Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania

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People's Defense Force
Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania
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Commander in Chief : President of Tanzania
Military strength
Active soldiers: 27,000
Conscription:
Eligibility for military service:
household
Military budget: $ 593 million (2017)
Share of gross domestic product : 1.1% (2017)
history
Founding: 1964

The Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania make up the military of the United Republic of Tanzania with 27,000 soldiers . The armed forces established in 1964 consist of the army , the air force and the navy .

General

The two-year conscription was suspended in 2004. The defense budget amounted to 2014 220 million US dollars .

army

The army with a man strength of 23,000 is divided into five infantry brigades , one tank brigade , three artillery battalions , two Flak - battalions , a mortar battalion, two anti-tank battalions , one engineer battalion ( 121st Engineer Regiment , despite the designation as a regiment has only battalion strength) and a Logistics and support unit.

There are several other 30 T-59 - and 35 T-54 - battle tanks available.

marine

The navy with 1,000 soldiers has seven speed boats and twelve patrol boats . The headquarters are in Kigamboni near Dar es Salaam.

Air Force

The air force with 3,000 members has bases in Dar es Salaam ( Ukonga Air Base ), Mwanza ( Mwanza Air Base ) and Morogoro ( Ngerengere Air Force Base ).

equipment

Tanzanian Air Force cockade

The Tanzanian Air Force operates 28 aircraft and 6 helicopters (as of the end of 2019).

Aircraft image origin use version active Ordered Remarks
Warplanes
Shenyang J-6 Example image China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Fighter
jet trainer 		F-6
FT-6 		3
1 		License replica of the MiG-19
Chengdu J-7 Example image China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Fighter
jet trainer 		F-7
FT-7 		11
2 		License replica of the MiG-21
Hongdu JL-8 Example image China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China / Pakistan
PakistanPakistan  		Trainer aircraft and
light ground attack aircraft 		K-8 5
Transport aircraft
Shaanxi Y-8 Example image China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 2
Harbin Y-12 Example image China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 2
PZL M28 Example image PolandPoland Poland 1
Cessna 402 Example image United StatesUnited States United States 1
helicopter
Bell 412 Example image United StatesUnited States United States Multipurpose helicopter 2
Airbus Helicopters H125 Example image European UnionEuropean Union European Union Multipurpose helicopter 1
Airbus Helicopters H155 Example image European UnionEuropean Union European Union Multipurpose helicopter 1
Airbus Helicopters H225 Example image European UnionEuropean Union European Union Multipurpose helicopter 2

Web links

Commons : Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military expenditure by country in US $ 2001-2017. (PDF) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) , accessed on February 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product 2001-2017. (PDF) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, accessed on February 18, 2020 .
  3. ↑ worldguide.de ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 28, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.worldguide.de
  4. ↑ World Air Force 2020. Flight International , December 10, 2019, accessed February 18, 2020 .