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Assault rifle United States: Used by paratroopers. M14: 7.62×51mm: Battle rifle United States: FN FAL [1] 7.62×51mm: Battle rifle Belgium: Heckler & Koch G3 [7] 7.62×51mm: Battle rifle West Germany: Machine guns Bren [1] 7.62×51mm: Light machine gun United Kingdom: RPD: 7.62×39mm: Squad automatic weapon Soviet Union: RPK: 7.62×39mm: Squad ...
L2 BAT, Battalion Anti Tank; The original towed gun complete with a heavy armoured shield and wheeled mount. Accepted for service in 1953. L4 MoBAT (Mobile BAT) [8] A BAT with the shield removed to lighten it (even though it still weighed some 770 kg (0.76 long tons) and a spotting weapon (a Bren light machine gun) added.
SC-09A 4WD Special combat Assault Vehicle(SAV) Light tactical all-terrain vehicle/Scout car Republic of China: 56 [20] In use with ROC Army Aviation and Special Forces. [21] Amphibious bridging vehicles M3 Amphibious Rig: Amphibious bridging vehicle Germany: 22 [16] In use with Northern Army Group, 53 Engineering Battalion. [citation needed]
The GHF (Ghana Air Force) started on 24 July 1959 as a Flying Training School with Israeli instructors and technicians, under the command of Lt. Col. Adam Shatkay of the IAF. The School was established as a cradle of a service to complement the Army and the Navy.
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is the state military organisation of Ghana, consisting of the Army (GA), Navy (GN), and Ghana Air Force. [ 3 ] The Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces is the president of Ghana , who is also the supreme military commander of the Border Guard Unit (BGU).
Combat Group Juliet consisted of two companies of mechanised infantry and a squadron of Eland armoured cars. [19] Later combat groups replaced the Eland squadron with Ratel-90s, which essentially functioned in the same role. [19] Ratels formed the mainstay of the SADF's ad hoc battle groups for most of the South African Border War.
The Ghana Army is the principal land warfare force of Ghana. In 1959, two years after the Gold Coast became independent from the British Empire , the Gold Coast Regiment was withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force and formed the basis for the new Ghanaian army.
Ghana Coup plotters NLC Victory. Coup failure; June 4th coup d'état (1979) Ghana (Supreme Military Council) Armed Forces Revolutionary Council: AFRC Victory. Colonel I.K. Acheampong deposed and executed; Nobistor affair [16] [17] [18] (1985) Ghana (Provisional National Defence Council) Supporters of Godfrey Osei United States mercenaries PNDC ...