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Used by the Ethiopian Republican Guard. [5] M14 [1] 7.62×51mm: Battle rifle United States: Beretta BM 59 [1] 7.62×51mm: Battle rifle Italy: Heckler & Koch G3: 7.62×51mm: Battle rifle West Germany: FN Model 1949 [2] 7.62×51mm: Battle rifle Belgium: Zastava M48: 7.92×57mm: Bolt-action rifle Yugoslavia: Machine guns Browning M1918 FN Mle 30 ...
The Ethiopian Regional Special Forces (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ልዩ ሀይል) is the gendarmerie and paramilitary force of the Ethiopian National Defense Force.It was first established in 2007 by the order of the federal government in order to counter the insurgency in the Somali Region. it has the specialized task to maintain regional and nationwide security and counter any form of ...
The Ministry of Defense (Amharic: የመከላከያ ሚኒስቴር, romanized: yemekelakeya mīnīsitēri) is a cabinet-level office in charge of defense-related matters of Ethiopia. The current minister is Aisha Mohammed since 2024.
25 December – The Ethiopian National Defense Force closes the country's border with Somalia following heavy fighting in rural areas of Harshin, Fafan Zone, between Ethiopia's Somali regional forces and local clan militias after the killing of a local security chief and his bodyguards. Hundreds of people, including children, flee from their homes.
On May 22, 1953, a U.S.-Ethiopian Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement was signed. A U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group was dispatched to Ethiopia and began its work by reorganizing the army into three divisions. On 25 September 1953, Selassie created the Imperial Ministry of National Defense that unified the Army, Air Force, and Navy. [23]
A section of the Mannerheim Line. The flexible defense is a military theory about the design of modern fortifications.The examples of "flexible" defense-lines (Mannerheim Line, Árpád Line, Bar Lev Line) are not based on dense lines of heavily armed, large and expensive concrete fortifications as the systems such as the Maginot Line were.
Defense Day (Amharic: የመከላከያ ቀን) is a national holiday in Ethiopia celebrating on 26 October to commemorate the establishment of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) in 1907. Events in this day includes military parades, exhibitions and other ceremonies.
During July 2024, Fano began a broad offensive in the Amhara region which enabled it to seize control of rural territories. [3] [2]Fano units in Gondar started attacking the B30 Highway in September after a lull in August and launched an offensive to gain control over the C34 road, [4] which links Amhara to neighboring Sudan.