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The Uganda Army (abbreviated UA), also known as the Uganda Rifles, served as the national armed forces of Uganda during the presidencies of Mutesa II and Milton Obote (known as Obote I). As time went on, the military was gradually expanded and increasingly interfered in Uganda's national politics.
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda.From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–45,000, consisting of land forces and an air wing. [6]
The Uganda Volunteer Reserve (also referred to as the UVR or Uganda VR) [1] was a military unit of the Uganda Protectorate. The UVR was established in March 1903 with support from the British government's Colonial Defence Committee (CDC). The CDC promoted the establishment of such forces in the self-governing parts of the British Empire from ...
This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and equipment being trialled.
Military equipment of the United Kingdom by period (4 C) World War I military equipment of the United Kingdom (5 C, 10 P) World War II military equipment of the United Kingdom (7 C, 47 P)
The Corps Warrant, which is the official list of which bodies of the British Military (not to be confused with naval) Forces were to be considered Corps of the British Army for the purposes of the Army Act, the Reserve Forces Act, 1882, and the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, had not been updated since 1926 (Army Order 49 of 1926 ...
The military history of Uganda begins with actions before the conquest of the country by the British Empire.After the British conquered the country, there were various actions, including in 1887, and independence was granted in 1962.
A Uganda Army OT-64 SKOT armoured personnel carrier during a military parade in Kampala in the late 1960s. After Uganda gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, [2] 4th Battalion, King's African Rifles, at Jinja, [3] was transformed into the country's first military force, the Uganda Rifles.