People's National Army
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| People's National Army (Armee Nationale Populaire) |
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 ANP emblem |
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| Active | 1962 (Formerly the Armée de Libération Nationale) |
| Size | 107,000 regular (2007) 150,000 reserves (2007) |
The People's National Army (ANP) is the land force of the Military of Algeria, the 2nd largest army in North Africa[citation needed].
The People's National Army's equipment is provided by Russia, China,and other various countries.
The Army include two armoured and three mechanised divisions (IISS Military Balance 2007), one of which is the 8th Armoured Division based at Sidi Bel Abbes,[1] which was formed from the 8th Armoured Brigade after 1988. Another is the 40th Mechanised Infantry Division apparently based in the Third Military Region. The mission of the 40th Division is usually the protection of the Algerian-Moroccan frontier.[2]
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[edit] Rifles, ATGM and missiles
- Beretta 92 Handgun
- MAT-49 Submachine Gun
- MP5 Submachine Gun
- Type 81 Assault Rifle (Main Service Rifle}
- SKS Carbine
- M1A1 Carbine (Main Police Weapon)
- MAS-36 Bolt-Action Rifle
- MAS-49 Semi-Automatic Rifle
- AKM Assault Rifle (Main Service Rifle)
- AK-47 Assault Rifle
- AKS-74U Carbine
- AK-103 Assault Rifle
- M16 Assault Rifle
- Steyr AUG Assault Rifle
- G3 Assault Rifle
- RPD Light Machine Gun
- RPK Light Machine Gun
- PK General Purpose Machine Gun
- Type 67 General Purpose Machine Gun
- NSV Heavy Machine Gun
- DShK Heavy Machine Gun
- KPV Heavy Machine Gun
- KS-23 Shotgun
- Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle
- RPG-7 Rocket Launcher
- Type 69 Rocket Launcher
[edit] Anti Tank
- MILAN - 200
- 9K111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot) - 100
- 9M133 Kornet (AT-14) - 218
- Total: 518
[edit] Tanks
- 275 T-55 Transferred to AFV role, almost were upgraded to AMV format.
- 300 T-62
- 325 T-72
- 185 T-90 Ordered.
[edit] Combat vehicles
- 200+ HMMWV
- 685 BMP-1
- 300 BMP-2 To be upgraded[3]
- 600 BTR-60; BTR-80 and OT-64
- 115 BRDM-2
- 55 Panhard AML-60
- Total: 2,863
[edit] Howitzers
- 175 2S1 Gvozdika
- 75 SO-152
- ? 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)
- 35 D-74 122 mm Field Gun
- 10 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)
- Total: 295?
[edit] Rocket Launchers
[edit] Air Defense (part of the Territorial Air Defense Force)
- 5 Batteries S-125 (SA-3 Goa)
- 10 Batteries 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful)
- 180 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail)
- 8 Batteries 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko)
- 46 Launchers 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 Gaskin)
- 180 9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14 Gremlin)
- 4 S-300PMU (SA-20 Gargoyle)
- 2 Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 Greyhound)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2007/04/18/article.php?sid=52403&cid=2
- ^ http://www.algeria-watch.org/pdf/pdf_en/forces_repression.pdf. http://www.algeria-watch.org/fr/mrv/mrvmili/tigha_patriotes.htm
- ^ SIPRI Yearkooks
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