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The Cameroon Armed Forces (French: Forces armées camerounaises (FAC)) are the military of the Republic of Cameroon. The armed forces number 40,000 [ 3 ] personnel in ground, air, and naval forces. There are approximately 40,000 troops in the army across three military regions.
Used by the Army. FN MAG Belgium: General-purpose machine gun: Standard-issue machine gun for the army. [4] M2 Browning United States Belgium: Heavy machine gun: Standard-issue heavy machine gun for all branches of the army. [5] Anti-tank weapon; BGM-71 TOW United States: Anti-tank missile: 24 launchers and 250 missiles delivered in 1990. [6 ...
List of equipment of the Cameroon Army; M. Multinational Joint Task Force; P. Presidential Guard (Cameroon) R. Military ranks of Cameroon; Rapid Intervention Battalion
The Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide, or BIR) is an elite military force [1] and an army combat unit of the Cameroonian Armed Forces. [2]The unit is supported by the United States, reports directly to the president of Cameroon, and has played a large part in the Cameroonian and regional war against Boko Haram.
The Military ranks of Cameroon are the military insignia used by the Cameroon Armed Forces. Being a former colony of France , Cameroon shares a rank structure similar to that of France . [ 1 ]
The Cameroon Armed Forces (French: Forces armées camerounaises, FAC) consists of the country's army (Armée de Terre), the country's navy (Marine Nationale de la République (MNR), including naval infantry), the Cameroonian Air Force (Armée de l'Air du Cameroun, AAC), and the Gendarmerie.
In the first half of 2021, rebels inflicted a number of casualties on the Cameroon Armed Forces in the region around Kumbo. [10] [11] In February and March, the Cameroon Armed Forces' 5th Joint Military Region under Brig. Gen. Valere Nka launched another offensive in Bui, termed "Bui 1". Though the military declared this 8-days long operation a ...
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