Angolan Armed Forces

There are three divisions, the Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra, MdG), and Air and Air Defense Forces (FAPA). Total manpower is about 110,000. The army is by far the largest of the services with about 100,000 men and women. The Navy numbers about 3,000 and operates several small patrol craft and barges. Air force personnel total about 7,000; its equipment includes Russian-manufactured fighters and transport planes.

A small number of FAA personnel are stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) and the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville).

Equipment

• T-72 - 50
• T-62 - 50
• T-54/T-55 - about 200
• BRDM-2 - 600
• BMP-1/BMP-2 - 250 (including 62 ex-Polish BMP-2)
• BTR-152/BTR-60/BTR-80 - 170

Field Artillery

• D-30 122mm - 500
• M-46 130mm - 48
• D-20 152mm - 4
• 2S1 Carnation 122mm SP - some
• 2S3 152mm SP - 4
• 2S7 203mm SP - some
• BM-21 122mm MRL - 50
• RM-70 122mm MRL - 40
• MB-24 240mm MRL - some
• 82mm Mortar - 250
• 120mm Mortar - 500

Air Defence Artillery

• SA-3 Goa/SA-9 Gaskin/SA-14 Gremlin/SA-16 Gimlet/SA-7 Grail AA SAMs - 500
• ZPU-4 14.5mm & ZU-23-2 23mm AA Guns - 450+
• M-1939 37mm SP AAA
• S-60 57mm SP AAA

ATGM

• AT-4 Spigot - 100

External links

• Angola Air Force (Forca Aerea Popular de Angola)
• World Navies