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The Chadian Ground Forces (French: Armée de terre tchadienne) are the main and largest component of the Chadian National Army (Armée nationale tchadienne). Historically Chad has had one of the strongest armies in the Sahara region, larger than the Malian or Central African army, with a total of 25,000 to 30,000 troops.[1] Chad has been involved as part of the Multinational Joint Task Force in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency, deploying troops to Niger and Mali.[2] Another common role of the Chadian Army has been quelling rebellions against the central government of Chad.

Structure

  • Location of garrisons.
  • Order of battle.
  • Reserves available.

Equipment

Small arms

Name Caliber Country of origin Type Notes
MAC Mle 1950 9×19mm Parabellum  France Semi-automatic pistol N/A
Tokagypt 58[3] 9×19mm Parabellum  Hungary Semi-automatic pistol Hungarian copy of the Soviet TT pistol for Egypt in 9mm Parabellum caliber.
Walther P1[3] 9×19mm Parabellum  Germany Semi-automatic pistol N/A
FB Vis 9×19mm Parabellum  Poland Semi-automatic pistol Polish copy of the Browning Hi-Power[3]
Manurhin MR 73 9×19mm Parabellum  France Double-action revolver N/A
Walther PP-Super[3] 9×18mm Ultra  Germany Semi-automatic pistol N/A
MAT-49[3] 9×19mm Parabellum  France Submachine gun N/A
Uzi 9×19mm Parabellum  Israel Submachine gun N/A
Beretta M12 9×19mm Parabellum  Italy Submachine gun N/A
MAS-36 7.5×54mm French  France Rifle N/A
AK-47[3] 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union Assault rifle N/A
AKM[3] 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union Assault rifle N/A
Type 56 assault rifle 7.62×39mm  People's Republic of China Assault rifle Chinese version of AK-47
Yugo M-70 7.62×39mm  Yugoslavia Assault rifle Yugoslav version of AK-47
FN FAL[3] 7.62×51mm NATO  Belgium Assault rifle N/A
Heckler & Koch G3[3] 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany Assault rifle N/A
SIG SG 542[3] 7.62×51mm NATO  Switzerland Assault rifle A 7.62mm version of SIG SG 540
M16 rifle 5.56×45mm NATO  United States Assault rifle N/A
FAMAS 5.56×45mm NATO  France Assault rifle N/A
FN MAG[3] 7.62×51mm NATO  Belgium General purpose machine gun N/A
PK machine gun[3] 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union General purpose machine gun N/A
RPD[3] 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union General purpose machine gun N/A
RPK[3] 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union General purpose machine gun N/A
SG-43 Goryunov 7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union General purpose machine gun N/A
DShK[3] 12.7×108mm  Soviet Union Heavy machine gun N/A
M2 Browning[3] 12.7×99mm NATO  United States Heavy machine gun N/A
AGS-17 30mm  Soviet Union Grenade launcher N/A
M79 40mm  United States Grenade launcher N/A

Anti-tank weapons

Name Caliber Country of origin Type Notes
M40 recoilless rifle 106mm  United States Recoilless rifle N/A
B-11 recoilless rifle 107mm  Soviet Union Recoilless rifle N/A
RPG-7[3] 85mm  Soviet Union Rocket propelled grenade N/A
M72 LAW 66mm  United States Anti-tank weapon N/A
APILAS 112mm  France Anti-tank weapon N/A
MILAN 115mm  France Anti-tank missile N/A
BGM-71 TOW 152mm  United States Anti-tank missile N/A

Mortars

Name Caliber Country of origin Type Quantity Notes
DTAT Cloche Spéciale (CS) 60 60mm  France Gun-mortar 24 N/A
M61[4] 81mm  France mortar 12 N/A
M43 82mm  Soviet Union mortar ? Modernized version of 82-PM-41
MO-120-AM-50 120mm  France Heavy mortar 10 N/A

Anti-aircraft weapons

Name Caliber Country of origin Type Quantity
SA-6 Gainful none  Soviet Union
 Libya		 Mobile surface-to-air missile system 12
SA-13 Gopher none  Soviet Union
 Libya		 Mobile surface-to-air missile system 4
SA-7 Grail 72mm  Soviet Union
 Libya		 MANPADS 8
FIM-43 Redeye 70mm  United States MANPADS 130
FIM-92 Stinger 70mm  United States MANPADS 30
ZSU-23-4 23mm  Soviet Union SPAAG 4
Panhard AML-20 20mm  France SPAAG 6
ZU-23-2 23mm  Soviet Union Anti-aircraft gun 16
ZPU-4 14.5mm  Soviet Union Anti-aircraft gun N/A
? 20mm ? Anti-aircraft gun N/A
? 30mm ? Anti-aircraft gun N/A

Artillery

Name Caliber Country of origin Type Quantity
BM-13 132mm  Soviet Union Multiple rocket launcher 6
BM-21[5] 122mm  Soviet Union Multiple rocket launcher 4
2S1 Gvozdika 122mm  Soviet Union Self-propelled howitzer 10
M101 howitzer 105mm  United States Howitzer 5
D-30 122mm  Soviet Union Howitzer 22
130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)[6] 130mm  Soviet Union
 Bulgaria		 Howitzer 6
152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) 152mm  Soviet Union Howitzer 18

Armoured vehicles

Name Caliber Country of origin Type Quantity
T-54/T-55 100mm  Soviet Union Main battle tank 60
BMP-1 73mm  Soviet Union Infantry fighting vehicle 122
BTR-3 30mm  Ukraine Armoured personnel carrier 8
BTR-80 14.5mm  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 24
BTR-60 14.5mm  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 20
WZ-523 12.7mm  People's Republic of China Armoured personnel carrier 10
ZFB-05 12.7mm  People's Republic of China Armoured personnel carrier ?
VAB none  France Armoured personnel carrier 25
Panhard M3 none  France Armoured personnel carrier 10
WMZ 551 105mm  People's Republic of China Tank destroyer ?
ERC-90 90mm  France Armoured reconnaissance vehicle 7
ERC-90 Sagaie 90mm  France Armoured reconnaissance vehicle 4
EE-9 Cascavel 90mm  Brazil Armoured reconnaissance vehicle 20
Cadillac Gage Commando 90mm  United States Armoured reconnaissance vehicle 9
AML-90 90mm  France Armoured reconnaissance vehicle 20
AML-60 60mm  France Mobile mortar 30
Bastion PATSAS[7] none  France Armoured car 22
RAM-2000[8] none  Israel Armoured car 31
Black Scorpion 4x4 (Carat)[9] none  Belgium Armoured car ?

References

  1. ^ Chad Army. Globalsecurity.org
  2. ^ Thurston, Alexander (18 October 2017). America Should Beware a Chadian Military Scorned. Foreign Policy. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Jones, Richard D.; Ness, Leland S., eds. (January 27, 2009). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  4. ^ http://www.jmu.edu/cisr/_pages/research/iraq-oig/04-fuze.pdf Retrieved on March 2, 2014
  5. ^ Deagel.com – BM-21
  6. ^ Deagel.com – M-46
  7. ^ Armed forces of Chad takes delivery of the first Bastion Patsas light Special Operations vehicle – Armyrecognition.com, February 19, 2013
  8. ^ http://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/chadian-army-show-up-in-mali-with-the-israeli-built-ramta-ram-2000-multimission-light-combat-vehicle/ Retrieved on March 7, 2014
  9. ^ http://beegeagle.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/caratbelgium-black-scorpion-fast-attack-vehicles-acmatfrance-bastion-patsas-protected-vehicle-of-the-chadian-army/ Retrieved on March 16, 2014
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