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Armoured combat vehicle Singapore: 19 19 Sentinel IIs in total, [16] 6 Sentinel IIs in 8x8 equipped with Elbit Systems UT30 turrets with 10 Sentinel IIs in 6x6 for recon missions [17] Sherpa Light: Armored personnel carrier France: 2 [18] Otokar Cobra and Otokar Cobra II: Infantry mobility vehicle Turkey: 73 [19] International MXT-MV: Infantry ...
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the international framework on firearms is composed of three main instruments: the Firearms Protocol, the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (Programme of Action, or PoA) and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify ...
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.
Assault rifle Poland Nigeria: Produced locally under license by DICON. Will serve as standard issued assault rifle, to replace OBJ-006 and NR-1. FB Mini-Beryl [11] Compact assault rifle Poland: 10 test units purchased. M16A1 [12] Assault rifle United States: FN FNC [2] Assault rifle Belgium: Beretta AR70/90 [2] Assault rifle Italy: Daewoo K2 [13]
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 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).
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 In 1959, two years after the Gold Coast became independent from the British Empire , the Gold Coast Regiment was withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force and formed the basis for the new Ghanaian army.
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.