Togolese Armed Forces
Togolese Armed Forces | |
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Forces Armées Togolaises | |
President Faure Gnassingbé | |
Minister of Defense | Essozimna Marguerite Gnakade |
Chief of Defence Staff | Brigadier General Dadja Maganawe |
Personnel | |
Military age | 18[1] |
Available for military service | 1,577,572[1], age 15–49 |
Fit for military service | 1,104,536[1], age 15–49 |
Reaching military age annually | 74,036[1] |
Expenditures | |
Percent of GDP | 1.6%[1] |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | France Russia |
Related articles | |
Ranks | Military ranks of Togo |
The Togolese Armed Forces (French: Forces Armées Togolaises, FAT) is the national military of the
Army
The current chief of staff of the army is Colonel Blakimwé Wiyao Balli.
Equipment
Armor
Name | Origin | Type | In service | Notes | ||
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Armored fighting vehicle
| ||||||
T-54
|
Soviet Union | Main battle tank | 4[8] | |||
T-34-85 | Soviet Union | Medium Tank
|
7[8] | |||
FV101 Scorpion | United Kingdom | light tank | 20[9] | |||
BMP-2 | Russia | Infantry fighting vehicle | 20[8] | |||
UR-416 | Germany | APC | 30[8] | |||
Panhard M3 | France | APC | 5[9] | Reconnaissance vehicle | ||
Véhicule Blindé Léger | France | Armored car | 2[9] | |||
EE-9 Cascavel | Brazil | Armored car | 36[9] | |||
M8 Greyhound | United States | Armored car | 9[8] | of which 3 are the M20 variant | ||
Véhicule d'Action dans la Profondeur | France | Armored car | 6[9] | |||
TC-54 | France | Heavy truck
|
110[8] | |||
Panhard AML | France | Armored car | 10[8] | |||
Artillery | ||||||
M2A1 | United States | Howitzer | 4[8] | 105mm towed howitzer | ||
2S1 Gvozdika | Soviet Union | Self-propelled howitzer
|
6[8] |
Air Force
The
During its existence the official name changed from Section Air der Forces armées in 1964 to Escadrille Nationale D Togolaise (ENT) in 1973, to Groupement Aerienne Togolais (GAT) in 1980, and finally to Armée de l'Air Togolaise in 1997.[11]
At present its operations are concentrated in the Lomé Transport Base at
It acquired the Bayraktar TB2 UCAV from Turkish company Baykar in August 2022.
Aircraft
Current inventory
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Transport | ||||||
Super King Air | United States | utility / transport | 200 | 2[14] | ||
Helicopters
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Aérospatiale Gazelle | France | scout / anti-armor | SA341 | 2[14] | ||
Trainer aircraft
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Alpha Jet | France | trainer / light attack | 5[14] | |||
Socata TB 30 | France | basic trainer | 2[14] | |||
Unmanned aerial vehicle | ||||||
Bayraktar TB2 | Turkey | UCAV | N/A | [15] |
The National Navy was created on May 1, 1976, to guard the roughly 34 miles (55 km) of
Equipment
Vessel | Origin | Type | In service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kara (P 761) | France | Patrol boat | 1 | Kara Patrol class |
Mono (P 762) | France | Patrol boat | 1 | Kara Patrol class |
Agou (P 763) | France | Patrol boat | 1 | RPB 33 class[20] |
unknown name | France | Patrol boat | 1 | RPB 33 class[20] |
unknown names | United States | Patrol boat | 3 | Defender-class boat[21] |
References
- Aircraft information files Brightstar publishing File 338 sheet 4
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- ^ a b c d "World Air Forces 2022". Flightglobal. 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Togo acquires Bayraktar TB2 drone". Military Africa. 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
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- ^ "Togo gets third defender patrol boat". IHS Jane's 360. 7 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
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- ^ a b Martin, Guy (10 July 2014). "Togo receives Defender patrol boat from United States - defenceWeb". www.defenceweb.co.za. Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- ^ "Togo receives Defender patrol boat from United States". 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
External links
- Media related to Military of Togo at Wikimedia Commons