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  2. Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Congolese soldiers of the colonial-era Force Publique pictured in 1928. The first organised Congolese troops, known as the Force Publique, were created in 1888 when King Leopold II of Belgium, who held the Congo Free State as his private property, ordered his Secretary of the Interior to create military and police forces for the state. [11]

  3. Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    The Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo (French: Forces armées de la République du Congo), also less formally denoted as the Forces armées congolaises or its acronym FAC, are the military forces of the Republic of the Congo. They consist of the Congolese Army, the Congolese Air Force, the Congolese Marine (Navy) , and the Congolese ...

  4. Force Publique - Wikipedia

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    The Force Publique (French: [fɔʁs pyblik], "Public Force"; Dutch: Openbare Weermacht) was the military of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo from 1885 to 1960. It was established after Belgian Army officers travelled to the Free State to found an armed force in the colony on Leopold II of Belgium's orders.

  5. Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    The land forces are made up of about 14 integrated brigades, of fighters from all the former warring factions which have gone through an brassage integration process (see next paragraph), and a not-publicly known number of non-integrated brigades which remain solely made up from single factions (the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD)'s Armee National Congolaise, the ex-government former ...

  6. Category:Military history of the Democratic Republic of the ...

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    Pages in category "Military history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  7. Category : Military history of the Republic of the Congo

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    Pages in category "Military history of the Republic of the Congo" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.

  8. List of equipment of the Land Forces of the Democratic ...

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    Model Image Origin Type Quantity Details Tanks PT-76 Soviet Union Light tank: 10 [2]: Type 62 China Light tank 30 [2]: T-55 Soviet Union Medium tank: 32 [2]: Type 59 China Main battle tank

  9. Category:Military of the Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    Military history of the Republic of the Congo (3 C, 3 P) P. ... Pages in category "Military of the Republic of the Congo" The following 4 pages are in this category ...