Military of Gabon

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Military of Gabon
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National flag of Gabon
Founded 1960
Service branches Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential (Republican) Guard (charged with protecting the president and other senior officials), National Gendarmerie, National Police
Manpower
Military age 20 years of age
Expenditures
Budget 70.8 million (FY01)(CIA)
Percent of GDP 2% (FY01)(CIA)
Industry
Foreign suppliers  France
Related articles
History 1964 Gabon coup d'etat

The African country of Gabon has a small, professional military of about 5,000 personnel, divided into army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and national police. Gabonese forces are oriented to the defense of the country and have not been trained for an offensive role. A well-trained, well-equipped 1,800-member guard provides security for the president.

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[edit] Army

[edit] Major Units

  • 1 Republican Guard Battalion group - Libreville[citation needed] with:
    • 1 Light Armored Recon. Squad;
    • 3 Infantry Coys;
    • 1 Artillery Battery;
    • 1 Air Defense Battery.
  • 1 Airborne Regiment with:
    • 3 Airborne Coys;
    • 1 Recon and Support Coy;
    • 1 Command Coy.
  • 1 Light Armored Reecon Battalion with:
    • 1 Logistic and Command Coy;
    • 2 Armored Sqds.
  • 1 Support Command Regiment with:
    • 1 Artillery Battery;
    • 1 Mortar Battery;
    • 1 MRLS Battery;
    • 1 Engineer Coy;
    • Logistic Units.
  • 7xMilitary Regions with:
    • 1 Motorized Infantry Battalion or Coy-each.

[edit] Equipment

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Hand Guns

Submachineguns

Rifles

Machineguns

Grenade Launchers

Recoilless Rifles

Missile Launchers

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Armoured Personnel Carriers

  • 5 IAI Ramta RAM-2V 4x4
  • 5 ACMAT VLRA TPK 4.15 STL 4x4
  • 14 Panhard VBL 4x4 (One with Radar)
  • 10 Panhard M3 4x4
  • 15 VBX170 4x4
  • 6 ZFB05 Xinxing 4x4
  • 3 VBRG Berlinet 4x4 APCs

[edit] Armoured Response Vehicles

[edit] Light Anti-Tank Rocket Launchers

  • LARC LR 89mm

[edit] Multiple Rocket Launchers

[edit] Artillery

[edit] MANPADS

  • 4 launchers\60 MBDA Mistral missiles

[edit] Anti-Aircraft Guns

[edit] Trucks

[edit] Army Aircraft Inventory

Aircraft Type Versions In service[1] Notes
Aérospatiale SA 342 Gazelle attack\ scout helicopter SA-342L (with MBDA HOT missiles) 8
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma transport helicopter SA-330 7

[edit] Navy

[edit] Ships

[edit] Fast Attack Craft

[edit] Patrol Craft

[edit] Landing Craft

  • 1 BATRAL class landing ship
  • 1 Landing Craft - Mechanized

[edit] Weapons

[edit] Air Force

The Air Force operates 33 aircraft, including 4 combat jets and 5 helicopters. In addition to the Air Force, the Army operates its own fleet of 8 helicopters.

[edit] Aircraft Inventory

Aircraft Type Versions In service[2] Notes
Aérospatiale SA 316 Alouette III utility helicopter SA 316B 3 6 delivered
ATR-42 passenger transport ATR 42 1
Eurocopter AS350 light helicopter AS350B 2x AS-350B Ecureuil
Eurocopter AS355 light helicopter AS355 1
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor trainer T-34C 4
Bell 205 utility helicopter Iroquois 1
Bell 412 transport helicopter 412SP 1
Bell 212 transport helicopter 1 2 delivered.
Douglas DC-8 VIP transport DC-8 1
CASA CN-235 tactical transport CN-235-200M 1
Reims F152 utility 1
Reims F337 light attack G Super Skymaster 4
Reims F404 utility aircraft Titan-1 1
Dassault Falcon 20 VIP jet transport 2 delivered.
Dassault Falcon 900 VIP transport 1 2 delivered.
Dassault Mirage F1 ground attack F1AZ 8 Ordered, 6 Received, 2 Outstanding [2] ex-SAAF
Dassault Mirage V trainer
fighter		 >Mirage 5DG
Mirage 5G		 the total order was for 13 Mirage Vs. ( 4xMirage V-DG, 2xMirage V-RG-not delivered, 3xMirage V-G and 4xMirage V-G-II) status unknown
Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet trainer
fighter		 SM-2 6 reported.
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante transport & maritime patrol EMB-110P1
EMB-111A		 3
1		 in total 1xEMB-111A+4xEMB-110P-1 were delivered.
Eurocopter SA 332 Super Puma transport helicopter SA-332F 1[2]
Fouga Magister trainer CM 170 4 built by Valmet. A total of 8x CM-170 were delivered.
Gulfstream II VIP- jet 1
Gulfstream III VIP-jet 1
Gulfstream IV VIP-jet SP 1
British Aerospace 125 VIP-jet HS.125 Series 400 out of service 1 delivered.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical transport C-130H
L-100-20
L-100-30		 1
1
1		 A total of 4 C-130s were delivered (1xC-130H, 1xC-130-20, 2x C-130-30)
Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack Out of service 9 delivered
Matra R-530D\F Super AAMs
Matra R.550 Magic 2 AAMs
Aerospatiale AS-30L AGMs
MBDA HOT ATGMs for SA-342 helicopters

[edit] Air Bases

[edit] Air Force Units

  • 1 Fighter Squadron 1-02 Leyou at BA02 Franceville with:
    • Mirage F-1;
    • Mirage M-5;
    • CM-170;
    • Alpha Jet(?).
  • 1 Light Transport Squadron at BAO1 Libreville with:
    • EMB-110;
    • EMB-111;
    • SA-316.
  • 1 Heavy Transport Squadron at BA01 Libreville with:
    • C-130 Hercules;
    • CN-235.
  • 1 Ministral Air Liaison Group at BA01 Libreville with:
    • DC-8;
    • Falcon-900EX;
    • Gulfstream-III.

[edit] Historical Aircraft

[edit] References

  1. ^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Gabonese military aviation OrBat
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