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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.
Standard-issue pistol for military police and all branches of army. Manurhin MR 73 France: Revolver [1] MAT-49 France: Submachine gun [2] Heckler & Koch MP5 Germany: Submachine gun: Standard Issue sub-machine gun for the army and Special forces. [2] FN FAL Belgium: Battle rifle: Standard issue rifle, used by paratroopers and presidential guards ...
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.
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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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This is a timeline of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon during 2021.. The Anglophone Crisis is an ongoing armed conflict in the Republic of Cameroon in Central Africa, where historically English-speaking Ambazonian separatists are seeking the independence of the former British trust territory of Southern Cameroons, which was unified with Cameroon since 1961.
The Anglophone Crisis began in 2017, when English-speaking people in the northwestern and southwestern regions of Cameroon declared independence due to allegations of persecution by the French-speaking Cameroonian government. [1]