Chadian Ground Forces
The Chadian Ground Forces (
Malian or Central African army, with a total of 25,000 to 30,000 troops.[1] Chad has been involved as part of the Multinational Joint Task Force in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency, deploying troops to Niger and Mali.[2]
Another common role of the Chadian Army has been quelling rebellions against the central government of Chad.
Structure
- Defense and Security Zone[3]
- No. 1 (Fada)
- No. 2 (Ouaddaï)
- No. 3
- No. 4
- No. 5
- No. 6 (Bardaï)
- No. 7 (Faya-Largeau)
- No. 8 (Amdjarass)
- Armored Battalion
- Infantry Battalion
- Artillery Battalion
- Engineer Battalion
- Special Forces Unit
- Rapid Intervention Force (FIR)
Equipment
Small arms
Anti-tank weapons
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Caliber | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
M40A1[11] | Recoilless rifle | United States | 106mm | ||
MILAN[12] | Anti-tank missile
|
France West Germany |
469 mounted on light vehicles | ||
Eryx[12] | Anti-tank missile
|
France |
Anti-aircraft weapons
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZPU[12] | Anti-aircraft gun
|
Soviet Union | Unknown | INS | Variants include ZPU-1, ZPU-2 and ZPU-4. | |
ZU-23-2[12] | Anti-aircraft gun
|
Soviet Union | Unknown | INS | ||
2K12 Kub[12] | Surface-to-air missile | Soviet Union | 4 Launchers (1 battery) | INS | ||
9K32 Strela-2[13] | MANPADS
|
Soviet Union | Unknown | INS | ||
9K38 Igla[14] | MANPADS
|
Soviet Union | 50 | INS | ||
FIM-92 Stinger | MANPADS
|
United States | Unknown | INS |
Artillery
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-propelled artillery | ||||||
2S1 Gvozdika[12] | Self-propelled artillery | Soviet Union | 10 | INS | ||
Rocket artillery | ||||||
BM-21 Grad[12] | Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union | 6 | INS | ||
Type 63[12] | Multiple rocket launcher | China | Unknown | INS | ||
PHL-81[12] | Multiple rocket launcher | China | 5 | INS | ||
Field artillery | ||||||
M101[12] | Howitzer | United States | 5 | INS | ||
MO-120-AM50[12] | Mortar | France | Unknown | INS |
Tanks and tank destroyers
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type 59G[15] | Main battle tank | China | 30 | INS | ||
T-55[12]
|
Medium tank | Soviet Union | 60 | INS | ||
WMA-301[12] | Tank destroyer | China | 30 | INS |
Armored vehicles
References
- ^ Chad Army. Globalsecurity.org
- Foreign Policy. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Alwihda, Info. "Tchad : nominations dans 4 zones de défense et de sécurité et à la DGSSIE". Alwihda Info - Actualités TCHAD, Afrique, International (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
- ^ Le Goff, Hervé (September 2007). "Les MAB P.8 et P.15 "Combat"". Gazette des Armes (in French). No. 390. p. 57.
- ISBN 0-7106-0889-6.
- ISBN 0760730946.
- ^ Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies" (PDF). Jane's. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Israeli arms transfers to sub-Saharan Africa" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2013.
- French Ministry of Defense. 30 March 2015. Archivedfrom the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ISBN 9781857438352.
- ^ ISBN 9781032012278.
- ^ Dr. Michael Ashkenazi; Princess Mawuena Amuzu; Jan Grebe; Christof Kögler; Marc Kösling (February 2013). "MANPADS: A Terrorist Threat to Civilian Aviation?" (PDF). Bonn International Center of Conversion (BICC) – Internationales Konversionszentrum Bonn GmbH. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
- ^ a b c "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
- ^ "Chinese-made Type 59G main battle tanks in service with Chad armed forces". armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ a b "Chadian military parade reveals new equipment deliveries". Janes. 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- ^ "Nurol Makina vehicles make inroads in North Africa". Janes. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-10-07.