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Tunisian navy




Tunisian Armed Forces

Tunisian Armed Forces seal
القوات المسلحة التونسية
Armoiries Forces armées tunisiennes.svg
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

Naval attack/search and rescue helicopters

Medium transport helicopters

Light transport helicopters

UAVs

Main Topic Tunisian UAV

Missiles

Radar

Military airfields

Navy equipment

MFPBs

Gun frigates

ASW vessels

Minesweepers

Gun boats

Patrol boats

Landing craft

Auxiliary vessels

Missiles

ASW Torpedo

Naval bases

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

  1. The Military Balance 2008, Routledge ISBN 978-1-857-43461-3
  2. Tunisia - Armed forces
  3. "World Armies, John Keegan, ISBN 0-333-172366-1
  4. http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE73S00320110429?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel
  5. Dienstschiffe Typ GSB 23

External links

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