard Battalion group - Libreville[citation needed] with:
- 1 Light Armored Recon. Squad;
- 3 Infantry Coys;
- 1 Artillery Battery;
- 1 Air Defense Battery.
- 1 Airborne Regiment with:
- 3 Airborne Coys;
- 1 Recon and Support Coy;
- 1 Command Coy.
- 1 Light Armored Reecon Battalion with:
- 1 Logistic and Command Coy;
- 2 Armored Sqds.
- 1 Support Command Regiment with:
- 1 Artillery Battery;
- 1 Mortar Battery;
- 1 MRLS Battery;
- 1 Engineer Coy;
- Logistic Units.
- 7xMilitary Regions with:
- 1 Motorized Infantry Battalion or Coy-each.
Equipment
Hand Guns
Submachineguns
- Beretta Mod-12S
Italy
- IMI Uzi
Israel
- MAT-49
France
- Sterling Mk 4 (L2A-3)
United Kingdom
Rifles
- 2,000x Colt M16A1
United States
- 2,000x Colt CAR-15A-1 R653 Carbine
United States
- FN CAL
Belgium
- SIG SG 540
Swiss
- 800x FAMAS F-1
France
- Kalashnikov AK-47
Soviet Union
- Type 56
China
- Kalashnikov AKM
Soviet Union\AKM Misr
Egypt \ AKM M-63
Romania
- Heckler & Koch G3A3
Germany
Machineguns
- FM-24/29 7.5mm machine gun
France
- AA-52 7.5mm machine gun
France
- FN MAG 60-40 Coaxial 7.62mm machine gun
Belgium
- M1917A1 .30 caliber machine gun
United States
- M1919A4 .30 caliber machine gun
United States
- Browning M2HB .50 caliber machine gun
United States
Grenade Launchers
- 25x Colt M-203
United States
Recoilless Rifles
- M-40 A1-C-1 106mm
United States
Missile Launchers
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
- 9 Cadillac Gage Commando LAV V150
United States 4x4
- 12 Engesa EE-11 Urutu
Brazil 6x6 20mm gun
- 22 Pandur I 6x6
Austria 6x6
- 1 Pandur II 8x8 +20 on order
Austria 8x8 30mm gun
- 3 WZ551
China 6x6
- 9 Giat VAB
France 4x4 (One with ground force radar).
Armoured Personnel Carriers
- 5 IAI Ramta RAM-2V
Israel 4x4
- 5 ACMAT VLRA TPK 4.15 STL
France 4x4
- 14 Panhard VBL
France 4x4 (One with Radar)
- 10 Panhard M3
France 4x4
- 15 VBX170
France 4x4
- 6 ZFB05
China Xinxing 4x4
- 3 VBRG Berlinet 4x4 APCs
France
Armoured Response Vehicles
- 10 Panhard ERC-90 Sagie
France 6x6 90mm main gun
- 14 Engesa EE-9 Cascavel
Brazil 6x6 90mm main gun
- 24 Panhard AML 90
France 4x4 90mm main gun
- 12 Panhard AML 60
France 4x4 60mm mortar
- 12 Engesa EE-3 Jararaca
Brazil 4x4
- 10 M-8 Greyhound
United States 6x6 37mm main gun-status unknown.
- 20 Matadotr 4x4 MPV \ APCs
South Africa
Light Anti-Tank Rocket Launchers
- LARC LR 89mm
France
Multiple Rocket Launchers
- 11 Teruel MRL 140mm
Spain
- 20 Type 89 40x122mm
China (ZDF-1)
- 16 Type 63 107mm
China
- 10 Type 82 130mm MRL
China
- 4 Type 90 122mm MRL
China
Artillery
- 10 Type-59 130mm towed gun
China
- 4 M101 howitzer 105mm towed howitzer
United States
- 5 M102 howitzer 105mm towed howitzer
United States
- 4 Thomson-Brandt F1 120mm Mortar
France
- 35 Brandt mle 27/31 81mm Mortar
France
MANPADS
Anti-Aircraft Guns
- 4 Panhard ERC-20 2x20mm SP-AAG Kriss with 2x M621 SP-AAGs (6x6) 20x128mm
France
- 5 Aspic mount chassis
France
- 24 ZSU-23 2x23mm
Soviet Union
- 12 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
Soviet Union
- 3 Bofors 40mm
Sweden
Trucks
Army Aircraft Inventory
Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service[1] Notes Aérospatiale SA 342 Gazelle France
attack\ scout helicopter SA-342L (with MBDA HOT missiles) 5 Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma France
transport helicopter SA-330 7 Ships
Fast Attack Craft
- 1 La Combattante III Fast Attack Craft with MBDA MM-40 Exocet SSMs
France
Patrol Craft
- 2 P400 class patrol vessel with SS-12M SSMs
France
- 4 small costal PCs (from Spain)
Spain
- 1 Swift ships Type 205 class PC
United States
- 1 Omar Bongo class FAC with SS-12M SSMs
France
Landing Craft
Weapons
- MBDA Exocet SSMs - 4 Launchers
France
- Nord Aviation SS.12M SSMs - 16 Launchers
France
- Oerlikon-Buhrle 20x128mm AAG
Swiss
Air Force
The Air Force operates 33 aircraft, including 4 combat jets and 5 helicopters. In addition to the Air Force, the Army operates its own fleet of 8 helicopters.
