Algeria

Algeria

Algeria

Capital:Algiers (El Djazair)

Algerian War for Independence against France. 
FLN guerrillas

Gained independence from France in 1962.

Border conflict with Morocco in 1963 called the “Sand War”

Algerian Civil War

From 1975-1991, Algeria backed the POLISARIO guerrilla forces against Morocco in the Western Sahara.

127,000 active duty personnel (2011 est.)

150,000 reserve personnel (2010 est.)

SS-1 Scud ballistic missiles

Algerian Air Force

Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Jaza'eriiya (QJJ)

440 aircraft

191 helicopters

MiG-29 fighter aircraft (74)

Su-30 fighter aircraft (44)

MiG-25 fighter aircraft (39)

Su-24 fighter aircraft (33)

Yak-130 trainer/light attack aircraft (3)

L-39 trainer aircraft (52)

Zlin Z-142 trainer aicraft (40)

Safir-43 trainer aircraft. Algerian made copy of the Zlin Z-43 (40)

Il-76 transport aircraft (12)

C-130 Hercules transport aircraft (17)

CASA C-295 transport aircraft (6)

Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft (2)

Il-78 refueling aircraft (6)

Beechcraft King Air aircraft (4)

Raytheon 200 aircraft (10)

Raytheon 1900D aircraft (12)

Gulfstream IVSP aircraft used for VIP transport (4)

Mi-28 attack helicopters (42)

Mi-24 Mk III attack helicopters (83)

Bell 412 helicopters (3)

AS.355 Ecureuil helicopters (19)

Ka-32 helicopters (5)

Mi-2 helicopters (40)

Mi-8 helicopters (33)

Mi-17 helicopters (152)

Seeker II South African made unmanned aerial vehicles (6)?

Territorial Air Defense Force

S-300PMU (SA-20 Gargoyle)

Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 Greyhound)

SA-3 Goa (S-125)

SA-6 Gainful (2K12 Kub)

SA-8 Gecko (9K33 Osa)

SA-9 Gaskin (9K31 Strela-1)

SA-14 Gremlin (9K34 Strela-3)

SA-7 Grail (9K32 Strela-2)

Navy

14,000 personnel

38 ships

20 airrcaft

Naval bases at Algiers, Annaba, and Mers-el-Kebir

February 2, 1967 taking of the Mers-el-Kebir naval base along the Mediterranean Sea.

Frigates (3)

Corvettes  (3)
Patrol Vessels (12)

Submarines, Improved Kilo Class with Klub-S anti-ship missiles (2)

Submarines, Kilo Class (2)

Kebir (El Yadekh Class) Fast Attack Craft (12)

Landing Ships (3)

Training Ship (1)

Naval Aviation

C-295 aircraft used for maritime patrol/anti-submarine warfare

Kamov Ka-31 helicopters used for anti-submarine warfare (5)

Super Lynx Mk. 130 helicopters used fro anti-submarine warfare (4)

AW101 helicopters used for search and rescue operations (6)

Klub S anti-ship missiles

SS-N-25 anti-ship missiles

C-802 anti-ship missiles

Marines

Army

107,000 active duty personnel (2007 est.)

150,000 reserve personnel (2007 est.)

Second largest army in northern Africa, behind Egypt.

T-90 tanks (185 ordered)

T-72 tanks (325)

T-62 tanks (300)

T-55 tanks (275)

BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles (300)

BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles (685)

BTR-60, BTR-80 and OT-64 armored personnel carriers (around 600 total)

Panhard AML-60 armored reconnaissance vehicles (55)

BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles (115)
HMMWV utility vehicles (200+)?
Nimr 4x4 utility vehicles
Nimr II 4x4 utility vehicles

BM-30 multiple rocket launchers (18)

BM-14 multiple rocket launchers (50)

BM-24 multiple rocket launchers (30)

BM-21 multiple rocket launchers (50)

2S3 self propelled howitzers (30)

2S1 self propelled howitzers (145)

M-46 (M1954) 130mm field guns (10)

2A18 (D-30) 122mm towed howitzers

D-74 towed 122mm field guns (35)

AT-14 (9M133 Kornet) anti-tank guided missiles

MILAN anti-tank guided missiles

AT-4 Spigot (9K111 Fagot) anti-tank guided missiles

Type 69

RPG-7

NSV machine guns

DShK machine guns

Type 67 machine guns

PK machine guns

RPK machine guns

RPD machine guns

Dragunov SVD sniper rifles

AKM assault rifles

Type 81 assault rifles

AK-47 assault rifles

AK-103 assault rifles

G3 assault rifles

Steyr AUG assault rifles

M16 assault rifles

MAS-49 assault rifles

MAS-36 rifles

AKS-74U carbines

M1 carbines

SKS carbines

MP5 sub-machine guns

MAT-49 sub-machine guns

KS-23 Shotgun

Beretta 92 pistols

Domestically produces copies of the AK-47 assault rifle, AK-74 assault rifle and RPG

Paratroopers

Gendarmerie Nationale (GN)

60,000 personnel?

Detachment Special d'Intervention (DSI)
Special unit in the Gendarmerie Nationale

Surete Nationale

A type of metropolitan police under the Ministry of the Interior. National police force.
30,000 personnel?

Intelligence

Departement du Renseignment et de la Securite (DRS)- Department of Intelligence and Security

Companies

Construction Company Mechanical Khenchela

Entreprise de Constructions et de Réparations Navales (ECRN)
Company Construction and Naval Repairs



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