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Submachine gun.32 ACP [1] Star Z-45: Spain: Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum [1] Sterling: United Kingdom: Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum Mk 4 variant used. [1] Uzi: Israel: Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum [1] FBP: Portugal: Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum FBP m/948 variant used. [1] AK-47: Soviet Union Assault rifle: 7.62×39mm [1] AKM ...
Submachine guns include the Škorpion vz. 61, Star Z-45, Uzi and the FBP submachine gun. Machine guns include the RP-46, RPD machine gun, Vz. 52 machine gun and the DShK Heavy machine gun. Grenade launchers include the AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher. Mortars include the 120-PM-43 mortar (500 in service) and the 82-PM-41 (250 in service). [14]
The Angolan Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Angolanas) or FAA is the military of Angola. The FAA consist of the Angolan Army (Exército Angolano), the Angolan Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angolana) and the National Air Force of Angola (Força Aérea Nacional de Angola). Reported total manpower in 2021 was about 107,000. [2]
Portuguese Army soldiers in the beginning of the War in Angola. The camouflage uniforms and the FN FAL assault rifles identify them as Caçadores Especiais. At this time, the remaining Army forces still wore yellow khaki field uniforms and were mostly armed with bolt-action rifles. Soldiers of the PAIGC raise the flag of Guinea-Bissau in 1974.
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The FAPLA and UNITA armies began the integration process, but it was halted, as UNITA returned to war following their loss of the 1992 Angolan general election. The army was renamed the Angolan Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Angolanas (FAA)), losing the close nominal association with the MPLA.
By that time, fewer than 10,000 AR-10s had been produced, mostly military select-fire rifles, with a few semi-automatic only rifles produced for civilian use. All A.I. AR-10 parts inventories, tooling, and prototypes were either sold or scrapped; the barrel tooling was sold to Israel sometime in the early 1960s.
The National Air Force of Angola (FANA; Portuguese: Força Aérea Nacional de Angola) is the air force branch of the Angolan Armed Forces. With an inventory of more than 300 aircraft, FANA is (on paper) one of the largest and strongest air forces of Africa .