Tunisian Armed Forces
Tunisian Armed Forces seal القوات المسلحة التونسية | |
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Founded | 1956 |
Service branches | Land Army Navy Air Force |
Headquarters | Ministry of National Defence |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-Chief | Pres. Fouad Mebazaa |
Minister of National Defense | Abdelkarim Zbidi |
Chief of staff | Rachid Ammar |
Manpower | |
Active personnel | 45,000 |
Deployed personnel | Unknown number in UN Missions |
Expenditures | |
Percent of GDP | 1.6% |
The Tunisian Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة التونسية) consist of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
As of 2008, Tunisia had an army of 27,000 personnel equipped with 84 main battle tanks and 48 light tanks. The navy numbered 4,800 operating 25 patrol boats and 6 other craft. The air force had 4,000 personnel, 27 combat aircraft and 43 helicopters. Paramilitary forces consisted of a 12,000-member national guard. Tunisia has participated in peacekeeping efforts in the DROC and Ethiopia/Eritrea. Previous United Nations peacekeeping deployments for the Tunisian armed forces have included Cambodia (UNTAC), Namibia (UNTAG), Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi and the 1960s mission in the Congo, ONUC.
History
Army equipment
Small arms
Artillery
Heavy mortars
Anti-tank weapons
Anti-aircraft weapons
Tanks
ARVs
APC/IFVs
Logistics and engineering equipment
AFV transporters
Utility vehicles
Radar
Other equipment
Air Force equipment
Combat aircraft
Jet training/light attack aircraft
Training/COIN piston-engined aircraft
Liaison aircraft
Transport aircraft
Attack helicopters
Medium transport helicopters
Light transport helicopters
UAVs
Main Topic Tunisian UAV
Missiles
Radar
Military airfields
MFPBs
Gun frigates
ASW vessels
Minesweepers
Gun boats
Patrol boats
Landing craft
Auxiliary vessels
Missiles
ASW Torpedo
Defense production
Tunisia has developed the ability to produce 20 meter-long patrol boats with assistance from South Korea.
Weapons of mass destruction
No known nuclear activity. Signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
No known chemical weapons activity. Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
No known biological weapons activity. Party to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
References
- The Military Balance 2008, Routledge ISBN 978-1-857-43461-3
- Tunisia - Armed forces
- "World Armies, John Keegan, ISBN 0-333-172366-1
- http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73S00320110429?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel
- Dienstschiffe Typ GSB 23
External links
- Republic of Tunisia Ministry of National Defense
- The CIA World Factbook
- This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".
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