Aircraft Inventory
Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service[2] Notes Aérospatiale SA 316 Alouette III France
utility helicopter SA 316B 3 6 delivered ATR-42 France
Italy
passenger transport ATR 42 1 Eurocopter AS350 France
light helicopter AS350B 2x AS-350B Ecureuil Eurocopter AS355 France
light helicopter AS355 1 Beechcraft T-34 Mentor United States
trainer T-34C 4 Bell 205 United States
utility helicopter Iroquois 1 Bell 412 United States
transport helicopter 412SP 1 Bell 212 United States
transport helicopter 1 2 delivered. Douglas DC-8 United States
VIP transport DC-8 1 CASA CN-235 Spain
tactical transport CN-235-200M 1 Reims F152 United States
France
utility 1 Reims F337 United States
France
light attack G Super Skymaster 4 Reims F404 United States
France
utility aircraft Titan-1 1 Dassault Falcon 20 France
VIP jet transport 2 delivered. Dassault Falcon 900 France
VIP transport 1 2 delivered. Dassault Mirage F1 France
ground attack F1AZ 8 Ordered, 6 Received, 2 Outstanding [2] ex-SAAF Dassault Mirage V France
trainer
fighter>Mirage 5DG
Mirage 5Gthe total order was for 13 Mirage Vs. ( 4xMirage V-DG, 2xMirage V-RG-not delivered, 3xMirage V-G and 4xMirage V-G-II) status unknown Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet France
Germany
trainer
fighterSM-2 6 reported. Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante Brazil
transport
maritime patrolEMB-110P1
EMB-111A3
1in total 1xEMB-111A+4xEMB-110P-1 were delivered. Eurocopter SA 332 Super Puma France
Germany
Spain
transport helicopter SA-332F 1[2] Fouga Magister Finland
France via
Austria
trainer CM 170 4 built by Valmet. A total of 8x CM-170 were delivered.
Gulfstream II United States
VIP- jet 1 Gulfstream III United States
VIP-jet 1 Gulfstream IV United States
VIP-jet SP 1 British Aerospace 125 United Kingdom
VIP-jet HS.125 Series 400 out of service 1 delivered. Lockheed C-130 Hercules United States
tactical transport C-130H
L-100-20
L-100-301
1
1A total of 4 C-130s were delivered (1xC-130H, 1xC-130-20, 2x C-130-30) Douglas A-1 Skyraider United States
attack Out of service 9 delivered Matra R-530D\F Super France
AAMs Matra R.550 Magic 2 France
AAMs Aerospatiale AS-30L France
AGMs MBDA HOT France
Germany
ATGMs for SA-342 helicopters - Aircraft sensors:-
AN\APS-128 MP radar
United States for EBM-111MP x1 AN\ALR-93
United States
Air Bases
- Chilbanga
- Franceville
- Libreville
Air Force Units
- 1 Fighter Squadron 1-02 Leyou at BA02 Franceville with:
- Mirage F-1;
- Mirage M-5;
- CM-170;
- Alpha Jet(?).
- 1 Light Transport Squadron at BAO1 Libreville with:
- EMB-110;
- EMB-111;
- SA-316.
- 1 Heavy Transport Squadron at BA01 Libreville with:
- C-130 Hercules;
- CN-235.
- 1 Ministral Air Liaison Group at BA01 Libreville with:
- DC-8;
- Falcon-900EX;
- Gulfstream-III.
Historical Aircraft
- 4 Aero L-29 Delfin
Czech Republic-reported (world air forces website)
- 1 Bell G-47 Sioux
United States
- 5 Douglas C-47 Dakota
United States
- 1 Douglas DC-6B
United States
- 1 Fokker F-28-1000C Fellowship
Holland
- 1 Grumman Mallard
United States
- 5 Max Holste HM.1521M Broussard
France
- 1 MFI MFI-9B Bolkow Junior
Sweden
- 2 NAMC YS-11A
Japan
- 3 Nord-2051 Noratlas
France
- 6 North American AT-6 Texan
United States
- 1 Piper PA-18 Super-Cub
United States
- 1 Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
United States
- 3 Aerospatiale Alouette-II
France
- 1 SNIAS Caravelle GR
France
- 3 SNIAS Fregate N-262C
France
References
- ^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.
- ^ a b c Gabonese military aviation OrBat
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